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Selection of Economic Reports, from Gambia, Sierra Leone and Fiji from the 1960's - 1980's, weight 10kg. Fine. (20+)
Estimate $10
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Gibbons Stamp Weekly, Volume 1 - 9, 1905 - 1909 (9), Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal 1897 - 1934, approx 25kg. (21). Fine. (30)
Estimate $100
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Numismatic Literature, The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume 7 KJ McNaught, pp360, A Collectors Guide to British Cheques, The Standard Catalogue of British Postal Orders 1881 - 1981, weight 10kg. Fine. (20+)
Estimate $10
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Assorted literature and reference books on Sarawak, 10kg. Fine. (20+)
Estimate $20
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Miscellaneous Literature, including coffee table books, Full Throttle Images of Australian Speedway 1970-2009, weight 10kg. Fine. (17)
Estimate $10
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Philatelic Literature, US catalogues and price lists circa 1950's - 1960's Fritz Billig, weight 10kg. Fine. (100+)
Estimate $25
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Philatelic literature and catalogues, Postal History Society Bulletin 1940s - 1960s, Plumridge & Co catalogues 1928 - 29, Philatelic Journal of America, Part 1 Stanley Gibbons priced catalogue of stamps of The British Empire 1920 pp 456, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Stamp Collecting, Otto Hornung pp 319, The Postal History of British Borneo by Edmund B. Proud 1987 pp 453, approx 5 Boxes, weight 55kg. Fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
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The Sarawak Journal, various editions spanning from 2001 through to Volume 65. Fine. (35)
Estimate $20
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Numerous auction catalogues, from the 1960's - 1980's, including Rigby Postal History (16), Bournemouth Stamp Auctions (36), Coin Auction M.R. Roberts Wynyard Coin Centre (21), The Asylum Quarterly Journals of the Numismatic Bibliomania (20), Newsletter The Journal of the London Numismatic Club (17), weight 14kg. Fine. (110)
Estimate $20
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Sydney Harbour Bridge, Cash, Frank, M.A., B.D. 'Parables of the Sydney Harbour Bridge setting forth the preparation for, and progressive growth of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to April 1930', Sydney 1930, pp 518, illustrated throughout, hardbound. A little damage on spine otherwise fairly clean copy, rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Variety of Postcard Books from around the world, A selective Collection of Hong Kong Historic Postcards, Caledonia, Singapore Historical Postcards. Fine. (17)
Estimate $30
SOLD $60
Assorted Travel and reference books, Indonesia (20+); South America (13). Fine. (33+)
Estimate $25
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The Sculpture of Indonesia, Jan Fontein, Washington, 1990; Antique Ceramics Found in Indonesia, Samarah Adhyatman, Jakarta, 1990; Ceramics in the Sarawak Museum, L.Chin, Sarawak, 1988; Tempayan Martavans, Indonesia, 1984; Kendi, Sumarah Adhyatman, Indonesia, 1987; Annamese Ceramics, in the Museuim Pusat Jakarta, 1984. Very fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
The Art of Japanese Tantrism, Pierre Rambach, Geneva, 1979; Buddhist Paintings, Japanese National Treasures: Restored Copies by Miyahara Ryusen, Tokyo, 1981; Satsuma, Masterpieces from the world's important collections, London, 1991; Hindu Divinities in Japanese Buddhist Pantheon, D.N.Bakshi, Calcutta, 1979; Classic Buddhist Sculpture, The Tempyo Period, Jiro Sugiyama, Japan, 1982; Art in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, Takaaki Sawa, Japan, 1972; Arts of Japan 4, The Arts of Shinto,Haruki Kageyama, Tokyo, 1973; Mudra, A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture, E.Dale Saunders, New York, 1960; We Japanese: Being descriptions of the customs of the Japanese besides numerous other subjects, Vol II, Japan, December 1946. Very fine, all illustrated. (9)
Estimate $100
