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;) | HUC M. The Chinese Empire. A sequel to Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary and Thibet.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans (1855) 1st ed., Vol II only. 440pp + publisher's catalogue. Clean in worn and marked original cloth. The author was a French missionary who served in China between 1839 and 1846 | £20.00 |
;) | HUNTER W.C. The Fan Kwae at Canton before treaty days 1825-1844 Ch'eng-wen Publishing Co., Taipei (1965) 157 + [2]pp. Inscription on f.e.p.otherwise clean in worn cloth. | £30.00 |
;) | LIANG J.L. and WHYMANT Neville China. - Guides to International Understanding Macdonald & Co (1946) 192pp. 1st ed., tone spotting on page edges otherwise clean in worn D/W. | £8.00 |
;) | LU May & David Historical View of Qingdao 1897–1914 Qingdao Publishing House (1991) 199pp. 1st ed., two small National PS h/s's otherwise fine in card covers. Study using postcard images. | £45.00 |
![MARTIN Rev W.A.P. The analytical reader. A short method for learning to read and write Chinese. [WITH] A vocabulary of two thousand frequent characters with their most common significations, and the sounds of the Peking dialect.](javascript:popup('images/MISBO0991.jpg');) ![MARTIN Rev W.A.P. The analytical reader. A short method for learning to read and write Chinese. [WITH] A vocabulary of two thousand frequent characters with their most common significations, and the sounds of the Peking dialect.](javascript:popup('images/MISBO0991-1.jpg');) ![MARTIN Rev W.A.P. The analytical reader. A short method for learning to read and write Chinese. [WITH] A vocabulary of two thousand frequent characters with their most common significations, and the sounds of the Peking dialect.](javascript:popup('images/MISBO0991-2.jpg');) ![MARTIN Rev W.A.P. The analytical reader. A short method for learning to read and write Chinese. [WITH] A vocabulary of two thousand frequent characters with their most common significations, and the sounds of the Peking dialect.](javascript:popup('images/MISBO0991-3.jpg');) ![MARTIN Rev W.A.P. The analytical reader. A short method for learning to read and write Chinese. [WITH] A vocabulary of two thousand frequent characters with their most common significations, and the sounds of the Peking dialect.](javascript:popup('images/MISBO0991-4.jpg');) ![MARTIN Rev W.A.P. The analytical reader. A short method for learning to read and write Chinese. [WITH] A vocabulary of two thousand frequent characters with their most common significations, and the sounds of the Peking dialect.](javascript:popup('images/MISBO0991-5.jpg');) | MARTIN Rev W.A.P. The analytical reader. A short method for learning to read and write Chinese. [WITH] A vocabulary of two thousand frequent characters with their most common significations, and the sounds of the Peking dialect. Shanghai Presbyterian Mission Press (1863) 1st ed. 8vo. [i], 17, (1 blank), 18-130, (1 blank), 131- 141, (1 blank); 56, (1) corrigenda, pp. Printed in Chinese and Roman characters. Contemporary former owner's name, 'E. Tomalino, China Inland Mission' on inside cover. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards but with later spine. Also contemporary hand written radical chart on card. First edition of a rare manual for learning Chinese. The author was an American missionary, translator, writer, teacher and politicial adviser to the Chinese government. | £2,500.00 |
;) ;) | MCLEOD J. Narrative of a voyage, in His Majesty's Late Ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea, - along the coast of Corea and through its numerous hitherto undiscovered islands, to the island of Lewchew; with an account of her shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar. John Murray, London (1817) 288pp + frontispiece and 4 hand coloured plates plus tipped in errata slip. 1st ed., mostly clean in contemporary half calf. Water stain on frontispiece only and some occasional tone spotting. Colour plates in fine condition. McLeod, surgeon aboard the Alceste describes the journey of Lord Amherst's embassy to Cape of Good Hope, Batavia, the west coast of Korea and the island of Loo Choo (Leechew). Abbey Travel 559. | £275.00 |
;) | STANFORD Edward Complete Atlas of China containing separate maps of the eighteen Provinces of China Proper The China Inland Mission (1917) v + 22 maps + 16pp index. 2nd ed., maps all in very fine condition, end papers and title page with some ink endorsements. Original cloth binding reinforced on inner hinges. | £500.00 |
;) | YEH George and FITZGERALD C.P. Introducing China Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd (1948) xv + 116pp. 1st ed., spotting to end papers otherwise clean in worn D/W. | £7.00 |
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