THIRD REPORT ON PROGRESS IN MANCHURIA 1907- 32 THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY NUMBER CONTAINING A SURVEY OF THE MANCHURIAN INCIDENT AND LEAGUE COUNCIL'S PROCEEDINGS by [Manchurian Incident] - 1932

Ames-Rollinson company, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed. [Presentation copy] Inscribed, with flourish, to G. S. Morse "with compliments of the author". Octavo. Original tan cloth, black and red leather spine labels. 293 pages ; 26 cm. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> Daniel T. Ames was a major figure in American ornamental penmanship, engrossing and illustration, and a leading expert in forgery detection who testified at many prominent trials in the U.S., Canada and other countries. He was also a pioneer in American penmanship publishing, who founded and edited the 'Penman's Art Journal' in New York City. Mr. Ames authored a number of books on penmanship, engrossing, designing and forgery detection. He testified as a handwriting expert in many important cases. In London, he was called as as a witness in the case of the Crown vs W. H. Hulbert. He was also a witness in the Davis will case, tried in Butte, Montana, in which $13,000,000 depended upon the authenticity of… Read More

Taipei, Taiwan: Ch'eng-wen Publishing Company, 1967. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 927pp; Two Volumes: brown cloth boards with tan spines, titling to spines, boards protected by clear plastic sleeves, endpapers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. NOTE: THIS EDITION DOES NOT INCLUDE STAR MAPS. Two volumes. Reprint of original 1875 edition. Scarce work showing evidence that primitive astronomy originated in China and then borrowed by ancient westerners. Illustrated with diagrams and one foldout chart. TEXT IN FRENCH.

First English editions. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. London. 1855. Two volumes. Octavo. half title, title, xxxii, 421pp, folding coloured map frontispiece (with no tears); half title, title, viii, 440pp, 24pp publisher's catalogue. Original blind tooled blue cloth, "Bound by Edmonds and Remnants, London" plate to rep, a little bumped, rubbed to edges, corners and spine. Gilt lettering to spine. Endpaper publisher's adverts to both volumes. Free endpaper show slight offsetting from the adverts. Edges untrimmed. Occasional spotting.Neat signature of J. W. Gallant to feps.Neat signature of Oswald Penrhyn dated 1856 to versos of ffeps of both volumes.Oswald Henry Leycester Penrhyn (1828 - 1918) son of Edward Penrhyn. Cousin of Augustus Hare, and executor of his will, mentioned in Hare's The Story of My Life.The Abbé Évariste Régis Huc (1813 - 1860) Missionary and traveller. "We were about to become acquainted, in China, with a civilisation extremely unlike that of Europe, but not less… Read More

Bangkok: SDI Publications, 1995. 3 Vols. Beautifully published reprint edition limited to 999 copies. Originally published: Paris : Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1929-1932. Folio. in slipcase. French text. prof. illus. vol. 1. L'architecture du monument / introduction de Louis Finot; vol. 2: La sculpture ornementale du temple / introduction de Victor Goloubew; vol. 3: La galerie des bas-reliefs / introduction de G. Coedès. Notes. cloth, d.j. lightly rubbed, slipcase, otherwise As New. Rare.This set is heavy and requires additional freight charge as well as insurance.

Nanking: Nanking Women's Club, 1933. 2nd, revised edition. wrappers. [6], 62 pp. With 10 illustrations from photographs on 6 plates; 3 maps, one folding at rear plus large folding laid in loose. 22.8x15.5 cm (9x6"), stapled red wrappers printed in black. The large folding map measures 34x46.5 cm (13½x18¼"), has a key on the verso to 82 locations; it was supposed to be in a separate folder, but is here laid in loose. Sticker on front cover, with chipping and wear to wrappers, rear wrapper and map detached; very good. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade. Scarce little description of Nanking, with much of the information taken from Père Gaillard's "Nankin d'alors et d'aujourd'hui", revised and enlarged under the auspices of the Literary Section of the Nanking Woman's Club.

Chinese Materials Center, San Francisco, CA, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Signed by Author. Personal inscription from the author dated Jan 17, 1995. Part of the first printing of 500 copies. Minor soiling on endpapers. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 146 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. Light shelfwear to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: History; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0896446794. ISBN/EAN: 9780896446793. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 108919. . 9780896446793

Second edition. Macmillan. London. 1921. 2 volumes. Crown 8vo. xxvii, 563pp. Frontis., 87 further plates, of which 3 are colour, 3 folding maps in text, a further large folding map in rear pocket; xix, (1), 594pp + adverts, frontis., 97 further plates, one of which is coloured folding, folding map in text, two further folding maps in rear pocket. Original publisher's decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn to extremities. Toning to eps. Teg. Heffer & Sons booksellers plates to fep of each volume.

Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE, CB, CMG, RGS Patron's Gold Medal (1867-1945) soldier, diplomat, explorer, eminent orientalist and author.

"It describes in considerable detail the geography, legends and history of Persia from the earliest times of Elam and Babylon. A Persian bibliophile has described it as "probably the best history of the country we have today in any language other than Persian" (Ghani, p. 363)." Encyclopaedia Iranica.

From the Preface to this Second Edition: "During… Read More

New York, Touchstone Press with the cooperation of the Tribune Subway Gallery, 1948. Soft portfolio. 9 x 12 inches. Very Good. Nine of the original loose eleven black and white plates (plus cover art) in slightly worn portfolio. Contents clean, slightly toned. Please note: Text introduction by Anges Smedley missing. Communist era China, revolutionary period.

Collector's Edition. EASTON PRESS books are among the highest quality leather bound books ever produced. Bound in full genuine leather with hubbed spine, accented with 22kt gold lettering and designs, printed on archival paper (acid neutral) with gilded edges, smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Lustrous silk moire endpapers. A silk page marker is sewn into the binding. This book, in pristine condition, belongs to the Military History series. Collector's Notes and Easton Press nameplate laid in.

No Dust JacketBook ConditionFlaw: Gift dedication inscription in red sharpie on last free endpaper (photo). The remainder of this 15-year-old book is "Near New" condition. This massive and beautifully bound presentation style book has been spared no expense in its construction, with every publisher's attention paid to fine detailing. Richly illustrated throughout with B&W and color photos, many never before published. Bi-lingual, Chinese, and English. For anyone looking for a unique gift for a railroad history buff, or those interested in 20th-century Chinese architecture, this is a rare purchase opportunity. Additional descriptions and photos are available on request.From the Preface: "Architecture seems like a history book of wood ad stones. The development of modern architecture in North Chine was indispensable with a railway, that is, the Railway of Chinese Eastern Provinces." "They started operation in 1903.""With a history of over half a century, the CER had played a pivotal role in Chinese… Read More