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London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1885. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. ix, 333, (6) publisher's catalogue. Half-title present. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full brown cloth, upper cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt and black, some stray spots on back cover, floral endpapers, trimmed rough, spine ends very lightly bumped, inner hinges about starting. In fine condition. Excellent copy, bright and fresh, beautifully preserved interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Sir Henry Knollys (1840-1930) served as a major in the Royal Artillery, later became private secretary to King Edward's daughter Maud, queen of Norway. He was a descendant to a distinguished British family. Sir Francis Knollys (1514-1596) was an English statesman, became a member of parliament in 1542 and was knighted in 1547. His father, Robert Knollys, a courtier in the service of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Sir Francis's three sons were all courtiers and served Queen Mary in parliament or in the… Read More

Cambridge: University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's inscription dated 1923. A few spots of foxing to endpapers. No tears to the folding map. A 3/8" tear at lower end of gutter at rear endpaper. Hinges weak. Some minor rubbing to cloth boards and to ends of spine. Slight bruising to lower corners of boards. A nice copy of an important background book for the political history of Tibet in the first half of the twentieth century. Uncommon in this condition.; First printing. xxiii, [1], 248 pages + 64 b&w photographic plates + 8 maps (including 1 large folding colour map in pocket at rear). Publisher's green cloth boards with gilt lettering and publisher's emblem on spine. Page dimensions: 241 x 164 mm. "It having been found impossible to reconcile the conflicting boundary claims of China and Tibet at the tripartite conference held in India in 1914, the Tibetan question dragged on unsettled through the years of the… Read More

London: T.Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. pp. ix, [3], 632, with 8 plates (including frontispiece), five of which are hand-colored. Recent full calf with new endpapers, original red spine label preserved, three armorial ink stamps on the top edge of the text block. Tissue repair to first page of table of contents, ocasional foxing and minor soiling in the margins; overall quite clean and sound. "Barrow accompanied Lord Macartney's mission to the court of China in 1792 as his private secretary, and the present account...is one of the best illustrated English travels on China. The eight plates are from drawings by William Alexander, who also accompanied the embassy and later published his own work. The strict exclusion of Europeans by the Chinese emperors had left China very much terra incognita to the western world well into the nineteenth century. Barrow was an excellent observer, and the text contains a number of descriptions and illustrations of Chinese… Read More

John Day, New York 1956 . No other dates. VG+/VG- Rare edition in Rare DJ. Collectible copy of hard to find book in early printing. Burnt orange hardcover in VG + condition . Slight bumping to spines. Light shelf wear to edges and corners. Tight, clean copy. A few tiny spots on first fly leaf, otherwise no marks , no book plate, no P O, no stickers, no foxing, no smells. DJ shows wear. Tears at top and bottom of spine as well corners and edges. Statement by Sterling North on the back of DJ, "In Defense of the Novel".Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriquing rulers during a time of intense turbulence. Tzu Hsi - Empress of China, in youth a beautiful concubine, in middle life a brilliant strategist, in old age a goddess. Tzu Hsi was feared and hated by many in the court but adored by the people. The Empress's rise to power parallels the story of China's transition from the ancient to modern way.

London.: Church of England Zenana Missionary Society.. No date. (circa1900).. Nine printed sheets each printed with people or items and showing the cut lines. Original chromolithograph card box repaired with acid free archival tape along folds. Some occasional light foxing on sheets, card covers browned and worn in places, a few other minor signs of wear but generally very good. 43 x 24cm. The first two sheets show Chinese people in clothes appropriate to their age, occupation etc. Those illustrated include The Opium Smoker, School-master, The General Shopkeeper, Native Biblewoman etc. Other sheets show furniture and fittings, a coloured illustration of the street, a black and white image of the city gate and a much larger sheet (50 x 87.5cm) which is an illustration of the street and onto which the other cut-outs when coloured and cut out are placed. .

