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1955UYUYFAM00jknPocket Books 1955. Very Good. Yuyang Lin. Famous Chinese Short Stories. New York: Pocket Books 1955. 3000pp. 16mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Edges bumped and corners worn. Pocket Books paperback books
1939219052New York 1939. Bust portrait of the author. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.7 cm. approximately 13-7/8 x 11 inches. Fine. Docketed on verso in ink giving the name of the sitter the date of the session and the reference to negative and print "X - 9 - 17". Bust portrait of the author. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.7 cm. approximately 13-7/8 x 11 inches. unknown books
19611336463n.p.: n.publ 1961. Hardcover. 10mo; G/G-; pp 494; beige spine with black and red text; first edition; dust jacket has some modest shelf wear to exterior; few chips to edges; cloth has slightly sunned spine; sturdy boards; text block edges have slight toning to exterior; mild shadow toning to endpapers; partial cracking to front hinge at ffeps; tight binding; illustrated with some Chinese text. 1336463. FP New Rockville Stock. n.publ hardcover books
195949648Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company 1959. Third printing. Hardcover. Very good-/Good. The Personal Account of a Distinguished PhilosopherÕs Spiritual Pilgrimage Back to Christianity. Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company 1959. Third printing. 254 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Scattered light pencil markings some yellowing of front flap less to back flap. Small tear & wear to top back of dj else a clean solid copy. Very good-/Good. The World Publishing Company hardcover books
1983024122New York: Greenwich House 1983. 227p. 119 illus. of which 52 in color dj quarto format. Greenwich House unknown books
1961007041New York: Crown Publishers 1961. With an essay on the art of Peking by Peter C. Swann. 227p. colored and b/w illus. quarto format original cloth. Crown Publishers unknown books
1972049006Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong 1972. lxvi 1720p. original burgundy dloch thick quarto format. Chinese University of Hong Kong unknown books
197246549Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1972. Thick 4to pp. lxvi 1720; text in triple column light wear to extremities else very good in original black cloth-backed red boards with gilt lettering on upper cover and spine. <br/><br/> The Chinese University of Hong Kong hardcover books
193926218Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh 1939. Special Authorized Edition. Thick octavo 21.5cm.; original cloth in red printed dust jacket; 14815pp. Jacket a touch worn at spine crown spine a shade faded; inoffensive bubbling to rear cover cloth some dust-soiling to extremties else A Very Good or better copy. Contemporary ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown. "Special Authorized China Edition" - upper jacket panel. Epic novel set in China between 1900 and 1938 beginning with the Boxer Uprising and covering the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 the Warlord Era 1916-1928 the rise of communism and the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War and subsequently World War II. First published the same year in the United States four years after Yutang left China in 1935. In preparation for writing a work of fiction set in China but written in the English language Yutang prepared himself by translating into English passages from the 18th-century Chinese literary masterpiece Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber. Kelly & Walsh unknown books
1937140941118New York: John Day in association with Reynal & Hitchcock 1937. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing; limited issue. Copy number 9 of a limited 500 signed by Lin Yutang. Specially bound in publisher's original buckram cloth stamped in red over red leather spine decorated in gilt with gilt-lettered title label; top edges gilt and with red ribbon marker; in publisher's original red paper-covered card slipcase with bronze paper title label on front panel printed in red black and white. Near Fine with some darkening and light edge wear to leather spine in a Near Fine slipcase with light rubbing and wear and light darkening. One of the influential Chinese author inventor philosopher and linguist's best-selling work. John Day in association with Reynal & Hitchcock unknown books
1936183179Shanghai China: The Commercial Press 1936. Hardcover. VG-/VG- both volumes are clean with tight binding previous owner's name on front end pages light age toning. dust jackets have light scuffing and fading. Two volumes bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on front covers and spines; tan dust jackets with black lettering. First series: x 299 pp. The second series is x 258 pp. "These essays represent selections from the 'Little critic' which was first started on June 16 1930 and has ever since remained a constant feature of The China Critic." -Preface. The Commercial Press hardcover books
193840907NY: Modern Library 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. 290pp. "H" stamp on front free endpaper else a very good hardback in a price clipped rubbed and edgeworn jacket that has a small sticker emoval scar at the top of the front flap. <br/><br/> Modern Library hardcover books
