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Guest, Grace Dunham, and Wenley, Archibald Gibson
Outline for the Study of Far Eastern Arts: China
This is a good softcover reference copy in the original stiff brown card covers with some wear to the cover edges. Very clean inside and out, but on two pages (only one has printing) a tan offsetting mark left by a piece of paper which oxidized and left rectangular marks. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide. Binding is three bolts to the top the center and the bottom. This one missing the center bolt. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Wayne W.J. Xing et al.
Turbulent Years - China Before and After the May 4th Movement (SIdney D. Gamble's Photographs of China, 1908-1932)
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Chinese and English. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at The Museum of Chinese History in Beijing, China from September 16 to October 10, 1999. Illustrated throughout in black & white with reproductions of Sidney Gamble's photographs of China ca. 1908- 1932. 11" high X 8" wide, 56 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Gordon, Leonard H. D, and Frank J. Shulman eds.
Doctoral Dissertations on China: Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages, 1945-70
This is a fine hardcover copy in the original publisher's navy blue cloth covers with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. The Association for Asian Studies, Refernce Series, Number 1, E, Wickberg, editor. 9" high X 6" wide, 317 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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CUMMINS, J. S. (editor)
The Travels and Controversies of Friar Domingo Navarrete 1618-1686
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, cxx, 163, [i]; x, 165 - 475 pp, 18 plates and 6 maps, bibliog, index. orig cloth, gilt vignettes on front covers, gilt spine title lettering, dj's (spines slightly faded), fine & clean set, covers bright, a review copy with the review of David B. Quinn, noted scholar, that appeared in Quarterly Review, Liverpool University. Navarrete was a Dominica missionary who traveled round the world but spent most of his time in China. This book is based on his published and manuscript writings and includes interesting accounts of Mexico, Philippines, Macao, China, India, Macassar, etc. An extensive introduction on Navarrete's life, character and writings, plus the original vivid style and interesting illustrations make this a useful account.
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COX, E. H. M.
Plant-Hunting in China; A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 279 pp, colored frontis, 24 illustrations, index. original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, dj (not price clipped, spine lightly faded few short tears), near fine & clean in very good dj, presentation copy to F. Cleveland Morgan, signed by author, on endpaper, with Morgan's small bookplate. A picture of t The author describes the history of plant hunting in the area, the source for much of today's nursery stock. He describes the exploits of major plant hunters including Fortune, Wilson, Forrest and Kingdon Ward, as well as many of the less known botanists, from Britain, America and Europe who travelled there. A readable yet detailed account by this important garden writer, who personally knew many of the important 20th century gardeners and plant hunters. Later editions did not have the frontis in color of the Primula Sinensis. F. Cleveland Morgan founded the decorative arts department at the Art Association of Montreal (today the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) and was curator there for over 40 years. Signed copies of Cox's books are seldom found.
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COX, E. H. M.
Plant-Hunting in China; A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 279 pp, color frontis, 24 illus, index. original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, dj (not price clipped, spine faded, short tear, chip), near fine in good dj, book interior is clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes the history of plant hunting in the area, the source for much of today's nursery stock. He describes the exploits of major plant hunters including Fortune, Wilson, Forrest and Kingdon Ward, as well as many of the less known botanists, from Britain, America and Europe who travelled there. A readable yet detailed account by this important garden writer, who personally knew many of the important 20th century gardeners and plant hunters. Later editions did not have the frontis in color of the Primula Sinensis.
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FLEMING, George
Travels on Horseback in Mantchu Tartary: Being a Summer's ride Beyond the Great Wall of China
8vo [26 x 17 cm]; xvi, 579, [viii, ads] pp, color lithographed (chromolithograph) frontis, numerous engraved illus, folding partly colored map, index. original blue pictorial gilt cloth, picture of 2 men, horses, gilt title lettering on spine & cover, cover and some leaves with light stains, mostly marginal, spine ends worn, short split at joint, bookplate of Marquis L. Wood, Shanghai, goood copy. A pic Cordier 2747. The author and a companion traveled on horseback between Tien-Tsin and Moukden in 1861 and provide an interesting narrative of the Chinese military, the punishment of prisoners, the mutilated feet of women, customs, superstitions, the spy system, the Great Wall of China, veterinarians, topography, the people, etc.
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FOLEY, Daniel J.
The Flowering World of "Chinese" Wilson
8vo [21 x 16 cm]; xv, 334 pp, frontis, plates from photos, bibliography, index. original 2 color, pictorial cloth with gilt lettering on spine, dj (price clipped, spine lightly faded), else a fine, clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ernest Henry Wilson was one of the greatest plant hunters of his time, collected and introduced thousands of plants including lilies, rhododendrons, cherries, primroses, trees, etc based on his expeditions in China and Japan. We now take many of these plants for granted in our landscape. He later became the director of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. Foley provides a good biography, well-illustrated and with selections from Wilson's many books.
