Magic and Mystery in Tibet
Claude Kendall, 1935. Hardcover. A black casebound book with yellow text on the spine. 320 pages; contains several black-and-white images. More
Manners and Customs - Asian
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Tea Cult of Japan: An Aesthetic Pastime
Boston, MA: Bruce Humphries, 1934. Softcover. Grey wraps. 66 pp. Numerous bw photos. Volume I of the Tourist Library series. First edition. More
Zhongguo Tulufan = Turpan China
Wulumuqi Shi: Xinjiang Fine Arts Photography Press, 1997. 1st edition. Softcover. Glossy pictorial green wraps. 106 pages : color illustrations, color map. Text in Chinese and English. "China Topan" is the editorial board of The People's Bank of China; Editor-in-Chief Liu Hongliang; English translator Xie Xusheng. Pictures of excavations and..... More
Japanese Noh Plays: How to See Them
Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, 1938. Third Edition. Softcover. Tan wraps with black lettering; hand-painted color illus. laid on. 67 pp. with color frontis, 2 color plates, and 32 bw illustrations. Text in English. Volume 2 in the Tourist Library publications. Includes a note on old/new spellings, a foreward by..... More
Yushoku Kojitsu Zuten: Fukuso to Kojitsu
Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 1995. Hardcover. Purple boards with gilt lettering on the spine; white DJ with colorful illustration and black and red lettering; 4, 16, 196, 19 pp.; 24 unnumbered pages of plates; richly illustrated. Text in Japanese. More
Japanese Food (Tourist Library 14)
Tokyo: Maruzen Company Ltd, 1936. Softcover. Gray paper wraps with color illus. laid on front cover and additional tissue cover; 84 pp., BW illus. Certainly an interesting pre-WWII war publication. The nine illustrated chapters address: The essentials of Japanese food; Common everyday food; Japanese table etiquette; Annual celebrations and ceremonial..... More
Cho Yang: The Voice of Tibetan Religion and Culture No. 3
New Delhi: Council for Religious and Cultural Affairs, n.d. Softcover. Black and color-illustrated wraps, white lettering on spine. 120 pp. Over 128 illustrations, approx 24 in color and rest in BW. Contents include Namgyal Monastery; Thanka Painting; Dependent Arising; Ma-chig Lab-dron; Mandalas for World Peace; The Stages of the Rite..... More
Through a Moon Gate
Shanghai: Mercury Press, 1948. Revised Edition. Paperback. Blue wraps, white lettering, red, blue and white illustration; 162 pp, bw illustrations. Chapters include: We Live to Eat; Men and Women; On to the Next World; Peeping into the Future; Kung Hsi Fah Tsai; The Gods and the Devil; Games and Pastimes..... More
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China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures &c. Edited principally from Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: with Observations, explanatory, historical, and literary by M. Berton. Translated from the French
London: Howlett & Brimmer, 1824. Hardbound. 3/4 leather with original marbled paper-covered boards. Vol. 1: vi, 128 pp., 20 color plates. Vol. 2: ii, 124 pp., 21 colored plates; Vol. 3: ii, 135 pp., 19 colored plates; Vol. 4: ii, 160 pp. 20 colored plates. A wonderful and rare title..... More
China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures &c. Edited principally from Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: with Observations, explanatory, historical, and literary by M. Berton. Translated from the French
London: Howlett & Brimmer, 1824. Hardbound. 3/4 leather with original marbled paper-covered boards. Vol. 1: vi, 128 pp., 20 color plates. Vol. 2: ii, 124 pp., 21 colored plates; Vol. 3: ii, 135 pp., 19 colored plates; Vol. 4: ii, 160 pp. 20 colored plates. A wonderful and rare title..... More
The Way of Tea
New York: Weatherhill, 1979. Hardbound. Green textured paper over boards with brown cloth spine and gold lettering and decoration; tan paper over-lay with description; protective cover; pictorial slipcase; 329 pp. with bw images throughout. With sections on the history of the tea ceremony, the tea setting, tea utensils, and the..... More
Social Life of the Chinese: With Some Account of their Religious, Governmental, Educational, and Business Customs and Opinions
