Books and Manuscripts
Lanna Antique has an extensive range of rare Asian art books and an excellent, and wide-ranging, stock of antiquarian and collectible books. We are specialists in Asian art books, including Chinese art. We also stock South East Asian Buddhist manuscripts and have many interesting publications and oddities for sale. We also aim to bring you interesting titles covering a wide range of subject matter, and update our online stock frequently.
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The Elephant and the Lotus; Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Philippe Truong, 2007
The Elephant and the Lotus; Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. By Philippe Truong. Introduction by John Stevenson. Published b...
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Sharaku, Julius Kurth, Munchen, 1922
A German publication on the work of Tōshūsai Sharaku, Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, particularly known for his portraits of kabuki actors. He is...
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The Youngman Collection; Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, 2008
Copiously illustrated guide to the Robert P. Youngman collection of Chinese jades, presenting some 200 carvings. The catalogue is split into 3 sect...
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The Cabinet Maker & Art Furnisher, Volume I, J. Williams Benn, 1880-1881
A very first volume of this monthly magazine which was the leading journal for the furniture and decorating trade of Victorian Britain. It carries ...
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Wallis & Wallis; Catalogue of Antique Arms and Armour, Militaria, Etc, including Coins and Military Medals; 10 bound Auction Catalogues 245-253, 1979
Wallis & Wallis; Catalogues of Antique Arms and Armour, Militaria, Etc, including Coins and Military Medals; 10 bound Auction Catalogues, 1979....
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The Megalithic European, Julian Cope, 2004, Signed First edition
The Megalithic European; The 21st century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe, by Julian Cope. A very personal journey across Europe by Julian Cope, fo...
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The Modern Antiquarian, Julian Cope, 1998, First edition
The Modern Antiquarian; A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain, including a Gazetteer to over 300 prehistoric Sites, by Julian Cope. A...
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Miniature Painters British and Foreign, J.J. Foster, Signed Edition Royale, No. 13/45. 1903.
Miniature Painters British and Foreign, With Some Account of Those Who Practised in America in the Eighteenth Century. Illustrated by Numerous Exam...
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Inscriptions from the Shields or Panels of the Incorporated Trades in the Trinity Hall, Aberdeen, Andrew Jervise, 1863
Inscriptions from the Shields or Panels of the Incorporated Trades in the Trinity Hall, Aberdeen, Including Notices of the Antique Carved Oak Chair...
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William St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his published work on the subject.
William St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his publish...
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Provincial Poetry 1789-1839, C.R. Johnson, 1992 Limited edition with correspondence
Provincial Poetry 1789-1839; British Verse Printed in the Provinces: The Romantic Background. By C.R. Johnson. With an introduction by Dr. Robert W...
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Literary Annuals and Gift Books, Frederick W. Faxon, A Bibliography, 1823-1903, 1973 limited edition
Literary Annuals and Gift Books, A Bibliography, 1823-1903. Reprinted with supplementary essays by Eleanore Jamieson & Iain Bain. By Frederick ...
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An Index to the Annuals, 1820-1850, Andrew Boyle, 1967
An Index to the Annuals, Vol I: The Authors (1820-1850), by the Late Andrew Boyle. A study of the era of illustrated literary annuals produced in t...
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American Literary Annuals & Gift Books 1825-1865, Ralph Thompson, 1936 with signed correspondence
American Literary Annuals & Gift Books 1825-1865, by Ralph Thompson. A study of the era of gift books and annuals produced in the USA in the 19...
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The Royal Scottish Academy 1826-1916, W.D. McKay & Frank Rinder, 1917. With Photograph by Andrew Paterson.
The Royal Scottish Academy 1826-1916; A Complete List of the exhibited Works by Raeburn and by Academicians, Associates and Hon. Members, giving de...
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Men of Mark; A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, Photographed by Lock and Whitfield, Thompson Cooper, 1876-1881. Chiswick Press.
Men of Mark; A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits of Men Distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science, Literature and Art, the Army, Navy, La...
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Souvenir Album of the Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry, Glasgow, 1911, T. & R. Annan
Souvenir Album of the Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry, Glasgow, 1911. Published by T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1911, Gl...
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English Poetry; An Illustrated Catalogue of First and Early Editions Exhibited in 1947 at 7 AldemarleStreet, London, John Hayward, 1950 numbered, limited edition
English Poetry; An Illustrated Catalogue of First and Early Editions Exhibited in 1947 at 7 AldemarleStreet, London. Compiled and Revised by John H...
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English Poetry; A Catalogue of First & Early Editions of the English Poets from Chaucer to the Present Day, John Hayward - interesting provenance of William St Clair, Robin Skelton & Geoffrey Keynes, 1947. William Blake interest.
English Poetry; A Catalogue of First & Early Editions of the English Poets from Chaucer to the Present Day. Exhibited by the National Book Leag...
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A Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Italian Art, Royal Academy, Burlington House, 1930, 2 Vols
A Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Italian Art, held in the Galleries of the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, January-March 193...
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Expositions Internationales; Paris 1937, New-York, 1939, Arts et Metiers Graphiques, Paris
Expositions Internationales; Paris 1937, New-York, 1939. Articles by Maurice Barret, André Beucler, Gisèle Freund, Jean Selz, Georges-Henri Rivière...
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Sir James Guthrie; A Biography, Sir James L. Caw, 1932, Glasgow School of Art Prize Presentation copy
Sir James Guthrie, P.R.S.A., LL. D.; A Biography by Sir James L. Caw. Foreword by Sir D.Y. Cameron, R.A., LL.D. Guthrie As interpreter by Frank Rin...
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Archaeological and Historical Collections Relating to Ayrshire & Galloway Vol. VI, 1889, Numbered limited edition
Archaeological and Historical Collections Relating to Ayrshire & Galloway Vol. VI, 1889, Numbered limited edition. Preface by R.W. Cochran-Patr...
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Worshiping Women; Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens, Nikolaos and Alan Shapiro, 2008
Worshiping Women; Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens. Edited by Nikolaos and Alan Shapiro. This catalogue issued in conjunction with the exhib...
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