Asia

  • Life in the forests of the Far East; or travels in Northern Borneo.

    # 34285

    ST. JOHN, Spenser

    Life in the forests of the Far East; or travels in Northern Borneo.

    London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1863. Second edition. Two volumes, octavo, pebbled blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt with illustrations of palm trees, edges and corners rubbed, bookplates of W. H. Cresswell to verso of front free endpapers, pp. xvi; 406; (2, adverts); xii; 424, sixteen tinted lithographs and three folding maps (one with …

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  • [ISLAM] Two broadsides printed for the All-India Muslim Educational Conference, Nagpur, 1911.

    # 34204

    [Āl Inḍiyā Muḥammadan Inglo Oriyanṭal Ejūkeshnal Kānfarans]

    [ISLAM] Two broadsides printed for the All-India Muslim Educational Conference, Nagpur, 1911.

    Delhi : Maktaba-e-Mujtabaee, 1911. A pair of broadsides summarizing proceedings at the All-India Muslim Educational Conference, held at Nagpur in December 1911. Two folio sheets, each 500 x 320 mm, both lithographically printed recto only; text in Urdu in Arabic script; original folds, some light foxing, otherwise fine condition.  

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  • In defence of Singapore

    # 34315

    TOZE, A. V. and STRANGE, Sgt. S.

    In defence of Singapore

    A series of drawings with brief Notes by L/Bdr. A. V. Toze, 122 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, and Sgt. S Strange, The Loyal Regiment. Preston [U.K.] : T. Snape, 1947.Qiarto, papered boards (a couple of stains), cloth spine, pp. [44], nineteen black and white plates showing Singapore before and during the Japanese invasion and occupation, drawn …

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  • [NEW GUINEA] Ocean and isle. (First edition, signed by the author)

    # 34015

    GEIL, William Edgar (1865-1925)

    [NEW GUINEA] Ocean and isle. (First edition, signed by the author)

    Melbourne : Wm. T. Pater & Co., 1902. First edition. Octavo (220 x 150 mm), publisher’s maroon cloth over boards with gilt-lettered spine (a few light marks, spine ends softened), patterned endpapers, first blank with a Biblical quote (Luke 19:13) inscribed by the author in ink and with his signature beneath in pencil, frontispiece photographic …

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  • Token zu [刀剣図]

    # 33244

    ISE, Sadatake (1717 - 1784)

    Token zu [刀剣図]

    Manuscript watercolour album in Japanese binding of cards with title label (rubbed and worn), 27.5 x 19 cms, 11 double page leaves illustrated in watercolour of Japanese swords, small Japanese collector’s stamp, a few old wormholes and paper repairs, a very good example. Ise Sadatake was a historian and author of a number of books …

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  • International Triennale of Contemporary Art 2001

    # 33883

    DEACON, Destiny et al.

    International Triennale of Contemporary Art 2001

    Yokohama : Yokohama Triennale Committee, 2001. Quarto, lettered wrappers, pp. 408, illustrated. Text in English and Japanese. Includes work by contemporary Australian artists Destiny Deacon and STELARC, as well as works by Yoko Ono, Fiona Tan, Marina Abramovic, Cai Gui-Qiang, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Victor + Rolf, William Kentridge, Maurizio Cattelan, Yayoi Kusama, and others. Includes installation …

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  • Mrinalini Mukherjee

    # 33926

    MUKHERJEE, Mrinalini (1949 - 2015)

    Mrinalini Mukherjee

    New Delhi : the artist, circa 1980. Promotional brochure, quarto, pp. [6], glossy paper, illustrated, essay by Nilima Sheikh, biography. Booklet on the influential Indian textile sculptor.

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  • A visit to Russian Central Asia.

    # 33310

    O'DWYER, Michael Francis (1864-1940)

    A visit to Russian Central Asia.

    / By Michael Francis O’Dwyer, I.C.S., Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Punjab. pp. 479-512 in: Journal of the Society of Arts, April 16, 1897. London : The Society, 1897. Octavo (250 x 165 mm), stitchbound, pp. i-ii, 479-514, iii-iv; one double-page with 4 photomechanical process illustrations of mosques and tombs in Samarkand and the …

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  • Theosophical gleanings, or, notes on the "Secret Doctrine"

    # 15508

    BESANT, Annie; COOPER-OAKLEY, I. (attrib.)

