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Travel To China And Japan:

Tiffany, Francis. THIS GOODLY FRAME THE EARTH: STRAY IMPRESSIONS OF SCENES, INCIDENTS AND PERSONS IN A JOURNEY TOUCHING JAPAN, CHINA, EGYPT, PALESTINE AND GREECE
Boston 1895 Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Octavo, 361pp., cloth. Good plus, cover cloth rubbed, rear inner hinge reinforced, binding secure, text clean. no owner marks. no dj. (a10422)
$26.00Richardson, Norval. MY DIPLOMATIC EDUCATION
NY 1929 Dodd Mead. Author was in diplomatic missions in Cuba, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, Chile and Japan. 8vo., 337pp., photo illus., hardcover. Owner signed. VG++, no DJ. hinges not broken; almost no wear at all. (a10929)
$26.00(japan). JAPAN THE OFFICIAL GUIDE
Tokyo 1959 Japan Travel Bureau. Hardcover. 12mo., 1015pp., foldout maps, original red cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a11007)
$22.00 Sitwell, Sacheverell . BRIDGE OF THE BROCADE SASH TRAVELS AND OBSERVATIONS IN JAPAN
London 1959 Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 8vo., 314pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a14504)
$20.00(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 Otis, Clara Paine . SOJOURN IN LILLIPUT MY SEVEN YEARS IN JAPAN
NY 1962 Carlton. 8vo., 240pp., hardcover. Signed by Otis. VG, spine lightly faded., no DJ. (a20776)
$27.00 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)
$40.00 Yule, Emma Sarepta . IN JAPAN: WITHOUT CLOCK OR CALENDAR
Boston 1935 1st Stratford. 8vo., 269pp., photo illus., hardcover. Good, some spotting on end papers, cover stained and lightly worn, no DJ. (a29696)
$36.00 Hedges, F. H. . IN FAR JAPAN
Tokyo 1946 Second Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 329pp., illustrations, cloth. Attractive book with silk paper cover and delicate end papers. VG, text lightly toned. (a36908)
$30.00Fraser, Mrs. Hugh. LETTERS FROM JAPAN A RECORD OF MODERN LIFE IN THE ISLAND EMPIRE ( 2 VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
New York 1899 first edition. Macmillan. 2 matching hardcover volumes. Bright red cloth with gilt pictures on front board of crane, etc. Large octavos, 394pp., illustrations, 387pp., illustrations, pictorial cloth. Top edges gilt. Owner signed on front free blank of each volume. Good plus, some light stains on covers, bumping to corners, hinges not cracked in or out in either volume; no djs. 2 volumes (a38528)
$79.00 Schalek, Alice . JAPAN DAS LAND DES NEBENEINANDER EINE WINTERREISE DURCH JAPAN, KOREA UND DIE MANDSCHUREI
Breslau 1925 1st Hirt. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 404pp., mit 193 eigenen aufnahmen, cloth. VG, light wear on top spine end, slight bit of wrinkling in text. (a38663)
$34.00 Tristram, Canon H. B. . RAMBLES IN JAPAN
NY no date. Revell. Large octavo, 306pp., 45 illustrations by Edward Whymper, map, pictorial cloth hardcover. VG. Attractive book. (a41942)
$74.00 (Robeson, Paul) . PEKING A TOURIST GUIDE
Peking 1960 Foreign Languages Press. 8vo., 191pp., monochrome photo illustrations, hardcover. Printed name/address label of Paul Robeseon on front end paper. Strangely, one photo plate has been cut out (before p. 92). VG in Good DJ. (a42231)
$40.00 Minturn, Robert B. Jr. . FROM NEW YORK TO DELHI BY WAY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA
NY 1858 2nd Appleton. 8vo., 488pp., color foldout map as frontispiece, hardcover. Ex-library with spine numbers and pocket and a few internal stamps. Good, spine ends lightly fraying; text clean and binding secure. (a42724)
$33.00Kingdon 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 Schmid, Peter . CHINA, REICH DER NEUEN MITTE
Frankfurt am Main 1957 S. Fischer Verlag. In German. Sm.4to., 205pp., monochrome photo illus., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a43476)
$30.00 Seitz, Don C. . SURFACE JAPAN SHORT NOTES OF A SWIFT SURVEY
NY 1911 1st Harper. Hardcover. 4to., 158pp., illustrated with many nice fullpage mounted color photogravures, cloth. Owner signed and dated. Good plus, some wear on board edges and corners, slight bumping of lower corner of leaves. (a46556)
$22.00Hearn, Lafcadio. IZUMO BLICKE IN DAS UNBEKANNTE JAPAN
Frankfurt a Main 1907 Literarische Anstalt Rutten & Loening. Translated to German by Berta Franzos. Limited edition. 8vo., 313pp., full vellum with fine glit and black decorated panel on front board and spine. Nice bookplate of Hannah Pollak. VG, light cover wear. (a47135)
$39.00Kirtland, Lucian Swift. SAMURAI TRAILS A CHRONICLE OF WANDERINGS ON THE JAPANESE HIGH ROAD
NY 1918 1st edition. Doran. octavo., 300pp., monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. VG, light soiling and uneven fading of cloth. no dj. (a49914)
$25.00 Chamberlain, Basil Hall . A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN INCLUDING THE WHOLE EMPIRE FROM SAGHALIEN TO FORMOSA
London 1907 8th edition, revised and partly rewritten, John Murray. Small octavo, 570pp, 32pp. (ads), plans and folding maps, numerous illustrations, large foldout map in rear pocket (this map has one 5 inch closed tear along bottom fold line and one inch closed tear in lower margin not near the map itself), limp red cloth hardcover. Collated complete. Owner signed twice, once on title page. Collated complete. near VG, some light wear overall. (a50042)
$145.00 Spry, W. J. J. R.N. . THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'CHALLENGER' VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LANDS
London 1876 first edition Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. Hardcover Octavo, 388pp., 24pp., large foldout map, text illustrations, green cloth with fine gilt ship pictured on front and gilt lettering with publisher's logo on spine. VG plus, some slight spotting on fore-edges, slight wear on lower spine end and corners. No ownership marks. All hinges secure and unbroken. The Very hard-to-find first edition. Lovely copy. (a51920)
$340.00 Petech, L. . CHINA AND TIBET IN THE EARLY 18TH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY - HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHINESE PROTECTORATE IN TIBET
Leiden 1950 first edition E. J. Brill. Monographies du T'Oung Pao Volume I. Large octavo, 286pp., wraps. Two foldout maps. A few pages yet uncut. Good plus, light wear and spine darkened. Text clean and binding secure; no ownership marks. (a52086)
$220.00 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 Scarangello, anthony . A FULBRIGHT TEACHER IN JAPAN
Japan 1957 1st Hokuseido. Hardcover. Octavo, 148pp., printed cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a54448)
$27.00 Loonen, Ch. . LE JAPON MODERNE
Paris 1894 1st Plon. In French. Octavo, 326pp., 35 gravures 'd'apres des photographies japonaises, original printed wraps bound in new wraps. Good, original wraps are chipped and worn. This original printing is quite scarce. (a54704)
$50.00 Roy, Jules . JOURNEY THROUGH CHINA
London 1967 Faber. 8vo., 293pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ, (a57045)
$30.00 Rasmussen, A. H. . CHINA TRADER
London 1954 (reprinted) Constable. 8vo., 238pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a57520)
$25.00 Young, James R. . BEHIND THE RISING SUN
NY 1941 1st Doubleday. 8vo., 334pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Young (to Mrs. Gatch.) VG, head of spine end lightly frayed, light wear at top edges, no DJ. (a57778)
$44.00 Baxter, Katharine Schuyler . IN BEAUTIFUL JAPAN A STORY OF BAMBOO LANDS
NY 1904 Hobart. 8vo., 381pp., photo illustrations, glossary, original illustrated hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracking, light wear. (a57825)
$29.00Allen, William C.. A QUAKER DIARY IN THE ORIENT
San Jose 1915 1st Wright-Eley Company. Hardcover octavo., 101pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good plus, lght soiling on cover. no dj. Binding secure and text clean. Remnants of a bookplate. (a58109)
$25.00 Abraham, J. Johnston . THE SURGEON'S LOG BEING IMPRESSIONS OF THE FAR EAST
NY 1912 Dutton. Ship voyage from England to South Pacific and Japan. Lg.8vo., 338pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, cover rubbed and a bit worn, occasional light foxing. (a58301)
$55.00Otis, Clara Paine. LETTERS FROM ACROSS THE SEA TO YOU
Tokyo 1957 1st Konishi. 8vo., 212pp., wraps in original publisher's box. VG, top corner very slightly bumped, in Fair Box, worn. (a58435)
$50.00 (japan) . POCKET GUIDE TO JAPAN 1939 WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO JAPANESE CUSTOM, HISTORY, INDUSTRY, EDUCATION, ART, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AMUSEMENTS, ETC.
Tokyo 1939. Small octavo, 182pp., large color foldout map, index, colorful pictorial wraps. VG. (a58606)
$35.00Crawfurd, 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)
$6500.00Nara, Tsutae. A JOURNEY OF OF A THOUSAND MILES - ENCOUNTER OF A JAPANESE CHRISTIAN AND AN AMERICAN MISSINARY IN CHINA DURING THE WAR (signed by Nara)
Tokyo 1979 YMCA Press. Translated from Japanese by Keiko Adachi Sellner. 12mo., 126pp., photo frontis, original hardcover. ***Signed presentation copy from Nara. Fine. like new. no dj. (a60447)
$25.00 Exner, A H . JAPAN AS I SAW IT
New York n.d. (c. 1900?) Stokes. Lg.8vo., 259pp., photo illustrations and drawings (many mounted on black stock pages), original dark green cloth with gilt trim and lettering. VG. (a60473)
$75.00 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)
$300.00Hearn, Lafcadio. LOTOS - BLICKE IN DAS UNBEKANNTE JAPAN
Frankfurt a Main 1906 Literarische Anstalt Rutten & Loening. Translated to German by Berta Franzos. Limited edition. 8vo., 304pp., full vellum with fine glit and black decorated panel on front board and spine. Nice bookplate of Hannah Pollak. VG, light cover wear. (a60643)
$39.00 Murray, George T.; Gardiner, Robert S.; Baxter, Katharine Schuyler . THE LAND OF THE TATAMI; JAPAN AS WE SAW IT; IN BEAUTIFUL JAPAN A STORY OF BAMBOO LANDS (3 VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE)
Shanghai 1906 first edition. North -China Herald; Boston 1892 first edition Rand Avery; London and NY 1895 first edition . Tennyson Neely. 3 titles bound in one hardcover volume. Octavo . Top edge gilt. 124pp., photo illustrations; 135pp., photo illustrations, large color foldout map; 381pp., photo illustrations. Original wraps bound in for the Murray and Baxter titles. Bound in one hardcover volume with two mounted leather spine labels. VG, spine labels worn, some foxing. Great collectible for Japan enthusiasts. (a60848)
$150.00Pratt, A. E.. TO THE SNOWS OF TIBET THROUGH CHINA
London 1892 first edition. 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. Hard to find in such nice condition. (a61460)
$425.00Buxton, 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 Collins, Perry McDonough . A VOYAGE DOWN THE AMOOR: WITH A LAND JOURNEY THROUGH SIBERIA AND INCIDENTAL NOTICES OF MANCHOORIA, KAMSCHATKA AND JAPAN
New York 1860 1st Appleton. Small octavo, 390pp., 4 lithograph plates with tissue, original pressed brown cloth hardcover. Institution bookplate. Discard stamp and owner signature on title page. Small date stamp at end. Good, light fraying on corners and spine ends. (a61752)
$175.00 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 (missionary) . MISSIONARY ANECDOTES SERIES FIRST
Philadelphia (c. 1850) American Sunday-School Union. The Islands of the Pacific; India and Burmah; China; North Africa and Turkey; South Africa and Madagascar; North America and the West Indies. 12mo., 233pp., frontis illustration of Chinese prayer wheel index, gilt decorated purple cloth hardcover. Good, occasional light foxing, front cover almost faded to grey. Scarce. (a62196)
$160.00 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 Penfield, Frederic Courtland . EAST OF SUEZ CEYLON, INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN
NY 1907 1st Century. 8vo., 349pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Faint residue of label at heel of spine, institution stamp on endpaper. Good, spine rubbed, minor wear. (a65831)
$25.00 Hartshorne, Anna C. . JAPAN AND HER PEOPLE VOLUME II
Philadelphia 1902 1st Coates. Octavo, 374pp., illustrations, large color folding map in rear, orange pictorial cloth hardcover. VG. Volume 2 (of 2) only. (a66186)
$40.00 Baxter, Katharine Schuyler . IN BAMBOO LANDS
NY 1895 1st Merriam. Octavo, 381pp., photo illustrations, glossary, large foldout map, hardcover. Good, corners worn, spine browned. (a66529)
$45.00 Pulle, Giorgio . VIAGGIO DEL BEATO ORDORICO DA PORDENONE
Milano 1931 1st Alpes. Con introduzione, note, bibliografia, carte e incisioni. 14th century travel and exploration to China and the East. In Italian. Octavo, 255pp., color foldout map, original wraps. Good plus, faint yellowing of some margins, short closed tear on at head of spine. (a67414)
$100.00 de Garis, Frederic . THEIR JAPAN, BEING BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF NOTEWORTHY PHASES OF JAPANESE LIFE ...
Yokohama 1936 Yoshikawa. Octavo, 204pp., phot illustrations, index, Japanese-style book, accordion fold in green silk covered wraps with mounted paper label on front board. VG. (a68131)
$24.00Del Mar, Walter. AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH JAPAN
London 1904 2nd Adam and Charles Black. Java, Macao, Singapore, Japan, Hawaii.Octavo, 435pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, light wear, light soiling. (a69046)
$24.00 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 Oliphant, Laurence . NARRATIVE OF THE EARL OF ELGIN'S MISSION TO CHINA AND JAPAN IN THE YEARS 1857 '58, '59
NY 1860 Harper. 1st American edition. Octavo, 645pp., color frontis, numerous text illustrations, original gilt illustrated brown cloth. Good plus, spine ends worn down about 1/4 inch, one small closed tear and chip on spine. (a70194)
$245.00 Browne, G. Waldo and Kogoro Takahira . THE NEW AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST VOLUME III JAPAN
Boston 1907 Marshall Jones. 4to., pp.372-560, photo illustrations, olive green cloth hardcover. VG, some occasional light foxing. Volume III only. (a70222)
$35.00 Dautremer, Joseph . THE JAPANESE EMPIRE AND ITS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
London 1910 Fisher Unwin. Translated from French. Hardcover. Large octavo, 319pp., 20 illustrations, map, original brownn cloth with gilt lettering and gilt circular design with red dot on front. Top edge gilt. VG plus, small piece of opaque tape on title page, slight bit of foxing on initial and final pages. (a70701)
$95.00 (japan) . PHOTOGRAPHIC DIARY OF THE VISIT OF GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA TO JAPAN AT THE INVITATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY SHIGERU YOSIHIDA MAY 10TH TO MAY 23RD 1961
1961. Some of Americans on the trip: Mrs. Charles Webster, Mrs. Erastus Cornig, Mrs. Herman Ruhm, Mrs. Lynn McNaughton, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Beebe, Dr. and Mrs. John Carmody, Mr. and Mrs. John Swartley, Mr and Mrs Gerlad Holbrook. Most all photos in album show members of the tour. Many dinners, sightseeing and meetings, are shown as well as about a dozen gardens including Korakuen, Chinzanso, Kyurinso Villa, Sankeren, Yoshida in Oiso, Nagoya Castle, Todaiji Temple, Nomura in Kyoto, Sentogosho Palace, Ryoanji Temple, Nijo Castle.Hardcover. Oblong 4to, many photo illustrations, hardcover covered with padded silk cloth. Decorative string ties and gilt lettering on front board VG plus, slight uneven fading and soiling on cover. (a70744)
$100.00 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 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 Wilkinson, Hugh . SUNNY LANDS AND SEAS A VOYAGE IN THE SS. 'CEYLON' NOTES MADE DURING A FIVE MONTHS' TOUR IN INDIA, THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MANILA, CHINA, JAPAN, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CALIFORNIA
London 1883 1st John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 324pp., frontis folding map, illustrations, attratcive blue cloth cover with gilt and black decoration and lettering. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, cover a bit worn. Good solid copy of Scarce book. (a71131)
$290.00 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 Fraser, Mrs. Hugh . LETTERS FROM JAPAN A RECORD OF MODERN LIFE IN THE ISLAND EMPIRE
NY 1904 new edition in one volume, Macmillan. Hardcover. Large octavo, 387pp., 250 illustrations, pictorial blue cloth with large bird in ivory on front. Water stain on front cover, and light water effects through first 1/4 of book near hinge and lower margin. Good. No ownership marks. (a72751)
$39.00 MacFarlane, Charles . JAPAN: AN ACCOUNT, GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
Hartford 1856 Silas Andreus & Son. Hardcover. Octavo, many engraved illustrations, bound in coarse green cloth with mounted leather spine label. VG, very faint water line in top corner of each page. No ownership marks. (a72842)
$210.00Peri, A. Penitent ( George Cullen Pearson). FLIGHTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PARADISE
NY 1886 1st edition Putnam. Hardcover small octavo. Much about life in Japan. Hardcover. 389pp., lovely and unusual design on boards of white oriental characters on a black background with red lettering. Original floral end papers and hinges are not cracked. Tissue on frontispiece illustration present and not foxed. Owner bookplate ( Atkinson). Backstrip lightly toned with one tiny pinhole. VG. no dj (as issued), Pictures available on request. (a75161)
$97.00 Clarke, Joseph I. C. . JAPAN AT FIRST HAND, HER ISLANDS, THEIR PEOPLE, THE PICTURESQUE, THE REAL
NY 1920 (1918) Dodd Mead. Hardcover. Octavo, 482pp., illustrations, red cloth. Owner bookplate. Good plus, light cover wear, end papers toned. (a77011)
$24.00 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 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 Taylor, Charles MD . FIVE YEARS IN CHINA WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT REBELLION AND A DESCRIPTION OF ST. HELENA
New York 1860 1st Derby & Jackson. Hardcover. Small octavo, 413pp., brilliant full color frontis illustration of Tau-Kwong, late Emperor of China with tissue guard, original pebbled bluegray cloth. Missionary library blindstamp on title page. Owner signed on title page (Alfred Freeman July 1860). Good, spine ends worn down about halfinch each, corners worn. Nice copy of a hard-to-find title. In removable protective glassine jacket. (a80414)
$285.00 Chamberlain, Basil Hall . THINGS JAPANESE BEING NOTES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH JAPAN
London 1905 5th edition revised Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 552pp., large folding map in rear, index, green cloth. Good, inner hinges cracked, map creased. (a82807)
$40.00 Howard, B. Douglas . LIFE WITH TRANS-SIBERIAN SAVAGES
London 1893 first edition Longmans Green. A visit with the Ainu people of northern Japan. Hardcover. 12mo., 209pp., 3/4 leather with red marbled boards. Owner signed (F. Porter June 1903). VG, light cover wear, a few pages have light soiling, one page corner creased, head of spine worn down 1/4th inch, light bit of wear along outer hinges. Scarce. Important and essential in any serious Japan Collection. Very Good condition. (a8311)
$1100.00 Imperial Japanese Government Railways . AN OFFICIAL GUIDE TO EASTERN ASIA TRANS-CONTINENTAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA VOL. II SOUTH-WESTERN JAPAN
1914 first edition. Limp Hardcover. 12mo., 370pp., color frontis, color folding maps, gilt printed limp boards covered with tan cloth and with endpaper maps. Top edge gilt. Near Fine. No ownership marks. Outstanding condition! (a83463)
$370.00 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)
$125.00 Dickson, Walter . JAPAN
NY 1901 Collier. 8vo., 834pp., with 2 supplementary chapters of recent events by Mayo Hazeltine, red cloth. Good, no DJ. (a8369)
$20.00 Vaulserre, Vicomte de . LE FLEUVE BLEU DE SUI FOU A LA HAUTEUR DE TALI FOU
Paris 1900. In French. Sm.4to., pp. 449-460, removed from La Geographie Bulletin and rebound in later wraps. Le Fleuve Bleu or Yang Tse Kiang described in this article s'etend depuis Sui Fou jusqu'a la hauteur de Tali Fou. VG. (a84284)
$50.00 Browne, G. Waldo and Nathan Haskell Dole; Joseph Wheeler . THE NEW AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST VOLUME II THE PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN
Boston 1910 Marshall Jones. Hardcover. 4to.,xv. pp.193-371, many photo illustrations, 2 color maps, olive green cloth. VG. (a84618)
$50.00 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 Morris, Rev. T. M. . A WINTER IN NORTH CHINA
New York 1892 first edition Revell. Introduction by Richard Glover. Hardcover. Small octavo, 256p., map, red cloth. Good plus, spine ends frayed and lightly chipped. (a86094)
$135.00 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 Smith, Arthur H. . CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS
New York 1894 enlarged and revised Revell. Hardcover. Octavo, 342p plus ads. photo illustrations, index, cloth. Good, lightly soiled, lightly worn, has a very marginal notations by previous owner. (a87620)
$40.00 Der Ling, Princess . OLD BUDDHA
New York 1928 first edition Dodd mead. Hardcover. Octavo, 347p., bright orange cloth. VG, top righthand corner of front end paper torn off and ink notation on halftitle indicating some experts doubt authenticity of this memoir, no DJ. (a88582)
$49.00