New York: Ives Washburn, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards lightly rubbed, owner bookplate on dedication page, ink dealer stamp and a few minor blemishes on endpapers. Binding tight and square.
313 pp. Abend was a foreign correspondent for the New York Times who spent over 13.....
New York: Portland House, 1988. Reissue. Large Hardcover.
Jacket spine slightly faded, minimal wear to corners.
222 pp. 1988 reissue of two works first published in 1804 and 1805 (The Costume of China by George Henry Mason; The Costume of China by William Alexander). Illustrated with 109 color plates, foreword.....
Peking, China: New World Press, 1962. Soft Cover.
Includes original onionskin jacket. Chips and tears to jacket edges, jacket flaps taped down.
144 pp. Color plates. Compiled by the students of the Chinese Department of Yunnan University (Class 1956). Translated into English by Rewi Alley. This was translated from the.....
![Item #2340051 Chiang Erh-shih Painting in the Allison Collection [CHINESE TEXT]. Effie B....](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2340051.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1735327384)
Japan: Tosho Insatsu Publishing Co., Ltd., 1956. Naito, Makoto. Large Softcover.
Jacket toned with some chips.
Chinese text. Includes 27 black-and-white plates. Black and white reproductions, printed tissue guards. Brocaded green flexible cloth, paper cover label, string-bound Asian-style, unprinted paper jacket. Exquisite Chinese paintings by this masterful 20th century Chinese.....
New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
Second printing. An excellent copy.
viii, 440 pp. Set in post-World War II Shanghai, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the longtong, the crowded, labyrinthine alleys of Shanghai's working-class neighborhoods. Infatuated.....
. Newsweek, 1946. Stapled Binding.
Related pamphlet laid in. Edge of front wrapper toned, rear wrapper lightly creased.
Unpaginated. Reprinted from Newsweek, Februrary 25, 1946 issue. Joseph Auslander (October 11, 1897 – June 22, 1965) was an American poet, anthologist, translator of poems, and novelist. Auslander was appointed the first.....
Boston: James French and Company, 1856. Second Edition. Hard Cover.
Second edition. Corners rubbed and a bit exposed with 1 inch split to top edge of front joint, pencil name and date (1860) on front flyleaf. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
ix, [10]-417, 8, [1] pp. Brown.....
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery, 1994. Large Softcover.
Spine a bit faded, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
307 pp. A catalogue which accompanied the exhibition of the Wong Nan-P'ing collection in 1994 organized by the Yale University Museum of Art.....
Boston: Shambhala, 1999. Beer, Robert. 6th Printing. Large Hardcover.
6th printing. Spine faded, minimal wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
363 pp. For artists, designers, and all with an interest in Buddhist and Tibetan art, this is the first exhaustive reference to the seemingly.....
London / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Singing Dragon, 2011. Trade Paperback.
An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
vi, 293 pp. The Secret of Everlasting Life is the first translation from the Chinese of the second-century "Can Dong Qi" This ancient work, the earliest known text on.....
Rutland, Vermont / Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1962. Large Hardcover.
Lacks slipcase. Jacket heavily rubbed with large chips and tears. Boards lightly soiled, top page ridge foxed.
xii, 219 pp. Tipped in color plates. This was the porcelain manufactured for the European market under the auspices of the.....
New York: Kodansha International, 1995. Uncorrected Galley Proof. Trade Paperback.
Uncorrected galley proof. Minor edge wear.
ix, 383 pp. Traveling by foot through mountains and villages, Alan Booth found a Japan far removed from the stereotypes familiar to Westerners. Whether retracing the footsteps of ancient warriors or detailing the encroachments.....
New York: Little Brown and Company, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
387 pp. "In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea.....
New York / Chicago / Toronto: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1905. Hard Cover.
Lacks scarce jacket. Spine toned, edges faded, boards, edges, and endpapers a bit foxed. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
231, [5] pp. Dark olive cloth, red titles, light blue decoration on front board, photographic.....
New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1915. Hard Cover.
Spine and edges a bit toned, a few minor blemishes to boards, name and date on front endpaper, endpapers a bit foxed.
xi, 784 pp. Brown cloth with blind-stamped Kanji characters on spine and sunset/wave motif on front board, gilt titles.....
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover.
Boards lightly rubbed and soiled with minimal loss from spine titles, edges lightly foxed, pencil name on front endpaper. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
241, [4] pp. Black-and-white photographic plates. An early 20th-century study of women's.....
New York: James Miller, 1875. Kilburn & Mallory. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Early reissue. Rear board stained, pencil name on front endpaper, ink gift name on first blank.
vii, 304 pp. Engraved frontispiece and plates by Kilburn & Mallory. The story follows the adventures of a young man named Philip Garland.....
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1964. Nagai, Shigemasa. 1st Printing. Hard Cover.
First printing. Lacks acetate jacket. Pencil name on half-title page.
56 pp. With 23 photographs in full color. An excellent book on the craft and trades of Japan, primarily about clay sculptures in miniature or as the title.....
India: Penguin/Viking, 2018. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket rubbed. Ink name on front free endpaper.
xi, 187 pp. This is the never-told-before story of the Hungry generation (or the Hungryalists) a group of barnstorming, anti-establishment poets, writers, artists and activists in Bengal in the sixties. Braving social boycott.....
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1927. Hasselriis, Else. Hard Cover.
Spine lightly toned. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
xii, 355 pp. The Wind That Wouldn't Blow features 16 short stories, some new, some based on traditional Chinese folklore known for their humorous and richly detailed narratives.....
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973. 5th Printing. Hard Cover.
Fifth printing. Jacket spine bumped, a couple small tears to jacket edges.
v, 248 pp. Over 250 illustrations. Descriptions of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese treasures combine with illustrations and anecdotes to provide an informative and entertaining study for art collectors/
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New York: Herder Book Center, 1964. Full-Leather.
Ink gift note on front endpaper.
Unpaginated. 5 x 3 5/8. Deluxe leather edition, all edges gilt. Includes belly band and box with clear acetate lid. Confucius; Fu-Kiang; Hakushu; Lao-Tse; Tseng-Kuang.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 1997. Hard Cover.
Bottom corner along binding lightly stained. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked.
xv, 239 pp. This book relates the history of the Manchus, the rise and fall of their vast empire and their legacy today.
Edinburhg and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1888. Crooke, W. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
Revised edition. Rebacked with new end sheets, boards rubbed, rear board soiled, lacks one plate (City of Victoria, Hong Kong), ink underlining and marginalia on just a couple pages.
528 pp. Photographic frontispiece portrait of author.....
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
Pencil underlining on first two pages of introduction only, otherwise an excellent copy.
ix, 382 pp. Through an historical analysis of the theme of Oriental despotism, Michael Curtis reveals the complex positive and negative interaction between Europe and the Orient.....