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China - Folklore:

Jameson, R. D.. THREE LECTURES ON CHINESE FOLKLORE
Delivered before the Convocation of the North China Union Language School 1932. Octavo, 164pp., wraps. Some underlining. Fairly Good, backstrip reinforced. (a13181)
$25.00 Chinese Folklore . ANCIENT CHINESE FABLES
Peking 1957 1st Foreign Languages Press. 8vo., 60pp., pictorial paper covered boards with blue cloth spine. VG, boards lightly bowed. (a37658)
$25.00Hsu Ch'in-t'ing. LAI CHIH-TEH'S THEORIES ON THE 'BOOK OF CHANGES'
Tapei 1969. In one complete issue of the Journal of Research Institute of Chinese Language and Literature of National Taiwan Normal University No. 13, at pp.1-462, illustrations. In Chinese. Whole volume has several articles, all in Chinese. 4to., 999p in entire issue., wraps. VG. (a40621a)
$79.00 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)
$30.00Levy, Howard S. (translator). CHINA'S DIRTIEST TRICKSTER FOLKLORE ABOUT HSU WEN-CH' ANG (1521-1593) ISBN 910878-00-X (signed)
Arlington 1974 1st Warm-Soft Village Press. Copy No. 215 of of 300. Octavo, 157pp., red cloth hardcover. Signed by Levy. Near Fine, no DJ. Scarce. (a61210)
$38.00 (china) . FOLK TALES FROM CHINA - FIRST SERIES
Peking 1959 (1st 1957) 2nd Foreign Languages Press. Hardcover. Octavo., 147pp., original printed green, pink and black with ivory cloth spine. Good plus, light soiling, no DJ. Stories for Children. (a61577)
$24.00 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 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 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, some cover wear, front hinge tender, rear hinge cracking. (a70981)
$200.00