{"title":"Asia - General Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eA selection of books about Asia. 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Very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tThis is an original Chinese edition and therefore the text is obviously all in Chinese, and does not include the English text used in later reproductions. The first editions of these books were produced in 1964 by the People's Liberation Army.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tMao Tse-tung (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader. He led the People's Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. 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Text in Pali.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tThe 3 volumes form a set covering the three main parts in the interpretation and understanding of the whole Buddhist teaching and philosophy:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t1. Stories about past lives of Buddha\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\t2. 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Realisation of self in mind and body, and situations e.g thinking and knowing of sadness, greed, happiness etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tThese books provide stories which monks can use for learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tThe books contain the name of the donor and their address and the recipient - the head monk and monastry.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tThe Burmese climate has been very tough on these books. They are in poor condition. Covers are worn, brittle, wormed and at least partially detached. Some pieces missing (see photographs). The text has fared better and is generally pretty clean throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\tThese books are really a restoration project, which would have the end result of a very desirable and rare set indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39431626784967,"sku":"LAN1225","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/burmesebuddhistteachingsbooks03.jpg?v=1616045953"},{"product_id":"voices-from-the-flowery-kingdom-by-stanley-charles-nott-1947-signed-limited-first-edition","title":"Voices from the Flowery Kingdom by Stanley Charles Nott, 1947, signed limited first edition","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003e\r\n\tVoices from the Flowery Kingdom by Stanley Charles Nott, 1947, signed limited first edition.\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cspan color=\"#8b0000\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eBeing an Illustrated Descriptive Record of the Beginning of the Chinese Cultural Existence Incorporating A Complete Survey of the Numerous Emblematic Forces Selected From Nature By the Ritualistic Leaders of the Chinese Throughout the Ages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\r\n\tBy Stanley Charles Nott, introduction by Dr Byron E Eldred.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\r\n\tPublished by The Chinese Culture Study Group of America (CCSGA), 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\r\n\tLimited edition of 1,000. 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font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eMy initial research indicates that these are likely to be by a variety of Japanese photographers and includes Enami.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eA stunning Japanese album, with 100 hand-colored photographs of landscapes, architecture, and occupational scenes, including Mount Fuji, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, temples, gates, stores, parks, roads, geishas, store proprietors, and domestic scenes, as well as a composite of babies, a toy shop, and an arch-topped scene of a Japanese funeral; several unusual images, and many with delicate hand-coloring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; 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Booksellers sticker to inside front cover and student's presentation bookplate to first free endpaper dating to 1934.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t221pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\t279mm high x 205mm wide x 34mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39432014135495,"sku":"LAN1308","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/un_coup_doeil_sur_la_chine_img_6031.jpg?v=1616048114"},{"product_id":"the-kokka-1905-1906-deluxe-bound-set","title":"The Kokka, deluxe bound set. Volume XVI – July 1905 to July 1906","description":"\u003ch4 style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: top; line-height: 1.3em;\"\u003eThe Kokka, 1905, 1906, deluxe bound set.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eThe Kokka, An Illustrated Monthly Journal of the Fine and Applied Art of Japan and other Eastern Countries. Volume XVI – July 1905 to July 1906\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003ePublished by Yazaemon-Cho, Kyobashi-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, July 1906.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eThis volume is an impressive large folio sized volume containing all the issues of The Kokka from July 1905 to July 1906, numbers 182-193, viii + 354pp. The title page and introductory contents lists are specific to this volume which stands as a wonderful publication in its own right. Text in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eThe Kokka is a Japanese art periodical which began life in 1889 and is renowned for its image quality. In the early twentieth century, an English language version was also produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eThe silk covered hard covers are bound in Japanese style with a beautiful gold pattern silk design and orange ties. Condition of cover is very good approaching near fine with a small degree of fraying at the edges and extremities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eInside the text is printed on a quality thick ivory coloured stock with only occasional spotting. Contains many beautiful plates including printed tissue guards. Endpapers use a gold flecked paper. Gilt edges to text block.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eThe first and last pages have had a neat taped repair to secure them into the binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eA beautiful volume in near fine condition overall. Also included are a few leaves of duplicate pages (not bound in) of the title page and a few of the contents pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eWhilst we have seen many individual issues of The Kokka and even some simply bound compilations, this is the first time we have handled a volume with such ornate binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 8px 0px; vertical-align: top; color: #777777; line-height: 26.239999771118164px;\"\u003eCovers principally Japanese art but occasional articles on other subjects such as Ancient Chinese bronzes. 