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.....
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.....
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. 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.....
Petersham, Maud and Miska (illus).
Surrey. Wells Gardner, Darton. nd. Ca. 1939. Color and tan plates by the authors, unpaginated (32pp), 8 x 8 inches, color pictorial paper-covered boards, light wear to head and tail of spine, very small and attractive bookseller's label on front pastedown, IN COLOR PICTORIAL DUST.....
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.....
London. The China Inland Mission. 1908. Color lithographed maps, xii + (index map plus 22 single and double page maps) + 16pp, 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, gilt lettered red cloth covered boards (hardbound). The Index Map of China has a stain with a small piece of paper adhered.....
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.....
London. Chatto & Windus. 1935-1937. Full page color illustrations, black and white full page and in-text photo illustrations, approximately 450+ pages per volume, index in each volume, 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches, green cloth covered boards (hardbound). Light soiling to a few covers; very good, clean condition. Volume I......
