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Hyde, Francis E.
Far Eastern Trade, 1860-1914.
Octavo. Pp. xii, 229. Maps, tables. Appendices. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full blue cloth, with dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
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Ishizawa, Masao; Ichitaro KOndo; Jo Okada; Yutaka Tazawa.
Pageant of Japanese Art: Textiles and Lacquer.
Crown octavo. Pp. xiii, 180. With 50 plates and 115 text figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorated boards, with good dust-jacket. Book is in fine condition. ~ First popular edition.
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Lamartine, Alphonse de; J. (John) L. (Lloyd) Stephens; George Stephens; Howard Malcom.
Travels in the East, Including a Journey in the Holy Land. With a Memoir of the Author, and Notes. From The French: A New Translation for the Present Edition. [BOUND WITH:] Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland. [BOUND WITH:] Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land. [BOUND WITH:] [Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Embracing (.)] I. Travels in the Burman Empire. [BOUND WITH:] II. Travels in Hindustan, (Malaya, Siam,) and China. [FIVE VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE].
Five volumes bound in one. Crown quarto. Pp. 230; 114; 120; 82 plus engraved frontispiece map of South-Eastern Asia; 94. Wood-engraved illustrations to the last 2 works. Set in double columns. Some light dust-soiling and foxing in places to few leaves. Hardcover, bound in recent full mahogany cloth, spine gilt-ruled, gilt lettering-piece, marbled edges. In a very good condition. Generally a fine copy. ~ Various editions. First 3 works published 1839; Fourth and Fifth works published 1840. Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (1790-1869) was a French writer, poet, and politician, member of the Académie française. His "Voyage en Orient" was first published in 1835. John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852), "the American Traveler", was an attorney, explorer, and writer. He was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America and in the planning of the Panama railroad. Howard Malcom (1799-1879), clergyman and missionary, is still regarded today as an important leader of the Baptist Church. He began his career as a Baptist missionary to foreign countries in 1835, and travelled to missions in Hindustan, Burma, Siam, China, and Africa. He wrote some of his most noteworthy literature about his missionary travels. In 1839 he published "Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China". The present fourth volume forms the first section of this work, and is published here for the first time separately. "Travels in Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China" forms the second section of "Travels in South-Eastern Asia", is equally published here for the first time separately, and consequently completes the work.
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Langlès, L. (Louis Mathieu).
Notice des travaux littéraires des missionnaires anglais dans l'Inde.
Octavo. Pp. 63. Plus handsome large folding map, lithographed on thick paper. Half-title present. Hardcover, bound in contemporary paper-covered boards, bit soiled, worn, gilt lettering to spine, spine ends strengthened with contemporary paper, dampmark to blank margin of first two leaves. Overall good, untrimmed copy. ~ First edition thus. Extrait des Annales Encyclopédiques, année 1817. Rare. Louis-Mathieu Langlès (1763-1824) was a French academic, philologist, linguist, and orientalist. He was a prolific writer and published extensively.
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Wallace, R. (Robert) G. (Grenville).
Denkwürdigkeiten Indiens, enthaltend eine kurze geographische Beschreibung von Ost-Indien; nebst einer gedrängten Geschichte Hindostans von den frühesten Zeitaltern bis zu Ende der Marquis Hastingischen Verwaltung im Jahre 1823. Aus dem Englischen von F. L. Rhode.
Octavo. pp. vi, (ii), 438. Hardcover, bound in handsome contemporary marbled boards, gilt decoration to spine, orange lettering-piece lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges dyed green, corner-tips bit rubbed. In fine condition. A lovely copy. ~ First and only German edition. Translated from the English "Memoirs of India" (1824) by F. Ludwig Rhode. See Block: "The English Novel 1740-1850"; Garside, Raven and Schowerling: "The English Novel 1770-1829". Robert Grenville Wallace (1786-1851). Uncommon. KVK locates only 2 copies in Germany (Union Catalogs Northern- and Southwest Germany). Only three other copies are located in European libraries (French Union Catalog; Austrian National Library; Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark).
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Osborn, Captain Sherard.
Japanese Fragments, with Facsimiles of Illustrations by Artists of Yedo.
