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Donovan, Holly Richardson, Peter W. Donovan and Harvey Mole . A GUIDE TO THE CHINESE CUISINE AND RESTAURANTS OF TAIWAN
1977 Authors. Text mostly in English with sections in Cantonese. 4to., 283pp., wraps. VG, light wear, Scarce. (a65170)
$50.00 Kondo, H. (director) . THE CLIMATE, TYPHOONS, AND EARTHQUAKES OF THE ISLAND OF FORMOSA (TAIWAN)
Taihoku 1914 Taihoku Meterorological Observatory. 4to., book measures 19 x 26 cm. 90pp. 10 plates of which 4 are fine photo plates and three are foldout chart plates (28 x 28 cm and 25 x 38 cm) These foldout plates are: Tracks of Remarkable Typhoons of Formosa; Average Annual Rainfall and Wind Directions; Epicenters of the most Remarkable Earthquakes in Formosa. There are 3 fullpage plates with charts of Average Rainfors, Baragoraphic records for the typhoon of August 1911 and for August 1912. There are also 31 charts in the text, the usual meteorological charts of rainfall, wind, air temperative, air pressures, and so on. Hardcover. Good, hinges tender, cover unevenly faded. Very scarce. (a65125)
$225.00 (japan guide) . TERRY'S JAPANESE EMPIRE INCLUDING KOREA AND FORMOSA
Boston 1914 Houghton Mifflin. Small octavo, 799pp., 8 maps, 21 plans, original limp cloth hardcover. Good, old light light water stain on lower right corner of all pages. (a64869)
$135.00 Sanford, Dan C. . THE FUTURE ASSOCIATION OF TAIWAN WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Berkeley 1981. Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, China Research Monograph 22. Octavo, 93pp., original wraps.. VG plus (a62247)
$40.00 (taiwan) . SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION NEEDS AND RESOURCES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)
Washington 1974. Report of a Sino-US workshop, National Academy of Sciences. 4to., 77pp., wraps. Some ink scribble on front cover. Slight paperclip effects on top of initial pages. VG. (a55214)
$45.00 (taiwan) . 1966 TAIWAN DEMOGRAPHIC FACT BOOK REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Taipei 1967. Department of Civil Affairs. Sm.4to., 441pp., mostly charts of statistics, a few maps, printed stiff wraps. VG, light cover wear. (a53434)
$85.00 Tanaka, Ryo . SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN THE PELAGE CHARACTERS OF A FORMOSAN WILD RATE RATTUS LOSEA (SWINHOE)
1939. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciences, Taihoku Imperial University, Vol. XXIII #2. Sm.4to., pp.75-93, original printed wraps. VG. (a52673)
$35.00 Guillemard, F. H. H. . THE CRUISE OF THE MARCHESA TO KAMSCHATKA & NEW GUINEA WITH NOTICES OF FORMOSA, LIU-KIU, AND VARIOUS ISLANDS OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO
London 1889 2nd John Murray. Cruise from England through Red Sea to Southern India, Southeast Asia and up to Kamschatka. Sm.4to., 455pp., color foldouts, 14 maps, index, blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Good, some wear at corners,spine ends frayed (a52091)
$300.00 Mitchell, Charles Archibald . CAMPHOR IN JAPAN AND FORMOSA
London 1900 Printed at the Chiswick Press for Private Circulation. 8vo., 66pp. (printed on double folded delicate Japanese paper), foldout map, 1/2 leather cloth covered boards with original decorative Japanese endpapers. Good, spine ends and cover corners worn, some light flaking along edges. The Japanese paper leaves are Near Fine. Extremely scarce. (a51886)
$1200.00 Mrs. Ping-jen Chiang . IN MEMORY OF MRS. PING-JEN CHIANG
Taiwan 1978 Private. In Chinese and English. 4to., 170pp., many color and monochrome photo illustrations, hardcover. VG. (a45266)
$90.00 Kaser, David . BOOK PIRATING IN TAIWAN
Philadelphia 1969 1st University of Pennsylvania. 8vo., 154pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a43837)
$26.00 Man-Kuei Li, Yu-chu . THE GRAND GARDEN AND OTHER PLAYS
Taiwan n.d (c.1958). Introduction by Josephine Huang Hung. The Grand Garden (English, 1936; Heaven Challenges (Chinese, 1943, English 195); The Woman Painter (Chinese, translated into English in collaboration with Mr. Pen Shao-chi and Mrs. Alice We); The Modern Bride (Chinese, translated into English in collaboration with Mr. Pen Shao-chi and Mrs. Alice Wei). Sm.8vo., 258pp., wraps. Good, light soiling. (a42135)
$50.00 Chiu, Hungdah (editor) . CHINESE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND AFFAIRS VOLUME 16 (1997-1998)
