Arnold, Sir Edwin

Japonica

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Hardcover. Brown boards with illustration, gilt lettering. xv; 128 pp. 53 BW plates and illustrations. A beautiful, old book. Covers Japan--The Country; Japanese People; and Japanese Ways and Thoughts. G+. Minor edge wear to covers. Inscription on ffep by previous owner. Some soiling to pages, especially in gutters, though majority of text is clean.

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 171601

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Asian History; Japan ; Japan ; ; Manners and Customs - Asian

Ayscough, Florence

Chinese Women Yesterday and Today

Boston, Houghton Mifflin / The Riverside Press, 1937. Hardcover. red boards w/ black title plate & gilt lettering to cover & spine. 324 pgs w/ bw illustrations. There is a library stamp to page 101, otherwise pages appear clean. A nice reading copy. VG-. edge-wear to covers & spine; rubbing to corners. spine ends rubbed. ex-libris plate to cover flyleaf; library stamp to title pg w/ tiny stamp to upper textblock. front hinge cracking at pastedown; still held by publishing mull; textblock firm.

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 179601

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Chinese Women; Chinese Culture; Chinese History ; Chinese Women, Chinese Culture, Chinese History ; ;

Ayyar Kirshna, K.V.

A Short History of Kerala

Ernakulam, India, PAI & Company, 1966. Softcover. plain tan wrappers. 218 pgs w/ illustrated maps. tan & white illustrated dustjacket w/ black printing. Considered a comprehensive examination of Kerala, India. A nice, sturdy copy. VG-. covers have smudges, marks & foxing; edge-wear. spine creased. lower back corner & pgs crimped/crease. light speckled foxing to pgs, otherwise clean. previous owners name to interior cover. dustjacket has edge-wear; spine top chipped; corners rubbed; foxing & scuffing.

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 181420

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Kerala India, Kerala, History of India, Culture of India ; Kerala India, Kerala, History of India, Culture of India ; ;

Barnard, Noel and Douglas Fraser

Early Chinese Art and Its Possible Influence in the Pacific Basin (3 Volumes)

New York, Intercultural Arts Press, 1972. Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ gilt illustrations & gilt spine printing. three volumes totalling 1658 pgs w/ b&w illustrations. A very nice, clean set comprising all three volumes (Ch'U & The Silk Manuscript, Asia and Oceania And The Americas) of this important work. VG--spines sunned. editions have light edge-wear. corners slightly rubbed. vol 2 has black scratches to bk cover. pgs free of notations/marginalia.

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 175321

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: ; Asian History, Early Chinese Art ; ;

Bertin, Louis Emile

Les Grandes Guerres Civiles Du Japon: Les Minamoto & Les Taira - Les Mikados & Les Siogouns (1156- 1392)

Paris, E. Leroux, 1894. Hardcover. Three quarter brown leather and decorative marble boards; five raised bands on spine with gilt lettering and extensive gilt tooling;top edge gilt, marble decorative end papers; bw frontisipiece, 2 preliminary leaves, vi, 422 pp, bw illustrations throughout including 2 folded plates and a color illustrated map. Text is in French. Preceded by an introduction on ancient history and legends. The Great Civil Wars of Japan. Includes table of contents. VG (overall wear to boards especially along edges, pages are very clean and clear.) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 182567

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Asian History ; Japan History ; ;

Bingyao Yu; I V Gillis

Title Index to the Ssu K'u Ch'üan Shu

Peiping, Printed by the Standard Press, 1934. full leather with gilt embossed title on front cover and spine. Marbled endpapers. [422] pages ; 28 x 22 cm. "A catalogue of this collection of Chinese literature, assembled by imperial orders, 1772-74, was completed in 1782. The present index is based upon the edition of this catalogue issued in 1868 by the Kuang-tung shu-chü."--Foreword. Quite scarce, no copies found for sale or at auction in the past 80 years. Foreword written by John C. Ferguson. P{reface by I.V. Gillis. A collection of the titles of books found in China in appx. 1774-1776. VG-, some discoloration to front cover, tear to leather at the top of spine .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 176365

