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London: Methuen & Co., 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiii, 306 + 31 pages publisher's adverts. Original maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering and vignette of a Geisha Girl to the spine, very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, contemporary pencil inscrription to the front end paper, page edges a little dust soiled. A very good tight copy. A look at Japan in the early twentieth century..

Queen's Road and Duddell Street, HongKong: Printed by Kelly & Walsh, Ltd.,, 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo (13 x 20. 5 cm). pp. [viii], 130, [2]; original endpapers, half title, title page. Published patterned cloth with red lettering to the front board, very good and strong, cloth a little marked. Contents clean and tight, original endpapers, no inscriptions, front internal hinge slightly worn. The prefact reads: "The three plays and two poems in this little volume are reprinted, with slight alterations, from the China Review. The introductory account of Chinese theatrical affairs has never before appeared in print. But, since it contains a fairly full description of the Chinese stage and everything connected with it, the author hopes that besides assisting the reader in thoroughly understanding the plays, it will prove instructive and entertaining". The three plays in question are 'The Willow Lute' (Qin si liu), 'The Golden Leafed… Read More

Yokohama, Shanghai, Hongkong and Singapore: Kelly and Walsh Ltd, 1911. Book. Good. Half Leather. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xvi,188. Contemporary half leather binding with brown cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, leather chipped to the head of the spine, cloth a little marked, but binding remains strong. Contents clean and tight, pencil signature and date. A good strong tight copy. Scarce.

London: Martin Hopkinson, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated from drawings by the author. Original cloth backed boards, with original paper title labels (spare labels tipped into the back of the book), binding good with a little general wear and rubbing, boards somewhat marked. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Contents good and tight, a little foxing, mostly to first and last pages, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London: The Cresset Press, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. pp. ix, 286. End papers illustrated with b/w map of China, no other illustrations. Original dust jacket very good, with a little general wear and a little rubbing to edges, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding also good but a little marked. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket..

Shanghai: Printed for Shanghai Municipal Council By Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1921. Book. Near Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 4to (17 x 25cm). pp. ii, [4], 504, v, + corrigenda; folding panoramic view, b/w illustrations + five folding maps. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering, expertly and inconspicuously rejointed, retaining the original spine, a little rubbing to extremities, cloth a little darkened to spine. Contents clean and tight, inconspicous circular reference library stamps to the reverse of some of the plates, original end papers, several pages at the rear with professional repairs to very short marginal tear to the bottom edge. A very good tight copy. The first major monograph on Shanghai and Canton..

Kobe: Chronicle Press, 1929. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Numbered edition 344, published by subscription. 411 pages; colour plates and b/w illustrations. Original red cloth binding, good with some general wear, rubbing to extremities, spine rubbed, slightly faded, careful repairs to cloth joints. Contents clean and tight, small stamp to the front endpaper from the Chilean Nitrate Committee, otherwise unmarked, minimal spotting to first few pages, frontispiece a little worn,creased at gutter edge. A good copy..

London: Edward Stanford Map. Very Good. Map. No date but circa 1910. A fine coloured map of the island of Sumatra measuing 19. x 32.5cm. Originally from an atlas with 3 fold lines. Very good condition..

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1869. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. vi, [ii], 489. Colour frontispiece. A complimentary copy -"With the Publisher's Compliments" written in autograph to the top of the title page, original black end-papers. Original red cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, gilt vignette of lotus to the front board. Binding very good with a little general wear and rubbing to extremities, very small nicks to cloth at head/tail of spine, a little marked and dust-soiled, with the spine slightly darkened. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, some foxing to frontispiece and half-title, small repaired tear to rear end paper. A very good tight copy..

Peking: Peking Opera Theatre of China, 1979. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 4to. Original lavishly produced bound programme of 80 pages with text in English and Japanese; colour photography throughout. Dust jacket over card covers. Very good with slight wear only; contents unmarked. A very good copy..

Bangkok: Amarin Printing and Publishing, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 4to. 179 pages, colour illustrations. Original laminated boards fine with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine tight copy..

Japan, 1870. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 11cm x 17cm. Considered to be from the Edo/Meiji period around 1870. Original woodblock printed book of supernatural tales. Complete with 16 double page illustrations and text, two colours to most blocks. Each set within a black border. Spine a little worn and frayed, paper covers good, some creasing. Contents clean and tight. Script thought to be grass or cursive Japanese, needs an expert eye to assess this. A very good copy..

Japan, 1880. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 11cm x 17cm. Considered to be from the Edo/Meiji period. Original woodblock printed book of warriors. Complete with 34 vibrant illustrations and text. Paper covers alittle warn and creased. Contents clean and tight. A very good copy with bright colours..

London: The Iris Publishing Company, 1916. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo. 126 pages, b/w illustrations. Original claret coloured card covers with silver-gilt lettering and decoration good with some general wear and rubbing, chipped at the edges, torn to the head/tail of the front joint. Contents clean and tight, end paper slightly spotted, pencil signature, a few corners bent over. A good copy. Scarce..

London Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to. pp. xx, 92, colour and b/w illustrations. Original oatmeal cloth binding with printed paper covered boards, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, boards a little age marked, neat stamped shelf no. to the base of the spine. Originally from the library of the Royal Empire Society with their bookplate dated January 1931 and their stamp, subsequent stamps of Exeter City Library with associated marks and plates, pages a little wavy. Contents good and tight. A good only copy, but with interesting provenance..

Map. Very Good. Map. No date but circa 1840. A fine original copper engraved map entitled SOUTH AMERICA; the Falklands islands are also depicted. Plate mark measuing 22 x 27.5cm. Originally from an atlas - this is map 26. J. C. Russell del. et sculpt. Very good condition with slight dust marking..