Octavo. Pp. 139. Plus 6 hand-coloured plates including frontispiece. Many monochromatic illustrations including full-page plates. Hardcover, bound in contemporary green three-quarters calf and marbled boards, richly gilt decorated spine, gilt-ruled sides, marbled endpapers, marbled edges; joints mended and endpapers partly adhered over inner hinges for support, bit stiff to open. Light foxing to frontispiece and title-page else a very good interior, perfectly clean, with all the plates bright and fresh. ~ First edition.
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Clauson, G. L. M.; A. J. Bernet Kempers; J. K. Balbir; Marcelle Lalou; e.a.
Bibliographie Bouddhique, I-XXXII, Janvier 1928 - Mai 1958. [32 VOLUMES. COMPLETE].
Thirty-two volumes bound in four. Quarto. Volume I. Janvier 1928-Mai 1929, Pp. xii, 64; Volume II. Mai 1929-Mai 1930, Rétrospective l'oeuvre de Léon Feer, Pp. ix, 97; Volume III. Mai 1930-Mai 1931, Rétrospective l'oeuvre de Prof. J. Ph. Vogel, Pp. ix, 89; Volumes IV-V. Mai 1931-Mai 1933, Rétrospective l'oeuvre de Prof. Paul Pelliot, Pp. x, 150; Volume VI. Mai 1933-Mai 1934, Pp. xii, 70; Index Général des Tomes I-VI, Pp. 71-152; Volumes VII-VIII. Mai 1934-Mai 1936, Rétrospective l'oeuvre complet de Sylvain Lévi, Pp. xii, 183; Volumes IX-XX. Mai 1936-Mai 1947, Pp. ix, 164; Volumes XXI-XXIII. Mai 1947-Mai 1950, Pp. viii, 210; Volume XXIII bis. Rétrospective et Index Général des Tomes VII-XXIII, Pp. 165; Volumes XXIV-XXVII. Mai 1950-Mai 1954, Pp. xv, 260; Volumes XXVIII-XXXI. Mai 1954-Mai 1958, Pp. xvii, 363; Volume XXXII. Index Général des Tomes XXIV-XXVII et XXVIII-XXXI, Pp. 216. - Hardcover, uniformly bound in full brick red cloth, gilt spines. In a very fine condition. Excellent set. ~ First edition. Complete run of this publication, including all General Indices.
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Grönbold, Günter.
Der Buddhistische Kanon. Eine Bibliographie.
Royal octavo. Pp. 70. Few marginal markings in pencil. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition.
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Regamey, C.; I. M. Bochenski.
Buddhistische Philosophie. (Bibliographische Einführungen in das Studium der Philosophie, 20/21).
Royal octavo. Pp. 86. Bound in the original printed wrappers, very slightly worn at extremities. Book is in a very good condition. ~ First edition. Bibliographische Einführungen in das Studium der Philosophie, 20/21.
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Shojun, Bando; Hanayama Shoyu; Sato Ryojun; Sayeki Shinko; Shima Keiryu (Editors).
A Bibliography on Japanese Buddhism.
Octavo. Pp. xiii, 180. Frontispiece. Bound in the original stiff wrappers with integrated dust-jacket. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
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Shojun, Bando; Hanayama Shoyu; Sato Ryojun; Sayeki Shinko; Shima Keiryu (Editors).
A Bibliography on Japanese Buddhism.
Octavo. Pp. xiii, 180. Frontispiece. Bound in the original stiff wrappers with integrated dust-jacket. In fine condition. ~ First edition.
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Bechert, Heinz. (Hrsg.)
Abkürzungsverzeichnis zur buddhistischen Literatur in Indien und Südostasien, insbesondere zu den Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für buddhistische Studien der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen.
Octavo. Pp. 178. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition, fine, crisp interior. ~ First edition.
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Kozyreff Chantal; Marco Fagioli, et al.
Japanse prenten. Verzameling van de Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel. Onder de Hoge Bescherming van Hunne Majesteiten de Keizer van Japan en de Koning der Belgen. [Japanese prints. Collection of the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels. Under the patronage of Their Majesties the Emperor of Japan and the King of the Belgians. Estampes japonaises. Collection des Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles. Sous le patronage de Leurs Majestés l'Empereur du Japon et le Roi des Belges].
Royal quarto (33 x 24cm). Pp. 216. Plus 159 colour plates of superb quality. Colour frontispiece. Double-page map. Numerous text figures. Bound in the original pictorial stiff wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Text in Dutch. Additional 4-page quarto leaflet loosely inserted. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the same name, part of Europaliafestival 89 Japan, held in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi, under the patronage of the Emperor of Japan and the King of Belgium. A remarkable production.