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Asian History ; Asian Bibliography ; ;

Bue Lo, Erberto

Wonders of Lo: The Artistic Heritage of Mustang

Mumbai, India, Marge Foundation, 2010. Hardcover. red pictorial boards. illustrated pastedowns & endpapers. 164 pgs w/ color illustrations. red pictorial dustjacket w/ white printing. "Lo", as Mustang is called by those who dwell there, is a small area in the Nepal Himalaya inhabited by people of Tibetan stock. Buddhist art flourished here, particularly between the 14th and the 16th century, in a cultural environment strongly influenced by the religious order of Sakya, the great monastic fortress in southwest Tibet. In particular, the 15th-century wall paintings in the temple of Maitreya at Montang, the traditional capital of Lo, vie with the finest in all geo-cultural Tibet, whereas the 14th-century murals in the cave temple of Luri reflect the interpretation of Indian aesthetics as transmitted to the Tibetan world by the artists of the Nepal Valley. This volume is the first monograph on the artistic heritage of Lo. It deals with the most representative features of the religious art of the region, dwelling on painting, but without neglecting sculpture and architecture. Besides recording significant as well as hitherto unpublished religious sites of artistic relevance, it illustrates the restoration work carried out in important temples at Montang. Illustrated with rare images of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments of this fascinating region, the volume will appeal to a wide audience, including scholars and students, and readers with a general interest in the arts of Asia. --Book Jacket. VG+. spine ends bumped; creasing to edges. minor indentation & creasing to lower cover edge. pgs bright & clean. dustjacket has light scratches & scoring to back cover; previous owners name to flap.

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 181559

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Mustang Nepal, Nepal, Himalaya, Buddhist Art, Tibet ; Mustang Nepal, Nepal, Himalaya, Buddhist Art, Tibet ; ;

Chakrabarti, Dilip K.

Indus Civilization Sites in India: New Discoveries

Mumbai, Marg Publications, 2004. Hardcover. Gray cloth plates with black lettering. Illustrated dusjacket,108 pages : color illustrations, color maps. Pages clear and white. "More than 500 years ago, India's first civilization flourished with well-planned cities, civic amanities, and a developed economy. Since the first discovery of this civilization in 1920-21 at Harappa in the Indus valley, hundreds of sites spread over more than a million square kilometers in the Indian subcontinent have been excavated, many of these in northern and western India. Sites are still being discovered, constantly adding to our knowledge of this completely urban civilization which continues up to circa 1400 BCE."-Dustjacket. VG/VG previous owners bookplate on ffep .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 180567

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Asian History ; Indus Civilization ; ;

Currin, Mumtaz and George Michell (editors)

Dargahs: Abodes of the Saints

Mumbai, India, Marg Publications, 2004. Hardcover. illustrated boards w/ printing. illustrated dustjacket with french flaps. 152 pgs w/ color illustrations. A nice, clean copy albeit with a production defect: the covers & dustjacket (to its french flaps) have dried, translucent tendrils that appear to be residue from the protective coating applied to the covers. VG ex-libris; sticker to cover flyleaf. creasing to front cover corner. pgs clean & bright. dustjacket has creasing to a corner & spine top/bottom; light scratches & scuffs to back.

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 176086

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: ; Darghas Shrines ; ;

Doshi, Saryu; Mostafa El-Abbadi

India and Egypt: Influences and Interactions

Bombay, India, Marg Publications, 1993. Hardcover. Tan cloth plate with purple lettering. Color illustrated dustjacket. xii, 135 pages : illustrations (some color). "India and Egypt represent ancient civilizations that have enriched world culture with their invaluable contributions to the sciences and the arts, as well as to philosophical thought from the thrid millenium B.C. VG/VG previous owners bookplate on ffep. all pages clean and white .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 180587

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Asian History ; India and Egypt ; ;

