Four beautiful, as new books, each dedicated to a different aspect of Asian travel. They were printed in 1976 and 1977 and issued as a set in '77. The books each have 23 pages and are lavishly illustrated with gorogeous color photography, but also much text. They measure 8-1/2" high and 12" across and fit neatly into their original decorative envelope. The envelope shows wear at corners, but is otherwise clean and nice. Topics are entertainment, shopping, travel, and food. All cover other Asian countries in addition to Japan. View More...
Very beautiful over-sized booklet measuring 8-1/2"x11" lavishly illustrated with black and white and much color art. Though categorized as one, this is NOT an art catalog published to accompany an exhibition, but rather a booklet devoted solely to the Chinese paintings in the Douglas Dillon Galleries of the museum. The text is quite lengthy and all is printed on quality coated paper. 80 pages. View More...
Beautiful book, clean and bright inside and out with no names or writing. Pages and page edges are pristine and book is tightly bound. Measures 6-1/2" x 9-1/2" and has 402 pages.Text is divided into three sections: Early Buddhism, Nikaya Buddhism and and Early Mahayana Buddhism. Book has been translated to English from the Japanese. View More...
Book itself is clean and tightly bound with a small bit of wear to upper left corner at spine (does not compromise integrity) and wear to lower front corner. Otherwise pristine. Former owner's name written small on front pastedown. Book is SIGNED without inscription by author on title page. Jacket shows chipping at top of spine and to a lesser degree at top front edge. A small bit of rubbing to bottom front and a few flat creases at same area. Looks most handsome in brand new mylar. Book is illustrated with drawings throughout and also provides historical information. 317 pages. View More...
Two very handsome and substantial travel guides, one for China and one for Japan, both from Les Guides Bleaus. Neither has been read, but there is toning to edges of endflaps on the China volume. Otherwise no tears or chips, no names or writing and no bumps to boards. Books measure 4-1/2"x7-1/2" and have not been price-clipped. Will arrives in brand new mylar cover.The China book contains 956 pages and the Japan volume 800. Numerous maps throughout bothbooks and much information. Great fun to read from the 1989 perspective. View More...
Very nice copy -- clean as a whistle inside and out with no names or writing. Dustjacket shows small bit of wear to upper corners, but no tears or chips and is most handsome in brand new mylar cover. Quarto-sized at 10" tall. Printed on high quality glossy paper and lavishly illustrated in both black and white and color -- 139 pieces of sculpture and paintings ranging from early ceramic sculptures through late 19th century paintings. Ample text discusses the Japanese reality movement. 292 pages. Accompanying the book is the exhibit booklet published by the Cleveland Museum of Art dated 1983. ... View More...
item # 24132 on the mandarin road by roland dorgeles pub 1926 by century co ny 332 pgs 5 3/4 x 8 hard back Very clean, attractive book with handsome gilt and black design to front board. Only exterior fault is slight darkening to spine. Contents tightly bound. Former owner's name and the date 1928 written on front free endpaper. Handsomely illustrated with 31 black and white photographs. Text translated from the French. Book is a travel memoir of th author's visits to Vietnam and Cambodia. 332 pages. [ travel] View More...
Very jnice clean book with no names or writing, no tears or chips, and no bumps to boards,. Book is bound in paper over boards with a cloth spine and sports a black and gilt title box to spine. Only fault is price-clip to bottom of front endflap. Measures 7" x 10-1/2" with 212 pristine pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs.Shugendo is a blend of folk religion and Buddhism. It's billed here as "the way of mastering magico-religious powers within sacred mountains View More...
Crisp, clean, beautiful book -- NO names or writing, no bumps to boards, no tears or chips and no remainder mark. Dustjacket in brand new mylar cover. Contains a faithful record kept by an American sailor from 1899 to 1901 as a first class petty officer on board the Oregon. During his service he was sent to in the Pacific and East Asia. 390 pages View More...
Book and jacket are crisp and clean with no defect of note. No tears or chips, no names or writing, no remainder mark, no creasing and dustjacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover. Illustrated with photographs. Tells the story of Tashi Tsering, once a political prisoner doing hard labor in China,. Written with two professors at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, one head of the anthropology department and the other an English prof. Tsering is back in Tibet trying to find the middle way breween authoritarian chiense rule and a return to Tibet's old order. 207 pages includi... View More...
