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300. Ivens, Walter G., 1871-. The Island Builders of the Pacific: How & Why the People of Mala Construct Their Artificial Islands, the Antiquity & Doubtful origin of the Practice, with a Description of the Social Organization, Magic & Religion of Their Inhabitants. Philadelphia: Lippincott, n.d. [1930?]. frontis, ills, maps (2 folding), index, 317p. Cloth. 22cm. Backstrip faded. A few light stains on front cover. 85.00
301. J & K National Conference City Committee. Publication Division. Two Facets of Sadiq Government. Jammu: Bakshi Hardutt, City National Conference Committee, n.d. [ca. 1964]. 25p. Softcover. 23cm. Spotting & soiling on wrapper. Good. 40.00
302. [Inscribed Copy] James, Neill. Petticoat Vagabond in Ainu Land and Up and Down Eastern Asia. NY: Scribner's, 1942. 1st ed. frontis, photos, index, xi, 318p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Jacket bright but has edgewear. Bookplate. INSCRIBED by James. Typed Note, signed by James laid in. A couple of newspaper clippings about James also laid in -- one reports a "1000" foot fall from Popocatapetl, a volcano in Mexico. Ms. James survived and lived the last part of her long life on the shore of Lake Chapala in Mexico. 125.00
303. _____ SAME. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Jacket bright and has only minor edgewear. SIGNED by James. Nothing laid in. 85.00
304. Japan Calvin Translation Society. Calvin in Japan. Tokyo: Shinkyo-Shuppansha-Protestant Publishing Co., July 1963. 11p. Wr. 21cm. Cover wrinkled. Good. Laid in are three issues of a periodical titled "Calvin", Issue Nos. 1-3 (entirely in Japanese). 35.00
305. Japan International Christian University Foundation. The International Christian University, in Tokyo, Japan. NY: n.d. [194-?]. Folded four-page leaflet. 28cm. Later horizontal fold. Good. Campaign to raise ten million dollars to establish this new university. 28.00
306. Japanese Noh Drama: Ten Plays Selected and Translated from the Japanese. Tokyo: Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai, 1955-1960. 3 vols. illustrations, index (in each volume), xviii, 192, xxvi, 190, xxviii, 201p. Hardcover. djs. 26cm. Bookseller's label on endpapers. The translations of these thirty plays were prepared by the Japanese Classics Translation Committee chaired by Sanki Ichikawa. 225.00
307. Jarring, Gunnar, editor & translator. Materials to the Knowledge of Eastern Turki: Tales, Poetry, Proverbs, Riddles, Ethnological and Historical Texts from the Southern Parts of Eastern Turkestan. Lund: (c. 1946-1948). Vols. 1 & 2 ONLY. iv, 143, 181p. Wrs. 25cm. Wear on edges & backstrip of wrs. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift. N.F. Avd. 1. Bds. 4 & 7. Two additional volumes were published. 75.00
308. Journal of the Christian Medical Association of India. Three issues: Vol. IV, No. 6 (January, 1930); Vol. V, No. 1 (March 1930); and Vol. XI, No. 3 May 1936). Wrs. 25cm. Issued bi-monthly. 75.00
309. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, New Series, Vol. XIX, Part III (July, 1887). London: Trubner. 24p. publisher's adverts, [351]-551p. Wrapper. 23cm. Name on cover. Backstrip worn. Spine sloped. Contents sound. Good. Includes an 82-page article titled, "Formosa Notes on MSS, Races and Languages," by Terrien de Lacouperie. 75.00
310. Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies, Numbers 1-27 (1970-1997). Published annually. Wrs. 22-23cm. Also included: "Directory of Scholars Working in Sung, Liao, Chin, Hsia, and Yuan Studies 1995," compiled by Fang Ke (45p. Wr.). Originally titled Sung Studies Newsletter (Numbers 1-13). Numbers 14-21 titled Bulletin of Sung and Yuan Studies. Numbers 22-27 (and following) issued under current name. First published at Princeton's Department of East Asian Studies under the Editorship of Edmund H. Worthy. Editorship has passed through several hands and institutions. We contacted the Journal to check on back issues and were advised that Numbers 19-33 were available in limited quantity and priced at $25 per volume, except for Numbers 30-33 which are priced at $40 each. 400.00
