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$20.00
xxapg195042

Tai Chi: The Supreme Ultimate


GALANTE, LAWRENCE & SELMAN, BETSY (Ed)

Imperial octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Red Wheel/Weiser N/D (c.1990s)

KEYWORDS: tai chi techniques martial arts Chinese philosophy

$35.00
xxaqo195068

The Essence of Shaolin White Crane: Martial Power and Qigong


JWING-MING, Dr YANG

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: YMAA Publication Center 1996

KEYWORDS: okinawan karate martial arts shaolin white crane oriental qigong

$38.50
xxaqs195095

The Drunkard Kungfu & Its Application


TING, Prof LEUNG

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Leung's Publication 2002

KEYWORDS: martial arts kung-fu techniques

$30.00
1t33/35

Being There (Book 3)


MALOUF, DAVID

THIS VOL. ONLY; Octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, x + 353pp, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & creasing, moderate sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Random House Australia Pty Ltd 2015

KEYWORDS: signed australian literature literary essays collections anthologies performing arts visual art music artists architects architecture sydney opera house culture

$100.00
1u11a/13

This is Karate (Revised Edition)


OYAMA, MASUTATSU & GAGE, RICHARD L. & KOTANI, AKIRA

REVISED EDITION; Quarto, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 368pp, illus photos/diagrams, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards & page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling/discolouration, light scuffing & creasing)

PUBLISHER: Japan Publications, Inc. 1982

KEYWORDS: martial arts japanese karate learning guides educational reference pictorial illustrated masutatsu oyama

$40.00
1u11a/25

A Social History of Scottish Dance; Ane Celestial Recreatioun


EMMERSON, GEORGE S.

LACKS D/W; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, xv +352pp, illus figures & plates, VG- (heavy fading to boards & spine, plus light rubbing & soiling, small crack at top of spine, prev. owners name in ink to half-title & title pages, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 1972

KEYWORDS: european scotland scottish history dance recreation arts entertainment music traditions rituals customs

$95.00
1u26a/2

Hula, Haka, Hoko!; An introduction to Polynesian dancing


LINKELS, AD & LINKELS, LUCIA

SCARCE; Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 188pp, photo illus, VG (light soiling & creasing to covers and pages, light sun-fading to spine, light bending to corners of text block, light discolouration to page edges, bookseller's price sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Mundo Etnico Foundation 1999

KEYWORDS: rare scarce polynesian dancing performing arts performance culture cultural history social customs rituals traditions anthropology ethnology pacific islands indigenous native music song hula haka hoko

$75.00
1u27a/1

Shotokan Karate; International Kata


KANAZAWA, HIROKAZU

2 VOL. SET, TEXT IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, GERMAN & JAPANESE; Octavo white light card covers, black lettering to spines, 279pp / 302pp, photo illus, VG (light soiling, creasing & browning to covers & page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Ikeda Shoten 1981

KEYWORDS: japanese martial arts sports recreation leisure training guides shotokan karate international kata hirokazu kanazawa illustrated

$40.00
1u27a/2

S.K.I. Kumite Kyohan


KANAZAWA, HIROKAZU

TEXT IN ENGLISH, FRENCH & JAPANESE; Octavo white light card covers, black lettering to spine, 214pp, photo illus, VG (light soiling, creasing & browning to covers & page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Ikeda Shoten 1987

KEYWORDS: japanese martial arts sports recreation leisure training guides shotokan karate hirokazu kanazawa illustrated

$70.00
1u27a/3

Music of the Star Mountains: A Naturalist's Guide to the Composition of Songs in Central New Guinea


ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER & HILLS, PATRICIA (illus)

MUSIC CD AT REAR; Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxvi + 289pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing, creasing & sun-fading to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's stamp to half-title page)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies 2014

KEYWORDS: papua new guinea music art performing arts ethnomusicology composition culture cultural social history traditions customs musical instruments

$185.00
1u27a/16

The Chinese Theatre


CHU-CHIA-CHIEN & GRAHAM, JAMES A. (trans) & JACOVLEFF, ALEXANDRE (illus)

