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London [1974], Curzon. Green cloth, very good, a facsimile reprint of the London 1909 edition, 662p., 7 b.w. plates, 2 folding maps, covers a bit spotted, contents clean, solid, in dust jacket. . * An excellent reference resource covers the beginnings of English trade in the Far East, East India Co., trade at Can- ton, monopoly of the Hong merchants, diplomacy & embassies the second embassy, Load Napier at Canton. Opium trade, Capt Elliot's policy, Hong merchants in bankruptcy, opium progress. High commissioner Lin, surrender and destruction of opium, beginning of hostilities, the War, Treaty of Nanking. . * .

Mew York 1951, Knopf. Red cloth, very good, 199p., 25 b.w. photos, 2 maps, library buckram, clean ex-library copy,usual stamps, contents clean. The true story of the attack by the Communist Chinese on the British vessel, the death of 23 English sailors, 31 wounded, the ship was hit some 53 times with heavy guns. The story of the unprovoked incident, and the eventual release of all. .

Shanghai 1019-1924, Millard. Original stiff wrappers, ca. 22 x 31.8 cm., English, map, usual minor paper "toning," a few minor mends, contents clean & solid,seldom found, all in the original covers. * * RARE FIRST & ONLY EDITION * * . . *** **** *** . . SELDOM FOUND OM THE ORIGINAL STATE . . . A LONG RUN OF THE ORIGINAL JOURNAL FROM 1919-1924 . . . CONSISTING OF 71 ISSUES . * A fascinating journal loaded with the latest news, facts, statistics & insights to current events. . *** This journal was first published in under the name: MILLARD'S REVIEW OF THE FAR EAST, Published Weekly at Shanghai, co-founded by Thomas F.F. Millard [1868-1942] who was an American journalist & newspaper editor with John Benjamin Powell. . He was author of seven influential books on the Far East and first American political adviser to the Chinese Republic, serving for over fifteen years. Millard was "the founding father of American journalism in China," and "the dean of American… Read More

London [1927], Hulbert. Green cloth, very good, 5 b.w.photos 271p., clean. OBSCURE Covers this missionaries sojourn in China from 1925-1927, for the China Inland Mission in Southern Shensi. Suffering the strong anti-foreign and anti-christian feelings. Work in and with the Chinese, the bambooman, experiment and a funeral, golden nuggest, just a stray gospel Luke, evil days at Golden Hill, how the revial began, bullets, brigands and blisters ! A candid view of real missionary life ! .

London 1937, Kegan. Yellow cloth, 304p., notes, splits to spine but mended, wear to head/spine tail, solid now, 13.5 x 22 cm. BILL POWELL'S BOOKPLATE COPY FIRST EDITION Containing some 60 fairy tales, 76 legends, myths, jokes and anecdotes. A charming look into China's past via these old and readable works. * Great recreational reading! Recorded in the field from vernacular literature. * Translated from the German by Desmond Parsons. * PRIVATE LIBRARY BOOKPLATE: This copy has the Bill Powell bookplate. He and his father, John B.. Powell were the editors of the Shanghai-based periodical: "The China Weekly Review." Bill Powell was later tried for sedition upon his return to the U.S. for publishing allegations of U.S. germ warfare during the Korean War. Title page stamped: "THE CHINA WEEKLY REVIEW." * .

London 1937, Kegan. Yellow cloth, very good, 304p., notes, a bit of foxing, else clean. FIRST EDITION S C A R C E Containing some 60 fairy tales, 76 legends, myths, jokes and anecdotes. A charming look into China's past via these old and readable works. * Great recreational reading! Recorded in the field from vernacular literature. * Translated from the German by Desmond Parsons. * PRIVATE LIBRARY BOOKPLATE: This copy has the Bill Powell bookplate. He and his father, John B.. Powell were the editors of the Shanghai-based periodical: "The China Weekly Review." Bill Powell was later tried for sedition upon his return to the U.S. for publishing allegations of U.S. germ warfare during the Korean War. Title page stamped: "THE CHINA WEEKLY REVIEW." * .

