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HEDIN, Sven [1865-1952].
Through Asia.
New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xviii, 649; xii, [651]-1255. 2 photogravure frontis. portraits, 2 folding coloured maps & numerous plates (some colour) & text illus. A nice set in original cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed (slight fraying to spine ends). First American Edition. An account of Hedin's first expedition, 1893-97, during which he investigated the Pamir Mountains, travelling through the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang region, across the Taklamakan Desert, Lake Kara Koshun and Lake Bosten, proceeding to study northern Tibet. In all he covered 26,000 kilometres and mapped over 10,000 kilometres, approximately one third of which was previously uncharted territory.
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HUC, [Evariste Régis] [1813-1860].
Recollections Of A Journey Through Tartary, Thibet, And China, During The Years 1844, 1845, And 1846.
New York: D.Appleton & Company, 1852..
2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 245, [6]ads; 248, [4]ads. with half-titles. original cloth (spine ends chipped, corners frayed). First American Edition. Huc came to China in 1839, where he labored as a Catholic missionary first in the southern provinces, then at Peking, and then to the north of the capital, just within the borders of Mongolia. In 1844 he was sent to Tibet, but on arriving in Llasa after a long and treacherous journey, he was allowed to remain for only a few weeks. This vivid account of his experiences and adventures, interspersed with observations on eastern manners and customs and the progress of missionary activity in China, enjoyed considerable popularity and was widely reprinted and translated. Cordier III 2119.
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HUCKER, Charles O.
China's Imperial Past An Introduction to Chinese History and Culture.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1975..
8vo. pp. xii, [6], 474. biblio. index. 7 maps & 47 b/w illus. cloth. dw. (short tear along edge of front wr.). First Edition.
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[JOHNSON, James].
An Account Of A Voyage To India, China, &c. In His Majesty's Ship Caroline, Performed In The Years 1803-4-5, Interspersed With Descriptive Sketches And Cursory Remarks. By An Officer Of The Caroline.
London: Printed For Richard Phillips By J.G.Barnard, 1806..
8vo. pp. iv, [5]-138, iii(index). folding engraved frontis. map. folding table. modern quarter morocco (edges & corners worn). First Edition. "This work was intended to exhibit a topographical and picturesque sketch of all the principal places which were annually or occasionally visited by the British East India and China fleets. Places visited included Madeira, Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, Madras, Bengal, the Andaman Islands, Penang, Malacca, Sumatra, Macao, and Canton." (Hill) Cordier 2106. Hill p. 156. cfLust 375.
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KAEMPFER, Engelbert [1651-1716].
The History Of Japan. Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam.Translated by J. G. Scheuchzer, F.R.S.
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1906..
3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. lxxxix, [3], 336, [1], [1 leaf]; ix, [1], 396, [2]; viii, [1], 385, [1]. 162 illus., incl. a photogravure portrait frontis., 23 plates & maps (16 folding), & many text wood engravings (some full-page). decorative initials. Uncut in original cloth (spines faded, small puncture to spine of Vol. II, extremities chipped & frayed, foxing to frontis.). Limited to 1,000 copies. An important and influential history of Japan, first published in two folio volumes in 1727-28 and not reprinted in full until this present edition. Kaempfer, a German physician, set out for Japan in May of 1690 in a professional capacity with the Dutch embassy. The ship in which he sailed touched at Siam, whose capital he visited, and in September he arrived at Nagasaki, the only Japanese port then open to foreigners. He remained there for the next two years, during which time he twice visited Tokyo, and engaged himself in an extensive study of Japanese history, geography, customs, and flora. He returned to Java and then Holland in 1693. A life of the author and a long historical introduction are included in this edition.
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KEN LI XIAN DANG SHI SHI ZHI BAN.
The 70th Anniversary of the Glorious History of Communist China.
Shanghai: 1991..
folio. text in Mandarin Chinese. profusely illus. gilt-stamped cloth. dw. Very good copy in worn paper slipcase (short tear to head of dw.).
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KOREA STAMP CORPORATION.
Kim II Sung Korea.
Pyongyang: [c2012]..
4to. pp. [1], 46. text in Korean, Chinese & English. illlus. in colour throughout & with 223 postage stamps incl. those on 65 commemorative sheets. bds. slipcase. (slight dent at upper outer corner of book, else fine. A philatelic history of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from its founding to 2012. The mint and canceled to order unhinged stamps and commemorative sheets dating from c2000 to 2012 are protected loosely in plastic. Included are commemoratives of meetings with Mao and Castro.
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MACKENZIE, Donald A.
China And Japan [At Head of Title: Myths And Legends Series].
New York: Avenel Books, [1985]..
8vo. pp. xvi, 404. index. numerous full-page illus. from drawings & famous paintings. cloth. dw.
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MAIRAN, [Jean Jacques] Dortous De [1678-1771].
Lettres Au R. P. Parrenin, Jésuite, Missionnaire à Pékin; Contenant Diverses Questions Sur La Chine, Nouvelle Édition, Revue, corrigée & augmentée de divers Opuscules sur différentes matières.
Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1770..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., xi, 368, [1 leaf]errata. with half-title. 1 engraved plate, 2 engravings in the text. 2 engraved & several woodcut vignettes. contemporary mottled calf (joints cracked, corners & spinal extremities worn & chipped, spine label wanting, some light browning & scattered foxing). Second Enlarged Edition. Letters addressed to Dominique Parrenin, Jesuit missionary at Peking, from Jean Jacqes Dortous De Mairan of the Académie Royale des Sciences, discussing the history, chronology, language, writing, astronomy, art and architecture, &c., of the Chinese. Observing many parallels between the Chinese and the Egyptians, Mairan maintained that an Egyptian colony was established in China fifteen or sixteen hundred years before the christian era. Cordier 57. Lust 122.
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MANYOSHU.
The Manyoshu: One Thousand Poems Selected and Translated from the Japanese.
Tokyo: Published for the Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai by the Iwanami Shoten, 1940 [i.e. 1948]..
4to. pp. lxxx, 502, [2]. 4 maps (1 folding). index. cloth. dw. (dw. with very slight wear to edges & spine darkened). Very good copy. Third Impression.
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[MARGAT DE TILLY, Jean Baptiste] [1689-1747].
Histoire De Tamerlan, Empereur Des Mogols Et Conquérant De L'Asie.
Paris: Hippolyte Louis Guérin, 1739..
2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l., xxxviii, 298; 2 p.l., 392, [4]privilege & errata. with half-titles. woodcut title vignettes. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt backs (joints cracked, extremities worn, 3 spine labels wanting). First Edition. Edited for publication by Father Brumoy. The author was a Jesuit missionary in St. Domingue. The work was proscribed by the French government because it contained what was believed to be a thinly disguised unflattering portrait of the Duc d'Orléans. Barbier III 736. Brunet 28267. Cordier, Sinica, 2772. Quérard V 528-29.
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MARRYAT, Frank S[amuel] [1826-1855].
Borneo And The Indian Archipelago.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans, 1848.
large 8vo. 1 p.l., [v]-viii, 232. 22 tinted lithographed plates incl. additional title. numerous wood-engravings in the text. contemporary full calf prize binding, gilt back (spine sunned). prize inscription. First Edition. Marryat, a son of fiction writer Captain Frederick Marryat, sailed to the East Indies on a surveying expedition on H.M.S. Samarang under command of Sir Edward Belcher from 1843 to 1846. His attractively illustrated work is largely concerned with Borneo, the Philippines, the Loo-Choo Islands, and Hong Kong. Abbey, Travel, 549. Hill II p. 489.
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MARSDEN, William [1754-1836].
The History Of Sumatra, Containing An Account of the Government, Laws, Customs, and Manners Of the Native Inhabitants, With A Description of the Natural Productions, And A Relation of the Ancient Political State Of that Island.
London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Thomas Payne., 1783..
4to. pp. viii, 375, [6]index & errata. double-page folding engraved map (frontis.) & 1 engraved plate plate of the Rejang, Butta and Lampoon alphabets. contemporary calf, rebacked in morocco (corners worn, map trimmed to neatline, light dampstaining to inner margin of last leaves). First Edition of the first text in English devoted to Sumatra. Marsden, an orientalist in the service of the East India Company, spent eight years in Sumatra as sub-secretary and then secretary of the government at Fort Marlborough (Bencoolen). He is also known for his Dictionary and Grammar of the Malay Language (1812) and his translation of Marco Polo (1818). The present work was praised by Southey as a model of descriptive composition. Cox I p. 300. Howgego M55. cfHill p. 193.
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NAVARRETE, Friar Domingo [Fernandez] [1610?-1686].
The Travels And Controversies Of Friar Domingo Navarrete 1618-1686 Edited From Manuscript And Printed Sources By J.S.Cummins.
Cambridge: Published For The Hakluyt Society At The University Press [Second Series: Nos. 118 & 119], 1962..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. cxx, 163; x, 165-475. with half-titles. 18 illus. on 13 plates (2 folding) & 1 folding map. 5 text charts (3 full-page). Untrimmed & largely unopened in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth. dws. (bit tatty). Navarrete, a Spanish Dominican missionary, spent many years in the Philippines and China (1648-69).National Maritime Museum I 512.
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NETTO, C[urt].
Papier-Schmetterlinge Aus Japan.Nach Skizzen Des Verfassers Illustrirt Von Paul Bender.
Leipzig: T.O.Weigel, 1888.
folio. pp. xiii, 266. 22 plates with tissue guards (incl. 2 chromolithographs & 3 etchings). numerous text illus. original cloth-backed colour illus. bds. (joints & spine ends frayed, wear to extremities). First Edition. Based on the author's twelve-year stay in Japan, including sections dealing with Buddhism, theatre, wrestling, opium-smoking, marriage customs, education, &c.
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