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Inagaki, Shinichi; Shigeo Fukuda.
Edo no asobie [Asobi-e]. [Entertaining Pictures of the Edo Era].
Quarto. Pp. 158. Profusely and most beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's illustrated boards, with fine pictorial dust-jacket. Book is in a fresh-new condition. ~ First edition. Asobie are Japanese prints made as a kind of playing tool for children and adults alike. Today they form a unique collector's niche within the field of Japanese prints. This book presents a charming collection of entertaining pictures of the humorous world of Edo era, riddles, optical illusions, etc. Shigeo Fukuda (1932-); Shinichi Inagaki (1936-). Text in Japanese. (ISBN 4487751179). Scarce.
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Couling, Samuel.
The Encyclopaedia Sinica. [IN TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes. Paginated consecutively. Quarto. Pp. 296; 297-633. Includes Addend & Corrigenda section. Set in double columns. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary three quarter cloth, spines lettered and individually numbered in gilt, cloth inner hinges; paper on boards bit creased in places, minor marking in red pencil on a page or two. In a very good condition, very clean interior. ~ First edition. With the handsome armorial bookplate of Alten Hofer inside cover of first volume and old signature on half-title.
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Teng, Ssu-Yu; Knight Biggerstaff.
An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Reference Works. Revised Edition. (Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies, II).
Crown quarto. Pp. x, 326. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, plasticized, some annotations to first free endpaper. In a very good condition, fine, clean interior. ~ Revised Edition. Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies, II.
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Lust, John; Werner Eichhorn.
Index Sinicus: A Catalogue of Articles Relating to China in Periodicals and Other Collective Publications, 1920-1955.
Crown quarto. Pp. xxx, 663. Set in double columns. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full ochre cloth, Chinese lettering to cover and spine, with dust-jacket, this worn in places. Book is in fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
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Puyraimond, Jeanne-Marie; Walter Simon; Marie-Rose Séguy.
Catalogue du Fonds Mandchou.
Royal octavo. Pp. 178. Plus 6 plates. Indices. Original errata slip tipped-in. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition.
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McMullen, D. L.
Concordances and Indexes to Chinese Texts. (Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Center, Occasional Series No. 34).
Octavo. Pp. x, 204, 6. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Center, Inc., Occasional Series No. 34. Rare.
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Heissig, Walther; Charles Bawden.
Catalogue of Mongol Books, Manuscripts and Xylographs. (The Royal Library, Copenhagen. Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts, Xylographs Etc. in Danish Collections, Vol. 3).
Royal quarto. Pp. li, 305. With 28 plates. Set in double columns. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's green boards, spine bit faded, with very good dust-jacket. Book is in fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts, Xylographs Etc. in Danish Collections, Vol. III. Walther Heissig (1913-2005).
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Schwarz, Henry G.
Bibliotheca Mongolica. Part I: Works in English, French, and German. (Program in East Asian Studies, Occasional Papers, Vol. 12).
Quarto. Pp. xiv, 355, (2). Text illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full yellow cloth, black lettering to cover and spine. Excellent copy in a very good external condition and in fine internal condition. ~ First edition. Program in East Asian Studies, Occasional Papers, Vol. XII.
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Schwarz, Henry G.
Mongolia and the Mongols: Holdings at Western Washington University. (East Asian Research Aids and Translations, Vol. 4).
Thick quarto. Pp. xviii, 905. Frontispiece map, text illustrations. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. A brand-new copy in mint condition. ~ First edition. East Asian Research Aids and Translations, Vol. IV.
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Gabain, Annemarie von.
Einführung in die Zentralasienkunde.
Octavo. Pp. x, 186, (2). Plus 3 maps, one of which is folding and coloured, and 7 illustrations on 4 plates. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, signature to half-title. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ First edition.
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Aschoff, Jürgen C.
Tibet, Nepal und der Kulturraum des Himalaya (mit Ladakh, Sikkim und Bhutan). Kommentierte Bibliographie deutschsprachiger Bücher und Aufsätze 1627 bis 1990 (Aufsätze bis zum Jahre 1900).
Crown quarto. Pp. 477. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full mahogany cloth, gilt decoration to cover, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In mint condition, Excellent copy, as-new. ~ First edition.
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Walravens, Hartmut.
