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1969220505Hong Kong: University Book Store 1969. xiii 134p. very good hardcover in a worn dustjacket with chips at spine ends. Chinese couplets with English translations. University Book Store unknown books
1981144185Hong Kong: University Book Store 1981. 2nd Reprint of 2nd edition. Softcover. VG- Spine has tanned slightly; interior is good; one mark from previous library owner. White & red figured wraps French flaps 134 pp. few BW illus. Text is in English and Chinese. "This is probably the first time that a collection of Chinese couplets has been translated and published." intro 200 such couplets appear here in both languages. Translated and annotated by T. C. Lai with an introduction by Ma Meng. Scarce. University Book Store paperback books
1989257571San Francisco: Printed by Eric Holub Hillside Press for the Book Club of California 1989. Twelve folders with text a few illustrations and spot-color decoration. Complete contents but lacks the enclosing box and the first folder has picked up some faint soil. Topics touch on Chinese newspapers postcards of Chinatown cookbooks calligraphy art of course a special 1930s production of Harte's satirical poem 'The Heathen Chinee' and more. Keepsake. Printed by Eric Holub, Hillside Press, for the Book Club of California unknown books
1993117661Banff Alberta: Walter Phillips Gallery 1993. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 23 through February 27 1993. Essay by Larissa Lai. Includes a number of black and white illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers. Walter Phillips Gallery unknown books
192817827Washington DC: S. A. McWilliams 1928. Softcover. Good- some exterior wear. Dark gold wraps. 50 pp. 2 bw plates. S. A. McWilliams unknown books
1973253003Kowloon / Hong Kong: Swindon Book Company 1973. Hardcover. xi 209 pages most every page shows rubricated seals profusely illustrated with b&w in-text images and plates on inserted stock several color reproductions slightly toned paperstock casebound hardcover in dust jacket. Dj is rather edgeworn but intact. Rear cover and dj have been exposed to damp; this shows up in book itself as mildly rippled pastedowns and in dj as wavy staining to rear panel. In all other respects a good copy: sound and otherwise clean and unmarked. Swindon Book Company hardcover books
1973244743Seattle: University of Washington Press 1973. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Ch'i Pai Shih. Illustrated throughout some in color. 209 pages. 8vo red boards d.w. Seattle: University of Washington Press 1973. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> First book in the English language to tell the story of Ch'i Pai Shih sometimes called China's Picasso.<br/><br/> University of Washington Press unknown books
WELLER9780062229212New. New book. unknown books
1978004365Tucson AZ: University of Arizona 1978. First Edition. Spiral Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to. 120pp. References of all aspects for impact in or near the Lower Colorado River organized by source. In pale yellow soft covr with black spiral binding. University of Arizona unknown books
1991145021Pacific Cultural Foundation 1991. First edition. Softcover. 60 pages. Catalog for a show that ran April 1-14 1991 in New York and then traveled to three other locations for additional dates. Text in Chinese and English. Includes numerous color illustrations. A near fine copy in French style wrappers. Uncommon. Pacific Cultural Foundation unknown books
198469930Hong Kong: Oxford University Press 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A volume in the Images of Asia series. Octavo. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A very good copy. Oxford University Press hardcover books
199772192Hong Kong/Oxford/NY: Oxford University Press 1997. First edition. xxvi 873 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Hong Kong/Oxford/NY: Oxford University Press, unknown books
196945692Mobile: National Society of the Colonial Dames 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. ix 417pp. Light foxing to prelims some superficial damage to boards else a very good hardback bound in publisher's red cloth. <br/><br/> National Society of the Colonial Dames hardcover books
199173308Stanford California: Stanford University Press 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. This is the first dispassionate full-scale account of the origins dynamics and aftermath of a pivotal and much-misunderstood even in modern Chinese history - the violent uprising against the Kuomintang KMT in Taiwan in 1947 which began with an incident in Taipei and quickly spread to other cities throughout the island." Octavo: 279 p. with textual photographs tables and maps. Original black cloth binding with silver titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light rubbing. Stanford University Press hardcover books
