History books documenting Ancient Asian Civilizations and their arts and culture, from Feudal Japan to Communist China.
New York: Columbia University Press, 2023. Octavo, xvii, 479 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is black with white and yellow print. Cover is illustrated, white, yellow, and red print. Illustrated: b&w plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F). More
Bombay: Manaktalas, 1964. Octavo, 318 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. In clear plastic sleeve. Boards in brown cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning with stains. Text block has spotting to edges and endpapers, tear at bottom of page 123, spine crack at page 32, missing final two pages of index. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F). More
Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1955. 10mo, vii, viii, xi, xviii, xxii, 506 pages. In Good condition. Quarter bound black spine and green and beige boards with handwritten blue lettering to a paper label to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including chipping to the fore corners, slight age toning and slight soiling. Text block has moderate wear including age toning to the edges and to the interior. Illustrated including foldout maps. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A (ND-A). More
Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1972. Octavo, xii, 114 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is green without print. Boards in green cloth, paper title label on front panel; wear to spine caps and corners, light blemishes, warping. Text block has red speckled edges; toning to endpapers, spine crack at page 112. Illustrated: b&w drawings, by plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F). More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961. Octavo, Volume Three only: xix, 559 pages. In Good plus condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Spine is tan with black and green print. Dust jacket has mild edge wear, toning to spine, vendor label on rear panel. Price unclipped: “63s net”. Boards in green cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates (photographs), folded color maps, large folded color map in rear pocket. “1961”— title page; “First published 1962”— title page verso. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F). More
![1419812 SCIENCE & CIVILISATION IN CHINA [Two volumes]. Joseph Needham](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1419812.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1793984199)
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Unversity Press, 1961, 1962. First Edition, Second Printing. Large octavos, two volumes. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus dust jackets. Spines brown with black lettering. Dust jackets protected with mylar covering, prices cut. Mild shelfwear and age-toning to both dust jackets, concentrated on spines and flaps. Light staining to both spines. Horizontal closed tear on spine of Volume One. Corners of all flaps clipped. Remainder mark on bottom edge of Volume Two textblock. Shelved in China. More
Ithaca, NY: East Asia Program, Cornell University, 1998. First Edition. Octavo, x, 176 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is blue with white lettering. Light sahelfwear to front and rear boards. Shelved in ND-B. More
London, UK: Routledge, 2013. Octavo, xvi, 296 pages. In Very Good condition. Light shelfwear, one crease to the back cover. Some page corners lightly dogeared. Inscription to front free endpaper in black ink. Shelved in ND-B. More
London / Berlin: Academy Editions / Ernst & Sohn, 1993. First Edition. Quarto, 300 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild general shelf wear. Textblock clean. Shelved in World Architecture. More
Porto: Lello and Irmão, Editores, 1979. Large Octavo, xxxvi, 960 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's light brown marbled cloth bearing gilt lettering to red bars to the spine. Raised bands to the spine. Boards have slight wear including small bump to the corners. Text block has slight plus wear including faint age toning to the edges and few slight damp stains to page nine hundred and sixty-nine. Pictorial end papers. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Text in Portuguese. Volume one only. Shelved in Column A. More
Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1990. First Paperback Edition, Fourth Printing. Octavo, 107 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine red with white and gray lettering. Faded and torn band present. Sunning to spine. Light age toning throughout textblock. Shelved in Show Case. More
San Francisco, CA: Orchid House, 1991. First Edition. Quarto, 122 pages. In Good plus condition. White cloth binding with black lettering. Large brown stain (~2 inches) to top edge of cover, light shelfwear and a few other light soil marks. Very light age toning to edges of pages. Shelved in Locked Annex ND-QA. More
![1419545 100 VIEWS OF EDO [Edo Hyakkei]. Andō Hiroshige, Ogawa Enson](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1419545.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1794335917)
Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1928. Early Printing. Octavo, 54 pages. In Good condition. Paper covers with wasobōn binding. General shelfwear to cover and text block, concentrated on edges and covers. Mild cracking to back cover. Front paste down partially separated from bottom right corner of front cover. Rubbing and chipping to spine. Mild staining to textblock, concentrated on prints 12-21. includes 27 color plates. Shelved in Case 11. More
Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1936. Third Printing. Octavo, iv, v, 154 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including few scuffs/scratches and rubbed corners. Text block has moderate wear including age toning to the edges and slight foxing to some interior pages. Lacking the front end paper and page verso to the frontispiece. Errata slip tipped in. Illustrated including folded maps. Third printing. Shelved in Column A. More
New York: The John Daly Company, 1934. First Thus Edition. Octavo, 311 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, clipped flap corners. Spine black and red with off-white lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including few chips to the head/tail and slight age toning to the rear. Boards have moderate slight wear including few soiling marks. Text block has moderate wear including slight age toning to the fore/tail edges and head edge colored red with mild offsetting to the end papers. Illustrated. First thus edition. Shelved in Column A. More
Tokyo, Japan: c. 1830-32. Japanese woodblock print. In Very Good minus condition. Offset border/stain around margins. One minuscule closed tear to top edge. Plate title and series title and artist name in top left corner. Publisher stamp in bottom right (suggesting 20th century reprint). Sheet is 10.5x15in. Stored in portfolio in Room E. More
Hamden: Archon Books, 1970. First English Edition. Octavo, xxix, 186 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price clipped front flap. Spine orange with black lettering. Exterior has slight wear including mild sunning to the spine and light edge wear. Boards have very slight wear. Text block has very slight wear including mild age toning to the edges. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First English edition. Shelved in Column A. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First Edition. 16mo, 286 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Ex-library copy with associated stickers, stamps, perforations... Rebound in mustard yellow cloth, light soil marks and rubbing to edges. Light age toning throughout. Closed tears to bottom corner of pages 227-232. Shelved in ND-B. More
Paris: Chez Debure L'aîné, 1787. First Edition. Quarto, [4], clxxx, 427 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Rebound in full dark brown leather binding, with gilt-lettered red leather label to paneled spine and new endpapers. Boards show very light shelving wear. Text block shows moderate age toning and shelving wear along edges, with dust soiling to the top edge. Lightly age toned and sparsely foxed throughout. Small stain on original rear free endpaper. Some pages show faint wrinkles, with a faint crease on p. 1. Shelved in Room A Octavo Overflow. More
![1418250 OUTLAWS OF THE MARSH [Two volumes]. Shi Nai'an](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1418250.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1791671379)
London, UK`: The Folio Society, 2018. Limited Edition. Large octavos, two volumes. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus slip case. Half bound in blue and cream fabric with gilt decoration. Slip case beige fabric with black decoration. Light shelf wear to slip case, small corner of fabric peeling on bottom board. Interior text block clean. Shelved Above Easton Press. More
New York: Basic Books, 1981. First English Edition. Octavo, xlv, 706 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Jacket is off white with black text, some sunning to spine, small closed tears to upper edge, light shelfwear. Price uncut "$37.50". Text is lightly age toned, some very light stains to fore edge of textblock. Shelved in ND-B. More
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1990. First Edition. Octavo, x, 518 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Jacket is wrapped in new mylar sleeve, teal spine with white and light green lettering. Light sunning damage to spine, one small closed tear to top edge of spine. Volume is fully bound in blue cloth, some light marks from dust to front and back covers. Light marginalia in pencil at beginning of text. Shelved in ND-B. More
Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 1995. First Printing. Octavo, vi, viii, x, 398 pages. In Very Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine orange with black lettering. Covers have slight wear including minor edge wear and previous bookshop's small sticker to the rear. French flaps. Text block has slight wear including light soiling to the edges. Illustrated. First printing. NOTE: Shelved in Column A. More
Franklin Classics. Facsimile reprint. Octavo, xiv, 492 pages + publisher catalog, 64 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is orange with white print. Boards in glossy orange and black paper, white print. Text block has light amount of marginal notation in ink. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs). Facsimile reprint of edition published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1913. Reproduces library copy with library card image at rear; marginal notation seems to be reproduced from library copy. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F). More
Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1976. Reprint. Octavo, xxii, 521 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth; wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Illustrated: b&w plates (photographs, drawings, genealogical tables, folded maps). “First published by Macmillan and Company Ltd., London 1958”— title page verso. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F). More
