London: Jorge Welsh, 2016. 4to. 352 pages. Decorated boards. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies. "The first comprehensive study on Chinese Porcelain Tankards and Mugs, with pieces from 23 museums, 18 private collectors and 3 dealers, from around the world.; Tankards and mugs are vessels that illuminate many aspects of.....
Geneva: 5 Continents, Fondation Baur, Musée des Arts d'Extrême-Orient, 2015. Large 4to. 455 pages. A profusion of color illustrations by Hughes DuBois. Cloth; Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. "The Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva, Switzerland, houses one of the most important collections of Asian art.....
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006. 4to. Special limited edition boxed edition. 256 pages. Wrappers sewn in the Chinese style. Black folding case with magnetic closure. One of 500 copies. Includes a framable print of a Platon photograph.
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, ca 1910. Oblong (8.5 x 10 inches). Full-page black-and-white illustrations. Original cloth. Provenance: Friedrich Eberhard Zeuner (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Max von Brandt (1910-1920) was one of German's foremost diplomats in the Far East. The present text attempts to characterize Chinese customs and politics by discussing 82 news-items.....
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Basel: Pharos, 1972. Three volumes, 4to: 1) 347 pages with 59 line drawings in the text. 2) 88 pages with 21 tables and 4 foldout maps. 3) Approximately 450 unnumbered pages, with 24 color plates and 506 black-and-white illustrations. Batik covered cloth; slipcase. FIRST EDITION of this monumental study of.....
Taipei: Chinese Association for the Advancement of Science, 1960. 4to. 168 pages. Illustrations in text. Fukuro toji binding, sewn along spine; brocade folding portfolio. The text is an illustrated history, from ancient times through Chang Kai-shek.
Poughkeepsie and New York: Vassar College Art Gallery / The New York Cultural Center, 1972. 8vo. 60 pages. 51 black-and-white illustrations. Printed wrappers. Scarce catalog for the exhibition held at Vassar College Art Gallery, 2 December 1972 to 28 January 1973, and The New York Cultural Center (in Association with.....
New Haven: Yale University Press and Peabody Essex Museum, 2015. Folio. Original cloth-backed boards. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Christie's, 2015. Complete set: 6 volumes, comprising 1) Gallery Guide. 2) Chinese Furniture, Scholar's Objects and Chinese Paintings. 3) Chinese Works of Art: Qing Ceramics, Glass and Jade Carvings 4) Chineses Works of Art: Metalwork, Sculpture and Early Ceramics. 5) European Decrative Arts, Carpets, Old Master Paintings and.....
London: British Museum Press, 2014. 4to. 312 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. A book filled with amazing pieces of Chinese art, specifically from the Ming dynasty.
New York: Timezone 8, 2009. 4to. 268 pages. Black-and-white photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "The companion volume to Making History: Wu Hung on Contemporary Art, this selection of essays on Chinese contemporary artists and their work brings to bear the critical acumen of one of China's leading commentators on modern.....
New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2010. 4to. 135 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Rubin Museum of Art, 5 November 2010 to 11 April 2011.
Prestel, 2012. Folio. 192 pages. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "This unique survey examines the contemporary art scene in Korea, which is one of the most dynamic and least known areas of the contemporary art world" (the publisher).
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976. Folio. 272 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Decorated cloth. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 70 of 129 copies signed by Larson, Bühler and the Solyoms.
Asia One Books, 2013. 4to. 280 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Bamboo covers mounted on cloth. FIRST EDITION, one of 1500 copies. "Born in 1958 in Hong Kong, Freeman Lau graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic. His aesthetic sensibility was further developed when he worked as a designer. In 1980s, Freeman started.....
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1998. 4to. 104 pages. Color illustrations. Silver board-backed patterned cloth. FIRST EDITION, signed by Cara McCarty, the fiber artist Sheila Hicks (to whom the book is dedicated), and five Japanese artists: Chiyoko Tanaka, Naomi Kobayashi, Wakae Nakamoto, Yasuhisa Kohyama, and one unidentifed (M. Kokyushu?).....
Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1962. Large folio (592 x 422 mm). With Ten Original Prints by Hiratsuka Un'Ichi, Maekawa Sempan, Mori Yoshitoshi, Watanabe Sadao, Kinoshita Tomio, Shima Tamami, Azechi Umetaro, Iwami Reika, Yoshida Masaji, Maki Haku, each signed by the artist. [1]-55, [1, colophon] pages. Original.....
Washington, D. C. Lovejoy Press, 1980. Large folio (475 x 310 mm). Color reproductions. Original green silk over boards. Slight wear at extremities, generally fresh and bright. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 731 of 1050 copies. With the errata sheet and the omitted page 49A laid-in, as usual.
Art Media Resources, 2001. Folio. 299 pages. Cloth; Slipcase. FIRST EDITION. A lavish catalogue of the imperial courtyard rocks formed by the Yuan, Mind and Qing emperors, now preserved in the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, Xiyuan (Beihai) Park, and Zhongshan Park in Beijing.
Tokyo: Ryofusha Publishing Co., 1954. Tall 8vo (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches). 32 pp. 32 color prints mounted on card, each with facing text. Original gilt-lettered white boards; printed slipcase. Slipcase and covers soiled at edges, owner's name in ink on title. Reprint of the 1950 first edition, revised.....
Tokyo: Kyoto Hanga in, ca 1960s. Printed description and 6 color prints window mounted. As-issued in board portfolio, printed paper label on front cover. A fine philatelic item, reproducing 6 prints by Utamaro, Hokusai, Hiroshiga, and others.
McCM Creations, 2005. Tall narrow 8vo, with accordion-form panel, folding into printed portfolio. FIRST EDITION.
Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2006. Oblong folio (13 x 14.5 inches). 186 pages. Color plates, some folding. Original silver-lettered cloth. A highly detailed, and beautifully printed study of the creation of "Modern Ming" furniture by this influential classical furniture expert. There are photographs of the pieces from multiple angles, as.....
