Purple cloth boards with debossed detailing and gilt particulars to front board and spine. Black ribbon present. Catalogue of various textile hospitality designs by Tai Ping. Organized into 12 sections, all named Samarkand. Full color images of textile examples throughout, some displayed in a computer rendered setting. Associated design codes present near all examples. 207 pp. 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. View More...
Early twentieth century quarter black cloth over batik boards. A nice crisp set.; 8vo ; [3],xii,480; 459 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
Delhi, Varanasi & Patna: Motilal Banarsidass. Very Good. 1961. Brown cloth with particulars printed to front cover and spine in black. Light foxing to edges. The personal copy of Columbia and U. Penn Sanskrit professor Royal W. Weiler whose signature is neatly penned to front fly. Some notations penciled throughout, otherwise, a nice clean copy without further markings. ; 8vo; xiv, 284 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
Very fragile silk painting depicting a coastal scene in color with what appears to be Mt. Fuji in the background, and the body of water they are near is most likely Lake Biwa. Light spotting to edges; tears to silk and detached piece at top left (see image). Original white paint to waves and top of Mt. Fuji color-shifted to light brown as is natural with its age. 11 3/4 x 9 inches. View More...
12 Volume Set. Bound in paper, minor damage to cover in some volumes. Wear to head and tail of most spines in set. Clear and clean throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. First Edition. View More...
Quarter brown worn calf over marbled board. Gilt particulars spine label. Signed personal copy of Columbia and U. Penn Sanskrit professor Royal W. Weiler. ; Bombay Sanskrit Series No. XXVII; 8vo; liv, 283, 63 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
Modified Orthographic Projection. A well preserved large format (nearly 5 x 6 feet) map of post World War I Asia. Slight foxing, otherwise a remarkably well preserved image of the Asian continent. Four joined sheets with overall fine linen backing; attached to a springed roller bar and so spared ever being folded. (image: 180 cm (71 inches) wide x 155 cm (61 inches) high. Scale: 1: 6,336,000,000 of nature, or 100 miles to an inch. This item will be sent via FedEx in a 74 inch industrial grade mailing tube to avoid folding. View More...
Twelve plates as issued in publisher's printed paper chemise. A very nice, clean copy without previous owners' name or other markings. ; Folio ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. 1 of 500 copies. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and front board. Gilt illustration to front board. Frontispece image of a Tattooed Kayan Married Woman. An uncommonly nice, tight & bright copy.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 197 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . First Edition. View More...
Attractive later binding in gilt tooled morocco with particulars to spine. Previous owner's name in gilt to foot of spine. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Lacks plate called for at page 132, however no evidence of it ever being there. Large folding map of Nepal with routes taken by Kirkpatrick. 2.5 inch tear near horizontal fold line to right of map not affecting image. Some foxing, otherwise, a very nice clean copy. ; 4to ; xix, [i], 386, [ii], [iv] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
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