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[Tokyo].: [山中市兵衛?].[Yamanaka Ichibee?].. [1878?].. Volumes 2, 3, 5-7 of 7 volumes, a Japanese edition of 18 Chinese histories classics spanning from pre-Qing to Song Dynasty. Originally edited by a Chinese scholar 曽先之 [Zeng Xianzhi] in Yuan Dynasty, it was later annotated by another Chinese scholar 陳殷 [Chen, Yin] in Ming Dynasty. This is Japanese edition compiled by 大賀富二 [Ōga Tomoji] has Japanese reading marks. Four-hole stab binding, double leaves oriental style, paper title label missing on volume 2, some marking covers particularly volumes 2 and 3, occasional worming, string volume 3 split but still holding, in good condition. 18.4 x 12.7cm. .

大阪.[Osaka].: 中川勘助.[Nakagawa Kansuke].. 明治13[1880].. 5 volumes of 7. Missing volumes two and three, bound in Japanese 5 hole stab binding, double leaves oriental style. Paper title labels laid down upper covers rubbed with loss, soiling and creasing on covers, edges little soiled, occasional worming, still text clean and sound. Text in Chinese with Japanese reading marks. 26 x 18.5cm. A Japanese edition of Jūhasshiryaku 十八史略 [Shi ba shi lue in pinyin], with extra notes. The text was checked against the authorative text by Japanese scholar 近藤元粹 [Kondō Gensui]. The Summary of the Eighteen Histories is an introductory Chinese history for children compiled by Zeng Xianzhi 曾先之 in the Yuan period. The full set is complete in 7 volumes. .

京都.[Kyoto].: 五車楼.[Gosharō].. 明治18 [1885].. 6 volumes of 7 volume-set, missing volume one, bound in Japanese 5 hole stab binding, woodblock printed on double leaves oriental style. Paper title labels laid down on yellow embossed upper covers, some rubbing and light soiling, in good condition. Text in Chinese with Japanese reading marks. 26 x 18.5cm. A Japanese Meiji edition of Jūhasshiryaku 十八史略 [Shibashilue in pinyin] with extra notes added by a Kyoto resident 奧野精一 [Okuno Seiichi]. The Summary of the Eighteen Histories is an introductory Chinese history for children compiled by Zeng Xianzhi 曾先之 in the Yuan period. Complete in 7 volumes. .

大阪.[Osaka].: 中川勘助.[Nakagawa Kansuke].. 明治13[1880].. 6 volumes of 7. Lacks volume 1, bound in Japanese 5 hole stab binding, double leaves oriental style. Paper title labels laid down upper covers, soiling and creasing on covers, edges little soiled, occasional worming and chops, insect damage upper edge volume one, still text clean and sound. Text in Chinese with Japanese reading marks. 26 x 18.5cm. A Japanese edition of Jūhasshiryaku 十八史略 [Shi ba shi lue in pinyin], with extra notes. The text was checked against the authorative text by Japanese scholar 近藤元粹 [Kondō Gensui]. The Summary of the Eighteen Histories is an introductory Chinese history for children compiled by Zeng Xianzhi 曾先之 in the Yuan period. The full set is complete in 7 volumes. .

大阪.[Osaka].: 中川勘助.[Nakagawa Kansuke].. 明治13[1880].. 6 volumes of 7. Lacks volume one, bound in Japanese 5 hole stab binding, double leaves oriental style. Paper title labels laid down upper covers, soiling and creasing on covers, edges little soiled, ink annotation upper edge some volumes, string split volume seven with some browning, still text clean and sound. Text in Chinese with Japanese reading marks. 26 x 18.5cm. A Japanese edition of Jūhasshiryaku 十八史略 [Shi ba shi lue in pinyin], with extra notes. The text was checked against the authorative text by the Japanese scholar 近藤元粹 [Kondō Gensui]. The Summary of the Eighteen Histories is an introductory Chinese history for children compiled by Zeng Xianzhi 曾先之 in the Yuan period. The full set is complete in 7 volumes. .

Osaka.: 岡島眞七. [Okajima Shinshichi].. Meiji 19. [1886].. 5 volumes only of 7, (lacks volumes 1 and 2), bound in Japanese 5 hole stab binding, double leaves oriental style. Paper title labels laid down upper covers of all but volume 3, covers marked and stained in places. Generally good. Text in Chinese with Japanese reading marks. 25.9 x 18.1cm. A Japanese edition of Jūhasshiryaku 十八史略 [Shi ba shi lue in pinyin] with extra notes added by Confucian scholar, Fujisawa Nangaku 藤澤南岳 (1842-1920). The Summary of the Eighteen Histories is an introductory Chinese history for children compiled by Zeng Xianzhi 曾先之 in the Yuan period. The complete set runs to 7 volumes. .

