Search Results: China: Studies in Culture from Librarium of The Hague

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1950. Soft cover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. x, 326. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, plasticized, some annotations to first free endpaper. In a very good condition, fine, clean interior. ~ Revised Edition. Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies, II. Z-4 IN

London, New York, Toronto, Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. x, 264. Plus 2 folding maps bound at end, and a folding chart bound-in. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt spine; free endpapers browned, first with a signature. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. London Oriental Studies, 4. Rare original copy. Z-3 OUT

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. 178. Plus 6 plates. Indices. Original errata slip tipped-in. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Z-5 OUT

Hongkong, Kelly & Walsh, 1906.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. (iv), (4), 240, xviii. Appendices, index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's quarter crimson cloth and printed boards, endpapers lightly browned. In a very good condition. Overall an excellent copy, well preserved. ~ FIRST EDITION. Inscribed by the author on first free endpaper: "With love from the Author". James Dyer Ball (1847-1919). The eight lectures gathered in this book, were delivered at the YMCA in Hongkong in the Spring of 1906. With 2 appendices and an extended index. TIMO-5 OUT

Leipzig, Otto Spamer, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. vi, 412, (12) illustrated publisher's catalogue. Profusely illustrated throughout. Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full ochre cloth, decoration to cover and spine, bevelled edges, decorative endpapers and text-block edges, one corner-tip rubbed. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. [TO THIS WE ADD:] Sven Hedin: Die Flucht des Großen Pferdes. Mit 117 Abbildungen und 1 Karte. (Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1939). Royal octavo. Pp. 262. Plus folding coloured map, frontispiece, and numerous plates. Text illustrations. Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER, original illustrated cloth, bit foxed. In a very good condition. G-4 OUT

Wien, Carl Gerold, 1840. Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 189-240. Set in Gothic type. Privately stapled into card folder. Fine, partly still unopened. ~ Offprint from Jahrbücher der Literatur, 1840. A review article by Karl Friedrich Neumann (1793-1870), of Gützlaff's "China Opened" (London, 1838). In German. G-4 IN

London, Hazell, Watson, & Viney, 1898. Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xvi, 400. Frontispiece. Full-page plates, 4 maps, many text illustrations, head- and tail-pieces. Illustrated initial to the preface. Appendix, index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full pebble-grained cloth, large gilt illustration to upper cover, and with gilt lettering, spine gilt, forest-green chalked endpapers; spine ends bumped. A very good copy indeed. ~ Third thousand. Uncommon. TIMO-1 OUT

Weinheim, Acta Humaniora, VCH; Wolfenbüttel, Herzog Augut Bibliothek, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Quarto. Pp. 302, (2). Colour frontispiece. Illustrated throughout. Bound in the original stiff pictorial wrappers. In a very fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the same name in Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. 006-5

Weinheim, Acta Humaniora, VCH; Wolfenbüttel, Herzog Augut Bibliothek, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Quarto. Pp. 302, (2). Colour frontispiece. Illustrated throughout. Bound in the original stiff pictorial wrappers. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the same name in Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. 006-5

Prague, Academia, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. 586; HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full light blue cloth, large gilt decoration to cover, gilt lettering to spine, with good dust-jacket, cloth ribbon marker, small marks on free endpapers. In fine condition. Overall an excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Z-4 IN

Tokyo, Bunkyudo-shoten, 1916. Hardcover. .. Three parts in one volume. Small octavo. Pp. (ii), 244, (viii) blanks, (ii) verso blank. Tissue guard between English and Chinese title-pages. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full brown morocco on limp boards, upper cover gilt embossed in Chinese large characters, spine with blind tooled ornaments and with gilt lettering in English, marbled edges, round corners, decorative floral endpapers; corner on back cover is exposed, small mark on spine. A fine copy, crisp interior. ~ Tenth edition, revised and enlarged. See also: Japanese National Bibliography, National Diet Library, Tokyo. H-2 OUT