Sm. folio, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering, rule & illustration to front board, gilt patterned eps, deckled page edges, 35pp + additional unpaginated, illus colour plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to front hinge & moderate chipping to spine extrems, light foxing & tanning to pages, plates clean in appearance, prev. owner's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1922

KEYWORDS: chinese china theatre theater plays drama performing arts colour prints printing culture cultural social art history collections

$30.00
xxbbd195470

Desert to Dream: A Dozen Years of Burning Man Photography


TRAUB, BARBARA

Oblong quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Immedium 2011

KEYWORDS: photography burning man black rock arts festival contemporary culture

$75.00
1w18a/26

Palazzo Nero; and other projects


BRODSKY, ALEXANDER & UTKIN, ILYA & BURKE, GREGORY (ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 78pp, illus plates, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Wellington City Art Gallery 1992

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island wellington visual arts art artists architecture architects alexander brodsky ilya utkin moscow russian palazzo nero soviet union gallery exhibition catalogues collections illustrated

$45.00
1w18a/38

Shadows in the Desert; Ancient Persia at War


FARROKH, Dr KAVEH

Imperial octavo, turquoise cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, 320pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, date written by prev. owner in ink to rear ep) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing, light sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: ancient history persia iran middle east achaemenid pathian sassanian empires imperialism cultural cultures military warfare technology arts medicine religion

$40.00
1w28a/3

Louis Comfort Tiffany; Masterworks


TIFFANY, LOUIS COMFORT & DE LA BEDOYERE, CAMILLA

Oblong quarto, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to orange spine, illus prelims/title page, 139pp, colour photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, occasional light discolouration/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, small closed tear to rear cover near base of spine)

PUBLISHER: Flame Tree Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: united states of america american u.s.a. art artists nouveau aesthetic decorative arts design designers stained glass windows lamps lampshades lighting lightshades modern 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth century collections anthologies biographical illustrated louis comfort tiffany

$40.00
1w28a/18

The Penrose Annual; A review of the graphic arts (Volume 47: 1953)


FISHENDEN, R.B. (ed)

Quarto, green cloth boards, black & white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 140pp + unpaginated Illustrations section + 52pp Advertisements section at rear, illus colour plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to hinges, light-moderate foxing & tanning to pages, moreso prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd 1953

KEYWORDS: graphic design arts media photography printing publishing review journals periodicals penrose annuals england english great britain british illustrated

$40.00
1w28a/19

The Penrose Annual; A review of the graphic arts (Volume 50: 1956)


FISHENDEN, R.B. (ed)

LACKS D/W; Quarto, yellow cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, black wreath motif to spine, frontispiece, 154pp + unpaginated Illustrations of the Year section + 54pp Advertisments section at rear, illus colour plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, boards sl. cocked, occasional light creasing plus light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd 1956

KEYWORDS: graphic design arts media photography printing publishing review journals periodicals penrose annuals england english great britain british illustrated

$345.00
1w28a/29

The End of the Golden Weather; A voyage into a New Zealand childhood


MASON, BRUCE

FIRST EDITION; DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; SCARCE THUS; Super octavo, olive cloth boards, red gilt lettering to spine, 76pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, soiling & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn & Co. Ltd 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed scarce thus new zealand literature literary drama plays theatre theater solo monologues fiction performance performing arts bruce mason te parenga

$25.00
xxbkg195771

Kiwi Rock


DAVEY, TIM & PUSCHMANN, HORST

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Kiwi Rock Publications 1996

KEYWORDS: new zealand music popular rock history guides guidebooks reference band profiles performing arts

$40.00
1w41a/13

Chinese Art: The Minor Arts II


JENYNS, R SOAME & WATSON, WILLIAM (Ed Assist.)

Ex-library, no jacket- front flap loosely enclosed, lg heavy quarto, beige cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, 323pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, lightr bruising & moderate staining to boards/edges, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light to moderate scuffing & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ugly heavy tape repair to rear gutter- rear ep neatly torn out, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oldbourne Press 1965

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation China Chinese artefacts minor arts

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