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(asia) . HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES 2001, 2002, 2003 (6 ISSUES BOUND IN 3 VOLUMES)
Cambridge 2001, 2002, 2003 Harvard-Yenching Institute. 3 years of this semiannual publication, bound in a separate volume with covers for each issue for each year. Octavos, matching institutional buckram. Each volume has a donation bookplate, insitution stamps on two fore-edges, and some stamps inside covers and on bound in covers for the inidividual issues. VG. 3 volumes. (a74667)
$90.00 (china) . DSCHUANG DSI DAS WAHREBUCH VOM SUEDLICHEN BLUETENLAND /NAN HUA DSCHEN GING/
Jena 1912. Aus dem Chinesischen verdeutscht und erlautert von Richard Wilhelm. In German. 8vo., 266pp., illus., index, decorated boards. Owner bookplate. Good, a few light stains on front pastedown and on first design page, small stain and scuff on bottom of first illustrated page in Chinese (barely affecting border), front printed tissue overlay chipped at bottom (not affecting printed portion). (a38440)
$75.00 (china) . LETTERS FROM A CHINESE OFFICIAL BEING AN EASTERN VIEW OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
New York 1904 McClure, Phillips. Octavo., 75pp., brown paper covered hardcover with gilt lettering. VG, much of spine lettering faded away. (a61556)
$27.00 (china) . UNITED STATES RELATIONS WITH CHINA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PERIOD 1944-1949 VOLUME II
1971 reprint. Based on the files of the Department of State. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. 413-1054, brown cloth with mounted printed paper spine label. Faint residue of spine label. Near Fine. Volume II only. (a76501)
$25.00 (manchuria) . ECONOMIC HISTORY OF MANCHURIA
Seoul 1920 1st Bank of Chosen. Hardcover. Octavo, 303pp., photo illustrations, charts, foldout color map, dark blue cloth. Near Fine. Hard to find in this excellent condition. (a72256)
$170.00 (republic of china) . CHINA FORUM VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1
Taipei 1974. China Forum, Vol. I Number 1, January 1974. Whole volume has several articles. In English, with entire text reprinted in Chinese from the rear board. 4to., printed boards. VG. (a40309e)
$65.00 (republic of china) . CHINA FORUM VOLUME 2 NUMBER 1
Taipei 1975. China Forum, Vol. I Number 1, January 1975. Whole volume has several articles. In English, with entire text reprinted in Chinese from the rear board. 4to., printed boards. VG. (a40310c)
$55.00 (shanghai) . SHANGHAI STORIES
Shanghai 1927 1st Kelly & Walsh. Members of the Short Story Club, Shanghai. Octavo, 310pp., hardcover with mounted label on spine and on front. VG, new endpapers, covers lightly worn and lightly stained, residue of label at heel of spine, light wear on spine label. (a60804)
$95.00 Andersson, Johan Gunnar . THE DRAGON AND THE FOREIGN DEVILS
Boston 1928 1st Little Brown. Translated from Swedish by Charles Wharton Stork. 8vo., 341pp., photo illustrations, inde, cloth. Near VG, head of spine a bit frayed. (a29504)
$45.00 Ball, J. Dyer . THINGS CHINESE BEING NOTES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH CHINA
NY 1925 5th revised and enlarged, Scribners. Hardcover. Octavo, hardcover. Owner signed. Good plus, no DJ. (a77208)
$36.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORIENTOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE JAPANESE PERIODICALS WITH INDICES
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 13. In Chinese. 4to., about 400pp., wraps. VG, top left corner bumped, spine worn. (a41972)
$85.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . A TABLE OF CONTENTS OF LIU YI CHIH YI LU WITH INDEX
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 15. In Chinese. 4to., 217pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a41991)
$125.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . AN INDEX TO THE POETICAL HISTORY OF BOOK COLLECTING
Taipei 1966 Authorized Reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 28. In Chinese. 4to., 98pp., wraps. near VG, light cover wear. (a41985)
$75.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . COMBINED INDICES TO THE ECONOMIC SECTIONS OF FIFTEEN STANDARD HISTORIES
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 32. In Chinese. 4to., 441pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a41982)
$85.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . COMBINED INDICES TO THE FIVE COLLECTIONS OF MISCELLANEOUS NOTES OF HUNG MAI
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 13. In Chinese. 4to., 123pp., wraps. VG, spine faded. (a41990)
$90.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . COMBINED INDICES TO TWENTY HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES VOLUME III
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 10. In Chinese. 4to., 300pp., 42pp., wraps. VG. Volume 3 only: (a41986)
