1. Ammoun, Blanche D.

Histoire du Liban. [Avec Ephemera] Avec 70 Dessins de l’Auteur.

2eme Édition. Beyrouth, Editions “Le Jour”, 1940. 19,5 cm x 15,5 cm. 196 pages. With many black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Edges a little rubbed and faded. Comes with unique original bookmark.

2. Brockbank, Oliver.

Diary of a Journey through the Sinai Peninsula and Arabia in 1914. [Probably the author’s own copy with underlining, replacement-suggestions of paragraphs and annotations with penciled manuscript-corrections throughout the book and additions in red ink / Also two additional photographs of the journey mounted onto the front and rear pastedown].

London, Private, 1916, 14 cm x 21 cm. 78 pages. 16 sepia plates and external fold-out map. Original Hardcover. Cloth bound with gilt debossed lettering to cover. Deckled egdes. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed. Map detached from binding.

3. California – Homann, Johann Baptist / Landteck, Zacharias.

[California shown as an Island] Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr.

Original hand-coloured engraving, with the Cartographer showing California as an Island. Nürnberg, Homann, [c.1735]. Plate Size: 57 cm x 48.5 cm. Sheet Size: 60.5 cm x 51.7 cm. Original map. Very good, actually stunning, condition. Some faint trace of browning to upper corners of sheet. Very minor tears to edges at centre-fold.

4. Cavling, Henrik.

Paris. Skildringer fra det moderne Frankrig.

Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1899. 16 cm x 23 cm. 470 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some noticeable rubbing and discolouration of spine.

5. Davidson, Harold Sidney (aus Wolfville in Canada).

De Lagarde’s Ausgabe der arabischen Übersetzung der Genesis (Codex Leid. Arab.230).

Leipzig, Drugulin, 1908. 8°. 29 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Nur minimale Gebrauchsspuren.

6. Erni, Hans.

india – indien – inde.

Zurich, Verlag Ernst Scheidegger, 1973. Quer – Quart / Oblong – Quarto. Illustriertes Frontispiece, 106 nicht numerierte Seiten mit zahlreichen Aquarellen / Illustrated Frontispiece, 106 unnumbered pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar / Ganzleinen mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket with a few minor tears. With the wonderful watercolours by Hans Erni, this is one of the most beautiful publications on India.

7. Ernst, Earle.

The Kabuki Theatre.

Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, 1974. 24 cm. XXVII, 296 pages. Illustrated with 38 pages of plates. Original illustrasted softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. An East-West center book.

8. Fairbank, John K./ Reischauer, Edwin O.

China – Tradition and Transformation.

First Edition. Harvard, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. 17,4 x 23,4 cm 472 pages. Original softcover. This is the first Harvard Edition from 1973 ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on the half title.

9. Fitch, Geraldine.

Formosa Beachhead.

Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1953. 8°. VIII, 267 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with the original dustjacket in protective collector’s – mylar.. Very good condition. Minor signs of wear. A very rare book in excellent condition !

10. Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck).

The Story of the Mikado. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.

First edition. London, Daniel O’Connor, 1921. 25 cm. XI, 114 pages. 6 leaves of plates. Illustrations (including colour frontispiece) in black and white. Original illustrated hardcover. Fair condition with signs of external wear. Noticeable staining to the front cover, rubbing of the spine, foxing on inside and selective pages and a tear on page 8.

11. Grousset, René.

Chinese Art and Culture. Translated from the French by Haakon Chevalier.

First Edition. London, Andre Deutsch, 1959. 22 cm. 331 pages. Illustrations in black and white. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

12. Iversen, Erik.

The Myth of Egypt and its Hieroglyphs in European Tradition.

Copenhagen, Gec Gad Publishers, 1961. 4°. 178 Pages, XXIV Pages (Plates). Hardcover. Very decorative, private Half-Morocco with gilt Lettering on the Spine. Near Fine in wonderful binding (original wrappers bound in).

13. Keene, Donald.

Living in Two Countries. Edited with Notes by Masanori Toyota.

Tokyo, Asahi Press, 1987. 12.5 cm x 18 cm. 113 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

14. Keene, Donald (ed.).

Modern Japanese Diaries. The Japanese at Home and Abroad as Revealed through their Diaries.

First edition. New York, Henry Holt, 1995. 24 cm. X, 534 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown. [An owl book].

15. Ko, Chang-Su.

Korea’s Best Loved Poems.

First edition. Seoul, Hallim, 1974. 18 cm. 195 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original hardcover in protective slip-case. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

16. Löbbecke, Rudolf.

Über das Verhältnis von Brahmanas und Srautasutren.

Leipzig, Kreysing, 1908. 8°. 60 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Nur minimale Gebrauchsspuren.

17. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.

Japan’s Northern Territories.

Tokyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1981. 14 cm x 21 cm. 21 pages. Illustrations, includ Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

18. Nakamura, Matazo.

Kabuki, Backstage, Onstage. An Actor’s Life. Translated by Mark Oshima.

First Edition. Tokyo, Kodansha International, 1990. 23 cm. 164 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original hardcover with illustrated hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

19. Nakane, Chie.

Japanese Society.

First Paperback Edition. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1973. 21 cm. 157 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. A very slight stain on the back cover. Publications of the Center for Japanese and Korean Studies.

20. Rimer, J. Thomas et. al.

Shisendo: Hall of the Poetry Immortals.

First edition. New York, Weatherhill, 1991. 26 cm. VIII, 214 pages. 72 pages of plates. Original softcover. Good condition with stronger signs of external wear. There is a slight dampstain at the bottom of title page to page 24.

21. Sedillot, L.A.

Histoire des Arabes.

Paris, Librairie de L.Hachette ET Cie, 1854. 17,9 cm x 12 cm. VII, 510. With several maps and illustrations. Original Hardcover. Only minor signs of external wear (really only slightly rubbed and bumped). The tight binding in excellent condition. [Histoire Universelle]

22. Suci, Kitab.

Kitab Suci – Disalin Dari Kitab Tiong Hoa Beralamat: Ko Ong Kwan Sie Im Keng. Akan berbuat kebaikan dan keselamatan oleh Sekalian Manusia.

Jakarta, Sidana Halim, (1950). 8°. 14 pages. With a compliment card from Heinz Bechert.

23. Tazawa, Yutaka et. al.

Japan’s Cultural History: A Perspective.

Tokyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1973. 22 cm. 120 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

24. Waldschmidt, Ernst.

On a Sanskrit Version of the Verahaccani Sutta of the Samyuttanikaya.

Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1979-1980. 8°. 10 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

25. Weiers, Michael [Mitarb.].

Schriftliche Quellen in Mogoli. 3.Teil: Poesie der Mogholen.

Opladen, Westdeutscher Verlag, 1977. 8°. 202 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Schutzumschlag. [Materialien zur Sprache und Literatur der Mongolen von Afghanistan. Band IV].

26. Yoshida, Yasuom et. al.

Japanese for Beginners.

Tokyo, Gakken, 1976. 15 cm x 21 cm 208 pages. Original hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight tear at the bottom of inside of dustjacket .