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83 1329 Vogel S M
83/1329 Vogel, S.M. Baule. African Art Western Eyes. New Haven, Yale, 1997, 168p., col. frontisp., 138 monochr. plates, orig. buckram, 4to (fine). Lamp, F. Art of the Baga. A Drama of Cultural Reinvention. New York/ Munich, The Mus. for African Art/ Prestel, 1996, 267p., richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to (fine). Fagg, W. The Sculpture of Africa. London, Thames & Hudson, 1958, 256p., num. b/w (full-p.) photogr. ills. by E. ELISOFON, orig. gilt cl., folio.

- Bookseller's stamp on htitle.

AND 3 others, i.a. M. TROWELL, Classical African Sculpture (London, 1954, num. ills. on plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Bookseller's stamp on first free endpaper).

€ (50-70) 50
83 1330 Waite D B
83/1330 Waite, D.B. Artefacts from the Solomon Islands in the Julius L. Brenchley Collection. London, British Museum, 1987, 94p., 16 plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

- Dustwr. w. deep scratch. Otherwise fine.

€ (70-90)
83 1331 Webb V L  ed
83/1331 Webb, V.L. (ed.). Embodied Spirits: Gope Boards from the Papuan Gulf. Milan, 5 Continents, 2015, 355,(1)p., 136 full-p. col. ills., 2 maps, monochr. photogr. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio (fine). Chauvet, S. Les Arts Indigenes En Nouvelle-Guinée. Bangkok, SDI Limited Edition, 1995, (6),350,(2)p., 114 plates w. 430 ills., several textills., orig. giltlettered rexine, in orig. slipcase, large 4to.

- Very fine copy. = Reprint of the ed. Paris, 1930.

Hamson, M. Collecting New Guinea Art: Douglas Newton, Harry Beran and Thomas Schulze-Westrum. Palos Verdes Estates, Michael Hamson, 2013, 223,(1)p., lavishly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 1 other.

€ (50-70) 50
83 1332 Weber V F
83/1332 Weber, V.-F. "Ko-Ji Hô-ten". Dictionnaire à l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art Japonais et Chinois. Paris, the author, 1923, 1st ed., 2 vols., 511,(1); 509,(4),137,(1)p., 70 (col.) plates, over 1100 ills., printed in 585 numb. and signed copies, orig. unif. giltlettered and blindst. hmor., a.e.g., folio.

- Corners sl. worn/ rubbed; backstrip sl. rubbed. Fine copy.

= Arntzen/ Rainwater E182: "Useful for students of Chinese and Japanese art for signatures and seals of Japanese printmakers, family crests, and mythological and historical subjects".

€ (200-300)
83 1333 Weber V F
83/1333 Weber, V.-F. "Ko-Ji Hô-ten". Dictionnaire à l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art Japonais et Chinois. Paris, the author, 1923, 1st ed., 2 vols., 511,(1); 509,(4),137,(1)p., 70 (col.) plates, over 1100 ills., printed in 585 numb. and signed copies, orig. unif. giltlettered and blindst. hmor., t.e.g., in matching cl. slipcase, folio.

- Fine copy.

= Arntzen/ Rainwater E182: "Useful for students of Chinese and Japanese art for signatures and seals of Japanese printmakers, family crests, and mythological and historical subjects".

€ (200-300)
83 1334 Weber V F
83/1334 Weber, V.-F. "Ko-Ji Hô-ten". Dictionnaire à l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art Japonais et Chinois. New York, Hacker Art Books, 1965, 2 vols., 511; 509,(2),137,4p., 75 plates, over 1100 ills., orig. unif. cl. w. giltlettered spine, folio.

= Facs. reprint of the ed. Paris, 1923. Arntzen/ Rainwater E182: "Useful for students of Chinese and Japanese art for signatures and seals of Japanese printmakers, family crests, and mythological and historical subjects".

€ (100-150) 100
83 1335 Wei H and Deydier C
83/1335 Wei, H. and Deydier, C. Ancient Chinese Gold. Paris, Arhis, 2001, 410,(5)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, large 4to (fine).

= The first comprehensive history of Chinese gold and silverware. Rare.

€ (250-350)
83 1336 Wenger S and Chesi G
83/1336 Wenger, S. and Chesi, G. A life with the Gods. In their Yoruba Homeland. Wörgl, Perlinger, 1983, 236p., num. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to. Drewal, H.J. and Pemberton, J. Yoruba. Nine centuries of African Art and Thought. New York, The Center for African Art, 1989, 256p., num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 2 others on Yoruba art and artefacts.
€ (80-100) 80
83 1337 White W C
83/1337 White, W.C. Bronze Culture of Ancient China. An Archaeological Study of Bronze Objects From Northern Honan, Dating From About 1400 BC - 771 BC. Toronto, Univ. of Toronto, 1956, XVIII,219p., 100 (col.) plates, printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. gilt cl., 4to.

- Bookseller's stamp on first free endpaper.

