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1973réf. 244743Seattle: University of Washington Press 1973. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Ch'i Pai Shih. Illustrated throughout some in color. 209 pages. 8vo red boards d.w. Seattle: University of Washington Press 1973. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. First book in the English language to tell the story of Ch'i Pai Shih sometimes called China's Picasso. University of Washington Press unknown books
1979réf. 232387Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh Ltd 1979. hardcover. near fine/very good. Many black-and-white illustrations. 132 pages 8vo red cloth with gilt stamping dust wrapper gently rubbed at corners. Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh Ltd. 1979. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Kelly & Walsh, Ltd unknown books
1970réf. 049228Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh 1970. With an introduction by Lee Yim. x 86p. b/w illus. original red cloth. Kelly & Walsh unknown books
1985réf. 038965New York: Schocken Books 1985. 1st American Edition. With an essay on modern Chinese painting: tradition and innovations by Wucius Wong. 239 1p. b/w illus. original brown cloth. Schocken Books unknown books
1992réf. 014530Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press 1992. 230p. dj. University of Illinois Press unknown books
1982réf. 1320062New York: Springer-Verlag 1982. Hardcover. Octavo: VG/Hardcover: Yellow spine with black text: Boards are strong and clean general shelfwear light bumping to tail of spine binding solid: Textblock is clean: 239 pp. 1320062. FP New Rockville Stock. Springer-Verlag hardcover books
1981réf. 1323484Singapore: World Scientific 1981. Softcover. Octavo; G; Paperback; Spine blue with white print; Cover is clean slight shelfwear; Text block clean and tight but for spotting to top edge; vii 450 pages. 1323484. FP New Rockville Stock. World Scientific unknown books
1991réf. 73308Stanford California: Stanford University Press 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. This is the first dispassionate full-scale account of the origins dynamics and aftermath of a pivotal and much-misunderstood even in modern Chinese history - the violent uprising against the Kuomintang KMT in Taiwan in 1947 which began with an incident in Taipei and quickly spread to other cities throughout the island." Octavo: 279 p. with textual photographs tables and maps. Original black cloth binding with silver titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light rubbing. Stanford University Press hardcover books
1959réf. 89183Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1959. Paperback. Near Fine. 72p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19cm. Foreign Languages Press paperback books
1912réf. 58574Warsaw MO: Warsaw Times 1912. First edition thus Lay's contribution was first published in 1876. 8vo. 2 134 pp. Illustrated. Howes L-157 for the earlier publication. Eberstadt 110 183 for the earlier edition: "Discovery and explorations Indians first settlement townships and early courts Warsaw Slicker War Kansas War etc." OCLC locates seven copies of this edition Pomona Public Iowa State Historical Society Kansas City Public Springfield County Public State Historical Society of Missouri Truman State Lubbock Public. Poor quality paper browned but a very good copy. Later black-stamped green cloth. #5887. Warsaw Times hardcover books
1853réf. 35219NY: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society 1853. 12mo. 65 pp. Original printed cream wrappers some wear at extremities. Very good. Fourth edition revised and enlarged. The author was a native of Madison County Alabama and is described on the title page here as a "Presbyter of Alabama." This edition is scarce; OCLC locates two copies Transylvania Virginia. Not in Owen two other works by Lay are described. General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society unknown books
1928réf. 17827Washington DC: S. A. McWilliams 1928. Softcover. Good- some exterior wear. Dark gold wraps. 50 pp. 2 bw plates. S. A. McWilliams unknown books
1828réf. 40609New London: Wm. Lay and C.M. Hussey 1828. 168 pp. First edition. This important narrative relates the bloody mutiny and murders perpetrated by harpooner and boatsteerer Samuel Comstock who was himself murdered by natives on Mili Atoll. Lay and Hussey were the only survivors of this incident and were later rescued by Lieut. Paulding of the U.S. schooner "Dolphin." Pages evenly tanned. Water stain in lower corner of first third of book. Bound in original calf rebacked to match with red spine label. For a detailed account of this wild adventure I hope you will read my book "Demon of the Waters" now available as a Kindle read on Amazon. Wm. Lay and C.M. Hussey books
