New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1928. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 305 pp. 32 photo-illustrated plates. Green cloth in cream dustjacket with photo-reproduction of three lions on front cover. Near fine (minor wear to extremities; small dampstain inside front cover) in very good dustjacket (chips & short closed tears; wear to extremities;..... More
Tientsin, China: Chihli Press, 1931. First Edition. ISCRIBED "To my friend and fellow numismatic/Howard F. Bowker/from Arthur B. Coole/Nov. 11, 1949". Under the inscription, the author has written his name in Chinese. 4to. 110 pp. 2 large folding maps (1 loose at rear as issued); numerous photo-illustrations; some text in..... More
Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1861. Second Edition. 8vo. xii, 13-448, [8 pp advertisements] pp. 2 single page maps of Nagasaki Harbor & City, and of the Pei Ho River; 8 color lithograph plates of portraits of the Embassadors and their principal officials. Later cloth binding with black lettering to spine. Light..... More
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et, 1888. First Edition. 4to. Various paginations. 500 plates (300 in color, gold and silver; 200 in monochrome). Text in French. Exlibris with pockets, stamps, labels on lower spines. Red pebbled cloth with gilt illustration and lettering to spines; marbled endpapers. A very good set. Principal..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. (vii), 132 black & white reproductions of calligraphed texts from France, Germany, Britain, and Iberia with descriptions on facing pages. Printed by W. S. Cowell Ltd. at the Butter Market, Ipswich. Green cloth with gilt lettering, upper page edges stained..... More