1789 George Keate Account of Pelew Islands Philippines War Palau South Pacific

George Keate's "Account of the Pelew Islands" is a rare 18th-century description of the Pelew people and Oceania regions of the South Pacific including the Philippines and other Pacific islands. Keate wrote this work was based on the account of Henry Wilson, an English sailor in the East India Company. His ship, the Antelope, was shipwrecked off of the Palau islands. Following the premier in 1788, this book became immensely popular to readers in England, a book in which Keate described the local Pelew people as savages and drew in audiences with descriptions of unknown and unfamiliar lands.

Keate's 'Account' gives descriptions of coral Reefs, manners and customs of the natives, details of battles and local wars, weapons and military tactics, canoe making, and more.

This 1789 edition includes a section on the vocabulary of the Pelew language.

Item number: #7076
Price: $1500
KEATE, George
An account of the Pelew Islands:… Read More

[London].: George Philip & Son.. No date. (circa1937).. Very large, handsome coloured linen backed map 167.5 x 114.5cm, folds into cloth boards 29.5 x 24.5cm. Scale 1:3,000,000 or 48 miles to an inch. Marbled front free endpaper creased and torn with some loss. Ribbon ties detached, cloth soiled, corners of corners worn and bumped, cloth along case joints torn in places. Although the case shows wear this striking map is in excellent condition. The map features three inset maps: Shanghai/Nanking District; Peking Tsinan District and Sinkiang. A key gives reference to the symbols of communities used which include animal and vegetable products, mineral products and manufactured products. A scarce map packed with fascinating detail of China at a crucial time in the country's history. .

武昌.[Wuchang].: 亞新地學社.[Ya xin di xue she].. 1st Edition.. August1951.. Large detailed colour Chinese map of Korean War, folded, scale 1:15,000,000, three inset maps on corners, illustrated legend showing agricultural and mining resources lower margin, in original envelope. Some light wear along edges, small holes and wear at folds mended with archival tape, envelope torn with loss mended with archival tape. Inset map 兩個陣營力量對比 "Strength Comparison Between The Two Camps" upper left corner, scale 1: 170,000,000. The Peaceful Camp in red covering the majority of Asia and Europe, a list of 6 countries (Germany, Czech, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania) are numbered and are also part of the Peaceful Camp. The Invader Camp in grey covering North America and small parts of Europe, a list of 3 nations (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg) are numbered and are also part of the Invader Camp. Block of text in… Read More

[China].: 軍事委員會政治訓練部. [Jun shi wei yuan hui zheng zhi xun lian bu].. [1926].. Chinese Kuomintang propaganda poster printed in red, issued by the Political Training Department of the Military Affairs Commission. Text in traditional Chinese. Chinese character for "one" at lower left apparently indicates more posters in this series. Small mark right edge, some light creases, very good. Sheet measures 78.6 x 26.8cm. The Double Tenth Day celebrates the Wuchang Uprising on October 10th 1911. The uprising took place in what is today the Wuchang district within Wuhan and brought about the end of the Qing Dynasty. This uprising was the first of a series of uprisings across China and by the end of 1911 there was really no doubt that the Qing Dynasty would fall. On February 12th, 1912 Empress Dowager Longyu formally abdicated the throne on behalf of Puyi. The publisher of this poster,… Read More

[南京].[Nanking].: 南京特別市農民協會.. [1928].. Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) propaganda poster stencilled in blue and red, appears to have been issued folded with 4 neat horizontal folds visible, some other minor creasing, small closed tear from margin, archival repair to lower left corner, small stain lower corner. Issued by the Peasants' Association of Nanking Special Municipality, the party emblem of KMT is centrally placed at the top of the poster with skulls and crossbones just below, calligraphic text takes up the majority of the poster with the characters for "five" and "three" highlighted, lower edge dripping blood, overall very good. Text in traditional Chinese. Sheet measures 78 x 26cm. In the final stage of the Northern Expedition, Chang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army (NRA) entered Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in April 1928. The two characters "five" and "three" so graphically depicted on this poster… Read More

WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT: Flack, Marjorie. THE STORY ABOUT PING. ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE. FIRST EDITION 1933 VIKING PRESS. 3 lines of copyright information. HARDCOVER. BACK DJ FLAP INCLUDES JUNIOR VIKING COUPON. Matching blue floating duck back board and dust jacket panels do not bear weekly reader logo. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTO OF DJ BACK PANEL. Unclipped Front DJ flap priced at $1.00 . QUITE THE FIND. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD CONDITION UNCLIPPED DJ. Unpaginated. 7 X 9 1/4. A CLEAN SOLID COPY. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTOS.

