Burmese (41 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG+ book, VG DJ(in Brodart). photos & line cuts (illustrator). 1st edition. VG+ book, VG DJ. Bright book. DJ sunned & rubbed. Inked name inside cover. 8vo, 540pp.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

36pp. + ad 16mo Original printed wrappers (paperback, rustica, broche) Bodhi Leaves #119 Covers lightly wrinkled: VG to VG+.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 3 pages. An original article extracted from Asiatic Researches; or Transactions of the Society Instituted in Bengal. Printed at The Bengal Military Orphan Press, by G.H. Huttmann. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 21 x 27 cms. Category: Asiatic Researches; Printed before 1800; Special Features. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

HARDCOVER. Reprint. varia pagination, quarto. ffep is loosening, worn/soiled brown boards, clean throughout, rubbed edges, Good.

Condition: New. pp. 25 Figure.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ii, 155 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm.

Condition: New. pp. 25.

Rangoon, U Htin Gyi, 1973. 3 Bl., 166 S., OHln., die ersten Seiten im oberen rechten Eck mit Eckabschnitt (ohne Textverlust), durchgehender leichter Wasserrand; ordentl.Expl.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique engraving, a Supplement to the Illustrated London News of January 26th 1884, showing the Burmese White Elephant with his Indian keeper. This engraving will be mounted (matted) and ready to frame.

Condition: NEW.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 333 pages in Russian ; 22 cm. occasional notes in pencil. U La (U Lat) (1866-1921), Burmese writer. In the novels `Jasmine` (1910-14) and `The Ruler of the Golden Country` (1914) he criticized the Anglomanism of the Burmese intelligentsia and aristocracy, advocated the education of Burmese youth in the national spirit. The action of the "Lord of the Golden Mountain" takes place in the 80s. XIX century, when the British colonial regime finally established itself in Burma. Compositionally, the novel is built on the opposition of two Burmese - Upper and Lower, two cities - Mandalay and Rangoon, two heroes Maung Maung Sow and Maung Taung Phei, two storylines. In the center of the novel is the love story of Maung Maung Sow and Khing Khing Tha, as well as the events .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Undated. C. 1930. Grey pictorial boards and cloth spine. Minor bumping/rubbing to corners; sound binding and clean internally.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 15, 36, 292 pages ; 22 cm. In Burmese. Revision of: 1978 ed.

Small 8vo, illustrs., (some coloured), orig. printed wrappers.

unknown_binding. Condition: Good.

A Selection translated by Friedrich v.Lustig (Lilac Laureate Poet). O.O. 1967. ca.150 S., illustr.OKart., geringe Gebrauchssp.; gutes Expl. - Text Burmesisch und Englisch.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj. Burmese Border Consortium Refugee Relief Programme / Lot of 7. Book.

One page, 4to, fold marks, good condition. "Thanks you for your kind letter of 9 August with which you sent me some of the photographs you took of me recently in connexion with yur article in The Sunday Times. I am glad to have them and I am grateful to you for your thoughtfulness. | I have also read with much interest your friendly article [.].".

On a piece of thin card, 30.5 x 23 cm. Dimensions of illustration 23 x 17 cm. Signed by Twidle in bottom right-hand corner. The image itself is clear and sharp, in spotted and grubby margins. Docketed in pencil on reverse 'Monkish Robes | 491 | to 5 inches width | with rule as in picture'. An attractive, detailed watercolour, in black and grey, and picked out in white, showing three monks processing with eyes cast to the ground in different directions in the grounds of stone temple overgrown with foliage. One monk advances towards the viewer, while another ascends stone steps with carvings of the Buddha at the base of each handrail. Twidle was a prolific book and magazine illustrator, and it is not clear where the illustration was printed. It does not feature in the most likely title, 'Through Eastern Windows' (RTS, 1919).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 20, 445, 615 pages ; 19 cm. Burmese & Chinese text.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 438 pages ; 25 cm. Text in Myanmar (Burmese).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 11, 1271 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Chinese and Burmese.

16 leaves (each measuring 5 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches) with elaborate overall decoration in gilt, 14 leaves with lines of black/dark brown lacquer text in square script (known as 'magyi-zi') recto and verso, two leaves with text on one side only, the other side with overall decoration in gilt. Housed within a beautiful lacquered box (11 5/8 x 24 x 8 1/2 inches) crafted from wood and coated with multiple layers of natural lacquer resin in a classic palette of cinnabar red, black, orange, and green. The elaborate design, created using the ket-yun (incised) technique, illustrates figures, architecture, and foliage, depicting the story of Prince Vessantara as the Buddha-to-be A very fine 19th-century Burmese Kammavaca within a rarely found lacquered box. Kammavaca is a Pali term describing verses from the Vinaya that outline various rules and rituals of monastic life and ordination. Young men in Burma are expected to spend at least some portion of their youth in a monastery, as either an initiate or an ordained monk. The families of these newly ordained men often commissioned the creation of a kammavaca to present to the monks as an act of merit upon their sons' entrance into the monastery. "Kammavaca are volumes of one, five, or nine extracts from the Theravadin Vinaya, each relating to specific ceremonies associated with monks. Noel F. Singer writes that the earliest kammavaca consisted of folios made of plain palm leaves, each of which had four lines of square-inked script on a gold or silver background." ("Kammavaca Texts: Their Covers and Binding Ribbons," Arts of Asia, 23, May-June 1993) "In the 17th century, folios began to be made of pieces of cloth coated with lacquer and painted with cinnabar, and the square letters were written in thick, black lacquer. On rare occasions, folios were of ivory. Designs in gilt, which had been reserved for the ends of folios, endpapers, and wooden cover boards, now began to appear between the lines of text. By the end of the 19th century, the lines of script on the folio increased to six or seven and sheets of brass or copper were introduced as folios." (John Falconer, and others, Myanmar Style Art, Architecture and Design of Burma, Hong Kong, 1998, p. 177).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 6 volume set, 9" tall. A very pretty later full calf by Riviere with gilt raised bands, twin labels and very fine gilt tooling around a cornucopia. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards, dentelles and gilt top edge. There is a degree of rubbing and weakness to the shoulders and slight blotchiness to the spines. Embellished with 24 full page engraved plates and 28 folding tables. A very good looking set of this great work which covers the period from 'The Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV'.

