Hand-Drawn Illustrations

74 books

The Cheese Book: A Hand-Drawn Guide to Cheese cover
The Cheese Book: A Hand-Drawn Guide to Cheese Tristan Sicard CITIC Press Group·Yaxin · 2019 The Cheese Book is a hand-illustrated food encyclopedia in the "Food & Life: New Proposals" series. Originally published in French as L'atlas pratique…
The Cats of the Yoshimoto Family cover
Rating 4.2
The Cats of the Yoshimoto Family Haruno Yoko CITIC Press · 2018 This is a cat book by the Japanese manga artist and illustrator Haruno Yoko, sister of the writer Banana Yoshimoto and daughter of the thinker Takaaki…
Plants and Sentiment: The Botanical World in Classical Chinese Literature cover
Rating 3.6
Plants and Sentiment: The Botanical World in Classical Chinese Literature 潘富俊 The Commercial Press · 2015 This book is plant scientist Pan Fujun's summary of nearly half a century of textual research and field investigation, systematically depicting the bo…
A Home That Stays Tidy cover
Rating 3.1
A Home That Stays Tidy Li Yuan China Machine Press · 2019 A Home That Stays Tidy is a home-organizing guide for Chinese families by architect and organizing consultant Li Yuan. The author graduated from the D…
Acupuncture Made Easy: A Visual Guide cover
Acupuncture Made Easy: A Visual Guide Lin Zhenghong Guangdong Science and Technology Press · 2007 This book is an introductory reader written by Lin Zhenghong based on years of acupuncture teaching and clinical experience. It is part of the "One Gl…
The Daydreamer cover
Rating 3.8
The Daydreamer 吉竹伸介 Shanghai Wenhui Publishing House · 2025 The Daydreamer is an illustrated essay collection for adult readers by the Japanese picture-book author and illustrator Shinsuke Yoshitake, translated…
Judge Dee Mysteries: Series One cover
Rating 3.9
Judge Dee Mysteries: Series One Robert Hans van Gulik Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2019 Judge Dee Mysteries: Series One is the first collection in the Judge Dee Mysteries series from Shanghai Translation Publishing House, comprising five …
Ten Great Hand-Copied Books of Ancient China cover
Ten Great Hand-Copied Books of Ancient China 纪江红 Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House · 2002 "Hand-copied books" (shouchaoben) are works that circulated within a limited circle not through woodblock printing but through manual transcription al…
Sichuan Flavors, Human Stories cover
Rating 3.5
Sichuan Flavors, Human Stories Zeng Ying Cultural Development Press Co. Ltd. · 2020 Sichuan Flavors, Human Stories is a collection of food-themed essays by the writer Zeng Ying, published by Cultural Development Press in 2020. Zeng Yi…
Aloneness of Two People: A Heartwarming Classic Illustrated Book cover
Rating 3.4
Aloneness of Two People: A Heartwarming Classic Illustrated Book 素黑 Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2016 Aloneness of Two People: A Heartwarming Classic Illustrated Book is a work by Hong Kong mind-body therapist and emotional healing writer Su Hei, publi…
The Foodie's Dictionary cover
Rating 3.9
The Foodie's Dictionary 崔岱远 The Commercial Press · 2014 The Foodie's Dictionary is a collection of food essays by the culinary writer Cui Daiyuan, first published by The Commercial Press in 2014, with a rev…
Rabbit Knows Everything: Just Call My Name, Okay? cover
Rating 4.1
Rabbit Knows Everything: Just Call My Name, Okay? Xia Zhengzheng / Q Waiwai Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2011 Rabbit Knows Everything: Just Call My Name, Okay? is a full-color illustrated story collection written by Xia Zhengzheng and illustrated by Q Waiwai. …
The Back of the Napkin: A Sheet of Paper + A Pen — Solve Business Problems with Pictures! cover
Rating 3.6
The Back of the Napkin: A Sheet of Paper + A Pen — Solve Business Problems with Pictures! Dan Roam CITIC Press · 2012 The Back of the Napkin is the signature work of Dan Roam, the "father of napkin communication," and its subtitle sums up the book's central claim: wit…
An Illustrated Guide to Chinese Ornamental Flowers cover
An Illustrated Guide to Chinese Ornamental Flowers 刘全儒 Shanxi Science and Technology Press · 2015 An Illustrated Guide to Chinese Ornamental Flowers is a volume in The Beauty of China: Natural Ecology Illustrated Guides series, compiled by Liu Quan…
The Judge Dee Mysteries: Series Two (5-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.7
The Judge Dee Mysteries: Series Two (5-Volume Set) Robert Hans van Gulik Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2020 The Judge Dee Mysteries: Series Two is the second boxed set in Shanghai Translation Publishing House's Judge Dee series, comprising five titles: The L…
An Illustrated Guide to Wild Edible Plants of China cover
Rating 3.6
An Illustrated Guide to Wild Edible Plants of China 刘全儒 Shanxi Science and Technology Press · 2015 An Illustrated Guide to Wild Edible Plants of China is one volume in the "The Beauty of China · Nature and Ecology Illustrated Guides" series, compile…
Morning Bell, Evening Drum: Old Beijing's Ancient Architecture in Words and Pictures cover
Morning Bell, Evening Drum: Old Beijing's Ancient Architecture in Words and Pictures Zhang Kequn China Machine Press · 2011 Morning Bell, Evening Drum is the volume devoted to religious architecture in Zhang Kequn's series Old Beijing's Ancient Architecture in Words and Pic…
Red Walls and Yellow Tiles: A Pictorial Guide to Old Beijing's Ancient Architecture cover
Red Walls and Yellow Tiles: A Pictorial Guide to Old Beijing's Ancient Architecture Zhang Kequn China Machine Press · 2010 This is the first volume in architect Zhang Kequn's series "Pictorial Guide to Old Beijing's Ancient Architecture," and it is devoted precisely to the…
The 360 Trades of Beijing cover
The 360 Trades of Beijing 齐如山 / Sheng Xishan Zhonghua Book Company · 2015 This book is a work of social history by Qi Rushan, a theorist of Chinese opera and researcher of folklore, recording the trades and businesses of old…
Fabre's Plant Notes: Illustrated Collector's Edition cover
Rating 4.2
Fabre's Plant Notes: Illustrated Collector's Edition 让·亨利·卡西米尔·法布尔 / Qiu Doulan / 李济湖 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2019 Fabre is famous for The Insects, but his attention to plants was equally enduring and passionate. Around 1864 he wrote plant stories for children, org…