1998 1st Chinese Society of International Law - Chinese (Taiwan) Branch. Sm.4to., 475pp,, hardcover. VG, no DJ. Volume 16 only: (a41270)
$65.00 (republic of china) . THE FIRST THROUGH ELEVENTH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE KUOMINTANG OF CHINA
Taipei 1977. Eleven articles in English by different authors on each of the first eleven National Congresses of the Kuomintang of China. In China Forum, Vol. IV Number 1, January 1977 at pp. 1-270. Whole volume has a few additonal articles. This volume includes a versioin in Chinese. 4to., printed boards. VG. (a40307)
$85.00 (taiwan) . THE CATALOGUE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PERIODICALS IN THE LIBRARY OF ACADEMIA SINICA
Taipei (?) 1981. 4to., 607pp. Entries in English. Good, binding a bit bowed. (a33440)
$75.00 Oshima, A. . LIST OF FLOUNDERS AND SOLES FOUND IN THE WATERS OF FORMOSA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF HITHERTO UNRECORDED SPECIES
Tokyo 1927. Removed from the Japanese Journal of Zoology. 8vo., 28pp., rebound in wraps Good, light wear. (a31736b)
$40.00 Oshima, A. . A REVIEW OF THE SPAROID FISHES FOUND IN THE WATERS OF FORMOSA
Tokyo 1927. Removed from the Japanese Journal of Zoology. 8vo., 30pp., rebound in wraps Good, light wear. (a31736a)
$35.00 Yat-sen, Sun . THE PRINCIPLE OF DEMOCRACY
Taipei 1953 China Cultural Service. English and Chinese parallel text (translated into English by Frank W. Price). Abridged and edited by the Commission for the Compilation of the History of the Kuomintang. 8vo., 142pp., wraps. Good, cover a bit worn. (a27124)
$22.00 Tong, Hollington K. . CHIANG KAI-SHEK
Taipei 1953 China Publishing Company. Hardcover. Octavo, 562pp., cloth. **Signed presentation copy (to Mr/Mrs Peterson) from Tong. Magazine picture of Tong laid in. VG, some tearing of cloth in front outer hinge, no DJ. (a67961)
$35.00 Chih-kung, Liu . TAIPEI-WASHINGTON-PEKING RELATIONS
1956. Article at pp.13-32 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other atricles. Octavo, 189pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a69555a)
$35.00 Liu, William H. . FDI AND THE DICHOTOMY OF CHINESE ECONOMY: TAIWAN VERSUS MAINLAND
1956. Article at pp.56-93 in Issues & Studies Journal. Included in a complete issue with several other aritcles on asia. Octavo, 189pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a69555c)
$35.00 Foght, Harold & Alice . UNFATHOMED JAPAN, A TRAVEL TALE IN THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS OF JAPAN AND FORMOSA
NY 1928 1st Macmillan. Hardcover. Octavo, 438pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a70802)
$35.00 (republic of china) . DIRECTORY OF THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Taipei 1963 second edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo, 142pp., wraps. VG, light wear. (a71451)
$30.00 Oshima, Masamitsu . FORMOSAN TERMITES AND METHODS OF PREVENTING THEIR DAMAGE
1919. Article at pp. 319-384 in The Philippine Journal of Science. Included in a single issue of this journal with several addtional articles as well. Medical library stamp on front. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Uncut. VG, light cover wear. (a72709)
$65.00 Glennon, John P. (editor) . FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1949 VOLUME IX THE FAR EAST: CHINA
Washington 1974 1st GPO. This volume deals with Taiwan and the concern of the U. S. regarding possible conquest by Chinese Communists; status of Tibet and Communism in China.Hardcover. Large octavo, 1441pp., maroon cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges and a few internal stamps, residue of label at heel of spine. VG plus, new endpapers. (a75526)
$115.00 Stremski, Dr. Richard . THE SHAPING OF BRITISH POLICY DURING THE NATIONALIST REVOLUTION IN CHINA
Taipei 1979 first edition Soochow University. ISBN 0-931712-02-5. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 175pp., cloth. Bookseller stamp on title page. VG in Fair DJ, several chips. Scarce. (a83611)
$390.00 Ichimura, Takeshi . COGNATE INCLUSIONS IN THE ANDESITE LAVAS FROM SHABOZAN OF THE DAITON VOLCANOES, TAIWAN (FORMOSA)
Formosa 1934. One complete issue of Memoirs of Faculty of Science, Taihoku University, Vol VI. No. 6 May 1934. 4to., pp. 105-121, 2 plates, original blue printed wraps. VG, light wear. (a84684)
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