311. Journals of Several Expeditions Made in Western Australia, during the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, and 1832; under the Sanction of the Governor, Sir James Stirling ... Nedlands: Univ. of Western Australia Pr., (1980). folding map (cover pocket), xxii, 239p. plus tables & adverts. Hardcover. 17cm. Small format reprint of 1833 edition. 35.00
312. Joya, Mock. Mock Joya's Things Japanese. Tokyo: Japan Times, (1985). New edition. index, xx, 728p. Hardcover. 21cm. Card slipcase. (probably as issued). Joya's book, first issued in 1958, went through several editions. This edition, issued sometime after Joya's death, was "partially revised" by the publisher. 25.00
313. Jukichi, Inouye. Sketches of Tokyo Life. Yokohama: Z. P. Maruya & Co./Torando, n.d. [ca. 1895]. color frontis, 4 double-page color illustrations, black & white illustrations (in text), iii, 103p. Softcover. Cloth ties. 23cm. Defective -- frontis lacks folding portion. Good. Z. P. Maruya & Co. printed in red toward bottom of title-page and just above Torando which is printed in black. 65.00
314. [Signed by Author] Kagawa, Toyohiko. The Religion of Jesus. Philadelphia: John C. Winston, (c. 1931). v, 127p. Hardcover. dj. 19cm. Small jagged strip missing on front panel of jacket (which is otherwise bright). Clipping about Kagawa mounted on front pastedown, SIGNED by Kagawa. Translated by Helen F. Topping. Biographical sketch (pages 1-16) by Robert E. Speer. 25.00
315. Kamandaki. The Nitisara, or, Elements of Polity. Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press and Published by the Asiatic Society, 1849-1884. 5 parts (or fascicles) plus a brief introductory essay in English bound together in a contemporary 1/2 leather volume. Original front wrappers bound in. 22cm. Endpapers chipped & brittle. Extremities chipped. Ex lib. Fair. Edited by Rajendralala Mitra. Biblioteca Indica. New Series, Nos. 19, 179, 206, 338, and 511. Sanskrit text. 85.00
316. Kaufmann, Walter. The Ragas of South India: A Catalogue of Scalar Material. Bloomington: Indiana U Pr., (c. 1976). 1st ed. xxxiv, 723p. Hardcover. 24cm. 85.00
317. Kaul, S. N. Kashmir Economics. Srinigar: Normal Press, 1954. ii, 163p. Softcover. 19cm. Ex lib. Browned. Good. 40.00
318. Kawana Hotel. Kawana: Japan's All-Year-Round Seaside Resort & Sport Hotel. [cover title]. n.p.: Printed by Sinko Printing Co., n.d. [16]p. of captioned sepia-toned photogravures. Softcover. 19cm. Text (and rates) about the hotel on back cover. 25.00
319. [Travel Guide] Keeling, W. E. L. Keeling's Guide to Japan: Yokohama, Tokio, Hakone, Fujiyama, Kamakura, Yokoska, Kanozan, Narita, Nikko, Kioto, Osaka, Kobe, etc. etc. Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh, 1890. 4th ed. [second issue]. This edition revised and enlarged by A. Fasari. 10 maps, index, 164p. plus 15p. adverts. Cloth. 16cm. 375.00
320. Kelly & Walsh's Handbook of the Japanese Language for the Use of Tourists and Residents: Being a Guide to Conversations in the Colloquial Style, to which Is Added a Carefully Selected Vocabulary of Words and Phrases. Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh, (1904). xvii, 297p. Flexible cloth wrapper. 13cm. Moderate general soiling & wear. Endpapers browned. Corner bent on wrapper. Good. This little pocket handbook was first published in 1896. 85.00
321. Kennedy, James, 1815-1899. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877. NY: Cassell, 1885. frontis, ills, xxiii, 392p. Hardcover. 19cm. One signature pulled. Missionary account. 75.00
322. Kennedy, Raymond. The Islands and Peoples of the South Seas and Their Cultures. Philadelphia: 1945. 88p. Softcover. 25cm. Name on front. Wrapper moderately soiled and edge-worn. Good. Jayne Memorial Lecture delivered at the American Philosophical Society on March 8 and 15, 1944. 28.00
