Chiswick Auctions: Books and Works on Paper, 60426, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 16, 2026 - June 16, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Afghanistan – North West Frontier |
1878-1880 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | ||
| 54 | Portman Maurice Vidal | A History of Our Relations with the Andamanese |
Calcutta | 1899 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 55 | Kathakali |
Calcutta | 1958 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 378.00 | |
| 56 | Tait Gerald George Wynne Trevredyn | Konarak |
Paris | n.d. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 819.00 |
| 57 | Brockhaus Albert | Netsuke |
1909 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 113.00 | |
| 58 | Favier Alphonse | Peking, Histoire et Description |
1897 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 113.00 | |
| 59 | Gorer Edgar; Blacker J. F. | Chinese porcelain and hard stones |
London | 1911 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 504.00 |
| 60 | Hillier Jack Ronald; Keyes Roger S. | N Books, including: Catalogue of the Japanese Paintings and Prints in the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Gale |
Dublin | 1970; 1985; 1976 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 227.00 |
| 61 | Tseng Hsien-Chi; Dart Robert Paul | The Charles B. Hoyt Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts: Boston |
Boston | 1964 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 63.00 |
| 62 | Illustrated catalogue of Chinese government exhibits for the international exhibition of Chinese art in London |
Nanking | 1936 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 630.00 | |
| 63 | Ayers John; Robinson B. W.; Coullery Marie-Therese | N Books, including: Japanese Ceramics |
Geneva | 1982; 1980; 1977 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 252.00 |
| 64 | Ayer John; Scheeberger P. F. | The Baur Collection: Chinese ceramics; The Baur Collection: Chinese jades and other hardstones |
Geneva | 1968-74; 1976 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 630.00 |
| 65 | Joly Henri L.; Tomita K. | Japanese Art & Handicraft |
1916 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 151.00 | |
| 66 | Joly Henri L. | Japanese sword-mounts; Japanese sword fittings |
N/A | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 151.00 | |
| 67 | Tomita Kojiro | Chinese paintings Han to Sung periods |
Cambridge, Mass | 1938 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 63.00 |
| 68 | Mao Zedong | Quotations of Chairman Mao |
Beijing | 1965 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 69 | Mao Zedong | Quotations of Chairman Mao |
Beijing | 1964 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 70 | Mao Zedong | Quotations of Chairman Mao |
Peking | 1964 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 71 | Mao Zedong | Quotations From Chairman Mao |
1966 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 72 | Mao Zedong | Quotations From Chairman Mao |
1965 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 73 | Mao Tse-Tung | Quotations of Chairman Mao |
Beijing | 1964 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 74 | Mao Zedong | Quotations of Chairman Mao |
Beijing | 1964 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 75 | Mao Zedong; Liu Shao-Ci | The May 7th Collection of Terms & Expressions; Quotations from President Liu Shao-Ci’I |
Wuhan; Melbourne | 1968 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 76 | Moss Hugh | By imperial command, an introduction to Chi'ing imperial painted enamels |
Hong Kong | 1976 | GBP 700.00 - 1,400.00 | GBP 126.00 |
| 77 | Siren Osvald | A history of early Chinese art, the Han period |
London | 1930 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 38.00 |
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