197234879Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1972. First American Edition. 12mo. Pictorial glossy card wrappers with French flaps; 81pp. Cover wraps slightly rolled at margins else a clean Near Fine copy. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
1967137473New York: Avalon Books 1967. Octavo cloth. First edition. Light hearted space opera about amoeba-like shape-shifting creatures from Saturn who plan to take control of a planetoid in the asteroid belt which is really the technologically advanced space ship of an ancient alien race and destroy Earth using its super weapons. A sequel to DESTINY'S ORBIT 1961. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing. #137473 Avalon Books unknown books
1993259739Shandong province: Shandong xinwen chuban ju 1993. 21p. staplebound wraps very good. Illustrated in color and black and white. One of 200 copies printed. Bilingual text. Published in the year the artist immigrated to the United States; she became the director and instructor of the Asian Arts Studio. Shandong xinwen chuban ju unknown books
1947173559Zurich: Amstutz Herdig & Co 1947. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. VG-. Oversized brown cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering with two ivory clasps. 12 pages. Eight facsimile reproductions in color. "The orignials of these pictures are painted on paper and silk in the water-colour technique customary only in China. They form part of The Lin Shih-Lu Collection at Foochow and are reproduced with the permission of their owner all except No. 8 appearing for the first time. The Chinse title was written by Professor Lin Chun: 'From the Shih-Lu Collection.' The red stamp on the third page is the stamp of the Lin family of Foochow: 'The Descendants of The Yin House.' This book was awarded a prize at the 1944 Swiss Book Exhibitino for the Artistic Excellence of its Production." Amstutz, Herdig & Co hardcover books
1974196892San Francisco: San Francisco State University Journalism Dept 1974. Magazine. 72p. 8x10.75 inches articles photos cartoons very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Articles on Ferlinghetti the SF Zoo Left of the Left - a view of the SLA etc. San Francisco State University, Journalism Dept unknown books
1972148888Hong Kong: Kwong Ming Film 1972. Vintage double-sided flyer for the 1972 film. With an English language synopsis on one side. <br/><br/>In early 20th century China a worker accidentally kills his boss in a fight. He flees to Thailand with his friends where they are forced to fight in an underground fighting ring. <br/><br/>14 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with light toning and occasional light foxing. Kwong Ming Film unknown books
1997USOUMOR00DGPathway 1997. Fine. Souliere Lin Illustrator. More Busy Times. Aylmer Ontario: Pathway 1997. 288pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with very light bumping to corners. Pathway hardcover books
197388306Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 1973. Paperback. Near Fine. 4 124p. text printed on one side. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Oral history Programme Series no. 3. Recollections of a Japanese official who served in occupied war-time Singapore in various posts Advisor of Defence Headquarters Chief Officer of Education and Chief Welfare Officer. <br/><br/> Institute of Southeast Asian Studies paperback books
19881310790Taipei: Chen Kuei-miao 1988. Hardcover. Small Quarto: VG-/VG-: Orange spine with english text in white: MISSING SLIPCASE: DJ has extensive rubbing general shelfwear some dust staining: Boards are strong and clean slightly bowed rubbing to edges binding solid: Textblock has minor foxing to head edge exterior else clean pages have some age toning to head edge else clean and unmarked: Text is in English and Chinese: 96 pp. 1310790. FP New Rockville Stock. Chen Kuei-miao hardcover books
199844794NY:: Viking. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0670882232 . The art of creating harmony for interiors landscape and architecture. Color photographs throughout. Second printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Viking, hardcover books
1991181873Xin jia po: Tian ding wen hua yi shu zhong xin 1991. Softcover. VG previous owner's name in ink at top of title page. All other pages are very clean and clear. Blue wraps white and red block with metallic blue Chinese lettering on front cover; 57 pp; profusely illustrated throughout in color. Text in Chinese and English. Cover title translated: Qin Xilin's Ceramic Art Works. Includes an essay by Bi Keguan. Tian ding wen hua yi shu zhong xin unknown books
1984192531W W Norton & Co Inc 1984-11-01. Paperback. Good. Good softcover with minor wear. Spine has light creasing. Page edges have some light soiling. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. LO W W Norton & Co Inc paperback books
198748363New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1987. Hardcover. Very good. 400pp. Light foxing to the edges of the text block else very good hardback in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. <br/><br/> W. W. Norton & Company hardcover books