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Ying Hwa Yun-fu Lih-Kiai. An English and Chinese vocabulary in the Court Dialect.
WILLIAMS (Samuel Wells).

Ying Hwa Yun-fu Lih-Kiai. An English and Chinese… 1844.

FIRST DICTIONARY IN THE COURT DIALECT
£4,200.00
A glance at the Interior of China obtained during a journey through the Silk and Green Tea districts. The Chinese Miscellany No. 1.
MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

A glance at the Interior of China obtained… 1849.

£5,500.00
Nihon no tako [Japanese Kites] – Japanese Kites: A Vanishing Art
KUNG (David S.)

Nihon no tako [Japanese Kites] – Japanese Kites:… 1962.

Celebrating kite-makers in Japan
£350.00
The Chinese Government. A Manual of Chinese Titles, Categorically Arranged and Explained with an Appendix.
MAYERS (William Frederick). & PLAYFAIR (G. M. H.).

The Chinese Government. A Manual of Chinese Titles,… 1886.

£850.00
The Chinaman abroad: or, a desultory account of the Malayan archipelago, particularly of Java; by Ong-tae-hae. Translated from the original.
MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

The Chinaman abroad: or, a desultory account of… 1850.

THREE WORKS BOUND IN ONE
£7,500.00
The Western Pioneers and their discovery of Macao.
BRAGA (Jose Maria).

The Western Pioneers and their discovery of Macao., 1949.

£250.00
Saionjike kurumazu. [Illustrations of Saionji style Palanquins].
UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Saionjike kurumazu. [Illustrations of Saionji style Palanquins]., 1750.

A very fine draft scroll with excellent provenance
£4,500.00
Zhongguo manhua - China Sketch.
ZHU (Jinlou), editor.

Zhongguo manhua - China Sketch., 1935.

VERY RARE
£5,500.00
Kaika kocho [Ancient Signs of Enlightenment]
SHIBATA (Hanamori)., SHIMAZAKI (Gembei). & HASEGAWA (Sadanobu), illus.

Kaika kocho [Ancient Signs of Enlightenment], 1874.

The rare, illustrated edition
£750.00
Tratado de amizade e commercio entre sua magestade fidelissima el-rei de Portugal e sua magestade o imperador da China - Treaty of Amity and Commerce between his most faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and his Majesty the Emperor of China.
SILVA (Joachim de)

Tratado de amizade e commercio entre sua magestade… 1862.

£2,800.00
A Map of the Shooting Districts Lying Between Shanghai and Wuhu.
WADE (Henling Thomas). & VILLARD (Robert Alexis de).

A Map of the Shooting Districts Lying Between… 1898.

£3,800.00
Reply to the essay of Dr. Boone on the proper rendering of the words Elohim and Theos into the Chinese language.
MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

Reply to the essay of Dr. Boone on… 1848.

£2,500.00
An essay on the proper rendering of the words Elohim and Theos into the Chinese language.
BOONE (William Jones).

An essay on the proper rendering of the… 1848.

RARE
£2,800.00
Defense of an essay on the proper rendering of the words Elohim and Theos into the Chinese language.
BOONE (William Jones).

Defense of an essay on the proper rendering… 1850.

£2,800.00
Narrative of the Late Proceedings and Events in China.
SLADE (John).

Narrative of the Late Proceedings and Events in… 1839.

VERY RARE
£5,800.00
Epitome da descripcam de ventos, tempos, vagas, apparencias luminozas, e temperatura do mar, correntes, mares, magnetismo e variacam da agulga.
HORSBURGH (James). & BOTELHO (Bras Joaquim).

Epitome da descripcam de ventos, tempos, vagas, apparencias… 1838.

VERY RARE
£4,800.00
Private: Remarks on the signification of the Chinese character E.
MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

Private: Remarks on the signification of the Chinese… 1852.

£2,800.00
Sketches of Confucius with Illustrations.
KAN (T. L.)

Sketches of Confucius with Illustrations., 1920.

£450.00
Notes on the Crooked-bow and Crooked-stern Junks of Szechwan.
WORCESTER (George Raleigh Gray).

Notes on the Crooked-bow and Crooked-stern Junks of… 1941.

£650.00
Handbook for the guidance of shipmasters on the Ichang-Chungking section of the Yangtze River.
PLANT (Samuel Cornell). & EVEREST (R. G.)

Handbook for the guidance of shipmasters on the… 1932.

£750.00
The Temples of the Western Hills visited from Peking.
HUBBARD (Gilbert Ernest.)

The Temples of the Western Hills visited from… 1923.

RARE
£950.00
Canton, City of the Rams.
NG (Yong Sang).

Canton, City of the Rams., 1936.

£650.00
Hangchow Itineraries. Describing the Chief Places of Interest with a Note on the Famous Bore.
FITCH (Robert F).

Hangchow Itineraries. Describing the Chief Places of Interest… 1929.

£450.00
In Search of Old Peking.
LEWISOHN (William). & ARLINGTON (Lewis Charles).

In Search of Old Peking., 1935.

£850.00
History of the pirates who infested the China Sea from 1807 to 1810. & The catechism of the shamans; or, The laws and regulations of the priesthood of Buddha in China. & Vahram's Chronicle of the Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia, during the time of the Crusade
ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND. & NEUMANN (Karl Friedrich) transl.

