London; Hong Kong: Sampson Low, Marston and Company; Kelly & Walsh, Ld. 1892. First Edition. Octavo; (iii), 419, xiii pp. Index. A Very Good copy in brown cloth lettered in gold; errata slip tipped in at rear. Ball was considered the most capable and knowledgeable European speaker of Cantonese of..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. First U.S. Edition. Original cloth. Small 8vo. viii, [1], 10-301 pp + 6pp advertisements at rear. Translated from the French, With a Supplementary Chapter, Narrating the Most Recent Events, by John Oxenford. folding map of the Provinces of China Covered by the Insurrection from..... More
Tientsin: La Librairie Francaise, 1925. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. xxvii, 401 pp. Three large folding maps at rear. Black & white illustrations. Publisher's tan cloth with black lettering. A very good copy (bumping & light wear to extremities; some rippling & soiling to covers). Karamisheff, was a Russian..... More
London: Printed by J. M'Creery and Sold by J. Edwards, 1795. First Edition. Leather bound. Two volumes. Vol.I: Frontispiece engraved portrait with tissue guard, [2], [1], (ii- xxvi), 320 pp; 136 pp Appendix. Vol. II: [3], 4-312; BOUND With 'Poesie Del Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici, Tratte da Testi a Penna..... More
Amsterdam: Chez J. H. Schneider, 1766. New edition; Corrected and Expanded. Leather bound. 12mo. [4], vi, 213, [1] pp. Half-title; engraved frontispiece and vignette on title page; 22 original hand-colored folding maps and 2 folding plates. "Avec Nouveau Traité de la Sphere"with the same imprint, maps numbered XXIII and XXIV..... More