$65.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . COMBINED INDICES TO TWENTY HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES VOLUME IV
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 10. In Chinese. 4to., 395pp., wraps. VG. Volume IV only. (a41987)
$75.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE SINOLOGICAL INDEX SERIES NO. 35 COMBINED INDICES TO THIRTY COLLECTIONS OF LIAO, CHIN AND YUAN BIOGRAPHIES
Tokyo 1960 2nd Japan Council. 4to., 208pp., green cloth. VG plus. No ownership marks. (a41965)
$55.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . INDEX TO THE AUTHORS IN CH'UAN SHANG KU SAN TAI CH'IN HAN SAN KUO LIU CH'AO WEN
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 8. In Chinese. 4to., 40pp., wraps. VG. (a41992)
$65.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . INDEX TO YI LI AND TO THE TITLES QUOTED IN THE COMMENTARIES
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 6. In Chinese. 4to., 84pp., wraps. VG, spine faded. (a41989)
$75.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . MISCELLANEOUS NOTES OF FENG YEN VOLUME I AND VOLUME II
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 7. In Chinese. 2 volumes, 4to., about 300pp., wraps. VG. 2 volumes: (a41983)
$125.00 Berling, Judith A. . THE SYNCRETIC RELIGION OF LIN CHAO-EN. ISBN 0-231-04870-X
NY 1980 1st Columbia University. ISBN 0-231-04870-X. Lin Chao-en was 16th century Chinese religious teacher who preached a blend of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Hardcover, Octavo, 348pp., hardcover. Fine in Good DJ. (a70680)
$28.00 Bishop, C. W. . THE WORSHIP OF EARTH IN ANCIENT CHINA
1933. Offprint from Journal of North China Royal Asiatic Society. 12mo., pp.24-43, photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Inscribed and signed by Bishop to Stephen B. Luce. Near Fine. (a61576)
$35.00 Bishop, Carl Whiting . THE BEGINNINGS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CHINA
1928. Offprint. 12mo., pp.297-325, later wraps. Inscribed and signed by Bisho. VG. (a61607)
$30.00 Bishop, Carl Whiting . THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION IN CHINA WITH RESPECT TO ITS GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS
1932. Offprint from the Geographical Review. Octavo, pp.617-631, original printed wraps. Inscribed and signed by Bish to Stephen. VG. (a61606)
$40.00 Bishop, Carl Whiting . THE RITUAL BULLFIGHT
1925. Offprint from The China Journal of Science & Arts. Octavo., 10pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. **Inscribed and signed by Bishop to Stephen. VG. (a61586)
$29.00 Bjerregaard, C. H. A. . THE INNER LIFE AND THE TAO-TEH-KING
NY 1912 1st Theosophical Pub. Sm.4to., 225pp., cloth. Line of ink mss writing on title page. Good, moderate cover wear. (a29869)
$45.00 Boulger, Demetrius Charles . A SHORT HISTORY OF CHINA AN ACCOUNT FOR THE GENERAL READER OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE AND PEOPLE
London 1900 New Edition. With an additional chapter continuing the history from 1890 to date. Lg.8vo., 326pp., index, decoarted hardcover. VG. (a48206)
$35.00 Brodsgaard, Kjeld Erik . CHINA THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: THE EFFECTS OF CHINESE SELF-CHARACTERIZATIONS ON WEST EUROPEAN CHINA SCHOLARSHIP
1956. Article at pp.129-153 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other aritcles on Asia. Octavo, 189pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a69555e)
$35.00 Burki, Shahid Javed . A STUDY OF CHINESE COMMUNES 1965
1965. Harvard East Asian Monographs No. 29. Sm.4to., 101pp., original red wraps. VG. (a59001)
$25.00 Callery and Yvan, MM. . HISTORY OF THE INSURRECTION IN CHINA; WITH NOTICES OF THE CHRISTIANITY, CREED AND PROCLAMATIONS OF THE INSURGENTS
New York 1853 1st Harper. Translated from the French with a supplementary chapter narrating the most recent events by John Oxenford. Callery was a missionary and an interpreter to the French Embassy in China. Dr. Yvan was a physician to the French Embassy in China. Small octavo, v, (2), 301pp., ads (6pp.), facsimile of Chinese map of the course of the insurrection and a portrait of its chief, Tien-te, original floral endpapers, 3/4 black leather with black cloth on boards. Private library bookplate and two withdrawn stamps on end papers. Good, some light foxing in text, some rubbing and wear on cover. Scarce. (a61756)
$450.00 Chen Li-Fu . PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
NY 1948. 8vo., 148pp., index. Original wraps mounted on blank, bound in hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a24220)
$30.00 Chen, Chan Yuen . HISTORY OF CHINESE MEDICAL SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED WITH PICTURES
Hong Kong 1968. Chinese Medical Institute. In English and Chinese. 4to., 133pp., photo illustrations, stiff wraps. VG. (a68500)
$75.00 Chen, Gideon . LIN TSE-HSU PRIONEER PROMOTER OF THE ADOPTION OF WESTERN MEANS OF MARITIME DEFENSE IN CHINA
