Book is beautiful and beautifully kept. Includes a nice dustjacket with no egrigious problems and also a sturdy slipcase and even a bookmark added by the publisher. It's oversixed at 9-12"x13" a nd is quite heavy. Both the text and the art are plentiful, so there'smuch to read and much to see. Art is in both black and white and full color with many of the color plates having been tipped-in rather than printed on the page, an elegant and high quality feature. View More...
Six complete issues of what was then a bimonthly magazine, all in nice clean condition. Includes the Bangkok Bicentennial Issue. Absolutely gorgeous publication with quality articles and beautiful, large photos. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, Chinese snuff bottles, the art of calligraphy, Thai mother-of-pearl, Burmese opium weights, Negoro lacquer, Chinese soft paste or steatitic porcelain, decorative roof ceramics in Chinese archietecture, brass boxes of the southern Philippines, Bandha textiles, antique weavings of the Lao Neua, prehistoric collections in Muzium Negara and ... View More...
Five complete issues of what was then a bimonthly magazine, all in nice clean condition. Includes Jan.-Feb.; May-June; July-Aug.; Sept.-Oct; and Nov-Dec.. Absolutely gorgeous publication with quality articles and beautiful, large photos. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the Punjab Sikh school of painting; Budda Sakyamuni in Asian art; overseas Chinese silversmiths; Sadaik-Burmese manuscript chests; Turkish embroideries; the contemporary movement in Nepalese art; Nepalese cottage crafts; the ancient Ts'Ung jade tube; the art of Thanka painting; the arts of the Islamic book; the ... View More...
Crisp, beautiful auction catalog with many large photographs, including several in full color. It's printed on quality coated paper and measures 8-3/4"x9-1/4". Sale consisted of 348 lots owned by a number of people. All estimates grouped at back page. Catalog is pristine inside and out. Owner names are: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat, S. Edna Fletcher, Helen Garfunkel, Mary McFadden, Nelson A, Rockefeller, Garry Smith, Mrs. Harold A. Roig, and Jerome Zipkin View More...
If you love Japanese art this catalog is a humdinger because it provides much information, especially about Japanese bronzes with a large fold-out that shows a chronological history of them. The text is in both Japanese and English and offers explanations of the works photographed. The back of the catalog is also interesting as it shows drawings of various pieces and names them. This is a large catalog measuring just about 10" square, printed on coated paper with 63 pages. View More...
This is as much a book as it is an auction catalog -- absolutely beautiful and large at 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" with 355 pages in both English and Chinese.It also includes the charming advertising piece which shows the lay-out of the venue -- see the main photo. Due to China's Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics any item marked with a star was prohibited for exportation. The art is gorgeous throughout and predominately in full color. View More...
This is the catalog for the Chinese art exhibition which originally cost $85. The envelope inside contains a notice about the upcoming event. I buy every Weisbrod I can find -- gorgeous in dust jackets and full page color photos of the art.They're also oversized at 8-3/4" x 12". This one has 107 pages highlighting 42 works of art in bronze, pottery, limestone, jade and porcelain. Catalog is clean and tightly bound with no names or writing.The only fault is a small area at top of back dust jacket where there appears to be a lamination issue, but I have placed it in a brand new mylar cover and o... View More...
Beautiful exhibition catalog with full page color photographs of the art. The catalog measures 8"x10" and is printed on quality coated paper with 138 pages. Each of the 69 items on exhibit are given star treatment with the large color photo plus a detailed description. A chronological chart at the front helps with understanding dynasties and dates. Among the items shown are pottery (glazed and unglazed), jades, marble, bronzes, wood sculptures, cloisonne, blue and white ware and more. No paintings or fabrics. Very clean tightly bound. View More...
Crisp clean book with no defects of note. No bumps, no remainder mark,no tears or chips, and no price-clip. No remainder mark either. The book covers much including Tensho, Seal Script;Scribe's Script, Reisho; Ornamental Styles, Zattaisho; Block Script, Sui and T'ang for influence.The book cpontaoins ample text and many pitures of the various types of calligraphy. the boo measures 7-1/4" x 9-1/4" and has 172 pages. The book will arrive with a brand new mylar cover. View More...
