Peking. 1940. 150pp, original wrappers. Browned throughout, wrappers foxed. A selection of papers presented at the Tripartite Conference between China, Britain and Tibet held in Delhi and Simla in 1913 - 14. Includes "the claims of the Tibetan Plenipotentiary on the boundary line, the counter-claims of the Chinese Plenipotentiary, the... More

Peking. No publisher.. 1940. Reprint. Translated by W. Sheldon Ridge. 128pp, original wrappers, largely unopened, edges uncut. Light even browning throughout. 20 x 13.5cm. Very good. Translated from "Histoire des Relations de la Russia avec la Chine sous Pierre le Grand (1639-1730)" this work covers the history of Russian -... More

London. Saunders and Otley. 1844. 6 lithograph plans, 47 black and white wood engravings mostly full page from original drawings by the author. The frontispiece shows an early view of Hong Kong from the harbour. xx + 522pp. Plates evenly discoloured, occasional browning at edges but the text is generally... More

London. John Murray, 1818. Second Edition. 2 volumes. Volume I: Portrait frontispiece, xii + 442pp, some light foxing and some neatly repaired tears (without loss) folding map. Volume II: Folding map at frontispiece a little browned, browned outline of map on title page, vii + 359pp, appendix, Itinerary of the... More

Smith, Elder & Co, 1885. ix + 333pp, index. one page carelessly opened with loss in margin not affecting text, hinges cracked, one gathering loosening, cloth a little marked A good copy in original brown decorative boards lettered in gilt upper cover and spine. A little seen late 19th century... More

London. Wm H Allen and Co, 1847. 2 folding charts, 4 coloured lithographs, (1 duplicated), folding coloured map 'A Sketch of the Province of Kwang-Tung....', xvi + 250pp, neat stamp of G.D. Musso, an Italian resident of inter-war Shanghai title page, signed J.C. Hall on browned half title. Both folding... More

Shanghai. Carl Crow. (1921). Third edition, revised. Five colour folding maps and plans: China; Foreign Settlements Shanghai; Soochow; Peking; Tientsin, full blackand white full page maps, small black and white illustrations encorporating the initial letter of each paragraph, 314 + xpp+ 48 pages of adverts, light browning, light wear binding... More

London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1887. Second Edition, Revised. Colour folding map, 7 full page black and white plates, decorations and illustrations in text, viii + 433pp, 7 leaves a little creased in one place. Very good in striking pictorial cloth covers, lettered in gilt on the spine. This... More

上海.[Shanghai]. 民強書局.[ Min qiang shu ju]. 民國十三 (1924). 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Two volume set. Volume I: 23pp. Volume II: 22pp. 100 black and white full page line illustrations of young Chinese ladies from across the social classes depicted in modern dress. Original green light card wrappers, 4 hole stab... More

95 full page colour plates showing rice straw rugs. Each image has a printed number below it which appears to be the stock number of the rug, several printed numbers have a second label with a new number laid down on to it. A few leaves are stamped H. Yamamoto... More

Yedo. No publisher. The 2nd Year of Kei-ou. [1866]. First edition. Seven colour woodblock folding colour maps, two colour maps showing the hemispheres, mainly black and white maps in text, unpaginated [60]pp. Bound in traditional Japanese four hole stab binding, modern string ties, chops on title page, upper cover and... More

Chicago. Kalifornians. (c.1949). Profusely illustrated with captioned black and white photographic illustrations showing Japanese Americans at work and play,192pp, original pictorial card wrappers worn and marked, small area of damage at staples first and last leaves, last leaf foxed. A few names in the list of residents have been ringed..... More