London.: The Illustrated London News. January 6,1883.. Engraving 15.3 x 22.5 cm with explanatory text on the verso, the leaf toned and a minor marginal tear, but in very good condition. Engraving from "The Illustrated London News". The correspondent notes that it in (1880s) Victoria, Hong Kong "The favourite places of open-air recreation for European residents ...are the Hollyywood road and the Kennedy Road, which command good views of the Harbour and shipping...". The correspondent blithely continues "...the ladies are easily carried up in portable chairs, beside which the gentleman can walk and talk with them, and the fresh sea-breeze is very enjoyable up there." Ease does not appear to be etched on the faces of the porters in the background carrying a Victorian matron. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. .

Shanghai.: American Presbyterian Mission Press.. 1878.. Pebbled cloth covered boards, with title label pasted down. pp48. Front label chipped with loss to the upper edge, some faint age browning to text block but in good order. 21.3 x 12.8cm A Christian-based analysis of Ancestral worship in Chinese Society. Matthew Tyson Yates was a Baptist Christian missionary who served with the American Southern Baptist Mission during the late Qing Dynasty in China. He was also a distributor of Chinese language Christian literature in Shanghai and region from 1847. At the General Conference of the Protestant Missionaries of China held at Shanghai, May 10th to 24th, 1877, he presented this work which was then published in a revised edition in 1878. There exist images of the Members of the Missionary Conference, in two group photographs (those engaged in Mission work for over ten years and those engaged in Mission work for under ten years), which is reproduced in 'History of Photography in China, Western… Read More

London.: Illustrated London News.. (28 October,1882).. Engraving, 15.1 x 22.7 cm, on a trimmed newspaper leaf, unrelated text on the verso, the outer edges a little discoloured, but in very good condition. Ancient Watch-Tower and Mile-Stone in Shanxi, North China. Illustration for "The Illustrated London News", 28 October 1882. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. .

[Anto].: 満鉄安東驛. [Mantetsu Antōeki].. Taisho 15 [1926]. Travel brochure featuring a colourful birds-eye view map with 12 black and white photographic images showing points of interest above and below. 40 x 54.5cm, folds to 21 x 11cm. A couple of neatly repaired tears along folds, a very good and attractive copy. An illustrated map and description of the city of Antung (Andong), on the border between Korea and China, including a coloured illustration, black-and-white photographs and text, published by the South Manchurian Railway's Antung branch in 1926. Antung's position on the Yaul River made it a crucial strategic and trading point (and makes it today the main entry point from China to North Korea). One side shows a detailed pictorial map of Antung, illustrating major company buildings, hotels, schools etc, and surrounded by black-and-white photos illustrating local landmarks such as the Yalu River bridge, the Japanese Consulate and the Antung Hotel. The… Read More

London.: G. Nicol.. April 12,1796.. Large format engraving 29.9 x 45 cm; 37 x 50 cm (sheet trimmed to the platemark), spots of browning to the image (mainly affecting the sky ) and marginal foxing, corners a little toned, old paper repair affecting the caption only (no loss), the sheet creased at the corners and a little dusty, but a strong dark impression in very good condition. Intricate and wonderfully composed engraving after a drawing by the artist William Alexander (1767-1816), prepared for the folio atlas to George Staunton's account of the Macartney Embassy to China of 1793. The engraver, James Fittler (1758-1825) was appointed by George III to be his Marine Engraver. Despite the serried ranks of the Chinese noblemen, attendants, and the figure of the Emperor himself occupying almost the entire engraving, it is the figure of Lord Macartney making an entrance (stage right) who steals the show. Fittler has amplified Macartney as "hero" with the dramatic use of tone: Lord Macartney is bathed in… Read More

New York.: Asia Publishing Co.. 1918.. Numerous maps and colour and black and white illustrations throughout all issues. Bound together in blue cloth covered boards, Andover Newton Theological Library 1931 library label pasted down on the upper paste down. Lacks the original wrappers and the August issue, but extremely clean and firm. 29 x 21cm. Very good. The Journal of the American Asiatic Association began in 1898, an American publication with the aim of promoting commerce and cultural exchange between the US and eastern Asia and Oceania. In 1917 Willard Straight, who had been involved in promoting American trade and investment in Korea and China since the turn of the century, and his wife, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, bought the magazine and renamed it Asia. An editorial in the Journal explained: "The ignorance of our people in regard to the countries of the Far East is unquestionably a serious obstacle to the legitimate extension of American influence." Unsurprisingly, racist sentiments are… Read More

(London).. (circa1785.). Engraving on laid paper 27.2 x 17 cm (platemark including caption); 37.2 x 22.5 cm (sheet), decorative border and title cartouche, top corner a little creased, margins with scattered spotting, but in very good condition. This engraving of mendicants entreating alms, appeared in George Anderson's compilation of 18th Century English voyages "A New, Authentic, and Complete Account of Voyages Round the World" (1785), this example re-engraved for John Hamilton Moore's "New & Complete collection of voyages & Travels" published in the same year. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. .

