Moskva: Nauka; Glav. red. vostochnoi lit-ry, 1966. Hardcover. Quarto in color illus DJ; 258 p. illus., col. plates. 27 cm; bibliography: 247-[254]. Uncommon. n Russian. Numerous color and b/w plates. // Chinese folk art and illustraton. More about Kitaiskaia narodnaia kartina; dukhovnaia zhizn’ starogo Kitaia v narodnykh izobrazheniiakh
Toshkent [Tashkent]: Uzbekiston SSR "Fan" nashriëti, 1970. Paperback. One small folio-sized portfolio (32 loose leaves of color plates); 34 cm. "Created asillustrations to Alisher Navoi's poems The Owner of the Pious, Farhad and Shirin, Layli and Majnun, Seven Planets, The Wall of Iskandar and The Langage of the Birds, the... More about Alisher Navoii dostonlariga ishlangan rasmlar = Miniatures to Poems of Alisher Navoi
Milano: Il polifilo, 1965. Paperback. Small folio in original brown slipcase and brown printed paper wraps, with original glassine jacket; 91 p., 15 leaves of plates (1 fold.) : ill. ; 33 cm. Bibliography: p. 89-[90]. In. In Italian. Printed by Luigi Maestri. One of two thousand un-numbered copies. Documenti... More about Itinerario della carta, dall'oriente all'occidente e sua diffusione in Europa ;; di Anne Basanoff...
Paris: H. Laurens, 1922. Paperback. Small quarto in illus pale green paper wrappers; viii, 135 p. illus. 26 cm. Numerous b/w plates."Bibliographie": p. [vi]. Numerous interesting photoplates and line drawigins in black and white, including architecture, furniture; a few of people; metal work; etc. Text in French. // Vietnam ;... More about Les arts décoratifs au Tonkin; soixante-quatre planches hors texte et quarante-quatre dessins...
San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994. Hardcover. Folio in black DJ; 239 p, color illus/maps ; 32 cm. The illustrated history of humankind / American Museum of Natural History, volume 4. || The emergence of civilization in Mesoamerica -- The Maya -- The rise of the Aztecs -- Civilizations in the Andes... More about New World and Pacific civilizations :; cultures of America, Asia, and the Pacific
London: Allen & Unwin, 1949. Hardcover. Octavo in pale blue-green DJ; 339 p. Grande Bretagne. Colonies. Afrique équatoriale. Grande Bretagne. Colonies. Honduras britannique. Great Britain -- Colonies. More about Colonial civil servant
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1968. Hardcover. Small octavo in dark blue cloth boards; 87 p. 22 cm; bibliography: p. 76-82. Vedic language -- Contraction. Vedique (Langue) -- Contraction. More about On haplology in Indo-European
London: Christopher Helm, 1990. First British edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Quarto in full color photo illus DJ; viii, 152 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm ; bibliographical references (p. [137]-145) and index. A well-done introduction to the most charming if... More about Pandas
New Delhi: Vir Pub. House, 1967. Hardcover. Octavo in yellow DJ; viii, 330 p. ; 22 cm; bibliographical references (p. 324-330). Villages -- India -- Rajasthan -- Case studies. Ranawaton-ki-Sadri (India) -- Social conditions. South Asian Studies; Sociology. More about A Rajasthan village
London: D. Dobson, 1949. First edition (unstated). Hardcover. Octavo in goldenrod illus DJ and similar yellow boards; 63 p. illus. (color frontis and plates; some b/w) 22 cm; bibliography: p. 63. One of the earlier works in English on Chinese Drama. A good if dated introduction to the subject. //... More about The Chinese Theatre.; International library of theatre and cinema. [series] ; Illustrated by the...
[Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China]: Echo Pub. Co., [1981?]. Hardcover. Large quarto in glosst color photo illus paper boards; 116 p. : illus. (mainly col.) ; 29 cm. In Chinese. Lavishly illustrated with photos and excellent diagrams. More about Chinese knotting ;; by Lydia Chen and the editors of Echo Books
New York: Norton, 1972. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Quarto in white color illus DJ; 430 p. illus. (part col.) 25 cm. Maps to endpapers. With numerous Japan -- Description and travel. Watercolor artists. More about The silent traveller in Japan ;; Written and illustrated by Chiang Yee
Del Mar, Calif. Publisher's Inc., 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in green printed bds and green photo-illus DJ, xi, 386 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Author is a Japanese-American. || Japanese Americans; Legal status, laws; History. Japanese Americans ;Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Immigration, Immigrants, Nisei. More about The Bamboo People : the law and Japanese-Americans
New York: Aperture, 1994. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Large quarto in full-color illus DJ; 112 p. : ill. (chiefly color photos.), maps ; 29 cm. An excellent introduction to the complexities and cultures of modern-day Burma, with numerous top-notch photographs, including many of militant resistance movements... More about Burma's revolution of the spirit : the struggle for democratic freedom and dignity ;; by Alan...
