Asian / Chinese from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Groningen, Netherlands: Kemper Publishers, 1986. Cloth, 124 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), maps; 29 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author C. J. A. Jorg and Captain Michael Hatcher on the half-title page, no dedication. A near-fine copy, age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. China trade porcelain and the wreck of the Geldermalsen. "In December 1985 I received… Read more about this item

Salem, MA: Peabody Essex Museum, 1996. Cloth, 133 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Bamboo furniture. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1994. 92 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 29 cm. Text in English and Chinese. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. . 2nd. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

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

Tokyo and Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1966. Cloth, 95 pages, 114 plates (some colour) illustrations, map; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Bookseller (?) stamp/back free endpaper. Stated First edition. Price-clipped dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Primitive ceramics; The terracotta warriors and clay sculptures… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1992. xv, 601 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "The author of The Soong Dynasty gives us our most vivid and reliable biography yet of the Dowager… Read more about this item

New York: Rizzoli, 1980. Cloth, 608 pages, chiefly illustrations; 22 cm. First published under title: Grammaire des formes et des styles. Translated from the French. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.

San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum - Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2004. 103 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. Catalogue of the exhibition held in San Francisco at the Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, October 22, 2004 to January 9, 2005. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps,… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2014. Cloth, 113 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1979. Cloth, xviii, 365 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Text in English and Chinese. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Beijing: National Museum of Chinese History; Morning Glory Publishers, 1998. 190 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Based on the Museum's more extensive catalogue, Journey into China's Antiquity. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Zurich: Scalo; Prestel, 2005. 449 pages, colour illustrations, colour portraits; 25 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Glossary; Time Line; Introduction; Section 1. Embrace! Prevailing Ideologies, New Philosophies; Wang Guangyi : From Mao to Now; Geng Jianyi: Who is He?; Fang Lijun: Swim or Sink; Section 2. Adopt!… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. Cloth, xxiv, 876 pages, [22] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. CONTENTS: Map: China in the 1980s; Preface: In search of Deng; Introduction: The man and his mission; PT. 1. DENG'S BACKGROUND: From revolutionary to… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2005. Cloth, xiii, 814 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao s close circle… Read more about this item

Beijing: Morning Glory Press, 1995. 76 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. First published, 1986. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Painted in traditional Chinese style by Wu Guoting; text by Wang Jiaxi and Ma Yue; translated by Deng Xin.. 3rd. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Pasadena, CA: Pacific Asia Museum, 1987. 75 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Henry Kissinger; Introduction, by David Kamansky; The opening door of contemporary Chinese painting, by Richard E. Strassberg; New art from the new China, by Waldemar A. Nielson.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985. 64 pages, illustrations (some colour), plans; 28 cm. Reprinted from: Metropolitan Museum of Art bulletin, Winter 1980/81. Firm binding, clean inside copy. CONTENTS: I. The scholar's garden; II. Wang Shi Yuan: the Garden of the Master of the Fishing Nets; III. The poetic imagination; IV. Painting and garden design; V. Garden architecture;… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Cloth, 256 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with moderate shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: What is jade?; Nephrite: stone of heaven, earth, and man; The world of jade; The stone of immortality; The jade dynasties; The prescious jade of Ho; Jadeite: the… Read more about this item

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1975. Cloth, 144 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. Subtitle on DJ: Ancient Glazes Re-Created for Today's Potter. Firm binding, unmarked. Age toning, light soiling. Stated First Printing. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: The secret of light blue Chun; Kuan-Chun: a bridge between Chun and celadon; Dark blue-and-brown mottled glazes; Copper red… Read more about this item

Eugene, OR: Fern Ridge Press, 2003. Cloth, 100 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 29 cm. SIGNED by the artist. A fine copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Chinese-American artist, active in Oregon.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.