Beijing: Surveying and Mapping Pub. House, 1994. Folio, pp. [8], 271, [5]; color maps, diagrams, and photographs on geography, history, culture, urban development, and so on; text in Chinese; maroon patterned cloth with gilt title on spine and cover, in pictorial paper dust jacket, both fine, in a slip case..... More
Cambridge et al. Cambridge University Press, [1975]. 8vo, pp. viii, 68, 1025, l(12), [1]; text in double column, full green cloth gilt; upper board with some water staining, top edge spotted, owner's name whited out on free endpaper, very good in rubbed and edge-worn dust jacket. More
Boston: Clapp and Broaders, 1834. Square 16mo (approx. 5¼" x 4¾"), pp. vi, [1], 8-127, [1]; 14 full-page hand-colored engravings; original green cloth, printed paper label on upper cover; front hinge cracked, front and back free endpaper excised, tear in the corner of the last leaf with loss to blank..... More
n.p. n.d., [1938]. Staple bound pamphlet, 7.25 x 5.25 inches, pp. [6] 64; folding map in back; tan paper wrappers; light aging to paper, else fine. A pamphlet describing the extent of Japanese destruction of Chinese industry, and a proposal for recovery. More
Mount Vernon: the Peter Pauper Press, [1954]. Second edition, thin 8vo, pp. 85, [5]; woodcut vignettes, about fine in original light blue and yellow decorated boards, publisher's slipcase with printed paper label. More
[n.p. (China)]: n.d. Accordion Chinese binding, 18.9 x 12cm., featuring 5 double page colour images, cloth on thick card, green sheep covered boards slightly worn, paper title label on upper board. Light wear. Very good. No date. Erotic album depicting Japanese lovers. It appears likely that this album was made..... More
Hong Kong: Happiness Publishing Company, 1965. Folio, pp. [2], 45, [3]; color and black and white photographs throught, one leaf folding; captions in Chinese and English; tan cloth; boards bowed and toned, owner's stamp on title page. More
Bloomfield, NJ: Schering, [c. 1960s-70s]. 8 cardstock bifolia, 9" x 4"; with figures of each of the 8 Immortals crafted from cloth, paper and string mounted to the upper covers of each. One page of text provides a short biography of each character. The following two pages are advertisements for..... More
Kinkiang: [1890s]. Broadside form for the delivery of a telegraph, filled out in blue pencil, "Given in at Kinkiang the 20/10 189_ 10H 10M / Meyers ?? Schiang december fifteen physician no word joyce." Old folds, some staining, very good. More
Taipei, Taiwan: National Palace Museum, [1969]. 4to, pp. [9], 110; colored plates, text in Chinese and English; Fine in original orange cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine, publisher's pictorial slipcase. More
Shanghai: printed and published at the Office of the North-China Daily News & Herald, Ltd., 1916-. 2 volumes, folio, containing issues 2539-2551 (April 1 to June 30, 1916) and issues 2826-2838 (October 6 to December 31, 1921) - 24 issues in all, each issue about 64 pages; paper toned, the..... More
[Beijing: China Building Industry Press (中国建筑工业出版社), 2008. First edition, folio, pp. [4], 218, [2]; illustrated throughout with architectural plans and full color illustration; text in Chinese with summary in English; original yellow printed paper-covered boards; corner bumped, else near fine. A lavishly illustrated architectural survey. More
[Taipei: Society for Spirit-Calligraphy & Painting, 1995]. 4to, pp. 280; introduction in Chinese and English with captions in Chinese; a little over 200 full-color images of spirit paintings; full burgundy cloth, gilt title on cover and spine; flyleaf stuck to upper pastedown, top edge a touch spotted, near fine; addenda..... More
Hong Kong: 1900-1901. Three quarto manuscript letters totaling 22 pages and approx. 6000 words on life in Hong Kong as an American expat. The author, "Katheryn," writes to her friend Jesse in Oregon, describing her daily routine and life in Hong Kong with her husband Tom, who works there. "Hong..... More
[Boston? ca. 1910.]. White cardstock, approx. 3" x 5¼"; creased; lightly soiled; otherwise very good. Trade card with a halftone portrait of a Wu Ting Fang (1842-1922), a Chinese diplomat to the United States. He briefly served as a leader of the Chinese Republic in 1917. More
[London]: printed and published by G. Davis, at the Royal Jubilee Printing Office, in Hyde Park, 1814. Small folio broadside printed on silk (approx. 13" x 9½"); near fine. Monday, 1st August 1814 was both the anniversary of the Battle of the Nile and the centenary of the ascension to..... More
[n. p. c. 2009]. 8vo, 25 leaves; color illustrations on rectos, versos blank; a collection of recent work based heavily on classical Chinese and Buddhist art; lacking CD in back; fine in white paper cover. More
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
[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
Beijing: Beijing Shi cheng shi gui hua she ji yan jiu yuan, 1996. 4to, pp. [4], 126, [2]; heavily illustrated with black and white photographs of buildings and street views, three leaves folding; text in Chinese; blindstamped gray cloth; front hinge starting, else fine in a near fine silver dust..... More
[Taipei?]: Taiwan Governor's Office Culture and Education Bureau, 1938. A set of three broadside maps, including: 厦門市全圖 [= Complete map of Xiamen City], approx. 22.5 x 17.25"; showing roads, elevation, major buildings, etc. 皷浪嶼地圖 [= Map of Gulangyu], approx. 13.25 x 12"; showing roads, elevation, major buildings, etc. 厦門島全圖 [=..... More
[Taipei?]: Taiwan Governor's Office Culture and Education Bureau, 1938. Broadside map, approx. 22.5 x 17.25"; displaying major roads, elevation, and land plots, annotated in contemporary hand with additional locations, some appear to be residencies of individuals, text in Japanese; slightly toned, else near fine. More
Taipei: National Palace Museum, 1985. Square 4to, pp. 437, [1]; illustrated throughout, much in color; original pictorial wrappers bound in recent brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Fine copy. More