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Drawing on French, Persian, and British sources, Amini explores Napoleon’s ambitions in the East, the Treaty of Finkenstein (1807), and the dramatic shifts in Persian foreign policy as France, Britain, and Russia competed for influence. This first English edition, published by Curzon Press in 1999, remains one of the most authoritative works on the subject and a key reference for scholars of Middle Eastern and Napoleonic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1208\" data-start=\"801\"\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong data-end=\"868\" data-start=\"811\"\u003epresentation copy from the author to Sir Denis Wright\u003c\/strong\u003e, former UK Ambassador to Iran (1963–1971), with the author’s signed inscription on the title page and Wright’s own signature. Included are two authorial letters addressed to Sir Denis, adding rich provenance and making this copy an association item of considerable interest to collectors of Persian history and diplomatic correspondence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNapoleon and Persia, Franco-Persian Relations Under the First Empire, within the context of the rivalries between France, Britain and Russia by Iradj Amini.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Curzon Press, 1999 - 1st English Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the library of Sir Dennis Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine condition hardback with dustjacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: approx 224mm high x 146mm wide x 26mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003exix + 228pp + plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39432063385799,"sku":"LAN1604","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/napoleon_and_persia_05.jpg?v=1616048602"},{"product_id":"the-persians-amongst-the-english-by-denis-wright-rare-signed-1st-edition-2-volume-set-in-persian-farsi","title":"The Persians Amongst the English by Denis Wright, Rare signed 1st edition 2 volume set in Persian - Farsi.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Persians Amongst the English by Denis Wright (aka The English Amongst the Persians in English language version)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by I. 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Also titled as L'Impero Cinese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"\u003eLo Impero Cinese Illustrato, ovvero Descrizione de Costumi, Degli Usi, Dell Architettura, Della Religione e Della Industria del Popolo Cinese Da Tempi Piu Remoti Fino a Nostri Giorni di Clente Pelle, Autore di Constantinopoli Antica e Moderna e di Una Novella Storia D'Inghilterra. Prima Versione Italiana, Di Guglielmo Villarosa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"\u003ePublished Napoli, Stabiilimento Tipografico di Gaetano Nobile, 1845.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"\u003eVery scarce Italian printing - no copies listed at all on Worldcat or COPAC. Appears to have been a Spanish printing in the same year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with cloth spine and marbled boards. Very good overall. Binding is sound and text is near fine overall - some mild spotting and age discoloration but really a nice clean copy. No engraved plate pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome cracking to pastedown joints, but binding completely sound. Ex-library copy - Franciscan Monastery in Washington DC, so not publicly lent. Minimal library marking - ink stamps to title page, first free endpaper and ink catalogue number to spine, but that's all. Some shelfwear to covers. 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A very early account of Western travel to Thailand (Siam).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tChoisy, Abbe De. Journal ou suite du voyage de Siam en forme des lettres familieres fait en MD CLXXXV et MD CLXXXVI, par Mr. L. D. 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Only the occasional small stain and lacking any worming often associated with books of this period. A very good copy overall.\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cbr style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\r\n\tAbbe de Choisy along with Chevalier de Chaumont were sent by King Louis XVI as representatives of France to the Kingdom of Siam under the Reign of King Narai the Great. 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Bound in leporello\/concertina style and consisting of 24 text pages in Batak script and drawings and diagrams in red and black ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book deals with divination and magic ritual and was intended for use by spiritual leaders (datu) and their disciples. These books are also often related to medicine. The datu can also be viewed as a \"medicine man\" type figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn good condition overall. A rare opportunity to purchase a unique object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions; approximately 9cm high 11cm wide x 3cm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39432238399687,"sku":"LAN1726","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/sumatra_pustaha_tree_bark_book_04.jpg?v=1616049881"},{"product_id":"people-of-nepal-by-dor-bahadur-bista-1st-limited-edition-1967","title":"People of Nepal by Dor Bahadur Bista, 1st limited edition, 1967","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tPeople of Nepal by Dor Bahadur Bista, 1st limited edition, 1967.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tLimited to 2,000 Copies. Published Department of Publicity, HMG, 1967. Printed at Sree Saraswaty Press Ltd, Calcutta.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tHardback with dustjacket. Jacket is worn and chipped at edges and covered with clear plastic protective wrap (removable). Book is good condition overall. Blue cloth covers a little discoloured and age-worn but binding is completely sound. Pages have minor age discolration to extremities, but otherwise very good.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tIllustrated throughout with black and white and colour images. Text in English. xvi + 176pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tDimensions:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\t233mm high x 187mm wide x 27mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39432255733959,"sku":"LAN1744","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/people_of_nepal_a.jpg?v=1616050090"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-the-pearl-by-kunz-and-stevenson-1908-1st-edition","title":"The Book of the Pearl by Kunz and Stevenson, 1908 1st edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tThe Book of the Pearl: The History, Art, Science, and Industry of the Queen of Gems by George Frederick Kunz and Charles Hugh Stevenson.