Gordon H Luce (15 results)

PAPERBACK. Condition: cover wear otherwise good. First edition. 349pp + b/w illustrations octavo paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Volume 2 only. Some chipping and rubbing to dust jacket, tight binding. clean text, dust jacket wrapped in mylar.

Softbound. Condition: Good. First Edition. Total of 37 academic papers on various aspects of Southeast Asian art, archaeology, literature, culture, religion, presented by a gathering of international luminaries in various disciplines of Asian studies. Vol. I: occasional pencil underlining, spine chipped & worn; 18 papers (15 in English, 2 French, 1 German); xi, p. 1-184, 19 b&w plates; Vol. II: spine worn, 19 papers ( 12 in English, 7 French) xiii, p. 184-349, 59 b&w plates. Overall condition of the two volumes good. Size: 24 x 18 cm.…

Softbound. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Data Paper No. 44. The Man Shu was an important Tang Dynasty chronicle of the powerful Nanchao [Nanzhao or Dali] kingdom then encompassing what is now southwest China (particularly Yunnan) and the northern part of mainland Southeast Asia. Originally published ca. 860 CE, it was lost in the early Ming Dynasty and reconstructed from fragments quoted in other works in 1774. The present work is the first English translation of this important historical record, detailing the geography, cities and garrisons, rulers, regulations, products and customs of the polity. [viii], 117 pp., 1 fold-out map. Size: 28 x 22 cm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2 volume set (XV-185, 137 p.-100 p. of plates) : ill., maps ; 24 et 24 x 32 cm. Fine cloth, lacking dust jackets. This work presents what is known or can be conjectured about the history and identity of the people inhabiting Burma before the period covered by the author's "Old Burma - Early Pagan". The first volume on the early peoples of Burma and their languages is arranged in chapters on the Mon-Khmer, Karen, Thet-Kadu, Pyu, Chin, Mru and K'umi, and the Burma-Lolo. The second has 26 language charts and 100 plates depicting sculptural and epigraphical evidence.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volume set (XV-185, 137 p.-100 p. of plates) : ill., maps ; 24 et 24 x 32 cm. This work presents what is known or can be conjectured about the history and identity of the people inhabiting Burma before the period covered by the author's "Old Burma - Early Pagan". The first volume on the early peoples of Burma and their languages is arranged in chapters on the Mon-Khmer, Karen, Thet-Kadu, Pyu, Chin, Mru and K'umi, and the Burma-Lolo. The second has 26 language charts and 100 plates depicting sculptural and epigraphical evidence.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Pas de jaquette. 3 tomes contenant: Volume 1 Text, Volume 2 Catalogue of plates Indexes, Volume 3 plates Et un jeu de cartes détachées.

Paperback. Condition: Good. no dj. Rice & Religion, Harry Parkes' Negotiations Bangkok in 1856, Rolin-Jaequemyns (Chao Phya Apha Raja) & the Belgian Legal Advisors in Siam at the Turn of the Century,A Stone Casket from Satinpra:some Further Observations,Study on Thai Folk Tale. Book.

Reprints printed at Prachandra Press by Mr. Sanan Bunyasiribhandlu, two volumes, both softcovers. Two Octavos (24cm); stapled brown wrappers; 60-101pp; 124-214pp; fold-out map illustration. 'Pt. 2' has light oxidation through wrappers at staples. Both parts have light shelf-wear, with faint creases to wrapper corners, and pencilled notes to upper first pages; Very Good. Burma social history, with focus on Ch'eng Tsung. [88865].…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Volume I: Text: xiv, 422 pages, frontispiece.Volume II. Catalogue: vi, 337 pages, maps, plans, index. Volume III: Plates: 8 pages, 455 plates, frontispiece 'Old Burma Early Pagan is one of the most important contributions to Southeast Asian archeology in many years. It is the first exhaustive study of the subject, and may be the last one for a long time to come. The general exclusion of foreigners from Burma since 1964 is likely to hamper further studies and to make unpublished material difficult of access. The progress of decay of works of art at Pagan is quickening. Much that is described and illustrated in this book has now disappeared; and much more is doomed to disappear within a few years. The proportions of the book are worthy of the subject. Volume one contains the text; volume three the plates; volume two the catalogue of plates, with a detailed description of each an full references. Writing with singular clarity and distinction, the author brings to life the brilliant period in which Burma came into being as a nation. As the leading authority on the epigraphy, history, art and archaeology of the country, he possesses unique qualifications. On the basis of contemporary inscriptions and other records, he reconstructs a cycle of events of which the traditional histories give a very garbled version. He analyzes architecture, sculpture and painting of the old city of Pagan from the late 10th to the mid-12th-century.'.…

3 volumes. Volume I Text: Colour Map of Burma Early Pagán Period. Colour frontispiece, folding table, colour plans, xviii + 422pp, and 1pp addenda, errata et corrigenda. light foxing to preliminaries. Volume II Catalogue of Plates: Tipped-in black and white plate frontispiece, 2 folding maps and a facsimile appendix to Old Burma Calendar in band at rear, double folded sheet of 'Names, Titles, and Regnal Dates of the Kings of Pagán', loosely inserted. 337pp. Volume III Plates: Colour frontispiece, 455 black and white plates, light foxing to preliminaries, lower corner slightly bumped. Original red cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the upper boards and the spines, edges a little marked internally clean, firm and sturdy copies. A very good set. A major contribution to our knowledge of Burmese archaeology. 'An homage to the founding of the Burmese city of Pagán, in the dry zone of central Burma: how it became the Buddhist capital of a united Burma, including Mons and Burmans, from about 1060 A.D.; and how after a century of building national character as well as pagodas, a sudden crisis after the Singhalese invasion led to a weakening of the union, but also the efflorescence of a strictly Burmese culture in the latter half of the dynasty.' From the preface. Divided into three parts: A, History. B, Iconography. C, Architecture.…

Volume III of the trilogy only, with corrigenda tipped in half-title page. Quarto (31cm); red cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [n.p.]; colorful frontispiece, with 455 black-and-white plates. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Trace shelf-soil, with corners gently nudged; Very Good. Volume III in a three-volume presents the plates described and catalogued in previous volumes. [87690].…

Volume II of the trilogy only. Quarto (31cm); red cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [viii],[1],2-337,[1]; tipped on black-and-white frontispiece, with 5 glossy inserts at rear pastedown. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Corners gently nudged; Very Good+. Inserts includes "Names, Titles, and Regnal Dates of the Kings of Pagan", facsimile handwritten chart, and three maps, including "Pagán and its Environs as it was in the Middle Pagán Period", a colorful map of Modern Burma, and a black-and-white map of Ramañña Desa. Volume II in a three-volume catalogues the illustrated plates presented throughout Volume III, and concludes with indexes. [87689].…

dj. First Edition. Two volumes. Vol I octavo (24cm x 17cm); Vol II oblong quarto (24cm x 32cm). Blue cloth hardcovers; dustjacket; xvi,185; second volume (linguistic atlas and plates) unpaginated. Mild fading to jacket spines, else a fine set, free of markings or notable wear. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn, with his printed bookplate to each volume. Linguistic study of Burmese prehistory, based on available written sources and Luce's own extensive studies in the region beginning in the 1930s.…

Condition: Gut. Gebraucht - Gut * good, clean condition *.