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Records for our new List 136
- including a special section on Philosophy -
(chiefly Chinese philosophy and religious thought)
have been added to our web site at:
http://www.hanshan.com
The printed version of list 136 will be mailed out shortly.
PDF VERSIONS (Portable Document Format)
of our catalogues are also available on the site. Visit:
http://www.hanshan.com?pdf
Please also see below for records of a few choice items.
If you did not get a copy of our *previous* catalogue 135, then you
may have fallen
off the list for mailing of the printed version. Please get in touch if you
would like to be reinstated. If you did get 135 and you have been
active, the paper
copy of 136 will be on its way to you in due course. (Unless you have recently
asked to receive electronic notification only.)
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A FEW GOOD NEW BOOKS JUST IN
CARBH1
Carroll, Peter J: BETWEEN HEAVEN AND MODERNITY. Reconstructing
Suzhou, 1895-1937. Stanford, 2006. xvi, 325 pp. 25 b/w illustrations,
including 4 maps. Bibliography, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
GBP 45.00
Available
Combining social and cultural history, this book examines conflicts
and resolutions over space, history and power during the
reconstruction of the ancient city of Suzhou during the late Qing and
Republican periods.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?c/CARBH1
COACM1
Coats, Bruce ed: CHIKANOBU. Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese
Prints. Amsterdam, 2006. 208 pp. Over 200 colour illustrations.
Bibliography, index. 30x30 cm. Cloth.
GBP 55.00
Available
Chikanobu was one of the most popular ukiyo-e print artists of the
1880s and 1890s. He used the medium to document the rapid change
taking place in Tokyo but also recorded traditional customs and
lifestyles. Provides a well-illustrated overview of Chikanobu's
career and also serves as the catalogue to a travelling exhibition at
Scripps College in Claremont, California and elsewhere. Essays by
Allen Hockley, Kyoko Kurita and Joshua S. Mostow.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?c/COACM1
DEAHL1
Deal, William E: HANDBOOK TO LIFE IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN JAPAN.
Handbook to Life Series. New York, 2006. 415 pp. Numerous b/w
illustrations and plates. 5 maps, 17 tables & charts. List of
museums. Bibliography, index. 24x20 cm. Boards.
GBP 55.00
Available
Remarkably thorough and engaging reference work covering all aspects
of life in Japan during this period from 1185-1868. Arranged by topic
and with useful guides to further reading.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?d/DEAHL1
GGMC45
Gugong Museum: YUAN MING QIQI. (Yuan and Ming Dynasty Lacquer).
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 45. Shanghai, 2006. 28, 263
pp. 207 items illustrated in full colour plates with some detail
plates. Colour text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
GBP 60.00
Available to order
Magnificent exposition of 207 examples of Yuan and Ming lacquer from
the Qing Court collection. Divided according to dynasty. Mostly
comprises carved lacquer with some painted, polychrome and inlaid
examples. Another excellent survey in this essential series
containing much previously unpublished material. Captions in English,
otherwise Chinese text. Just published.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?g/GGMC45
GGMC46
Gugong Museum: QINGDAI QIQI. Qing Dynasty Lacquer. Complete
Collection of Treasures Gugong, 46. Hong Kong/China 2006. 30, 262 pp.
196 items illustrated in full colour plates with some detail plates.
Colour text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
GBP 60.00
Available to order
Magnificent exposition of 196 examples of Qing lacquer. Slightly less
than half the items shown are carved lacquer with further sections
for 'carved filled-in', gold-painted, polychrome-painted, 'guangsu',
and inlaid lacquer. An excellent survey in this essential series
containing much previously unpublished material. Captions in English,
otherwise Chinese text. Just published.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?g/GGMC46
GULSC2
Gulik, Robert H. van trans: SCRAPBOOK FOR CHINESE COLLECTORS. A
Chinese Treatise on Scrolls and Forgers - Shu-Hua-Shuo-Ling. Bangkok,
2006. 84 pp. English text, 16 pp. Chinese text. 3 b/w illustrations.
21x14 cm. Paper.
GBP 14.99
Available
A translation by van Gulik of the scrapbook left by the 18th-century
connoisseur Lu Shihua, who devoted a lifetime to the collecting of
antique books and pictures. Paperback reprint of the 1958 original.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?g/GULSC2
HANSS3
Han Nabangqing; Zhang Ailing trans.; Eva Hung rev. and ed: THE
SING-SONG GIRLS OF SHANGHAI. New York, 2005. xxviii, 554 pp. Cloth.
