Genre & Subject / Religious / Buddhist from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Honolulu and Chicago: Honolulu Academy of Arts; Serindia Publications, 2008. 390 pages, colour illustrations, colour map; 31 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.). Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, in 2008. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. DVD Enclosed, Buddhist arts of the Mimalayan country of Bhutan. OVERSIZE! No priority/international,… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015. 208 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held January 16 to May 1, 2015 at the Bates College Museum of Art and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. Includes the catalogue of an exhibition curated by… Read more about this item

Boston, New York, Toronto, London: Little, Brown and Company; A Bulfinch Press Book, 1997. Cloth, 143 pages, chiefly illustrations; 33 cm. With a foreword by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama; an introduction by Richard Gere; and a poem by Patti Smith. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards, with some rubbing & edgewear to the illustration mounted… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984. Cloth, Catalogue of an exhibition held at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 4 to May 20, 1984; the Art Institute of Chicago, June 30 to August 26, 1984; and the Brooklyn Museum, November 1, 1984 to February 10, 1985. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Press, 2012. xvi, 474 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Where the Heart Beats is the story of the tremendous changes sweeping through American culture following the Second World War, a time when the arts in America broke… Read more about this item

New Delhi: S. Chand & Company Limited, 1978. Cloth, 191 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 34 cm. Originally published as "Traumland Nepal" by Su ddeutscher Verlag, 1974. English translation rendered by Pramod Talgeri. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards, age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press; A Studio Book, 1973. Cloth, 280 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, with toned flaps, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Prologue: Samarkand; 1. Alexander the Great: an invader from the West; 2. Hsuan-tsang: a pilgrim from the East; 3. Mahomet and Kutayba, the Sword of Islam;… Read more about this item

Geneva and New York: Skira; Rizzoli, 1979. 135 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Translated from the Italian. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday; A Gemini-Smith Book, 1964. Cloth, 295 pages, colour illustrations, colour map, colour portraits; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First printing. Missing DJ. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the history of Japan, by Marius B. Jansen; Introduction to the art… Read more about this item

New York, NY and Hood River. OR: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers; Summit Publications, 1992. Cloth, 223 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with a slightly sunned spine (bold & legible titles), protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "An account of an Austrian mountain… Read more about this item

Chicago: Art Media Resources, 2002. Cloth, 168 pages, chiefly colour illustrations, map; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First American Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates of Buddhist mural paintings and decoration in Turkestan. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Hidden Treasures of Turkestan;… Read more about this item

Emeryville, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1976. xviii, 102 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tibetan art and cultural series. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Corner crease/front cover. Age toning, edges lightly soiled.. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

London: Anna Maria Rossi & Fabio Rossi Publications, 1993. 1 portfolio, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition. A near-fine copy with light shelfwear to the slipcase. Limited edition. Numbered "42" of 500 copies. Consists of 14 individual painted mandalas accompanied by text catalogue all issued in a portfolio and enclosed in a case. OVERSIZE! No priority/international,… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1970. Cloth, 263 pages, illustrations (part colour); 23 cm. Panorama of World Art Series.Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket, toned, protected in a mylar cover. "The arts of the Indian subcontinent and of those surrounding lands ("Greater India") that fell under its artistic influence are… Read more about this item

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1988. Cloth, ix, 322 pages; 24 cm. Studies in Comparative Religion. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket toned, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Thames and Hudson; Sacred Symbols Ser., 1996. Cloth, 1 volume (unpaged), illustrations (some colour); 14 cm. Tight, clean copy. Fine DJ.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 24mo.

Hong Kong: Orientations Magazine Ltd,, 1998. 287 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lower right corners bumped.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday; A Gemini-Smith Book, 1964. Cloth, 295 pages, colour illustrations, colour map, colour portraits; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First printing. Dust jacket with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the history of Japan, by Marius… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1979. 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition Catalogue. Organized by the National Museum of Korea for a national touring exhibition in the United States. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Han'guk misul och'onnyon.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Los Angeles and Japan: Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Kodansha International, 1965. 196 pages, colour plates, illustrations; 28 cm. Exhibition held jointly by the National Commission for Protection of Cultural Properties at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 29 to November 7, 1965; Detroit Art Institute, December 5, 1965 to January 16, 1966; Philadelphia Museum of Art,… Read more about this item