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By: N/A
Price: $200.00
Publisher: S.N.:
Seller ID: 1854595
Condition: Near Fine
Minor loss from edges of title label on front board. Wooden boards, carved Chinese character within a circle on front board, along with paper title label. A collection of ten color portraits of Chinese ladies handpainted on silk, mounted on sturdier backing paper, and bound in the accordion style popular for such publications of Eastern art. Each portrait captioned with a brief biographical sketch in both Chinese and English. Subjects include: Chang Li Hua; Mu-Lan; Wu Chiang-Hsien; Yang Yu-Huan; Ch'eng I-Nin; An Honorable Maid of the Tang Dynasty; Su Hui; Hua Jui Fu Jen; Hsi Shih; Li-Chuan. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Bartholomew: 1992
Seller ID: 2280309
ISBN: 0702821349
Condition: Near Fine
Near fine condition. 1992 Soft Cover. Folded map. This publication covers the Roof of the World on a single large sheet at the scale of 1:3,000,000. Printed in eight colours, it allows subtle depiction of relief and landscape variety in this one of the most remote and sparsely populated mountain regions of the world. It is a detailed map for general reference, student research, and for those with an interest in mountaineering or travel to exotic destinations. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1988
Seller ID: 2280315
Condition: Very Good
Light stain along edges. 1988 Soft Cover. Folded map. Two-sided map. Close-up of mountain and perspective within local area of Himalayan mountain range. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $250.00
Publisher: The Kokka Publishing Company:
Seller ID: 2291186
Condition: Good
Former library copy - usual marks. Rear board partially broken away from binding. Light stain along edge of softcover supplement. Oblong. 88 prints, hand-numbered in pencil in top right margin, Japanese text introduction, softcover supplement with English intro and table of contents laid in. A collection of artwork by Hokusai, a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He is especially known for his work, The Great Wave. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: 1981
Seller ID: 2297558
Condition: Near Fine
Light crease on front wrapper, ink stamp on rear wrapper, top page ridge very lightly foxed. 1981 Small Softcover. 515 pp. 5 x 3 1/2. Asian characters. A Handbook of Current Americanisms. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Sogetsu Publication Dept. Tokyo, Japan: 1966
Seller ID: 2298600
Condition: Near Fine
JAPANESE TEXT. Ink name on front wrapper and on front wrapper verso. 1966 Soft Cover. Red wrappers. Sogetsu-ry? is a school of Ikebana, or Japanese floral art. Sogetsu was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in 1927. Sofu's father was an Ikebana master, who taught his son from childhood. Sofu wanted to become a painter, but he found that the possibilities for creative expression in using green materials are endless, just as in painting. He found that the strict rules of traditional ikebana did not allow individual expression. He broke away from traditional ikebana and formed his school in 1926. In the... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Sogetsu Publication Dept. Tokyo, Japan: 1967
Seller ID: 2298601
Condition: Near Fine
JAPANESE TEXT. Minor general wear. 1967 Soft Cover. Purple wrappers. Includes photo sheet. Sogetsu-ry? is a school of Ikebana, or Japanese floral art. Sogetsu was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in 1927. Sofu's father was an Ikebana master, who taught his son from childhood. Sofu wanted to become a painter, but he found that the possibilities for creative expression in using green materials are endless, just as in painting. He found that the strict rules of traditional ikebana did not allow individual expression. He broke away from traditional ikebana and formed his school in 1926. In the beginnin... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Ikebana International: 1968
Seller ID: 2298604
Condition: Very Good
Light smudge on front wrapper, minor general wear. 1968 Magazine. CONTENTS: From the Editor's Desk; President's Message; On the Cover; Perennial Favorite; Ikenobo School; The Artist Potter in Australia; Ichiyo School; Ohara School; Misho-ryu; Queen of Flowers; Enshu School; Sogetsu School; Ryuseiha; Bonsai in America; Make Your Own Bamboo Containers; Wild Flowers of France; Old Roses of Luxembourg. Sogetsu-ry? is a school of Ikebana, or Japanese floral art. Sogetsu was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in 1927. Sofu's father was an Ikebana master, who taught his son from childhood. Sofu wanted to be... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Ikebana International: 1966
