1. Camões, Luís Vaz de.

The Lusíads. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Landeg White.

Oxford / New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. XXVIII, 258 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. De Wohl, Louis.

Set All Afire – A Novel of St. Francis Xavier. The biblical quotations are in the translation of Ronald Knox.

London, The Catholic Book Club, 1953. 13 cm x 19 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor discolouration to page margins, edges but mostly to endpapers. Ephemera loosely inserted as Catholic Book Club flyer. Last page creased slightly.

3. Donald S. Lopez.

Religions of Asia in Practice. An Anthology.

Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2002. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XII,734 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. IIda, Shotaro.

Facets of Buddhism. With Introductory Note by author.

London and New York, Kegan Paul International, 1993. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. VII, 166 pages. Cover illustration on dustjacket of The Buddha entering into Nirvana (Japanese early 20th century, artist unknown). Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Trautz, F.M.

Japan, Korea und Formosa – Landschaft / Baukunst / Volksleben. Aufgenommen von A. von Graefe, G. von Estorff, Gertrud Fellner, Herbert Ponting u.a., Mit einem Geleitwort von Botschafter D. Dr. h.c. Dr. W.H. Solf.

First Edition (with captions in german, french, italian and english). Berlin, Atlantis Verlag, 1930. 24 cm x 32 cm. LIV, 256 pages. 256 photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover (Orange cloth with title in embossed gilt on front and along spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tiny stain to bottom edge only.

6. Kennan, George F.

Memoirs 1950-1963.

London, Hutchinson, 1973. 16 cm x 24 cm. 368 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

7. René de Berval.

Présence du Bouddhisme. Sous la direction de René de Berval. Ouvrage publié avec le concours de Centre National de Lettres.

Paris, Gallimard, 1987. 17.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 816 pages. 151 Illustrations. Reliure originale / Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Bon etat / Dustjacket with some tears. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and with pre-owner’s stamp on frontfree endpaper. [Bibliothèque Illustrée des Histoires].

8. Asia / Polynesia – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific Ocean with New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Nippon, New Hebrides, Society Islands, Sandwich Islands with beuatiful Vignettes and illustrations of Kalakakooa, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Otaheite, Harbour of Dory, New Guinea, Resolution Bay, Marquesas and the Northwest tip of Australia and California shown in the outskirts of the map.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 35.7 cm x 25.8 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

9. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Thibet (Tibet), Mongolia and Mandchouria with Vignettes and illustrations of Dwelling of Tessaling Lama (Shigatzi), Mausoleum at Teshoo Loomboo, Leh (Ladakh / Little Tibet), Chinese Wall, Fortress and Palace of Dalai Lama, Lassa (Lhasa), an image of a Mongol Noble.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of frame with map: 39 cm x 49 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.