8.5 x 11.25", 240 pp., fully illustrated, mostly in color, text in Chinese, paper, Beijing, 2009. This book systematically introduces the reader to the historical background of Luoyang and all of its protected sites. With informative essays on the archaeological findings of the area as well as the sites’ conservation... More

7.5 x 10.5", 221 pp., 44 b/w plates, text in Chinese, hardboard, Beijing, 1999. (o.p.; sl bumped to top/bottom spine, text fine). Reports of trial diggings and formal excavations at Loufan County, Xiaoyi County, Fenyang County, Lishi County and Liulin County in Shanxi province from 1982 to 1983 in search... More

Taraporevala. 8.75 x 11.25", 112 pp., 96 b/w monochrome half-tone, 10 in color, 10 text figures, footnotes, index, cloth, d.j., Bombay, 1972. (o.p.; some wear to d.j. corners/edges, text vvg). This is the first detailed and scholarly work on the art of manuscript painting or book illustration of the eastern... More

8.6 x 11.7", 151 pp., 130 items illustrated in color, cloth, d.j., London, 1989. (o.p.; bumped corners, some wear to d.j. corners, text near fine). Introduction by Robert Hall with a Foreword by Hugh Moss. Examples span 300 years and represent a wide range of materials, techniques, and subject matter... More

8.5 x 11.75", 130 pp., 205 color illustrations, bibliography, cloth, d.j., London, 1991. (o.p.; sl wear to d.j., text near fine). The fourth volume of Robert Hall's book on snuff is the catalog of a collection of important bottles to be auctioned on October 10th 1991 at the Snuff Bottle Convention. More

Privately Printed. 12 x 12", 79 pp., 101 select items illustrated in color, bibliography, text in English and French, cloth, d.j., Hong Kong, 2009. This volume is a representative of an outstanding selection of Monsieur Hippo's favorite pieces from his collection. Illustrated are jade animals, a glass overlay group, bottles... More

Noyes Press. 6.25 x 10", xii, 308 pp., profusely illustrated with plates, figures, tables, maps, references after each chapter, index, cloth, d.j., Park Ridge, NJ, 1973. (o.p.; sl wear to d.j., text vvg to near fine). Papers from the First International Conference of South Asian Archaeologists held at the Univ... More

10.5 x 15", 162 pp., 139 color illustrations, text in Chinese with a summary in English, cloth, d.j., slipcase, Chongqing, 2000. A beautifully illustrated compilation of the colored carved stone of the Eastern Han dynasty unearthed from 13 tombs in 1996 at Dabaodang city, Shenmu county in the northern part... More

8.75 x 11.5", 379 pp plus 143 color plates, b/w illustrations, text in Chinese, 2-page English abstract, board, Beijing, 2013. Excavation report of the Chailingshan earth mount burials in Xiaoshan discovered in 2012. More

University of California Press. 6 x 9", xiii, 352 pp., 31 b/w illustrations, notes after each chapter, glossary, bibliography, list of contributors, index, quarter cloth, Berkeley, 1996. The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have severely limited the portrayal of the divine as feminine. But in Hinduism "God" very... More

Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1925. 7.25 x 9.75", xxiii, 204 pp., 24 color plates with tissue guards, 64 pp. b/w illustrations, index, cloth, d.j., London, 1925. (o.p.; d.j. chipped on edges of the spine, slight wear at the corners, gilt and blue vignette on front cover, gilt to spine, minor... More

8.75 x 11.5", 262 pp. text plus 120 pages of color plates, 24 pages of b/w plates with numerous examples per page, map, b/w illustrations and figures, text in Chinese, illustrated boards, Beijing, 2009. As China’s city of Shanghai has rapidly developed over the last fifty years, more than 400... More

6.25 x 8.5", 417 pp., over 300 color illustrations, text in Chinese, English captions, hardboard, d.j., Taipei, 1995. This volume illustrates several hundred color photos of ancient Chinese jade carvings arranged in chronological order from the Neolithic period to the Qing Dynasty. It is a handy book with good examples. More