GBP 19.99
Available
The first English translation of what is considered one of the
greatest works of Chinese fiction from the last years of the imperial
period. This wide-ranging novel describes the demi-monde of Shanghai,
its pleasure quarters and the characters who dwelled there. Foreword
by David Wang and an excellent concluding short essay by Eva Hung on
'The World of the Shanghai Courtesans'.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?h/HANSS3
ROM061
Han, Christina Hee-Yeon: KOREA AROUND 1900: THE PAINTINGS OF GISAN.
Toronto, 2006. 128 pp. 56 fullpage colour plates. Bibliography. 25x16
cm. Wrappers.
GBP 32.00
Available
Gim Jun-guen, known as Gisan, was a Korean genre painter who
documented daily life in late 19th-century Korea. This
well-ilustrated book, produced by the Royal Ontario Museum, brings
together paintings from the Ethnographic Museum in Leiden with the 27
unusually large painting in the Toronto collection. Provides a new
perspective on the artist's work.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?h/ROM061
LEETK3
Lee Kyung Ja et al: TRADITIONAL KOREAN COSTUME. Folkestone, 2005. 336
pp. Over 200 colour plates and 600 drawings. Glossary, bibliography.
21x22 cm. Cloth.
GBP 70.00
Available
A fine and very well-illustrated new contribution with much technical
information including detailed drawings which give dimensions.
Organized by type of clothing, this work documents the richness and
variety of traditional Korean garments, ornaments and footwear dating
back to the Joseon dynasty. Detailed commentaries which include
methods of production. Just published.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?l/LEETK3
LOVGW1
Lovell, Julia: THE GREAT WALL. China Against the World 1000 BC-AD
2000. London, 2006. xvii, 412 pp. Numerous b/w plates. 6 maps.
Appendixes, bibliography, index. 25x17 cm. Cloth.
GBP 19.99
Available to order
Described as an 'iconoclastic debut', this book explores the history
of China and its relationship with the wider world by providing a
detailed study of the Great Wall, China's most famous landmark.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?l/LOVGW1
MCDSH1
McDermott, Joseph P: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE CHINESE BOOK. Books and
Literati Culture in Late Imperial China. Understanding China. Hong
Kong, 2006. xiv, 294 pp. 7 b/w figures. Map. Bibliographical notes,
index. 23x15 cm. Cloth.
GBP 45.00
Available
Both readable and learned, this provides one of the first accessible
histories the book in China, making particular comparative and
contrastive reference to the European tradition, and also providing
innovative interdisciplinary scholarship in the relatively new field
of the book's social history and culture.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?m/MCDSH1
MCKCF1
McKelway, Matthew Philip: CAPITALSCAPES: FOLDING SCREENS AND
POLITICAL IMAGINATION IN LATE MEDIEVAL KYOTO. Honolulu, 2006. ix, 280
pp. 34 colour plates and hundreds of b/w illustrations throughout.
Bibliography, index. 24x25 cm. Cloth.
GBP 45.00
Available
The first book-length study of the Kyoto screens - very well
illustrated - this is a close visual and cultural reading of these
intricately painted and highly-prized artworks. Of interest both to
the art historian (providing a novel approach) and to anyone
concerned with the history of Japanese cities.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?m/MCKCF1
MANHH1
Manheim, Ron et al: HAIKU & HAIGA. Moments in Word and Image.
Amsterdam, 2006. 208 pp. 78 colour plates. Biographical notes,
glossary. 31x26 cm. Cloth.
GBP 32.00
Available
Published to accompany the exhibition 'Haiku & Haiga - Moments in
Words and Images: Japanese Paintings from Four Centuries' at the
Museum Schloss Moyland in Bedburg-Hau, Germany. 77 fine examples
illustrated and discussed in detail with artists' biographies. Dual
text in German and English. An important contribution to the
little-known field of haiga paintings.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?m/MANHH1
MICCA1
Michaelson, Carol and Jane Portal: CHINESE ART IN DETAIL. London,
2006. 144 pp. 150 colour illustrations. 21x21 cm. Cloth.
