Search Results: art-asian from Adelaide Booksellers

Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art. 2012. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine condition. Card covers- French flaps. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 320 pages. Includes a variety of essays as well as detailed information about the artists featured. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.

New York: Harry N Abrams, Inc. 1977. Quarto Size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made clear archival plastic sleeve. Contains 1175 illustrations including 180 full colour plates. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 603 pages. This sumptuous book exhibits both rare erudition and a deeply poetic sensibility. Each chapter is a self-contained essay on a particular aspect of Indian culture, history, or religion. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Rutland Vermont & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co.. 1972. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good [Price-Clipped] Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy with lovely imitation deep green silk boards with one tiny mark to fore edge. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. 234 pages. An expert examination of Chinese arts, as exemplified in ceramics, ritual bronzes, sculpture, painting and architecture from Prehistoric times to the Ch'ing Dynasty which ended in 1912. includes a bibliography and index. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Co.. 1989. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 234 pages. Traces the history of Chinese art dynasty by dynasty. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Softcover.

Sydney: Powerhouse Publishing. 1999. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine condition - Card Covers. A lovely book in excellent condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and a large black & white map. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 80 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

London: Studio Publications. 1973. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ has mild edgewear with some chipping to spine ends and age-toning to edges. Gift inscription to half-title page along with previous owner's neat stamp. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Large historical map of China. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 296 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcel . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery. 2009. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 312 pages. Exhibition catalogue for the Exhibition of the same name. This 2009 exhibition comprised three separate exhibitions. Includes an Index of Artists. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

London: Cathay Books. 1983. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with over 100 colour plates and in-text black & white plates. 70 pages + Plates. Contains 71 pages of text: Retrospective over a Millennium, Media of Expression, The Artists of the Shanghai School, Chronological Table of the Dynasties, Lists of Illustrations, Selective Bibliography, Index of Names, Table of Chinese Characters. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

Sydney: International Cultural Corporation of Australia Ltd. 1982. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with colour reproductions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Feltham, UK: Spring Books. 1968. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket. Dustjacket has some light wear to dustjacket edges - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with colour plates. 48 pages. A concise and informative introduction to each of the Chnese art forms. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with colour plates and black & white drawings. Introduction to New Edition by Trevor Barrow. Includes original introduction (dated 1932) by the author. xxix, 472 pages. An alphabetical compendium of antique legends and beliefs as reflected in the manners and customs of the Chinese. A reprint of the Third revised Edition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 5th Printing. Softcover.

Peking: Foreign Languages Press. 1973. Large Quarto Size. VERY GOOD in GOOD+ Dustjacket. DJ is complete but has a few small chips and closed tears - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with over 220 Colour and Black & White Photographs (mostly colour). Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 220 plus pages. . 1st thus. Hardback.

Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. 1975. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good+ condition in Very Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs as well as black and white diagrams, drawings and maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 176 pages. Summarises the main features of Chinese ceramic development from the Neolithic pottery of 2000B.C. to the enamelled porcelain of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia. 1985. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Foreword by Daniel Thomas. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 64 pages. . Reprint. Softcover.

Hong Kong: Sotheby's. 2019. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with colour photographs. Text in English and Chinese. 144 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Koln: Taschen. 2017. Oblong Folio Size [44cm x 30cm]. Fine condition in Fine slipcase. As new. Illustrated with full-page colour plates. This is an exquisitely presented book. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 233 pages. In the mid nineteenth century the Japanese artists, Eisen and Hiroshoke were commissioned to produce a series of prints celebrating the staging posts of the famous Kisokdai.. The Sixty-Nine Stations collection represents not only a masterpiece of woodblock practice, including bold compositions and an experimental use of colour, but also a charming tapestry of 19th-century Japan. This Taschen edition is sourced from the only-known almost complete first edition run of the prints, reporduced in exceptional quality and bound in the Japanese tradition. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. . Like New. 1st Edition. Softcover.

Tokyo: Kodansha International. 1995. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with colour plates and black & white drawings. Translated by John Bester. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 95 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: Art Exhibitions Australia Limited. 1992. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very good condition. Illustrated with colour plates. 159 pages. Exhibition catalogue of Imperial Chinese artifacts, with numerous colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

London and New York: Studio Vista/Dutton Pictureback. 1972. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 159 pages. A comprehensive survey of the tendencies in the history of Indian art. It aims primarily to explain what different artistic forms meant to their makers, and to give some idea of the realities of Indian life which affected Indian aesthetics. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Softcover.

London: Spring Books. 1966. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 220 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.