Siren, Osvald A History of Early Chinese Art. III: Sculpture. London Ernest Benn Limited 1930
First edition xv, 75, 128 plates. A very good copy in original cloth.

Sirén, Osvald Histoire de la Peinture Chinoise. Paris Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire 1934
First edition. Two volumes, folio (34 x 24.5 cm), pp.x, 114, 102 plates; 170, 126 plates. A very good set bound in modern half calf, marbled boards. This set is heavy and may incur additional shipping charges.

Siren, Osvald Kinas Konst under Tre Artusenden. Volume I: Fran Forhistorisk tid till tiden omkring 600 E, KR. Volume II: Fran borjan av T'ang- till mitten av Ch'ing-perioden. Stockholm Esselte Aktiebolag 1942-43
First edition Two volumes, pp.464; 696, more than 1000 illustrations. Swedish text. A very good set in the original half morocco, marbled boards.

Soieries Bouddhiques Chinoises. Chinese Buddhist Silks. XIVe-XVIIIe siecle. 14th - 18th Century. Paris A.E.D.T.A. 1996
First edition Folio, pp.xxiii, 28 colour plates with full description in French and English, loose in card portfolio. No.466 of 1000 copies. As new in original portfolio, contained in original envelope.

[Souvenir albums] A Study of China's traditional festivals. Nian jie xi su gai. [and] Picture story of Chinese old farming. Gu dai geng tian jing. [Shanghai?] [1924]
Two volumes, concertina-style albums, 8vo (21 x 14.5 cm); 10 mounted water-colours on silk; 10 mounted water-colours on silk. Both volumes with printed title and captions in English and Chinese. A very good set uniformly bound in contemporary silk-covered boards. Paper labels on upper boards with manuscript Chinese title. One mark to paper label of first volume.
We locate no institutional copies of the first title.

Sowerby, Arthur de C. & John C. Ferguson (Editors) The China Journal of Science & Arts. Volume III, 1925. [in three volumes] Shanghai 1925
First edition Twelve monthly issues bound in three volumes, pp.676, many illustrations. A very good set in contemporary, possibly publishers, cloth.

Sowerby, Arthur de C., John C. Ferguson & Herbert Chatley (Editors) The China Journal of Science & Arts. Volume I, Nos 1-6. Shanghai 1923
First edition pp.642, illustrations. Bound in half cloth by Kelly & Walsh. A very good copy.

Stein, Marc Aurel The Thousand Buddhas. Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-Huang on the western frontier of China. Recovered and described by Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E. With an introductory essay by Laurence Binyon. Published under the Orders of H.M. Secretary of State for India and with the co-operation of the Trustees of the British Museum. London Bernard Quaritch; plates by Henry Stone & Son of Banbury. 1921
First edition, two volumes, text in folio, 40 x 31 cm., pp.xii, 65; title-page and 48 plates, thirty-three in large folio, 64 x 51 cm., twelve in three colour, twenty-one in halftone, and fifteen smaller plates, 40 x 31 cm, of which ten in three colour, 5 in halftone. Plates have discretely stamped on reverse, "Printed in England". Overall a very good copy, but showing minor use and wear. Title page lightly spotted. Large plates slightly dog-eared at corners, a few with a small area of lower margin lightly water stained, but images unaffected. The text volume is in original wrappers, with small tears to cover, otherwise pristine. The smaller plates are in fine condition, preserved in their original envelope. The whole is contained in the original half-cloth portfolio. Rear cover of portfolio somewhat spotted, and minor tears to cloth spine.
Erdelyi 1.095.

Tait, William China and its trade. Review of Mr Crawfurd's lecture. Rugby printed by Crossley and Billington 1858
First separate edition (reprinted from the Daily News). 12mo (17.5 x 11.5 cm), pp.12. A very good copy in 20th-century stapled plastic wrappers.
No copies recorded in COPAC. We locate three copies: National Library of Australia, National Library of Ireland, and the Ohio Historical Society.

Taranzano, P. Ch. Vocabulaire Francais-Chinois des Sciences Mathematiques, Physiques et Naturelles. Suivi d'un index Anglais-Francaise. Preface du R.P.Wieger. Sien-hsien Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique. 1914
First edition pp.xii, 455, 16 plates, 19 (index). A very good copy bound in later buckram.