Very handsome oversized book -- like new and beautifully bound with French wraps. Text is in both English and German. Book measures 9-3/4" x 12-1/2" with 302 pages. There are no names or writing, no spine crease, and pristine pages throughout. Illustratred profusely with historic photograophs -- printed in sepia and quite large.Text is at front, but most of the content is photography with captions. Photos cover Turkey, Egypt, Mecca, Yemen, Ceylon, India, Berman, Singapore and Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Korea and Japan. View More...
Lot of six including Number 174, April, 1964; Number 177, Feb. 1965; Number 182, April 1966; Number 186, April 1967; Number 187, October 1967; and Number 199, October 1970. Clean as a whistle inside and out with just a small bit of tiny writing to upper fornt corner of each. Contents pristine. Illustrated with maps, charts and photographs. All concern the same archaeological exacavations conducted by Harvard and Cornell in association with the Corning Glass Museum. Complete coverage of Lydian residential architecture, the great synagogue, evidence of urban planning and works of art discovered... View More...
Very nice clean book, tightly bound with no names or writing. The only real defect is the loss of the dustjacket. Minor ones include two small flat creases to upper corners, and a few small spots to top exterior edge which has been inked in a mustard color as per design (see photos). Buddhism has evolved immensely to where it is now. In primitive times there were two roles only for women -- laywomen or almswomen. Book has 391 pages including index. View More...
This is a remarkably clean, nice book with no names or writing, no dog-eared pages, and no spine crease. It's doubtful that it's ever been read. The book was originally published in 1682, but was nicely translated by Kengi Hamada for the contemporary English speaking reader. Book measures 4-1.2" x 7-1/4 and has 233 pages. Also includes some black and white art. The original price fromToguri's Gifts remains on the back cover. View More...
This is a beautiful book not often found in its slipcase with Japanese banner still intact. Box shows one bump ( see photo) with some creasing to front closed edge and a corresponding defect on the banner which was over the box when it received the damage. The slipcase is quite sturdy with no bumps and no splits to extrmities. It has protected the lovely ecru silky cloth binding. Introduction is in English, the rest in Japanese, but the art is contemporary and charming. Poti-Bokuru is the art of decorating the small enveloeps given as gifts in Japanese culture. The works are beautiful. View More...
Very handsome book bound in bright red cloth and decorated at face and spine with gilt lettering. Dustjacket is likewise nice with just a tiny spot of wear to upper right corner. Book measures 9" x 12-1/4" and has 64 pages. Very handsome endpapers show a color map of Asia. Beautifully illustrated with both color and black and white photographs and art. Princeton--in-Asia is a program which began in the late 19th century when it served Asia as a Christian missionary organization. From there it changed -- becoming nonpartisan and nonsectarian. The program remained viable at the time the book was... View More...
Book is pristine inside and out with no names or writing, no tears or chips, and no bumps to boards. Only fault is a stamped price on the first blank page as is the norm in college bookstores. Dustjacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover. Each chapter is written by a different author, each of which brings a different topic. These include: Buddhist theories of existents; the two leading principles of Buddhist meditation; the interpretation of emptiness; meditational therapy; yogi direct awareness; observations on the Four Stations of mindfulness; Buddhist devotional meditation and mo... View More...
Beautiful book in excellent condition. There is a presentation inscription on front free endpaper, written by Michael R. Bernstein, a New York City gallery owner who deals in fine Japanese art. The book is profusely illustrated with full page color plates assigned to each of the 88 works .Items include storage boxes for specific items such as writing materials, medicines etc. pipe cases and more. Book offers information on lacquer and lacquerers. The book measures 8-1/2" x 12-1/4" with 196 pages including index. Dustjacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover. View More...
Very nice book, nicely kept. Pristine pages and page edges. Type is very readable against the very ehite paper. The graphic on the cover was initially sprayed on rice paper. Text is in English, translated by Katherine Vova. Author's preface is in both Chinese and English. chaopters are thus: Liberating the Mind and the Four Wisdoms; Truth Body, Transformation Body, and Bliss Body of Buddha; The Essence, Phenomenon and Function of Prajna; The Three Insight Practices of the Non-phenomenal. Provisional Existence and the Medial Principle; and The Ocean of Wisdom Penetrates the Truth of All Things.... View More...
Crisp and clean as new. No tears or chips, no names or writing, and no bumps to boards. Book measures 6" x 8-3/4" and has 441 pages including index. Dustjacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover. This book was the first attempt n English to tell the story of the "fundamental changes in the relationship of government to organized Buddhism in the Japan of the 1500's. View More...
