Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth-century China.A fine group o...

Scarce. Entertaining narrative of a journey across Mongolia and Siberia, mostly by sled. Hong Kong to St. Petersburg via Canton, Shanghai, Peking,...

With the rare and beautiful atlas. A very attractive example of the French edition of the first Russian circumnavigation, complete with the atlas v...

A fine group of Chinese export watercolours showing courtiers.Pith came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small, inexpens...

An early travel account to St Helena, Java and China. Including plates of St Helena, Java (2) and Batavia amongst others. First edition. 8vo, illu...

De Veer (1570-1598), was a Dutch officer on Willem Barentsz' second and third voyages of 1595 and 1596 respectively, in search of the Northeast Pa...

An exquisite group of interior scenes, exclusively of noblewomen and ladies in waiting, engaging in various genteel activities, such as flower arr...

Toyokuni III was one of the greatest exponents of such depictions of Kabuki classical Japanese dance-drama scenes and actor portraits, vividly cap...

Fine scenes showing rich interiors and fine costumes - this album of especially large format.Pith came into use for painting to satisfy the increa...

Fine collection of original drawings showing Chinese ceremonies, scenes from the Imperial court, portraits of Chinese nobility, musical instrument...

A lovely variety of Chinese official costumes, in fine condition and bright colours.Pith seems not to have been adopted for painting until about 1...

A collection of issues of the official periodical by the Shanghai Zionist Federation.The Israel's Messenger was established in 1904 by a 'Baghdadi...

A collection of photographs recording German presence in China and Japan in the years 1908 – 1914. Decades before WWI Germany competed with other ...

"Geishas are professional dancers and entertainers." (description on reverse).Silver gelatin print. Dimensions: 24 x 18cm. Title printed and in in...

Silver gelatin print. Dimensions: 12.5 x 10.5 cm. Title in ink on reverse. Good tonal range and in good condition.

Sepia ink and pencil early view of Hong Kong, showing sailing boats in the foreground, probably executed by an English military or naval officer. ...

Panorama. Two albumen prints, good tonal range and in good condition.

Panorama. Two albumen prints, good tonal range and in good condition.

Chinese folk religion. A fine collection of Qing dynasty watercolours depicting deities and immortals from Chinese folk religion, incorporating ele...

Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 12.4 x 17 cm. Artist's signature and description in ink on reverse. Fine tonal range and in good condition.

"Zwei Schauspielerinnen in Hong Kong, Mutter und Tochter. Miss Lai Kei und Miss Lei La." ["Two actresses in Hong Kong, mother and daughter. Miss L...