China illustrata. Das europäische Chinaverständnis im Spiegel des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. (Ausstellungskataloge der Herzog Augut Bibliothek Nr. 55).
Quarto. Pp. 302, (2). Colour frontispiece. Illustrated throughout. Bound in the original stiff pictorial wrappers. In a very fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the same name in Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.
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Walravens, Hartmut.
China illustrata. Das europäische Chinaverständnis im Spiegel des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. (Ausstellungskataloge der Herzog Augut Bibliothek Nr. 55).
Quarto. Pp. 302, (2). Colour frontispiece. Illustrated throughout. Bound in the original stiff pictorial wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the same name in Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.
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Wylie, A. (Alexander).
Notes on Chinese Literature: With Introductory Remarks on the Progressive Advancement of the Art; and a List of Translations from the Chinese, into Various European Languages. [FIRST EDITION].
Crown quarto. Pp. viii, xxviii, 260. Table. Indices. Hardcover, bound in full blue grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine slightly discoloured. In about fine condition. ~ First edition. Alexander Wylie (1815-1887).
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Wylie, A. (Alexander).
Notes on Chinese Literature: With Introductory Remarks on the Progressive Advancement of the Art; and a List of Translations from the Chinese, into Various European Languages. [FIRST EDITION].
Crown quarto. Pp. viii, xxviii, 260. Table. Indices. Hardcover, bound in contemporary brown full cloth, gilt lettering and gilt shelf-mark to spine, cloth inner hinges; cloth discoloured in places, free endpapers detached but present, extremities bit worn. In good general condition, very good interior with few marginal pencil annotations in neat hand. ~ First edition. At one time at the Brooklyn Public Library, with a contemporary bookplate to that effect and small ink- and perforation stamps to title-page. Alexander Wylie (1815-1887).
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Hervouet, Yves.
Un poète de cour sous les han: Sseu-ma Siang-jou. (Université de Paris, Faculté des Lettres).
Crown quarto. Pp. viii, 479. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused, still entirely unopened. ~ First edition. Doctoral dissertation, presented to the University of Paris. Considered the definitive study of Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju's life and work. Yves Hervouet (1921-1999). Rare.
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Hsu, Sung-nien. [Xu, Songnian].
Li Thai-po. Son temps, sa vie et son oeuvre. (Université de Lyon, Faculté des Lettres).
Crown quarto. Pp. 193. Bound in the original printed wrappers, bit discoloured. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused, still entirely unopened. ~ First edition. Doctoral dissertation, presented to the University of Lyon. Rare.
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Prusek, Jaroslav.
Chinese History and Literature: Collection of Studies.
Crown quarto. Pp. 586; Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full light blue cloth, large gilt decoration to cover, gilt lettering to spine, with good dust-jacket, cloth ribbon marker, small marks on free endpapers. In fine condition. Overall an excellent copy. ~ First edition.
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Kühnel, Paul (Translator); Hermann von Staden (editor).
Chinesische Novellen. Deutsch von Paul Kühnel. (Meisterwerke orientalischer Literaturen, 2).
Octavo. Pp. xxix, 368. Title-page and Serial-title printed within orange decorative frame. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half calf and lovely floral boards, spine richly gilt, crimson morocco lettering-piece, gilt, cloth inner hinges, red silken ribbon marker, corners and extremities chafed. Inscription to half-title, some underlining in coloured pencil. In a very good condition. Handsome copy. ~ First edition. Meisterwerke orientalischer Literaturen, Bd. 2. From the private library of Atten Hofer with his bookplate.
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Ho-ching, Lin. Translated and annotated by Max Perleberg.
Lin Ho-ching. Poems.
Octavo. Pp. 150, (2). Frontispiece portrait of Lin Ho-ching, printed in brown ink. Plus 6 tinted plates. Title-page in Chinese, printed in red and black. Bibliography. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full blue cloth, yellow lettering in Chinese and English, with the original dust-jacket (good, minute chips). In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First and only edition.
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Levy, Howard S.
The Illusory Flame. Translations from the Chinese.
Royal octavo. Pp. 100. Text illustrations, initials, head- and tail-pieces. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's beige boards, lettering to spine, with illustrated dust-jacket which is in a very good condition. Book is in fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition, first printing.
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Stoll (Bahr), Luise.
Das Niän Pu. Eine Untersuchung zu den literarischen Formen chinesischer Biographien.
Octavo. Pp. 67. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First and only edition. Doctoral dissertation, presented to the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.
