A Journey Through The Chinese Empire
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1855. Hardbound. Green library buckram. Two volumes Vol. 1: 421 pp. Volume 2: 422 pp. Lacks the folding map called for in volume 1. Sold as a reading set. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1855. Hardbound. Green library buckram. Two volumes Vol. 1: 421 pp. Volume 2: 422 pp. Lacks the folding map called for in volume 1. Sold as a reading set. More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1943. Hardbound. Blue cloth covers. Vol. 1: xi, 604 pp. Vol. 2: pp. 605-1103. A very nice, solid set which appears to have been very seldom used. Contains thousands of entries. More
Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1929. Hardcover. Brown paper covered boards with red cloth over spine. xiv + 282 pp. More
New York: Zone Books / Urzone, 1995. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, blue & color illus. dust jacket, 318 pp., BW illus. "In this strikingly original contribution to our understanding of Chinese philosophy, Franois Jullien, a French sinologist whose work has not yet appeared in English, uses the..... More
Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1919. Hardbound. Greyish printed cloth, oblong. 139, [1] pp., 2 pp. ads at rear. More
New York: Basic Books, 2009. Hardcover. Three-quarters turquoise paper boards with black paper spine, color illus. dust jacket, 578 pp., 46 BW & color illus., maps & charts. "Offers a broad narrative synthesis of China's tumultuous past, and is destined to become the classic single-volume history for anyone seeking to..... More
Fredericksburg, Virginia: Hai Hang Foundation, 2005. Fall 2005. Softcover. Mint green color-illustrated wraps with black and red lettering; 122 pp. with occasional bw illustrations. Text in Chinese and English; an educational journal in Chinese Studies and international relations. More
Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1993. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 388 pp.; 32 bw figures. Part of the SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture; Includes translations of chapters three, four, and five of the Huainanzi, as well as two appendices and notes. More
New York: American Geographical Society, 1926. Hardcover. Grey cloth over boards. Black title block with gold lettering. 199 pp. with 103 bw photos, diagrams, maps, charts, etc. Discusses the economic, natural, political and social causes and cures for famine, supported by data and profusely illustrated. More
Tokyo: The Toho Gakkai, 2006. Hardbound. Forest green cloth with silver lettering; 262 pp. with no illustrations. A scholarly work about the Edo period, from 1603 to 1867. Edo was Japan's political center and later was renamed Tokyo. More
Chicago: Swallow Press, 1972. Second. Hardcover. Pale blue cloth over boards; black lettering; bw-illus. dj with red spine lettering. Mylar cover. 175 pp. with occasional maps and bw illus. "...Mertz offers a bold which links the God [Quetzalcoatl] to a buddhist missionary who journeyed here [North America] from China in..... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1942. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with black lettering. NO dust jacket, xvi pages, 1 leaf, 993 pages, 50 bw maps. "On New Year's Day, 1931, Jawaharlal Nehru began a remarkable series of letters on the history of the world to his daughter, Indira [Gandhi]..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: William Blackwood & Sons, 1859. Second Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. vi, 210 pp. No illus, 16 pp. ads at rear. This was written by a Captain in the British Royal Navy and was originally published in Blackwood's Magazine. In ten chapters the author tells the tale of his..... More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1981. Hardbound. Brown boards with orange and brown cloth spine, gilt lettering. Illustrated dustjacket, black spine with orange lettering. xvi, 251 pp., 31 color, countless bw images. 'In the Ming Valley just outside Peking, thirteen of the sixteen emperors of the Ming dynasty..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982. Hardbound. 1/2 Green Cloth with green boards and color glossy dustjackets. 2 volumes. Volume 1 contains the text. Volume 2 the plates. Fabulous content and condition. More
Seoul: Seoul Press, 1920. Softcover. Grey paper wraps with black lettering; 36 pp. with no illustrations. Text in English. Originally published in Tokyo by the Japan Advertiser. Smith was a missionary stationed in Seoul. Discusses Japanese Immigration, Flogging and Torture, Japanese Suspicions, Pre-Annexation Conditions, Korean Indifference, Korean Language and History..... More
London, England: John Stockdale, 1797. Hardcover. Three-quarter cream leather/marbled green boards. 475 pp. 33 bw plates. This book was undertaken by order of the King of Great Britain and includes the manners and customs of the inhabitants, preceded by an account of the causes of the Embassy and voyage to..... More
China: The Editors, 1831. Hardbound. Red cloth covers with new cloth spine and paper label. pp. 67-141. Articles include "Ancient and Modern Pagans," "Chinese Phrases," "Mr. Bull's Farm - A Tale," " Sketches of The Court of Salo in 182," "Ode To Silk Stockings," "Recollections of India," "Chinese Printing," "Lines..... More
China: The Editors, 1831. Hardbound. Red cloth covers with new cloth spine and paper label. pp. 142 - 221. Articles include "Analysis of the geography of the Province of Canton", "Chinese Treatment of An Ambassador," "Letter from Oliver," "Recollections of India," "Letter from Juvenis," "Letter from Adam," "The Maid of..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. Hardbound. Ugly green library buckram (old). xv [2] 1, 546pp, 4 pp. publisher ads at rear. A complete and sturdy reading copy of a very rare title. rebind it to your liking, or enjoy it as-is. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. Softcover. Illus. brown/beige wraps; vol. 1 - 506 pp; vol. 2 - 406 pp.; no illus. More
Roma: Is. M. E. O., 1950. Hardbound. In English. Burgundy cloth on boards with gilt lettering on spine, [viii], 117 pp, 5 bw plates. Includes photographs and Tibetan texts -- inscriptions and edicts-- in Tibetan script and phoentic. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University, 1986. Hardbound. Grey cloth with silver lettering; green and cream dj with bw illustration and black lettering; 343 pp. with no illustrations. From the Council on East Asian Studies at Harvard; analyzes New Theses by Aizawa Seishisai (1781-1863) and its contribution to Japanese political thought and..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1949. Blue cloth with somewhat tattered dj. 238 pp. followed by a map, with a frontispiece portrait. A very nice, solid copy. More
Boston, MA: Wells and Lilly, 1823. Hardcover. Red leather spine with five raised bands/marbled boards. 372 pp. 6 bw plates. Written by a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, this volume was not originally intended for publication, but written as a Memoir to be deposited in the archives of the..... More