323. Keppel, Henry, 1809-1904. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: with Extracts from the Journal of James Brooke, Esq. of Sarawak ... Third Edition. With an Additional Chapter, Comprising Recent Intelligence, By Walter K. Kelly. London: Frank Cass, 1968. 2 vols. portrait, 10 plates, 6 folding maps, folding chart, xiv, 429, viii, 315p. Hardcover. 22cm. Backstrips faded & lightly stained. Internally bright & clean. Good. Reprint of the 1847 Third edition. The plates were colored in the original but are reproduced in black & white. 50.00
324. Kerimova, Aza Alimovna. Govor tadzhikov Bukhary. Moskva: Izd-vo vostochnoi lit-ry, 1959. 163p. Softcover. 22cm. Good. At head of title: Akademiia nauk SSSR, Institut iazykoznaniia. Russian text. Dialect of Tajiki spoken in Bukhara. 1200 copies printed (according to colophon). 40.00
325. Kierman, Jr., Frank A. & John K. Fairbank, editors. Chinese Ways in Warfare. Cambridge: Harvard, 1974. 1st ed. index, xii, 401p. Hardcover. dj. 24cm. 75.00
326. Kim, Sang Yil and Young Chan Ro, editors. Hanism as Korean Mind: Interpretation of Han Philosophy. Los Angeles: Eastern Academy of Human Sciences, (c. 1984). 111p. Softcover. 22cm. Back cover quite spotted. Good. SIGNED by Kim. 25.00
327. Kim-Renaud, Young-Key, editor. King Sejong the Great: The Light of Fifteenth Century Korea. Washington: International Circle of Korean Linguistics, (c. 1997). Revised edition. illustrations (several color), ix, 125p. Wr. 25cm. 35.00
328. Kitab Hong Soei Kie: Bergoena boeat sakalian bangsa Tionghoa, aken memilih Tanah Koeboeran (Hong Soei) jang baik goena Familienja jang meninggal, soepaja mendapet berkah slamat dan broentong anak-tjoetjoenja.... Batavia: Goan Hong & Co., 1923. 32p. Wr. 22cm. Lightly chipped & worn. Former owner's name. Indonesian text. 50.00
329. Kitaro, Nishida. A Study of Good. (Tokyo): Printing Bureau, Japanese Government, (c. 1960). photo, 217p. Hardcover. dj. Thin card slipcase. 24cm. Ink notation on blank page facing title-page. Translation (by V.H. Viglielmo) of the 1911 Japanese edition. 40.00
330. Kliuev, Boris Ivanovich. Prakticheskii uchebnik iazyka Urdu. Moskva: Izd-vo literatury na innostrannykh iazykakh, 1962. ills, 430p. Cloth-backed boards. 20cm. Good. 2000 copies printed. Russian text. Russian text book of Urdu. 30.00
331. Koh, Hesung Chun. Korean Culture Through The Arts: A Comparative View. New Haven: 1982. 21p. Wr. 29cm. Program for An International Symposium In Honor of the 100th Anniversary of Korean-American Relations held at Yale, Oct. 23, 1982. 25.00
332. Koizumi, Kazuko. Traditional Japanese Furniture. Tokyo: Kodansha International, (1986). 1st ed. in English. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum. frontis, illustrated (some color), 223p. Hardcover. dj. 30cm. 50.00
333. Kojima, Sagimaro. View and Custom of North China = [Hokushin taikan]. Tien Tsin: S. Kojima, Yamamoto Photographic Studio, 1909. [100] unnumbered leaves of printed photos on one side of each leaf plus a colophon leaf at end. The only text is a brief caption beneath each photo. Hardcover (cloth). Oblong (23 x 31cm.). Extremities frayed. Uneven cover soil. Hinges cracked. Lacks front free endpaper. Contents sound and clean. Many of the photos in this very scarce book are of various scenes and buildings within the foreign concession areas of Tientsin (Tianjin) and Peking (Beijing). 650.00
334. [Korea] Mr. Warner Van Norden Requests the Pleasure of Your Company at the Hotel Savoy ... New York on Thursday Evening the Second of April 1908...To Meet The Honorable Horace N. Allen, Former American Minister to Korea, and The Reverend Horace G. Underwood , D.D., Twenty-three Years a Missionary in Korea. Broadside. 18cm. Later folds. Good. Inked note in upper left corner: "sent to Mr. & Mrs. Albert K. Lumley ans. by card." Printed invitation. 45.00
335. Ku, Hung-Ming. The Spirit of the Chinese People: With an Essay on Civilization and Anarchy. Peking: Commercial Press, 1922. 2nd ed. 160p. Cloth. 20cm. Purchase notation on endpaper. Backstrip wrinkled. 65.00
336. Kuhn, Dieter and Helga Stahl. Annotated Bibliography to the Shike shiliao xinbian ... [New Edition of Historical Materials Carved on Stone]. Heidelberg: Edition Forum, 1991. 283p. Softcover. 25cm. 30.00
