163 1 LIST – – NOT CHINA OR JAPAN H ANSHAN TANG B OOKS LTD Unit 3, Ashburton Centre 276 Cortis Road London SW 15 3 AY UK Tel (020) 8788 4464 Fax (020) 8780 1565 Int’l (+44 20) [email protected] www.hanshan.com 14 Choi Won-Oh: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO KOREAN MYTHOLOGY. Leiden, 2008. 320 pp. Numerous colour and b/w text illustrations and plates. 25x18 cm. Cloth. £80.00 Containing thirty traditional stories, this book provides an introduction to centuries-old beliefs, myths and folk tales relating to: Cos - mology and Flood, Birth and Agriculture, Messengers of the Underworld, Shamans, Disease, Good Fortune, Gods of Village Shrines, and Heroes. Historical background and significance is given to all the myths as well as details of each of the Korean gods and their roles. 20 Edwards, Eiluned: TEXTILES AND DRESS OF GUJARAT. London, 2011. 248 pp. Colour plates throughout and 18 b/w text drawings. 28x24 cm. Cloth, dustjacket. £35.00 A good and well-illustrated survey of Gujarat’s textiles, tracing the historical journey of cloth and dress shaping the visual identity of Gujarat and it’s people. Based on the collection in the V&A in London. 26 Green, Alexandra & Johansen, Jens: ECLECTIC COLLECTING. Art from Burma in the Denison Museum. Singapore, 2008. xii, 237 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 2 maps. 28x23 cm. Cloth. £52.50 Illustrates and describes the highlights of the extensive collection of Burmese art held by the Denison Museum in Granville, Ohio. The collection is particularly strong on textiles from minority groups but also has good holdings in other areas, Buddhist images, lacquer, bronze, ivory etc. 35 Hiebert, Fredrik & Cambon, Pierre: AFGHANISTAN. Crossroads of the Ancient World. London, 2011. 304 pp. 317 colour and 31 b/w illustrations. 25x25 cm. Wrappers. £25.00 Catalogue of an exhibition at the British Museum. Comprises 230 artefacts from four archaeological sites in Afghanistan ranging in date from 2200 BC to 200 AD. A well-illustrated exploration of the history and arts of ancient Afghanistan. Accompanying essays. 65 Maxwell, Robyn: LIFE DEATH AND MAGIC. 2000 Years of Southeast Asian Ancestral Art. Canberra, 2010. 256 pp. Over 200 colour illustrations. 30x25 cm. Cloth. £40.00 Provides an evocative overview of Southeast Asia’s ancestral arts and culture, from prehistoric times to the 21st century. The illus - trations show objects from the National Gallery of Australia’s exceptional collection of Southeast Asian art. 托林寺 79 Phuntsok Namgyal: TUOLIN SI. Ntho-ling Monastery. Beijing, 2010. 212 pp. Colour plates throughout. 25x18 cm. Paper. £20.00 A well-illustrated survey of the history, architecture and Buddhist art in this famous Tibetan monastery. Dual texts in Chinese and Eng - lish. 93 Stadtner, Donald: SACRED SITES OF BURMA. Myths and Folklore in an Evolving Spiritual Realm. Bangkok, 2009. 348 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 25x23 cm. Wrappers. £19.95 Explores the myths and legends surrounding many of Burma’s beautiful and spectacular sites and holy places. Illustrated throughout. 103 Van Ham, Peter: HEAVENLY HIMALAYAS. The Murals of Mangyu and other Discoveries in Ladakh. Munich, 2011. 