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Salmon, Claudine (Ed.).
Literary Migrations: Traditional Chinese Fiction in Asia (17-20th Centuries).
Thick octavo. Pp. 11, vi, 661. With 43 plates. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, small signature to title-page. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
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The Shimbi [Shinbi] Shoin. (Kiyonaga).
Process (Processes) of Wood-Cut [Woodcut] Printing Explained. ["On a Boat" / "Ferry over the Sumida"]. [Mokuhan junjozuri].
Duodecimo. Pp. 4 (Introduction in English), and 20 (i.e. 40) double leaves, folded once in Japanese style, comprising of 20 progressive plates, numbered 1-20, printed from wood blocks. Captioned in English and Japanese. Letterpress tail-piece. Bound in traditional oriental format, tied with red silken threads, upper wrapper hand-printed in full colour from 20 blocks. In a very good condition (minute chip to blank corner-tip of one leaf, well away from image). A lovely book, beautifully preserved. ~ First edition. A second edition apparently appeared in 1938. "The prints made by the process of woodcut printing reproduce the slightest touch of the brush and the most delicate shades of colours in the original, the result being such as can hardly be attained by lithographs." (From the Introduction.) Through 20 progressive colour spreads, each showing separately the added colour and the result on the print itself, the book creates, step by step, a charming, full-colour reproduction, made from 20 different blocks, apparently reproducing Kiyonaga's "Ferry over the Sumida".
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Malcom, Howard.
Travels in the Burman Empire. [Travels in South-Eastern Asia].
Crown quarto. Pp. 82. Plus engraved frontispiece map of South-Eastern Asia. Wood-engraved vignette illustrations. Set in double columns. Hardcover, bound in handsome quarter polished red calf and matching cloth, with a section of blank leaves for notations etc. bound-in at end, large spine lettered in gilt, old faint oval stamps to title-page and verso of map, some small stains to title-page. In fine condition. ~ First edition thus. Howard Malcom (1799-1879), clergyman and missionary, is still regarded today as an important leader of the Baptist Church. He began his career as a Baptist missionary to foreign countries in 1835, and travelled to missions in Hindustan, Burma, Siam, China, and Africa. He wrote some of his most noteworthy literature about his missionary travels. In 1839 he published "Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China". The present volume forms the first section of this work, and is published here for the first time separately.
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Patanjali. Introduction, translation and notes S. D. Joshi and J. A. F. Roodbergen.
Patanjali's Vyakarana-Mahabhasya, Karakahnika (P. 1.4.23--1.4.55). I. Text; II. Translation and Explanatory Notes. [TWO VOLUMES IN ONE].
Two volumes in one. Crown quarto. Pp. 2 bibliography, xlv introduction, 73 Sanskrit original text; 302 translation, (4). Extended indices of Sanskrit and English names. Hardcover, bound in the original red quarter cloth and boards, bit weak at inner hinges, with the original dust-jacket, this edge worn. In a very good condition, excellent interior. ~ First edition. Publications of the Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, Class C, No. 10.
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Feuerstein, Georg; Subhash Kak; David Frawley.
In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India.
Royal octavo. Pp. xxii, 341. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust-jacket. A BRAND NEW copy. ~ First edition.
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Inagaki, Shinichi; Shigeo Fukuda.
Edo no asobie [Asobi-e]. [Entertaining Pictures of the Edo Era].
Quarto. Pp. 158. Profusely and most beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's illustrated boards, with near fine pictorial dust-jacket. Book is in fine condition, crisp interior. - - First edition. Asobie are Japanese prints made as a kind of playing tool for children and adults alike. Today they form a unique collector's niche within the field of Japanese prints. This book presents a charming collection of entertaining pictures of the humorous world of Edo era, riddles, optical illusions, etc. Shigeo Fukuda (1932-); Shinichi Inagaki (1936-). Text in Japanese. (ISBN 4487751179). Scarce.
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McMullen, D. L.
Concordances and Indexes to Chinese Texts. (Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Center, Occasional Series No. 34).
Octavo. Pp. x, 204, 6. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In fine condition. - - First edition. Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Center, Inc., Occasional Series No. 34. Rare.
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Fei-Shi. (Emil Sigmund Fischer).
Guide to Peking and its Environs Near and Far.