Paragon Book Gallery 1961. Lithograph reprint of original 1934 edition. Octavo, 65pp., wraps. VG. (a55626)
$39.00 Chen-ch'ang, Chiang . SOCIAL CONTROL UNDER THE CHINESE COMMUNIST REGIME
1986. Article at pp. 87-111 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other articles on Asia. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG plus. (a69554c)
$35.00 Cheng, F. T. . REFLECTIONS AT EIGHTY (signed)
London 1966 Luzac. Hardcover. Small octavo., 77pp., photo illustrations, original printed cloth. The Author is, perhaps, the greatest living exponent of Confucian Philosophy (blurb). **Signed by Cheng. Near Fine in VG plus DJ. (a61548)
$38.00 Chi, Tsui . HET EEUWIGE CHINA 5000 JAREN BESCHAVINGSGESCHIEDENIS VAN HET OUDSTE VOLK DER AARDE
Utrecht 1949 Uitgeversmaatschappij W. De Haan. In Dutch. 4to., 308pp., hardcover. VG, light cover browning, foxing of end papers, no DJ. (a59606)
$25.00 Chien Mo . HISTORY AND LITERATURE IN CHINESE CULTURE
Taipei 1974. In China Forum, Vol. I Number 1, January 1974 at pp.1-61, in English. Whole volume has several articles. The entire text appears to be reprinted in Chinese from the rear board. 4to., printed boards. VG. (a40309a)
$65.00 Chih-Yi Cheng, Andrew . HS�NTZU'S THEORY OF HUMAN NATURE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CHINESE THOUGHT
Peking 1928. Octavo, 111pp., gilt printed hardcover with cloth spine. Owner signed on front free blank. A few small marginal pencil marks. VG, some marginal foxing inside covers, corners lightly worn. Original edition. Very scarce. (a61612)
$280.00 Chou, David S (editor) . ISSUES & STUDIES JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE: PEKING'S FOREIGN RELATIONS
1986. Complete issue of Issues & Studies Journal. Authors include: Den-ker Lee, Yin Ch'ing-yao, Wang Chien-hsun, John Cooper, Matthew Dever, Bih-jaw Lin, Shen Chun-ch Ch'uan. Octavo, 173pp., original printed wraps. (a69548)
$45.00 Chu, Samuel C. . REFORMER IN MODERN CHINA CHANG CHIEN 1853-1926
NY 1965 1st Columbia University. 8vo., 256pp., index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a11206)
$24.00 Cohen, Paul A. . CHINA AND CHRISTIANITY - THE MISSIONARY MOVEMENT AND GROWTH OF CHINESE ANTIFOREIGNISM 1860-1870
Cambridge 1963 1st Harvard University. Octavo., 392pp., hardcover. 392p. Near Fine, very slight fading of spine, in VG DJ, light wear and some browning on spine. (a61069)
$95.00 Colquhoun, Archibald R. . CHINA IN TRANSFORMATION
NY 1898 Harper. Octavo, 397pp., text maps, 3 foldout maps in rear pocket, index, green cloth hardcover. Owner signed, institute label. VG, faint residue of spine label. (a70079)
$35.00 Colquhoun, Archibald R. . CHINA IN TRANSFORMATION
NY 1898. 8vo., 397pp., text maps, 3 foldout maps in rear pocket, index, cloth. Near VG, a bit worn. (a57499)
$75.00 Cormack, Mrs. . CHINESE BIRTHS, WEDDINGS AND DEATHS
Peking 1923 North China Standard. Octavo, 35pp., photo illustrations, original printed stapled wraps with mounted red label in Chinese. Good plus. Rare. (a61740)
$85.00 Crawford, Ruth M. . CHINESE COMMUNISM 1921 - 1927
1953. Claremont Graduate School. Master's Thesis. 4to., 239 leaves, carbon copy bound in orange buckram. VG. (a70999)
$145.00 Creel, Herrlee Glessner . STUDIES IN EARLY CHINESE CULTURE FIRST SERIES
Baltimore 1937 1st Waverly Press. Sm.4to., 266pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a58433)
$40.00 Creel, Herrlee Glessner . THE BIRTH OF CHINA A STUDY OF THE FORMATIVE PERIOD OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION
NY 1937 1st Reynal and Hitchcock. 8vo., 402pp., end paper maps, index. Good, no DJ. (a29034)
$25.00 Crump, J. I. Jr. . INTRIGUES STUDIES OF THE CHAN-KUO TS'E
Ann Arbor 1964 1st University of Michigan. The Chan-kuo Ts'e or Intrigues of the Warring States has long been considered an important source of early Chinese history. 8vo., 212pp., index, hardcover. VG, slight discoloration along board edges, in Good DJ. (a43054)
$100.00 Culbertson, Rev. M . Simpson . DARKNESS IN THE FLOWERY LAND; OR RELIGIOUS NOTIONS AND POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS IN NORTH CHINA
New York 1857 Scribner. Culbertson, (1819�62) was a Presbyterian Missionary in China. He who was educated at West Point and at Princeton Theological Seminary, and worked on a Chinese Bible.12mo., 235pp., original grey cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Owner bookplate. A few light pencil lines in margins. Good, cover lightly worn with a small bit of chipping on spine. Very scarce. (a61758)
$600.00 Danton, George H. . THE CHINESE PEOPLE NEW PROBLEMS AND OLD BACKGROUNDS
Boston 1938 1st Jones. Large octavo, 312pp., black cloth hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a70041)
$33.00 Dawson, Christopher (editor) . THE MONGOL MISSION: NARRATIVES AND LETTERS OF THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES IN MONGOLIA AND CHINA IN THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
