Asia Major: New Series Vol. I Part I
London: Taylor's Foreign Press, 1949. First Edition. Octavo; frontis of Henri Maspero (to whom the volume is dedicated); 138pp. Spine chipped, erasure to front cover, bookseller sticker inside front cover otherwise a Very Good copy in grey printed wrappers. 'A review devoted to the study of the languages, arts and civilisations of the Far East and Central Asia.' In this publication, Dr. Schindler re-introduces the periodical which had been suspended in 1935; articles include'The Range of Sound Alternations in Tibetan Word Families' by W. Simon; 'Ginkgo Biloba or Yin Hsing' by A.C. Moule; 'A Khotanese Text concerning the Turks in Kantsou' by H.W. Bailey; 'The Rise of the Eunuchs during the T'ang Dynasty' by J.K. Rideout; 'A Datable Shang-Yin Inscription' by W. Perceval Yetts; 'Notes on Mencius' by Arthur Waley; 'Motoori's View of Phonetics and Linguistics in his Mojigoe no Kanazukai and Kanji San On Ko' by J.R. McEwan; 'The Liang Chou Rebellion, 184-221 A.D. by G. Haloun; plus 'Miscellaneous Communications,' 'Notices of Books' and 'List of Books Received.'. Item #20322
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