Chine

A VISIT TO INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN, IN THE YEAR 1853.

539 p. + Engraved Frontis and Half Title. Foxed and age stain. Clipped manuscript ownership of Asthon Richardson? on fly leaf. Mildly XLib with stamps and bookplate of Young Men's Christian Association, Wilmington, DE. J.T. Heald Bookseller's label. 12mo. 195 mm. Original embossed stamped publisher's cloth binding. Extremities worn with loss. Loss at head and tail of spine and hinge. Hardbound. BAL 19650. Born in Kennett Square, Chester County, PA, Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) was a popular and influential American poet, literary critic, journalist, translator, and travel author. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 2

A volunteer soldier's day: recollections by men of the Chinese People's Volunteers in the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.

400 p. illus. 1/4 cloth over boards.

A Voyage Round the World, and Visits to Foreign Countries, in the United States Frigate Columbia; . . .

317,332p., illus 2 vol. in 1; hand-colored frontis. vol. 2. Account of 1838 East India Squadron commanded by George C. Read. Hardcover Very good condition; spine ends chipped lt. foxing throughout

A Voyage Round the World, and Visits to Various Foreign Countries, in the United States Frigate Columbia ...

Two vols. in one: vol. 1- 317 p.; vol. 2 - 331 p. Color lithograph of Chinese emperor as frontis. to vol 2. Hardcover Good condition; spine edges chipped, light foxing throughout

A voyage to Cochinchina in the years 1792 and 1793. Containing a general view of the valuable productions and the political importance of this flourishing kingdom. To which is annexed an account of a journey, made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation, being the remotest point in the interior of Southern Africa to which Europeans have hitherto penetrated.

1806 · 21219 — London, Cadell and Davies in the Strand, 1806. XVII(I S., 1 Bl., 447 S. 2 gefalt. kolorierte Kupferstichkarten und 19 (1 mehrfach gefalt.) kolorierten Aquatinta-Tafeln. Kl.-4°. HLdr. des 19. Jahrhunderts mit Rückenschildern und Rückenvergoldung (etw. berieben und bestoßen). [5 Warenabbildungen]

A Voyage to Cochinchina. Von John Barrow. With an Introd. by Milton Osborne. Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints.

1975 · 1196328 — Oxford University Press; Kuala Lumpur (u.a.), 1975. XVII; XVIII; 447 Seiten; Illustr. (auch farbig); graph. Darst.; Karten; 27 cm. Originalleinen mit farb. illustr. Orig.-Umschlag.

A Voyage Up The Yangtse Kiang.

1929 · 215642 — South Australia. 1929. Typescript manuscript 11 pages foolscap 33.8 x 21 cms inked manuscript corrections and annotations in Jack's hand some age toning most noticeable on the first leaf and small chips from the inner margin no loss to the text old folds pin holes to the upper corner good condition. Unpublished typescript for an illustrated address given to the Royal South Australian Yacht Club in September 1929 by Robert Lockhart Jack 1878-1964 with annotations in his hand. <br> <br>In January 1900 at the age of 22 Jack travelled with his father Robert Logan Jack 1845-1921 pioneer geologist and the first Government Geologist for Queensland to select and acquire mines in the Western Chinese province of Szechuan on behalf of an Anglo-Belgian Company. Chengtu Chengdu the capital served as a starting point for research trips to record the deposits of mineral resources on the Chinese-Tibetan border on behalf of English companies. Jack's lively and detailed description of the methods and incidents of the 1400 mile 2250 km journey on the Yangtze offer fascinating insights into life and customs along the great river at that time as well as mindful of his audience very detailed descriptions of sailing vessels. With the start of the Boxer Rebellion the expedition was cancelled immediately and as a precaution their return journey was along the shortest route: still some 700 kms 450 miles of mountainous and uncharted terrain; south along the Chinese-Tibetan border where they reached British territory again on October 20th and the town of Bhamo in Upper Burma a day later. <br> <br>Robert Lockhart Jack began his career working in Europe South Africa and China becoming assistant government geologist of South Australia from 1912. He led an expedition to the Everhard and Musgrave Ranges in 1914. He joined BHP in 1931 and became chief geologist retiring in 1948. . unknown

A Wandering Student in the Far East, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].