€ (70-90)
83 1338 Wilhelm G  Takao Y and Yoshida Y
83/1338 Wilhelm, G., Takao, Y. and Yoshida, Y. Sleeping Beauties. Sagemono and Netsuke. Tokyo, Yabane, 2004, 131p., richly illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr., large 4to (rare). Wrangham, E.A. The Index of Inrô Artists. Ed. J. Earle. Alnwick, Harehope, 1995, 368p., over 2000 signature ills. and over 2700 entries, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Japanese Lacquer - An Exposition by M & H Dean. Kyoto, Kyoto Shoin, 1984, 221,(1)p., richly illustrated, orig. gilt cl. in gilt red silk slipcase, 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. JAPANESE LACQUER. NAMBOKUCHO TO ZESHIN. The Collection of Mike and Hiroko Dean (London, (2002), richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio).
€ (70-90)
83 1339 Wilkinson W R T
83/1339 Wilkinson, W.R.T. Indian Silver 1858-1947: Silver from the Indian sub-continent and Burma made by local craftsmen in Western forms. London, the author, 1999, X,190p., 290 (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Zebrowski, M. Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India. Ibid., Alexandria Press and L. King, 1997, 367,(1)p., num. (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. w. dustwr., large 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. S. STRONGE, Bidri Ware. Inlaid Metalwork from India (London, 1985, (full-p. col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and S. STRONGE a.o., A Golden Treasury. Jewellery from the Indian Subcontinent (London, 1988, num. col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to).
€ (100-150) 100
83 1340 Witte H
83/1340 Witte, H. Earth and Ancestors. Ogboni Iconography. Amst., Gallery Balolu, 1988, 192p., num. (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to. Cole, H.M., Aniakor, C.C. a.o. Igbo Arts. Community and Cosmos. Introd. Ch. Achebe. Los Angeles, Mus. of Cultural History, 1985, XV,(1),238,(2)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. (sl. rubbed) wr., 4to. Drewal, H.J. and Pemberton III, J. Yoruba. Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought. New York, H.N. Abrams, 1995, 3rd ed., no pagination, num. (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 4to (fine). - AND 3 others, i.a. B. GOTTSCHALK, Senufo. Massa und die Statuen des poro (Düsseldorf, 2002, richly illustrated, orig. wr. Fine) and B. DE GRUNNE, The Birth of Art in Black Africa. Nok Statuary in Nigeria (Paris, 1998, richly illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr. Fine).
€ (80-100)
83 1341 Yang X  ed
83/1341 Yang, X. (ed.). New Perspectives on China's Past. Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century. New Haven/ London and Kansas City, Yale U.P. and Nelson-Atkins Mus. of Art, 2004, 2 vols., 523; 576p., richly illustrated, orig. unif. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, 4to (fine). - AND 2 others, i.a. H. SHEN (ed.), Schätze der Liao. Chinas vergessene Nomadendynastie [907-1125] (New York/ Zurich, 2006, num. (full-p.) col. ills., orig. boards, 4to).
€ (40-60) 40
83 1342 Yee I and Tam L S C
83/1342 Yee, I. and Tam, L.S.C. Chinese Bamboo Carving. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Mus. of Art, 1978, 2 vols., 563; 351p., num. (col.) ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., sm. 4to.
€ (500-700)
83 1343 Yeung Kin Fong
83/1343 Yeung, Kin-Fong. Jade Carving in Chinese Archaeology. Vol. 1. Hong Kong, Chinese Univ. Press, 1987, (8),369p., 90 plates, 6 unnumb. plates, bilingual ed. (Chinese/ English), orig. boards w. dustwr. Laufer, B. Jade. A Study in Chinese Archaeology and Religion. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1912, XIV,370p., 68 (col.) plates, 204 ills., later cl. w. part of orig. frontwr. laid down on frontcover (sm. ticket on spine). Chinese jades, archaic and modern, from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Introd. Na Chich-liang. London, Lund Humphries, 1977, 176p., 15 col. plates and 235 ills., orig. boards w. (sl. frayed) dustwr., 4to. - AND 2 others.
€ (100-150) 100
83 1344 Yu W
83 1344 Yu W
83 1344 Yu W
83/1344 Yu, W. Selected Ancient Bronze Drums Found in China and Southeast Asia. Beijing, Chung-kuo Ku Tien I Shu, 1954, 2 vols.: text vol. (English language text to the plates): (2),5,(2)p., 8vo; plate vol. (Chinese language): (67) lvs. w. mostly monochr. plates (2x col.) and ills., orig. wr., printed in 600 copies, folio, together in orig. blue cl. slipcase w. title strip on frontcover, folio.

- Portfolio sl. faded along/ on spine; title ticket on frontcover sl. dam. Otherwise fine.

€ (200-300)
83 1345 Zheng Z  ed
83/1345 Zheng, Z. (ed.). The Great Heritages of Chinese Art. Shanghai, Shanghai Publishing Co., 1956, 2 vols., without pagination, Chinese (and English) text, 82/ 76 (12x tipped-in col.) plates, orig. unif. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., orig. slipcases, folio.

- Both slipcases sl. dam. and w. some tape remnants.

€ (40-60)
83 1346 Zimmer H
83/1346 Zimmer, H. The Art of Indian Asia. Ed. J. Campbell. Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press, 1968, 3rd ed., 2 vols., text vol.: XIX,(5),465,(1)p, ills.; plate vol.: over 614 ills. on plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., together in orig. board slipcase, large 4to.

- Contents fine. Spine of dustwrs. faded and sl. frayed. = Bollingen Series CXXXIX.

Coomaraswamy, A.K. Visvakarma: examples of Indian Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Handicraft. First Series. One hundred examples of Indian Sculpture. London, the author/ Luzac, 1912-1914, 1st ed., 8 vols., 104 plates, orig. unif. wr., 4to (fine). - AND 2 others in 3 vols., both by P. PAL: Indian Sculpture (Berkeley, etc., 1986/ 1988, 2 vols., num. (full-p. col.) ills., orig. unif. wr., 4to. Vol.1 tiny dent in lower margin frontwr.) and Bronzes of Kashmir (Graz, 1975, num. full-p. ills., orig. cl. w. (trifle chipped) dustwr., obl. 8vo).

€ (60-80) 60
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