Chuan tong hua niao hua xuan
Beijing: Beijing chu ban she, 1997. Softcover. Chinese language text. red wraps with illlustration. unpaginated. More
Beijing: Beijing chu ban she, 1997. Softcover. Chinese language text. red wraps with illlustration. unpaginated. More
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1985. Softcover. Gray pictorial wraps with white lettering and green spine; 224 pp., bw illustrations throughout. "A deliberate attempt has been made in this exhibition to give the viewr an impression of Indian sculpture as a whole, in all the rich diversity of idioms..... More
Hong Kong: Union Syndicate, 1955. Paperback. Mint wraps with olive lettering. 60 pp. BW illustrations. Text in Chinese and English. A lecture given in the Sino-British Club of Hong Kong on February 18, 1955. Includes bibliographical references. More
Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968. Hardcover. red cloth w/ blue spine printing. 403 pgs w/ bw illustrations. pictorial paper dustjacket w/ black printing. Tanning to cover pastedowns. Ex-libris plate to cover endpaper. Pages 2-5 tanned from newspaper articles (articles since removed). Pages have light tanning to edges..... More
Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1965. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on spne, white and color illustrated dust jacket with brown lettering; xvi, 227 pp., bw illustrations. "The art of India thus is perennial and universal. It represents the collective experience, the spiritual value and aspiration of an entire..... More
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 1990. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with white lettering, illustrated end papers. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. xvi, 172 pp. Color and BW illustrations. "Calcutta was once the site of three placid villages; a beleaugered fortress; a company town; a "city of palaces." But in its..... More
Tokyo: AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, 2008. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt embossing. Mustard and red dust jacket. 732 pp. Color and bw figures. Text is in English and Chinese. 42 papers regarding the topics of archaeology, the study and conservation of cultural relics, and museology and..... More
Shri Beni Madhava Prakashan Graha, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Black and illus. paper boards, matching dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 94 pp., color and BW illus. "It is interesting to note that the concept of portraiture, as we take it today, is almost the same as it was with Indian masters..... More
Taipei City: 1991. Hardcover. CHinese language text. Green boards, gren dj. 165 pages : illustrations (some color). Title in English on p. [4] of cover: "Five thousand years of Chinese art" series. Chinese jades of the Han dynasty./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-119). More
Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Fan, 1982. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt titling at spine and gilt decoration to front cover; Color illus. dj.; Illus. endpapers; Approx. 300 pp.; 200+ color color illustrations. Text provided in Uzbek, Russian, and English. Alisher Navoi was an Uzbek who is considered the Father of Uzbek literature..... More
Bombay: Marg Publications, 1991. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with white lettering. Glossy red and color-illustrated dust jacket with cream lettering. xvi, 128 pp. BW and color illustrations. "The Gupta age commenced in c. AD 320 under Chandragupta I. The expansion and rise to glory of the Guptas was during the..... More
Stockholm: Elander Boktryckeri A. B. Goteborg, 1945. Softcover. Red paper wraps. 144 pgs. Illustrations. Translated Title: B o tàng C v t Vi n ông Stockholm: T p san. S 17. vie. More
Mumbai, India: Marg Foundation, 2011. Hardcover. red, pictorial boards w/ navy blue, black & white printing. 156 pgs w/ color illustrations. red, pictorial dustjacket. A wonderfully illustrated tour of the people, artists, architecture and cultures of Ahmedabad, India. Includes a black ribbon bookmark from a New Delhi store; ribbon sewn..... More
Bombay: Marg Publications, 1984. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps with midnight top/bottom borders. 95 pp. plus ads; color and bw images. Monograph by the editor, Dr. Saryu Doshi, on the tradition of manuscript painting, specifically the narratives in Jain painting. Beautiful color plates and specific sections on early Articulation: 1050-1350 AD and..... More
Vienna: Zacke, 1999. Paperback. Blue wraps with photo illustration and light brown lettering; 207 pp.; richly illustrated. This catalogue was produced on the occasion of an auction sale that occurred in three parts; first part held November 23, 1999 at Galerie Zacke in Vienna. More
New York: The Japan Society, 1913. 468/1000. Hardcover. Gray/green with dark olive spine, gilt lettering; color mounted frontispiece; 52 pp, 11 mounted bw plates and 21 mounted color plates. "the Devinne Press certifies that this copy of Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers is No. 468 of the Edition of one..... More
London, England: Benn Brothers, Ltd., 1922. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt lettering and design. 160 pp. 12 color, 88 bw plates. A very nice copy. Important and still standard reference. More
San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, Inc., 1985. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped spine lettering. Black and color-illustrated dust jacket with red lettering. 224 pp. Mainly color illustrations. "...outlines the origin, development. canonical texts, meditative practices and, in particular, the works of art related to Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism..... More
Winter Park, FL: Asiantiques, 2009. Hardcover. pictorial black boards. 111 pgs w/ 118 annotated items. A wonderfully photographed catalogue. Includes nephrite and jadeite objects from the Qing, Ming and earlier dynasties with a section of snuff bottles, wood furniture, porcelain, pottery, earthernware and metalwork. More
Tokyo/ Palo Alto, CA: Kodansha International, 1970. Third printing. Hardcover. Black silk cloth boards with red Japanese lettering on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. White and color illustrated dust jacket with black lettering, decorative end pages, 274 pages, 107 mounted color illustrations. Text is in English. English adaption by..... More
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2007. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with white lettering, matching dust jacket. 132 pp. Mainly color illustrations. "Both spatially and temporally, the scope of this book is expansive. Spatially, the essays cover a vast swathe of Asia stretching from Mathura in India to Thailand in Southeast Asia, including the..... More
Taipei, Taiwan: National Palace Museum, 1992. Hardcover. Pine cloth, gilt lettering and design, green DJ. 311 pp. 127 color plates. Text dually in Chinese and English. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1922. Hardbound. Bound in half tan cloth and blue paper over boards, black title block with gilt lettering on spine; xvi, 382 pp. in addition to the interleaved sheets of illustrations and their associated tissue guards. "Illustrated with reproductions of over 270..... More
Djakarta, Indonesia: Penerbit Djambatan, 1966. Paperback. Tan and brown illustrated wraps, 28 [111] pp, profusely illustrated with large color and bw plates. Text in Indonesian and English. "The main purpose of this book is to remind Indonesians of the rare quality of their own art, and to introduce the world..... More