Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
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Chinese Turkestan - Stein, Marc Aurel
China - Tsunegoro Okuyuma
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan. Personal Narrative of a Journey of Archaeological & Geographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1903. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, folding map, illustrations in text, original brown pictorial cloth, partly unopened, t.e.g., occasional spotting, front inner hinge slightly cracked
[Architectural Design of the Imperial Palace in Beijing]. Beijing: Xue Yuan Press, 2007. Large folio, 80 coloured plates loose as issued in original decorative yellow silk cloth folder, box slightly split at fold, in cardboard packaging
£300-500
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China - Wang Tao
China - Tanner, P. de Chinese Jade. Ancient and Modern. Descriptive Catalogue, illustrating the most prominent pieces of a collection of Jade Articles, with Special Reference to Sepulchral Jades. Berlin: D. Reimer/E. Vohsen. 1925. First edition, 2 volumes, oblong folio, 7 coloured folding plates, 117 black & white plates, original green cloth, one joint split, binding marked
£500-700
Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection. London: Paradou Writing Ltd., 2010. Folio, limited edition of 500 copies, colour plates, original cloth, slipcase, still in original cardboard packaging
£200-300
552 China - Waterbury, Florance
549 China - Tsingtao -Tatsufuji Kazuji Seito¯-shi : Ko¯yo¯sha, Sho¯wa 15 [1940], [104] pp., illustrations, some coloured, original wrappers, 20 x 28 cm.
£200-300
Early Chinese Symbols and Literature: Vestiges and Speculations, with Particular Reference to the Ritual Bronzes of the Shang Dynasty. New York: E. Weyhe, 1942. First edition, 4to., number 123 of 250 copies, 77 plates, original red cloth, glassine wrap-around, slipcase
£150-250
553 China- Zhang Daqian Chinese Painting. With the Original Paintings and Discourses on Chinese Art. Hong Kong: East Art Co., 1961. First edition, folio, title printed in gold, portrait of the author and 73 colour illustrations, further illustrations, original silk covered boards, contrasting silk lettering piece laid on coloured paper to the upper board, with gilt vignette of two men in outline, in the original decorative silk slipcase, in the original cardboard box Note: A detailed guide to all aspects of painting in the Chinese style, covering techniques for depicting flowers and plants, people and landscapes, as well as guidelines for the handling of paper and ink, brush and water. Chang Da-Chien (1899-1983) was one of the bestknown Chinese artists of the twentieth century, gaining renown not only in the traditional style, but also as an impressionist and expressionist, and as a master forger.
£500-700
554 China - Zu, Ti, editor [Selected Porcelain from the Collection of Shanghai Museum. Cultural relics publishing house, 1979.] Folio, original cream cloth gilt, dustjacket, original card box a little split
£300-400
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