Octavo. Pp. ix, (ii), 237, xii illustrated commercial advertisements. Plus numerous plates, maps and plans, some folding, some coloured, tipped- or bound-in, all outside the pagination. Plus large folding "Plan of Peking" printed in multiple colours, at rear pocket. Several original Addendum slips tipped-in. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's quarter yellow cloth and matching boards, upper cover illustrated, spine lettered, boards very slightly rubbed or finger marked, short tear to blank margin of one folding plan and to first free endpaper. In about fine condition. Minor blemishes noted, a surprisingly clean and well preserved copy with absolutely crisp maps. ~ Fully revised edition. First published in 1909. Emil Sigmund Fischer (1865-1945), banker and traveler, born in Vienna. He came to China in 1894 and was a banker in Shanghai, later in Tienstin. Beside "Guide to Peking" he wrote "Travels in China, 1894-1940" (Tienstin, 1941); "Through the Silk and Tea Districts of Kiang-nan and Chekiang"; "The Trans-Siberian Route" and others. He was held prisoner by the Japanese from 1941 until his death. With contemporary ticket to first paste-down, in English and Chinese, "French Bookstore, Peiping (China)".
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Buckingham, J. (James) S. (Silk).
Tableau pittoresque de l'Inde, ou description géographique, statistique, commerciale, morale et politique de l'Indostan.
Royal octavo. Pp. 332. Plus finely engraved frontispiece, hand-coloured by contemporary hand, protected by tissue-guard. Half-title present. Hardcover, bound in contemporary presentation binding of navy blue full morocco, gilt lettering "Universite de France, Collége Royal de Bourbon" embossed on upper cover within large gilt wreath of two branches, gilt tooled floral frame on each cover, spine gilt decorated and lettered, gilt tooled board edges, marbled endpapers and book block edges, green ribbon marker. Foxed in part, else in fine condition. Handsome copy. ~ First edition. Translated from the original English manuscript by Benjamin Laroche. The second edition was published two years later (Paris, Poulton-de-l'Épée, 1835). James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855). A dedicated traveller and a prolific writer, he wrote, among others, also "Travels In Palestine Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead" (1921); "Travels Among the Arab Tribes Inhabiting the Countries East of Syria and Palestine" (1925); "Travels in Mesopotamia" (1827); "Travels in Assyria Media and Persia" (1830). - - Provenance: From the private library of Auguste de Blignières with its bookplate to first paste-down. Auguste Le Barbier de Blignières was a professor of rhetoric at the College Stanislas in Paris. He wrote many books on language and grammar, and is well known for his book "Essai sur Amyot et les traducteurs français au XVIe siècle" (Paris, 1851) about Jacques Amyot (1513-1593), the French Renaissance writer and translator. Customized binding for "Universite de France, Collége Royal de Bourbon".
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Mochizuki, Kotaro.
Japan To-Day [Today]: A Souvenir of the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition Held in London, 1910. (A Special Number of the "Japan Financial and Economic Monthly").
Quarto. Pp. (xlvi), ii, iv, 772, (2), (60) advertisements. Plus 9 plates and maps bound-in, some folding, some laid on decorative card, printed in various techniques including lithography and collotype, some coloured, some with semitransparent overlays with printed legend. Plus 2 decorated leaves bound after title-page, each protected with tissue-guard, with 4 finely printed collotype portraits of the Japanese Emperor and Empress and of the King and Queen of Great Britain. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous photographs. Some plates are foxed due to paper quality. Hardcover, bound Japanese style in the original publisher's full decorated silk over boards, stab sewn; ties broken, upper board detached, silk on spine and corners worn off; old signature to title-page, crease at one corner. In a very good internal condition with the original binding still evoking the original charm. ~ First edition. Rare. A Special Number of the "Japan Financial and Economic Monthly". Published by the Methodist Publishing House, Tokyo. The Japan-British Exhibition took place at White City, London from May to October 1910. It was the largest international exposition that the Empire of Japan had participated in to date. Negotiations and preparations took two years. The Japanese display covered 22,550 m2 with additional 20,000 m2 for two large Japanese gardens. There were some 2,271 Japanese exhibitors. Kotaro Mochizuki (1865-1927) M. P., Barrister-at-Law, President of the Liberal News Agency.
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Voyages et aventures des missionnaires au Japon. Édition illustrée. (Apotres et martyrs du Japon).
