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Far East

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  • 112053_2 112053

    The Yangtze Gorges in pictures and prose.

    LE PALUD, A. M.
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    With the rare dust-wrapper. Le Palud's account of a journey from Chungking to Ichang illustrated with fine photographs4to, [iv], xviii pp., large ...

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  • 111902_2 111902

    On ancient Central-Asian tracks.

    STEIN, Marc Aurel.
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    A comprehensive summary of the results of Stein's first three Central Asian expeditions and of his researches carried out during the years 1900-16...

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  • 109900_2 109900

    Toonneel van China, Door veel, Zo Geestelijke als Werreltijke, Geheugteekenen, Verscheide Vertoningen van de Natuur en Kunst.

    KIRCHER, Athanasius.
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    Rare coloured copy. Rare copy coloured in a contemporary hand and heightened with gilt, of one of the most important books shaping the European con...

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  • 110635_2 110635

    Report of proceedings on a voyage to the northern ports of China

    Lindsay, Hugh Hamilton.
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    Author's wife's copy. Hugh Lindsay's Report of Proceedings contains reports by Lindsay, an East India Company man, and Charles Gutzlaff on trade wi...

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  • 110394_2 110394

    Greater Shanghai.

    SOWERBY, Arthur de C., editor.
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    Rare special issue of China Journal devoted to Shanghai. Beautifully illustrated and with numerous ads from leading Shanghai businesses. Includes ...

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  • 108885_2 108885

    Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia,

    MURRAY, Hugh.
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    Hugh Murray was a well known geographer and major contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Geography. These volumes cover India, China, Persia and Cent...

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  • 99372_2 99372

    Quotations of Chairman Mao

    MAO TSE-TUNG [CHAIRMAN MAO].
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    The two highly collectable first issues of the first edition of Chairman Mao's 'Little Red Book', preceded only by a special issue presented to se...

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  • Delle Navigationi et Viaggi...

    RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista.
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    The foremost authority on the early history of America. A handsome set in a contemporary Italian binding. 'One of the earliest and most important c...

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  • Album of watercolours of flowers, fruit and silkworms.

    [CHINESE SCHOOL].
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    From the collection of the 5th Duke of Marlborough. A sumptuous collection of mounted watercolours depicting Chinese silkworm cultivation, birds (i...

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  • 93802_2 93802

    Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Chinoisie.

    DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste.
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    The first edition of Du Halde's "encyclopaedic account of China" (Lust) -- and one of the earliest European sources on Chinese ceramics. Du Halde,...

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  • 107790_2 107790

    Voyage of His Majesty's ship Alceste,

    M'LEOD, John.
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    Best edition, enlarged and corrected. Contains descriptions of the Ryukyus (then a Chinese protectorate) and Canton (Guangzhou).'This voyage was ...

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  • 107634_2 107634

    Three years' wanderings in

    FORTUNE, Robert.
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    Travels between 1843 and 1845 in Kuangtung, Fukien, the Chekiang coast, and Shanghai. Fortune (1812-1880) was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter an...

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  • 107546_2 107546

    Elements of Chinese grammar,

    MARSHMAN, Joshua.
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    A pioneering work. Scarce. Two issues of this work were made in 1814. This second issue has Chinese characters on title and a 2-page errata, it als...

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  • 106900_2 106900

    De Christiana Expeditione apud Sinas Susepta ab Societate Iesu,

    RICCI, Matteo; TRIGAULT, Nicholas.
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    The most important work on China since Marco Polo. The earliest authoritative source of information on China available in Europe at that time. At h...

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  • Present day impressions of the Far East

    MORTON-CAMERON, W.H.; FELDWICK, Walter.
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    Includes sections on Hong Kong, Macao, Peking, Shanghai and Singapore.First edition, 4to, 1211 pp., four maps, 17 colour plates, numerous photogra...

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  • 99420_2 99420

    Narrative of the voyages and services of the Nemesis,

    HALL, William Hutcheson; BERNARD, W[illiam] D[allas].
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    Important account of the First Opium War. Includes a fine map of Hong Kong. The Nemesis was designed to draw only six feet of water, enabling her ...

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  • 98940_2 98940

    Manchuria

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    First edition, 8vo, viii, 87pp., original printed wrappers, a fine copy.

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