A Mandarin Primer by F.W. Baller - 1933

London: The China Inland Mission, 1911 Hardback without dustwrapper. Lge 8vo. xxx, pp448+ 2 advtg. Binding 1/2 leather which has been rebacked so the binding is tight. Top edge of upper board has some loss and internally there are a lot of pencilled annotations in English & Mandarin. The blank between decorated eps & title has quite a lot of practice script (looks pretty good to me) as has the equivalent at the end. This is a revised & updated reprint of the original 1878 printing.

London: Morgan & Scott, Ltd, 1933. Fourteenth Edition. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original full cloth-gilt. 24 cm. 462 pages. Issued for the China Inland Mission. In very good plus condition. Bookplate (Elizabeth Gifford) affixed to the front fixed end page. Previous owner's name/date written on the front loose end page. Hinges tight. Light edge wear/bumping to the cloth covers.

Shanghai: China Inland Mission, 1921. 12th edition (revised). Leather. Fair. 462p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 leather with black cloth boards. Good reading condition. Leather is chafed; head of spine is heavily worn and has been reinforced with clear tape. Label on spine; bookplate, stamps, call number, and card pocket inside. Front free endpaper is detaching; rest of bindng tight. Some page corners bent. Notes on many pages, but most text still unmarked. A vintage textbook of Mandarin Chinese, designed for use by missionaries.

Shanghai 1915, CIM Mission Press. Recent black buckram, very clean copy, 9th revised & enlarged edition, 350p.,15 x 24.5 cm., large color folding map at the rear: 28 x 28 cm., shows the CIM Mission Stations, firm & solid contents pristine. . *** **** *** . . AN EXCELLENT EARLY RESOURCE FOR LEARNING MANDARIN . . . HOW TO SPEAK, READ & WRITE . . . ISSUED BY THE CIM [CHINA INLAND MISSION] . * Designed for native English speakers, this useful work covers tones, Romanized system, tables, combinations, radicals, [Hanzi] Chinese traditional characters, writing, stroke order and a wide variety of exercises. . Many of the examples are directed to religious subjects: Buddhism, Taoism, New & Old Testament, prayer, moral and religious terms. . With texts and expressions on daily living as well as a travel guide for China. . With a large color folding map at the end, showing the CIM missionary stations. Shows from Mongolia down to Hainan Island, Burma to Korea, Taiwan & North Vietnam, all… Read More

Shanghai: China Inland Mission, 1921. xxxviii, [2], 462pp, [2]. Contemporary half-sheep, black cloth boards, contrasting red and black cloth lettering-pieces. Heavily rubbed. Decorated endpapers, ticket of Thornton & Son booksellers of Oxford to FEP, ink stain to title page, scattered spotting. A revised and enlarged edition of British Protestant Christian missionary to China and sinologist Frederick William Baller's (1852-1922) immensely popular Mandarin language primer, prepared for members of the China Inland Mission. . Twelfth edition. 8vo.