Washington. Government Printing Office. 1900. 15 large folding maps and plans and a large folding peace-keeping poster issued by the guard of the South Eastern Quarter printed in English and Chinese in black with red accents. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. 255pp. Rebound in black cloth with new endpapers..... More

上海.[Shanghai]. 上海出版公司.[Shanghai chu ban gong si]. 1954. Limited 2nd Edition of 500 copies. 2nd Printing. Complete two volume set housed in blue cloth Chinese folder with toggle ties, four-hole stab binding with strings in cloth covers, cloth title labels tipped in each volume and case. This set was first published..... More

Colburn, 1844. 2 volumes. Volume I: 2 folding maps, 3 full page engravings, 2 full page woodcuts, some illustrations in text. xvi + 449 + [1]pp. Long largely closed tear with a little loss in one small place in rear map, damp damage lower right corner engravings. Original blind stamped..... More

London. Putnam's/Murray New York &, 1900. 1st American edition. Folding colour sketch map of 'The Yangtze Basin showing Mrs Bishop's Route.' 2 volumes: 2 black & white photographic frontispieces and 114 black and white photographic illustrations by the author and numerous illustrations throughout the text. Dark blue decorated cloth, top..... More

London. Hutchinson. 1910. Second Edition. Photogravure portrait frontispiece of Sir Robert Hart, 32 interesting black and white photographic plates, viii + 252pp, first and last leaves foxed and browned, some occasional foxing in text. Original blue cloth marked and worn, top edge gilt a little dull, spine darkened, worn with..... More

London. James Nesbit & Co., 1870. 1st Edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, title-page with engraved vignette, viii + 596pp and 8 pages of publisher's adverts, appendix. Maroon coloured cloth boards, sunned on the spine with a small mark where a label has been removed, stamped in blind on front..... More

Shanghai. The Commercial Press, Ltd., 1933. 1st Edition. 8 black & white maps, black & white photographic frontispiece and 13 photographic plates, xiv + 243pp. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine and upper board. 22 x 14.5cm. A few marks on rear cover and faint discolouration on..... More

Cambridge, Mass. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1913. Edited by Francis Mannix. Black and white frontispiece with tissue-guard, xviii + 298pp, a prior owner's name is stamped in red on the title-page. Yellow cloth covered boards, soiled and sunned on the spine, inner hinges cracked but the text block is firm and..... 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

[Nanjing]. 汽车三十二团政治处.[Qi che san shi er tuan zheng zhi chu]. March1953. Two 1950s Chinese personal file cards of two Chinese PLA officers, original black and white ID photos in military uniforms laid down upper right corner with official seal on the photo, the card has been neatly handwritten in ink..... More

No publication details. (circa1920?). Album of twelve full page hand coloured illustrations on silk laid down on card leaves. Images measure 25.4 x 19.4cm. Silk along upper border of two images a trifle frayed, occasional light marks, some light browning card leaves, minor insect damage silk border of one leaf..... More

London. Charles H. Kelly. 1895. Colour frontispiece illustration with tissue guard, numerous text illustrations but lacks the other colour plate: xv + 479pp. Dark blue pebbled cloth covered boards, spine lettered in gilt and stamped with decorative gilt device. Lower spine chipped with some loss, covers slightly marked but an..... More

Ho Kien Fou. Imprimerie de la Misson Catholique. 1906. iv + 560pp. Endpapers foxed, occasional light browning in text, chop on title page, worn labels at foot of spine. Contemporary cloth worn at extremities. Good copy. Text in French. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 151369). More