London 1955 1st Sheed and Ward. Translated by a Nun of Stanbrook Abbey. 8vo., 246pp., red cloth hardcover. A volume with translations of a number of important sources not available elsewhere. Fine in VG DJ, a bit browned. Scarce. (a58573)
$162.00 De Bary, Wm. Theodore . THE MESSAGE OF THE MIND IN NEO-CONFUCIANISM
NY 1989 1st Columbia.8vo., 292pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a48526)
$30.00 De Chavannes de la Giraudiere, H. . LES CHINOIS PENDANT UNE PERIODE DE 4458 ANNEES
Tours 1870 4th Alfred Mame. In French. Historie, gouvernement, sciences, arts, commerce, industrie, navigation, moeurs et usages. Hardcover. Octavo, 390pp., 4 fine fullpage steel engravings and one steel engraved vignette, green cloth with raised bands on spine and full gilt spine trim. All edges bright gilt. Near VG, a few pages stained from leaves that had been pressed inside. Attractive book. (a29413)
$99.00 Dien, Albert F. . BIOGRAPHY OF YU-WEN HU
Berkeley 1962. Chinese Dynastic Histories Translations No. 9. 8vo., 165pp., chart in rear pocket, wraps. VG, light wear. (a43380)
$45.00 Douglas, Rev. Carstairs . CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF THE VERNACULAR OR SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF AMOY WITH THE PRINCIPAL VARIATIONS OF THE CHANG-CHEW AND CHIN-CHEW DIALECTS; SUPPLEMENT TO DICTIONARY OF THE VERNACULAR OR SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF AMOY - 2 VOLUMES
London 1873 1st Trubner. Main volume: 4to., 612pp., full leather. Owner signed (in Chinese characters.) Near VG, some staining on rear board and backstrip. Text clean and binding secure. Scarce first edition. Supplement volume: Shanghai 1923 Commercial Press. Edited by Rev. Thomas Barclay. 4to., 276pp., hardcover. Owner signed (Margaret C. Morrison). Good, rear hinge cracked, small water stain on inner margin of all page, cover worn and rubbed but text clean and binding secure. 2 volume set: (a39239)
$1300.00 Eberstadt, Nick . MATERIAL POVERTY IN THE PRC IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
1986. Article at pp. 10-58 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other articles on Asia. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG plus. (a69554a)
$35.00 Einaudi, Luigi et al . LATIN AMERICAN INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CHANGING CATHOLIC CHURCH
Oct 1969 Rand Corporation. 4to., 81pp., wraps. 81p. University library stamp oncover. VG. (a55445)
$35.00 Fergusson, Thomas T. of Chefoo . THE TREATY ILLEGALITY OF THE TRANSIT DUES AND LEKIN TAXES ACTUALLY LEVIED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, DEMONSTRATED IN A SERIES OF LETTERS
Shanghai 1876 Printed at the North China Herald Office. Octavo, 82pp., original printed yellow wraps. Inscribed in ink on top of cover by Fergusson to W. Clarkely with the author's kind regards. Good, a few small chips and closed tears on wraps. Rare. (a71912)
$275.00 Feuerwerker, Albert . ECONOMIC TRENDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA 1912-1949
Ann Arbor 1977. Michigan Papers in Chinese Studies 31. Sm.8vo., 123pp., wraps. VG, light soiling. (a39383)
$40.00 Monseth, I.T. and P.H. Robinson . RELAY SYSTEMS THEORY AND APPLICATION
NY 1935 First Edition, Fifth Impression. Hardcover. 8vo., 549pp., index, cloth. VG plus, no DJ. (a28762)
$27.00 Forster, Keith . THE 1976 CH'ING-MING INCIDENT IN HANGCHOW
1986. Article at pp. 13-33 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other articles on Asia. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG plus. (a69553a)
$35.00 Fusek, Lois (translator) . AMONG THE FLOWERS - THE HUA-CHIEN CHI. ISBN 0-231-04986-2.
New York 1982 Columbia University. ISBN 0-231-04986-2. Among the Flowers was written circa 940 AD. Octavgo, 232pp., hardcover. Near Fine, crease on lower corner of title page, in Near Fine DJ. (a65533)
$34.00 Goodrich, Chauncey S. (translator, annotator) . BIOGRAPHY OF SU CH'O
Berkeley 1961 University of California. Chinese Dynastic Histories Translations No. 3. 8vo., 155pp., wraps. VG plus. (a27674)
$35.00 Gordon-Cumming, C. F. . WORK FOR THE BLIND IN CHINA: PARTS I & II (THE LATTER WRITTEN FIVE YEARS AFTER THE FORMER)
London (1892) Gilbert & Rivington. Author of Lady's Cruise in a French Man o War and other books here tells of the work of Rev. W. H. Murray and presents the first Chinese Braille system. 12mo., 39pp., 40pp., frontis photo illustration, original green cloth hardcover. Manuscript note in front of book (and later ink notation on page 40) states that this is Professor S. M. Russell's copy with his annotations (there are a few pen underlines and margin notes.) Bound with the Sixth Annual Report of the Mission to the Chinese Blind for the year 1892 Glasgow, Maclure, Macdonald and Co., 15pp. Good, light soiling on cover, a bit shaken. Scarce. (a62662)
$600.00 Graham, David Crockett . FOLK RELIGION IN SOUTHWEST CHINA
