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Eighty Five Years of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.

KOUNIN (I. I.) editor. & YARON (Alex) illustrator.

Eighty Five Years of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, 1938.

THE BEST MONOGRAPH ON THE SUBJECT

De horis sinicis et cyclo horario commentationes accedit eiusdem auctoris Parergon sinicum de calendariis sinicis ubi etiam quaedam in doctrina temporum sinica emendantur. [Commentaries on Chinese hours and their hourly cycle...].

BEYER (Gottlieb Siegfried).

De horis sinicis et cyclo horario commentationes accedit… 1735.

THE RELATIVITY OF TIME

Paris and its Environs,

PUGIN (A.), drawings & HEATH (C.), engravings.

Paris and its Environs, 1831.

[Album of World War I photographs.]

[Album of World War I photographs.], 1917.

Typed Letter Signed (‘WSC’) to Grace Hamblin (‘Dear Miss Hamblin’).

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

Typed Letter Signed (‘WSC’) to Grace Hamblin (‘Dear… 1934.

Through the Moon Door.

GRAHAM (Dorothy)

Through the Moon Door, 1926.

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

Peking.

BREDON (Juliet).

Peking, 1931.

Traité d'économie politique, ou simple exposition de la manière dont se forment, se distribuent et se consomment les richesses.

SAY (Jean-Baptiste).

Traité d'économie politique, ou simple exposition de la… 1826.

The Benefactor.

SONTAG (Susan).

The Benefactor, 1963.

Up the Junction.

Up the Junction, 1966.

A Charmed Life.

MCCARTHY (Mary).

A Charmed Life, 1955.

The Summer Before the Dark.

LESSING (Doris).

The Summer Before the Dark, 1973.

With the author’s signed presentation inscription.

This was the Old Chief's Country.

LESSING (Doris).

This was the Old Chief's Country, 1951.

Signed by the author.

Face to Face.

GORDIMER (Nadine).

Face to Face, 1949.

Inscribed by the author.

Salvador.

Salvador, 1983.

Mother Goddam.

DAVIS (Bette). & STINE (Whitney).

Mother Goddam, 1974.

Inscribed by the author.

The Stockbroker's Wife and other Sensational Tales of the Stock Exchange.

HEMYNG (Bracebridge) & SHAW (John), editor.

The Stockbroker's Wife and other Sensational Tales of… 1885.

Etliche fürneme Schrifften: Darinn die reine Christliche Lehr und bekanntnuss vom heiligen Abendmal unsers Herrn Jesu christi begriffen ist; Wider die alten und neuen Schwarmgeister, den einfeltigen zu unterricht und warnung, zusammen getruckt, zu Nürmber

LUTHER (Martin)

Etliche fürneme Schrifften: Darinn die reine Christliche Lehr… 1597.

The Naked Lunch.

BURROUGHS (William).

The Naked Lunch, 1959.

Shoryusha 50nen shunen kinen meien zuroku [A illustrated catalogue of a tea feast published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Shoryusha company].

INOUE (Kumataro).

Shoryusha 50nen shunen kinen meien zuroku [A illustrated… 1926.

Shanghai Country Walks.

WILKINSON (Edward Sheldon) author. & SAPAJOU illustrator.

Shanghai Country Walks, 1932.

Shanghai of To-day. A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyck Prints of

GREEN (Owen Mortimer).

Shanghai of To-day. A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight… 1927.

A collection of 32 Manchuria Travel Pamphlets.

SOUTH MANCHURIAN RAILWAY COMPANY & & OTHER TRAVEL AGENTS.

A collection of 32 Manchuria Travel Pamphlets, 1941.

[King Penguin Books]

[King Penguin Books], 1939.

Jeeves in the Offing.

WODEHOUSE (P.G.)

Jeeves in the Offing, 1960.

Baisao gego - Fu meiko chakimei. [Verses of the Old Tea Peddler - to which is added a description of his famous tea-ware].

Baisao gego - Fu meiko chakimei. [Verses of… 1763.

The Rattle.

KELLY AND WALSH. & HAYTER (William Goodenough).

The Rattle, 1897.

Expat humour in 19th century Shanghai

Togu denka gyokei kinen shashincho. [Memorial Album on the occasion of the Prince's visit].

DAI NIPPON BEER COMPANY.

Togu denka gyokei kinen shashincho. [Memorial Album on… 1911.

De Christianis apvd Japonios trivmphis sive de gravissima ibidem contra Christi fidem persecvtione exorta anno MDCXII vsq. ad annvm MDCXX.

TRIGAULT (Nicolas).

De Christianis apvd Japonios trivmphis sive de gravissima… 1623.

FIRST ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF JESUIT MARTYRDOMS IN JAPAN

People in China.

THORBECKE (Ellen).

People in China, 1935.

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

Wine-Dark Seas and Tropic Skies

SAFRONI-MIDDLETON A.

Wine-Dark Seas and Tropic Skies, 1918.

A Vagabond's Odyssey

SAFFRONI-MIDDLETON A.

A Vagabond's Odyssey, 1916.

--but his FATHER DRINKS

[TEMPERANCE] & FINCH (Bryce).

--but his FATHER DRINKS, 1952.

Heisei no shifu • Current Handmade Papers of Japan.

ALL JAPAN HANDMADE WASHI ASSOCIATION

Heisei no shifu • Current Handmade Papers of… 1992.

Respecting the past and looking forward to the future of washi

Hirado genso [Hirado fantasy].

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Hirado genso [Hirado fantasy], 1977.

The Dutch trading port of Hirado, Nagasaki

Koshi no kagami [Examples of ancient papers].

SEKI (Yoshikuni).

Koshi no kagami [Examples of ancient papers], 1977.

A valuable teaching resource for Japanese Paper

Ima wa mukashi [Once upon a time].

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Ima wa mukashi [Once upon a time], 1967.

Bound with a reverse glass painting

The Vicissitudes of a Soldier's Life, or a Series of Occurrences from 1806 to 1815; together with an Introductory and concluding Chapter: the Whole containing, with some other Matters, a Concise Account of the War in the Peninsula, from its Commencement t

The Vicissitudes of a Soldier's Life, or a Series… 1827.

Excursions, Adventures, and Field-Sports in Ceylon;

CAMPBELL (Lieut-Col. James).

Excursions, Adventures, and Field-Sports in Ceylon;, 1843.

A HANDSOME COPY

Du Texas. Premier Rapport à Mes Amis.

CONSIDERANT (Victor).

Du Texas. Premier Rapport à Mes Amis, 1857.

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