Tkin Shen, translator; James Legge, editor The rambles of the Emperor Ching Tih in Keang Nan. Translated by Tkin Shen, student of the Anglo-Chinese College, Malacca. With a preface by James Legge, President of the College. London Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans 1843
First edition in English. Two volumes, 8vo (20 x 15 cm), pp.[viii], 320; [iv], 322, 6 (advertisements). A very good set bound in modern half calf.
Not in Löwendahl. Cordier BS 1776; Lust 1105; Morrison I, p.731

Tschepe, Le P. Albert Histoire du Royaume de Ou, (1122-473 AV. J.-C.). [bound with] Histoire de Royaume de Tch'ou, (1122-223 AV. J.-C.). Shanghai la mission catholique 1896-1903
First edition Two volumes bound in one. pp.xvii, 175, illustrations, 2 folding plates, large folding map; 402, folding table of the royal family. Varietes Sinologiques No.10., No.22. G+, bound in later buckram. The first volume is a little darkened at page edges; the second has neat ink annotations in a contemporary hand.

Tun Li-Ch'en; Bodde, Derk (Translator) Annual Customs and Festivals in Peking, as Recorded in the Yen-Ching Sui-Shih-Chi. Peiping: Henri Vetch 1936
First edition pp.xxii, 147, 6 plates, 1 folding, numerous text illustrations. Fine copy in very slightly chipped dust wrapper.

Umehara, Sueji Etude Archeologique sue le Pien-Chin, ou serie de bronzes avec une table pour l'usage rituel dans la Chine antique. Kyoto: Toho-Bunka-Gakuin Kyoto Kenkyusho 1933
First edition Folio, pp.v, 10, 24 plates. [64, Japanese text]. A very good copy in original cloth. A few grubby fingermarks in Frnch text.

Umehara, Sueji Etude sur la Poterie Blanche Fouillee dans la Ruine de L'Ancienne Capitale des Yin Kyoto 1932
First edition 4to, pp.v, 6, [iv, 2, 75], 41 plates, 20 illustrations. Text in Japanese with summary in French. A very good copy, corners lightly bumped, slipcase.

Umehara, Sueji Yin Hsu. Ancient Capital of the Shang Dynasty at An-Yang. Tokyo Asahi Shinbunsha 1964
First edition, 4to, pp.16, 114, 158 plates. Text in Japanese, resumé in English. Fine copy in original cloth.

Vandier-Nicolas, Nicole Sariputra et les Six Maitres d'Erreur. Fac-Simile du Manuscrit Chinois 4524 de la Bibliotheque Nationale. Avec Traduction et Commentaire du Texte. Paris Imprimerie Nationale 1954
First edition, 4to, pp.32, text in wrappers, with facsimile of manuscript. Mission Pelliot en Asie Centrale, Serie in-Quarto, V. A very good copy in original linen-backed portfolio as issued.

Waley, Arthur An Introduction to the Study of Chinese Painting. London: Ernest Benn Limited 1923
First edition 4to, pp.xii, 262, 50 plates, 6 in colour. A very good copy in original cloth, with the ownership signatures of both Lionel Giles and Margaret Medley.

Wang Shih-Chieh, editor Three hundred masterpieces of Chinese painting in the Palace Museum. Selected and compiled by an editorial committee of the Joint Board of Directors of the National Palace Museum and the National Central Museum, Taichung, Taiwan. Taipei National Palace Museum 1959
First edition. Six volumes, large folio (44 x 32 cm). With 300 plates, mostly collotypes but a few in colour. Parallel English and Chinese text. No.0335 of 1500 copies printed. A fine set bound in Chinese-style pictorial silk wrappers, contained in two contemporary folding cloth portfolios. Portfolios a little faded.
COPAC records copies at Edinburgh, Oxford, and the Victoria & Albert Museum only.

Wen Yu Selected Ancient Bronze Drums found in China and Southeast Asia. Peking 1955
First edition Folio, pp.[136], 64 plates, 1 large folding, 1 in colour. Chinese text. With small booklet giving English translation of captions. Original Chinese binding and cloth slip-case. A very good copy.