Crown octavo. Pp. 390. Plus 12 engraved plates. Handsome engraved devise to title. Hardcover, bound in recent charming burgundy half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt, green ribbon marker; some sporadic foxing. In a very good condition, fine binding. A lovely copy. ~ First edition. Undated, apparently published around 1850. Manuscript notation to title says "1858".
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Voyages et aventures des missionnaires au Japon. Édition illustrée. (Apotres et martyrs du Japon).
Crown octavo. Pp. 390. Plus 12 engraved plates, one bound as frontispiece. Handsome engraved devise to title. Hardcover, bound in the original full pebbled red cloth tooled in blind, spine gilt, discoloured; some sporadic foxing. In a very good condition. A nice copy. ~ First edition. Undated, apparently published around 1850.
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Pestman, P. W. (Pieter Willem).
Acta Orientalia Neerlandica. Proceedings of the Congress of the Dutch Oriental Society Held in Leiden on the Occasion of its 50th Anniversary, 8th - 9th May 1970.
Quarto. Pp. vi, 219. Plus 33 plates. Frontispiece. Text figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's ochre full cloth, red lettering. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
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Bourne, [Sir] Frederick Samuel Augustus; H. Neville; H. Bell.
Report of the Mission to China of the Blackburn Chamber of Commerce, 1896-7, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes in one. Royal octavo. Pp. xii, 152; vii, 386. Group-portrait as frontispiece. Plus large folding map preceding frontispiece, folding map bound-in, and large fold-out plan "Section of Main Caravan Route (.)" bound at end of volume I. Includes a transcript of Bourne's letter to the Marquess of Salisbury. Appendices, glossary, tables, text figures. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's maroon full cloth, bit soiled and frayed in places, spine gilt; joints and part of spine mended for splits, spine-ends bumped or chipped, maps and first and last leaves foxed. In good overall condition, very good interior. - - First edition. Sir Frederick Samuel Augustus Bourne (1854-1940) was Consul in charge of the Blackburn Commercial Mission. Between October 1896 and June 1897, members of the Blackburn Commission travelled some 4,300 miles through the interior of south and central China. They collected detailed information on all factors relating to how the Chinese met "their own wants in the matter of textiles", including material on marketing, distribution, indigenous handicraft production, taxation and "local customs and usage as they might affect [the United Kingdom's] textile industry". The Commission also investigated in detail remote or less known parts of the country, and provided an account of means of communication by land and water. The report was published in two lengthy sections by The North-East Lancashire Press Company in Blackburn, a very rare imprint. The first part was compiled by Bourne; the second by H. Neville and H. Bell. See further: "Commerce and Capitalism in Chinese Societies", Gary G. Hamilton (London, Routledge, 2006). Bourne published also, among others, "The Lo-Fou mountains: An excursion" (Hongkong, 1895); and "Trade of central and southern China" (Shanghai, 1898).
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Kaempfero, Engelberto (Engelbert Kaempfer), Johannes Casparus (John Gasper) Scheuchzer.
The History of Japan, Giving an Account of the Ancient and Present State and Government of that Empire; of Its Temples, Palaces, Castles and other Buildings; of Its Metals, MInerals, Trees, Plants, Animals, Birds and Fishes; of The Chronology and Succession of the Emperors, &tc., &tc. Illustrated With Many Copper Plates. (Historia Imperii Japonici), I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].
Two volumes bound in one, paginated consecutively. Thick royal quarto 35x24 cm. Pp. (x), lii, 392, (3); (ii), 393-612, 11. Plus numerous folding engraved plates to each volume. Two title-pages printed in red and black, the first is preceded by a preliminary illustrated title-page incorporating woodcut and letterpress. Imprimatur, dedication to the King. Hardcover, recently bound in pristine full calf antique style, spine with large raised bands between compartments, crimson morocco lettering-piece in gilt in second compartment, blind decoration to each of the remainders, sides ruled in blind; small hole at inner blank margin of title-page neatly repaired. In fine condition. Imposing, most attractive tome. ~ Photomechanical reproduction of the 1727 edition. Printed in a limited edition of 150 copies, this is copy no. 26. Kaempfer (1651-1716), a surgeon with the Dutch East India Company, arrived in Japan in 1690 at Nagasaki and stayed there for almost 4 years. His account of that stay, first published in Britain in 1727, has long been recognized as the most authoritative guide to virtually all aspects of Japan and the Japanese at that time. From the private collection of Ing. P. L. W. Arts with his bookplate.
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