555 x 115 mm, housed in original case 770 x 310 x 325 mm. 92 ff. Pali manuscript on textile leaves, painted black and red and then lacquered. Pale yellow Burmese square script. Loose, housed in contemporary manuscript chest. Housed in a rare surviving manuscript case: a Burmese lacquered manuscript of a Buddhist monastic text. The manuscript case, called a sedaik, is rarely preserved alongside such manuscripts. Such cases were specially made for manuscripts held in monasteries and in the homes of wealthy Buddhist families; lavishly decorated and painted in gold, with five sides made up of a metal grille punched with geometric designs, the sedaik signifies the importance of the text housed inside. It had practical uses as well: raised off the floor on four legs, it kept manuscripts away from water damage, and its decorative metal grille was a useful defence against rats and mice. - The manuscript housed in this sedaik is a section of the Sutta Vibhanga which describes a parajika: one of the four forbidden failures of monastic life which, if perpetrated, would see a monk banned from re-entering a monastery for the rest of his current reincarnation. These parajika include sexual intercourse, theft, murder or inciting a death, and lying about one's spiritual level along the path to Enlightenment. The Sutta Vibhanga is an important text of Theravada Buddhism, and dictates many such aspects of Buddhist monastic life. - The text of this manuscript is written in creamy yellow Burmese square script on a field of black lacquer, bordered in red and decorated with gilt. This black lacquer field and pale script are an uncommon combination; similar manuscripts are more commonly seen in black ink on fields of red-and-gold. Fine lacquer manuscripts such as this one were commissioned by wealthy laypeople and donated to a local monastery, an action through which the donors would gain spiritual merit, as well as enriching their local monastic libraries. - Text gently rubbed or faded in a few places; gentle edgewear to lacquer leaves, with one or two minor chips (no loss to text). Case with light wear, fully functional, clasp likely later. In good condition. - From the collection of a private estate in Edinburgh, Scotland, acquired during the colonial era.

Small 8vo. Pp. xvi (incl. one blank leaf), 64. With text in Latin and Pali written in Burmese script, within woodcut ornamental border. With one folding engraved plate signed G. Expilly. Near contemporary half calf on tree marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt and with title label. Beautiful decorated endpapers. Bookplate. Second edition (first 1776) of the first work to be printed with Burmese characters. The types were partly recast in this edition, and the text rewritten by Cajetanus Mantegatius and Johannes Percotius. Birrell & Garnett 21. Birrell & Garnett 21. Cordier BI 351. Herbert & Milner: "South-East Asia. Languages and literatures", pp. 9. Smitskamp PO 212.

8vo (16.5 x 11 cm, 150 cm unfolded). 16 ff. With 16 hand-painted illustrations on saa paper, accordeon or concertina-style, double sided. Original wooden boards, hand-carved with a pig and a tiger. Rare and unusual manuscript tattoo design book from the Shan region of Burma (now Myanmar). This work is made from foldout mulberry (saa) paper with sacred symbols of mythology as well as numerology and sacred Buddhist texts. - The Shan are a South-East Asian ethnic group who live primarily in Myanmar, but are believed to have originated in China. The majority of the Shan are Theravada Buddhists. Tattoos related to Buddhism would often be created at temples by monks, thus ensuring that the wearer would be protected from harm. Other common Burmese tattoo motifs include cats of various sizes from house cats to tigers, dragons, geometric patterns, and figures from the history and culture of Myanmar and Buddhism. In their art, both Chinese and Buddhist influences are apparent, though the uniquely Burmese character of the Shan's style is undeniable. Interestingly, until the 20th century, tattooing was a widespread practice among the Burmese, even among women, and particularly among the Shan, who boasted one of the oldest traditions. "The traditional art of tattooing is deeply rooted in Myanmar's history: from kings to commoners, tattoos were exemplars and devices of state bondsmen, masculine strength, feminine beauty, cultural identity and aesthetic appeal, while endowed as well with spiritual powers serving as protection from evil forces" (Moe Moe Oo). - Due to the Shan belief that tattoos imbued the wearer with spiritual strength or held magical significance, tattooing acquired great cultural importance, being practised especially during times of turmoil. As tattooing frequently took days, opium was the preferred anaesthetic, a fact whch, along with Western influences, accounts for the tradition dying out at the beginning of the 20th century. It has recently regained popularity. - One small tear to paper, otherwise in excellent condition. - Moe Moe Oo, Tattoo Art in Myanmar Culture: Special Reference with State Bondsmen of Cavalry Corps, 2016.

A long and fine manuscript written in fine Pali in black on palm leaves. The palm leaves with text in black, with red lacquered wooden boards. Each leaf measures 23" x 2.5"., original protective covers of red lacquered wooden boards decorated in gold, all edges gilt, tied with braided cords. 78 palm leaves written in black. A handsome and well preserved example, one tie cord lacking. A FINE BURMESE MANUSCRIPT WELL PRESERVED AND QUITE HANDSOME.