337. Kuncan, Shi, 17th century. The Selected Painting of Shih-ch'i. Kowloon, Hongkong: Cafa Company Limited, 1969. Plates (printed on one side), Softcover. Folio (54cm.). Corner bumped but otherwise almost as new. Compiled by Chang Wan-li and Hu Jen-mou. Selected Works of Famous Painters in Chinese History (series). Chinese title and text; separate title-page in English; brief plate captions in Chinese and English. 150.00
338. [Kuniyoshi, Utagawa] The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861. Springfield, Mass.: Raymond A. and Bertha U. Bidwell Fund for the Museum of Fine Arts, 1968. Illustrations (several color). 167p. Wr. 28cm. 85.00
339. [Russo-Japanese War] Kuropatkin, Aleksei Nikolaevich, 1848-1925. Zapiski generala Kuropatkina o russo-japonskoi voinie: itogi voiny. Berlin: Buhnen- und Buchverlag russicher Autoren, J. Laryschnikow, 1909. viii, 549p. Later hardcover binding. Original wrapper (heavily taped) bound in. 21cm. Bottom half of binding heavily stained. Fair. Russian text. 50.00
340. Kyongju National Museum. ... A Popular History of Kyongju and its Museum. [Kyongju?]: Kyonju National Musuem, 1991. photos, 206p. Wr. 28cm. 30.00
341. [Travel Guide] Kyoto Hotel. Views of Kyoto. Kyoto: n.d. [190-?]. ills, 3 maps (one folding), 91p. Hardcover. Oblong (15 x 11cm). Cover warping at corners. Laid in is a stiff card which has a photo of the hotel on the front and printed information on the back. An appealing little book with information about Kyoto and the hotel. 125.00
342. La Motte, Ellen N. Snuffs and Butters and Also The Malay Girl, The Golden Stars, The Middle-Class Mind, Proof, Widows and Orphans, The Cardiff Giant, The Onlookers, In Mashonaland. NY: (c. 1925). 1st ed. 256p. Hardcover. dj. 19cm. Jacket chipped at ends of backstrip & folds, and lightly soiled. Name on endpaper. Short stories. 40.00
343. Lai, T. C. Chinese Seals. Seattle: U of Washington, (c. 1976). ills, xx, 200p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. 75.00
344. [Two Small Pamphlets] Lake, John. Life on Tai-Kam Island [and] Launching a Side Attack. [Canton?]: ca. 1924 (one pamphlet dated October 1924; the other is undated but describes events that probably occurred shortly after events described in the dated pamphlet). Each pamphlet contains six pages. Caption-titled. No separate wrappers. 23cm. Two fold marks (probably when mailed). Includes descriptions of meetings between Chinese pirates and Lake, a Protestant missionary in South China who was helping to develop a leper colony on the island. 50.00
345. Landor, Arnold Henry Savage, 1865-1924. In the Forbidden Land: an Account of a Journey into Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Lamas and Soldiers, Imprisonment, Torture and Ultimate Release Brought about by Dr. Wilson and the Political Peshkar Karak Sing-Pal. NY: Harper, 1899. 2 vols. frontis (2), photos & ills, folding map, index, xv, 307, xi, 256p. Hardcover (illustrated olive green cloth). 23cm. Covers sound and clean. Contents also clean and complete but quite shaken with stitching and binding material threatening to fall apart. Name on upper right corner of title-pages. Fair. 50.00
346. Langlois, Jr., John D., editor. China under Mongol Rule. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (c. 1981). 1st ed. illustrations, index, xvi, 487p. Hardcover. dj. 24cm. 85.00
347. Laozi. Tao Te Ching: A New Translation by Ch'u Ta-kao. London: Buddhist Lodge, 1937. 1st ed. of this translation. 94p. plus (1)p. publisher's advertisements. Hardcover. dj. 19cm. Jacket missing some good-sized chips and has front flap detached. Spine sloped. Light foxing on endpapers. Scattered pencil marking and some inked Chinese writing. Good. This came from Chiang Yee's library and the marking and notes in the text were probably done by him. 150.00
