Catalogue
Swanston, Charles, an excerpt from 'Charles Swanston and the Derwent Bank 1827-50', pages 161-183, from the Colin Pitchfork Numismatic Library, book number BU-4. Some foxing otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Assorted Travel and reference books, Indonesia (20+); South America (13). Fine. (33+)
Estimate $20
SOLD $20
Assorted literature and reference books on Sarawak, 10kg. Fine. (20+)
Estimate $20
SOLD $20
The Sarawak Journal, various editions spanning from 2001 through to Volume 65. Fine. (35)
Estimate $20
SOLD $20
Miscellaneous Literature, including coffee table books, Full Throttle Images of Australian Speedway 1970-2009, weight 10kg. Fine. (17)
Estimate $10
SOLD $10
Assortment of Coffee Table books, including Organic & Wholefoods, Explore Historic Australia, Australia's Wilderness Heritage, Gemstones of the Southern Continents by Lin Sutherland. All fine. (7)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
A selection of books, chronicling the shipping industry, lost liners and an informative look at the Titanic. Fine. (14)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
An eclectic assortment of books, including Chronicle of the World, travel and history including such titles as 'Helenic Maritime Museum', Piraeus 2005; 'Double Standards, The Rudolf Hess cover-up', Picknett, Prince & Prior. Generally fine. (20)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Shipping, featuring the Warships of the World illustrated Encyclopedia by Gino Galuppini, Wooden Ship The Art History and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding, by Peter H. Spectre and David Larkin, Shipping Wonders of the World Vol I and II, edited by Clarence Winchester. All fine. (18)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Ship Monthly Magazines, 1995 - 2003 Navy and Commercial Ships. Nearly fine. (approx 150)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Assortment of coffee table books, including Exploring the Lusitania by Robert D. Ballard probing the mysteries of the sinking that changed history. All Fine. (7)
Estimate $20
SOLD $40
Withdrawn.
Estimate $50
Passed in
War, Historical literature featuring The Campaigns of Napoleon by David Chandler and Frederick the Great by David Fraser (4). Fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
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
SOLD $60
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
SOLD $30
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 $220
Passed in
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
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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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
SOLD $60
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 $120
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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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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 $120
Passed in
Report of the Committee of the Society of Arts, &c. together with the Approved Communications and Evidence Upon the Same, relative to the mode of Preventing the Forgery of Banknotes, printed by the Society, London, 1819, 72pps; blank pages at back of book affixed with newspaper clippings, letters and a booklet 'How to Detect Forged BankNotes', London, 1856. With handwritten notations on first three pages, a book plate on inside front cover 'Walter Hawkins', front cover broken away from spine, general wear, good.
Estimate $800
Passed in
The Image of the Buddha, David L.Snellgrove, Japan, 1978; Rati Lila, Giuseppe Tucci, Geneva, 1969; Buddhist Wall Paintings of Ladakh, Charles Genoud et al, Geneva, 1981; Nepal Where the Gods are Young, Asia House, 1975; Bronzes of Kashmir, P.Pal, New Delhi, 1975; Nepal, Art Treasures from the Himalayas, E&R.Waldschmidt, London, 1969; Himalayan Buddhist Art, Vol 1 & 2 - Thangka Prints. Very fine, all illustrated. (8)
Estimate $100
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Tibetan Sacred Art, The Heritage of Tantra, Detlef Ingo Lauf, Shambhala, 1976; Eternal Tibet, Philippe Blanc, Paris, 1982; Tibetan Tantric Charms and Amulets, New York, 1978; Mystic Art of Ancient Tibet, Blanche Christine Olschak, Shambhala, 1987 (2); Sacred Art of Tibet, California, 1974. Very fine, all illustrated. (6)
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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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 $120
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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
SOLD $30