Seller ID: 2298605
Condition: Very Good
Top corner bumped. 1966 Magazine. CONTENTS: From the Editor's Desk; 10 Years of Ikebana International Leadership; Akahada Pottery; President's Message; On the Cover; In Search of the Unusual; Japan, Land of Ivory and Ikebana; Sogetsu School; Hosokawa Bonseki School; Ohara School; Three Temples of Nara; Chiko School; Ikenobo School; Kofu School; Suika School; Seika Koryu; Ichiyo School; Hanagatami. Sogetsu-ry? is a school of Ikebana, or Japanese floral art. Sogetsu was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in 1927. Sofu's father was an Ikebana master, who taught his son from childhood. Sofu wanted to bec... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Ikebana International: 1967
Seller ID: 2298606
Condition: Near Fine
Bottom corner of rear wrapper lightly bumped. 1967 Magazine. CONTENTS: Chapter List; From the Editor's Desk; President's Message; On the Cover; Ikenobo in the Louvre; Latin American Tour and Exhibitions; How Ohara Produces an Exhibition; A Paramount Production. Sogetsu-ry? is a school of Ikebana, or Japanese floral art. Sogetsu was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in 1927. Sofu's father was an Ikebana master, who taught his son from childhood. Sofu wanted to become a painter, but he found that the possibilities for creative expression in using green materials are endless, just as in painting. He fo... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Ikebana International: 1967
Seller ID: 2298607
Condition: Very Good
Spine bumped. 1967 Magazine. CONTENTS: From the Editor's Desk; President's Message; On the Cover; Enshu; Ohara School; Ichiyo School; Saga; Sogetsu School; Shogetsudo-Koryu; Seasons and Reasons; Legend of a Japanese Home Garden; Ryuseiha; Ikenobo Institute; Wafu; Misho-Ryu Nakayama Bunpo-Kai; Soami; Nisshin; Beneath the Surface. Sogetsu-ry? is a school of Ikebana, or Japanese floral art. Sogetsu was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in 1927. Sofu's father was an Ikebana master, who taught his son from childhood. Sofu wanted to become a painter, but he found that the possibilities for creative expres... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Sogetsu-School:
Seller ID: 2298608
Condition: Near Fine
JAPANESE TEXT. Minor general wear. Sogetsu-ry? is a school of Ikebana, or Japanese floral art. Sogetsu was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in 1927. Sofu's father was an Ikebana master, who taught his son from childhood. Sofu wanted to become a painter, but he found that the possibilities for creative expression in using green materials are endless, just as in painting. He found that the strict rules of traditional ikebana did not allow individual expression. He broke away from traditional ikebana and formed his school in 1926. In the beginning, he promoted the school through radio. As of 2016, the... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Sogetsu-School:
Seller ID: 2298609
Condition: Near Fine
JAPANESE TEXT. Very minor general wear. Sogetsu-ry? is a school of Ikebana, or Japanese floral art. Sogetsu was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in 1927. Sofu's father was an Ikebana master, who taught his son from childhood. Sofu wanted to become a painter, but he found that the possibilities for creative expression in using green materials are endless, just as in painting. He found that the strict rules of traditional ikebana did not allow individual expression. He broke away from traditional ikebana and formed his school in 1926. In the beginning, he promoted the school through radio. As of 2016... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Sogetsu-School:
Seller ID: 2298610
Condition: Near Fine
JAPANESE TEXT. Very minor general wear. Sogetsu-ry? is a school of Ikebana, or Japanese floral art. Sogetsu was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in 1927. Sofu's father was an Ikebana master, who taught his son from childhood. Sofu wanted to become a painter, but he found that the possibilities for creative expression in using green materials are endless, just as in painting. He found that the strict rules of traditional ikebana did not allow individual expression. He broke away from traditional ikebana and formed his school in 1926. In the beginning, he promoted the school through radio. As of 2016... View more info
