[杭州].[Hangzhou]. 浙江人民出版社.[Zhejiang ren min chu ban she]. 1977. 44pp, in wrappers. A prior owner's signature upper cover, damp stains lower edges throughout, a little insect damage lower edge, ink stain in red lower cover, reading copy only. Text in Chinese. 18 x 13.1cm. The pamphlet celebrates the publication of Volume..... More

(Circa 1965). Travel brochure printed double sided on a single sheet, 20 panels. Tourist map of Nanjing, many colour photographic images. Information on the history, what to see, restaurants, shops, accommodation etc. Closed tear in one panel repaired with cellotape, a few handwritten notes in ink but otherwise good. When..... More

Munich. Deschler's Book Brotherhood, 1862. Circus Suhr & Huttermann Poster: Circus Suhr & Hüttemann verbunden mit Theater. Heute Samstag den 2. August 1862: grosse ausserordentliche Vorstellung in der höheren Reitkunst, noch nie gesehen Gymnastik und Vorführung der ausgezeichnetsten Schulpferde. Zum Zweitenmale. Black and white poster with engraving. One-sheet. Leaf size..... More

[New York.]: [circa 1910.]. Chromolithograph printed on thin card, 23.7 x 30.6 cm, upper margin a trifle foxed, edges a little worn with few very small tears (no loss), in very good condition. Attractive image after the wonderful illustrations prepared by Sherman Foote Denton for the "First Annual Report of..... More

c 1970s. Manuscript I: 'A Highway, and an Old Chinese Doctor.' Lacks pages 1-3 including the title page. pp4-98. Untitled and unattributed but with numerous annotations by Alley in red and other annotations by another hand, possibly the editor. The book was published in 1973 by Caxton Press Christchurch New..... More

London. Fisher & Son. (circa 1843). Black and white steel engraving, image measures approximately 12.3 x 18.8cm., neatly taped into black matt with white card backing. Very small amout of foxing lower edge not affecting image. An engraving from China in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and..... More

London. Fisher & Son. (circa 1843.). Black and white steel engraving, image measures approximately 12.3 x 18.8cm., neatly taped into black matt with white card backing. An engraving from China in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire, Drawn from Original and..... More

London. Fisher & Son. (circa 1843). Black and white steel engraving, image measures approximately 12.3 x 18.8cm. Little off-setting on reverse. Engraving from "China in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire, Drawn from Original and Authentic Sketches" by Thomas Allom with..... More

No place of publication. No details of publisher. (circa 1954 - 1995). Group of nine delicate paper cuts one of which is multi coloured, eight paper cuts are presented between folded sheets of Chinese paper, one lacks its paper cover. Original pictorial paper cover. Inscription on cover, cover measures 15.7..... More

February 2, 1798. Broadside printed single sided. 32 x 19.5cm. Some browning, some loss at edges particularly along the upper part of the left margin. An early example of British/Chinese ephemera. Four of the eleven scenes in the entertainment this broadside promotes were of Chinese interest reflecting no doubt the..... More

No place of publication. 人民出版社.[Ren min chu ban she]. 1971. 7th edition. Notes, 113pp, damp staining lower sections of the leaves throughout, prior owner's annotations in red ink, working copy only. Paperback. Text in Chinese, 20 x 13.8cm. It has been considered as the one of most important Vladimir Lenin's..... More

浙江.[Zhejiang]. 人民出版社.[Ren min chu ban she]. 1972. [Reprint]. Selected speeches by Joseph Stalin on Lenin during 1920s, translated from Russian into Chinese. Prefaced with a letter from Stalin to commemorate the first anniversary after Lenin's death. Notes, 43pp, prior owner's inscription on title page, corners little frayed, lower wrapper marked..... More

No place of publication. 人民出版社.[Ren min chu ban she]. 1971. 2nd Edition. Notes, appendices, 235pp, prior owner's signature upper cover, spine little rubbed with small splittings on head and tail, light foxings on edges, otherwise a good copy in paperback. Text in Chinese. 20.2 x 14cm. Karl Marx wrote The..... More