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THE TAO TE CHING. A new translation with commentary
Edition: Second Printing
New York: Paragon House, 1989. Octavo; xii, 274 pages
Condition: Very Good+
Book ID: 54608More details Price: USD $9.95 USD $8.96 -
THE THREE BLOSSOMS OF CHANG-AN
Edition: First printing
London: Cresset Press, 1942. Octavo, beige cloth. pp (x), 249. Ink gift inscription at front, page edges yellowed, light yellowing to endpapers, else a VG+ copy. The thin wartime jacket (art by Roger Furse) has a bit darkend spine, with a chip at head and near centre, but no lettering lost; slightly foxed and yellowed; just good, but still respectable in appearance. Chinese man at his writing table on front panel. A novel set in 8th century Ming China, a story on a scroll uncovered in an old tomb. Prequel to his novel PEONY.
Book ID: 40711More details Price: USD $20.00 USD $18.00 -
THE UNWOBBLING PIVOT. The Great Digest. The Analects. Translation & Commentary by Ezra Pound
Edition: Eighth Printing
New York: New Directions, 1969. Octavo
Condition: Very Good
Book ID: 54990More details Price: USD $8.95 USD $8.06 -
THE WEST IN THE EAST from an American Point of View.
Edition: First Canadian issue
Toronto: McClelland & Goodchild, 1911. Dark green cloth, spine gilt lettered. pp [2], (xii), 534. Bookplate on front free endpaper, else a VG clean and unworn copy. Of the 11 chapters (plus a Conclusion), the first 8 are about his experiences in India. Chapter 9 is on China, 10 on Japan, and 11 on "Things Japanese, Korean, and Manchurian.
Book ID: 11073More details Price: USD $40.00 USD $36.00 -
THE WEST IN THE EAST FROM AND AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW
Edition: First UK edition
London: Duckworth, 1913. pp [2], (xii), 534, [2]. In a nice full red calf school prize binding (St. John’s College, Rupert’s Land), spine with two labels, elaborate gilt decoration, sides with decorative gilt borders, gilt arms of school on front cover, marbled endpapers and page edges, bound-in ribbong marker. 1914 ink prize inscription at front; a fine copy. Of the 11 chapters (plus a Conclusion), the first 8 are about his experiences in India. Chapter 9 is on China, 10 on Japan, and 11 on "Things Japanese, Korean, and Manchurian.; Octavo.
Condition: Fine
Book ID: 27598More details Price: USD $75.00 USD $67.50 -
THE WORKS OF MENCIUS: Translated with Critical and Exegetical Notes, Prolegomena, and Copious Indexes by James Legge
New York: Dover, 1970. Corner clipped from first (blank) leaf, reading creases to spine, else a VG clean and unworn copy. ; Octavo
Book ID: 54654More details Price: USD $9.95 USD $8.96 -
THINGS CHINESE, or notes connected with China.
Book ID: 41960More details Price: USD $125.00 USD $112.50
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THINGS THAT MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN: a childhood in wartime China
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Macfarlane, Walter & Ross, 2000. Black boards. pp (xii), 244. Fine in fine jacket. Much on the activities of the Resistance to the Japanese in Bejing. ; Octavo
Book ID: 54157More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
TS'AO AND THE K'ANG-HSI EMPEROR, BONSERVANT AND MASTER
Edition: Second Edition
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. Adds a new author Preface for this edition. Index; Octavo; (xviii), (332) pages
Condition: Very Good
Book ID: 54266More details Price: USD $17.95 USD $16.16 -
WILLIAM ROBERT BROUGHTON'S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC 1795-1798. With an Introduction by Barry Gough
Edition: First Edition
London: Ashgate, for The Hakluyt Society, 2010. Blue cloth. pp lxxxii, 315. Index. 12 maps and 9 figures. Errata sheet tipped in at p lxx. Series III, Volume 22. Fine in fine jacket. Survey of the east coast of Asia. 1.5 kg parcel; Tall octavo
Book ID: 51642More details Price: USD $45.00 USD $40.50