Science & Civilisation in China Vol. V Part 3: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part II: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention - Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin by Joseph Needham - 1976

Paris: Buisson, 1792. Livre. Bon. Demi-reliure à coins. Ed. originale. In-8. Paris, Buisson, 1792. 20 x 12,5 cm, in-8, VIII - 536 pp. - 2 grandes cartes dépliantes gravées en taille douce sur vergé bleuté (carte de la partie sud-est de l'Asie selon Ptolémée, et une autre selon les connaissances géographiques récentes), reliure de l'époque en demi-basane fauve à petits coins en vélin, dos à 5 nerfs, pièce de titre, tranches mouchetées. Edition originale de la traduction. Ex-libris héraldique du comte de Fortis. Frottis sur les plats et petite déchirure sans manque au titre. Bon exemplaire..

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.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. First American Edition. Preface by the Bishop of Exeter, the author's father. Publisher's blue cloth with red border and stamped vignette in gilt. Bindings tight and square. Over opened at page 64/65. Text clean, light even toning some spotting. Moderate handling wear. Corners touched. Illustrated with tissue guarded frontispiece and photographs. --- 8vo, xvi, 354 p. incl. front., illus., plates, ports., fold. map. 21 1/2cm. index and notes. In 1891 The Bishop of Exeter accompanied by Miss Bickersteth went to Japan for two months to visit his son the Bishop of Japan This is an admirable account of Japan from the point of view and there is a full description of the earthquake of October 1891 and among other two views of the destruction caused by the earthquake. [The Parents' Review, Volume 4, page 743.]

Chunghwa Post, 2004. Hardcover. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. All stamps and postcards are included in the book. The plastic holders for the postcards on pg. 17-23 are coming slightly unglued. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

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).

Amsterdam, Adold M. Hakkert, 1971. Hardcover. .. Two volumes bound in one. Royal octavo. Pp. v, 474; iv, 424. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In fine condition. Excellent copy, crisp interior. ~ Reprint of the edition Oxford, 1832. G-4 IN

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

NYH: The Ronald Press Co., 1955. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: The Ronald Press Co., 1955, first printing. 8vo., xii+341pp. Brown cloth with white titles and designs, map endpapers. From the preface: "Ennin, a Japanese Buddhist monk, crossed the sea to China in the year 838 and during the next nine and a half years kept a detailed diary of his travels through the vast T'ang Empire until he finally returned to Japan in 847…It is the first account of life in China by any foreign visitor." Slight rub to publisher's name on spine, else near fine, bright, crisp. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

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.

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.