Montpelier, Vt. Lucius Q. C. Bowles. 1813. ix + 369pp, original 18th century full leather binding with red leather title label lettered in gilt with minor loss, front hinge splitting but boards firmly attached, paper browning, some worm holes mainly to endpapers and corners. Book owner's label on front pastedown..... More
上海.Shanghai. 廣學會.[Guang xue hui]. 1934. 3rd edition. 2 volumes. Maps, small sheet of colour illustrations of Bible stories loosely inserted in paper pocket in volume II, lacks illustrated sheet from rear pocket of volume I, sheet music in number notations accompanied by lyrics. Volume I: 6 + 144pp; Volume II..... More
London. Trübner & Co., 1873. 2nd Edition. An ex-library copy, front wrapper has mylar front overlay on the original printed wrappers and a card rear cover with linen spine, edges are spotted but the text block is very good. 122pp. 21 x 13cm. Second and best edition. When referring to..... More
Tokyo/Yokohama: Nippon Seikokwai Shuppan Kwaisha/ Kelly & Walsh Limited. 1897. 2nd revised edition. xvi + 316pp and 2 page index. Green cloth covered boards slightly discoloured with faded spine, lettered in gilt. A very good copy, firm and clean. 21.5 x 14cm. Translated from the German and revised by the..... More
New York. Macmillan. 1928. 1st Edition. xii + 758pp, index, rebound in dark blue cloth, titled in gilt and with new endpapers. The preface and the first chapter have some pencil underlining else a sound clean copy. Following the introductory chapters on the history and philosophy of Buddhism, the author..... More
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[Kyoto]. 昭和拾八 ( 1943. Japanese manuscript written in calligraphy, issued by the influential Japanese Zen Buddhist temple Tōfuku-ji, awarding a Japanese monk 花伯齊 the honourable title of 法橋[(Hokkyō]. This title is the third highest rank is given to the Buddhist sculptors and is followed by the first and second ranks..... More
![孔子家語 [Kǒng zi jiā yǔ School Sayings of Confucius]. WANG SU, 王肅](/pictures/thumb/149400.jpg?v=1619697633)
No publication details. [Early 20th century]. Books 3 and 4 only in single volume. Unpaginated. Small volume bound in Chinese 4 stab hole plain unlettered library wrappers. Hoover Library stamp, pencilled "dup" on upper wrapper, neat notations inside upper wrapper. Very good condition. Confucian Teachings. "School Sayings of Confucius" is..... More
![袁柳荘神相秘訣. [Yuan Liuzhuang shen xiang mi jue]. LIUZHUANG YUAN, 袁柳庄](/pictures/thumb/160881.jpg?v=1628590551)
No place of publication. No details of publisher. 清光緖3[ 1877]. A Chinese book on physiognomy by Yuan Liuzhuang [袁柳庄] also known as Yuan Hong [袁珙] (1335 - 1410), a well known late Ming and early Qing face-reading master. Five-hole stab binding with string ties, chops, illustrated in black and white..... More