By: Allchin, Bridget and Raymond
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Penguin Books: 1968
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2289291
ISBN: 0140209506
Condition: Very Good
First printing. Spine creased, pages lightly toned. 1968 Mass Market Paperback. 365 pp. Uniquely isolated by mountains and oceans, the Indian sub-continent exhibits in its archaeology a fascinating variety within an overall unity. This comprehensive survey of the foundations of Indian culture has been written by two authors with first-hand experience of digging in India: in their later chapters they are able to draw new conclusions about ancient Indian patterns of settlement, agriculture and economy, technology, religion, and art, and these are based on the finds of the last century and a half... View more info
By: Allen, Louis
Price: $10.00
Publisher: mph: 1977
Seller ID: 2303056
Condition: Near Fine
A nice copy. 1977 Trade Paperback. 343 pp. Winston Churchill described the loss of Singapore as the greatest disaster ever to befall British arms. Louis Allen analyzes the remote political causes of the Japanese campaign, gives an account of the events of the campaign, and then attempts to apportion responsibility for the defeat. View more info
By: Ayscough, Florence; Lowell, Amy
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company: 1926
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 2291545
Condition: Very Good
Third printing. No jacket. Spine faintly toned, ink name and date in front free endpaper. 1926 Hard Cover. xcv, 227 pp. Red boards with Asian characters on front board. Poems translated from the Chinese by Florence Ayscough. Includes fold-out map of China showing in black the present divisions and names and in red the ancient districts referred to in the poems. View more info
By: Beilenson, Peter; Behn, Harry
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press: 1962
Seller ID: 2260187
Condition: Very Good
Small chip to jacket spine-head, jacket lightly toned. Ink name on front endpaper, minor pencil marginalia. 1962 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Translators Peter Beilenson and Harry Behn approached this volume with the twofold goal of crafting a book of haiku accessible to anyone and rendering their best guess at what the poets would have written in English. Their translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional impressions in spare words. Haiku... View more info
By: Berlitz, Charles
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Wynwood Press: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2296325
ISBN: 0922066191
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Jacket edges lightly bumped. 1989 Hard Cover. 208 pp. The Devil's Sea, also known as the Dragon's Triangle, the Formosa Triangle and the Pacific Bermuda Triangle, is a region of the Pacific around Miyake Island, about 100 km south of Tokyo. The size and area varies with the report (the only reports stem from the 1950s), with various reports placing it 70 miles from an unspecified part of Japan's east coast, 300 miles from the coast, and even near Iwo Jima, 750 miles from the coast. The story is apparently based on a few articles published in Japanese newspapers in January 1955 o... View more info
By: Bodkin, Odds
Price: $40.00 $32.00
Publisher: Gulliver Books / Harcourt Brace & Company: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by illustrator
Seller ID: 2303011
ISBN: 0152014071
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by illustrator without inscription. An excellent copy. 1998 Large Hardcover. When Osamu, a lonely sail maker, nurses an injured crane one blustery night, he never suspects that this simple act of kindness will change his life forever. Weeks later a mysterious woman arrives on his doorstep, seeking shelter from a storm. Osamu again offers his help, and soon the sail maker and the stranger fall in love and marry. But when he learns of his wife's gift for making magic sails, ambition replaces compassion--and Osamu risks losing the great happiness he has found. With majestic ... View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co., Ltd.: 1914
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1849188
Condition: Good
First edition. Page ridges and front & end matter lightly foxed, spine faded, corners rubbed, light stain on corner of first several pages. 1914 Hard Cover. xvi, 222 pp. 1-page terminal publisher ad. A history of the presence of the Dutch East Company in Southeast Asia, illustrated with photographs. View more info
By: Buck, Pearl S.
