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Books on China

A selection of books for Firsts: Hong Kong

Books on China

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We are delighted to share with you a new list of acquisitions relating to China. Many of these were on our stand at the Hong Kong book fair.

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Dr. Titus Boeder
Euphemia Franklin

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Books on China

A Complete Set of the James Bond Novels and Stories in First Edition: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secr

A Complete Set of the James Bond Novels… 1953.

With one copy signed by the dust jacket artist Kenneth Lewis.

Confucius Sinarum Philosophus, Sive Scientia Sinensis Latine Exposita. Studio & Opera Prosperi Intorcetta, Christiani Herdtrich, Francisci Rougemont, Philippi Couplet Patrum Societatis Jesu jussu Ludovici Magni eximio missionum Orientalium & litterariae R

COUPLET (Phillipp) transl.

Confucius Sinarum Philosophus, Sive Scientia Sinensis Latine Exposita.… 1687.

THE CONFESSOR'S COPY

Critik der reinen Vernunft.

KANT (Immanuel).

Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781.

A FINE COPY OF KANT'S CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON

El Capital. Traducción por Pablo Correa y Zafrilla.

El Capital. Traducción por Pablo Correa y Zafrilla, 1886.

THE FIRST SPANISH TRANSLATION OF DAS KAPITAL, UNCUT IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS

Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion.

Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion, 1818.

An Austen family copy of the first edition in beautiful Regency binding.

Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes Lucilius Santritter).
Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 14 October 1482.

HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)

Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.

THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK

A Brief Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh; prepared for and published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1862.

[RALEGH (Sir Walter)] & DRAKE (Samuel G.)

A Brief Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh; prepared… 1862.

ABUNDANTLY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED

The Manifesto of the Communists.

MARX (Karl). & ENGELS (Friedrich).

The Manifesto of the Communists, 1886.

First British edition in book form of the Communist Manifesto

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.

DARWIN (Charles).

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation… 1871.

AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY

A Full Account of the Proceedings in Relation to Capt. Kidd

[KIDD (William)] & [MITCHELL (Dr John).]

A Full Account of the Proceedings in Relation… 1701.

THE STREETER COPY

Chinese and English Dictionary; Containing all the words in the Chinese Imperial Dictionary, arranged according to the Radicals.

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

Chinese and English Dictionary; Containing all the words… 1843.

General description of Shanghae and its Environs, Extracted from Native Authorities.

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

General description of Shanghae and its Environs, Extracted… 1850.

THE FIRST MONOGRAPH ON THE HISTORY OF SHANGHAI

A Chinese Commercial Guide consisting of a collection of details and regulations respecting foreign trade with China, sailing directions, tables, &c.

WILLIAMS (S. Wells).

A Chinese Commercial Guide consisting of a collection… 1856.

WITH THE RARE MAP

Regulations for the shipping and boats in the Port of Victoria.

SHELLEY (Adolphus).

Regulations for the shipping and boats in the… 1845.

Narrative of the Late Proceedings and Events in China.

Narrative of the Late Proceedings and Events in… 1839.

Le Cahier Jaune. Noel 1929. [The Yellow Notebook - Christmas 1929].

GALLOSTRA (Jose).

Le Cahier Jaune. Noel 1929. [The Yellow Notebook… 1929.

RARE, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Zhongguo manhua - China Sketch.

ZHU (Jinlou), editor.

Zhongguo manhua - China Sketch, 1935.

Epitome da descripcam de ventos, tempos, vagas, apparencias luminozas, e temperatura do mar, correntes, mares, magnetismo e variacam da agulga.

HORSBURGH (James). & BOTELHO (Bras Joaquim).

Epitome da descripcam de ventos, tempos, vagas, apparencias… 1838.

The China Directory for 1863.

The China Directory for 1863, 1863.

A Map of the Shooting Districts Lying Between Shanghai and Wuhu.

WADE (Henling Thomas). & VILLARD (Robert Alexis de).

A Map of the Shooting Districts Lying Between… 1898.

An Inquiry into the proper mode of rendering the word God in translating the Sacred Scriptures into the Chinese Language.

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

An Inquiry into the proper mode of rendering… 1848.

THEOLOGICAL & LINGUISTIC DEBATE ON CHRISTIAN TERMINOLOGY

Tratado de amizade e commercio entre sua magestade fidelissima el-rei de Portugal e sua magestade o imperador da China - Treaty of Amity and Commerce between his most faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and his Majesty the Emperor of China.

SILVA (Joachim de)

Tratado de amizade e commercio entre sua magestade… 1862.

Private: Remarks on the signification of the Chinese character E.

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

Private: Remarks on the signification of the Chinese… 1852.

Defense of an essay on the proper rendering of the words Elohim and Theos into the Chinese language.

BOONE (William Jones).

Defense of an essay on the proper rendering… 1850.

An essay on the proper rendering of the words Elohim and Theos into the Chinese language.

BOONE (William Jones).

An essay on the proper rendering of the… 1848.

Reply to the essay of Dr. Boone on the proper rendering of the words Elohim and Theos into the Chinese language.

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

Reply to the essay of Dr. Boone on… 1848.

China by Land and Water.

MENNIE (Donald).

China by Land and Water, 1930.

Shanghai - Sketches of Present-day Shanghai.

Shanghai - Sketches of Present-day Shanghai, 1935.

In Search of Old Peking.

LEWISOHN (William). & ARLINGTON (Lewis Charles).

In Search of Old Peking, 1935.

History of the pirates who infested the China Sea from 1807 to 1810. & The catechism of the shamans; or, The laws and regulations of the priesthood of Buddha in China. & Vahram's Chronicle of the Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia, during the time of the Crusade

ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND. & NEUMANN (Karl Friedrich) transl.

History of the pirates who infested the China… 1831.

Who’s Who in China – Containing the pictures and biographies of China's best known political, financial, business and professional leaders.

[CHINA WEEKLY REVIEW].

Who’s Who in China – Containing the pictures… 1931.

AN INVALUABLE SCOURCE

History of the Peking Summer Palaces under the Ch'ing Dynasty.

MALONE (Carroll Browne).

History of the Peking Summer Palaces under the… 1934.

Hangchow Itineraries. Describing the Chief Places of Interest with a Note on the Famous Bore.

FITCH (Robert F).

Hangchow Itineraries. Describing the Chief Places of Interest… 1929.

Sketches of Confucius with Illustrations.

Sketches of Confucius with Illustrations, 1920.