China

  • [BIOLOGICAL RACISM] Betrachtungen über die Fruchtbarkeit, oder Unfruchtbarkeit, über den vormahligen und gegenwärtigen Zustand der vornehmsten Länder in Asien,

    # 46347

    MEINERS, C. (Christoph) (1747-1810)

    [BIOLOGICAL RACISM] Betrachtungen über die Fruchtbarkeit, oder Unfruchtbarkeit, über den vormahligen und gegenwärtigen Zustand der vornehmsten Länder in Asien,

    von C. Meiners…. [=Observations on fertility and sterility in the ancient and present states of the main regions of Asia]. Lübeck und Leipzig : im Verlage bey Bohn und Compagnie, 1795-96. Two volumes, octavo (195 x 125 mm), matching contemporary bindings of marbled papered boards (lightly rubbed, first volume with small paper loss, otherwise very …

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  • Introduction to the science of Chinese religion.

    # 41812

    FABER, Ernst

    Introduction to the science of Chinese religion.

    A critique of Max Müller and other authors. Hong Kong : Lane, Crawford & Co. and Shanghai : Kelly & Walsh, [1879]. Printed at the “China Mail” office in Hong Kong. Octavo, lettered card wrappers (expert repairs to spine, some chips and marks), pp. [iv]; xii; 151. A rare tract by the German missionary Ernst …

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  • China diary

    # 46371

    SPENDER, Stephen; HOCKNEY, David

    China diary

    New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1982. First edition. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 200, illustrated. A fine copy of the first edition of Spender and Hockney’s illustrated tour of China.

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  • [MARITIME; CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH] De chinesiske sjöröfvarne: Reseminnen.

    # 46400

    LOVIOT, Fanny Mme.

    [MARITIME; CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH] De chinesiske sjöröfvarne: Reseminnen.

    Öfvers. från franskan af M.Wester. Gefle [Gavle], Sweden : Hjalmar  Ewerlöf, [1865]. Octavo, contemporary half morocco over pebbled red cloth (lightly rubbed, corners bumped), spine with gilt ornament and lettering (head with small amount of loss), original owner’s inscription to free-endpaper dated 1865, [4], 126 pp, a good copy. Text in Swedish. Swedish translation of …

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  • Chinese without a teacher.

    # 46397

    GILES, Herbert A.

    Chinese without a teacher.

    Being a collection of easy and useful sentences in the Mandarin dialect with a vocabulary. Fifth and revised edition. Shanghai : Kelly & Walsh, 1901. Octavo, lettered papered boards, cloth spine, pp. [viii]; 67, text in Chinese and English, a few pencil annotations, but a good copy. Scarce.

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  • [FREEMASONRY; HONG KONG] Small archive of Masonic documents associated with Lodges in Hong Kong, 1890s-1930s.

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    [BAKER, Henry George]

    [FREEMASONRY; HONG KONG] Small archive of Masonic documents associated with Lodges in Hong Kong, 1890s-1930s.

    A group of five original documents that chart the history of Henry George Baker as a Freemason in Hong Kong. Baker arrived in Hong Kong from Bristol in 1882 and worked in the Hong Kong Police Force until 1913, when he retired at the age of 52 with the rank of Chief Inspector.  I. Grand …

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  • [FREEMASONRY; HONG KONG] Memorandum and Articles of Association of The Hongkong Masonic Club, Limited.

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    [CHATER, C. P.; GOWER, S. J.; COX, G. C.; GRANT, C.; YOUNG, W.]

    [FREEMASONRY; HONG KONG] Memorandum and Articles of Association of The Hongkong Masonic Club, Limited.

    Board of Directors: C. P. Chater, Esq., S. J. Gower, Esq., G. C. Cox, Esq., C. J. Grant, Esq., Dr. Wm. Young. Bankers: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation. Solicitors: Messrs. Wotton & Deacon. Hongkong : Kelly & Wash, Limited, 1886. Small octavo (180 x 125 mm), original sewn green wrappers (some faint foxing), pp. …

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  • Translations from the Manchu, with the original texts, prefaced by an Essay on the Language.

    # 17345

    MEADOWS, Thomas Taylor (1815-1868)

    Translations from the Manchu, with the original texts, prefaced by an Essay on the Language.