176 pp. Colour photographs throughout, 14 line drawings, 1 map. 24x30 cm. Cloth. £50.00 Explores the exquisitely-preserved Buddhist archaeological and artistic treasures in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Ladkah, focusing especially on the amazing temple complex of Mangyu. 西藏宮殿寺庙史話 111 XIZANG GONGDIAN SIMIAO SHI HUA. History of Tibetan Palaces and Temples. Beijing, 2009. 164 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 21x11 cm. Paper. £18.00 Interesting survey of the history and architecture of palaces and temples throughout Tibet. Dual texts in Chinese and English. 141 Ackerman, Phyllis: THE LURISTAN BRONZES. Their Source, Meaning, and Relations. Hobbies, The Magazine of the Buffalo Museum of Science. Buffalo, 1946. pp. 150-158. plus 4 pp. b/w plates. B/w text plates. 23x15 cm. Paper. £10.00 Useful introduction based on the collection of the Buffalo Museum of Science. 144 Allchin, F. R: POOR MEN’S THALIS: A DECCAN POTTER’S TECHNIQUE. BSOAS Vol. XXII, Part 2. London, 1959. pp. 250-257 plus 3 pp. b/w plates. 25x16 cm. Paper. £10.00 145 Allchin, F. R: UPON THE CONTEXTUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF ANCIENT INDIAN SIGNS. BSOAS Vol. XXII, Part 3. London, 1959. pp. 548-555. 25x16 cm. Paper. £8.00 147 Andrews, Roy Chapman: EXPLORATIONS IN MONGOLIA: A REVIEW OF THE CENTRAL ASIATIC EXPEDITIONS OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Geographical Journal Jan 1927. London, 1927. pp. 1-23 plus 8 b/w plates and map. 24x15 cm. Paper. £25.00 Offprint. A summary of Andrews expeditions. 2 NOT CHINA OR JAPAN – – HANSHAN TANG BOOKS 165 Bishop, Carl Whiting: ORIGIN OF FAR EASTERN CIVILIZATIONS: A BRIEF HANDBOOK. Smithsonian report for 1943. Washington, 1944. pp. 463-512 and 12 pp. b/w plates. Text drawings. 24x16 cm. Paper. £15.00 A very well-written and concise overview of the origin and development of early civilization in China and Japan. Good text drawings and plates. Offprint. 181 Bylin, Margit: NOTES SUR QUELQUES OBJETS NEOLITHIQUES TROUVES A FORMOSE. BMFEA No. 4. Stockholm, 1932. pp. 105-110 plus 2 pp. b/w plates. 26x19 cm. Paper. £10.00 Offprint. 184 Cahill, James: MAX LOEHR AT SEVENTY. Ars Orientalis X. Ann Arbor, 1975. pp. 1-10 30x23 cm. Paper. £8.00 191 Ceadel, E. B: TADAMINE’S PREFACE TO THE OI RIVER POEMS. BSOAS 1956, xviii/2. N.p., 1956. pp. 331-343 24x16 cm. Paper. £8.00 193 Chang Kwang-chih: A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF FORMOSA. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology Vol. 12. Albuquerque, 1956. pp. 371-386 26x18 cm. Paper. £15.00 Offprint. 194 Chang Kwang-chih: NEW LIGHT ON EARLY MAN IN CHINA. Asian Perspectives Vol. II, No. 2. Hong Kong, 1960. pp. 41-61 25x18 cm. Paper. £8.00 203 Cheng Ch’eng-K’un: CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE. Social Forces Vol. 25, No. 12. N.p., 1946. pp. 146-155. 25x17 cm. Paper. £10.00 227 Cordier, Henri: HALF A DECADE OF CHINESE STUDIES (1886-1891). T’oung Pao Vol. III, No. 5. Leiden, 1892. pp. 1-36. 24x16 cm. Paper. £28.00 238 de Mallman, Marie-Therese: UN POINT D’ICONOGRAHIE INDO-JAVANAISE: KHASARPANA ET AMOGHAPASA. Artibus Asiae Vol. XI, 3. Ascona, 1958. pp. 176-188. 5 b/w illustrations. A few pencil underlinings. In French. 31x23 cm. Paper. £10.00 240 Debets, G. F: PALEOANTHROPOLOGY OF THE U.S.S.R. