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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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Introduction by A.C. Hearn, W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, Edinburgh, c. 1908
Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Edited with an Introduction by A.C. Hearn. Published by W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, Edinburgh, and printed by Ba...
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Dictionnaire de la Fable, Victor Verger, Limoges, 1844
Dictionnaire de la Fable ou Mythologie Greque, Latine, Egyptienne, Celtique, Persane, Syrienne, Indienne, Chinoise, Japonaise, Arabe, Mahometane, S...
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The Handbook for Jamaica for 1925, Frank Cundall
The Handbook for Jamaica for 1925; Comprising Historical, Statistical and General Information Concerning the Island, Compiled from Official and Oth...
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Bibliography of The West Indies, (excluding Jamaica), Frank Cundall
Bibliography of The West Indies, (excluding Jamaica), by Frank Cundall, F.S.A., Secretary and Librarian of the Institute of Jamaica. Published by J...
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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins, Philadelphia 1831
The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins. Complete in One Volume. Published by John Grigg, Philadelphia, 1831. Stereotyped ...
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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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Tony Hillerman; Uncorrected Proof, The Fallen Man, 1996
The Fallen Man, by Tony Hillerman. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, New York. An uncorrected proof copy, 1996. This is part of a small collec...
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Tony Hillerman; Advance Reading Copy from an Uncorrected Manuscript, Signed, Coyote Waits, 1990
Coyote Waits, by Tony Hillerman. Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York. An advance reading copy from an uncorrected manuscript, 1990....
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Tony Hillerman; Advance Reading Copy from an Uncorrected Manuscript, Coyote Waits, 1990
Coyote Waits, by Tony Hillerman. Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York. An advance reading copy from an uncorrected manuscript, 1990....
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Tony Hillerman; Uncorrected Proof, Sacred Clowns, 1993
Sacred Clowns, by Tony Hillerman. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, New York. An uncorrected proof copy, 1993. This is part of a small collect...
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Dreamland, Kevin Baker, 1999, signed 1st edition
Dreamland, by Kevin Baker. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, New York. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page...
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The Witches of Eastwick, John Updike, first edition, 1984
The Witches of Eastwick, by John Updike. One of Updike's most popluar novels, later developed into a Hollywood movie starring Jack Nicolson, Cher, ...
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Underwood & Underwood Stereoscope Viewer with 18 cards, c. 1889-1906
Underwood & Underwood Stereoscope Viewer with 18 cards, c. 1905. The viewer is made my Underwood & underwood in New York, and carries a pat...
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Underwood & Underwood Stereoscope 100 card set; Italy Through the Stereoscope, c. 1908
Underwood & Underwood Stereoscope 100 card set; Italy Through the Stereoscope. SOLD Published by Underwood & Underwood, publishers; New Yor...
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Underwood & Underwood; Mr and Mrs Newlywed's New French Cook; Comic, Risque, 10 Stereoscope card set, complete. 1900.
Underwood & Underwood; Mr and Mrs Newlywed's New French Cook; Comic, Risque, 10 Stereoscope card set, complete. 1900. Published by Underwood &...
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Before Nature Dies, Jean Dorst, Constance D. Sherman, 1971
Before Nature Dies, by Jean Dorst. Translated by Constance D. Sherman, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. A book w...
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Four Thousand Years Ago; A Panorama of Life in the Second Millenium B.C., Geoffrey Bibby, 1962
Four Thousand Years Ago; A Panorama of Life in the Second Millenium B.C., by Geoffrey Bibby. Published by Collins, London. 1962 first UK edition. A...
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The Story of Jamaica; from Prehistory to the Present, Clinton V. Black, 1968
The Story of Jamaica; from Prehistory to the Present, by Clinton V. Black. SOLD Published by Collins, London. 1968 reprint of the 1965 revised edit...
