Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer).- [Mellish (Florence Vivienne)], "Vivienne". Photographic portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, signed by Churchill o...

Theft of the Mona Lisa.- Sherrard (Michael) Joconde, typescript, 129pp., with substantial autograph corrections, additions and notes (including 8p...

Burma.- Kammavacha, manuscript in Pali, on gold-lacquered stiffened cloth (from discarded monastic robes), 16 leaves, Burmese square 'tamarind' sc...

Burma.- Burmese School (probably circa 1870s) Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, from the Court Workshop at the Roya...

Burma.- Astrological manuscript, manuscript in Burmese, on cream paper, 22 leaves, text in black ink, 9-10 unruled lines per page, numerical chart...

Burma.- Folding manuscript of sympathetic-astrological magic, manuscript in Burmese, on cream paper, 33 leaves, text in black ink to recto and ver...

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** China.- Medicine.- [Illustrated Compilation of Medical Texts], 6 vol., woodblock prin...

China.- Pathology.- Jiebin (Zhang) Leijing [The interpretation of Huangdi Neijing], 3 parts in 32 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 8/9 col...

China.- Surgery.- Shigong (Chen) Xinkan waike zhengzong [A manual of surgery], 12 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 8 columns per page, 20 ...

China.- Medicine.- Wenyin (Sun) Dantai yuan [The red platform and the jade desk], 6 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 9 columns per page, 2...

Chinese medicine.- Cleyer (Andreas) Specimen Medicinae Sinicae, 6 parts in 1, first edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 30 eng...

China.- Medicine.- Shizhen (Li, complier) Bencao gangmu [Medical Encyclopaedia], 32 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 9 columns per page, 2...

China.- Medicine.- Chaungshang jingyian [The experience of ulcers], 16 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 10 columns per page, 20 characters...

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** China.- Naide (Gu, compiler) Fawei lizheng tongshu [The Datong Almanac], 30 vol., edi...

China.- The Ten Bamboo Studio [Shuzhuzhai shuhuapu (Ten Bamboo Studio collection of calligraphy and painting)], artist's manual with images from C...

China & Japan.- Liu Xiang. Ryukyo Retsujo Den [Biographies of Virtuous Women], 11 juan bound in 5 vol., Japanese edition, 124 full-page woodcut il...

China.- Murr (Christoph Gottlieb von) and Ignaz Koegler. Litterae patentes Imperatoris Sinarum Kang-Hi, first appearance in book format of the Red...

China.- Liu Xiang. Gu Hutou Hua Lienu Zhuan [An Ancient Edition of 'Biographies of Virtuous Women'], 8 juan in 2 vol., woodcut illustrations, vari...

Chinese language.- Goncalves (Joachim Alphonso) Arte China Constanta de Alphabeto e Grammatica, first edition, text in Portuguese and Chinese, tit...

China.- Album of 72 watercolours of the Miao People, each with accompanying adjacent text, images 215 x 180mm., text panels the same size, minor w...

Rongde (translator). Man Meng Han san wen he bi jiao ke shu [The Manchu-Mongolian-Chinese Interlinear Trilingual Textbook], 10 vol., first edition...

China.- Daoism.- Xianzhen baolu [Precious List of True Immortals], 2 vol., manuscript in Chinese on paper, text in black ink with red punctuation,...

Cookery.- China.- Lecourt (Henri) La Cuisine Chinoise, first edition, one of 40 copies on papier Honan, this copy out of series, text in French, i...

China.- Japan.- Manchuria Daily News Souvenir Enthronement Supplement March First 1934, 3 colour plates, illustrations, many full-page, previous o...

China.- Ho (Charles) & George Foe. Shanghai Dialect in 4 Weeks, first edition, frontispiece, folding colour map at end, illustrations, evenly brow...

China.- Gazetteer of Places Names (A) in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, folding colour map in pocket at end, inscribed 'copy no. 5 AQ...

India.- Anglo-Indian School (19th century) View of the Kalan Masjid, or "The Black Mosque", Delhi, watercolour over pencil under-drawing, heighten...

India.- Anglo-Indian School (19th century) The Bridge from the North Bank of the River Kaveri, Trichinopoly, brush and ink, watercolour, on thin w...

India.- Anglo-Indian School (19th century) The Poor house and the Civic Hospital, Madura District, Madras, brush and ink, watercolour, over pencil...

India.- Anglo-Indian School (19th century) View of Hindu shrine, Madura District, Madras, brush and ink, watercolour, over pencil under-drawing, o...