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology Vol. 8,1. Albuquerque, 1952. pp. 52-67 25x17 cm. Paper. £10.00 243 Demieville, Paul: A PROPOS DU CONCILE DE VAISALI. T’oung-pao Vol XL, Livr 4-5. Leiden, n.d. pp. 239- 296 25x16 cm. Paper. £15.00 248 Dobson, W. A. C. H: AUTHENTICATING AND DATING ARCHAIC CHINESE TEXTS. T’oung Pao Vol. LIII, Livr. 4-5. Leiden, 1967. pp. 233-242 24x16 cm. Paper. £12.00 249 Donaldson, Thomas E: BHIKSATANAMURTI IMAGES FROM ORISSA. Artibus Asiae Vol. XLVII, I. Ascona, 1986. pp. 51-66. plus 10 pp. b/w plates with 34 figures. 31x23 cm. Paper. £12.00 253 Dussaud, Rene: CEINTURE EN BRONZE DU LOURISTAN AVEC SCENES DE CHASSE. Revue Syria. Paris, 1934. pp. 187-199. B/w illustrations. 28x23 cm. Paper. Uncut. £18.00 Offprint. 260 Epstein, Hans J: THE ORIGIN AND EARLIEST HISTORY OF FALCONRY. Unknown. N.p, n.d. pp. 497-509. 30x21 cm. Paper. £10.00 Photocopy of offprint or article. 276 Fontein, Jan: SOME NOTES ON DATABLE CHINESE TOMBS. Studia Sino-Mongolica Band 25. Wiesbaden, n.d. pp. 225-230 24x17 cm. Paper. £7.00 283 Frumkin, Gregoire: ARCHAEOLOGY IN SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA II-VII. Central Asian Review Vols. XI-XIV. c.20 pp. per volume. A few b/w illustrations. 6 vols. 25x15 cm. Paper. £50.00 Comprises: II Kazakhstan, III Kirgiziya, IV Tadzhikistan, V The Deltas of the Oxus and Jaxartes: Khorezm and its Borderlands, VI Uzbekistan, Excluding Khorezm, VII Turkmenistan. Lacking the first volume in the series. 293 Goldman, B: POLITICAL REALIA ON PERSEPOLITAN SCULPTURE. Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica 5. Leuven, 1974. pp. 31-45 and 4 pp. b/w plates. 24x16 cm. Paper. £10.00 294 Goldman, Bernard: EARLY IRANIAN ART IN THE CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM. Art Quarterly Vol. XXVII No. 3. London, 1964. pp. 324-341. 6 pp. b/w plates. 28x21 cm. Paper. £15.00 Offprint. 295 Goldman, Bernard: TYPOLOGY OF THE MOTHER-GODDESS FIGURINES. Ipek Jahrgange 1960/1963 20. Band. Berlin, 1963. pp. 8-15 plus 4 pp. b/w plates. 29x22 cm. Paper. £8.00 311 Hanfmann, G. & Detweiler, A: SARDIS THROUGH THE AGES. Archaeology, Vol. 19, No. 2. N.p, 1966. 90-97 pp. 12 b/w illustrations. 27x20 cm. Paper. £10.00 317 Heine-Geldern, Robert: PREHISTORIC RESEARCH IN THE NETHERLANDS INDIES. Science and Scientists in the Netherlands Indies. New York, 1945. pp. 129-167. B/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper. £14.00 330 Ho, Robert: ENVIRONMENT, MAN AND DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYA. Inaugural Lecture. Kuala Lumpur, 1962. 15 pp. 25x17 cm. Paper. £7.00 163 3 LIST – – NOT CHINA OR JAPAN 334 Honda, M. & Ceadel, E. B: POST-WAR JAPANESE RESEARCH ON THE FAR EAST (EXCLUDING JAPAN). Asia Major Vol. IV, Part I. London, 1954. pp. 103-148 24x16 cm. Paper. £15.00 Offprint. 335 Hong Kong Oriental Ceramic Society: ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, BULLETIN NUMBER 3. 1977-1978. Hong Kong OCS Bulletin No. 3. Hong Kong, 1979. 67 pp. 104 illustrations. 30x21 cm. Paper. £20.00 Contains Edmund Capon: Chinese tomb figures of the Six Dynasties period; R. P. Marchant: Some interesting pieces of marked Ch’ing porcelain. 336 Hong Kong Oriental Ceramic Society: ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, BULLETIN NUMBER 4.