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FORTUNE, Robert
Three Year's Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China, a Visit to the Tea, Silk and Cotton Countries with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, etc
8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; xvi, 406, [i] pp, tinted frontis, extra title page with vignette of Chinese wedding, 15 other illustrations including map and plates. original pictorial wraps, cover slightly rubbed at edge, but clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Fortune was the first plant collector to travel in China after the conclusion of the Opium War, as a botanical collector for the Horticultural Society of London starting in 1843. Travel was not allowed for more than 30 miles past Shanghai, but undaunted "he set off by boat from Shanghai, in Chinese costume complete with shaved head and pigtail" (see Coats p. 101-110 for details), and was the first westerner to reach Soochow and many other parts of China, collecting large numbers of plants and seeds. The book contains two chapters on the cultivation and manufacture of tea with suggestions on the possibilities of developing a tea industry in India, and contained new knowledge about the production and processing of tea. In fact, this book and his later books and plant collecting (as an employee of the East India Company) lead to the Indian tea industry. As a result of the travels described here he found numerous new plants including anemones, chrysanthemums, jasmine, forsythia, honeysuckle, etc. Besides plants and horticulture, the author also describes the people and geography. This was his first book. Cordier p. 2115. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue p. 102. This is a nice production reprinting the first edition, which is very scarce.
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JAMES, H. E. M.
The Long White Mountain or a Journey in Manchuria with Some Account of the History, People, Administration and Religion of that Country
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 502 pp, color lithograph (chromolithograph) frontis after sketch by Younghusband, 9 other plates, other illustrations in text, folding hand-colored map, table, index. recent morocco-backed marbled boards, light foxing, very good solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Cordier Sinica 2748. Taylor 109. A narrative of the author's extensive travels in the area with detailed descriptions of the peoples including the smaller tribes, their customs, daily life, religion, productions, etc. One of the appendices is on opium and its use, another on official corruption. He describes the journeys of earlier explorers including De La Bruniere and Venault.
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OLIPHANT, Lawrence
Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857, '58, '59
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xvi, [17]-645, [i], 2 [ads] pp, color lithograph (chromolithograph) frontis of winter scene in Japan from Japanese painting, 61 engraved illustrations of which 10 are full-page, tables. original brown pictorial gilt cloth with gilt spine title lettering, spine ends chipped and repaired, cover lightly rubbed, bookplate removed from front endpaper, very good copy, clean interior. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Taylor 239. Cordier Sinica 2376. Cordier Japonica 1735. The diplomatic mission lasted over two years with the work describing the countries in detail, from the arrival in Hong Kong, up the Canton River to Pekin, Yedo, many other cities, side trips to Philippines, India, good descriptions of political and social conditions, productions, agriculture, military, geography, art, etc.
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SOTHEBY'S
Sammlung Rudolf Von Gutmann; including Chinese School Watercolours in Two Albums Containing Fine Landscapes and Interiors ( c. 1790); Melchior Pfintzing Teuerdank Printed on Vellum (1517) and the Talman Albums c. 1720
4to [27 x 21 cm]; 117, [x] pp, many illustrations, almost all colored, including many full-page, bibliography, index. original pictorial boards (hardcover), title lettering on spine and cover, fine, clean, unmarked and unused, with the original loose sheet of the prices realized. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A beautifully illustrated Sotheby's sale of important books, from the library of noted collector, describing the items in detail, very well-illustrated, sale held in London, 2 April 1993. A useful reference.
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SOWERBY, R. R.
Sowerby of China; Arthur de Carle Sowerby
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; [viii], 58 pp, frontis portrait, plates from photos, drawing, folding genealogical table, bibliog. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, residue of price sticker removal, light wear at top edge), else fine and clean, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A biography of scientist, explorer, writer, artist, author of Through Shen-kan; Fur and Feather in North China; A Naturalist's Holiday by the Sea; A Naturalist's Notebook in China, and many others. The work includes much on the Sowerby family, the Clark Expedition, the Shensi Relief Expedition, early collecting, the bandit situation in China, life in Shanghai, much on China including the Japanese occupation, etc.
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WILSON, Ernest H.
China Mother of Gardens
large 8vo [26.5 x 18 cm]; [vi], x [i] 408 pp, frontis, plus 60 plates, folding map partly colored at end (short tear at stub), index, title page printed in red and black. original decorated cloth, gilt spine title lettering, top edge gilted, cover lightly rubbed, interior near fine and clean copy, signed by author on the half title plage. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Wilson was one of the prime botanical collectors in China and Japan in the early 1900's, introducing many species. Besides his descriptions of the plants he found, including some fascinating adventures in little explored places, he describes the geography, the native peoples and tribes, temples, timber trees, cultivated gardens and fruits, agriculture plant products, tea and tea-yielding plants, etc, during his extensive explorations, including Szechuan, Ancient Kingdom of Pa, Sungpan Ting, the Chino-Tibetan border area, Tachienly, Omei Shan, Laolin. 'He crossed the Laolin from north to south, probably the only European to have done so' [Coats - The Plant Hunters, p. 120]. There is also a much more common unsigned edition printed at the same time.
