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Kou Houng Ming . L'ESPRIT DU PEUPLE CHINOIS
Paris 1927 Stock. Preface de Guglielmo Ferrero. In French. 12mo., 180pp., hardcover. VG. (a10830)
$25.00(china). REPORT ON A VISIT TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA MAY 5 TO MAY 22, 1977
Rockefeller University Sept. 1977. Many technical reports observations of Chinese in areas including Virology, Biochemistry, Parasitology, Neurosciences and Genetics. Plastic spiral bound. 4to., about 100 leaves (copy of typescript), wraps. Near Fine. no owner (a15064)
$65.00 Lucke, Dr. Med. Walter . INS LAND DER FLIEGENDEN KOPFE RESIEERLEBNISSE IM OSTEN
Hamburg no date (c. 1920). 287pp., photos. Travel in Middle East and China. Unusual number of the illustrations are of dead bodies, decapitations, etc. In German. Owner signed. Good, cover worn, rubbed. (a21390)
$45.00 Bonnard, Abel . IN CHINA
NY 1927 1st American Edition. Translated from the French by Veronica Lucas. Hardcover. Octavo, 361pp., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a23221)
$25.00Cochrane, Capt. John Dundas. NARRATIVE OF A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY THROUGH RUSSIA AND SIBERIAN TARTARY FROM THE FRONTIERS OF CHINA TO THE FROZEN SEA AND KAMTCHATKA
Philadelphia 1824 first American edition (1824 also year of first London edition.) Carey. Hardcover. Expedition performed during the years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823. Royal Navy Captain Cochrane walked, except for short cart and sledge rides, from St. Petersburg to Kamchatka. Nerhood 171. Hardcover. Octavo, 415pp., 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt spine lettering with raised bands. Good plus, front outer hinge just beginning to crack, end papers quite toned, occasional light areas of browning in text. No ownership marks; binding secure. (a23438)
$370.00 de G. White, Mary . CHINA JOURNAL 1976
Bernardsville 1976. 8vo., 103pp., photo illus., wraps. Inscribed and signed by White. Political tourist, travels with a group organized by the Guardian Radical Newsweekly. Saw lots of smiling peasants, workers, soldiers. VG. (a23865)
$40.00Levy, 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 , light wear. Scarce. (a27661)
$39.00 Bjerregaard, C. H. A. . THE INNER LIFE AND THE TAO-TEH-KING
NY 1912 1st Theosophical Publishing. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 225pp., cloth. Line of ink mss writing on title page. Good, moderate cover wear. (a29869)
$39.00 (china) . JOURNAL OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
Taipei 1981. Foreword plus 8 articles, all in Chinese language. Includes: Study on Wedding ceremony in Wei & Chin Dynasty; Documents in Mount in Dynasty Yin; Annals of States of Lui in Wu & Yueh: Poetry in the Se Six Dynasties; Wei Su-chow and his Poets; Story and Drama in Tri-kingdoms AD 22-265; Pilgrim to the West by Wu Pee-Yung. 4to., 928pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a33365)
$75.00 (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 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)
$46.00Kingdon Ward, Captain F.. FROM CHINA TO HKAMTI LONG
London 1924 first edition Edward Arnold. Important classic in botanical exploration. Hardcover. Octavo, 317pp. 1 page book ad at end, foldout map, 20 monochrome photo illustrations, general index and plant index, cloth. A few pages as yet uncut. VG, slight cover discoloration, faint foxing on fore-edges, tiny stain on edge of rear end paper, no DJ. Text clean, binding secure; no ownership marks. Lovely condition. (a42803)
$440.00 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 Michie, Alexander . THE SIBERIAN OVERLAND ROUTE FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG THROUGH THE DESERTS AND STEPPES OF MONGOLIA TARTARY & c.