Washington 1967 2nd. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Volume 142 Number 2. 8vo., 246pp., photo illustrations, 28 plates, printed hardcover. VG, lower cover corner and lower text page corners bumped, no DJ. (a48984)
$39.00 Griffis, W. E. . THE MIKADO'S EMPIRE
NY 1900 9th edition. Covers History of Japan from 660 BC to 1872 AD and Personal experience, observations and studies in Japan 1870 - 1874. This ninth edition has supplementary chapters including the war with China and history to 1898. 8vo., 677pp., index, original green cloth. Library blind stamp on titlepage, faint residue of label on spine. VG. (a51973)
$75.00 Gundry, R. S. . CHINA AND HER NEIGHBOURS FRANCE IN INDO-CHINA, RUSSIA AND CHINA, INDIA AND THIBET
London 1893 1st Chapman and Hall. Octavo, 408pp., two large folding maps (India and Burma, and China), Chapman and Hall catalogue (40pp), original blue cloth hardcoverwith gilt border. Library numbers removed from spine, a few blind stamps in text, no other library markings. Some pages as yet unopened. VG, new endpapers, initial and final pages and fore-edgess foxed. Scarce scholarly book. (a62655)
$300.00 Hinton, Harold C. . THE GRAIN TRIBUTE SYSTEM OF CHINA 1845-1911
Cambridge 1970 Harvard Univ. 4to., 163pp., wraps. Good. (a27680)
$49.00 Hornbeck, Stanley K. . CHINA TO-DAY: POLITICAL
Boston 1927 World Peace Foundation. Small octavo, pp. 417-566, original gilt printed hardcover. Inscribed and signed presentation copy from Hornbeck to Laurence F. Salisbury. Also signed by Hornbeck on title page. Good, small stain on front board, spine lettering faded away, no DJ. (a58010)
$65.00 Hosie, Alexander . MANCHURIA ITS PEOPLE, RESOURCES AND RECENT HISTORY
Boston 1910 1st Millet. Volume XIV of Oriental Series. Ambassadors' Edition. Copy 88 of 750 copies. Sm.4to., color frontis, photo illustrations, maroon cloth hardcover.Top edge gilt. Good plus, cover somewhat worn and lightly stained. (a61618)
$75.00 Hovelaque, Emile . CHINA
London 1923 Dent. Translated by Mrs. Laurence Binyon. 8vo., 272pp., hardcover. Good, cover worn, no DJ. (a60446)
$25.00 Hsu, Cho-yun . ANCIENT CHINA IN TRANSITION AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MOBILITY 722-222 BC
1965 Stanford. 8vo., 238pp., index, hardcover. Business owner stamps on end papers. VG in Good DJ. (a45973)
$28.00 Hsu, Francis L.K. . UNDER THE ANCESTORS' SHADOW CHINESE CULTURE AND PERSONALITY
London 1949 1st. 8vo., 317pp., index, cloth. Fine in VG DJ, light soiling. (a44016)
$35.00 Inn, Henry . CHINESE HOUSES AND GARDENS
NY 1950 Bonanza Books. Edited by Shao Chang Lee. 4to., 148pp., photo illustrations, original hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a58094)
$44.00 Johnson, Kinchen (comp., translator) . PEIPING RHYMES WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS FIRST SERIES
Peiping 1932. Author a teacher of Peking National Normal University. Chinese text on left; English translation on right. 8vo., 428pp., hardcover. Good, pages browned, small chip on last addendum leaf, in worn, cellophane DJ, flaps glued to inner boards. Rare. (a29893)
$215.00 Laufer, Berthold . THE SWING IN CHINA
n.p. n.d. Offprint from the Memoires de la Societe Finno-Ougrienne LXVII. In English. 8vo., pp.212-223, wraps. Good, a few small chips on wraps. Unusual. (a43203)
$30.00 Leclercq, Chanoine J. . VIE DU PERE LEBBE
Paris 1955. In French. Sm.4to., 347pp., photo illustrations, map, illustrated wraps. **Inscribed and signed by Leclercq on the half title. Unopened. VG in Fair DJ, worn on edges, a few chips. (a50043)
$36.00 Lee, James Zee-Min . CHINESE POTPOURRI
Hongkong 1961 3rd Oriental Publishers. 8vo., 340pp., photo illustrations, gilt decorated hardcover. Good, front cover faded, no DJ. (a57502)
$35.00 Levy, Howard S. (translator) . CHINA'S DIRTIEST TRICKSTER FOLKLORE ABOUT HSU WEN-CH' ANG (1521-1593) ISBN 910878-00-X
Arlington 1974 1st Warm-Soft Village Press. Copy No. 203 of of 300. Octavo, 157pp., red cloth hardcover. Signed by Levy. Near Fine, no DJ. Scarce. (a63228)
$95.00 Levy, Howard S. and Ryooji Sasaki . UNSUNG HERO THE LATE NAGAO RYUZO CONVERSATIONS
Yokohama 1967. Records a conversation with Mr. Nagao Ryuuzoo held April 13, 1963. Mr. Nagao lived in China for 40 years and dedicated his life to improving Sino-Japanese relations. Parallel English and Japanese text. Sm.4to., 84pp., red wraps. VG. Scarce. (a27661)
$40.00 Linebarger, Paul Myron . MES MEMOIRES ABREGES SUR LES REVOLUTIONS DE SUN-YAT-SEN
Paris 1938 1st Editions Mid-Nation. Pendant 320 annees le Conseiller Legal des Revolutions, des Parties et des Gouvernements de Sun Yat Sen. In French. 8vo., 292pp., hardcover. Good, some light soiling on cover. (a70735)
$65.00 Lyall, Sir Alfred C. . ASIATIC STUDIES RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL SECOND SERIES
