ANDERSON, Flavia.
The Rebel Emperor.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1958. First edition. With a presentation inscription from the author. Cloth, 356pp. Fine in d/w.
"The fabulous story of the Heavenly King, who, in zeal for Christ, his 'Elder Brother' dominated China for years, until he was at last put down by the imperialist troops, with the aid of Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon."
London: Victor Gollancz, 1958. First edition. With a presentation inscription from the author. Cloth, 356pp. Fine in d/w.
"The fabulous story of the Heavenly King, who, in zeal for Christ, his 'Elder Brother' dominated China for years, until he was at last put down by the imperialist troops, with the aid of Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon."
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ANON.
Voyages Through The Northern Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Chinese Sea.
Dublin: Printed by Bentham and Hardy, 1825. Later printing. 12mo., full contemporary calf, 178pp. Names and writing on front and rear e/papers and pastedowns, binding chipped and worn, a good copy.
Dublin: Printed by Bentham and Hardy, 1825. Later printing. 12mo., full contemporary calf, 178pp. Names and writing on front and rear e/papers and pastedowns, binding chipped and worn, a good copy.
| $200 | Book Number: 28114 | Order / Enquire |
BACKHOUSE, E. and J.O.P. Bland.
Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking. (From the 16th to the 20th Century).
London: William Heinemann, (1914). First edition. Sm.4to., orig. rust cloth, x, 531pp. Name o/w a fine copy.
London: William Heinemann, (1914). First edition. Sm.4to., orig. rust cloth, x, 531pp. Name o/w a fine copy.
| $400 | Book Number: 29381 | Order / Enquire |
BALL, J. Dyer.
The Chinese At Home Or The Man of Tong and His Land.
New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1912. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xii, (370)pp. Touch of rubbing to spine ends but o/w a fine copy.
A contemporary account which provides details about the history and customs of the Chinese. Includes chapters on law and order; the Madarian; language; drugs; medicine; cuisine; etc. The account reflects the expected prejudices of the turn of the century missionary.
New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1912. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xii, (370)pp. Touch of rubbing to spine ends but o/w a fine copy.
A contemporary account which provides details about the history and customs of the Chinese. Includes chapters on law and order; the Madarian; language; drugs; medicine; cuisine; etc. The account reflects the expected prejudices of the turn of the century missionary.
| $225 | Book Number: 11338 | Order / Enquire |
BECKINGHAM, C.F. and G. W. B. Huntingford.( editors).
Some Records Of Ethiopia 1593-1646 Being Extracts from the History of High Ethiopia Or Abassia By Manoel De Almeida Together With Bahrey's History of the Galla. Translated and Edited by...
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1954. Second Series, Vol. CVII. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xcvi, 267pp. Slight rubbing to spine o/w fine.
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1954. Second Series, Vol. CVII. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xcvi, 267pp. Slight rubbing to spine o/w fine.
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BORDEWICH, Fergus W.
Cathay A Journey In Search of Old China. Introduction by Jan Morris. New York: Prentice Hall, (1991). First edition. Cloth backed boards, xxvi, 304pp. Small dot on lower fore edge o/w fine in d/w. Travels in China by an American who had lived in Peking.
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BOXER, C.R. (editor).
South China In The Sixteenth Century. Being the narratives of Galeote Pereira, Fr. Gaspar Da Cruz, Fr. Martin De Rada, (1550-1575).
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1953. Second Series, Vol. CVI. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xci, 398pp. Slight rubbing to spine ends o/w near fine.
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1953. Second Series, Vol. CVI. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xci, 398pp. Slight rubbing to spine ends o/w near fine.
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BROOMHALL, A.J.
Strong Man's Prey. London: China Inland Mission, 1953. First edition. Cloth, 256pp. Fine in d/w. The author was a missionary in Nosuland, a tribal area in Yunnan province.
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BURTON, Margaret E.
Women Workers Of The Orient.
West Medford, MA: The Central Committee on the United Study of Missions, (1918). Orig. printed wrappers, 240pp. Very good.
Covers India, China and Japan.
West Medford, MA: The Central Committee on the United Study of Missions, (1918). Orig. printed wrappers, 240pp. Very good.
Covers India, China and Japan.
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CHINA). OSBORNE, Milton.
River Road to China. The Mekong River Expedition 1866-1873. London: George Allen & Unwin, (1975). First edition. Cloth, 249pp. Near fine in d/w with chips at spine ends. Search for the source of the Mekong river; an expedition up the Mekong into China to seek a trade route.
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COOPER, Elizabeth.
My Lady of the Chinses Courtyard. Being a Sequel To "The Love Letters of a Chinese Lady."
Edinburgh: T.H. Foulis, (1926). Reprint. Sm. 4to., orig. yellow cloth pictorially dec. in black, 127pp. Rubber stamp o/w near fine.
Edinburgh: T.H. Foulis, (1926). Reprint. Sm. 4to., orig. yellow cloth pictorially dec. in black, 127pp. Rubber stamp o/w near fine.
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DAVIDSON-HOUSTON, J.V.