    Canton : S. Wells Williams, 1849. Octavo, contemporary wrappers pasted over the original printed wrappers, spine with early manuscript title ‘Manchu Language’, sewn as issued, the Sir Thomas Phillipps copy inscribed “MHC” and with shelf-mark in ink on inside of upper cover, 1 leaf with the title in Manchu and Chinese, printed on yellow paper, facing the English title, …

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  • Business card of the Long Beach Bar, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, c.1965.

    # 46086

    Business card of the Long Beach Bar, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, c.1965.

    [Kaohsiung, Taiwan : s.n., c.1965]. White card, 60 x 98 mm, printed recto in red, green and blue: ‘Welcome to Long Beach Air Conditioned Bar. No. 68 Chi Shian 3rd Road Kaohsiung Taiwan’ with illustration of a hostess, and verso in black: ‘In Bounds No. 78. 1. Welcome to our bar have a wonderfeul [sic] …

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  • English and Chinese Primer

    # 45946

    [THE COMMERCIAL PRESS]

    English and Chinese Primer

    Shanghai : The Commercial Press, 1937. Octavo, lettered wrappers, pp. 48, text in English and Chinese, some small text illustrations.

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  • A short account of the declaration given by the Chinese Emperour Kam Hi, in the year 1700.

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    [THOMAS, Antoine, 1644-1709]

    A short account of the declaration given by the Chinese Emperour Kam Hi, in the year 1700.

    London : [s.n.], Printed in the year MDCCIII [1703]. Octavo (155 mm), contemporary calf, expertly rebacked; pp [28], [4 blank], 71, [1]; a few leaves with pale staining; early manuscript ex libris of the Holy Cross Abbey Library; housed in a custom morocco clamshell box. English translation of Brevis relatio eorū quæ spectant ad declarationem …

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  • The Oriental navigator; or, new directions for sailing to and from the East Indies.

    # 29393

    HUDDART, Joseph (1741-1816) (attrib.)

    The Oriental navigator; or, new directions for sailing to and from the East Indies.

    Also for the use of the country ships, trading in the Indian and China seas, to New Holland, &c. &c. Collected from the manuscripts, journals, memoirs, and observations, of the most experienced officers in the Hon. East India Company’s Service; and from the last edition of the French Neptune Oriental, by Mons. D’Après de Mannevillette. Being …

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  • Hyacinthe de Bougainville : autograph letter, signed, written from the harbour of Macao in 1825 during his circumnavigation in the "Thétis".

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    BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, Baron de (1781-1846)

    Hyacinthe de Bougainville : autograph letter, signed, written from the harbour of Macao in 1825 during his circumnavigation in the “Thétis”.

    Manuscript in brown ink, folio, 1 page; headed ‘Rade de Macao, ce 1er Janvier 1825’, the letter is to an unnamed recipient and concerns the Lazarist missionary, Lamiot; old vertical and horizontal folds (minor tears at the ends), roughened at top and bottom edges, else clean and complete, with red wax seals preserved. Rare, unpublished …

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  • Avvisi della Cina, et Giapone del fine dell'anno 1587.

    # 42307

    Valignano, Alessandro (1539-1606) et al.

    Avvisi della Cina, et Giapone del fine dell’anno 1587.

    Con l’arrivo de’ Signori Giapponesi nell’India. Cavati dalle lettere della Compagnia di Giesù. Ricevute il mese d’ Ottobre 1588. Con licentia de’ superiori. In Venetia, appresso i Gioliti. 1588. Small octavo (160 x 105 mm), modern quarter red morocco over marbled papered boards, spine with raised bands and lettered in gilt ‘AVVISI DELLA CINA’; new …

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  • Walks in the city of Canton.

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    GRAY, John Henry (1828-1890)

    Walks in the city of Canton.

    … With an itinerary. Victoria, Hongkong : De Souza & Co., 1875. Octavo, contemporary half calf over dark brown linen boards (rubbed and lightly marked, corners worn), spine with raised bands lettered and ruled in gilt (some wear to the bands, head and tail), front pastedown with full signature of the original owner, American diplomat …

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  • Letter to the Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State, enclosing a paper, geographical, political, and commercial, on the independent oriental nations;

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    PALMER, Aaron Haight (1779-1863)

    Letter to the Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State, enclosing a paper, geographical, political, and commercial, on the independent oriental nations;

    and submitting a plan for opening, extending, and protecting American commerce in the East, &c. Respectfully submitted to the President and Cabinet, by Aaron Haight Palmer, Counsellor of the Supreme Court of the U.S. Published by direction of the Department of State in the National Intelligence of the 6th September, 1849. Revised, and now published with …

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