Price: $7.00 $5.60
Publisher: John Day Company: 1956
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2269486
Condition: Very Good
First edition. No jacket, spine very slightly cocked, spine head and spine base lightly rubbed. 1956 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 346 pp. When Pearl S. Buck finished writing her autobiographical work, My Several Worlds, she found that the most vivid character memory of her childhood life was Tzu Hsi, the last Empress of China. This is the woman usually known to Westerners as the Empress Dowager, or Old Buddha. But how little the West really knows of her! She has figured in an occasional book, but never before in English, nor indeed in any language so far as we know... View more info
By: Buck, Pearl S.
Price: $8.00 $6.40
Publisher: John Day Company: 1956
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 2276063
Condition: Very Good
Book club edition. Jacket lightly rubbed and toned with minor loss from spine head and foot. 1956 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 346 pp. When Pearl S. Buck finished writing her autobiographical work, My Several Worlds, she found that the most vivid character memory of her childhood life was Tzu Hsi, the last Empress of China. This is the woman usually known to Westerners as the Empress Dowager, or Old Buddha. But how little the West really knows of her! She has figured in an occasional book, but never before in English, nor indeed in any language so far as we know, h... View more info
By: Buck, Pearl S.
Price: $10.00 $8.00
Publisher: International Collectors Library: 1949
Seller ID: 2300976
Condition: Very Good
Front joint broken, top edge of board lightly bumped. 1949 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 260 pp. Original Black leatherette hardcover binding with gold lettering & design, gilt top page ridge, purple ribbon marker. This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall. Hard times come upon Wang Lu... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Moody Press: 1955
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2195264
Condition: Good
First paperback printing. Cover and pages heavily toned, two creases on spine, edges rubbed. 1955 Trade Paperback. 254 pp. The dauntless story of the British Missionary in Tibet, captive in Chinese Communist hands for three years. View more info
By: Burke, O. M.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: E. P. Dutton: 1975
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2296363
ISBN: 0525473866
Condition: Near Fine
First printing. Very minor general wear. 1975 Trade Paperback. 203 pp. The First-Hand Account of a Westerner's Travels through the Land of the Sufis. View more info
By: Bussagli, Mario
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Paul Hamlyn: 1969
Seller ID: 2278847
ISBN: 1199076325
Condition: Very Good
Lightly rubbed. 1969 Hard Cover. The book discusses the alloy and mining processes, the casting techniques, and the evolving historical and social background over a two-thousand year period during which the tools, weapons, vessels, and musical instruments were made in China. View more info
By: Cable, Mildred; French, Francesca; Warner, Marina
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Beacon Press: 1987
Seller ID: 2295280
ISBN: 0807070335
Condition: Good
Former copy of St. John's Home - call number taped to spine, pocket and ink stamp. Marginalia throughout, pages lightly toned. 1987 Trade Paperback. xxi, 303 pp. Fold-out maps follows text. The author describes her experiences crossing the Gobi Desert in 1926 with her two fellow English missionaries, and shares her observations on the people and land of the region. View more info
By: Carmer, Carl
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 1945
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297521
Condition: Very Good
First edition. No jacket. Spine lightly toned, boards soiled, ink gift note on front free endpaper. 1945 Hard Cover. 76 pp. Story based on Hudson River history, with color illustrations by Elizabeth Black Carmer. View more info
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc: 2005
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2199955
ISBN: 1402729936
Condition: Very Good
1st printing. Light shelf wear. 2005 Large Softcover. 80 pp. By learning Chinese brush painting, you'll capture the essence of a subject, rather than all the details, in your work. It's the interplay of brush strokes and the space surrounding them that is the focus of this ancient art. Chinese Brush Painting will introduce you to both beginning and advanced techniques, enabling you to experiment with a variety of papers, inks, and brushes. View more info