Tokyo, Bunkyudo-shoten, 1916. Hardcover. .. Three parts in one volume. Small octavo. Pp. (ii), 244, (viii) blanks, (ii) verso blank. Tissue guard between English and Chinese title-pages. HARDCOVER, bound in modern full burgundy cloth, placed in matching, custom-made full cloth slipcase, with the original morocco gilt lettering-piece laid-down, gilt lettering to spine panel, marbled edges, round corners. Some pencil underlining to index, light wear to outer bottom edge of a section of leaves, neatly repaired in places, some marginal stains at end. A very good, handsome copy, beautifully bound. ~ Eleventh edition, revised and enlarged. See also: Japanese National Bibliography, National Diet Library, Tokyo. Provenance: from the private library of the late scholar Frits Vos (1918-2000), professor of Japanese and Korean studies, with his neat signature. I-5 OUT

Shanghai, Printed by the Commercial Press, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two parts in one volume. Quarto. Pp. 324, iv; 74. Coloured frontispiece. Numerous collotype and coloured plates interleaved with text leaves. Each plate protected with a facing tissue-guard. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's lovely silk-covered boards, sewn with threads in traditional Chinese style, upper board richly illustrated in gilt, and with gilt lettering, bit discoloured, cloth over spine rubbed off, spine heads bit worn. In a very fine internal condition. Excellent interior, exceptionally well preserved, crisp plates. ~ FIRST EDITION. Copy number 65 (of 66) from the Östasiatiska Museet, Stockholm, with two stamps to that effect. Includes list of dynasties; notes on the history and technique of Chinese drawing and painting; supplement of plates illustrating Chinese bronzes, ceramic art, and jade. Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing… Read More

München, Georg Müller, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xxix, 368. Title-page and Serial-title printed within orange decorative frame. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half calf and floral boards, spine richly gilt, crimson morocco lettering-piece, gilt, cloth inner hinges, red silken ribbon marker, corners and extremities bit rubbed. Old inscription, dated 1915, to bottom of half-title, some underlining in coloured pencil. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Meisterwerke orientalischer Literaturen, Bd. 2. From the private library of Atten Hofer with his bookplate. TIMO-1 OUT

San Francisco, Chinese Materials Center, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. x, 204, 6. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Center, Inc., Occasional Series No. 34. Z-4 OUT

San Francisco, Chinese Materials Center, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. x, 204, 6. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Center, Inc., Occasional Series No. 34. Z-4 OUT

Darmstadt, For the Author, L. C. Wittich'sche Hofbuchdruckerei, 1935. Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 67. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First and only edition. Doctoral dissertation, presented to the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. _O-2

Amsterdam, Koninklijke Akademie Van Wetenschappen, 1931. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Quarto. Pp. 60. Plus 24 pp. of Chinese text, including plates in red and black. Original wrappers, worn. Fair copy, good interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie Van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, Afdeeling Letterkunde, Nieuwe Reeks Deel XXXII Nr. 1. 006-6

Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh, 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Paginated consecutively. Quarto. Pp. 296; 297-633. Includes Addend & Corrigenda section. Set in double columns. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary three quarter cloth, spines lettered and individually numbered in gilt, cloth inner hinges; paper on boards bit creased in places, minor marking in red pencil on a page or two. In a very good condition, very clean interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. With the handsome armorial bookplate of Alten Hofer inside cover and old signature on half-title. I-1

London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1885. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. ix, 333, (6) publisher's catalogue. Half-title present. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full brown cloth, upper cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt and black, some stray spots on back cover, floral endpapers, trimmed rough, spine ends very lightly bumped, inner hinges about starting. In fine condition. Excellent copy, bright and fresh, beautifully preserved interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Sir Henry Knollys (1840-1930) served as a major in the Royal Artillery, later became private secretary to King Edward's daughter Maud, queen of Norway. He was a descendant to a distinguished British family. Sir Francis Knollys (1514-1596) was an English statesman, became a member of parliament in 1542 and was knighted in 1547. His father, Robert Knollys, a courtier in the service of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Sir Francis's three sons were all courtiers and served Queen Mary in parliament or in the… Read More