Dresch, Paul

Tribes, Government, and History in Yemen

Oxford, England, Claredon Press, 1990. Hardcover. navy boards. book xixx, 440 pgs w/ bw illustrations, figures & maps. blue illustrated dustjacket w/ white printing & protective plastic. From a college library. Due date card has two removal stamps. A nice, tight copy. "Dr. Dresch combines ethnography with history to describe the tribal system over the least thousand years, and examines the values tribal people themselves bring to the contemporary world of nation states. Drawing heavily on local histories and unpublished documents, as well as on three years filed work.."--Publisher. VG- (ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges, usual markings, etc. pgs clean. tight binding. dustjacket taped to cover edges; ID to lower spine; scuffs & scratches to plastic) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 184363

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: History of Yemen, Politics of Yemen ; History of Yemen, Politics of Yemen ; ;

Embree, Ainslie Thomas

Encyclopedia of Asian History, Volumes 1-4

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. Hardcover. Four volume set bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on black title blocks; burgundy dj with gilt lettering on black title blocks, mylar covers; map illustrated end papers. Volume 1 is XIII, 528 pp. Volume 2 is 538 pp. Volume 3 is 516 pp. Volume 4 is 478 pp. Bw illustrations throughout all four volumes. A four volume set. Volume 1 is ABAH-GREE. Volume 2 is GUAN-MIMA. Volume 3 is MIN-SPRI. Volume 4 is the Index. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear with light foxing to upper block but pages are otherwise clean and binding is tight.) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 186468

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Asian History ; Asian History ; ;

Goldstein, Melvyn D.

A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 2: The Calm Before the Storm, 1951-1955

Berkeley, University of California Press, 2007. Hardcover. blue cloth boards. book xxx, 637 pgs. w/ occasional bw photographs. blue dustjacket w/ white printing & illustration. From a college library. Due date slip has no removal stamps. A nice and bright copy. Appears clean, but may have some instances of marginalia/notations. Very thorough study covering the Sino-Tibetan Agreement, social reform, relations with India, and more history and politics of the era. With an introduction about Tibetan society at the time as well as very helpful sections of explanations of Romanization and Abbreviations, Glossary of Key Persons and Terms, 5 Appendices, and more. VG- (ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges, internal stamps, usual markings etc. dustjacket taped to cover edges, ID sticker to lower spine; plastic cover scuffed.) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 184433

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Asian History ; Tibet; 14th Dalai Lama; Sino-Tibet Agreement ; ;

Graves, Louis

Willard Straight in the Orient; with Illustrations from His Sketch-Books

New York, Asia Publishing Company, 1922. Hardcover. Blue and tan cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on front cover; color illustrated end papers; bw portrait frontispiece of Major Willard Straight; 74 pp; profuse illustrations, plates and portraits in bw with four color plates. Contents include: First days in Peking -- A diary of Peking -- War correspondent -- At the legation in Korea -- Consul-General at Mukden -- Far Eastern finance -- The Chinese currency loan -- The revolution -- Home from China. VG- (light shelfwear to boards, inside hinge is broken but holding at title page, text and illustrations are clear.) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 182129

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Asian History ; Asian History ; ;

Gupte, R.S.

Iconography of the Hindus Buddhists and Jains

Bombay, India, D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. Private Ltd, 1972. Hardcover. purple cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. book xviii, 201 page w/ 201bw illustrations. A thorough reference to the iconography of the important Indian religious, with illustrations and tables. VG-. rippling to cloth covers; faded areas; spot of soiling to lower cover edge. edge-wear to covers & corners; back corner rubbed. ex-libris plate to endaper. pen marks to preface, otherwise, pgs appear clean & bright.

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 181606

Katalog: Asian History

Sonstige Stichworte: Hindu Iconography, Buddhist Iconography, Jain Iconography, Iconography of India ; Hindu Iconography, Buddhist Iconography, Jain Iconography, Iconography of India ; ;