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Small octavo in red and yellow illus DJ; xiii, 166 p. , bib. 20 cm. Signed and inscribed by the author on half-title. Series: The Centers of civilization, 22. An excellent series of little books rife with big ideas. || 16th to early 17th-Century Japan. More about Kyoto in the Momoyama period
Cambridge, MA: Crossroads Imports, (N.D. (ca 1970s?). Paperback. Octavo in off-white wrappers (21.5 x 14.5 cm) with color illustration (12.5 x 14 cm) attahched neatly to front wrapper; 56p (almost entilry of full-page b/w reporductions of woodcut illustratinos), original order slip laid in. "The images presented in this catalogue are... More about Woodcuts from Nepal [catalog
Saigon: Societe asiatique d'editions, 1956. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Quarto in black multicolored DJ (black spine) in brodart; 157 p, b&w illus (some color) ; 29 cm. In French. || Cambodia -- Social life and customs. More about Cambodge
San Anselmo, Calif. Chitresh Das Dance Company, 1986. Paperback. Large Octavo in photo illus b/w wrappers; 32 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 28 cm. A history and photo essay on the Chitresh Das Dance Company. // Uncommon. // India ; Kathak (Dance). More about Chitresh; Chitresh, Calcutta to California (spine title
New York: Doubleday, 2002. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Octavo in yellow-green DJ; 373 p ; 22 cm. Signed by author. || Continues the story of Anju and Sudha, the two young women at the center of Divakaruni's bestselling novel Sister of My Heart. Far from Calcutta... More about The vine of desire :; a novel
Paris: Harmattan, 2002. Paperback. Octavo in red and black illus wraps; 366 p. : ill. ; 22 cm; bibliographical references (p. [353]-361). Lyrics and French and Vietnamese. Uncommon. Text in French. Series: Recherches asiatiques. // Children's songs, Vietnamese -- Texts. Children's songs, Vietnamese -- History and criticism. Games -- Vietnam. ... More about Chants et jeux traditionnels de l'enfance au Viêt Nam ; L'éventail de Bom
New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Paperback. Octavo in white wraps illus in blue; vi, 272 p., [2] p. of plates : map ; 25 cm. Bibliography: p. 267-270. Contents: Islam in Asia : ally or adversary? / David D. Newsom -- Islam in Asia : an introduction / John... More about Islam in Asia : religion, politics, and society ;; edited by John L. Esposito
[Porto]: Livraria Civilizacao, 1945-1947. Paperback. Six large octavo volumes in offwhite ornamental wraps; approx 300-500 pages per volume; illus., ports., facsims; onomastic index to last volume; 22 cm. In Portuguese. Series: Biblioteca historica de Portugal e Brasil ; Serie ultramarina, no. 6. Portuguese -- India. Discoveries (in geography) -- Portuguese... More about Asia portuguesa
[Porto]: Livraria Civilizacao, 1945-1947. Paperback. Six medium octavo volumes in red faux leather (plastic leatherette) boards with original wrapers bound in ; approx 300-500 pages per volume; b/w/ illus., ports., facsims; onomastic index to last volume. In Portuguese. Series: Biblioteca historica de Portugal e Brasil ; Serie ultramarina, no. 6... More about Asia portuguesa
Tehran: Mahriz, 1999. Chap-i 1. Hardcover. Black-cloth folio; 131 p : ill (some color), port. ; 31 cm. In Persian & English. || Art; Persian. More about Purtrah’ha-yi Muhammad Fasunaki
New York: Revell, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in color-illus stamped boards and red titles; 302 p. plates. 20 cm. An attractive illustrated binding. And quite an ironic author-title relation, I should add.|| Women, India, Social conditions. || Originally published in the Bombay Guardian. More about The wrongs of Indian womanhood; by Mrs. Marcus B. Fuller. With an introduction by Ramabai