Tokyo. Self-published. Circa 1930. "The Expediter" was a handbook supplied to U.S. participants assembled for tour-guide Upton Close’s fifth excursion to the Far East, in which he served, to use his preferred terminology, as "Commander" of a "Cultural Expedition." Text at rear lists the names of "Attendees" of four earlier.....
London. Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, Ltd., 1900. First Edition. Attractive hard-cover volume, pebbled embossed boards; xii and 474 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Crack along binding edge of front free end paper. Tissue-guarded frontispiece of author appears in high resolution facsimile. Inscription on verso of front free end paper...
Hull, Joseph (illus).
Chicago. The Western News Company. 1870. 9 loose black and white lithographs, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, with original decorative envelope (7 3/4 x 6 inches). Light soiling, edge tears and wear to envelope, plus previous owner's name and date (July 3 1871) in ink and...
Beijing. Ren min mei shu chu ban she. 1974. Color pictorial card wrappers, 11 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, 71 numbered pages, color and black and white illustrations throughout. Light wear to wrappers (looks like the front cover is partially sun bleached), wrappers beginning to separate from the text block...
Shanghai. Kelly & Walsh. 1927. 2 color plates, many black and white, xx (split between front and back of book) + 514pp, index, folding chart at rear of book, 8 3/4 x 6 inches, decorative orange cloth-covered boards. Very lightest soiling to covers, very good condition.
Accordion folding album with wood covers with the Chinese character for good luck on the front cover, 8 x 6 inches (21 x 14.5 cm), 10 color paintings on fabric, each facing a descriptive page with text in Chinese and English. Very good condition. The festivals described and pictured are...
London. Hurst and Blackett, Limited. 1902. Black and white photo illustrations, xvi+379, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, gilt decorative cloth covered boards (hardbound). Ex-library with labels to front endpaper, ink notation to title page, occasional blind stamps. Decorative nameplate to front paste-down, front hinge starting to split but still...
London. His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1912. Pamphlet, 9pp, disbound (no wrappers), black and white folding map (sheet 11 1/2 x 13 inches0, very good condition. A particularly interesting report from the year of the Chinese Revolution. The report by Mr. Acting Consul Coates notes "the change of Government took place...
Kyoto. Meiji 23. 1890. 11 black and white woodblock maps, Japanese binding, 7 x 4 3/4 inches. Covers lightly soiled, very good condition. Volume 4 of a series. Attractive and detailed maps showing China at different historical periods.
Rapkin, J. (mapmaker). Wray A.H. (illus); J.B. Allen (engraved by).
New York. London Printing and Publishing Company. No date. Ca. 1850. MAP (black and white engraving, 11 x 14 1/2 inches folded as issued to 11 x 7 1/4 inches) tipped onto binding tab as frontispiece of this individually issued...
Nanking, China. Nanking Woman's Club. 1933. Black and white photo illustrations, 62pp, 9 x 6 inches, paper wrappers (softbound). Original cover which has paper loss at edges has been glued to verso of frontispiece and a new paper wrapper (with Isseido bookseller label) titled in ink has been stapled over...
Beijing. Zhaohua Publishing House. 1981. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w, 64pp, 8vo (10 inches), color pictorial stiff card wrappers (softbound). Good condition: light rubbing to cover extremities, light soiling to title page, generally clean and tight. Includes a profile of the artist, two articles and synopses of 36 operas.
London and New York. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1895. Color folding map, 287+8pp, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (16mo), pictorial gilt embossed cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Light fading to spine, light foxing to prelims (including map), overall very good condition. An exceptionally bright copy with the very attractive decorative...
No date. Early 1900s. Chinese style accordion fold binding, wooden boards with carved chinese character, 10 full page original watercolor illustrations on silk, upper and lower edges gilt, 8vo (8 x 6 inches). Wooden covers are bowed, otherwise very good condition. One of a series of these wooden bound books...
London. His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1912. Pamphlet, 15pp, disbound (no wrappers), black and white folding map (sheet 9 1/4 x 11 inches0, very good condition. A particularly interesting report from the year of the Chinese Revolution. The report by Mr. Acting Consul W.R. Brown notes that the good prospects for...
Surrey. Wells Gardner, Darton. nd. Ca. 1939. Color and brown & white plates by the authors, unpaginated (32pp), 8 x 8 inches, pictorial paper-covered boards, colored endpapers, wear to head and tail of spine, small chips and wear to spine, very small and attractive bookseller's label front pastedown. Beautiful color...
Winzer, C.F. (illus).
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore. Kelly and Walsh, Limited. 1921. Six tipped-in color plates, 36 pp, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (octavo), gilt lettered red cloth-covered boards with black cloth spine (hardbound). Light wear to extremities, light foxing to title page and prelims, overall very good condition...
1942- 1946. Photo album 11 x 10 inches containing 153 photos ranging in size from 2 x 3 inches to 4 x 5 inches. Very good condition. The photographs are in very good condition; there are six color photographs on the first three pages where the color has a uniformly...
London. Church Missionary Society. No date. [ 1933]. Book of 9 short stories with Chinese children as protagonists; stiff board covers 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ inches; 60 pp., illustrated with color enhanced photographs and one illustration identified as from a Chinese poster. Photo on front cover lightly abraded; contents...
Hong Kong. The Union Research Institute. 1955. Second Edition. 145pp, 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, red cloth covered boards (hardbound). Edges lightly rubbed, toned tape repair to title page, occasional light spots; overall good condition. From the "Communist China Problem Research Series"
Boulder. Lynne Rienner. 1998. Black and white map and tables, x+349pp, bibliograhy, index, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, gilt lettered red cloth covered boards (hardbound). Fine condition.
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1974. Black and white photo illustrations throughout, foldout blue, black and white map, 61 pp, 7 1/4 x 5 inches, pictorial wrappers (softbound). Very good condition. Book about the building of the canal. Chapters include; "The Masses are the Real Heroes". Includes foldout "Sketch Map of...
New York. The Mentor Association Inc., 04-15- 1915. Volume 3. Number 5. Booklet, 11pp, black and white illustrations, complete with 6 loose photogravure plates, decorative paper wrappers, 10 x 7 inches. Very good condition. An interesting brief introduction to China, published shortly after the Chinese Revolution. The photogravure plates (each...
Freschi, A. (engraved by).
London. J.J. Stockdale. 1812. VOLUME IV ONLY. 20 black and white stipple engravings, 160 pages, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Front cover missing, back cover detached. Scattered foxing to half title, occasional light soiling to interior, plates clean and bright. A collection of 20 plates...
London. Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.. 1949. Black and white photo illustrations, xv+319pp, 9x6 inches, green cloth covered boards (hardbound) with dust jacket. Dust jacket has scattered foxing, tear to tail of spine and light edge wear. Book in very good condition with small book store stamp to front endpaper.
