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Photographic record of the first battle of Shanghai
The "Sino-Japanese Disturbances" Souvenir Album. Shanghai. 1932. Tokyo [1933] Oblong 4to, title page, 2 maps, 48 pages of photographs, [ii]. A very good copy in the original Japanese silk tied album. Corners worn.
With papers on silk and bamboo
Amiot, Jean Joseph Marie (and others) Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages, &c. des Chinois: par les Missionaires de Pekin, 2. Tome Second. Paris Chez Nyon 1777 First edition. 4to (26.5 x 19.5 cm), pp.viii, 650, 7 plates, 3 folding maps, and 27 printed tables to text. Second volume only. Bound in rather worn and scuffed contemporary calf. Text in very good condition, with occasional spotting. Some underlining and marginal marks in coloured crayon affecting around a dozen pages. Ticket of Chung Yuan Bookstore, Peking. Cordier BS 54 (giving a synopsis of each volume); Löwendahl 596 (giving the contents of each volume in detail); Morrison II, p.175
Amiot, Jean Joseph Marie (and others) Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages, &c. des Chinois: par les Missionaires de Pekin, 5. Tome Cinquieme. Paris Chez Nyon 1780 First edition. 4to (26.5 x 19.5 cm), pp.[iv], 518, 3 plates. Fifth volume only. Bound in rather scuffed contemporary leather. Contents in very good condition, with occasional spotting. Underlining and marginal marks in coloured crayon on some 40 pages. Ticket of Chung Yuan Bookstore, Peking. Cordier BS 54 (giving a synopsis of each volume); Löwendahl 607 (giving the contents in detail); Morrison II p.175
Amiot's biographies of fifty-two famous Chinese figures
Amiot, Jean Joseph Marie, (and others) Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages, &c. des Chinois: par les Missionaires de Pekin, 3. Tome Troisieme. Paris Chez Nyon 1778 First edition. 4to (26.5 x 19.5 cm), pp.iv, 504, 6 plates. Third volume only. Bound in rather scuffed and worn contemporary calf. Top of spine split. Contents in very good condition, with occasional spotting. Underlining and marginal marks in coloured crayon affecting around 30 pages. Ticket of Chung Yuan Bookstore, Peking. Cordier BS 54 (giving a synopsis of each volume); Löwendahl 601 (giving the contents in detail); Morrison II, p.175
Amiot, Jean-Joseph-Marie (and others) Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages, &c. des Chinois: par les Missionaires de Pekin, 14. Tome Quatorzieme. Paris Chez Nyon 1789 First edition, 4to, pp.xvi, 561, [1]. Fourteenth volume only. Bound in rather scuffed and worn contemporary calf. Contents in very good condition, with occasional spotting. Underlining and marginal marks in coloured crayon affecting around 10 pages. Cordier BS 54 (giving a synopsis of each volume); Löwendahl 667 (giving the contents in detail); Morrison II, p.175
Anderson, William The Pictorial Arts of Japan. With a brief historical sketch of the associated arts, and some remarks upon the pictorial art of the Chinese and Koreans. London Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1886 First edition, folio, pp.xix, 276, 80 plates, 146 text illustrations. A very good copy in original decorated cloth, morocco spine, all edges gilt. Minor rubbing to spine. Occasional light foxing. Bookplate of Oswald Lewis.
Twenty years in China & Macao
Andrade, José Ignacio de Cartas escriptas da India e da China nos annos de 1815 a 1835. Lisbon Imprensa Nacional 1843 First edition, first issue. Two volumes bound in one, 8vo (24.5 x 16.5 cm), pp.[xviii], 245, [1, blank], [4, index]; [x], 235, [1, blank], [5], [1, blank], [2, index], 12 lithographed portraits. A very good copy bound in later tree calf. Some foxing to portraits. Cordier BS 2114; not in Löwendahl.
Andreae V. und John Geiger Bibliotheca Sinologica. [bound with] Youen-pen-han-chou-pao-ouei. Verzeichniss einer grossen anzahl zu verkaufender acht chinesischer bucher. Frankfurt am Main: K. Theodor Volcker 1864 First edition pp.x, 108, [1, errata]; [iv], 32, 16 lithographed pages of Chinese text. A very good copy neatly rebound in recent boards, original paper front wrapper laid down. A little light foxing.
Baedeker, Karl Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking. Handbook for Travellers. Leipzig Karl Baedeker 1914 First edition in English, pp.lxiv, 590, 40 maps and 78 plans. A very good copy in original cloth. Large general map carelessly opened and torn at edge, light stain to edge of title and following few pages. Spine faded.