History of the pirates who infested the China… 1831.

£750.00
A Dissertation on the Theology of the Chinese, with a view to the elucidation of the most appropriate term for expressing the Deity, in the Chinese language.
MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

A Dissertation on the Theology of the Chinese,… 1847.

£3,500.00
A Chinese Commercial Guide consisting of a collection of details and regulations respecting foreign trade with China, sailing directions, tables, &c.
WILLIAMS (S. Wells).

A Chinese Commercial Guide consisting of a collection… 1856.

WITH THE RARE MAP
£5,800.00
Chinese and English Dictionary; Containing all the words in the Chinese Imperial Dictionary, arranged according to the Radicals.
MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

Chinese and English Dictionary; Containing all the words… 1843.

RARE
£9,500.00
Asia Portuguesa no Tempo do Vice-Rei Conde da Ericeira (1718-1720).
BOXER (Charles R.)

Asia Portuguesa no Tempo do Vice-Rei Conde da… 1970.

£180.00
Toki seou [Bearing the Weight of Time].
KAMISAKI (Sunao).

Toki seou [Bearing the Weight of Time]., 1987.

TIME: IN FOURTEEN INFLUENTIAL THINKERS
£350.00
Memoria sobre o estabelecimento de Macau, escripta pelo Visconde de Santarem. Abreviada relação da embaixada que el-rei D. João V mandou ao imperador da China e Tartaria. Relatorio de Francisco de Assis Pacheco de Sampaio a el-rei D. José I dando conta do
JUDICE BIKER (Julio Firmino).

Memoria sobre o estabelecimento de Macau, escripta pelo… 1879.

£550.00
A Chinese Commercial Guide
MORRISON (John Robert).

A Chinese Commercial Guide, 1844.

£4,500.00
The Western Pioneers and their discovery of Macao.
BRAGA (Jose Maria).

The Western Pioneers and their discovery of Macao., 1949.

PRESENTATION COPY BY THE AUTHOR
£350.00
Le Cahier Jaune. Noel 1929. [The Yellow Notebook - Christmas 1929].
GALLOSTRA (Jose).

Le Cahier Jaune. Noel 1929. [The Yellow Notebook… 1929.

RARE, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
£5,500.00
Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze. & Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze.
WORCESTER (George Raleigh Gray).

Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze. & Junks… 1948.

£1,700.00
The Principal Articles of Chinese Commerce (Import and Export).
WATSON (Ernest).

The Principal Articles of Chinese Commerce (Import and… 1941.

£450.00
Manshu tousa kinen shashincho - Showa ju-nen natsu - Manshu haken gakuto kenkyukai [Memorial album of Manchurian Investigations - Summer 1935 - Dispatching the Student Research team to Manchuria].
GAKUTO SHISEI-KAI [STUDENTS ASSOCIATION].

Manshu tousa kinen shashincho - Showa ju-nen natsu… 1935.

£380.00
CHINA.
RICKERBY (Arthur).

CHINA., 1946.

£8,500.00
JAPAN.
RICKERBY (Arthur).

JAPAN., 1947.

£9,500.00
Dai 1-kai Hochi Shimbunsha Kensho: Snappu Kokoku Shashin-shu. [The First Competition of Hochi Newspaper Snap Advertising Photographs].
HOCHI SHIMBUNSHA.

Dai 1-kai Hochi Shimbunsha Kensho: Snappu Kokoku Shashin-shu.… 1934.

£550.00
Haunted Houses.
BRADDOCK (Joseph).

Haunted Houses., 1956.

£175.00
The Works of William Shakespeare.
SHAKESPEARE (William).

The Works of William Shakespeare., 1864.

£1,500.00
The Poetical Works of John Keats.
KEATS (John).

The Poetical Works of John Keats.

£250.00
Ian Hamilton's March. Together with Extracts from the Diary of Lieutenant H. Frankland a Prisoner of War at Pretoria
CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

Ian Hamilton's March. Together with Extracts from the… 1900.

£1,500.00
Great Contemporaries.
CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

Great Contemporaries., 1937.

£1,500.00
Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di Alessandro Vellutello sopra la sua Commedia dell'Inferno, del Purgatorio, & del Paradiso.
DANTE

Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di… 1564.

THE SIGNET LIBRARY COPY
£9,500.00
A Guide to the Commerce of Bengal, for the use of merchants, ship owners, commanders, officers, pursers and others, resorting to the East Indies, but particularly of those connected with the shipping and commerce of Calcutta ...
PHIPPS (John).

A Guide to the Commerce of Bengal, for… 1823.

INDIA: THE GLOBAL COMMERCIAL HUB
£25,000.00
Anarchy, State, and Utopia.
NOZICK (Robert).

Anarchy, State, and Utopia., 1974.

A foundational text of modern libertarianism
£1,500.00
The Sorrows of Slavery,
JAMIESON (Rev. John).

The Sorrows of Slavery, 1789.

AN IMPORTANT AND SUBSTANTIAL VERSE AGAINST THE SLAVE TRADE
£7,500.00
O Povo da Seiçal ...
[TIMOR-LESTE] & PINTO CRISOSTOMO

O Povo da Seiçal ..., 1966.

A RARE ETHNOGRAPHY OF A LITTLE KNOWN PART OF TIMOR-LESTE
£3,500.00
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