India.- Anglo-Indian School (19th century) Cenotaph of Suraj Mal, Kusum Sarovar, Govardhan, Uttar Pradesh, brush and ink, watercolour and gouache,...

India.- Anglo-Indian School (19th century) Four original watercolours of palanquins, with their clients and carriers, each by a different hand, wa...

Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. The Punj Mahalla Gate, Lucknow, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an exc...

Daniell (Thomas) The Great Pagoda, Tanjore, from Oriental Scenery, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent impression on thick...

Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. View Near Bangalore, from Antiquities of India, etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, an excellent ...

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell. Entrance to a Hindoo Temple, near Bangalore, fro...

India.- Moffatt (James) [Views in India], seven plates only, etchings and aquatint, all on laid papers, platemarks approx. 370 x 510 mm (14 1/2 x ...

India.- Stopford (James S., Sheriff of Fort William, Calcutta, 1844) Archive of his personal papers, including 2 journals (India and Egypt, 1839, ...

India.- Belnos (Mrs S. C.) Twenty Four Plates Illustrative of Hindoo and European Manners in Bengal, drawn on the stone by A. Colin, lithographed ...

Birds.- India.- Jerdon (T. C.) Illustrations of Indian Ornithology, containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, c...

India.- Ewart (Joseph) The Poisonous Snakes of India, first edition, 21 plates, one double-page, most chromolithographs, list of subscribers, prev...

India.- Dalton (Edward Tuite) Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal, first edition, photo-lithograph frontispiece, 39 photo-lithograph plates, tissue-gu...

India.- Revolt in Central India 1857-59 (The): compiled in the Intelligence Branch Division of the Chief of Staff Army Head Quarters India, ink nu...

India.- Hindu Deities.- Hardy (C.C.) Tales of Hindu Deities, typescript, 19pp., last page with manuscript addition, watercolour title and 11 full-...

Indian Independence.- Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand) Songs from Prison, first edition, "Mirabehn"'s copy, signed ownership inscription from Mirabehn...

India.- Phillimore (Colonel R. H.) Historical Records of the Survey of India, 4 vol. only (of 5) as usual, first edition, maps, many folding, plat...

Indonesia.- Sacrifice Manual, manuscript in Batak script, on Bast, 50 leaves, each with 11-12 lines of Batak characters in black ink to recto and ...

Japan.- Printed Sutra Scroll, number 262 of a "Kasuga-ban" woodblock-printed version of the Daihannyaharamittakyo sutra, text in lines of 17 chara...

Japan.- Anonymous. The Tale of the Hut in the Rocks (Iwaya monogatari), three handscrolls (emakimono), ink, colour and gold on prepared paper, com...

Japan.- Noh play.- Utaibon (Koetsu) Kurama tengu [The Goblin of Kurama], single jo or volume, bound in tetchoso style, Saga-bon movable type, orig...

Japan.- Noh Play.- Utaibon (Koetsu) Tamura, single jo or volume, bound in tetchoso style, Saga-bon movable type, original cream wrappers, treated ...

Japan.- Noh play.- Motokiyo (Zeami) [The Miidera Temple], single jo or volume, bound in tetchoso style, Saga-bon movable type, original pink wrapp...

Japan.- Persecution of Christians.- Kirishitan Kosatsu, large thick wooden sign board with characters written in black ink, issued by a magistrate...

Japan.- Ryusui (Katsuma, illustrator) Umi no Sachi [Wealth of the Sea], 2 vol., first edition, 90 finely colour-printed woodcuts, some heightened ...

Minko (Tachibana) Saiga shokunin burui [Colored Pictures of Occupations of Workmen], 2 vol., first edition, numerous fine hand-coloured woodcut il...

Japan.- Kyoto.- Akisato (Rito) Miyako Meisho Zue [Collection of Pictures of Famous Places of the Capital], 6 vol., [1786]; Shûi-Miyako Meisho Zue ...

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Japan.- Morokoshi Meisho Zue [Illustrated Descriptiion of Famous Sites of China], 6 vo...

Nepal.- Hymn in honour of Tara, manuscript in Sanskrit, on blue-black dyed paper, 7 leaves, of which one blank, Sanskrit in 4 lines of gold Ranjan...

Nepal.- Pancaraksa [Five Protective Goddesses], manuscript in Sanskrit, on paper stained yellow with haritala, 130 leaves, Newari script, 5 painti...

Nepal.- Ritual manual for protection from demons, Thyasaphu (concertina) manuscript in Sanskrit and Newari, on paper stained yellow with haritala,...