Search Results: Chinese History, Literature, and Institutions from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Helsinki, Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, 1940. Two volumes in original dustjackets. Both volumes are Fine, Vol.I dustjacket Very Good, 1 1/2" triangular chip bottom edge at spine, tears at spine folds and 2 tears horizontally at spine, Vol. II jacket Near Fine, small chips bottom edge of spine. List of donors laid in. One folding plate (map index), 15 folding maps at rear Vol. II. Numerous black and white photographs in text. A classic scholarly text, ''In the spring of 1906 I received orders from the Russian General Staff to undertake a journey from Russian Turkestan through Chinese Turkestan and Western China and the provinces of Kan Su, Shensi and Shansi to Peiping as the final goal. The object of this expedition was to study the conditions in the interior of Northern China, collect statistical materials and perform various tasks of a military nature'' (Preface). Mannerheim also collected archaeological and ethnographic materials, and manuscripts, and studied… Read More

London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1911. Near Fine, end papers toned, slight fading to rear boards. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering at spine. xx, 100, (2) Appendix pages. Interior clean, tight, and unmarked. Uncommon in lovely condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Privately Printed for A. W. Bahr, 1927. Printed by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. at the Lakeside Press, Chicago. Fine in original green cloth with black label at spine printed and ruled in gilt, in unprinted brown paper jacket, Near Fine, chip at bottom edge of spine. Prior owner's name label front flap and his small bookplate front paste down, hidden by front flap. 51 pp. text followed by 36 plates, 3 of which are colored. SCARCE. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good, sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers, rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College, Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker ( 1849-1926 ) was a barrister and noted China scholar, and although not a trained linguist, his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wiesbaden, Germany: Otto Harrassowitz, 1952. Vols. I and II published 1952, Vol. III, 1955. Hauer's classic Manchurian-German dictionary, RARE in the First Edition. Three volumes in original printed wrappers, Very Good, small tears and wear ay spines. pages uniformly browning, chips at wrapper corners of Vol. III. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Tientsin, China: Reprinted in China, 1940. Four volumes bound in blue/grey cloth, Good, the cloth worn and soiled, one hinge each in Vols. I and II, and both in Vol. IV broken, the bindings still holding well. Faint damping bottom edges Vol. III. Interiors clean and unmarked. Prior owner name stamp of Richard W. Powell, noted University of Hawaii anthropologist. From the collection of noted East Asian scholar Ruth Meserve, her business card for The Mongolian Society, which she served as Secretary, laid in. The 1940 Chinese reprint of the original 1834 first edition SCARCE in either edition. The first serious study of Genghis Khan. Three folding genealogical charts, one in Vol.I and two in Vol. IV; large 1824 folding map of Asia in the13thcentury in pocket at rear of Vol. IV. The charts and the map are Fine. A sturdy and usable set of this important history. . Reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Small 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Paris: Chez De Bure, Barrois Aîné et Barrois Jeune, 1784. Two volumes bound in full contemporary red morocco, the back intricate floral gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, the armorial bookplates of De Verdon front paste downs. 5" x 3". ii, 246, xxxix, 230, pages. Very Good, the boards soiled, small hole front gutter Vol. I. The first two volumes only of this seven volume set, generally considered the most interesting as they contain Noel's observations on the origin, nature and effects of moral and political philosophy in China during the Qing Empire. . Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

London: J. Murray / The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, 1866. SCARCE pp. 128-156 (33 pages) with fold-out map - "The City of Peking from a Survey by Capt. Bouvier , of the French Engineers 1862" , . The map is Near Fine, 1" tear at right edge. In original dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering at spine, Very Good, the boards stained and soiled, toning at end papers, German bookseller's small ticket and prior owner name front paste down. . First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

No Place: China Painting Association, 1974. Both volumes Near Fine, small marginal stains first 3 pages of No. 1. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1925. Very Good, no jacket, in publisher's original illustrated paper covered boards, former owner names and bookplates front end pages, rubbed at joints and edges, 1/4" loss of paper at head of spine. Uncommon. 146, iii (Index), pages containing 242 "quips". "The main object of this book is to exhibit some specimens of the wit and humor of the Chinese, nothing of the kind, so far as I know, having yet beeen put before foreign readers. " )The author, Preface). . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chefoo, China: Women's Bible School, American Presbyterian Mission No Date, circa 1930. Near Fine, pages with light toning. Oblong folio, 10" x 13 3/4". Bound in beautiful red pictorial embossed silk over limp boards, string-tied, 28 pp of cut-out illustrations in black and white, many with colorful silk inlays, with tissue guards, publisher's 1 page explanatory leaf laid in, also an original 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" cut-out with colorful silk inlays and string hanger readt-to-hang laid in. Cut-out chapter headings are Travel and Transportation, Customs and Habits, Chinese Birth-Year Cycle (latest date 1935), Occupations, The Eight Immortals, Myths and Legends, Chinese Recipes, Chinese Children, Chinese Junks, and The Magician. Well over 100 cut-outs in all, including the bonus laid in cut-out, and SCARCE THUS. First Edition. String Tied. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Oblong Folio .

Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ Press, 1991. "In almost every case the topics of the individual papers are treated here for the first time in English." Important and scarce scholarly work. Small closed tear top edge of dustjacket, and spine of dj lightly faded. Prior owner name and chop mark front endpage, that of noted China scholar Lynn Struve.. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1930. RARE. Published 1930-32. "On the Medicine of the Uighurs". Text in German.Two volumes bound in contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettering back, beige end papers, original wrappers bound in at rear. (2), 25, 2 plates, (2), 50 pp., 3 plates, wrappers. From the collection of noted Inner Asian Studies scholar Denis Sinor (1916-2011), his bookplate front paste down and his signature at each title page. Sinor founded and directed the Asian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University and served as editor of the Journal of Asian History. Near Fine, light wear at head of spine. . First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wiesbaden, Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH, 1977. Vol.I published 1977, Vol.II, 1979, Vol.III, 1981, Vol. IV, 1988, Vol. V, 1994. Five volumes, Near Fine, corner creases top corner Vol. V. Internally clean, bright and unmarked. There was also a Vol. VI, published in 1998, not included in this offering, . First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc., 1916. A RARE catalogue, and in lovely condition, of the major importer of Oriental goods into America from 1866 to 1921. Very Good Plus in original full color pictorial wrappers, 120 pp. plus 2 order pages at rear, pre-addressed envelope tipped at page 106. numerous black and white and color photographs throughout, small tears at spine ends, small spot rear wrapper, else Near Fine. In 1916 Vantine's was located at Fifth Avenue and 39th Street.. Clothing, furniture, housewares, fabric, toys, and other merchandise imported from China and Japan are described in the catalogue, and merchandise from Vantine's has been avidly collected over the years. Worldcat locates no copies of the 1916 edition. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.