Tokyo Taisho Hakurankai Kinen Shashincho Hakkokai. 東京大正博覧会記念写真帖発行会. Taisho 3 [ 1914]. Black and white photo illustrations throughout most with tissue guards, approx. 156 pages, 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, gold cloth covered boards with title label and string ties. Covers have split at the bound edge but the contents.....
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.....
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.....
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. 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" issued in paper wrappers, here in attractive.....
Boston. World Peace Foundation. 1938. 2 black and white foldout maps, 353 pp, index, 8vo, pictorial wrappers (softbound). Creasing to corners of cover and first several interior pages, cover starting to detach, otherwise good condition. Strikingly designed color cover with map of China, Manchoukuo, US.S.R. and Japan.
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). Unused condition, slight bowing to boards.
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.....
New York. The Century Co., 1920. Black and white plates, xi+240pp, appendices, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, pictorial cloth covered boards. Light toning to covers, couple of small signatures of previous owners on front free endpaper, good to very good condition. A book that covers many aspects of life.....
Shanghai, China. The World Book Co., Ltd. Dictionary of English words and phrases translated into Chinese, opening pages in Chinese, 16 unpaginated + 1,950 + 20 + 4 pages, 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, cloth-covered soft binding. Penciled alphabet to front cover and fore edge, pen.....
New York. Boni and Liveright. 1925. 3 black and white tipped in plates, color decorative endpapers, two edges uncut, xxiii+488pp, 8 x 5 1/2 inches, paper-covered boards with cloth spine (hardbound). Cover edges lightly rubbed; interior good clean condition; line of abrasion to half title, title page, and last page.....
Tang, You-shang (illus).
San Francisco. Design Enterprises of San Francisco. 1983. Illustrated throughout in color, 8.5 x 11 inches, shiny color pictorial paper-covered boards. As new condition in very good dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR and INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR on front endpaper. From a true story of a boy.....
Tang, You-shang (illus).
San Francisco. Design Enterprises of San Francisco. 1983. Two books, illustrated throughout in color, 8.5 x 11", shiny color pictorial paper-covered boards. As new condition in very good d/js. Book in English is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on the title page - book in Chinese.....
Blair, G. H. (illus).
Boston and Tacoma. The Round the World Publishing Company. 1891. Black and white photo illustrations and in-text illustrations, 312pp, 6 1/2 x 12 inches, pictorial cloth covered boards (hardbound). Covers soiled and rubbed; front hinge split but still attached, missing front endpaper, dampstain to right edge.....
London. His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1930. TWO VOLUMES, each in paper wrappers, 9 1/2 x 6 inches. Volume I: 3 folding maps (1 color map), xxv+409pp, Volume II: 1 color folding map, x+344pp, index. Back cover of volume 1 detached, covers chipped with some paper loss, interior very good. The.....
Tokyo. Asahi Shimbun. 10- 1955. Number 3. October 1955 issue of the magazine, profusely illustrated in color and black and white, pictographic maps, 350 pp, index of advertisers, 13 x 10 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Very good condition: moderate wear to fore edge of front cover, interior clean. A fascinating.....
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government. House of Representatives. 1856. Volume II of the three-volume set, 11 3/4 x 9 inches; 414 pages plus, at rear, 14 page "Fac-Simile of the Original Treaty with Japan," 11 pages. Index, and 17 folded charts. Two additional folded maps are present, one in the report.....
Tokyo. [Tokyo Toyodo]. No date. Ca. 1895. 10 double-page color lithographs, plus 8 (unpaginated) pages of text at the rear. Bound accordion style with paper-covered boards and color pictorial cover label. Boards are detached with paper loss at the corners, small area of light dampstaining at the lower left corner.....
Showa 11. 1936. Color illustrated throughout, unpaginated (12pp plus covers), 13 x 9 1/2 inches, color pictorial thick card covers with cloth binding. Overall light soiling to covers, bump to two lower corners, scattered light soiling to margins, interior clean. This children's book provides a fascinating glimpse into life in.....
Utagawa Toyohiro (illus).
Ca. 1813- 1814. THREE VOLUMES IN FOUR. Black and white woodblock illustrations throughout, 10 x 7 inches (26 x 18cm), Japanese four whole stab binding, card binding with title labels. Some insect damage throughout, mostly minor but with one more significant area to the first volume with.....
London. Seeley & Co., Ltd., 1909. 2nd Edition. Small book with red leather covers, 6 x 4 1/4 inches, 50 black and white illustrations (chiefly photographic) 252 pp. followed by 18 pp. of advertisements from the publisher. Top and bottom of spine abraded. Blind stamp with tear beneath on page.....
