Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. x, 531, index. 25 b/w illustrations. Top edges stained yellow. Errata slip tipped-in. Yellow cloth lettered and illustrated in black. Some soiling to boards and spine else a Near Fine copy. A look at China from the Ming Dynasty.....
(New York): Oxford University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 371. Includes a section of black & white photography on glossy stock, as well as a couple maps. Bibliography. Index. Bound in red paper-covered boards over black cloth, silver lettering printed on spine. Slight sunning at.....
Boston: The Page Company, 1917. First edition. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 404. Illustrated endpapers. Folding map. Illustrated with eight color plates and photographic reproductions by E.M. Newman. T.e.g. Color illustrated green cloth. Near Fine. Albeit a book in a loosely organized series by publisher Page Company (The Spell of Egypt and.....
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New York: Modern Library, (1933). First Thus. Flexible boards. 12mo. Pp. xiii, 375. Introduction by the author. Flexible dark blue cloth, spine darkened, boards soiled, pages slightly browned. Inscribed "For Ted Harris from Pearl S. Buck" Harris was Buck's authorized biographer, editor and co-authored a book with her. A novel.....
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New York: John Day Company, 1931. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. vii, 375. Rebound in red cloth, lettered in gilt, light toning to pages. Inscribed by Buck on first half-title page, referring to the lengthy Proust quote that begins the novel on the verso of first half-title page.....
Philadelphia: The University Museum Bulletin, 1953. First edition. Stiff printed wraps. Bulletin University Museum Volume 17, Number 3 4to. Pp. 79. Frontis. black & white photograph. Illustrated throughout with black & white photography. Bound in stiff printed wraps, stapled. Light rubbing and soiling. Author was Associate Curator of "Oriental Section".....
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1934. Friedrich Schiff. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Illustrated with photographs by the author and sketches by F H Schiff. Map. Cream cloth with photographic illustration inset on front board with red cloth title ribbon lettered in black. Some soiling and spotting to boards and spine, Very.....
London: Periplus, (2002). First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket with Slipcase. 4to. Pp. xii, (2), 288. Filled with chapters written by respective authorities in their fields. Amply illustrated throughout with color photography. Appendices. Bibliography. Bound in textured half-cloth over patterned paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. Silk bookmark bound in.....
(Milan): Edizioni L'Archivolto, (2005). First Thus. Hardcover with dust jacket. Tall 4to. Pp. 254. Dual English - Italian text. Illustrated throughout with color photography. Color photograph endpapers. Bound in black cloth. A handsome copy in the dust jacket, which shows just a hint of wear. First published in China, the.....
Fat Ming Co., 1920s. String bound wrappers. Two volumes. Narrow 8vo. String-bound. The covers of one of the volumes is chipped. Please see photos. We dated the books from the 1920s based on binding, printing and paper type; that's mere educated guess. Two copies of a Chinese character exercise book.....
(London): Marks & Spencer, (1997). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to. Pp. 256. Illustrated with color photography. Index. Color photographs to endpapers. Bound in color-illustrated paper-covered boards; spine and cover lettered in white. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket is now housed in a clear, removable archival protector.....
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, (2007). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 303, notes & references, index. Illustrated with black & white photographs and illustrations. Black cloth over green cloth boards. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket that has a slight scuff near the bar code on the.....
London: Benn Brothers Limited, 1923. Illustrated with 50 plates, many b&w photogravure images and 20 or so in color. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is #98. Folio (book measures 13" x 17" (32.5 cm. x 42 cm.)). Unpaginated. Three page introduction by Roger Fry.....
New York: Random House, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover with Slipcase. Large 4to. Pp. 303. Illustrated with many color plates, b/w illustrations, plus and illustrated catalog of 155 pieces. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Green cloth binding with stamped gilt design on front cover; gilt lettering on spine. Unobtrusive former owner blindstamp of.....
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, (1935). Baldridge {Cyrus Leroy]. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Pp. x, [2], 3-305, followed by 127 pages of photos and full page captions. Illustrated endpapers. Bound in tan cloth with green and blue lettering and decoration on front board and spine.....
St. Joseph, MI: American Society Of Agricultural Engineers, 1979. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers Saddle-Stapled. 4to. Pp. 101. Illustrated throughout from photographs. With a roster of attendees. Bound in stiff paper wraps, photo-illustrated. Slight age-toning to edges of covers, else a bright copy. With essay contributions by several members of the.....
London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. lviii, 386, [18] of publisher advertising. Illustrated with a fold-out map of Peking. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles and bat illustrations, TEG. Moderate spine lean, spine head chipped, hinges parting, foxed endpapers, gift inscription on a blank preliminary.....
Washington, DC: Alvin Rosenbaum Projects, (1988). Sidney D. Gamble. First Edition. Hardcover in slipcase. 4to. Pp. 191. Frontis. black & white photograph of Sidney D. Gamble. Forewords by John Hersey and L. Carrington Goodrich. Introduction by Jonathan D. Spence. Lavishly illustrated throughout with Gamble's black & white photography. Bibliography. Bound.....
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[Shanghai / London]: [Bernard Quaritch / Kelly & Walsh], [1912]. Second Edition. Half leather. 4to. Pp. [1,] 2-1711. Re-backed in half calf over blue-gray pebbled cloth covered boards, gilt spine titles between five raised bands, marbled endpapers, bookmark ribbon bound in. Lacking the title page, preface and reference tables. Former.....
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1919. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. 8vo. Pp. 301, [5]. Printed wrappers, shelf-darkened with small inkstain to upper wrapper, loss to spine extremes. Light toning to text block edges. "A la Mémoire D'Emile Durkheim et D'Edouard Chavannes." First edition of a study of the classic Chinese Che-King, concentrating.....
London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1845. Second Edition. Three-quarter leather. 8vo. Pp. xvi, [1], 2-488. Frontis. and three additional plates. Two of four maps present. Dampstain on frontis. leaf. New marbled endpapers. Bound in three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards. Five raised bands and black morocco title label lettered in gilt.....
London: Macmillan & Co, 1910. Volumes I & II Second Printings, Volume III First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. Vol I, xxiv, 436, plus 7pp. of plates of maps; Vol II, xviii, 441, index; Vol III, xvi, 426, index. 545 illustrations, including 8 color after photographs and sketches by Hedin and.....
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 133. Index. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Clean throughout. In a price-clipped dust jacket that shows light edge-wear and toning. A handsome copy with dust jacket now housed in a clear.....
(Taipei): National Museum of History, (1999). First Edition. Stiff printed wrappers in slipcase. Two volumes. 4to. Pp. 212; 127. Two vols. Dual English/Chinese text. Prefaces by Huang Kuang-nan, Hwa Chia-chi, and David Mulroney. Illustrated throughout with color photography. Appendix. Bound in stiff printed wraps; cover and spine lettered in white.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hedda Hammer Morrison photographs. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 268. Map endpapers. With photographs by Hedda Morrison (whose work is the subject of A Photographer in Old Peking).Yellow cloth spine over brown cloth boards. Very Good- in worn dust jacket that.....