Some Chinese Ghosts
Denver, Colorado: New Collector's Group, 1948. Hardcover. 12mo. 53 p.p. Cloth. No jacket. Rubbing along corners and spine ends. Previous owner's inscription to f.f. endpaper. A near fine copy of book. More
Denver, Colorado: New Collector's Group, 1948. Hardcover. 12mo. 53 p.p. Cloth. No jacket. Rubbing along corners and spine ends. Previous owner's inscription to f.f. endpaper. A near fine copy of book. More
Hong Kong: Teck Lee Book Store, 1983. Soft cover. 6.5" x 7.25" Chinese and English. Soft cover. 95 pp. Colour photos. Some light edge wear, else fine. More
London: Methuen & Co., 1920. Hardcover. 8vo. 4th edition, enlarged. Orig. blue cloth. xvi, 196 pp. [46] B&W plates. Spine faded, some damp staining to cloth, bowing to boards. Offsetting to endpapers. More
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black cloth. xi, [1 b&w map], 238 pp. Slight bruise to spine head. Black pen scuff to fore edge of text block. Jacket has a few bumps. Else fine in fine jacket. Falling between the great unified empires of..... More
Quebec City: s/n. No Binding. [ca. 1920]. Red printed advertisement, 1pp. Printed in English and French. Wrapper lightly sunned, o/w very good. Contains a laundry price list for a variety of clothing, incl. 'Socks per pair: 3c; Lady's Skirt, plain: 15c; New White Shirt: 10c ...' Open 7 days a...... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. Soft cover. 8vo. Yale Linguistic Series. Soft cover. xii, 313 pp. Sunning to spine and covers, creasing and curling to front cover. Interior clean. The twenty lessons in this book, designed for use with a basic textbook, provide lively and colloquial dialogues introducing first-..... More
Beaverton, OR: Timber Press, 1982. Wang Zhiying. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Orig. green cloth. 166 pp. Fully illustrated in colour and B&W. Light chafing to extremities, minor soiling to spine foot. Dust jacket lightly rubbed to extremities, half inch slit to front joint. More
New York: Issued Under the Auspices of the International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations By the John Day Company, 1942. Hardcover. 12mo. Enlarged Edition With a Supplement for the Years 1938 to 1942 by George E. Taylor. Orig. orange cloth, 207pp. Illustrated with maps. From the library of C.B. Farrar..... More
London: The Rodale Press. Buckland-Wright, John. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. N.d., [1954]. Limited 1st edition, #193/1000. Lacks slipcase. Quarter black cloth, yellow cloth boards, silver stamped vignette to front board. A.E.R. 124 pp. [6] colour plates w/ tissues guards (tissue at 2nd plate is detached but present). Spine cocked and..... More
New York: Workman Publishing, 1978. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 288 pp. B&W photos. Slight curling to covers, light wear in a few spots, a few sticker ghosts. More
Taipei: Ch'eng-wen Publishing Company, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo (super). Orig. brown cloth. 436 pp. Fading and wear to spine ends, bruising to corners. Interior lightly age toned. Light chipping to fore edge of ffep. About fine. More
New York: John Weatherill Inc., 1982. Soft cover. 8vo. Fifth printing. Paperback, 149pp. Illustrated. Small bruise to corner of rear cover, some rubbing to extremities o/w very good. Techiniques and training of "Chinese temple boxing" or Shantung Black Tiger, a fighting art of North China. More
London: Printed by J. Hughs for Olive Payne, 1737. Hardcover. 8vo. Later full leather binding, printed paper spine labels. Speckled edges. Newer endpapers. [8], 536 pp. [4] copperplates + frontispiece portrait. A new translation from the best Paris edition and adorn'd with copperplates. Includes index. Nicely done calligraphic ownership inscription..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. Lilienstein, Mabel Wong. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full grey paper boards. 190 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Some bumping and rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, chipped and worn to extremities, damp staining to..... More
Hyde Park, New York: University Books, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter purple cloth, tan cloth boards. Volume I: lxxxiv, 479 pp. Volume II: 491 pp. Spines sunned. Custom slip case is sunned, bruised to corners, rubbed to extremities. More
Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, 1962. Hill, Jeff. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Pictorial paper boards, matching dust jacket. 63 pp. Red and black illustrations in text. Light rubbing to extremities, dust jacket is cropped to front flap, else fine. More
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1843. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (small). 3 vols in custom red cloth slipcase. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Small 8vo, (4.25" x 6.75") Full red cloth, gilt titles and devices. Recently professionally rebacked with original spines laid down. 368; 498; 462 pp. B&W engraved illustrations in..... More
London: Published for the Necomen Society by W. Heffer & Sons, 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Second Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture to the Newcomen Society 1956. Quarter tan cloth, green cloth boards, gilt titles. xii, 76 pp., 31 numbered B&W plates. Spine tilted, some chafing and sunning to extremities, spine and rear..... More
London: United Council for Missionary Education, 1922. Wood, Elsie Anna. Hardcover. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Full blue paper boards. Rebacked with new printed paper spine label. 62 pp. Colour illustrations in text. Staining and rubbing to boards, wear to corners. Light soiling to interior. Very good overall..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 455 p.p. Cloth. No jacket. Some rubbing to extremities. Markings to boards. Light discolouration to spine. Price stamp to f.f. endpaper. Near fine copy of book. In this book, Owen offers an in-depth overview of the rise of early Tang poetry..... More
London: Century, 1987. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 394 pp. Covers are age toned, a few scuffs. More
New York: New Directions Books, 1970. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. xvi, 140 pp. Covers are age toned. More
Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1966. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4.5" x 7" Political Leaders of the Twentieth Century. Soft cover. 351 pp. [16] pp. with B&W photos. Covers age toned, rubbed to edges, chip to spine foot, sticker ghost to head of front cover, crease to rear cover. Interior age..... More
Cambridge, MA & London: The Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter teal cloth, grey cloth boards. 490 pp. Some light white spotting to spine head. Dust jacket is bumped to extremities, sunned to spine, offset panel to rear, 1" tear to foot of front cover..... More
Singapore: Donald Moore, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pictorial paper boards. With drawings by the author. Light wear to spine ends and corners. Pencil ownership inscription to ffep. Edge toning to interior. More