1970049228Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh 1970. With an introduction by Lee Yim. x 86p. b/w illus. original red cloth. Kelly & Walsh unknown books
1828WRCAM36145New London: Lay and Hussey 1828. 168pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf spine label lacking. Top and bottom of spine worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on rear free endpaper: "Dartmouth the 22 day 1832. Alma Bullou her book." Browning and foxing one signature starting a few minor marginal tears including one in titlepage not affecting text of titlepage but loss of a few letters on verso. Front free endsheet excised. Good. An important firsthand narrative of one of the most infamous mutinies in American naval history compiled by two of the few survivors of the event itself and its aftermath. The Globe was taken over near the Line Islands four of the officers were murdered and the remainder of the crew were forced by pain of death to join the mutineers. The crew then proceeded to the Marshall Islands and thence to the Mulgrave Islands where the leader of the original mutiny was killed and some of the party escaped to Valparaiso. Lay and Hussey remained on the Mulgrave Islands and were the sole survivors of an attack on their party by natives. They were eventually rescued by a war vessel sent in pursuit of the mutineers. HOWES L158. SABIN 39467. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 3386. HILL 990. FORBES 697. Lay and Hussey unknown books
182810636812mo. New-London: Lay and Hussey 1828. 12mo i-v vi-x 11-168 pp. Contemporary sheep neatly rebacked with gilt-ruled backstrip and red morocco label boards a little scraped foxing throughout light dampstaining scattered annotations in pencil and occasionally contemporary ink. Early ownership inscription on front free endpaper. § First edition of the first hand account of “one of the goriest mutinies in Pacific History†Hill lead by Samuel Comstock aboard the Nantucket whaling ship the Globe. Four officers were brutally murdered and the rest of the crew forced on pain of death to join the mutineers. After a failed attempt to conquer Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands the crew sailed to the Mulgrave Islands where Comstock was killed by his fellow mutineers part of the crew escaped in the ship to Valparaiso and the rest were killed by the locals but for Lay and Hussey who were rescued by a U.S. schooner. Concludes with “A Vocabulary of Words and Phrases Used by the Mulgrave Islanders. Rare in good condition. Forbes 697. Howes L-158. Hill p.176. Sabin 39467. Lay and Hussey hardcover books
190090465New York: Abbey Press 1900. Reprint of original New London edition of 1828. Hardcover. Very Good. 163 30p. Original Turquoise cloth. 20cm. Some cover spotting. Gift inscription dated 1901 on front endpaper. No jacket. Reprint of the 1828 edition. The Globe was a whaling ship from Nantucket. Lay and Hussey were the only survivors among the nine mutineers who had become stranded on these islands now known as the Mili Atoll -- the other seven were killed by the local inhabitants. <br/><br/> Abbey Press hardcover books
182840609New London: Wm. Lay and C.M. Hussey 1828. 168 pp. <br /><br />First edition. This important narrative relates the bloody mutiny and murders perpetrated by harpooner and boatsteerer Samuel Comstock who was himself murdered by natives on Mili Atoll. Lay and Hussey were the only survivors of this incident and were later rescued by Lieut. Paulding of the U.S. schooner "Dolphin." Pages evenly tanned. Water stain in lower corner of first third of book. Bound in original calf rebacked to match with red spine label. For a detailed account of this wild adventure I hope you will read my book "Demon of the Waters" now available as a Kindle read on Amazon. Wm. Lay and C.M. Hussey books
32287Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY 1924. 303 pages clothbound no jacket very good condition. . Other hardcover books
2012174930Taichung: National Taiwan Museum of Art 2012. Softcover. VG--shelf wear & light scratches to white covers. light markings/scratches to bottom text block. white glued wraps w/ chinese lettering & illustrations w/ english printing. 340 pgs w/ b&w and color illustrations. In Chinese & English. a beautifully illustrated catalogue for an exhibition held at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung 28 July - 16 Sept. 2012. National Taiwan Museum of Art paperback books
