Tokyo: Heibonsha Limited, 1986. Large octavo: [8] pages, 225 color plates, 170-302, [2] pages. Near fine in Very good+ slip case. Tan linen spine with gilt titling in Chinese. Slip case very slightly bumped at edges and corners; Binding and text block clean and bright. Text in Japanese with limited English. SH consignment. More

Paris: Vanoest, 1949. Annales du Musee Guimet: Bibliotheque d'Art. Nouvelle Serie: V. Quarto: 270 pages + 5 maps and 88 plates. Fair. Bound in original tan paper wraps with dark green titling to spine and front wrap. Spine wrapped in clear packing tape; Wraps age-toned with moderate shelf wear. Text block with light+ age-toning generally; Moderate age-toning and foxing to front free endpaper and final page of text. Text in French. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937. First edition. Small octavo, ix, [1], 134 pages. Very good+/Very good-. Green dust jacket with black titling to spine. Dust jacket with light+ wear to edges and corners, with spine lightly sunned; Price cut. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped; text block lightly age-toned. SH consignment. More

Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she, 1996. Folio, [22], 408 pages. Very good+/Very good. Brown dust jacket spine with white band and Chinese text in black. Housed in brown paper-covered slip case with light+ bumping and shelf wear. Dust jacket with light+ bumping at edges and corners. Front pastedown with moderate buckling. Profusely illustrated, with 75 surveyed drawings and 314 color plates. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Calcutta: Government of India Central Publishing Branch, 1931. Quarto: [4], iii, [3], 85, 115 black and white plates. Poor. Quarter-bound in red leather with black cloth-covered boards and gilt tooling to spine. Spine sunned, scuffed, and peeling; Corners of boards bumped; Hinges split; Title page loose but present; Plates II and VI loose, significantly browned, and badly chipped, but present; Final three plates laid in, in similar condition to above; Pest damage to margin of Plate XLVI and following, significant but not impacting images; Plates LXXXVI and following loosening from binding; Text block age-toned with light+ insect damage throughout. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House [Wenwu Chuban she], 2005. 1st. Two volumes. Large octavos. Very good. Tan spines with black, red, and white titling in Chinese. Bindings lightly rubbed; Sales label pasted to front free endpaper of vol. 1; Text blocks clean and bright. Profusely illustrated with black and white drawings and diagrams (vol. 1) and color photographs (vol. 2). Text in Chinese. Contents: Vol. 1: [6], 378 pages. Vol. 2: [6], 374, [2] pages. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Taipei: Ch'ing-wen Publishing, 1966. Later (1977) printing of 1966 reissue of the original work published between 1914 and 1938. XIII volumes in five books. Small octavos: xxi, 320, [3] pages; xxv, 321-736, [1], pages + folding plate; xxxiv, 716, [3] pages; xx, 178, [1] pages; viii, iv, 261, [2] pages; all volumes profusely illustrated with black and white plates. Very good. Bound in contemporary full green cloth with silver lettering to spine. Spines slightly tuned and shelf-worn; Bindings lightly marked and bumped; text blocks somewhat age-toned and slightly foxed with occasional light bumping to text block edges. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Tianjin: Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1995. 1st. Volume 2 only of a six-volume series. Large octavo: [8], 22, 178, 80, [30] pages. Near fine / Very good+ in Very good slip case. Brown spine with gilt and white titling in Chinese. Slip case with light+ bumping and rubbing; Dust jacket lightly rubbed; Binding and text block clean and bright. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Text in Chinese. SH consignment. More

People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1960. Small folio: 14, [2], 113, [1] pages. Very good- / Good-. White spine with black titling in Chinese. Dust jacket significantly shelf-worn and marked with several tears and and several pieces of tape. Binding moderately bumped and lightly marked; Two yellowed adhesive stains to front free endpaper; Text block with light+ age-toning and light marking to front endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Text in Chinese. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Beijing: China Building Industry Press, 1999. First edition, first printing. Large octavo: [10], 65, 174, 66, [1] pages. Near fine / Very good+ in Very good- slip case. Navy blue spine with white and gilt titling in Chinese. Slip case with light+ shelf wear and rubbing; Yellowing price label on rear; Dust jacket lightly shelf worn and bumped; Binding and text block bright and clean. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Text in Chinese. SH consignment. More

Shanghai: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1985. First edition, first printing. Large octavo: [10], 22, 198, 77 pages. Very good / Very good in Very good slip case. Navy spine with gilt and white titling in Chinese. Slip case with light+ bumping and wear; Dust jacket lightly rubbed; Binding very slightly marked; Second front free endpaper and second front rear endpaper with light+ staining. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Text in Chinese. SH consignment. More

Shanghai: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1988. First edition, first printing. Large octavo: [10], 29, 200, 67, [2] pages. Very good / Very good in Good+ slip case. Navy spine with gilt and white titling in Chinese. Slip case with light+ rubbing with numerous bubbles in laminate; Dust jacket lightly rubbed with a few small bubbles in laminate; Binding minimally worn; Second front free endpaper and second rear free endpaper moderately stained. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Text in Chinese. SH consignment. More

Beijing: People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1988. First edition, first printing. Large octavo: [10], 35, 199, 67, [3] pages. Very good+ / Very good in Very good- slip case. Slip case with moderate shelf wear and bumping; Dust jacket lightly bumped; Bookseller's ticket pasted to front pastedown. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Text in Chinese. SH consignment. More