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tSOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tPublished by Macmillan \u0026amp; Co Ltd, London. 1st UK edition. 1908.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\u003cacmillan co=\"\" p=\"\" uk=\"\"\u003eVery scarce copy of this important work. A beautiful book with gilt buckram cover. xix + 548pp + many plates, fold-outs, printed tissue guards and frontispiece. Very good approaching near fine. A few marks and shelf wear to cover. Foxing to endpapers. Pages are extremely clean and bright overall but the edges show signs of age discoloration (as is common with this volume). A heavy tome at over 2.6kg unpacked.\u003c\/acmillan\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tA presentation copy from James R Ogden, a Diamond Merchant in Harrogate, with a signed dedication to the recipient from 1915. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tApproximate dimensions: 295mm high x 220mm wide x 60mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lantinghei SC'}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lantinghei TC'}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lantinghei TC'}\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39432306229447,"sku":"LAN1945","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/products\/the_book_of_the_pearl_img_5650_copy.jpg?v=1616050682"},{"product_id":"photographic-book-of-the-honpa-hongwanji-temple-kyoto-1932-ほんがんじしゃしんちょう","title":"Photographic Book of the Honpa Hongwanji Temple, Kyoto. 1932. 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We have seen later versions of this book from 1961 and 1970, which have less elaborate decoration, one had modern Japanese to the cover, English text printed inside, and also the size can be smaller.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tPrinted at Ryukunodo's printing shop in Showa 7 (1932). \u003cspan font-size:=\"\" pro=\"\" style=\"font-family: \"\u003e島田富之助. Author: \u003c\/span\u003e武岳 順静\/編.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tTitle page plus 26 photographic plates plus publication details page. Printed tissue guards with French and Japanese language.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tNear fine condition - crease to first tissue guard (no tears), occasional minor spotting and a few light markings. 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No rips or tears. Very difficult to find in this excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tWith original wooden hanging bars and ties. Canvas backed.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tPublished 1958 by George Philip \u0026amp; Son Ltd and Printed in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tAlso noted are distributors - Denoyer-Geppert Company, Chiacgo, USA and Moyer School Supplies Ltd, Toronto, for Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tMap produced by the London Geographic Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tA really striking map of its time - still showing Thailand as 'Siam' despite it being called Thailand since 1949. 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Mounted in an album of 27.5cm x 36cm.\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tThe album itself is a thick card stock and is discolored and heavily worn at edges (see photos).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t22 prints in total.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tAt a glance this looks like an album entitled ' Plan du Canal de Suez' as this is annotated on the front image of the book. However, this is not truly representative of the contents which are much broader in scope, covering subjects such as the Pyramids, Sphinx, Ports and ships, Egyptian people and mosques.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\tMany of the photographs are captioned in the negative and the studio name of Zangaki is repeated frequently. The Zangaki brothers produced prints for tourists in Egypt, in the 1870s - 1890s. It should be noted that the Z in Zangaki is stylised to resemble the letter L, and therefore is often misidentified as Langaki. 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Ref: \u003cem\u003eOld Japanese Photographs; Collector's Data Guide, Terry Bennett, 2006.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good book overall, of Collotyped and Hand Colored photographs of the Kobe area of Japan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand painted covers with fabric over boards, with thread ties. Covers a little soiled and worn with frayed extremities. Inside rear creased. Text pages are very good with some age discoloration. Consists of 20 x tissue guarded printed photographs annotated in both Japanese and English. Soundly bound. 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He was author of more than 60 books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Ferdinand Wustenfeld.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Vandenhoeck und Reprecht, Gottingen, Germany, 1850. 1st edition thus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good copy of this 1850 printing (which is now extremely scarce). With original marbled boards with calf corner protectors. Spine has been professionally replaced and new endpapers surround the tightly bound text. Text is good throughout with  some foxing at extremities and some spotting. Some discoloration to page edges, but a very acceptable copy of a very scarce book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLanguage: German introduction. 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Clark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by William Green \u0026amp; Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1904 first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fair black cloth hardback with blind stamped motif to cover and gilt titles to spine. Text block beginning to loosen, and cracked to webbing at hinge after first free endpaper, but still bound. Text clean with minor age discoloration. 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A very good copy after professional restoration. Original covers remounted and binding completely secured. New leather spine with title label. Rubbing and soiling to boards. Gilt title to front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarbled endpapers. The text and plates are in very good condition with only minor age discoloration. Some professional paper tear repairs in places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn impressive tome of considerable scarcity. 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