Tokyo: Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., 2004. First edition, large 8vo, pp. 237, [3]; text in Japanese, Chinese, and English; color illustrations throughout; red paper wrappers, fine in fine pictorial dust jacket; included CD present but not tested. Dongpa is a pictographic system used by the Naxi of Southern China. The book offers..... More

Bejing: Wen hua yi shu chu ban she, 1990. First edition, large 8vo, pp. [4], 5, [5], 18, 830, [4]; 24 pages of plates, text illustrations, musical annotation; text in Chinese; full brown cloth, gilt title on spine, fine in fine red dust jacket and original slip case. The Cronicle..... More

[Taipei]: Jiao tong bu you zheng zong ju, 1991. Fifth edition, large 8vo, [18], xxv, [1], 468; text in Chinese, with a summary and index to the stamps in English; color illustrations throughout; red and tan cloth; stamp on title page and colophon, top edge a little spotted, text clean..... More

Taipei: Hansheng Magazine, [1997]. 4to, 2 vols, pp. 148; 156; text in traditional Chinese; text illustrations throughout; pictorial paper wrappers; fine in fine pictorial slipcase. Hansheng Magazine is an award-winning project dedicated to highlighting a specific aspect of Chinese cultural arts with each issue. It was founded in 1971 as..... More

Tongan: Xiamen University Southern Fujian Dialect Dictionary Team and Tongan Education Bureau, 1978. 8vo, pp. 164; mimeo printed text in three columns, in Chinese with romanization, printed paper wrappers; paper toned and brittle, a little bumping to corners, still near fine. Together with: 同安农村扫盲小词典 (目录与索引) [= Short dictionary ... (contents..... More

Shanghai: Shang wu yin shu guan, 1933. Second edition, 12mo, pp. [2], iv, 8, xx, 286, 4, 76, [4]; original printed blue paper-covered boards rebacked in blue fabric, paper label on spine with manuscript titling; rubbed and worn, text toned, several leaves guarded; the binding is sound, the last leaf..... More

Taipei: Hansheng Magazine, 1996. Bound collection of 12 folding broadsides, each approx. 39" x 44", bound in via perforation; showing classic New Years images, paper cut patterns, and large-format images from previous issues. pictorial paper wrappers; corners of wrappers a little curled, else fine. Hansheng Magazine is an award winning..... More

Taipei: Hansheng Magazine, 1995. Bound collection of 12 folding broadsides, each approx. 39" x 44", bound in via perforation; showing classic New Years images, paper cut patterns, and large-format images from previous issues. pictorial paper wrappers; corners of wrappers a little curled, else fine. Hansheng Magazine is an award winning..... More

Taipei: Hansheng Magazine, 1995. Large 8vo, pp. 96; text in Traditional Chinese; color illustrations throughout; pictorial paper wrappers; light bump to bottom corner, else fine. Hansheng Magazine is an award winning project dedicated to highlighting a specific aspect of Chinese cultural arts with each issue. It was founded in 1971..... More

[Nanjing]: China Municipal Engineering Society, 1943, 1945. Two volumes in one, pp. 4, 158; 2, 2, 184, [18] (ads); text in Chinese; folding charts and three folding maps (one in color); brown boards backed in green cloth; lower corner and top of gutter tidestained, bookseller stamp on lower endpaper, good..... More

[Taipei?]: Taiwan Governor's Office Culture and Education Bureau, 1938. Two folding broadside maps, 28.5" x 41" and 23.75" x 38"; the first a regional map with borders, roads, towns, and landmarks, the second a street map of Guangzhou with street and landmark names; light soiling, else very good with original..... More

[n.p.]: 1973-1975. 56 issues of this semi-monthly broadside newsletter, 21 x 15"; 56 single-leaf issues printed on rectos only plus one two-page index; text in Chinese printed in five columns; printed paper wrappers, edges tidemarked, curling and edgewear to first four leaves and upper cover, good. A semi-monthly newsletter dedicated..... More