Tianjin: Xinjiang Fine Arts Photography Publishing House; Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1995. First edition, first printing. Large octavo: [8], 21, 166, 80, [3] pages. Very good+ / Very good+ in Very good- slip case. Brown spine with gilt and white titling in Chinese. Slip case with light+ rubbing and shelf wear; Dust jacket lightly rubbed; Binding minimally worn; Text block clean and bright. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Text in Chinese. SH consignment. More

Moscow: Committee on the Study of Civilisations of Central Asia, 1974-1975. Two volumes: Proceedings of the International Conference on the History, Archaeology and Culture of Central Asia in the Kushan Period, Dushanbe September 27-October 6, 1968. Octavos: 355 pages, 430 pages. Good+. Each volume bound in a different shade of blue cloth; both with black titling to spines. Both volumes with light+ bumping to head and tails of spines, corners of boards; Minor fraying; Both bindings somewhat soiled. Text blocks lightly age-toned; With black and white in-text illustrations. Text in Russian and English. SH consignment. More

Taipei: Literature House, 1962. Second edition. Octavos, Two volumes. Very good+. Housed in blue cloth slipcase paper label to spine and with fasteners; slip case lightly shelf-worn with some discoloration and slight fraying at corners. Volumes bound in blue cloth-covered soft wraps with stab binding; fukurotoji-style text block. Wraps with minor staining and fraying; Text block slightly age-toned. US distributor's label affixed to title page; one loose and one loosening, but with yellowed adhesive stain remaining. SH consignment. More

Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1916-1932. Four volumes. Quartos, xviii, 313-640 pages; 641-959, [1] pages; xxiii, 961-1252 pages. Poor to Fair. Bound in original tan paper wraps with black ink to front wrap and blank spines; two spines covered in clear tape. Wraps significantly torn and chipped, with vol. 2 lacking one third of its front wrap, including some text; Front wraps of vols. 1 and 3 reinforced with thin board, affixed with clear tape over spine; Vol. 3 lacking front matter and rear wrap; Pages on all volumes chipped and creased with minor tearing to margins; Larger tears impacting text in about a dozen cases; Text blocks age-toned with a few scattered tape repairs; Uncut. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please contact us for rates. More

Berlin: Otto Elsner Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., 1924. First edition. Limited edition: no. 188 of 400. Folio: 448, 113 pages. Fair. Bound in yellow cloth, sunned to tan, with green label to spine. Joints largely split; Damp staining to fore edges of both boards; Fraying to edges of boards and head and tail of spine; Corners bumped. Hinges split; First two leaves and final three leaves loose but present; Text block slightly age-toned. Text in German. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Vostochnoj Literatury, 1962. Folio, 84 pages (booklet) + 111 loose plates, some in black and white and some in color. Good- to Good+. Housed in green cloth folio case with plain spine and titling to front board. Case somewhat shelf-worn with several splits to cloth, age-toning to paper; Index card with Russian title and English translation taped to inside cover. Booklet in Good- condition, with wear and splitting to spine and smudging to covers; pages age-toned. Prints age-toned and slightly bumped at corners. Text in Russian. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Paris: Les Editions d'Art et Histoire, 1936. Folio: 38 pages + 22 black and white photographic plates. Very good-. Bound in original grey wraps with black lettering to spine. Wraps with light+ shelf wear and marking. Text block age toned with very minor pest damage to lower edge of page introducing plates and to rear free endpaper. Text in French. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

London: Lund Humphries, 1970. First edition. Two volumes: "Genre and Ukiyo-e school (excluding Hokusai and his school and Hiroshige)" and "Hokusai and his school and Hiroshige". Quartos, xi, [1], 184 pages; vi, [185]-363 pages. Very good+. Bound in brown cloth with gilt text to spines. Housed in matching brown cloth slip case with light+ bumping and fraying to corners. Both volumes with very light bumping at corners of boards, heads and tails of spines; Text block edges gilt; Profusely illustrated in black and white with laid-in color plates. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Lahore: Nisar Art Press, 1968. Folio, 476 pages. Very good, in a Very good minus dust jacket. Green illustrated dust jacket with a yellow and blue design to spine. Dust jacket with light plus fading and light shelf wear. Head and tail of spine show light shelf wear with cracking to front hinge. Text block age-toned. With 37 tipped-in color plates, 25 black and white plates. Numerous calligraphic and ornamental illustrations, many in color. Text in Urdu and English. SH Consignment. [Oversized book. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.]. More

Tokyo, New York, & San Francisco: Kodansha International, 1973. First edition. Folio: [6], 251 pages. Very good/Very good. Pictorial dust jacket with black spine with white and pink lettering (faded from red). Dust jacket lightly shelf-worn with faded lettering to spine; slightly age-toned. Boards lightly faded at edges; Text block slightly age-toned. Profusely illustrated with numerous black and white and color photographs. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

[Tianjin]: Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1998. Large quarto: [6], 8, [1], 211, [1], 7 pages. Very good / Very good in Very good- slip case. Red and organic spine with gold and black titling in Chinese and Chinese transliterated into the Latin alphabet. Slip case with light+ bumping to edges and corners, light marking, and a small split at top edge. Dust jacket lightly bumped, with come areas of separation between plastic coating and paper base of dust jacket. Binding lightly bumped with some areas of minor fraying. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Text in Chinese. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Tokyo and Palo Alto: Kodansha International, 1970. First edition, third printing. Folio, xxii, [2], 187 pages with 47 color plates, pasted in, and 103 black and white plates. Very good+. Tan canvas-covered boards with black lettering to spine, orange wrap-around band, and heavy clear plastic protector, housed in brown cardboard slip case. Slip case with minor bumping and shelf wear; Plastic protector somewhat stretched; Text block clean and bright. SH consignment. More