Colorful, glossy magazine the entire issue of which is dedicated to traveling the silk roads, along which Islam journeyed to China. There's a nice fold-out map at the front showing the routes and 54 pages devoid of advertising. Yes, the entire thing consists of quality color photography and the following articles: The Queen and the Silkworm, Main Street of Eurasia, The Royal Road, The Silk Roads: A History; The Steppe Route, The Golden Road,The Road North, and The Imperial Highway. View More...
Very handsome art catalog printed on quality glossy paper and in a charming binding and size. It measures 6-1/2"x 8" and showcases 50 beautiful, full color, photographs augmented by descriptions. There are no names or writing, no spine crease, and no defect of note save sunning to spine. The exhibition was held in London in from Dec. 16-23, 1996 and January 6-17 1997. View More...
I bought this last night at a book and paper sale -- what a surprise! I have been going to this place for 20 years and never have I seen any any Asian items I can recall. The box is covered with blue cloth and is clean and sturdy. Inside are two stacks of small comic books, ten on each side.The text is in Chinese, but the black and white drawings tell a story too. The little books measure 3-1/2" x 5". I was able to translate much, but the same exact specific item was used in every translation site which was a problem because two books are missing from that one. Mine has ALL TWENTY. The transl... View More...
This auction catalog is for Part One which was held on April 10, 1970 to sell the collection of Lucile and Robert H. Gries. The items covered these categories -- armorial, marine, Jesuit, and European inspired decoration. Two hundred twenty-six lots were sold in Part One and this catalog describes and pictures them. The catalog measures 7" x 10-/.2" and has 67 pages plus back matter. View More...
Crisp, beautiful auction catalog with many large photographs, including several in full color. It's printed on quality coated paper and measures 8-3/4"x9-1/4". Sale consisted of 348 lots owned by a number of people. All estimates grouped at back page. Catalog is pristine inside and out. Owner names are: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat, S. Edna Fletcher, Helen Garfunkel, Mary McFadden, Nelson A, Rockefeller, Garry Smith, Mrs. Harold A. Roig, and Jerome Zipkin View More...
This is as much a book as it is an auction catalog -- absolutely beautiful and large at 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" with 355 pages in both English and Chinese.It also includes the charming advertising piece which shows the lay-out of the venue -- see the main photo. Due to China's Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics any item marked with a star was prohibited for exportation. The art is gorgeous throughout and predominately in full color. Catalogue will ship in the U.S. for just $2 media mail. OVERSEAS ORDERS WELCOME, but please contact us with item and destination for an exact shipping cost. View More...
I just found this array of fun things in a travel collection I bought a couple years ago. Everything was in the envelope with the restaurant advertising. The envelope, the card, and business card came from the China Quanjude Group which introduced the roast duck seen in the photo in 1864, during the third year of Tongzhi, Quing Dynasty. There's also a Boarding Card from the China International Travel Service, a small advertising card which lists the Chinese Dyanasties and the items which can be bought at the store, and lastly, two very attractive Chinese characters on beautiful paper. . . .... View More...
Very handsome auction catalog for a sale held in Hong Kong by Christie's.The art is exquisite and interesting -- elements from classic Asian painting meld with a new, contemporary boldness. Beautiful! The catalog is pristine with no names or writing and no spine crease. It measures 8-1/2"x 10-1/2" and has 252 pages. SHIPS for $2 media mail in U.S. OVERSEAS ORDERS WELCOME. Use the contact button to inquire about postage. We need the item and its destination to provide you with a shipping cost. View More...
I love the pieces parts of a Ma-Jong game, but haven't a clue as to how you would play it. So here's the answer which will hopefully keep the ancient Chinese game being played in the 21st century. The first edition of this booklet was published in 1922 by the same company. The booklet measures 5-1/4" x 8" and has 44 pages with drawings. Only two defects -- a couple small light spots of foxing to first page and a crack at the lower front corner which I re-enforced at the reverse side (see photo). View More...
Enormous map -- it measures when completely open at 29-1/2" tall and 42" wide. The best part though is the paper it's printed on. It's heavy, glossy, and very easy to fold back up. The scale is 1:6 000 000. Folder measures 8" x 11" and is also very clean. Only faults are minor small creases to outer corners. View More...
I've had this menu for awhile and tried many times to determine its origin, but I, still don't know. You would think that because they served an extensive list of Chinese food would have helped, but it didn't. The only clue I found was a message inside from "Danny" who took a page to enitce diners with the various types of Chinese cuisine --Mandarin, Hunan, Cantonese etc. The only reason I even know the date is because a previous owner wrote it (1974) on one of the pages. The restaurant created a showy full-page list of cocktails in addition to seven pages of entrees, appetizers and desserts... View More...