New York: Harper & Bros. 1865. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering. Volume I is 459 pages, Volume II is 490 pages. Illustrations, plates. In attached envelope with a handwritten note dated 1944, is a photo found in book and saved, as the elder one in the photo..... More
Dances of Manipur: The Classical Tradition
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 1989. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with black lettering. Glossy color-photographic dust jacket with green lettering. xx, 128 pp. Mainly color illustrations. "Classical dance speaks to us of the past with a vitality unparalleled in any other art-form. The Manipuri tradition of dance is perhaps one of the..... More
Shinto, the Fountainhead of Japan
New York: Stein & Day, 1967. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black dj with red title lettering. 622 pages. Multiple illustrations and extensive bibliography. More
New Directions in Indian Dance
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2003. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with cream lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket wtith cream lettering. 204 pp. Color illustrations. Contents: Early experiments. Modern dance : the contribution of Uday Shankar and his associates / Kapila Vatsyayan ; Tagore and the modernization of dance / Manjusri Chaki Sircar ;..... More
Sattriya: Classical Dance of Assam
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2013. Hardcover. Color pictorial paper over boards, brown spine with white lettering. Matching dust jacket. 148 pp. Numerous color, few BW illustrations. Volume 64, No. 3, published March 2013. Photographs by Avinash Pasricha. More
Odori (Japanese Dance) (Tourist Library 22)
Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1939. Softcover. Cream paper wraps with color illus. laid on front cover and additional tissue cover; 70 pp., duotone illus. and one color plate as frontispiece. Certainly an interesting pre-WWII war publication. Provides a general survey of Japanese dance; the specifics for the..... More
Japanese Game of "Go"
Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1939. Softcover. Plain card wraps with color image paste down. Brown lettering. 76 pp. with 7 bw photographs following. Bw photos and diagrams throughout text. Color frontis piece. Text in English. No. 27 in the Tourist Library series. Instructions on how to..... More
The Social Teachings of Meh Tse
Tokyo: Asiatic Society of Japan, 1927. Hardcover. Quarter-bound blue cloth boards with tan covers and black lettering on the cover and gilt lettering on the spine; 1 preliminary leaf, 184 pp. This is second series, volume IV, from December 1927, in "The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan," books..... More
Beyond the Veil: Indian Women in the Raj
New Delhi: Nevile Books, 2000. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt stamped lettering. BW-illustrated and red dust jacket with gold lettering. 143 pp. Color and BW illustrations. In this well-researched attempt to look 'beyond the veil' of Indian women, the author has delineated the beauty of Indian woman in such a...... More
Sex in China: Studies in Sexology in Chinese Culture
New York: Plenum Press, 1991. Hardcover. Red and white boards with black and white lettering; xiii, 208 pp. "China today is sexually (and in many other ways) a very repressive society, yet ancient China was very different. Some of the earliest surviving literature of China is devoted to discussions of..... More
Tea Etiquette for Guests: A Practical Guide for Chanoyu Study
Kyoto, Tokyo: Tankosha, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. White wraps with BW illustration; black dust jacket with BW illustration; white spine with black lettering. x; 117 pp. Numerous BW illustrations. Chapters include Basics of Movement and Manner; Entering and Leaving the Tearoom; Sweets and Refreshments; Thin-Tea Service; Thick-Tea Service; and Glossary..... More
Japan's Ancient Armour (Tourist Library 31)
Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1940. Softcover. Gray paper wraps with color illus. laid on front cover and additional tissue cover; 82 pp., duotone illus. and one color plate as frontispiece. Certainly an interesting pre-WWII war publication. Provides a brief history of Japanese armour, by historical period; the..... More
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