London.: Oriental Translation Fund.. 1st thus.. 1829.. 2 volumes. Volume I: black & white frontispiece "Fac-simile of the Title-Page to Haoukewchuen, or the Fortunate Union". A further page with borders decorated and printed in blue announce: Oriental Translation Fund Instituted 1828 under the patronage of His Most Gracious Majesty George the Fourth and states that 'This copy was printed for the Most Noble the Marquess of Anglesey, A subscriber to the Oriental Translation Fund.' Some foxing preliminary leaves, one gathering loosening. xxiv + 258pp and errata. Volume II: Frontispiece map showing "the Route of the Embassy in 1816 from Peking to Tengchang Foo along the Grand Canal", vi + 262pp, appendix and bound together with 31pp 'Report of the Proceedings of the Second General Meeting of the Subscribers to the Oriental Translation Fund with the Prospectus, A list of the Oriental Translation Committee, a Report of the Committee and Regulations and a List of Works in the Press. Generally very clean… Read More

London: Collins, 1946. First edition. Octavo (). [1]-414 pp. With a full color fontispiece of the Dalai Lama at age thirty-four and numerous full-page black and white photographs throughout. With maps printed on the endpapers. Publisher's original orange cloth. Front board stamped in gilt. Spine lettered and stamped in gilt. Minor stain to front board. Binding slightly skewed. Jacket chipped and creased a bit along edges and spine extremities. Jacket a bit dust soiled and with some tape repairs on the inside bottom of spine. Overall a very good copy. "For more than twenty years the late Sir Charles Bell, acting as the Dali Lama's political adviser, was in a unique position to study him as a man, as a ruler, and as the head of a religion permeating the lives of many millions of people. It is an authoritative book, teeming with interest and detailed information, and as the central figure of the King-Priest emerges, so also does the astonishing background of the country and people which he ruled- the… Read More

Paris: De Bure, 1750. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 16mos. 391; 579; 559, (13) pages. Small books measuring just over 6 1/2 inches tall by 4 inches wide. Hardcovers bound in full tan mottled leather with red and brown label pastedowns on spines. Five raised spine bands. Bindings are scuffed, rubbed; headcaps are fraying. Gilt tooling on spines, which are worn and bumped. All edges of text blocks are red. Marbled endpapers. Prior owner's names on recto of front flyleaf and verso of second front flyleaf (includes an early owner's name of Gallatin Sellon and a mid-20th century signature of Algie Newlin, who was a professor of History at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina). Ribbon bookmarks. Bumping to the fore edge of the rear of the text block of Volume II and with some bumping at the fore edge of the front of the text block on Volume III. Text is toned, occasional foxing. Text is in French. Publisher's book list (13 pages) at the… Read More

Rare original first edition, published and printed during Hokusai's lifetime (Bunka 2, 1845) - the coronation of the Gakyō Rōjin" 画狂老人; "The Old Man Mad About Art" period. Your chance to own an authentic Hokusai print and a piece of history!
Orange stitched (fukurotoji bindings) wrappers, 6 vol.set
The Shaka goichidaiki zue is the illustrated record of Shakyamuni's life, published in 1845, which consists of six volumes. The entire work is composed of 55 episodes compiled by Yamada Isai 山田意斎 and 35 monochrome illustrations crafted by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎. This book has three publishers: Echigoya Jihei 越後屋治兵衛 in Kyoto, Yamashiroya Sahei 山城屋佐兵衛 in Edo, and Kawachiya Mohei 河内屋茂兵衛 in Osaka, indicating that it was prevalent during that time.
For further reading and another impression in the Arthur Tress Collection, in the Kislak Center, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, go to:… Read More