Very handsome hard cover art exhibition catalog showcasing the treasures of Mr. and Mrs. James O'Brien. The book itself is without defect -- no bumps toboards, no names or writing and everything pristine. The dustjacket is likewise clean and nice, but does have a sunned spine. Looks quite nice in brand new mylar cover. Book measures 9" x 12-1/2" with 195 pages.Includes painting, ceramics, lacquer and woodblock prints. View More...
Book is very clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. Boards are covered with two different fabrics and cloth is clean throughout. Only faults are some toning to front free endpaper next to spine and two small areas to bottom of back board near outer corner where small pieces of cloth are rubbed away. One small loss of cloth to bottom of front corner too, but overall quite nice. Book is illustrated with black and white photographs, most of whcih are large. The text tells the story of the geisha by telling the story of one young girl from Pontocho and her journey to becoming a geisha. ... View More...
Crisp, clean, beautiful book comprised of captioned photographs in dazzling color. Book is in excellent conditon with no bumps to boards, no names or writing, and no tears or chips to dustjacket which will arrive in brand new mylar cover. There is what appears to be a catalog laid-in with a postcard perhaps for ordering other titles -- not certain, as it is in Japanese. Book is complete with introduction, caption under photos, and a longer description of each scene at back of book. Measures 10-1/4" wide and 10" tall. 106 pages printed on quality coated paper. View More...
Crisp, clean book with with no names or writing, no bumps to boards, and no tears or chips to dustjacket which will arrive in brand new mylar cover. The subtitle, "A Biography", indicates that the book is part of a series of the Lives of Great Religious Books. The I Ching began in China as a tool for divination, but over vast time it revealed other uses and was embraced by Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Tibet. It remains a classic. Book measures 5" x 8" and has 278 pages including index. View More...
ITEM # 6536 DIAMOND MOUNTAINS TRAVEL AND NOSTALGIA IN KOREAN ART BY SOYOUNG LEE PUB BY METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 164 PGS 9 1/4 X 10 1/4 HARD BACK .EXPLORES HOW JEONG SWEON [ 1676 - 1759 ] REVOLUTIONIZED KOREAN PAINTING WITH HIS DIAMOND MOUNTAINS LANDSCAPES 209 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS , 3 MAPS BOOK IS NEW IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP [ ASIA ] View More...
Very beautful, quality book measuring 9"x12", printed on coated paper, and illustrated with full page, full color high defintiion prhotography. Includes an intro to four archaic bronze objects, a conservation report on a late Eastern Zhou dynasty inlaid bronze hianhu, a later Warring States period inlaid hu, a conservation report on a late Warring States period inlaid bronze, a chronological table, a selected biography and institution listings. No, tears or chips, no names or writing. Jacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover. View More...
Crisp and clean as new with no bumps to boards, no tears or chip,s and no names or writing. Pages and page edges are pristine. Book measures 6-1/4" x 9" and has 296 pages incluing index. Topics include a comparison of chanting in South and in Southeast Asia; the craft of the rag robe in Cambodia; corpses and cloth; good death, bad death and ritual restructuring in northern Laos; theatre of death and rebirth monks' funerals in Burma; the Ghost Festival in southeast China; incense and flower rites in SE China; and Buddhist passports to the other world. Jacket will arrive in brand new mylar. View More...
This is a special offering, a box covered with blue cloth and is clean and sturdy. Inside are two stacks of small comic books, ten on each side.The text is in Chinese, but the black and white drawings tell a story too. The little books measure 3-1/2" x 5". I was able to translate much, but the same exact specific item was used in every translation site which was a problem because two books are missing from that one. Mine has ALL TWENTY. The translated ones are:Dragon Palace I; Dragon Palace II; Two Mountains; Gao Laozhuang; Quicksand; White Tiger; True Hawk; Red Baby; Tongtian River; ... View More...