348. Larking, Cuthbert. Bandobast and Khabar; Reminiscences of India. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1888. 1st ed. frontis, illustrations, 287p. Hardcover (black cloth; gilt lettering and tiger skin on front). 20cm. Ends of backstrip chipped. Text moderately browned and somewhat brittle. Chapter 1 (pages 1-15 and an illustration) misbound, appearing at the end of the book). Good. Tiger hinting and other experiences during this Englishman's sojourn of several months in India. 90.00
349. Lash, A. H. Our Sisters in India. 1. On the Condition of India. 2. Medical Missions to the Women. 3. Normal and Other Schools. 4. Zenana Visiting. London: Indian Female Normal School and Instruction Society, n.d. [ca. 1887?]. illustrations, 32, 32, 32, 32p. Red cloth. 17cm. Cover has a few waterspots and minor soiling. Exterior leaves moderately browned. An uncommon title, not to be confused with the similarly titled book ("Our Sisters in India") by Rev. E. Storrow. 100.00
350. Lattimore, Owen. Inner Asian Frontiers of China. NY: American Geographical Society, 1951. 2nd ed. maps, index, lxi, 585p. Hardcover. 20cm. Research Series No. 21. The second edition is unchanged except that Lattimore added an interesting and rather lengthy Introduction (pages xvii-liii). 50.00
351. [Mrs. & Dr.] Le Van Hung. Vietnamese-English Dictionary, with the International Phonetic System and More than 30,000 Words and Idiomatic Expressions. Paris: Editions Europe-Asie, (1955). [10], 820p. Hardcover. 25cm. Backstrip faded. Cover spotting. Former owner's initials on endpaper. Good. 25.00
352. Leach, Edmund Ronald. Political Systems of Highland Burma: A Study of Kachin Social Structure. London: London School of Economics and Political Science, (c. 1954). 1st ed. maps, index, xii, 324p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. Jacket browned. 35.00
353. Leban, Carl. Ts'ao Ts'ao and the Age of Wei: The Early Years. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, (1976). index, x, 489p. Hardcover. 22cm. Text printed on one side. Authorized photocopy reprint of his 1974 dissertation at Columbia University. 40.00
354. Ledderose, Lothar. Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy. Princeton: Princeton Univ., (c. 1979). 1st ed. index, plates, xi, 131p. Hardcover. 31cm. 300.00
355. Lentz, Wolfgang, 1900-. Pamir-Dialekte: Bd. I. Materialien zur Kenntnis der Schugni-Gruppe. Gottingen: 1933. xi, 228p. Wr. 25cm. German text. 48.00
356. Li, Tien-yi, editor. Selected Works of George A. Kennedy. New Haven: Far Eastern Publications, Yale University, 1964. 1st ed. index, viii, 544p. Hardcover. dj. 24cm. Chinese linguistics. 35.00
357. Li, Ung Bing. Outlines of Chinese History. Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1914. ills, photos, 14 color maps (3 folding), (9), iii, (2), 644p. plus xx(p.) index at end, plus (1)p. publisher's advert. Hardcover. 22cm. Extremities worn. Covers sprung at ends. Dog-earing on numerous pages. Good. Edited by Joseph Whiteside. 65.00
358. [Signed by Author] Lin, Mousheng. Men and Ideas: An Informal History of Chinese Political Thought. NY: John Day, (c. 1942). index, xiv, 256p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. SIGNED by Lin Mousheng. 30.00
359. [Exhibition Catalog] List of Ukiyo-e Exhibition, May 23rd-June 7th, 1947 Ueno Art Gallery under the Auspices of the Nippon Kyoiku Shimbun-sha (Nippon Educational Press). Not illustrated. 20p. Softcover. 19cm. Introductory essay by Muneshige Narasaki. 440 items listed. 60.00
360. Little, Alicia Helen Neva (Bewicke). The Land of the Blue Gown, by Mrs. Archibald Little. NY: D. Appleton, 1909. frontis, photos, xv, 304p. Hardcover. Illustration on front cover. 21cm. Cover faded. Relatively light waterstain around base of backstrip and on endpapers and adjacent leaves. Good. First published in 1902. 40.00
361. Little, Archibald John, 1838-1908. Through the Yang-Tse Gorges, or Trade and Travel in Western China. London: 1898. 3rd ed. frontis, photos, index, folding map, xxiv, 315p. 19cm. Moderate cover soil. Text leaves rather brittle (a few tears & corner chips). Archival tape reinforcement on a few plates (including frontis). Good. 75.00
