Books and Manuscripts

A striking and historically important Chinese Cultural Revolution propaganda poster directly referencing the foundational ideological dire...

A powerful and visually dramatic Chinese Cultural Revolution-period propaganda poster centred on themes of national self-reliance, civil defence, a...

A striking Chinese Cultural Revolution-period propaganda poster promoting the revolutionary ideal of labour, agricultural work, and ideological sel...

An unusual and visually striking Chinese silk-screen poster issued during the Cultural Revolution period, presenting a highly atypical example of l...

A complete original set of Reynolds' Geognostic Profiles, an exceptionally scarce and visually striking suite of Victorian scientific educational w...

The Arabian Nights; Tales from the Thousand and one Nights. Illustrations by Detmold. Published by The Folio Society, London. First issued in this ...

An original Second World War escape and evasion map issued for Allied use in the South East Asian theatre, printed in colour on rayon cloth (genera...

The Story of Mahajanaka is a work authored by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, presenting his own retelling of one of the Jātaka tales concerni...

A substantial run of twelve issues of The China Quarterly spanning 1972 to 1975, a period marked by the later years of the Cultural Revolution and ...

A highly evocative trio of 1967 issues of The China Quarterly, produced at the height of the Cultural Revolution and reflecting contemporary Wester...

Philip Adolphe Klier (c.1845-1911) was a German photographer who worked in British Burma from the 1860s until the early 20th century. After establi...

The life and travels of Isabella Bird (1831-1904) are among the most remarkable of the nineteenth century, and this biography by Anna M. Stoddart o...

The works of Isabella Bird (1831–1904) remain among the most vivid and engaging travel narratives of the nineteenth century. Among the Tibetans off...

A small but attractive group of six issues of The China Journal, spanning the years 1928 to 1940, a period of significant political and social chan...

یک متن یا گواهینامهٔ رسمی به زبان فارسی از دانشگاه آکسفورد که اعطای درجهٔ افتخاری دکترای حقوق مدنی را به اعلیحضرت امانالله خان، پادشاه افغانستان، ا...

A striking early twentieth-century study of traditional Chinese theatre, combining concise descriptive text with a rich visual programme. Written b...

A handsome facsimile edition presenting two landmark voyages of the early 17th century bound as one: The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Be...

Photographic Album of Egypt and Burma, c. 1898 – With Albumen Prints of the Nile, Pyramids, Rangoon Colonial Architecture and Burmese Rural Life. S...

This substantial historical work by Scottish historian William Russell (1741–1793) presents a broad, Enlightenment-era view of ancient global histo...

19th Century Japanese photo album 日本のビンテージ写真集 SOLD A photo album of original albumen prints, hand coloured, of Japanese subjects. The album is pres...

The Samurai Sword; A Handbook, by John M. Yumoto. SOLD Published by Tuttle Publishing, Boston. Printed in Singapore. First published by Tuttle in 1...

Military Swords of Japan, 1868-1945, by Richard Fuller and Ron Gregory. Line Drawings by Richard Fuller. SOLD Published by Arms and Armour Press, a...

Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths, From 1868 to the Present, by Leon and Hiroko Kapp & Yoshindo Yoshihara. Photography by Tom Kishida. SOL...

19th Century Japanese photo album 日本のビンテージ写真集 SOLD A photo album of original albumen prints, hand coloured, of Japanese subjects. Generally with a ...