    Theosophical gleanings, or, notes on the “Secret Doctrine”

    Studies in Theosophy 1. Issued by the Indian Section of the Theosophical Society for free distribution to its members. Madras : printed by Thompson and Co., 1893. Octavo, printed wrappers (dusty, loss to lower panel), pp. ii; 57; [3], diagrams, light foxing, some finger marks. Madam Blavatsky’s ‘Secret Doctrine’ was first published in 1888 and …

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  • [DUTCH EAST INDIES] Belawan

    # 15513

    ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD

    [DUTCH EAST INDIES] Belawan

    Rotterdam : Royal Rotterdam Lloyd, [c.1930]. Octavo pamphlet, original illustrated wrappers, lower wrapper with colour map of Belawan and plan of Medan, [6] pp; text in English; a very good copy. Scarce tourist brochure published by the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd shipping line (KRL). Belawan is a seaport on the northeast coast of Sumatra.

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  • [DUTCH EAST INDIES] Batavia

    # 15514

    ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD

    [DUTCH EAST INDIES] Batavia

    Rotterdam : Royal Rotterdam Lloyd, [c.1930]. Octavo pamphlet, original illustrated wrappers, lower wrapper with colour street plan of Batavia [Jakarta], [6] pp; text in English; a very good copy. Scarce tourist brochure published by the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd shipping line (KRL).

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  • "Urdu Manuscript" : A guide to the reading and writing of Urdu script used in books, newspapers and letters etc.

    # 15490

    HAIDARI, A. Khan

    “Urdu Manuscript” : A guide to the reading and writing of Urdu script used in books, newspapers and letters etc.

    Delhi : Haidari’s Oriental Book Depot, 1933-34. Third edition. Octavo, lettered wrappers (bottom corners dog-eared, paper splits along spine), pp. 112; text in Urdu and English; contents very good. A series of lessons in Shikasta, the running hand of Urdu, designed for officers studying for the Higher Standard Examination in British India.

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  • [PHILIPPINES] Miss Rizal (Remedios Santos), 1926 Manila Carnival.

    # 32782

    SOL STUDIO (MANILA)

    [PHILIPPINES] Miss Rizal (Remedios Santos), 1926 Manila Carnival.

    Silver gelatin print photograph, 136 x 84 mm, with manuscript caption and studio imprint in the neagtive; printed on postcard stock, with AZO stamp box verso; not mailed, and in excellent condition (some mild corner wear). From Alex Castro’s Manila Carnivals 1908-1939: ‘The first Miss Rizal, Remedios Santos, went to the Manila Carnival to compete for the first ever Miss Philippines crown. …

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  • Traces : Australia-Korea - Korea-Australia : a book of paintings, prints and calligraphies

    # 31131

    KYU-IL, Choi; BALL, Sydney; BAINES, Robert

    Traces : Australia-Korea – Korea-Australia : a book of paintings, prints and calligraphies

    Townsville: Lyre Bird Press and Melbourne : Zimmer Editions, 2001. Quarto, blindstamped folding clamshell box containing three folios in gilt-lettered hand made paper wrappers; the first being an introduction to the project and the artists; the second containing two original signed paintings by Sydney Ball; the third containing two original signed woodcuts and a caligraphic …

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  • The Visit of the Australian Goodwill Mission to the Republic of China, August 8-17th 1956. Photo Album.

    # 32161

    The Visit of the Australian Goodwill Mission to the Republic of China, August 8-17th 1956. Photo Album.

    [Cover title]. Oblong folio (240 x 350 mm), green velvet over boards with gilt-stamped lettering in Chinese and English to front (clean and bright), original yellow silk ties, with [93] glossy b/w photographs in format 100 x 120 mm, mounted on [47] pages; the photographs are uncaptioned but provide a comprehensive visual record of the …

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  • [TASMANIA] East India Company commission of 1845 appointing Charles Ross Mackenzie as Captain.

    # 31164

    [EAST INDIA COMPANY] GOUGH, Hugh, 1st Viscount Gough (1779-1869)

    [TASMANIA] East India Company commission of 1845 appointing Charles Ross Mackenzie as Captain.

    Bengal, Camp Hurruff (in ms.), 30 December, 1845. Printed recto only on parchment, 250 x 400 mm, folding to 250 x 100 mm; with entries in ms. recording the appointment of Charles Ross Mackenzie Esq. to the rank of Captain in the Service of the Honourable East India Company; signed by General Hugh Gough, Commander in Chief, East …

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