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J. HACKIN. 'Asiatic Mythology', with 16 plates in colour and 354 other illustrations; SYDNEY L. MOSS LTD. 'The Literati Mode', Chinese Scholar Pai...

A Japanese bronze usubata, Meiji period, signed, used for ikebana (flower arrangement) decorated with a river scene decorated with a river scene, ...

A Chinese cloisonne & plique a jour lobed bowl, shotai shippo, decorated with floral sprays, height 4.5cm, diameter 10cm. ...[more]

A pair of Chinese silver filigree pendant drop earrings, early 20th century, with pink stones, in original fitted box, length 4.5cm. ...[more]

A chinoiserie lacquered games box, early-mid 20th century, containing 290 circular poker chips, height 5cm, width 24cm, depth 12.5cm. ...[more]

ANTHONY J. ALLEN. 'Allen's Authentication of Later Porcelain, 1796AD-1999AD'; S.W. BUSHELL. 'Oriental Ceramic Art, Illustrated by the examples fro...

JOHN LEE SCOTT. 'Narrative of a Recent Imprisonment in China after the Wreck of the Kite'. London: W.H. Dalton, Cockspur Street, 1841; JULIUS W. H...

'A Record of Letters Sent from Sir William Parker, Rt. Admiral & the Rt. Hon. Thomas Cockrane. Rt Admiral of the Royal Naval fleet, while patrolli...

JESSICA RAWSON. 'Chinese Jade From The Neolithic To The Qing', 1995; ANGUS FORSYTH & BRIAN McELNEY. Jades From China', The Museum of East Asian Ar...

M. HUC. 'Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China during the years 1844-5-6', translated from the French by W. Hazlitt, 1852, 2 volumes., Office of T...

THE MARQUIS DE MOGES (Attache To The Mission). 'Recollections of Baron Gros's Embassy To China and Japan In 1857-58', with coloured illustrations,...

CAPTAIN SHERARD OSBORN, C.B. A Cruise in Japanese Waters, William Blackwood and Sons, Second Edition, 1859; WILLIAM C. HUNTER. 2 volumes. 'Bits of...

HENRY KNOLLYS. 'Incidents of the China War of 1860', Grants China War, compiled from the private journals of General Sir Hope Grant G.C.B.Commande...

LORD CHARLES BEREFORD. 'The Break-Up of China', with folding maps, 1899; ALEXANDER MICHIE. 'The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg'...

ANNA d' ALMEIDA. 'A Lady's Visit to Manilla and Japan', 1863, First Edition, Hurst & Blackett, Publishers, London.Ex lot 195. Dominic Winter Aucti...

HERBERT A. GILES. 'A Chinese Biographical Dictionary', 2 volumes, London & Shanghai, Bernard Quaritch & Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1897-1898, Supplie...

S WELLS WILLIAMS. 'The Middle Kingdom', A survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, And History, of the Chinese Empire a...

C.A.S. WILLIAMS. 'Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives', Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1932. Second edition, original green cloth g...

DONALD MENNIE. 'The Grandeur of the Gorges', fifty photographic studies, with descriptive notes, of China's great waterway, the Yangtze Kiang, inc...

G.R.G. WORCESTER. 'The Junks & Sampans of the Yangtze', Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 1970, original cream cloth, spine lettered in ...

CHRISTIAAN J.A. JORG. (& Jan van Campen) 'Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Ming and Qing Dynasties; DUNCAN MA...

ROBERT HALL; 'Chinese Snuff Bottles XI , The Snowy Peaks Collection', 2005; Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of Treasures of The ...

John Byron.'Portrait of a Chinese Paradise', 1987; R. SOAME JENYNS. 'Chinese Art', 1981 and two other Chinese Art books. (4) ...[more]

Masterpieces of Chinese Enamel Ware in the National Palace Museum, Chinese text, slip-case; WANG NING. six volumes of 'One Man's Choice, Wang & Co...

HENRY NOEL SHORE. 'The Flight of the Lapwing: A Naval Officers Jottings in China, Formosa and Japan,' engraved frontispiece, original vivid blue c...

EDWARD BARRINGTON DE FONBLANQUE. 'Niphon and Pe-che-li; or, Two Years in Japan and Northern China,' second edition, original cloth, colour frontis...

HUGH MURRAY. 'Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time,' three volumes, rebound in maroon...

M. LE BARON DE HUBNER. 'A Ramble Round The Word, 1871,' first edition, two volumes, rebound in half red leather, ex libris label, MacMillan and Co...