Yellow Creek The Story of Shanghai.
London: Putnam, (1962). First edition. Cloth, 205pp. Fine in a near fine d/w.
"Brigadir Davidson-Houston descries the life of Shanghai in the great days of trade, and tells how British, American, German, Portuguese, French and many others worked to bring prosperity to the port. Yellow Creek presents for the first time the history of one of the world's most intriguing cities."
London: Putnam, (1962). First edition. Cloth, 205pp. Fine in a near fine d/w.
"Brigadir Davidson-Houston descries the life of Shanghai in the great days of trade, and tells how British, American, German, Portuguese, French and many others worked to bring prosperity to the port. Yellow Creek presents for the first time the history of one of the world's most intriguing cities."
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ESKELUND, Karl.
The Red Mandarins. Travels in Red China. London: Alvin Redman, (1959). Cloth, 175pp. Near fine in a chipped d/w. Travels through China from Hong Kong to Hankow, Shanghai, Peking and Central China.
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FERM, Vergilius.
A Dictionary of Pastoral Psychology.
New York: Philosophical Library, (1955). Cloth, 336pp. Bookplate o/w fine in a nice d/w.
New York: Philosophical Library, (1955). Cloth, 336pp. Bookplate o/w fine in a nice d/w.
| $45 | Book Number: 29846 | Order / Enquire |
HART, V.C.
The Temple and the Sage.
Toronto: William Briggs, 1891. First edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 128pp. Near fine.
Toronto: William Briggs, 1891. First edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 128pp. Near fine.
| $125 | Book Number: 28955 | Order / Enquire |
HUC and GABET. HAZLITT, William. (translator).
Travels In Tartary Thibet and China 1844-1846. Translated by William Hazlitt Now Edited with an Introduction by Professor Paul Pelliot.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1928). In two volumes. First of this edition. "The Broadway Travellers." Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, xliv, 387, viii, 406pp. Bookplates o/w fine in d/w which are darkened on the spine with a chip at the top of the d/w spine of volume one o/w very nice d/ws. In the original slipcase which is worn.
Translation of the travels of two monks, Fathers Huc and Gabet who were the first white men to reach Lhasa from the East.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1928). In two volumes. First of this edition. "The Broadway Travellers." Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, xliv, 387, viii, 406pp. Bookplates o/w fine in d/w which are darkened on the spine with a chip at the top of the d/w spine of volume one o/w very nice d/ws. In the original slipcase which is worn.
Translation of the travels of two monks, Fathers Huc and Gabet who were the first white men to reach Lhasa from the East.
| $300 | Book Number: 10877 | Order / Enquire |
JACKSON, Peter. (translator).
The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck. His Journey to the court of the Great Khan Mongkee 1253-1255. Translated by.....Introduction, Notes and Appendices by Peter Jackson with David Morgan.
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1990. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xvi, 312pp. Fine in a rubbed but very good d/w.
Franciscan William of Rubruck travelled through the Mongol empire in 1253-55 on a missionary journey and has composed one of the earliest missionary reports from this area. This remarkable document constitutes an extremely valuable source on the Mongols during an era of their greatness.
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1990. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xvi, 312pp. Fine in a rubbed but very good d/w.
Franciscan William of Rubruck travelled through the Mongol empire in 1253-55 on a missionary journey and has composed one of the earliest missionary reports from this area. This remarkable document constitutes an extremely valuable source on the Mongols during an era of their greatness.
| $85 | Book Number: 8385 | Order / Enquire |
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KARLBECK, Orvar.
Treasure Seeker in China. London: Cresset Press, 1957. First edition. Cloth, xii, 215pp. A nice copy in d/w with wear to extremities. The author (who lived in China for 20 years, from 1906 to 1926 as an engineer) travels throughout China and Mongolia in the 1930's acquiring art works and antiques on behalf of the Swedish Museum and other museums and collectors.
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LEVIEN, Michael. (editor).
The Cree Journals. The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R.N. as Related in His Private Journals, 1837-1856. Scarborough: Nelson, (1981). First Canadian edition. Sm. 4to., cloth, 276pp. Fine in d/w. Cree spent 10 years in the Far East and this contains much material on the Far East and South East Asia, and material on the important figures of the day; James Brooke, Charles Gutzlaff, George Chinnery, etc.
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LYALL, Afred C.
Asiatic Studies. Religious and Social. First and Second Series.
London: John Murray, 1899. In two volumes. A new edition of the First Series,(first published 1882) and a first edition of the Second Series. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth xx, 332, xiv, 395, (5)pp.ads. Inner hinges cracked o/w a near fine set.
This contains essays on India dealing with the character and complexion of religion and society in that country. The second series includes essays on religion in China.
London: John Murray, 1899. In two volumes. A new edition of the First Series,(first published 1882) and a first edition of the Second Series. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth xx, 332, xiv, 395, (5)pp.ads. Inner hinges cracked o/w a near fine set.
This contains essays on India dealing with the character and complexion of religion and society in that country. The second series includes essays on religion in China.
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