Cathay and the Way Thither: Being A Collection of Medieval Notices of China (Four Volumes in Two: Vol. I-II & Vol. III-IV) by Yule, Henry & Henri Cordier - 1966

New Delhi, Lancer Publishers, 1992, hardcover, 345 pp, edition unknown as copyright page has been neatly removed, Signed, inscribed to the previous owner, and dated by the Author on the front endpaper, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. A sweeping novel of historical fiction set in Central Asia and Northern India in the period 1814-1872. ISBN 9788172120047

The entire series is of 20 volumes. I offer volumes 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16 at 17.00 each. Or the lot for $100.00 plus the actual cost of shipping. This is the ELIBRON reprint as described by Amazon. The series was originally published in Canton, starting 1832, in English, for the information of missionaries and others about China, its history, its diaspora, and all things Chinese. Typical page count is 500-600 per volume. Different iSBNs for each volume. The depth of coverage is amazing. Vol 6, (sorry, sold) for example covers period may 1837 to April 1838. Its chapters include Prospects of China+(then 300 mio people) Coast of China, Embassis to China Central Asia (Uzbek Turkestan etc) Ophthalmic hospital at Canton,, Opium trade, Canton C of Commerce, Christian missions, Topography of Bankok, Historical account of China CAmerican consular est in east asia, Central Asia Bokhara and kokan, , Education, , Mission to Dayaks. Penang. Singapore schools. Orphan Asylum. HMS (HBMS) Raleig… Read More

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 622pp; DJ clean, intact & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine/VG condition. History of relations between England and China from 1600 to 1843 with a summary of later developments. First published in 1909. Includes illustrations and foldout maps.

Taipei, Taiwan: Ch'eng-wen Publishing Company, 1967. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 927pp; Two Volumes: brown cloth boards with tan spines, titling to spines, boards protected by clear plastic sleeves, endpapers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. NOTE: THIS EDITION DOES NOT INCLUDE STAR MAPS. Two volumes. Reprint of original 1875 edition. Scarce work showing evidence that primitive astronomy originated in China and then borrowed by ancient westerners. Illustrated with diagrams and one foldout chart. TEXT IN FRENCH.

South Royalton, Vermont: Steerforth Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition (stated). Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Slight reading wear to lower corner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 436 pages. For a few years in the early 1960s the CIA seemed to be running a perfect covert war in Laos - quiet, inexpensive, just enough arms to help Meo (Hmong) tribesmen defend their home territory from the communist Pathet Lao. Then the big American war next door in Vietnam spilled across the border. How the perfect covert war ballooned into sorrow and disaster is the story Roger Warner tells in Shooting at the Moon, awarded the Cornelius Ryan Award for 1995's Best Book on Foreign Affairs by the Overseas Press Club. Warner describes his characters with a novelist's touch - soldiers and diplomats busy with war-making; CIA field officers from bareknuckle warriors to the quiet men pulling strings in the shadows; and above all the Meo as they realized… Read More

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 622pp; DJ clean, intact & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine/VG condition. History of relations between England and China from 1600 to 1843 with a summary of later developments. First published in 1909. Includes illustrations and foldout maps.

Taipei, Taiwan: Ch'eng-wen Publishing Company, 1967. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 927pp; Two Volumes: brown cloth boards with tan spines, titling to spines, boards protected by clear plastic sleeves, endpapers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. NOTE: THIS EDITION DOES NOT INCLUDE STAR MAPS. Two volumes. Reprint of original 1875 edition. Scarce work showing evidence that primitive astronomy originated in China and then borrowed by ancient westerners. Illustrated with diagrams and one foldout chart. TEXT IN FRENCH.

Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2002. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2002, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/4", 224pp., illustrated with vibrant color photographs of everyday life. Fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1968. Facsimile of 1896 edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no dj as issued. Hardcover without dust jackets as issued Six volumes bound in three volumes in original maroon cloth with gilt lettered gray spine label and folding map No notes, no markings, no ex-library "Letters Received by the East India Company from its Servants in the East" Transcribed from the 'original Coorespondence' Series of the India Office Records by Charles Danvers. Ships from Hawaii. Hardcover Very Good "Letters Received by the East India Company from its Servants in the East" Transcribed from the 'original Correspondence' Series of the India Office Records by Charles Danvers Facsimile reprint of the 1896 London edition by publisher Nico Israel, Amsterdam, 1968.

Manila, Philippines: National Historical Commission, 1969. Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+. 7" x 10" Hardcover; 549pp; Maroon boards, gilt titling to spine, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Biography of Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (1861-1896), Filipino nationalist, writer & polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines, considered the national hero of the Philippines. Introduction by Carlos Quirino. Awarded First Prize in the Rizal Biography Contest held under the auspices of the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission in 1961.