Berkeley 1967, Univ. California. Orange cloth, 141p., 4 illustrations, 4 b. w. photos,index, glossary, bibliography, dj. in mylar protector, as new bright copy, 16 x 23.5 cm. FIRST EDITION A scholarly paper, based on his expertise in sociology, sinology and folklore. Some social-psychologists distinguish between human socieies that employ concepts of guilt to cope with non-conformist or deviant behavior and other socities that employ concepts of shame for this purpose. * China has been regarded as a "shame" society. This work examines the several types of Chinese literature that have been popular for at least 1,500 years and drawson them to show how conceepts of sin and retribution have changed during this time. * .

New York [1952], Schuman. Orange cloth, very good, 152p., index, notes, illustrations. Scholarly study of the colorful and romantic celebrations of China. A classic piece of scholarship, by a leading exponent of the Chinese culture & ceremony. Covers New Year's festival, and all related components, superstitions, dragon-boat festival, Mid-autumn festival, Ch'ing-Ming-the spring festival, care of the ancestral tombs. Feast of the souls, sending the win- ter dress, weaving maid & the cowherd. Nicely done, useful. .

[Tokyo 1958, Sohbun Sha]. Blue cloth, like NEW, 512p.,+30p., index, 14 b.w. photos, Japanese text, 15 X 21.5 cm., in the original board slip case, fine copy. * * FIRST & ONLY EDITION * * . * During the 14th & 15th centuries many Portuguese and Spanish people visited Japan, mostly limited to Tanegashima. There these Europeans traded with the Japanese, including missionaries. The Japanese commonly call such Christian foreigners collectively as "Nan-ban Jin." . A very interesting study of the Western influence on Japanese, medicine, cartography, culture, with focus on astronomy and other Western ideas on science, Rangaku or Dutch learning. . Nicely illustrated, with copious 30p. index, including names of foreign Christian visitors, written in Portuguese or Spanish. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: The book is in NEW, UNUSED condition, bound in the original publisher's blue rough silk-like cloth. . The board slipcase has a bit of damp stain on the spine,… Read More

Princeton 2010, East Asian Library. Stiff pictorial wrs., a NEW unused copy, article pp.1-129, 22 b.w. photos,the whole issue with other articles, 19 x 25.6 cm., bibliography, 20 b.w. photos, 2 tables. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . *** **** *** . . THE TEN BAMBOO IS WORLD'S & CHINA'S FIRST . . . COLOR PRINTED BOOK . . . THE FIRST EDITION WAS PRINTED IN 1633 . * 1. Thomas Embrey: THE EDITIONS, SUPER STATES, AND STATES OF THE TEN BAMBOO STUDIO OF COLLECTION OF CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTING. . This work is an update to the two useful articles by Robert Paine: a. "TEN BAMBOO STUDIO." An article in the Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, vol.49 [1950] pp.72-79. . b. "TEN BAMBOO STUDIO: Its Early Editions, Pictures, and Artists." Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, vol. 5, [1951], pp.39-64. . Ebrey goes into depth to ferret out the variances in the editions, pointing out the subtle differences between the "First Edition" and how various pages were printed using… Read More

New York [1947],Committee for Democratic Far Eastern Policy. A4 size, stiff grey wrs., front cover old title layed down, else paper a bit browned, a bit of pen marginalia, 27p. + index. FIRST AND ONLY OBSCURE EDITION An anti-Chiang Kaishek [Jiang Jieshi] and Mme. Chiang paper, most likely communist inspired. * Obscure and fascinating item loaded with statistics, 'facts' and figures. * WHO WAS: Committee for A Democratic Far Eastern Policy. Per wikipedia below: "A Communist front organization is an organization identified to be a front organization under the effective control of a Communist party, the Communist International or other Communist organizations.[1] Lenin originated the idea in his manifesto of 1902, "What Is to Be Done?". Since the party was illegal in Russia, he proposed to reach the masses through "a large number of other organizations intended for wide membership and, which, therefore, can be as loose and as public as possible,"[2] Generally called… Read More

Stockholm 1980, [Royal Library]. Green stiff wrs., very good 388p., slight bump to corner, contents clean, concordance, with 1082 excellent entries with full bibliographic descrip- tion for each, with English & Japanese characters. OBSCURE ! With 1082 entries with full bibliographic notes , Also with personal name & book title index. . The A.E .Nordenskiold collection of Japanese illustrated books was made in Japan 100 years ago as a direct result of the famous & celebrated successful voyage of the "VEGA" through the so-called North-east Passage: from Sweden over the Northern waters of Russia and through the Bering Strait. * The world-famous expedition was led by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold [18 Nov. 1832-12 Aug. 1901], who with his officers and crew spend the months of September & October, 1879 in Japan before proceeding on to Sweden by the Southerly route and through the Mediterranean Sea. * Nordenskiold related the history & findings of the expedition in an eminently… Read More

Peking 1978, Science Rev. Academia Sinina. Blue gilt-stamped cloth, very good, 300p.+30 color plates, 310 b.w. illustra- tions, Chinese & Latin text. Flies, insects, ladybugs &c. illustrated, parts of insects depicted & described. .