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The Man Who Presumed; A Biography of Henry M. Stanley, Byron Farwell, 1958
The Man Who Presumed; A Biography of Henry M. Stanley, by Byron Farwell. Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) was a famous Welsh-American explorer, sol...
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The Compleat Imbiber 8; An Entertainment - Edited, Cyril Ray & Charles Hasler, 1965
The Compleat Imbiber 8; An Entertainment - Edited, by Cyril Ray & designed by Charles Hasler. A 'Compendium of entertainment and information to...
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The Rene Fribourg Collection, Sotheby & Co, 1963, 4 Volume Set
The Rene Fribourg Collection, Sotheby & Co. From the Collection of the Late Rene Fribourg of 11 East 84th Street, New York City. A Set of 4 auc...
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An Oriental Outing, Edward S. Wilson, 1894
An Oriental Outing, being a Narrative of a Cruise along the Mediterranean and of Visits to Historic Cities. By Edward S. Wilson, Editor of the Iron...
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Erichthonius and The Three Daughters of Cecrops, Benjamin Powell, Cornell Thesis, 1906
Erichthonius and The Three Daughters of Cecrops, by Benjamin Powell, A.B., A.M. A Thesis presented to the University Faculty of Cornell university ...
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On Sunny Shores, Clinton Scollard, with manuscript poem by the author, 1893
On Sunny Shores, by Clinton Scollard. With illustrations by Margaret Landers Randolph. The book is part travelogue and part poetry, describing the ...
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Steel-engraved Book Illustration in England, Basil Hunnisett, 1980
Steel-engraved Book Illustration in England, by Basil Hunnisett. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British h...
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"Yes, Lady Saheb"; A Woman's Adventurings with Mysterious India, Grace Thompson Seton, 1925
"Yes, Lady Saheb"; A Woman's Adventurings with Mysterious India, Grace Thompson Seton (1872 - 1959; American writer and suffragist). Published by H...
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Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts; Cases and Materials, Merryman & Elsen, Matthew Bender, 1979, 2 Volume Set
Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts; Cases and Materials, by John Henry Merryman, Sweitzer Professor of Law, Stanford University & Albert E. Elsen,...
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Proverbial Philosophy, Martin F. Tupper, 1853
Proverbial Philosophy, Martin F. Tupper. This collection of poetry was very popular in its day, both in the UK and North America. Published by T. H...
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The History of Tom Jones, A Changeling, Lord Rothschild, 1951 Presentation copy to William St Clair
The History of Tom Jones, A Changeling, by Lord Rothschild (Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild). The book is a fascinating account of the legal case...
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Edward John Trelawny; Fact or Fiction, Donald. B. Prell, 2008. Limited edition.
Edward John Trelawny; Fact or Fiction, by Donald. B. Prell. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British histor...
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Trelawny; The Incurable Romancer, by William St Clair. Author's signed proof copy.
Trelawny; The Incurable Romancer. Author's signed proof copy. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British hist...
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The Past is a Foreign Country – Revisited, David Lowenthal, 2015
The Past is a Foreign Country – Revisited, by David Lowenthal. From the rear cover: "A quarter-century after the publication of his classic account...
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At John Murray's; Records of a Literary Circle 1843-1892, George Paston, 1932
At John Murray's; Records of a Literary Circle 1843-1892, by George Paston. Preface by The Rt. Hon. Lord Ernle. SOLD Provenance; from the library o...
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Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, with a View of the Causes and Probable Consequences of Emigration, Earl of Selkirk, 1805
Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, with a View of the Causes and Probable Consequences of Emigration, by the Earl of S...
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Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland, 1811, 2 Volume set
Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland, to which are added, Translations from the Gaelic; and letters connected with those form...
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Upton Sinclair: World's End / Lanny Budd Series book 9; One Clear Call, 1949
Upton Sinclair: World's End / Lanny Budd Series book 9; One Clear Call, 1949. Novel set against the backdrop of 20th Century history. This series c...
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