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiii, 412 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine blue with black lettering. Mild general shelf wear. Mild curling to front cover. Previous owner's signature to first page. Shelved in India. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992. First Edition. Octavo, 289 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine red and purple with white and purple lettering. Exterior has slight wear including light soiling and light edge wear with slight age toning to the jacket interior. Boards have very slight wear including light sunning. Text block has very mild wear including faint age toning to the edges. Illustrated. First edition. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Column A. More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1933. First edition. Octavo, xiv, 278 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is yellow with gold print. Boards in yellow cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Text block has red tinted top edge; owner stamp with names in pencil and ink on front endpapers, intermittant spine cracks. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F). More
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Reprinted. Octavo, x, xii, xv, 557 pages. In Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine light yellow dark blue with dark blue and yellow lettering. Covers have moderate wear including cocked spine and slight soiling. Text block has moderate wear including slight soiling to the edges and minor marginalia to the interior. Handwritten notation taped to inside the rear cover. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Reprinted. NOTE: Shelved in Column A. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 248 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine beige with black lettering. Exterior has slight wear including faint sunning. Boards have very mild wear including light edge wear. Text block has very mild wear including light age toning to the edges. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Column A. More
![1417576 THE RIGVEDA: THE EARLIEST RELIGIOUS POETRY OF INDIA [Three Volumes]. Stephanie W....](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1417576.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1790377165)
2014: Oxford University Press, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Octavos, 3 Volumes. In Very Good condition and housed in publisher's Very Good burgundy paper slip case. Bound in publisher's burgundy paper with gilt lettering to spines. Minor shelf wear. Textblocks clean. Shelved above World Religion. More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1950. Octavo, 239 pages. In Fair plus condition with a Poor plus dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket has tears to all edges, small portion of spine tail torn away, shelf wear, adhered to print board. Boards in blue cloth; wear to spine caps and corners, stain on rear panel. Text block has blue tinted top edge, name in ink on front flyleaf and on half-title page. Illustrated: maps on endpapers, b&w frontispiece and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F). More
London: John Murray, 1913. Octavo, xii, 310 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth, gold print; wear to spine caps and corners, mild shelf wear. Text block has has gilt top edge; name in ink on half-title page, foxing to endpapers, slight occasional foxing within. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F). More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1951. Reprinted. Octavo, 312 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price clipped front flap. Spine pictorial yellow with black lettering. Exterior has slight wear including faint foxing and sparse, minor to the head tail edges. Boards have slight wear including light foxing. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the edges and mild offsetting to the end papers. Illustrated. Reprinted. Shelved in Column L. More
Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1948. Octavo, 129 pages. In Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Beige covers have moderate wear including slight age toning/foxing and some chipping to the spine/edges. Text block has slight plus wear including slight age toning to the edges. Map frontispiece. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Column L. More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929. Reprint. Octavo, ix, 383 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine yellow with red lettering. General shelf wear. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Top of textblock dyed red. Rubbing to boards. Mild staining to spine. Shelved in China. More
New York: Routledge, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiii, 402 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is black and gray with light yellow lettering. Mild general shelf wear. Mild bumping to edges of covers. Text block clean. Shelved in Gender Studies. More
London, UK: Macmillan And Co., 1921. First Edition. Octavo, xv, 480 pages. In Good condition. Bound in blue fabric with gilt lettering and decoration. Discoloration and rubbing to boards. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Binding loose, with text block cracked on page 112-3, 192-3, and 384-5. Worming to text block, up to page XV. Shelved in India. More
London and New York: Routledge, 2012. First Edition. Octavo, xiv, 130 pages. In Good Very condition. Bound in the publisher's black/blue cloth bearing white and blue lettering to the spine. Boards have very slight wear. Text block has very light wear with previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Column L. More
![1417506 A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES: A NEW VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD [Volume One Only]. William Dampier](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1417506.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789426077)