STANLEY CHARLES NOTT. 'Chinese Jade Throughout The Ages', 2nd edition, 2nd printing 1964, in slip-case; ANTHONY J. ALLEN. 'Allen's Introduction to...

FREDERICK MEINERTZHAGEN. 'MCI: The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum,' two volumes, edited by George Lazar...

N. H. N. MODY. 'Japanese Clocks,' illustrated throughout, cloth case soiled, original cloth, ex libris, printed and bound in Japan, Kegan Paul, Tr...

BERESFORD SCOTT. 'An Account of the Destruction of the Fleets of the Celebrated Pirate Cheiftans Chui-Poo and Shap-Ng-Tsai, On the Coast of China,...

GABRIEL BONVALOT. 'Across Thibet. Being a Translation of "De Paris Au Tonkin A Traverse Le Tibet Inconnu",' two voloumes, photographs by Prince He...

Sir ALEXANDER HOSIE. 'On the Trai of the Opium Poppy: A Narrative of Travel in the Chief Opium-Producing Provinces of China,' two volumes, frontis...

H. E. M. JAMES. 'The Long White Mountain or A Journey in Manchuria,' original decorative yellow cloth, illustrations and map, Longmans, Green, and...

SVEN HEDIN. 'Through Asia,' US first edition, two volumes, original decorative cloth, three hundred illustrations, tape repairs to maps, Harper & ...

MARSHALL BROOMHALL. 'Martyred Missionaries of the China Inland Mission With a Record of the Perils & Sufferings of Some Who Escaped,' with portrai...

Capt HAMILTON BOWER. 'Diary of a Journey Across Tibet,' original cloth, rubbed and bumped, repaired, ex libris label, half-title, folding map, b&w...

A. E. PRATT. 'To The Snows of Tibet Through China,' first edition, original cloth with gilt decorations, b+w frontispiece, b+w illustrations, fold...

THE SHRAMANA EKAI KAWAGUCHI. 'Three Years in Tibet,' original cloth, bleached spine, photograph of author for frontispiece, original Japanese illu...

JOHN GEDDIE. 'Beyond the Himalayas,' original pictorial cloth, bleached and rubbed, T. Nelson and Sons, London, 1884; ISABELLA L. BISHOP. 'Among t...

G. E. MORRISON. 'An Australian in China,' third edition, original cloth, spotting and toning throughout, Horace Cox, London, 1902; Rev JAMES GILMO...

JULIET BREDON. 'Chinese New Year Festivals: A Picturesque Monograph of the Rites, Ceremonies and Observances in relation thereto,' first edition, ...

Anon. DIARY OF AROUND THE WORLD CRUISE. 1903, February 23rd, one Volume manuscript, "Fay, George and Myself start on our tour.....", approximately...

THOMAS W. BLAKISTON. 'Five Months on the Yang-Tsze; With a Narrative of the Exploration of its Upper Waters, and Notices of the Present Rebellions...

ANTON LUNDEEN. 'In the Grip of Bandits and Yet in the Hands of God,' presentation copy inscribed by author, original cloth, image of author to tit...

A. HENRY SAVAGE-LANDOR. 'Across Coveted Lands or A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland,' two volumes, original cloth, spines sun...

JOHN BELL. 'Traves from St Petersburg in Russia to Diverse Parts of Asia,' in two volumes the titles include, 'A Journey from St Petersburg to Isp...

Commander W. H. HALL and W. D. BERNARD. 'Narrative of the Voyages and Services of The Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843; And of the Combined Naval and Mi...

Capt FRANK KINGDON WARD. 'The Riddle of Tsangpo Gorges,' scarce first edition, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, toning and spotting throughout, ...

HARRY. A. FRANCK. 'Wandering in China', illustrated with photographs, pub London 1924, 1st edit, red cloth: F.S. SMYTHE. 'Kamet Conquered'; A. KRA...

Fifteen auction catalogues relating to Chinese Snuff Bottles, to include SOTHEBYS. 'The Joe Grimberg Collection', New York, 2010, hardback; Fine C...

A Chinese Canton carved hardwood wall mirror, late 19th century, possibly Sandalwood, carved with figures, pagodas, animals and foliage, 62 x 80cm...

A Chinese carved walnut shell, depicting figures, height 3.5cm, width 4cm and a black hardstone model of a sheep, height 5.5cm, width 7cm. ...[mo...

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