China - Fall/Winter 2019 from William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA

. Green cloth with gilt particulars to front cover. Gilt particulars to spine; bump to heel of spine. Decorative endpapers. Grey ribbon page marker. A nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Sata-Pitaka Series; Vol. 38A; 55 pages. All text in Tibetan. Bump to front lower left corner. 45… Read more about this item

Two volumes in one; the first reading left to right, the second right to left. Full blue linen cloth. Title in gilt to spine. The personal copy of Columbia and U. Penn Sanskrit professor Royal W. Weiler whose signature is neatly penned to front fly. ; xiv, 52, [1] 47 pages; A handsome copy; All… Read more about this item

Brown half calf with gilt title on spine and five raised bands. Professionally recased mid 19th century. Inscribed on half title by author: "To Professor Legge, Bunyiu Nanjio Oxford: February 14, 1883." Occasional academic pencil scholia. Small inscription from 1954 on front fly, but otherwise no other previous owner's names or markings. Pp. 479. 9 x 11.25 in

Professional recent binding in full calf. Original wraps laid-in at paste downs. L'Atsume Gusa collection, printed by Francois Turrettini. A handsome & supple copy.

Nicely bound in mid-twentieth century full ruled hunter green morocco by Bennett in New York. A very clean, serviceable copy. Some pages folded by binder to escape trimming and preserve interesting scholia. 460 pages. All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Half morocco. Eight full-page sur blanc figures. Three folding maps including large, colored Plan de la Ville de Ta-Li-Fu & very large colored Carte du Yün-nan (the latter often missing). Uncut. Recently professionally bound in half navy goat with yellow wraps retained. A faultless set. Cordier 1362 (q.v.). 185x255 mm; xv, 286, [i]; 291 [i]… Read more about this item

Huc was a Lazarist Priest and Missionary Apostolic who also wrote "Christianity in China, Tartary, and Thibet" as well as "The Chinese Empire: Forming a Sequel to the Work entitled 'Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary and Thibet'." As stated on title page, this is a "New Edition" annotated and illustrated by J.-M. Planchet. Original wraps bound in. Red cloth… Read more about this item

Volume II never published. Half brown morocco with gilt particulars to spine. Marbled boards and endpapers. 5 raised bands. Top edge gilt. Some foxing to page edges. Parts published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1882-83. Paragraphs 42-117 have been revised; pages 102-121 are new. [xxvii] 121 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches.

Brown half morocco and marbled boards with gilt particulars to spine. 5 raised bands. Top edge gilt. Original wraps bound in. Marbled endpapers. [xvi] 185 pp. 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Nice capitalist binding.

Both volumes have debossed decoration to covers. Occasional marginal notes in pencil. Vol. 1 contains two fold-out maps, one colored in outline, and a fold-out chart. Vol. 2 contains two fold-out charts and a map. Vol. 1: [iv] 432 pp.; Vol. 2: 502 pp. [xviii], [3], [6]. 6 x 9 inches.

Yellow cloth with debossed decoration to front cover and gilt particulars to front and spine. Soiling to covers. Head and tail of spine dented. [xii] 816 pp. 6 x 8 3/4 inches.

Brown cloth with debossed bands to front; debossed gilt particulars to front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Preface by the Right Honourable Sir Claude Macdonald G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., H.B.M. Minister at Peking (1896-1900) and Ambassador at Tokio (1900-12). Illustrated with 50 black and white photographs and a fold-out map. Includes a catalogue of publisher's memoirs, biographies, etc. at back.… Read more about this item

Blue cloth with debossed bands to edges of cover boards. Debossed gilt detailing and particulars to front cover and spine. Gilt edges to top of pages. Some minor wear to corners of boards and head and tail of spine. Last 2 pages list publisher's works on archaeology and antiques. Black and white illustrations and vignettes after drawings of Javanese Chandi… Read more about this item

Red cloth with gilt particulars and decoration to front cover board and spine. Top edge gilt, others deckle. Some liquid spotting to edges of cover boards. Minor fraying at corners of head and tail of spine. Black and white photography throughout collected by the author. Denby was the United States Minister to China for thirteen years. Volume 1: [xx] 256… Read more about this item

"To which is added, a copious account of Lord Macartney's Embassy, compiled from original communications," or "Narrative of the Embassy to China." Black cloth with gilt bands and particulars to spine. 1 gatefold map, 1 gatefold illustration. Black and white illustrations throughout. Foxing throughout. Pages 93-96, 317-318, 397-398 miscut but text not effected. [viii] 435 pp., 114 pp. 5… Read more about this item

Half brown morocco with nicely marbled boards; gilt particulars to spine. Five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. [xx] 259 pp. [iii]. Previous owner's name to foot of spine. A handsome copy in a fine Bennett binding without previous owners' names or other markings in the text.

Half red morocco over marbled boards. Five gilt ruled bands & gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Foxing to preliminaries; light foxing throughout. Also bound with Recherches sur l'Origine, l'Histoire et la Constitution des ordres religieux dans l'empire Chinois by the same author (1856). OCLC:16; OCLC 20. 514 pp., 201 pp.

Half brown morocco; ruled raised bands, marbled boards. Mouradgea d'Ohsson was a Swedish historian and diplomat of Armenian descent. This important work is a large expansion of his 1824 publication which was the first serious study of Genghis Khan. Kenneth Meyer Setton, A History of the Crusades notes "among the general histories of… Read more about this item

Green cloth with gilt particulars to cover. Gilt particulars to spine. Sata-Pitaka Series; Vol. 71. Part 4 only. 9 x 11 inches.

Green cloth with gilt particulars to cover. Gilt particulars to spine. Sata-Pitaka Series; Vol. 71; 9 x 11 inches; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .