The Chinese taste in eighteenth-century England
New York, Melbourne, et al: Cambridge University Press, [2010]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 230; 26 illustrations throughout; fine copy in original laminate boards. More
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The seen and unseen worlds in Java, 1726-1749. History, literature and Islam in the court of Pakubuwana II
Honolulu: Allen & Unwin and University of Hawai'i Press, [1998]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 391, [1]; full red cloth, gilt title on spine, fine in fine dust jacket. More
The China year book 1932
Shanghai: The North China Daily News and Herald, [1931]. 8vo, pp. xvi, 831; adverts on endpapers; text in double column; folding map, tables throughout; original blue cloth lettered in black on upper cover and spine; some soiling, text toned, small break in the cloth at the bottom of the spine;..... More
Cowboy slang ... Illustrated by Ron Schofield
Vancouver: Hangman Press as presented by Superior Publishing Company, [1971]. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 64; illustrated throughout; previous ownership signature, very good and sound in original pictorial laminate boards. More
Eagle against the sun: the American war with Japan
New York: The Free Press, a division of Macmillan Inc., [1985]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 589, [1]; map endpapers, 26 illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in the dust jacket. More
A collection of Chinese proverbs ... revised and enlarged by the addition of some six hundred proverbs by the Rev. C. Wilfrid Allan
Shanghai: Presbyterian Mission Press; London: Probsthain & C., 1926. 8vo, pp. [2], vi, 381, [3], xiv (index); very good and sound in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine. More
Mencius on the mind, experiments in multiple definition
New York and London: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 131, [1], 44; portrait frontispiece, full green cloth, gilt title on spine; boards rubbed at corners, upper endpapers spotted, text clean and sound, very good. More
Anglo-Chinese relations 1839-1860. A calendar of Chinese documents in the British Foreign Office records
Oxford: Oxford University Press, [1983]. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 398; yellow cloth, gilt title on spine; corners a touch bumped else fine, dustjacket rubbed at spine and edges. More
中国古代计量史 = The history of ancient Chinese measures and weights
Xinjiapo: Xinjiapo you lian shu ju, [2012]. First edition, small folio, pp. [2], 192; illustrated rhroughout, mostly in color; fine copy in original pictorial laminate boards. Qiu Guangming is a researcher on the measuring and weighing systems in China for more than 30 years. More
New ghosts old ghosts. Prisons and labor reform camps in China
New York and London: M. E. Sharpe, [1998]. Third printing, 8vo, pp. xvii, [3], 313, [3]; full yellow cloth; a few pages with words circled and marginalia in pencil, otherwise fine in in fine dust jacket. More
Secret sculptures of Komo: art and power in Bambara initiation associations
Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, [1979]. 11" x 8½", pp. viii, 55, [9]; map and 11 illustrations from photographs; fine in original red saddlestitched wrappers. Issued as no. 4 in the publisher's Working Papers in the Traditional Arts series. Rites amd ceremonies of the secret order or..... More
The South China Silk District: local historical transformation and world-system theory
Albany: State University of New York Press, [1986]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 206; tables and illustrations in the text; publisher's canel slip pasted to copyright page, all else fine in original red cloth stamped in blue and white. "This is an important book on a subject of significance both..... More
釀造時代 : 1895-1970臺灣酒類標貼設計 = Brewing age : the designs of Taiwanese alcohol lables during 1895-1970
Taipei: Walkers Cultural, 2004. 8vo, pp. 159, [1]; text in Traditional Chinese; color illustrations throughout; pictorial paper wrappers, a touch of bumping to corners, else fine. Accompanied by two card drink coasters. A nicely illustrated survey of design history in Taiwan. More
台灣鐵路車站圖誌 : 全台294個現有車站完整記錄 / Taiwan tie lu che zhan tuzhi ... [= Pictorial almanac of Taiwanese train stations: including all 294 extant stations]
Taipei: Jen Jen Publishing Co., Ltd, [2005]. Second printing; 8vo, pp. 222, [2]; text in Traditional Chinese; each entry with statistical information and multiple photographs; pictorial paper wrappers; touch of bumping to corners, else fine. Su Zhaoxu is the most prolific author on trains in Chinese, with over 50 works..... More
An introduction to Kam-Tai languages [cover title] = 侗台语概论
Beijing: Zhong yang min zu xue yuan chu ban she, 1990. First edition, 8vo, pp. [10], 395, [2]; original ochre wrappers; very good, clean, and sound. More
搶救龍潭聖蹟亭 / Qiang jiu long tan sheng ji ting [= Rescue: Longtan Shrine Pavilion] (Hansheng no. 78)
[Taipei: Hansheng Magazine, 1995]. 4to, pp. 9-164 (no pages appear to be missing); text in Traditional Chinese; text illustrations throughout, one large folding plate; pictorial paper wrappers; fine. Hansheng Magazine is an award-winning project dedicated to highlighting a specific aspect of Chinese cultural arts with each issue. It was founded..... More
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. Translated and edited by J. S. Cummins
Cambridge: Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1971. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 347, [1]; frontispiece portrait, facsimile title page from the first edition of 1609, 1 plate and 2 folding maps; fine copy in original blue cloth, in a very good dust jacket that shows one tear at..... More
The China year book 1938
Shanghai: The North China Daily News and Herald, [1938]. 8vo, pp. xxiv, 595; adverts on endpapers; folding railroad map, tables throughout; original blue cloth lettered in black on upper cover and spine; some soiling, hinges cracked, text lightly toned; very good. History and description, particulars of trade, manufacturing, communication, government..... More
By women, for women: a study of women's organizations in Thailand
Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1991. 8vo, pp. x, 186, [2]; old women's center rubberstamp on title page and previous owner's sticket; very good and sound in original printed wrappers. More
太上感應篇 T'ai-sheng kan-ying p'ien. Treatise of the Exalted One on response and retribution
La Salle: The Open Court Publishing Co., 1944. 8vo, pp. [4], 139, [1]; frontispiece and 16 plates; yellow cloth decorated in blue and red; pages toned, otherwise fine. Containing introduction, Chinese text, verbatim translation, translation, explanatory notes, and moral tales. More
The early Mongols: language, culture and history. Studies in honor of Igor de Rachewiltz on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Edited by Volker Rybatzki, Alessandra Pozzi, Peter W. Geier and John R. Kreuger
Bloomimgton: The Denis Sinor Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 2009. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxxiii, [3], 217, [1]; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in a fine jacket. Contains nearly 25 scholarly articles by scholars such as as Ruth I. Meserve, Yoshiro Saito, Thomas T. Allsen, Charles J. Halpern, and others, all..... More
The tribute system and diplomatic missions (1400-1600)
Bruxelles: L'Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, 1967. 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 650; fine in original printed tan wrappers. The tribute system is the common Western name for a set of highly regulated, ritualized exchanges that occurred between the imperial court in China's capital and leaders of other Asian societies..... More
The Mongols in China during the Hung-Wu Period (1368-1398)
Bruxelles: L'Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, 1980. 8vo, pp. [4], 328, [2]; folding map; fine in original printed tan wrappers. More
Old friend from far away. 150 Chinese poems from the great dynasties
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1980. 12mo, pp. xv, [3], 196, [4]; frontispiece; fine copy in original beige cloth, printed paper label on upper cover and spine; fine copy in original glassine. More
A guide to Cantonese (enlarged edition)
Kowloon: Bright Sun Printing Co., 1950. 12mo, pp. [7], 50, [l] leaves; full-page table; original red cloth-backed printed boards; rubbed, stained, and worn, but sound. Not found in OCLC. More