Two very nice bookles replete with an envelope from the publisher. The booklet measures 5" x 7" and has 78 pages in the womens' booklet and 29 on Tachai,replete with many black and white photos. Among the chapters are A Librated Woman Speaks; A Slave Before - Now I Help Rule My Country; Women Fliers; Women Oil Extractors of Taching; Housewives Can Make Electronic Equipment; Women Work on Live Ultra-High-Tension Lines and more. The second booklet, Tachai; Standard Bearer in China's Agriculture View More...
Catalog is clean and bright with no tears and no writing, and is tightly bound. The only fault is a trim to the yapped edge at side edge of front cover. This is often done because the overhang develops small tears which end up with pieces of the edge falling off. This trim was better than most. The catalog measures 7" x 10-1/2" and has black and white photographs which show both Chinese and Japanese items. Most of the works came from the estate of Andrew R. Dole of Oak Park, Illinois. Session I focused on Japanese art. Among the items were prints and paintings, snuff bottles, rugs, wood carvi... View More...
Very beautiful over-sized booklet measuring 8-1/2"x11" lavishly illustrated with black and white and much color art. Though categorized as one, this is NOT an art catalog published to accompany an exhibition, but rather a booklet devoted solely to the Chinese paintings in the Douglas Dillon Galleries of the museum. The text is quite lengthy and all is printed on quality coated paper. 80 pages. View More...
This is a very nice dual catalog. It functioned first for the exhibit at The Birmingham Art Museum of Birmingham, Alabama, the name of which iprinted inside the booklet. The second useage was an exhibit at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore which offers its own informtion on a four page leaflet that is laid inside the catalog. The catalog is beautiful and measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 36 pages with many color photographs.There are two essays -- The Great Underground Army of Qin Shihuangdi; and The First Emperor. Three are also fabulous art items from ancient China. View More...
Weisbrod's auction catalogs are beautiful and well worth keeping if you love Chinese artifacts, art and furniture. This one was priced at $80 for those who wished to study a catalog before the day of the auction. It measures 8-1/2" x 12" and is lavishly photographed throughout with full-size color images and enough information to inspire collectors of ancients artifacts. There are also three articles at the front: The Spirit of Wu; Conservation Report on an Eastern Zhou Dynasty Inlaid Bronze Hu; and Conservation Report on a Shang Dynasty Guang. Also with this copy there's an advertising item ... View More...
Beautiful exhibition catalog with full page color photographs of the art. The catalog measures 8"x10" and is printed on quality coated paper with 138 pages. Each of the 69 items on exhibit are given star treatment with the large color photo plus a detailed description. A chronological chart at the front helps with understanding dynasties and dates. Among the items shown are pottery (glazed and unglazed), jades, marble, bronzes, wood sculptures, cloisonne, blue and white ware and more. No paintings or fabrics. View More...
This is the catalog for the Chinese art exhibition which originally cost $85. The envelope inside contains a notice about the upcoming event. I buy every Weisbrod I can find -- gorgeous in dust jackets and full page color photos of the art.They're also oversized at 8-3/4" x 12". This one has 107 pages highlighting 42 works of art in bronze, pottery, limestone, jade and porcelain. Catalog is clean and tightly bound with no names or writing.The only fault is a small area at top of back dust jacket where there appears to be a lamination issue, but I have placed it in a brand new mylar cover and o... View More...
Beautiful, as always, when the name Weisbrod is on the cover. These catalogs are not only bound in hard cover, but they're big at 8-1/2" x 12" and have full page color photos of the works. This catalog has 103 pristine pages to showcase 34 amazing antiquities. There are also thee essays -- The Spirit of Wu; Conservation Report on an Eastern Zhou Dynasty Inlaid Bronze Hu Ark Restoration; and Conservation Report on a Shang Dynasty Guang Ark Restoration. Book is clean and bright with no defect of note and is protected by a brand new mylar cover. View More...
This is a lone issue of the The China Quarterly. I can't even recall when or where I got it. It's as thick as a book and has six articles including an eyewitness report of The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. The others are: Aspects of the Chinese Communist Bureaucracy; The Hsia Fang System -- Marxism and Modernisation; The Guerilla Movement in Northwest China (Part I); Mao Tse-tung as Historian; and Contracts in China Revisited. The magazine is clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. There's a small name stamped on the top front corner of the front cover and another stamp... View More...