London 1899 Murray. Asiatic Studies, published in 1882 has been for some years out of print. In preparing a fresh edition, ...I have thought it might be worth while to add a second volume containing a few selected essays and dissertations...that have been written by me at different times...In order to bring together two essays upon the same subject --the relations of the State with Religion in China -- I have transferred to this new volume chapter V of the original Studies... (Preface.) Chapters include: Origins and Interpretations of Primitive Religions; Brahmanism and the Foundations of Belief; Natural Religion in India, History and Fable; On the Relations between the State and Religion in China etc. Hardcover. Octavo, 385pp., index,green cloth. VG. (a76442)
$75.00 Morse, Edward S. . GLIMPSES OF CHINA AND CHINESE HOMES
Boston 1902 1st Little Brown. Octavo 216pp., drawings, original blue cloth with picture of Chinese rooftops on front. Top edge gilt. VG, new end papers. (a68224)
$125.00 Murray, Hugh et al . AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF CHINA , ITS ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY, LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, RELIGION ...(ETC) VOLUME II (OF 3)
Ediburgh 1836 Oliver & Boyd. Hardcover. 12mo., 416pp., 14 engravings, original brown cloth with mounted printed paper spine label. Good, spine label chipped, spine ends worn down. Volume II (of 3). (a71568)
$95.00 Nag, Kalidas . DISCOVERY OF ASIA
Calcutta 1957 1st Institute of Asian African Relations. Covers China, Japan, Indonesia, IndoChina, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt. 4to., 784pp., 1 color plate, 18 monochrome plates, index, hardcover. Signed by Nag. Good plus, some light wear on cover; in Fair, worn, DJ. (a69598)
$45.00 Norman, Henry . THE PEOPLES AND POLITICS OF THE FAR EAST, TRAVELS AND STUDIES IN THE BRITISH, FRENCH, SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE COLONIES, SIBERIA, CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA, SIAM AND MALAYA
NY1895 1st Scribner's. Large octavo, 608pp., illustrations, 4 maps, original decocorated cloth hardcove. VG, spine browned and slightly frayed at head, some brown spots on cover (a68550)
$90.00 Omont, H. . LETTRE A L'EMPEREUR ADRIEN SUR LES MERVEILLES DE L'ASIE
Paris 1913. Extrait de la Bibliotheque de l'Ecole des Chartes. In French. Octavo, 11pp., one photo plate, original wraps bound in cardboard wraps. VG. (a65737)
$45.00 Paratico, Angelo and Chow Yin Fong . UN MANUALE PER UOMINI SUPERIORI IL LUN YU DI CONFUCIO (signed)
Hong Kong 1993 1st Book and Boots. In Italian. Octavo, 131pp., wraps. Signed by both authors. Fine. (a14592)
$45.00 Parker, E. Harper . ANCIENT CHINA SIMPLIFIED
London 1908 1st Chapman and Hall. Scholarly book on Chinese culture and history. Octavo, 332pp., illustrations, 9 map, original printed red cloth hardcover. VG, light wear on cover and spine ends, some discoloration of front. (a62670)
$99.00 Petech, L. . CHINA AND TIBET IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHINESE PROTECTORATE IN TIBET (ORIGINAL BOO, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Leiden 1950 1st E. J. Brill. Monographies du T'Oung Pao Volume I. Large octavo, 286pp., wraps. A few pages yet uncut. Good, light wear and spine darkened. (a52086)
$300.00 Plopper, Clifford H. . CHINESE RELIGION SEEN THROUGH THE PROVERB
Shanghai 1935 1st Shanghai Modern Publishing House. Fascinating examination of Chinese beliefs, wisdom, superstitions and folklore. Chapters on: Survivals of Ancient Nature Worship, Magic, Animism, Buddhism, Life Beyond the Grave, and so on. Hardcover. Octavo, 81pp., many photo illustrations, shiny black cloth with bright gilt picture of Chinese rooftops on front. Spine has 1, but this was only volume published. Good plus, light cover wear, front hinge tender, rear hinge cracking. (a70981)
$235.00 Porter, Jonathan . TSENG KUO-FAN'S PRIVATE BUREAUCRACY
Berkeley 1972 University of California. Chinese Research Monographs Number 9. 8vo., 151pp., index, wraps. VG. (a33331)
$40.00 Porter, Lucius C. (compiler) . AIDS TO THE STUDY OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
Peiping 1934. Porter was Professor of Philosophy, Yenching University. English translation here by Fung Yu-lan of Tsing Hua University, and L. C. Porter. 4to., 79pp., charts, original printed wraps. Good, light wear. Scarce. (a61629)
$295.00 Pott, Rev. F. L. Hawks . THE OUTBREAK IN CHINA ITS CAUSES
NY 1900 Pott. Boxer Rebellion. Hardcover. Small octavo., 124pp., large color foldout map (map in fine condition), red cloth cover with attractive colorful dragon design on front board. Owner signed. Good plus, light cover wear. (a76165)
$50.00 Pratt, A. E. . TO THE SNOWS OF TIBET THROUGH CHINA
London 1892 Longmans, Green, and Co. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 268pp., illustrations, foldout map, original gilt printed blue cloth. Owner bookplate. VG, light rubbing on front outer hinge, light soiling. (a61460)
$525.00 Prazniak, Roxann . OF CAMEL KINGS AND OTHER THINGS RURAL REBELS AGAINST MODERNITY IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA