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Buddhist Art of the Tibetan Plateau, New Delhi, 1987; Rgyan-Drug Mchog-Gnyis, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, second reprint 1972; The Icononography of Tibetan Lamaism, Antoinette K.Gordon, New Delhi, 1978; Tibetan Paintings, Pratapaditya Pal, Basel, 1984; Visual Dharma, The Buddhist Art of Tibet, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Shambhala, 1975; Tibetan Art, John Lowry, London, 1973. Very fine, all illustrated. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
South Indian Bronzes, C.Sivaramamurti, Lalit Kala Akademi, Second Printing, New Delhi, 1981; Indian Ivories, V.P.Dwivedi, Delhi, 1976; Ritual Art of India, Ajit Mookerjee, London, 1985; Tree and Serpent Worship, Illustrations of Mythology and Art in India, Delhi, 1971; Elements of Buddhist Iconography, Ananda K.Coomaraswamy, Third Edition, Cambridge, 1979; Pathway Icons, The Wayside Art of India, Priya Mookerjee, London, 1987; Raven=Hill's Indian Sketch Book, London, January 1920. Very fine, all illustrated. (7)
Estimate $150
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Iconography of the Hindus Buddhists and Jains, R.S.Gupte, 2nd ed, Bombay, 1980; Iconographic Dictionary of the Indian Religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Gosta Liebert, Delhi, 1986; The Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography, Margaret Stutley, London, 1985; The Development of Hindu Iconography, Jitendra Nath Banerjea, 4th ed, new Delhi, 1985 (2). Very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
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Iconography of Religions, A.C.Moore, London, 1977; The Path of Beauty, Li Zehou, Beijing, 1988, The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History, C.McEvedy, 1967; Tao Magic, London, 1975; The Book of Change, London, 1979; The Nanking Cargo, M.Hatcher, London, 1987; Kali, The Feminine Force, A.Mookerjee, London, 1988; Enku, Sculptor, K.Tanahashi, Shambhala, 1982; Yoga Art, A.Mookerjee, New York, 1975; The Mythic Image, J.Campbell, Princeton, 1974; Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives, C.A.S.Williams, Tokyo, 1974; Chinese Birthday, Wedding, Funeral and Other Customs, Peking, 1923; Opium, B.Hodgson, Vancouver, 1999; The Illustrated History of Antiquities, London, 1999; Discovery of Australia, G.Collingridge, Gladesville, 1983; Emblems of Unity, G.J.Smith, Crows Nest, 1992; John Balmain, P.Reynolds, Balmain, 2000; The Making of the Six Towns, Stoke-on-Trent, 1985. Very fine, all illustrated. (18)
Estimate $150
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The Heritage of Thai Sculpture, Jean Boisselier, Japan, 1975; Northern Thai Ceramics, J.C.Shaw, Oxford, 1981; Thai Ceramics - Bang Chiang, Khmer, Sawankkhalok Ceramics, Adelaide, 1977; Introducing Thai Ceramics - also Burmese and Khmer, Chiang Mai, 1987. Very fine, all illustrated. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Artifacts of China, compiled by the Editorial Committee of Artifacts of China, 1976, The Globe International Corporation, hardcover, 596pp, profusely illustrated; China, Land of Splendours, 1975, The Globe International Corporation, 596pp, profusely illustrated. Very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
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Chinese Bronzes, Christian Deydier, Fribourg, 1980; Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Stanley Charles Nott, Japan, 12th ed 1981; Jade of the East, Geoffrey Wills, Second printing, Japan, 1977; Oriental Trade Ceramics in South East Asia, John S.Guy, New York, 1990; Chinpoiserie, The Impact of Oriental Styles on Western Art and Decoration, Oliver Impey, London, 1977. Very fine, all illustrated. (5)
Estimate $50
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Chinese Ivory Sculpture, Warren E. Cox, Crown Publishers New York, 1946, 1st Edition, folio, Seventy five illustrations, in black and white with 16 figures & 48 plates, signed by the author, #209 of 1250 copies; Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, British Museum, 1984, hardcover, 200pp, illustrated; Ivory, A History and Collector's Guide, Thames and Hudson, 1987, 352pp, profusely illustrated. Very fine, the first book rare. (3)
Estimate $100
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Koleksi Keramik, Adam Malik, "The Adam Malik Ceramic Collection", Adhyatman, Sumarah et al., Jakarta: Ceramic Society of Indonesia, 1980, hardcover, profusely illustrated. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