London 1864 John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 402pp., 2 long foldout maps, original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, light wear on corners and spine ends. No ownership marks. High Quality book. (a44546)
$650.00 Chitty, F.-R. . IN CHINE CHOSES VUES
Paris 1910 Vuibert. Traduit de l'Aanglais par Lugne-Philipon. 4to., 214pp., illustrations, finely bound in red cloth with red leather spine with raised bands and full gilt trim onbackstrip. All edges gilt. Heavy textured white end papers. VG. (a52092)
$250.00 Inn, Henry . CHINESE HOUSES AND GARDENS
NY 1950 Bonanza Books. Edited by Shao Chang Lee. 4to., 148pp., photo illustrations, original hardcover. No ownership marks. Light cover wear. Spot of fraying on front free end paper o/w text Fine, clean and binding very secure. VG in VG DJ. (no tears on dj; price not clipped.) (a58094)
$44.00 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 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)
$162.00Crawfurd, John. JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE COURTS OF SIAM AND COCHIN CHINA; EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE ACTUAL STATE OF THE THOSE KINGDOMS
London 1830 2nd Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. Two volumes, complete. Hardcovers. Octavos, 475pp., 459pp., stunning frontis foldout engraved view of Singapore (Volume I), very large detailed foldout map of Siam and China (map opens to 25 inches x 40 inches), 6 full page or double page engraved views including view of Bangkok (Volume I), foldout engraving showing 8 regional head/face types plus 6 more engraved views including map and plan of Singapore (Volume II), woodcuts, large foldout chart of Vocabularies, later half leather with mounted black leather gilt trimmed spine labels and marbled boards. Near Fine, very light wear, one tiny scuff mark on spine, occasional spot of soiling intext. A rare and highly desirable set of a landmark classic in travel literature in Beautiful Condition. Fine Binding. 2 volumes. (a60251)
$6500.00Hovelaque, Emile. CHINA
London 1923 Dent. Translated by Mrs. Laurence Binyon. 8vo., 272pp., hardcover. Good, cover somewhat worn, no DJ. Hinges not cracked; text clean. (a60446)
$33.00 Birch, John Grant . TRAVELS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL CHINA
London 1902 first edition Hurst and Blackett. Hardcover. Octavo, xiv, 379pp., photo illustrations, advertisements, original blue cloth with large dramatic gilt dragon on front with lettering in red and gold. Owner signed, tiny blind stamp and owner name stamp on end papers. VG, light fraying of spine ends, spine lightly faded. Text clean, no hinges cracked and binding secure. (a60492)
$300.00 (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)
$27.00Chih-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)
$190.00 Hosie, Alexander . MANCHURIA ITS PEOPLE, RESOURCES AND RECENT HISTORY
Boston 1910 first edition Millet. Volume XIV of Oriental Series. Ambassadors' Edition. Copy 88 of 750 copies. Hardcover. Sm.4to., color frontis, photo illustrations, maroon cloth.Top edge gilt. Good, cover somewhat worn and lightly stained.Text clean; no ownership marks; binding secure and hinges not cracked. (a61618)
$90.00Buxton, L. H. Dudley. THE EASTERN ROAD
London 1924 1st Kegan Paul. Travel in Japan, Northern Japan to visit Ainu, Mongolia, Tibet, China. Octavo, 268pp., photo illustrations, maroon cloth hardcover. Good, front inner hinge just beginning to crack; occasional light foxing, no DJ. (a61691)
$22.00 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 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 end papers, 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)
$250.00 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 Lyttelton, Edith . TRAVELLING DAYS
London 1933 1st Bles. Travel to Japan, China and India. Octavo, 240pp., hardcover. VG in Fair DJ, some large chips. (a67226)
$25.00 Migot, Andre . TIBETAN MARCHES
London 1955 Rupert Hart-Davis. Translated from the French by Peter Fleming. 8vo., 288pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, no DJ. (a6923)
$22.00 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 articles on Asia. Octavo, 189pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a69555e)
$35.00 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 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 Filchner, Wilhelm . BISMILLAH VOM HUAGN-HO ZUM INDUS
Leipzig 1939 3. Auflage, Brockhaus. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 347pp., 114 Abbildungen und 1 Karte, cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a71335)
$20.00 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 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 Dixon, John . THE CHINESE WELFARE SYSTEM 1949 - 1979
Praeger 1981 1st. ISBN 0-03-059046-9. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 437pp., original gilt printed cloth. Top and bottom fore-edges stamped used. VG plus, light staining on fore-edges. (a78471)
$150.00 Hosie, Alexander . THREE YEARS IN WESTERN CHINA A NARRATIVE OF THREE JOURNEYS IN SSU-CHU'AN, KUEI-CHOW AND YUN-NAN
New York no date Dodd Mead. Hardcover. Large octavo, xxvi, 302pp., frontis with tissue, one foldout map, index, ads, bright blue gilt printed boards with full gilt panorama on front. Attractive black end papers with full panorama illustration in copper ink. VG plus, light fraying of spine ends and slightest amount of wear on corners. Text clean and binding quite secure. *Seldom seen in such nice condition. In removable protective glassine jacket. (a80275)
$580.00 Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. . AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY (RUSSIA SIBERIA CHINA)
London c. 1920 Hutchinson and Co. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 397pp., four water colour sketches by the Author, two maps (one folds out) and 66 other illustrations, original gilt printed red cloth. Strongly anti-communist. VG, top corner of front blank page cut away. (a83552)
$125.00Cheng, F. T.. REFLECTIONS AT EIGHTY (signed)
London 1966 Luzac. Small octavo., 77pp., photo illustrations, original printed hardcover. The Author is, perhaps, the greatest living exponent of Confucian Philosophy (blurb). **Signed by Cheng. VG plus (owner gift card tipped onto front end paper) in Good DJ (dj unevenly toned and a bit worn with one short closed tear.) (a84463)
$39.00 Dollar, Robert . MEMOIRS OF ROBERT DOLLAR (signed)
San Francisco 1917 Privately Published for the Author by W. S. Van Cott & Co. Travel and business ventures in China. Hardcover. Octavo, 356pp., photo illustrations, original green cloth with gilt lettering and trim. **Inscribed to Theodore Malgrin and signed by Dollar. Top edge gilt. Good plus, lightly toned throughout and light wear ro corners. (a85953)
$95.00 Bredon, Juliet . PEKING A HISTORICAL AND INTIMATE DESCRIPTION OF ITS CHIEF PLACES OF INTEREST
Shanghai 1922 second edition, revised and enlarged Kelly & Walsh. Hardcover/ Large octavo, 524p.,corrigenda, six large foldout maps and 24 monochrome photo illustrations, striking very bright orange silk covered boards with Chinese Imperial palace in gilt and black lettering on front. Good plus, light soiling, occasional very light foxing in text and on fore-edges, silk frayed at spine ends. (a85957)
$150.00 Gaunt, Mary . A WOMAN IN CHINA
London no date (very early 20thc) Werner Lauries. "Colonial Edition". Hardcover. Large octavo, 390p., photo illustrations, blue cloth with black pictures and lettering on cover. Good, inner hinges cracking, somewhat worn, a few pages lightly foxed. (a86675)
$90.00 Knollys, Major Henry . ENGLISH LIFE IN CHINA
London 1885 first edition Smith Elder. Hardcover. Octavo, 333p., 6p. of publisher's ads, original brown cloth with black floral border trim on board edges and gilt lettering on front panel and spine. Original grey floral end papers. Museum bookplate (no other ownership marks. ) VG, text clean and crisp, light wear and light soiling on cover, light discoloration on spine. Very Scarce. (a86864)
$850.00 Gladisch, August . DIE HYPERBOREER UND DIE ALTEN SCHINESEN EINE HISTORISCHE UNTERSUCHUNG
Leipzig 1866 Hinrichs. Chinese culture, music, literature. In German. Square octavo, 32p., later wraps. Housed in custom-made 20th century cloth covered hardcover folding case. Title printed in gilt on case spine. Case is Very Fine; book is VG plus, tiny chip in outer margin of final text page not near text itself. No ownership marks. (a87086)
$390.00Manovill, Hugo. THE ANCIENT GAME OF THE MANDARINS (ORIGINAL BOARD GAME WITH PLAYING PIECES AND PRINTED RULE BOOK)
Original "board" game housed in original black cardboard box. About 100 plastic score sticks, 2 dice, tiny circular case of "coins", 4 trays holding 144 (complete set) of small (1-1/4 x 7/8 x 1/2 inch) wooden blocks with colored pictures and numbers on the blocks. Also included: Printed booklet with color pictorial cover "Standard Rules for the Ancient Game of the Mandarins The Original Game of Old China" (text in English ) by Hugo Manovill. New York, copyright 1923 Piroxloid Products, 24p., stapled wraps. Booklet Good + (a few pages have pulled free of the staples but no tears, no chips, no owner marks.) All playing pieces are present and in Near Fine condition. Box is Fair, worn but secured with support tape on all edges. Original game made in the 1920s. We have no pictures of this game online right now but pictures will be sent by email on request. (a87154)
$149.00