362. Lloyd, E. A Visit to the Antipodes with Some Reminiscences of a Sojourn in Australia. By a Squatter. Adelaide: Public Library of South Australia, 1962. viii, 188p. Hardcover. 17cm. Xerographic reprint of the 1846 edition. 25.00
363. Lo, Winston W. An Introduction to the Civil Service of Sung China: With Emphasis on Its Personnel Administration. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, (c. 1987). index, xii, 297p. Hardcover. dj. 24cm. 40.00
364. Loewe, Michael. Ways to Paradise: The Chinese Quest for Immortality. London: Allen & Unwin, (1979). 1st ed. illustrations, index, xiii, 270p. Hardcover. dj. 24cm. 50.00
365. The London and China Telegraph. 2 Issues from 1876: Feb. 7 and Nov. 7. 16p. per issue including the wrapper. 35cm. Moderate wear & a few tears (mainly in margins). Partially unopened. Good. Published weekly in London by James West "...on arrival of the P. & O Messageries and Pacific Mails from China, Japan Straits Settlements, &c." 30.00
366. Lord Roberts of Kandahar [Roberts, Frederick Sleih, earl, 1832-1914]. Forty-One Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in Chief. London: Bentley, 1898. 27th ed. 2 vols. frontises, ills, maps (1 folding), index, xx, 511, xii, 522p. plus 64p. publisher's adverts dated January, 1898. Blue cloth. 23cm. Bookplate. Spine sl. sloped. 100.00
367. Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916. Choson: The Land of the Morning Calm: A Sketch of Korea. Boston: Ticknor, n.d. [188-?]. frontis (portrait), ills, photos, 2 folding maps, index, x, 412p. Pictorial green cloth. 26cm. Defective -- lack title-leaf. Good (because of missing title). One of the best older English-language books on Korea. The first and second editions were published in 1886 and a third edition was published in 1888. 150.00
368. Lu, Hsun, 1881-1936. Ah Q: Selected Stories of Lusin. NY: Columbia University Press, 1941. 1st ed. Translated by Chi-chen Wang. xxvi, 219p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Jacket price-clipped & moderately soiled & worn. 21cm. Ah Q was a fictional character created by Lusin. 60.00
369. Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920. Geological Survey of Hokkaido: Report of Progress of the Yesso Geological Surveys for 1875, and Seven Coal Survey Reports [also bound in] Geological Survey of Hokkaido: A General Report on the Geology of Yesso. Tokei: Published by the Kaitakushi, 1877. 2 items in 1 volume. folding maps (both maps called for in the second item are present but only 3 of 8 maps called for in the first item), 211, 116p. Worn contemporary quarterbinding. 22cm. Pages 111-211 of Item 1 are bound in twice. A few pencil annotations and margin marks. Good (but lacking 5 maps). 350.00
370. MacGregor, Charles Metcalfe, 1840-1887. Wanderings in Balochistan. Karachi: Indus Publications, (2003). illustrations, folding map (in pocket), 315p. Hardcover. 22cm. Reprint of the 1882 edition. Balochistan is a sparsely populated province in southwestern Pakistan. 40.00
371. Madigan, Francis C., editor. Human Factors in Philippine Rural Development: Proceedings of the Anniversary Seminar on Rural Development Held at Xavier University, July 22-July 25, 1966. Cagayan de Oro City, Xavier University, 1967. index, xiii, 318p. Softcover. 23cm. 25.00
372. [Inscribed by Author] Mahler, Jane (Gaston). The Westerners among the Figurines of the T'ang Dynasty of China. Roma: Instituto Italiano per il medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1959. 1st ed. photos, 2 folding maps, index, xvi, 204p. Hardcover. dj. 24cm. Jacket worn along edges (including jacket flaps). Tapemarks on endpapers. Text moderately browned. Good. INSCRIBED by Mahler (to Chiang Yee). Serie Orientale Roma. XX. 175.00
373. Malleson, G. B. The Indian Mutiny of 1857. London: Seeley, Service, 1912. 10th ed. frontis, portraits, index, xiv, 421p. Hardcover. 21cm. Name on endpaper. Title-leaf roughly opened (tears repaired with archival tape). Scattered pencil underlinings and markings. Good. 25.00
