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1993117661Banff Alberta: Walter Phillips Gallery 1993. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 23 through February 27 1993. Essay by Larissa Lai. Includes a number of black and white illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers. Walter Phillips Gallery unknown books
1996140253Hong Kong: Art Top Movie Productions 1996. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1996 film. <br/><br/>With early appearances for many actors who would go on to become stars in the Hong Kong film scene Lau's adaptation of the popular comic book series "Teddy Boy" follows a group of Triad members as they struggle to maintain loyalty and friendship in the face of manipulation and betrayal. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Hong Kong and Macau. <br/><br/>28.5 x 38 inches. Near Fine. Art Top Movie Productions unknown books
1989257571San Francisco: Printed by Eric Holub Hillside Press for the Book Club of California 1989. Twelve folders with text a few illustrations and spot-color decoration. Complete contents but lacks the enclosing box and the first folder has picked up some faint soil. Topics touch on Chinese newspapers postcards of Chinatown cookbooks calligraphy art of course a special 1930s production of Harte's satirical poem 'The Heathen Chinee' and more. Keepsake. Printed by Eric Holub, Hillside Press, for the Book Club of California unknown books
1949002551Paris: Nicolas. Societe Anonyme au capital de 1 milliard 50 millions. Printed by Draeger Freres a Montrouge. 1949. First Edition. Wraps with spiral. Fine/Very Good. A catalog that is itself a work of art with this issue drawing inspiration from Japanese woodblock imagery. Harada the artist captures the simplicity elegance and understatement of the Japanese aesthetic in his panoramas and images of birds insects flowers etc. 8vo. 33 1 pp. Nicolas a leading French wine distributor that is still very much in business excelled at producing beautiful books and other printed material over the decades. This copy but for light edge toing on the cover made of a heavy card is close to pristine and the original glassine is preserved although it has moderate wear an one inch or so closed tear and a few other trivial closed tears. Also included is a price list insert. <br/><br/> Nicolas. Societe Anonyme au capital de 1 milliard 50 millions. Printed by Draeger Freres a Montrouge. paperback books
1991145021Pacific Cultural Foundation 1991. First edition. Softcover. 60 pages. Catalog for a show that ran April 1-14 1991 in New York and then traveled to three other locations for additional dates. Text in Chinese and English. Includes numerous color illustrations. A near fine copy in French style wrappers. Uncommon. Pacific Cultural Foundation unknown books
19111341933Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Civic Commission 1911. Hardcover. Larger Thin Octavo; VG-; burgundy spine with gilt text; cloth has slightly sunned spine; modest exterior wear otherwise; mildly bowed boards; text block exterior edges show slight toning; frontispiece; interior clean; tight binding; illustrated; pp 169. 1341933. FP New Rockville Stock. Pittsburgh Civic Commission hardcover books
1991238807New York: Praeger 1991. xviii 179 pages very good hardcover. Praeger unknown books
197018005NY: Praeger 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. ix 104pp. Very good hardback bound in publisher's green cloth and issued without a jacket. <br/><br/> Praeger hardcover books
1992014530Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press 1992. 230p. dj. University of Illinois Press unknown books
1970184773Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 1970. Hardcover. VG-/VG- ex-library with labels and stamps on spine block inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear but pages are otherwise very clean and clear. Silver cloth boards with silver design and lettering; xii 333 pp bw illustrated title page top edge tinted black. An American Bar Foundation study. Includes index appendix and bibliography. The University of Chicago Press hardcover books
1949WRCLIT35190Prairie City: The Decker Press 1949. Gilt cloth. First edition. A couple ink underscores else fine in good somewhat sunned and chipped dust jacket. The Decker Press hardcover books
199241992Point Reyes Station: Floating Island 1992. First edition. 58 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Omission slip laid in. Point Reyes Station: Floating Island, unknown books
196945692Mobile: National Society of the Colonial Dames 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. ix 417pp. Light foxing to prelims some superficial damage to boards else a very good hardback bound in publisher's red cloth. <br/><br/> National Society of the Colonial Dames hardcover books
191258574Warsaw MO: Warsaw Times 1912. First edition thus Lay's contribution was first published in 1876. 8vo. 2 134 pp. Illustrated. Howes L-157 for the earlier publication. Eberstadt 110 183 for the earlier edition: "Discovery and explorations Indians first settlement townships and early courts Warsaw Slicker War Kansas War etc." OCLC locates seven copies of this edition Pomona Public Iowa State Historical Society Kansas City Public Springfield County Public State Historical Society of Missouri Truman State Lubbock Public. Poor quality paper browned but a very good copy. Later black-stamped green cloth. #5887. <br/><br/> Warsaw Times hardcover books
1996287372West Group 1996. First. paperback. very good. 8vo pr. wrs. N.p.: West Group 1996. Very good<br/><br/> West Group unknown books
1979159805Washington: University Press of America 1979. 208p. 363-462p. very good hardcover reprint of two early 20th century studies. Japan studies: Studies in Japanese law and government. University Press of America unknown books
199173308Stanford California: Stanford University Press 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. This is the first dispassionate full-scale account of the origins dynamics and aftermath of a pivotal and much-misunderstood even in modern Chinese history - the violent uprising against the Kuomintang KMT in Taiwan in 1947 which began with an incident in Taipei and quickly spread to other cities throughout the island." Octavo: 279 p. with textual photographs tables and maps. Original black cloth binding with silver titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light rubbing. Stanford University Press hardcover books
198469930Hong Kong: Oxford University Press 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A volume in the Images of Asia series. Octavo. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A very good copy. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1973253003Kowloon / Hong Kong: Swindon Book Company 1973. Hardcover. xi 209 pages most every page shows rubricated seals profusely illustrated with b&w in-text images and plates on inserted stock several color reproductions slightly toned paperstock casebound hardcover in dust jacket. Dj is rather edgeworn but intact. Rear cover and dj have been exposed to damp; this shows up in book itself as mildly rippled pastedowns and in dj as wavy staining to rear panel. In all other respects a good copy: sound and otherwise clean and unmarked. Swindon Book Company hardcover books
1973244743Seattle: University of Washington Press 1973. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Ch'i Pai Shih. Illustrated throughout some in color. 209 pages. 8vo red boards d.w. Seattle: University of Washington Press 1973. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> First book in the English language to tell the story of Ch'i Pai Shih sometimes called China's Picasso.<br/><br/> University of Washington Press unknown books
1969220505Hong Kong: University Book Store 1969. xiii 134p. very good hardcover in a worn dustjacket with chips at spine ends. Chinese couplets with English translations. University Book Store unknown books
1970049228Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh 1970. With an introduction by Lee Yim. x 86p. b/w illus. original red cloth. Kelly & Walsh unknown books
1981144185Hong Kong: University Book Store 1981. 2nd Reprint of 2nd edition. Softcover. VG- Spine has tanned slightly; interior is good; one mark from previous library owner. White & red figured wraps French flaps 134 pp. few BW illus. Text is in English and Chinese. "This is probably the first time that a collection of Chinese couplets has been translated and published." intro 200 such couplets appear here in both languages. Translated and annotated by T. C. Lai with an introduction by Ma Meng. Scarce. University Book Store paperback books
197891097Hong Kong:: Hong Kong Book Centre. Near Fine. 1978. Paperback. B0006DXTQI . Black and white illustrations. First edition paperback. Near fine in illustrated wraps. . Hong Kong Book Centre, paperback books
1960244899Hong Kong: University Book Store 1960. viii 191p. stiff wraps very good hardcover in lightly worn dustjacket. Chinese chengyu and other sayings with English translations. University Book Store unknown books