GBP 14.99
New stock due shortly
Highlights in close-up the workmanship, materials and design found in
Chinese ceramics, lacquer, jade, metalwork, brush painting and
woodblock printing. Both the complete object and close-up detail are
shown. An alternative view providing insights into the expertise of
Chinese craftsmen past and present.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?m/MICCA1
NGU2Y1
Nguyen Dinh Chien and Pham Quoc Quan: 2000 YEARS OF VIETNAMESE
CERAMICS. 2000 nam gom Viet Nam. Hanoi, 2005. 300 pp. including 222
pp. with 398 colour and 5 b/w plates. Bibliographies. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
GBP 55.00
Available
Very well-illustrated exposition of the entire spectrum of Vietnamese
ceramics with dual language - Vietnamese and English - text and brief
captions in both languages by prominent curators and archaeologists
associated with the National Museum of Vietnamese History. Most of
the ceramics are from this collection but other Vietnamese museums
are also represented.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?n/NGU2Y1
PHAVB1
Pham Quoc Quan and Nguyen Dinh Chien: VIETNAMESE BROWN PATTERNED
CERAMICS. Gom Hoa Nau Viet Nam. Hanoi, 2005. 224 pp. including 149
pp. with 200 colour and 3 b/w plates and 217 line drawings.
Bibliography. 29x21 cm. Cloth.
GBP 50.00
Available
Detailed and extensively-illustrated exposition of the characteristic
Vietnamese ceramics decorated with brown washed patterns, important
to the Vietnamese ceramics tradition especially from the 11th through
the 15th centuries. Dual English and Vietnamese text and captions.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?p/PHAVB1
SHAGM1
Shang Junyi: GUGONG MIJING. A Mystic Forbidden City: Once Upon a Time
in the Imperial Palace. Beijing, 2006. 231 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 29x24 cm. Cloth.
GBP 45.00
New stock due shortly
Gives the history of various halls, palaces and gates of the
Forbidden City interspersed with fascinating and little-known
episodes from the Forbidden City during the Ming and Qing dynasties
such as: The Suspicion-Ridden Enthronement of Emperor Yongzheng; The
Assassination Attempt against Emperor Jiajing by the Court Maids;
Emperor Guangxu's Grand Wedding Ceremony; Thousand Seniors Banquet
Held in the Hall of Imperial Supremacy; Stick Flogging at the
Meridian Gate ... and more. Dual text in English and Chinese and
accompanied by magnificent colour photography of the Forbidden City.
Recommended.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?s/SHAGM1
ASSGS1
Shen, Hsueh-man ed: GILDED SPLENDOR: TREASURES OF CHINA'S LIAO EMPIRE
(907-1125). Milan, 2006. 391 pp. 190 colour plates. Maps, chronology,
glossary, bibliography, index. Boards.
GBP 50.00
Available
Magnificent catalogue produced for an exhibition of 121 items showing
at the Asia Society, New York (then travelling to Koln and Zurich).
Contributions by 12 international scholars provide essays on Liao
history, archaeology and culture. Detailed cataloguing of the
exhibits, with good colour plates (many full page) arranged in four
sections: The Nomadic Heritage, The Han Chinese Burial Tradition,
Religious Life, and Luxuries and Necessities. Useful appendixes.
Recommended.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?s/ASSGS1
WALLC1
Waley, Arthur trans.; original woodcuts by Ralph Kiggell: LEADING THE
CRANES HOME. A selection of Chinese poems translated by Arthur Waley.
Llandogo, 2006. 52 pp. Introduction, title page with double page
colour woodblock print and 24 poems each accompanied by a colour
woodblock print. Afterword. 35x29 cm. Decorative boards. In
Chinese-style slipcase.
GBP 195.00
Available
A selection of 24 poems taken from Waley's two works '170 Chinese
Poems' and 'Chinese Poems'. The poems range in date from the Han to
the Song dynasties and include works by China's greatest poets. In
addition to the wonderful double page woodblock print of a crane on
the title page, a colour woodblock print by the artist, Ralph
Kiggell, accompanies each poem depicting the artist's interpretation
of the poem, an aspect or a theme. Kiggell studied Chinese at the
School of Oriental and African Studies in London where Waley had also
studied. Kiggell's artistic interpretation of the poems thus
undoubtedly possesses greater cultural insight than that of an artist
purely versed in western culture. Many of the woodblocks are double
page. The paper is 250 gsm Velin Arches, the type is Elizabeth, and
Kiggell's woodcuts were all printed from the wood. Numbered edition
of 150 copies, each signed by the artist. A beautiful and completely
delicious work that is a collector's item.
http://www.hanshan.com/index.html?w/WALLC1
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