New York.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers.. Second Edition.. 1900.. 2 large folding maps and a folding table - a comparison of imports of cotton goods and yarns into all China, 1887 and 1897. xxi + 491pp, appendix, index. Green cloth covered boards ruled in red and lettered in gilt, slightly faded, the spine browned, The fold-out maps have closed tears neatly repaired on the verso with archival washi. A clean and tight copy in very good condition. An important figure in British Naval history, Beresford 1846-1919, visited China at the behest of the Associated Chambers of Commerce to investigate how the break-up of the Chinese areas of the British Empire would impact China's role as a trading partner with Europe and the United States. One hundred years later, China still figures largely in Western trade negotiations. Sections include Canton, Chefoo, Chinkiang Foochow, Hangkow, Hong Kong, Japan, Kiangzin, Kiaochow, Kiu-kiang, Nanking, Newchwang, Peking, Shanghai, Swatow, Tientsin, Tongshan, Wei Hai-Wai,… Read More

(Shanghai).. (circa1890).. Original albumen print photograph, 19.4 x 27.5 cm, corners a little creased, but in very good condition. Atmospheric image of colonial Shanghai depicting the 'Bubbling Well' and Jing'an Temple (literally 'Temple of Peace and Tranquility'), a Buddhist temple on what is now West Nanjing Road. The first temple was built in 247 CE during the Three Kingdoms period. Originally located beside Suzhou Creek, it was relocated to its current site in 1216 during the Song Dynasty. The current temple was rebuilt once in the Qing Dynasty. From the Estate of the late scholar and collector Arthur Hacker. .

London.: Illustrated London News. January 10,1857.. Two half-page engravings (14.5 x 23 cms), incomplete descriptive text, on a single newspaper leaf, marginal spotting and edge-wear, but in very good condition. Tranquil views of Canton (Guangzhou) months prior to the attack on (and four year occupation of) the city by allied British and French troops during the time of the Second Opium War. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue note lower right. .

London.: The Illustrated London News. May 8,1858.. Two half-page engravings each 11.5 x 34 cm on a single newspaper leaf, the leaf with marginal edge wear and occasional toning, but very good dark impressions. Two river views of Canton (Guangzhou) from "The Illustrated London News" months before the Treaty of Tientsin was signed following the Battle of Canton in December 1857. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. .

London.: The Illustrated London News. March 27,1858.. Two half-page engravings: 15.5 and 17.6 x 22.7 cm on a single newspaper leaf, explanatory text for each engraving overleaf, a top corner chipped, edgewear, sheet toned, sound condition. Engravings prepared for "The Illustrated London News" during the Second Opium War (1856-1860). The upper engraving illustrates Allied French and British Forces attempting to scale the wall during the Second Battle of Canton (1857). The associated text overleaf claims the feat for the French. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. .

Paris.: Erhard Frères. 1898.. Lithographed folding colour map 44.5 x 49.5 cms; 54.6 x 76.3 cms (sheet), towns and cities, items of production and trade routes highlighted in red, original folds, in very good, clean condition. Detailed map prepared for the Lyon Chamber of Commerce Mission to China under the direction of a young Henri Brenier (1867-1962), with the purpose of advancing French colonial expansion, and shoring up the interests of the dominant Lyon silk trade. The map shows the principal centres of population, production, waterways, roads, telegraph lines and railroads, togther with the centres of production and distribution for coal, iron, tin, gold and silver, opium, tea, rice, sugar, peanuts, cinnamon, wool, medicinal plants and leather. The trade mission was organized following the Treaty of Shimonoseki and the end of the Sino-Japanese War: the Chamber of Commerce of Lyon understood that end of this war would signal a profound economic development and change. .

(Paris).. circa1780.. Engraved handcoloured map, 31.3 x 20.5 cm; 37.8 x 25.5 cm (sheet), central fold, slight toning, one spot of discolouration to the upper border, in very good, crisp condition. Attractive map showing China, the Korean peninsula, the Philippines, Japan and Chinese Tartary/Mongolia, Vietnam and Central Asia. Also shows the wind direction vital to traders at the time. Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was an influential French cartographer of the late-eighteenth century, succeeding Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine in 1773. This map was prepared for Abbe Raynal’s famous "Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre..." (1780). .