Lanham 1999 1st Rowman and Littlefield. 8vo., 305pp. Fine, no DJ. (a31765)
$55.00 Reissig, Miss .P . SUN YAT SEN UND DIE KUOMINTANG; SUN YAT SEN
2 titles bound in one volume: Pamphlet (small octavo, 32pp.) in German in original wraps, bound in a book (octavo, 221pp.) entirely in Chinese with many photo portraits (military officers, statesment, prisoners in irons etc), several full page maps, yellow cloth hardcover. Presumably the Chinese book is on the Nationalist struggles in China at beginning of 20th century. Reisser and title printed on spine. Bookplate and stamp of Paul M. A. Linebarger of Duke University. VG, light cover soiling. (a61592)
$250.00 Rogers, Michael C. (translator) . THE CHRONICLE OF FU CHIEN: A CASE OF EXEMPLAR HISTORY
Berkeley 1968. Chinese Dynastic Histories Translations No. 10. 8vo., 406pp., chart in rear pocket, wraps. VG. (a43351)
$60.00 Rosalia, Sister Mary of Maryknoll . ONE INCH OF SPLENDOR
NY 1941. Hardcover octavo., 90pp., photos. Good in Good DJ, a bit worn. (a22060)
$25.00 Roy, Jules . JOURNEY THROUGH CHINA
London 1967 Faber. 8vo., 293pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ, (a57045)
$30.00 Rubin, Vitaly A. . INDIVIDUAL AND STATE IN ANCIENT CHINA ESSAYS ON FOUR CHINESE PHILOSOPHERS
NY 1976 Columbia. Translated by S. Levine. Octavo, 149pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a21676)
$20.00 Rudd, Herbert Finley . CHINESE MORAL SENTIMENT BEFORE CONFUCIUS: A STUDY IN THE ORIGIN OF ETHICAL VALUATIONS
Shanghai 1914 Christian Literature Society. University of Chicago Graduate Divinity School Dissertation. A study in the Origin of Ethical Valuations. 8vo., 221pp., hardcover. VG, light wear. (a29867)
$85.00 Saich, Tony . HENK SNEEVLIET AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST UNITED FRONT (1921-1923)
1986. Article at pp. 117-151 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other articles on Asia. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG, lower corner gently bumped. (a69540c)
$35.00 Sarcey, Francisque Sarcey . THE MISERIES OF FO HI A CELESTIAL FUNCTIONARY
Chicago 1883 First edition Jansen McClurg. A rewriting of a Chinese story, according to Preface. Translated from the French of Francisque Sarcey by H. R. H. Hardcover. 12mo., 254pp., yellow pictorial cloth. Good plus. Rare. (a56956)
$150.00 Shan Fang . MAINLAND CHINA'S RURAL SURPLUS LABOR
1986. Article at pp. 51-68 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other articles on Asia. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG plus.. (a69553b)
$35.00 Shryock, John . THE TEMPLES OF ANKING AND THEIR CULTS A STUDY OF MODERN CHINESE RELIGION
Paris 1931 Geuthner. Sm.4to. 296pp., fine photo illustrations, wraps. VG, tiny chip from front cover lower corner, a small bit of foxing on end papers. (a20561)
$90.00 Siu, R. G. H. . THE MAN OF MANY QUALITIES - A LEGACY OF THE I CHING
1968 1st MIT. Octavo, 463pp., hardcover. Good, front board slightly bowed, in Good DJ. (a61616)
$18.00 Smedley, Agnes . GREAT ROAD LIFE AND TIMES OF CHU TEH
NY 1956 1st Monthly Review. Biography of Chinese Comunist Red Army leader. 8vo., 461pp., end paper maps, a few photo illustrations, index, cloth. Good, minor cover wear, in Fair DJ, worn. (a12478)
$25.00 Soviet Literature Monthly Magazine . GROUP OF FOUR SEPARATE ISSUES FOR 1956 - ISSUES 6, 7, 10, 12
Moscow 1956. Includes: V. Kataev (Cottage), Boris Pasternak (Notes on the Translation of Shakespeare's Tragedies), K. Zubov (on Bernard Shaw), M. Lifschitz (on V. Plekhanov); Komissarzhevsky (on The Yermolova Theatre in Moscow), N. Chukovsky (Baltic Skies), Anastasyev (Notes on Chinese Plays). Sm.4to., about 100pp. per issue, illustrations, original printed wraps. 4 issues. VG, light wear. (a69558)
$125.00 Stern, Lewis M . CHINA CONNECTION AND VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST POLICY TOWARD THE OVERSEAS CHINESE 1920-1975
1986. Article at pp. 86-119 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other articles on Asia. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG plus. . (a69553c)
$35.00 Sung, Z.D. . THE SYMBOLS OF YI KING OR THE SYMBOLS OF THE CHINESE LOGIC OF CHANGES
Shanghai 1934. Sm.8vo., 159pp., index, red cloth. VG, very light stains. (a43397)
$60.00 Suzuki, Teitaro and Paul Carus (editors, translators) . T'AI SHANG KAN-YING P'IEN TREATISE OF THE EXALTED ONE ON RESPONSE AND RETRIBUTION
La Salle 1950 Open Court. Originally published in this form in 1906. Containing Introduction, Chinese Text, Verbatim Translation, Translation, Explanatory Notes and Moral Tales. Sm.8vo., 139pp., frontis, illus., index, wraps. VG, light wear. (a43244)
$65.00 Tan, Chester C. . THE BOXER CATASTROPHE
NY 1967 1st Octagon. Hardcover. Octavo, 276pp., cloth. Ex-library with all usual library signs. VG, no DJ. (a72167)
$20.00 Te-K 'Un, Cheng . THE RELIGIOUS OUTLOOK OF THE CHINESE
London 1956 China Society. 8vo., 8pp., wraps. VG. (a42739)
