John Caiger (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Wilson Harris "The Akaba Argument" / Wilson Harris "Cold War Issues" / Sir John Thorne "India Independent" / Honor Groome "No Money About?" / Edward Montgomery "Mr. Truman's Troubles" / Stephen L Caiger "Wealth Of Honduras" Osbert Lancaster "'I Dreamt That I Dwell'" /Spring Book Number (Papers).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly foxed. The front endpaper has a name inscription from a previous owner. 196 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. Folio. 224, [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over blue cloth, with blind-stamped lettering on spine and front cover. Half-title inscribed and signed by Thomas Murray (author of the article on page 55 titled "Demons & Deities: Masks of the Himalayas") to Fred and Stella (Krieger). Illustrated with hundreds of color photographic reproductions, this work is a remarkable survey of the fine and applied arts of Asia across a wide range of different media. The articles - current analyses, written by authorities in their fields - cover such subjects as: architectural ornament; carpets and textiles; masks; cave- and fresco-painting; ceramics; and metalwork. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in overall very good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hali Publications Limited.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. English text; Hardcover (cloth); 21.5 x 28.5 cm; 0.687 Kg; 11 pages (Members of the Council, Transactions and obituaries) plus 94 pages with various colour and black-and-white illustrations; Used book with almost no signs of shelf wear as the book is protected with a trimsleeve Dustwrapper. The interior is in very good condition.; Includes the following articles: Exoticism in Japan Japanese Interest in Dutch Ceramics and Other Curiosities by Christiaan Jörg; Report on the Study Day on the 16th century Chinese Ceramics by Craig Clunas; Research Display on 16th century Chinese Ceramics at the British Museum by Jessica Harrison-Hall; A Group of Chinese Stoneware Sculptures Reunited by Nick Pearce; Continuity and Innovation in Ceramics by Alan Caiger-Smith; Decorative Links between Porcelain and Silk in the Qing Period by Rosemary Scott; Timurid Ceramics: Filling a Gap in Islamic Ceramic History by Ernst Grube; Summaries of Lectures by Peter Hardie and Roderick Whitfield; and Visit to Lisbon by John and Margaret Cushion.…

Hardcover. Condition: gut. 2007. Dejiny Japonska In deutscher Sprache. pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Einriss uber 1 cm. V tomto nove prepracovanem vydani klasickeho dila jdou Mason a Craiger po stopach vyvoje moderniho Japonska, pocinaje ranym prehistorickym obdobim pres obdobi po skonceni studene valky az ke zhrouceni bublinove ekonomiky na pocatku devadesatych let devatenacteho stoleti. Nove objevy dodatecne osvetluji puvod japonske civilizace a zrozeni japonske kultury. Dejiny Japonska nejsou pouze chronologii valek, cisarskeho nastupnictvi a dohod, ale predkladaji i obsahly rozbor nabozenstvi, kultury a umeni japonskeho naroda, a to pocinaje 6. st. pr. n. l. a konce v soucasnosti. Toto soucasne klasicke dilo, nyni zmodernizovane a prepracovane, je i nadale neodmyslitelnym dilem japonskych studii.…