Exceedingly rare first edition.
India and its Inhabitants. By Caleb Wright and published in Boston by L.P. Crown and Co. 1854. 304 pp. 9.25” x 6”. Hardcover full cloth. A scarce and nicely preserved copy of the author’s travels to India.
This book reproduces a lengthy 1946 interview of Mao Tse-tung, Chairman of the Communist Party of China.
This beautifully designed art book features unique illustrations, dark surreal artwork, and the distinctive visual world loved by Ranfren fans worldwide. Series: Ranfren. Ranfren fans. Title: h026 Somnambulant’s Still Asleep.
The World of the Meiji Print: Impressions of a New Civilization Purple cloth boards with gold lettering along spine and colored dustcover – 259 Pages, color plates and b/w illustrations. Focused on the Lincoln Kirstein Collection of woodblock prints in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this book centres on Japan’s attraction for Western novelties. Near fine – slight shelfwear of dustcover – book in beautiful condition
DOUGLAS CARRUTHERS. The account of the secluded basin of the Upper Yenisei river, with its strange inhabitants, makes a story of unusual interest and importance”. (Publisher’s advert). In the highlands of Dzungaria, ibex and Ovis ammon karelini were bagged.
Here is a collection of writings on military topics by the “George Washington” of China, Mao Tse-Tung.