Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. 1902. Charming black and white line illustrations throughout, 216pp, index and 4 pages of publisher's adverts at rear. Pictorial cover a trifle rubbed at edges and sunned at the spine. Head and tail of spine frayed, very light occasional browning. A very firm and clean..... More
London. Methuen. 1946. Reprint. Colour and ink and sepia full page plates by author in his delightful Chinese style, 183pp, occasional light browning, small stain edges, original cloth in browned, worn and chipped dustjacket. Inscribed in calligraphic style by Chiang Yee to Sinologist C.P. Fitzgerald and his wife front free..... More
![本朝百將傳. [Honchō hyakushōden]. [A Hundred Generals of Japan]. JAPANESE EDO PERIOD...](/pictures/thumb/164413.jpg?v=1582028125)
No place of publication. No details of publisher. Ansei 4 [1857]. Japanese woodblock portrait album highlighting 100 famous Japanese generals throughout the history, 50 leaves, printed in black and white, 6 stabbing holes string bound, oriental style, occasional childish blue colouring in, some foxing, paper covers marked and considerably worn..... More
London. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., no date. (circa1912). New and cheaper edition. Revised by Mrs Archibald Little. Black and white photographic frontispiece and plates, 330pp + 7 pages of publisher's adverts. Endpapers browned, previous owner signature and label on the front paste-down and f.f.e.p. Some pencil annotations throughout. Head..... More
New York. The MacMillan Company. 1905. 1st American edition. vi + 408pp + 3 page publisher's catalogue at rear, index, original dark green cloth, gilt stamp of New South Wales Parliamentary Library upper cover, top edge gilt. Library stamp title page, some light foxing, half title foxed, good copy. 20..... More
Shanghai. The Commercial Press, Ltd., 1929. Black & white map of Tsinan Area, a photographic portrait frontispiece of the General and 3 photographic illustrations throughout the text. viii + 107pp. Black cloth covered boards, lettered on the spine and upper front board in gilt. An extremely good copy except for..... More
![昭和三年度練習艦隊巡航記念. [Showa 3 nen Renshu Kantai Junko Kinen]. 1928 Japanese...](/pictures/thumb/169336.jpg?v=1581661829)
Tokyo (東京): No details of publisher. 1929. Maps, including a playful coloured map of the tour with Australia very much in the centre, a stylised kangaroo on the left and a depiction of Mt. Fuji on the right. Black and white photographic illustrations, a large foldout photograph, and a photographic..... More
[c1942]. An original coloured chalk portrait of Colonel Chih Wang - The board measures 34.5. by 27.5cm. A coloured chalk (pastel) portrait of Colonel Chih Wang by noted Australian artist, Charles Wheeler, dating to c1942, together with a colour copy of the portrait as it appeared in 'The Australasian', October..... More
An original coloured chalk (pastel) portrait of Chiang Kai-Shek - the Chinese military and political leader who led the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) for five decades and was head of state of the Chinese Nationalist government between 1928 and 1949. An almost romaticised yet striking portrait. The board measures 41..... More
Shanghai. China Press. 1914- 1916. Nearly 200 black and white "Bringing Up Father" cartoons, (a few in duplicate) published between 1914 and 1916 and clipped out of copies of The China Press. On the reverse are sections from the General Shipping News; Financial and Commercial News; Automobile News and advertising..... More