Two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. xviii, 317, plus a folding map, coloured along route, bound at end, cut into two parts along fold; viii, 360. Plus different frontispiece to each volume, with tissue-guard, and numerous photographic plates. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full green cloth, embossed lettering on cover, spine gilt, contemporary inscription to one volume. A very good, untrimmed set, in overall fine condition, a bit foxed in places. ~ First edition. Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, Marquess of Zetland (1876-1971), a British politician, Secretary of State for India in the late 1930s. Beside with China, his travelogue deals also with Japan, Korea, Manchuria.

A Wide Knowledge of Suzhou

2 cd rom in box, 1 cultural, 2 economy. in english.

A WINTERTHUR GUIDE TO CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN.

114p. Highly illustrated with some in color. 8vo. Crown paperback. Original printed wraps. Slightly soiled. ART 3

A World of Dreams, Short Stories, Including the Gourmet

A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada (uncorrected proofs)

8vo, br. ed. uncorrected proffs, very good. 373pp. dyta Bojanowska uses Ivan Goncharov's gripping travelogue a bestseller in nineteenth-century Russia as a unique eyewitness account of empire in action. Slow to be integrated into the standard narrative on European imperialism, Russia emerges here as an assertive empire eager to emulate European powers and determined to define Russia against them.

A Year in Upper Felicity: Life in a Chinese Village during the Cultural Revolution

4967 — Great Britain, Harrap London, 1973. 1 volume, hard-cover with illustrated dust-jacket, in-8, 383 pp., 19 illustrations, very good copy.

A YANKEE FLIER IN THE FAR EAST. Illustrated by Paul Laune.

216p. + Plus frontis illustrated by Paul Laune. XLib. Ownership marks inked out. Paper browned but not brittle. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, lettered and decorated in black. Spine faded. Worn. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED! WWII 2

A. D. Architectural Design. Vol. 49, n. 4, 1979. Halprin Smithson China (part 2)

28 cm, br. illustrata, numerose foto e illustrazioni. Testo in inglese

Aa mini guide chine

2008 · 500336956 — NATIONAL GEOGRA 2008 2008. unknown_binding. Ce guide de voyage National Geographic sur la Chine écrit par Damian Harper avec des photographies d'Alison Wright propose une exploration complète du pays à travers ses régions son histoire sa culture et sa cuisine. Il contient des cartes détaillées des conseils pratiques pour les voyageurs des informations sur l'hébergement et la restauration ainsi que des itinéraires et excursions

Abbe David’s Diary. Being an account of the French naturalist’s journeys and observations in China in the years 1866 to 1869. Translated and edited by Helen M. Fox.

98551aaf — Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1949, in-8vo, XXXII + 16 plates with drawings + 302 p., Exlibris „Elger“ + small legacy stamp on first free flyleaf ‘Guggisberg’, publisher’s clothbound.

ABC décor N° 18. Ivoire chinois, capital de beauté - Les faïences francaises - Rouergue : vieilles maisons a vendre - Les curiosités du Palais-royal - Guignol, pantins et marionnettes…

1966 · 120908 — Couverture souple. Revue brochée. 94 pages.

ABC décor N° 18. Ivoire chinois, capital de beauté - Les faïences francaises - Rouergue : vieilles maisons a vendre - Les curiosités du Palais-royal - Guignol, pantins et marionnettes…

1966 · 120909 — Couverture souple. Revue brochée. 94 pages.

ABC Décor N° 42. Gravures anglaises - Meubles Boulle -Bronze chinois - Enseignes - Pipes…

1968 · 120940 — Couverture souple. Revue brochée. 126 pages.

ABC Décor N° 42. Gravures anglaises - Meubles Boulle -Bronze chinois - Enseignes - Pipes…

1968 · 120941 — Couverture souple. Revue brochée. 126 pages.

ABC Décor N° 42. Gravures anglaises - Meubles Boulle -Bronze chinois - Enseignes - Pipes…

1968 · 122582 — Couverture souple. Revue brochée. 126 pages.

ABC N° 13 (Nouvelle série). Objets primitifs - Afrique et Asie - Tabatières chinoises…

1974 · 122678 — Couverture souple. Revue. Environ 70 pages.

ABC N° 19 (Nouvelle série). Cote de l'argenterie - Porcelaines de Chine…

1974 · 122682 — Couverture souple. Revue. Environ 70 pages.