374. Manila Daily Bulletin: The Exponent of Philippine Commerce, Vol. 16, No. 103 (November 3, 1907). ills, maps, 74p. Wrapper. 35cm. Cello tape repair of tear on one text leaf. Good. Ahead of title: Anniversary Number. 85.00
375. Manila Free Philippines, Issue designated as "Extra" for July 27, 1945. Broadsheet (single sheet printed on both sides). 25 x 33cm. Later folds. Minor stain and soil. Headlines are: "Allies Call on Japan to Quit" and "Churchill Out; Atlee In." 75.00
376. Marghinani, Ali ibn Abi Bakr, d. 1196 or 7. The Hedaya, or Guide: A Commentary on the Mussulman Laws. Delhi: Islamic Book Trust, (1982). Translated by Charles Hamilton. index, xxviii, 783p. Hardcover. 24cm. dj. Edited by Standish Grove Grady. Reprint of the 1870 2nd edition. 40.00
377. Martin, Helmut. Li Li-weng über das Theater: Eine Chinesische Dramaturgie des Siebzehnten Jahrhunderts. Taipei: Mei Ya Publications, Inc., (1968). folding table, index, iv, 395p. Hardcover. 21cm. Text lightly browned. Reprint of a 1966 dissertation at the University of Heidelberg. 35.00
378. Martin, William Alexander Parsons, 1827-1916. The Siege in Peking: China Against the World. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, (1972). frontis, photos, folding map, 190p. Hardcover. 22cm. Reprint of the 1900 edition. 25.00
379. Martineau, Harriet. British Rule in India: A Historical Sketch. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857. 1st ed. vi, 356p. plus 4p. publisher's advertisements. Hardcover (light brown cloth). 18cm. Cover soil & uneven fading. Contents sound & clean. Good. Interesting small-format survey of a complex subject. 125.00
380. Maryknoll in Kwangsi South China July, 1929 to July, 1930. n.p.: n.d. [22]p. Softcover. 16cm. Catholic missions. 50.00
381. Mateer, Mrs. A. H. New Terms for New Ideas: A Study of the Chinese Newspaper. Shanghai: Printed by the Kwang Hsueh Publishing House, 1933. index, 211p. Hardcover (later buckram). 26cm. 150.00
382. Matheson, Donald. Our Mission in China. A Narrative. By Donald Matheson, Esq., Formerly of China. With Remarks on the Social Life and Religious Ideas of the Chinese, by the Rev. J. MacGowan, (London Missionary Society) of Amoy; and Notes on Climate, Health, and Outfit, by John Carnegie, Esq., M.D., Formerly of Amoy. London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1882. Third and Revised Edition. 3 maps (including frontis), illustrations, x, 205p. Hardcover. 19cm. Backstrip spotted and rather heavily wormed. Contents sound and clean. Good. 85.00
383. [Mathews, R. H.] Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary: Revised English Index. Cambridge: Harvard U Press, 1954. 3rd printing. 186p. Hardcover. 26cm. 25.00
384. Matthiessen, Peter. The Snow Leopard. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1978. 1st ed. Leather. Stamped in gilt. 23cm. Fine. No jacket (as issued). This Franklin Library edition is the true first edition, preceding the trade edition published by Viking Press. 40.00
385. Maude, Edwin. Oriental Campaigns and European Furloughs; The Autobiography of a Veteran of the Indian Mutiny. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. 1st ed. frontis, xx, 292p. Hardcover. 22cm. Backstrip moderately worn at ends and scuffed and lightly faded. Lacks front free endpaper. A few pencil markings. Good. Pages 135-199 cover his experiences in the Persian Campaign of 1856-57; pages 1-64, 205-240, 250-262, and 274-285 cover his various sojourns in India. 75.00
386. McCullagh, Francis. With the Cossacks: Being the Story of an Irishman Who Rode With the Cossacks throughout the Russo-Japanese War. London: E. Nash, 1906. frontis (portrait), photos, map, xii, 392p. Hardcover. 22cm. Backstrip faded. Spine lettering indistinct. Moderate cover wear. Gift inscription. Good. Based on letters sent from the front and printed in the New York Herald. 100.00
387. McKay, John. The Armed Transport Bounty. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (c. 1989). illustrations, 120p. Hardcover. dj. Slightly oblong 25cm. "Anatomy of the Ship" series. Architectural drawings of ship made famous by the mutiny against Captain Bligh. 35.00
