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New York: Scribners 1897. Hardcover. good. octavo. Green cloth. 474pp and ads in rear. Names of previous owner's on front free endpaper. with some ink notes on half-title page. Front gutter cracked. Fraying to head and tail of spine. Scribners hardcover
Tung Chou : North China Union College 1909. Leather. Near Fine. 9" by 6". None. A handsome revised edition of this authoritative Chinese dictionary compiled by American sinologist and missionary Samuel Wells Williams. Revised edition being the first to replace Williams' romanisation system with standard Wade-Giles. In an attractive half calf binding with cloth boards raised bands and gilt to the spine. Compiled by American missionary diplomat and sinologist Samuel Wells Williams. After a productive 40 years spent in China where he was sent by manage the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Williams returned to the United States in 1877 and became the first Professor of Chinese language and literature at Yale University. Williams was subsequently a prolific writer translator lexicographer and editor with this dictionary compiled over eleven years.Williams' dictionary includes in addition to Mandarin Chinese variants from Middle Chinese and four regional varieties of Chinese according to the 17th-century Wufang yuanyin "Proto-sounds of Speech in All Directions". In a half calf binding with cloth boards raised bands and gilt to the spine. Externally excellent with minimal signs of shelf wear. A couple minor scratches to the calf. Internally firmly bound. Pages are marginally age toned but generally clean with the odd spot. Near Fine North China Union College hardcover
2018. Hardcover. New. The Title 'A syllabic dictionary of the Chinese language arranged according to the Wu-Fang Yuen Yin With the pronounciation of the characters as heard in Peking Canton Amoy and Shanghai written/authored/edited by S. Wells Williams' published in the year 2018. The ISBN 9789353153076 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 1340 Pages. The publisher of this title is Facsimile Publisher. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 22.59 x 28.94 cms Vol: hardcover
2025. Hardcover. New. About The Book: A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language by S. Wells Williams is a comprehensive 19th-century reference work that arranges Chinese characters by sound following the system Wu-fang Y�an Yin. It includes pronunciations as spoken in major dialect regions�Peking Mandarin Canton Amoy and Shanghai�making it one of the earliest tools for comparative Chinese phonology. With over 1200 pages the dictionary was invaluable to missionaries diplomats and scholars studying Chinese. It reflects Williams� deep linguistic expertise and remains a significant historical contribution to sinology lexicography and the understanding of Chinese dialectal variation in the late Qing dynasty period. About The Author: Samuel Wells Williams 1812�1884 was an American linguist missionary and sinologist known for his influential work in East Asia during the 19th century. He co-edited The Chinese Repository authored textbooks like Easy Lessons in Chinese and compiled dictionaries and vocabularies of the Chinese language. Williams played a key role in early U.S. interactions with China and Japan notably participating in the 1837 Morrison expedition and the Perry Expedition to Japan 1853�1854. His major work The Middle Kingdom offered a comprehensive account of Chinese civilization. He significantly shaped Western understanding of China and East Asia through scholarship and diplomacy. The Title 'A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language written/authored/edited by S. Wells Williams' published in the year 2025. The ISBN 9789373161907 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 1348 Pages. The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Dictionary. Size of the book is 22.59 x 28.94 cms Vol: hardcover
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2018. Hardcover. New. The Title 'A tonic dictionary of the Chinese language in the Canton dialect written/authored/edited by S. Wells Williams' published in the year 2018. The ISBN 9789353238629 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 932 Pages. The publisher of this title is Facsimile Publisher. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 18.78 x 25.13 cms Vol: hardcover
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Only the index being a part of Williams' "A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language" and as such pagination starts at 1151 to 1250. This includes List of the Radicals and Characters in this Dictionary arranged by their Radicals. Half dark blue morocco with gilt rule over marbled boards; 2 raised bands gilt particulars and previous owner's name to spine. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Bound by Bennett New York. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. American Presbyterian Mission Press hardcover
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