$25.00 Tin-yu Ting & Hsin-mu Chem . INVOLUNTARY FAMILY SIZE: AN EVALUATION OF MAINLAND CHINA'S ONE-CHILD FAMIILY POLICY
1986. Article at pp. 45-63 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other articles on Asia. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG plus. (a69551b)
$35.00 Tsen-Chung, Fan . DR. JOHNSON AND CHINESE CULTURE
1945. Article (17pp.) in the Quarterly Bulletin of Chinese Bibliography. Included in a complete issue with several articles. 4to., 64pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a63168a)
$45.00 Van der Sprenkel, Otto B. . MAX WEBER ON CHINA
1964. Article at pp. 348-370, in one issue of History and Theory. Several other articles in issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG plus. (a74495b)
$35.00 Vare, Daniele . THE LAST EMPRESS
1936 Doubleday. Octavo, 320pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. VG in VG DJ. (a64966)
$30.00 Ware, Rev. James . A PEEP INTO A CHINAMAN'S LIBRARY BEING A POPULAR VIEW OF CHINESE LITERATURE
Shanghai 1896 Shanghai Mercury Office. Sm.8vo., 104pp., Several drawings, original red printed wraps. Institute bookplate and blind stamps. Near Good, cover worn, lower front corner chipped off, spine chipped. Scarce. (a56939)
$145.00 Weale, B. L. Putnam . THE RE-SHAPING OF THE FAR EAST 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1911 (1905) Macmillan. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Octavos, 548pp., 535pp., photo illustrations, index, original maroon cloth. Small paper labels on lower spines and Athenaeum bookplates (a few other small institution markings). VG, light wear. 2 volumes. (a71124)
$99.00 Wilbur, C. Martin . SLAVERY IN CHINA DURING THE FORMER HAN DYNASTY 206 BC - AD 25
Chicago 1943. Anthropological Series, Field Museum of Natural History Volume 34. Sm.4to., 490pp., 2 photo plates (correct and exactly the number called for on list of Illustrations ), large folding map, index, original printed wraps. Good plus, light browning, light wear, some fraying of edges. (a61743)
$170.00 Wimsatt, Genevieve . A GRIFFIN IN CHINA, FACT AND LEGEND IN THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC
NY 1927 1st Funk and Wagnalls. Hardcover. Octavo, 252pp., hardcover with very attracive gilt end papers. Near Fine, cover very bright and clean, in Good DJ. a fle closed tears and a few small chips. The jacket is by Will Andrews, and is rare. It is also a publisher's defect, with printing from other jackets on top of panels and flaps. DJ spine is correctly printed. (a70809)
$65.00 Wittfogel, Karl A. and Feng Chia-Sheng . HISTORY OF CHINESE SOCIETY LIAO (907-1125)
Philadelphia 1949 1st American Philosophical Society. New Series Vol. 36 . Thick 4to., 752pp., large folding map, hardcover. Fine, very slight browning on end papers, in VG DJ, light browning on backstrip, 2 inch closed tear on front. (a42750)
$195.00 Woodbridge, Samuel I (translator from Chinese) . CHINA'S ONLY HOPE AN APPEAL BY HER GREATEST VICEROY CHANG CHIH-TUNG, WITH THE SANCTIONOF THE PRESENT EMPEROR, KWANG SU. ISBN 0088355-164-0
Westport. Hyperion reprint of 1900 edition. ISBN 0088355-164-0. Introduction by Griffith John. Hardcover. Octavo, 151pp., cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a73060)
$35.00 Wright, David . CAREERS IN WESTERN SCIENCE IN 19TH CENTURY CHINA: XU SHOU AND XU JIANYIN
1995. Article at pp. 45-90 in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Included in a complete issue with several other articles. Octavo, wraps. VG. (a71675)
$34.00 Wunsz King (editor) . V. K. WELLINGTON KOO'S FOREIGN POLICY SOME SELECTED DOCUMENTS
Shanghai 1931 1st Kelly and Walsh. English and about 100 pages in Chinese. Large octavo, 141pp., hardcover. VG in Fairly Good DJ, light wear, some chips on dj. (a66765)
$85.00 Yeh, K. C. . THE CHINESE COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY AND THE LAND PROBLEM 1921-1927
April 1970 Rand Corporation. 4to., 107pp., wraps. University library stamp oncover. VG. (a55444)
$35.00 Yeh, Milton . NATIONAL DIGNITY OR PERSONAL DESIRE: A REVIEW OF STUDENT MOVEMENTS IN MAINLAND CHINA IN 1985
1986. Article at pp. 59-76 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other articles on Asia. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG plus. (a69554b)
$35.00 Yuan Yen Chi . YUAN YEN CHI ABRIDGED VOLUMES I, II, AND III
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index Supplement No. 12. In Chinese. 3 volumes. 4to., about 200pp., wraps. VG, a few corners curled, two tiny closed tears on rear wrap of volume 3. 3 volumes: (a41971)
$110.00 Yung, Wu . THE FLIGHT OF AN EMPRESS
New Haven 1936 1st Yale. Transcribed by Liu K'Un. Translated and edited by Ida Pruitt. 8vo., 222pp., hardcover. VG, spine a bit yellowed, no DJ. (a58827)
$25.00 Zagoria, Donald S. . SINO-SOVIET CONFLICT 1956-1961
1962 1st Princeton. Octavo, 484pp., index, hardcover. Good, minor wear to spine ends, in Fair DJ, worn and torn. (a12050)
$20.00