388. McLean, Charles. The Affairs of Asia Considered in Their Effects on the Liberties of Britain, in a Series of Letters, Addressed to the Marquis Wellesley, Late Governor-General of India. London: Printed by C. Maclean, 1806. 2nd ed. 172p. Contemporary leather. 22cm. Lacks covers. Backstrip worn. Moderate foxing. Private library stamp embossed on first (blank) leaf. Several leaves quite browned. Fair. 125.00
389. [Folio Plate Book] Mecham, Clifford Henry. Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow. From Drawings Made During the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham, Lieutenant Madras Army. With Descriptive Notes by George Couper, Esq., Late Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude. London: Day & Son, 1858. 1st ed. (12)p. plus 26 plates on 17 sheets (including litho title). Recent quarterbinding. Attractive leather title label on front cover. 56cm. Foxing, generally light to moderate on text leaves and in the blank white margins of the plates. One plate lacks its thin-paper tissue guard. Several tears in margins (mostly along the fore-edge). Moderate stain in lower margin on almost all plates. Good. 1000.00
390. Melanges Chinois et Bouddhiques , Douzieme volume (1960-1962). Bruxelles: Juillet 1962. 372p. Contemporary hardcover. 25cm. Consists entirely of "Chih-i (538-597): An Introduction to the Life and Ideas of a Chinese Buddhist Monk" by Leon Hurvitz. 75.00
391. Memorandum to the President of India by 14 Members of Jammu and Kashmir Legislature. [Delhi]: Thakur Raunaq Singh for All Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, n.d. [ca. 1967?]. 84p. errata sheet laid in. Softcover. 24cm. Moderate cover soil & wear. Good. 50.00
392. Mennie, Donald. Pageant of Peking: Comprising Sixty-Six Vandyck Photogravures of Peking and Environs from Photographs by Donald Mennie. With an Introduction by Putnam Weale. Descriptive Notes by S. Couling. Shanghai: A. S. Watson & Co., 1922. Third edition. 40p. text plus 66 photogravures tipped in along one side and with brief text on facing pages. Hardcover (decorated blue silk). 38cm. Light foxing on page edges and endpapers. Inscription on title-page in Chinese. An unusually fresh copy with the covers showing only the slightest signs of wear. 750.00
393. Meskill, John, editor. An Introduction to Chinese Civilization. NY: Columbia University Press, (c. 1973). 1st ed. index, 699p. Hardcover. dj. 23cm. INSCRIBED (to Chiang Yee by Meskill in 1974). 35.00
394. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Japan Mission. Year Book and Minutes 1930. n.p.: 1930. photos, 33, 21p. Wr. 23cm. Moderate soiling & wear. Tear on last leaf repaired with archival tape. Good. 25.00
395. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Japan Mission. Year Book of the Japan Mission ... and Minutes of the Fiftieth Annual Meeting ... 1938. n.p.: 1938. map on endpapers, photos, 67, 131p. Wr. 23cm. Moderate soiling & wear. Staining along gutter on endpapers. Good. 25.00
396. Metzger, Thomas A. Internal Organization of Ch'ing Bureaucracy: Legal, Normative and Communication Aspects. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973. 1st ed. index, x, 469p. Hardcover. dj. 24cm. 100.00
397. Mif, Pavel. Kitaiskaia revoliutsiia. Moskva: Partiinoe izd-vo, 1932. folding map (printed on both sides), 322p. Hardcover. 23cm. Extremities worn. Front free endpaper detached. Printed on high acid paper which is browned & brittle. Fair. Russian text. 75.00
398. [Japanese Prints] Migeon, Gaston. L'Estampe Japonais du XVIIe au XVIIIe Siecle. Paris: Albert Morance, 1923. Bound text pamphlet plus 36 unbound color plates in tied portfolio. 23cm. Lacks ties. Contents sound and clean. Good. French text. 40.00
399. Miller, George A. Interesting Manila. Manila: Limited Edition issued for the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, 1906. frontis, photos (none full-page), 174p. Thin flexible cloth cover. 23cm. Light stain along fore-edge of front cover. Moderate foxing & wear. Good. 75.00
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