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A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Liu Liang-yu, Aries Gemini Publishing, Vol 1, Early Wares: Prehistoric To Tenth Century (1991); Vol 2, Sung Wares (1991); Vol 3, Liao, Hsi-Hsia, Chin and Yuan Wares (1992); Vol 4, Ming Offical Wares (1991); Vol 5, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares (1991), large folio hardcover, richly illustrated. Extremely fine and a scarce set. (5)
Estimate $250
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The Palace Museum Peking, Treasures of the Forbidden City, Wan-go Weng / Yang Boda, London, 1982; China, A History in Art, The Globe International Corporation, 1977; The Horizon Book of the Arts of China, New York, 1969; Art Treasures of Dunhuang, Hong Kong, 1981. Very fine, all large format volumes. (4)
Estimate $100
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Masterpieces of Chinese Seals in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1974; Masterpieces of Chinese Tibetan Buddhist Altar Fittings in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1974; Chinese Art and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1991; Chinese Calligraphers and Their Art, Adelaide, 1966; Treasures From the Shanghai Museum 6000 Years of Chinese Art, San Francisco, 1983; The Discovery of Ru Kiln, Hong Kong, 1981; The Chinese Exhibition, Melbourne, 1976; Contrasting Styles, London, 1980. Very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
The Ceramics of South East Asia Their Dating and Identification, 2nd ed, Roxanna M.Brown, Singapore, 1988; Ceramic Traditions of South East Asia, John Guy, Singapore, 1989; South East Asian Ceramics: Thai Vietnamese, and Khmer, Kuala Lumpur, 1995; Later Ceramics in South East Asia, Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries, Kuala Lumpur, 1995; The Cambridge History of South East Asia, Vol 1, Cambridge, 1994; Monuments of Civilization - Ancient Cambodia, New York, 1978; Chinese and South East Asian White Ware Found in the Philippines, Oxford, 1993; Vietnamese Ceramics, Carol M.Young, Singapore, 1982; Vases of the Sea, F.Schuster and C.Wolseley, London, 1974; Burmese Art, John Lowry, London, 1974. Very fine, all illustrated. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Monuments of Civilization, India, Maurizio Taddei / Clement Greenberg, New York, 1977; The Arts of India, Basil Gray, Oxford, 1981; India Discovered - The Achievement of the British Raj, John Keay, Leicester, 1981; In The Image of Man - The Indian Perception of the Universe Through 2000 Years of Painting and Sculpture, London, 1982; History of Indian and Indonesian Art, Ananda K.Coomaraswamy, New York, 1985; Krishna The Divine Lover, Myth and Legend Through Indian Art, Lausanne, 1982; Oriental Erotic Art, Philip Rawson, New York, 1981. Very fine, all illustrated. (7)
Estimate $100
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A Connoisseur's Guide to Chinese Ceramics, Cecile and Michel Beurdeley, Harper & Row, New York, 1974, hardcover, 317 pp, 111 tipped-in color plates, 350+ b&w; Oriental Ceramic Art, W.T.Walters, London, 1981, hardcover, 429pp, 116 colour plates, 400+ b&w; A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, G.Valenstein, New York, 1989; Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986; Chinese Ceramics, M.Tregear, Ashmolean Musem, 1987; China - Trade Porcelain, John Goldsmith Phillips, Ipswich, c.1950s; The Chinese Potter, A Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, Margaret Medley, New York, 1976. Very fine. (7)
Estimate $150
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Song Ceramics From the Kwan Collection, The Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, preface by Gerard C. C. Tsang, Chief Curator of Hong Kong Museum of Art, foreword by Dr. Simon Kwan, catalogue of 205 pieces of Song ceramics of the finest quality, 455pp; Sung Porcelain and Stoneware, Basil Gray, London, 1984; The Wares of the Ming Dynasty, Tokyo, 1962; Yuan Porcelain & Stoneware, London, 1974; Dehua Wares, Hong Kong, 1990; Chinese Celadon Wares, G.St.G.M.Gompertz, London, 1980; Dated Chinese Antiquities, 600-1650, Sheila Riddel, London, 1979; Chinese Blue & White Porcelain, Duncan Macintosh, 2nd Edition, Hong Kong, 1987. Very fine, some scarce. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100