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JOHANN A. E.
40.000 chilometri. Russia-Cina-Giappone. Traduzione di Cina Sacchi Perego. Con 16 tavole fuori testo (fotografie dell'autore)
In 8, pp. 250 + (2) con 16 tavv. f.t. con foto in b/n. Danni alla sovracc. D. allentato. Br. ed. con sovracc. Ed. orig.
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Palden Gyatso; Tsering Shakya
Fire under the Snow
8vo, 232 pages, illustrated. front endpaper removed. eng
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Rafferty, Kevin
City on the Rocks: Hong Kong's Uncertain Future
Former library copy. Usual stamps. eng
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Patten, Christopher
East and West
x, 342 pages, illustrated, index, name of a previous owner on the preliminary title page. eng
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Travel Guide to the Three Gorges
Illustrated in colour, map. eng
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Lord, Bette Bao
Spring Moon
468 pages, chronology. eng
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Thubron, Colin
Behind the Wall : A Journey Through China
xi + 307 pages, map, index. eng
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The Genius of China : An Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China
8vo, 160 pages, illustrated, calligraphy by Kuo Mo-Jo. eng
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Howe, Christopher
China's Economy : a Basic Guide
8vo, 248 pages, maps, figures, tables. eng
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Women of China and New World Press (eds.)
When They Were Young
198 pages, illustrated. eng
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Christopher, Robert C.
The Japanese Mind: The Goliath Explained
317 pages, index. eng
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Morton, William Scott
The Japanese: How They Live and Work
152 pages, illustrated, map, index, ex public library with usual signs. eng
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Lowe, John
Into Japan
214 pages, illustrated, select bibliography, index. eng
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Schwartz, Brian; Newlin, Bill (ed.)
China off the Beaten Track
viii + 248 pages, illustrated, maps, appendix, bibliography, index, ink notes on inside front cover. eng
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Xianyi, Yang (ed.)
Litterature Chinoise: Trimestre 4, 1982
254 pages, illustrated, French text, covers a little dusty. eng
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Capon, Edmund; MacQuitty, William
Princes of Jade
192 pages, illustrated, select bibliography, chronological lists, index, crease to front cover. eng
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Reader's Digest
In Search of the Orient
176 pages, illustrated, gazetteer. eng
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Smith, Howard (ed.)
Inside Japan
224 pages, illustrated, map, bibliography, index. eng
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Cotterell, Arthur
The First Emperor of China
208 pages, illustrated. eng
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Loewe, Michael
Everyday Life in Early Imperial China During the Han Period, 202 BC-AD 220
208 pages, illustrated. eng
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Knowles, C.
Travelling in China Today
70 pages, (Great Journeys of the World). eng
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Knowles, C.
Travelling in China Today
70 pages, (Great Journeys of the World). eng
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De Keijzer, Arne J. & Fredric M. Kaplan
The China Guidebook: 1980/81 Edition
446 pages, illustrated, map. eng
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Beijing Tour Map
Illustrated, text in Chinese and English, no publication date. eng
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A Guide to All China
143 pages, illustrated. eng
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Beijing Guide Book
61 pages, illustrated, folded map. eng
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Along the Changjiang River
No publication date, 54 pages, folded map, folded table. eng
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Spry-Leverton, Peter; Kornicki, Peter F.
Japan
192 pages, illustrated, Channel 4 TV tie-in. eng
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Reginaldo, Reggie I
Hanapbuhay Hong Kong Centennial Supplement
71 pages, illustrated, index. eng
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Lawson, Kate
Highways and Homes of Japan
352 pages plus 89 page publisher's catalogue, illustrations by the author, index, ex hospital library, weak hinges, page edges browned, orange pictorial cloth covers rubbed. eng
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Emery, Norman
William Henry Goss and Goss Heraldic China
3rd impression with small revisions, iii, 47 pages, illustrated, bibliography, appendices, (Occasional Papers No. 1). eng
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Emery, Norman
William Henry Goss and Goss Heraldic China
4to, 45 pages, bibliography, appendices. (Occasional Papers : no. 1) eng
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Becker, Stephen
The Last Mandarin
1st edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/VG. Jacket illustration by Mike Codd. ISBN 0701124652.20841. eng
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Bedford, John
Chelsea and Derby china
1st edition. Good in turquoise cloth with gilt spine lettering. Ink marks to the front board. (Collector's pieces ; 11). 12294. eng
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Bonnart, Frederick (editor)
NATO's Fifteen Nations : Independent Review of Economical, Political and Military Power
Volume 25, number 1, February-March 1980. VG pbk. 104 pages. Includes articles on 'China after Mao' and 'Japan - Economic Giant and Military Pigmy'. 23595 eng
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Buck, Pearl
The patriot
1st edition. VG hbk in blue cloth with faded spine lettering. 15422. eng
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