1828réf. 10636812mo. New-London: Lay and Hussey 1828. 12mo i-v vi-x 11-168 pp. Contemporary sheep neatly rebacked with gilt-ruled backstrip and red morocco label boards a little scraped foxing throughout light dampstaining scattered annotations in pencil and occasionally contemporary ink. Early ownership inscription on front free endpaper. § First edition of the first hand account of “one of the goriest mutinies in Pacific History” Hill lead by Samuel Comstock aboard the Nantucket whaling ship the Globe. Four officers were brutally murdered and the rest of the crew forced on pain of death to join the mutineers. After a failed attempt to conquer Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands the crew sailed to the Mulgrave Islands where Comstock was killed by his fellow mutineers part of the crew escaped in the ship to Valparaiso and the rest were killed by the locals but for Lay and Hussey who were rescued by a U.S. schooner. Concludes with “A Vocabulary of Words and Phrases Used by the Mulgrave Islanders. Rare in good condition. Forbes 697. Howes L-158. Hill p.176. Sabin 39467. Lay and Hussey hardcover books
1989réf. 257571San Francisco: Printed by Eric Holub Hillside Press for the Book Club of California 1989. Twelve folders with text a few illustrations and spot-color decoration. Complete contents but lacks the enclosing box and the first folder has picked up some faint soil. Topics touch on Chinese newspapers postcards of Chinatown cookbooks calligraphy art of course a special 1930s production of Harte's satirical poem 'The Heathen Chinee' and more. Keepsake. Printed by Eric Holub, Hillside Press, for the Book Club of California unknown books
1978réf. 004365Tucson AZ: University of Arizona 1978. First Edition. Spiral Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to. 120pp. References of all aspects for impact in or near the Lower Colorado River organized by source. In pale yellow soft covr with black spiral binding. University of Arizona unknown books
1950réf. 244767Hankou: Zhongnan xinhua shudian 1950. 76p. slender paperback local reprint edition on somewhat crude paper some rust marks by the staple. Kuaiban oral storytelling version of the story of "Young Black's wedding. Zhongnan xinhua shudian unknown books
1973réf. 253003Kowloon / Hong Kong: Swindon Book Company 1973. Hardcover. xi 209 pages most every page shows rubricated seals profusely illustrated with b&w in-text images and plates on inserted stock several color reproductions slightly toned paperstock casebound hardcover in dust jacket. Dj is rather edgeworn but intact. Rear cover and dj have been exposed to damp; this shows up in book itself as mildly rippled pastedowns and in dj as wavy staining to rear panel. In all other respects a good copy: sound and otherwise clean and unmarked. Swindon Book Company hardcover books
1971réf. 148814Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh Ltd 1971. xiv 151p. numerous b&w illustrations introduction foreword and glossary first edition in red cloth and gilt extremities a little worn with slightly turned corner-tips an else nice clean copy in a badly chipped edgeworn dust jacket. Includes reproductions of the artworks and poems in English translation. Kelly & Walsh, Ltd unknown books
1960réf. 244899Hong Kong: University Book Store 1960. viii 191p. stiff wraps very good hardcover in lightly worn dustjacket. Chinese chengyu and other sayings with English translations. University Book Store unknown books
2013réf. 237480np: Self-published by the author 2013. Pamphlet. 16p. 5.5 x 8.5 inches chiefly illus. very good condition in stapled wraps. Letters to past lovers written and illustrated by the two Asian American artists and animators. Self-published by the author unknown books
1991réf. 238807New York: Praeger 1991. xviii 179 pages very good hardcover. Praeger unknown books
1961réf. 223397Hong Kong: University Book Store 1961. vii 191p. stiff wraps very good second printing. Chinese chengyu and other sayings with English translations. University Book Store unknown books
1969réf. 220505Hong Kong: University Book Store 1969. xiii 134p. very good hardcover in a worn dustjacket with chips at spine ends. Chinese couplets with English translations. University Book Store unknown books
2011réf. 219418Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press and Chinese Historical Society of America 2011. 180p. paperback new still in plastic wrap. UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press and Chinese Historical Society of America unknown books