Barrow's life of Macartney
Barrow, John, Sir Some account of the public life, and a selection from the unpublished writings, of the Earl of Macartney, the latter consisting of extracts from an account of the Russian empire... and a journal of an embassy from the king of Great Britain to the emperor of China. London T. Cadell & W. Davies 1807 First edition. Two volumes, 4to (27.5 x 22 cm), pp.xii, 608; [iv], 531, [1, blank]; portrait frontispiece. A very good set bound in contemporary calf, neatly rebacked. All edges speckled blue. Endpapers renewed. Title of second volume spotted, otherwise clean and crisp. Armorial bookplates of Richard Shuttleworth Streatfeild. Cordier BS 2391; Löwendahl 735; Lust 501; Morrison I, p.43
Bazancourt, César de, Baron Les expéditions de Chine et de Cochinchine. d'après les documents officiels. Paris Amyot 1861-62 First edition Two parts bound in one, 8vo, pp. [ii], iii, [i, blank], 426; [iii]-viii, 413. Contemporary half calf, front joint neatly repaired. First few leaves browned, light damp-stain in lower corners. Cordier BS 2495; Morrison II, p. 17
Naval chaplain's lectures on Buddhism
Beal, Samuel Abstract of four lectures on Buddhist literature in China delivered at University College, London. London Trubner 1882 First edition. 8vo (23 x 15 cm), pp.xvi, [4], 185, [1,blank]; 73 (advertisements), [1], 5 plates, 1 folding, vignette on verso of half-title. Printed errata slip. A very good copy in original pictorial cloth, gilt. A little rubbed. Scattered foxing. Corder BS 745; Morrison I, p.48
Binyon, Laurence Les Peintures Chinoises dans les Collections d'Angleterre. Paris et Bruxelles G. van Oest 1927 First edition Folio, pp.68, [4], 64 plates. Ars Asiatica IX A very good copy in original wrappers, dust wrapper. A little light foxing, fore-edge spotted.
Boerschmann, Ernst Baukunst und Landschaft in China. Eine Reise durch zwolf provinzen. Berlin Ernst Wasmuth 1926 First edition, 11-20 tausend, 4to, pp.xxv, 288 pages of photographic illustration. A very good copy in original cloth, torn dust wrapper.
The first American to visit Beijing
Braam Houckgeest, André Everard van; Médéric-Louis-Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry, translator Voyage de l'Ambassade de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales Hollandaises, vers l'Empereur de la Chine, en 1794 et 1795; Tiré du journal d'André Everard Van Braam Houckgeest. Publié par M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-Méry. Paris & Strasbourg chez Garnery & chez Levrault An 6 de la République [1798] Second edition. Two volumes bound in one, 8vo (20.5 x 13.5 cm), pp.[iv], xxxii, 351, [1, blank]; [iv], 286. Text in French. A very good copy bound in contemporary morocco-backed boards. Edges a little worn, and a few pinprick holes to joints. Contemporary printed book labels of the "Bibliothèque de Mr. de Camp-Rond" on reverse of titles. Cordier BS 2350; Löwendahl 700
Bullock, Captain T.H. The Chinese Vindicated, or Another View of the Opium Question; Being in reply to a pamphlet, by Samuel Warren, Esq. F.R.S. London Wm. H. Allen 1840 pp.vii,120. A very good copy bound in recent boards. Presentation inscription to the Editor of the Globe.
[Caillot, Antoine] Morceaux choisis des Lettres édifiantes et curieuses écrites des missions étrangères. Sur la religion, les moeurs et les usages des peuples visites par les missionaires; suivis de fragmens de Nouvelles Lettres Edifiantes, d'un coup d'oeil general sur les missions, etc; Par Ant. C.*** Paris Brunot-Labbe 1813 Seconde edition, corrigée, augmentée. Two volumes, pp.iv, 352; [iv], 332, 8 engraved plates. A very good set bound in contemporary speckled calf, gilt fillet, neatly rebacked in calf. All edges gilt. Corners rubbed, a little minor spotting, end-papers stained at edges.
First Western translation of Li-chi
Callery, Joseph Marie [Guiseppe Gaetano Calleri) Li-Ki ou Memorial des Rites. Traduit pour la premiere fois du Chinois, et accompagne de notes, de commentaires et du texte original. Turin & Paris Imprimerie Royale & Benjamin Duprat 1853 First edition. 4to (31.5 x 24 cm), pp.[ii], xxxii, 199, [1, blank], 98 (lithographed Chinese text). A very good copy, wide-margined copy bound in later half morocco over marbled boards. All edges untrimmed. Löwendahl 1137
Scarce Canton printed broadside
[Canton imprint] Chyloong. Dealer in Sweetmeats. Canton 1851 One leaf, 20 x 17 cm, crudely printed.
The Chinese Criminal Code and special criminal and administrative laws. Translated and annotated by the legal department of the Shanghai Municipal Council. Shanghai Shanghai Municipal Council; Printed by the Municipal Jail Printing Department. 1935 First edition, pp.vi, 248. A very good copy in original cloth.