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.
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...
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...
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 ;...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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. //...
[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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
New York: Heath Cote Pub. Co., 1974. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Large white-cloth quarto in white illus DJ; 159 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Numerous b/w photos and technical drawings. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Uncommon. || Architecture; Armenian church buildings.
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...
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.
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).
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...
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. ...
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...
[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...
[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...
Tehran: Mahriz, 1999. Chap-i 1. Hardcover. Black-cloth folio; 131 p : ill (some color), port. ; 31 cm. In Persian & English. || Art; Persian.
