Search Results: Far East from The Wild Muse

Buitenzorg, Java: Dept of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce First edition. Hard cover in cloth and paper covered boards. Published Buitenzorg, Java: Dept of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, 1930. 4to., xvi+424pp., richly illustrated with b/w photographs, tables and reproductions, fold-out color maps. Dust spotting along top edge of page block, previous owner bookplate on pastedown. Very good, clean, bright, attractive copy. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

Berkeley: Univ of California Pr, 1963. Trade soft cover. Published Berkeley: Univ of California Pr., 1963. 8vo., xx+176 pages. Very good. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/2", 184pp., 160 illustrations, including 55 color plates. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.

NY: Thames & Hudson, 1993. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Thames & Hudson, 1993, first printing. Folio, 10" x 13 1/2", 159pp., with 75 duotone illustrations. Riboud's masterly images are complemented by his own descriptive essay, along with texts on Angkor's recent history and its Buddhist foundations from Jean Lacouture, the celebrated writer, and Jean Boisselier, former curator of the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Together they present a moving portrayal of this mysterious wonder, a collage of timeless beauty and spiritual dignity scarred by contemporary brutality. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Seoul: Hain Creative Agency, 1992. First Edition, first printing. Softcover in dust jacket. 1992 Lynn City Museum, Massachusetts Exhibition. Published Seoul: Hain Creative Agency, 1992. Oblong folio, 8 3/4" x 12." 106pp., profusely illus. color plates. Artist profile and critcal essays in Korean and English. Dark green card wrappers with black lettering, black art paper end papers. White enamel dust jacket printed in color. Additional three page, stapled 8 1/2" x 11" artist bio from Boston Fine Arts Gallery laid in. Book, dj and bio all pristine, near very fine. Scarce.. 1st. Hard. Very Fine/Very Fine. Folio. Illus.

NY/New Haven: Yale Univ Press/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY/New Haven: Yale Univ Press/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/8", xiii+286pp., 234pp., including 114 colorplates. Fine, as new in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1972. Stapled wrappers. Published Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1972. Reprinted from The Untouchables in Contemporary India, J. Michael Mahar, ed. Very Good. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

NY: NAL Caliber, 2005. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: NAL Caliber, 2005, first printing. 8vo., +480pp., illus. b/w photos. Uniform mild toning to pulp paper, marker stipe on bottom edge. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1948. Revised edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: George Allen & Unwin, 1948. 8vo., xxi+380pp., numerous plate illustrations, color fold-out map at rear. Red cloth with gilt titles. Mild age toning to some sheets, else fine, crisp. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

Gartmore, Scotland: Kiscadale Publications, 1993. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Gartmore, Scotland: Kiscadale Publications, 1993. Oblong 4to., 11 3/4" x 9 3/4", 104pp., lavishly illustrated with period photographs, some color. "chronicles the treasures of Burmah during the time of the Raj. It holds a repository of prints and postcards, showing people, places and a life that is fast disappearing." Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Finland: Scildts, 1990. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Finland: Scildts, 1990. Oblong 4to., 11" x 10 1/2", 151pp., illustrated with 87 b/w photographs. Text in Finnish and English. Blind embossed gray cloth with white spine titles, map endpapers. Gift inscription on free endpaper. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

Tokyo: Japan Foreign Trade Federation, 1938. First edition. Original and only issue of the journal. Published Tokyo: Japan Foreign Trade Federation, 1938. Text chiefly in English, with many articles in French or Spanish or both, full page ads in English. Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 3/4", 94pp., plus 4pp. printed covers, illustrated throughout with b/w photos and full color reproductions, 31" x 13 3/4" color fold-out, die cut page, 2 printed clear mylar overlays, exquisite full color front cover. Articles include: American-Japanese Trade; (Upcoming) New York World's Fair and Golden Gate International Exposition; Affairs in East Asia Moving from Military Campaign to Reconstruction; Nagoya; Locomotives and Rolling Stock; Japanese Toys; Menthol; Tea; Hats; Working Girls; Stone Lanterns; Aviation in Japan; Japan's Merchant Marine; The Oil and Fat Industry in Japan; Silk Carpets and Tapestries; Japanese Timepieces of Old; Japanese Fauna; Japanese Water Pets; Natural Camphor; Brushes. Top… Read More

Florida: The House of Jade, 1940. Limited, numbered first edition. Number 18. Published Florida: The House of Jade, 1940. Folio, 9 1/4" x 12 1/8", xxii+185pp., illustrated with forty-four full page plates from original photographs. An important reference work on jade. Green cloth with gilt cover rules and titles. Heavyweight green endpapers. Dulling to the cover gilt, mild rub at extremities, small nameplate of flyleaf, else very good plus, clean attractive. Rare. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Folio.

NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. Trade soft cover. Published NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9 1/4." ix+b/w plates+82 pp. A very good, clean, unmarked copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

London: Heinemann, 1966. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Heinemann, 1966, first printinf. 8vo., 292pp., illustrated with b/w photos and four sections of paper cuts, endpaper maps. Very good in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Princeton: Pyne Press, 1972. Hard cover. Published Princeton: Pyne Press, 1972, second printing (1973). 4to., 9 1/4" x 11 1/4." xii+275 pp., illustrated throughout with over 200 color and b/w plates. Light scuffing to covers, spine cloth bit sunned, name on fly leaf. Text clean, binding tight. Very good minus. . Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 4to.

Princeton: Pyne Press, 1972. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Princeton: Pyne Press, 1972, second prinrting (1973). 4to., xii+275pp., illustrated with 40 full color and 177 b/w reproductions. some foxing along edges of page block and margin of preliminaries, else very good in very good, frayed dust jacket. . Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

NY: Grossman Publishers, 1972. First edition thus. Trade softcover simultaneous issue with hardback. Published NY: Grossman, 1972, first printing. Folio wrappers, 9" x 12 1/4", unpaginated. B'w photos throughout. Very good plus. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.

NY: Columbia Univ Pr, 1945. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Columbia Univ Pr., 1945. first printing. 8vo., xvii+275 pages, illustrated maps, tables. Fade spots and sunning to covers, spine cloth sunned, lettering visible, foxing to endpapers, edges toned, name od fly leaf. Internally clean, unmarked, binding tight. Good.. 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket. 8vo..

NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1979. First American edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Prentice-Hall, 1979, first printing. 8vo., 240 pp., illustrated. Very good in very good dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.