New York 1955, Doubleday. Grey cloth, 316p, very good, dj. Covering the true story of Tosh Mio, who came to America in 1903, who settled in California. Working as cheap-stoop labor, he & his family prospered, as he developed a rare hybrid chrysanthemum. As things were getting better, he and his family were exiled to the relocation camp. His son Hiro joined the famous 442nd Regimental Combat Team who's famous motto was: "GO FOR BROKE." Although they returned to Calif- ornia after the war, things were not the same any more. The hardest struggle was the return and the attempt to assimil- ate into American society after the internment for some 3 odd years. .

Indianapolis [1971], Bobbs-Merrill. Grey cloth, very good,dj end paper maps, clean ex-library copy, top edge rubber stam- ped, usual stamps, 160p., index, many b.w. photos, bibliog. The unending conflict between giant red China on the Asian mainland and the Republic of China on the small island of Taiwan has been described as the war between the elephant & the ant. Strife is nothing new to Taiwan. From the time of the island's discovery by aborigines through its settlement by fugitives from China & greedy European traders to modern times, Taiwan has been the scene of almost constant turmoil. A historical background of Taiwan, from legendary time to today. .

London [1934], Low. Yellow cloth, very good, 725p., many b w illustrations, very clean. FIRST EDITION A LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES SUBTITLE: cont. Porcelain and Lacquer, with Brief Notices of the Related Subjects. An important reference tool, covering in copious detail Chinese, Japanese & Buddhist subjects.With an alphabetical dictionary of "Pointers & Clues" with defin- itions of subjects. The work continues as a dictionary cove- ring the Chinese & Japanese subjects. Easily used, complete- ly in alphabetical order by these subjects or key words.With a glossary of Japanese words with English meanings. If you are tired of looking everywhere for those obscure meanings, this source will induce easy finds.A Major reference source. * THE FIRST EDITION WAS LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. .

[DeLand Florida ca. 1978]. Stiff yellow wrs., very good, A4 size, cover map. THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY A guide from Japan to Hong Kong, into Communist China via Hong Kong, to Canton, Changsha, Shao Shan, Shanghai, Peking, some observations, the future. This is the record of the early visit of Americans with U. S. State Dept. sanction to visit the P.R.C. in 1978, under the auspicies of Florida State University. I candit narrative, full of great insights and keen observations on the people, land & culture. .

Tokyo 1892, The Society. Stiff color pictorial wrs., 26p., very good. Covers the regulations of the Educational Society of Japan,a brief history of the society, business of the society, pub- lications, library, alphabetical list of patrons & honorary members, list of officials, charts, statistics, tables, many folding. A useful resource. .

Tokyo 1892, The Society. Stiff color pictorial wrs., 26p., very good. Covers the regulations of the Educational Society of Japan,a brief history of the society, business of the society, pub- lications, library, alphabetical list of patrons & honorary members, list of officials, charts, statistics, tables, many folding. A useful resource. .

[Tokyo 1875, Miyagawa]. Yellow stiff wrs., 2 vol. set, 57+61 double-pages, woodblock printed, 24 + 25 b.w. illustrations, 14.7 x 21.5 cm., covers soiled, contents complete. FIRST EDITION During the early Meiji period [1868-1912] the Japanese government realized that Japan was greatly behind most other modern nations in terms of educated populace. To correct the Japanese population's ignorance of world history, science and culture, the Ministry of Education compiled a series of valuable and useful texts designed to inform the average Japanese about the world. *** The current set of 2 volumes outline world history, with a good number of illustrations. The last volume discusses countries and cultures from ancient times, Rome, Europe, China, unusual animals [elephant], Columbus, Napoleon, European Kings & Queens, Confucius, President Lincoln and too many to list. A substantial number of the above are also illustrated. See scans posted to our website. *** Edited by Shihan Gakko. With a total of 118… Read More