Reverie of a Qu'hai and Other Stories by J.K. Stanford - 1951

T. Hasegawa, 1/1/1903. Paperback. Very Good. 22 pp. Octavo size. Crape paper book. A very good copy. Profusely illustrated. A light crease on back cover. See our pictures. (BAL 7939)

Bird & Bull Press, 1/1/1984. Hardcover. Like New. x, 43, 24 pages, [3] folded leaves of plates, [50] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Bird & Bull Press, 1984. 4to. Fine. 2 volumes, in slip cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Fine binding and cover. Hardcover, softcover and slip case. 1/2 leather by Gary Parrot. One of 500, limited edition. Includes reproductions of selected pages of Jihe Kunisaki's Kamisuki chohoki (Osaka, 1798), being those pages with illustrations. Includes text of the Parkes reports, issued as no. C-400 in the series of British Parliamentary command papers, together with color reproductions of the 19 watercolors forming inclosure no. 3 of the reports.

An accordian style book with wood covers. Front side appears to have some water damage. Twenty cases each has a hand colored illustration, two per page. Appears to be water color and colored pencil on silk with a silk background.
Outside dimensions 8 1/4" X 6. Upon opening there is a tear at the top and a knotch size hole at the inseam. The previous owner told me it is in Cantonese and it is also in English. It looks like the author's name is along the inside of the board but I can't read Cantonese. Ships with delivery confirmation where available.

Very good to Fine, very few signs of wear apart from a small (shelf?) smudge on one bottom edge.

Copperplate engraving. A very good and crisp impression.


A detailed plan of Batavia, (Jakarta), Indonesia. The lettered and numbered legend indicates the principal buildings including churches, market area, warehouses, castle as well as waterways. The Dutch emblematic lion with sword and shield lower right. Batavia was built by the Dutch in 1619 to establish their colonial power as the Dutch East India Company (VOC).

New York : Boni and Liveright ; [Colchester ; London ; Eton : Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd.], 1925., 1925. Very Good. xxiii, 488 pp. ; 20 cm. ; OCLC: 2299729 ; LC: PL2722.U2 ; brown and black cloth with gold lettering and designs ; decorative endpapers ; One hundred and sixty-four stories from the Liao-chai chih-i by P'u Sung-ling ; The Arabian Nights of China, fil led with wonderful stories and strange happenings involving ghosts, fairy foxes, gods and demons, and reversals of fate, translated by the compiler of the great Chinese-English dictionary ; Some story titles: Adulteration punished--The Alchemist--An other SOlomon--The Boat-girl Bride--The boatmen of Lao-lung--Carrying a Corpse--The Butterfly's Revenge--The Censor in Purgatory--The Clay Image--The Country of the Cannibals--Cruelty Avenged--The Dead Priest--Death by Laughing--The Disembodied Frie nd--The Donkey's Revenge--Engaged to a Nun--Examination for the Post of Guardian Angel--The Faithless Widow--Feasting the Ruler… Read More

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good, sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers, rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College, Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker ( 1849-1926 ) was a barrister and noted China scholar, and although not a trained linguist, his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Louis-Michaud, n.d.. Limited edition. Erotic French love story set in Laos, telling the tale of Kao Som Sène and the songs he sings for the beautiful Sao Van Di. Limited first edition. (Number 602/870) Rare. One of 870 copies on alfa paper, bound in pictorial wrappers, 170 mm x 255 mm, 100 (4) pages, photographic frontispiece, 12 full-page coloured plates, 20 drawings throughout text; light foxing to endpapers otherwise a vey good copy.

An Important work of Japanese photography.

Second Printing from 1969. This Book is in Good Condition. The Slipcase is Missing. The Dust Jacket (protected by a New Brodart Dust Jacket Protector) has some Scratches to the Surface of the Rear Cover and some Edgewear, including Very Small Areas of Chipping at the Head and Base of the Spine and Top Fore Edge Corner of the Rear Cover, Very Light Creasing at the Top Edge of the Front Cover, and a Few Small, 3/8" long Tears, but the Dust Jacket has No Stains or Other Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have Very Light Rubbing at the Head and Base of the Spine but No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Any Major Damage. The Binding is Strong, Intact, and Undamaged. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining and has No Tears, Creases, Stains, Mold, or Any Major Damage. The Page Edges have No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Any Major Damage. Securely Packed and Promptly Shipped.