London: James and John Knapton, 1729. Seventh Edition. Octavo, [10], 550 pages, [4] ads. In Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary blind-tooled Cambridge calf, paneled spine. Gilt 'I' stamped to spine. Some general shelfwear and rubbing, including bumping to corners. Photocopy portrait pasted to front pastedown. With a collective and volume titlepage. With frontispiece folding map of the globe, folding 'Map of the Middle Part of America' lacking part after fold, supplied in facsimile, folding 'Map of the West Indies' backed, and plate of Pulo Condore and the Banshee Islands. Shelved case 9. More
New York, New York: Scribner & Welford, 1884. First Edition. Octavo, xx, 200, [46] pages. In Good condition. Bound in brown leather with gilt and black lettering. Slight shelf wear and bumping to spine and edges of boards. Binding split on pages 48-9, pages lose. Small ink mark on bottom edge of text block. All plates included. Shelved in Case 9. More
New York: Lewis Copeland and Company, 1932. Octavo, xxii, 589 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is brown with blue print. Boards in red cloth; fraying to spine caps and corners, wear to hinges, toning to spine, slight damp stain to title page. Text block has cracked front hinge. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait. Laid in: clipped obituary of author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K (ND-K). More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989. Quarto, Four volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Spines are variously colored, white print. Covers variously colored, white print; light edge wear. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Lessons (xx, 183 pages) — Vol. 2. Notes and Exercises (ix, 246 pages) — Vol. 3. Character Workbook (ix, 158 pages) — Vol. 4. Character text (ISBN 0674124774) (64 pages + pages number in Chinese characters). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-volume Section. More
![1417471 CONNOISSEURSHIP OF CHINESE FURNITURE: MING AND EARLY QING DYNASTIES [Two Volumes]....](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1417471.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1789845917)
Hong Kong: Art Media Resources Ltd, 1990. First Edition. Quarto, two volumes. In Very Good condition with a Very Good slip case. Bound in green fabric with gilt lettering. Slip case green fabric and cardboard. Light general shelfwear and rubbing to slip case and boards. Shelved in Alcove #1. More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, x, xviii, xx, 212 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's black and gray cloth bearing white lettering to the spine. Boards have slight wear including slight tilt to the spine and minor edge wear. Text block has slight wear including light edge wear. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Column L. More
Boston: The Page Company, 1914. First impression. Octavo, xviii, 396 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is blue and green with gold print, illustration. Boards in illustrated cloth; slight wear to spine caps, slight surface tear to rear panel. Text block has has gilt top edge; bookplate and inscription in ink on verso of front flyleaf, embossed stamp on title page “Presentation Copy”, light foxing to fore edge of some pages. Illustrated: color frontispiece, b&w plates (photographs), color plates with tissue guards (photographs), color folded map. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. More
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986. Octavo, xii, 265 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is white with brown print. Dust jacket has slight edge wear. Boards in grey cloth; slightly cocked spine. Text block has inscription in ink facing half-title page. Illustrated: b&w plates (maps, drawings, facsimiles). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K (ND-K). More
Bangalore: Sara Abraham, 1999. First Edition. Quarto, 160 pages plus ninety-one plates (58 color, 33 monochrome.) In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Bound in gray cloth with metallic blue titling. Jacket is black with gray and white lettering; price unclipped: "2,000 Rupees". Jacket has a tear to upper spine corner, shelfwear to edges, and heavy rubbing throughout. Spine has sunning to head/tail, a spot of fraying to cloth near middle, and light staining and rubbing throughout. Boards have sunning and shelfwear to edges, and rubbing and scuffing throughout; front board has a spot of fraying to cloth near spine, and a large stain to part of titling causing some letters to fade. Text block has light scuffing to edges; has a gift inscription to half-title page, and age-toning to margins and splitting to some gutters throughout. Shelved in Netdesk Office, case #4. More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1987. First edition. Quarto, 304 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is white with brown and blue print. Dust jacket has toning to spine, peripheral toning. Price unclipped: “$60.00”. Boards in grey cloth. Illustrated: b&w photographs, drawings. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QB (ND-QB). More
Lanham, Boulder, New York: Rowman and Littlefield Limited, 2003. Octavo, viii, ix, xii, xv, xviii, 235 pages. In Very Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine bright pink with white and gray lettering. Covers have very slight wear. Text block has very slight wear including previous owner's bookplate to the half title page. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Column L. More
