New York: Monthly Review Press, 1976. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED to former Stanford President Richard Lyman & his wife by the author to the ffep. First edition. 8vo. ix, 325pp, including notes. Black cloth covered boards; silver titles to the spine; color printed dust jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two octavo volumes; (V.1) xvi, 510pp, with a folding map frontis, folding plate of Chinese characters opposite p 392; 24pp publisher's catalog dated October, 1843 at rear; (V. 2) vi 570. Volume I with bookplate of James Wickersham, Alaskan..... More
Paris: De L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1805. First Edition. Large paper copy. 4to. xiv, [2], 188 pp. Text in French. Fold-out map depicting the Silk road trade route; engraved plate. With Chinese characters in text. Contemporary black cloth spine over marbled paper covered boards; partial paper title label to spine. Wear to..... More
Boston: Branden Press, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 236 pp. INSCRIBED "To ***, a really neat / lady. Hope you enjoy / reading this book as much / as I did living it. / Sam Halpern." Near fine in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities; short closed tears; light fading to..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, December, 1904. Third Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 549pp + 2pp advertisements. Index. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Olive cloth with gilt & black lettering & illustration to spine & front board, TEG in publisher's dustjacket. A near fine copy (foxing to endpapers; minor wear to extremities;..... More
Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1968. First Edition. Quarto; xviii, 345pp; with 11 plates (2 color and 9 b/w plates. A Very Good to Near Fine copy. Large book; extra shipping charges may apply. More
Calcutta: Inspector General of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, 1903. First Edition. Quarto; 3 preliminary leaves, ii, 2 leaves, 118, 129pp. A Very Good copy (extremities and inner hinges tape-strengthened; broadside tipped to ffep, which also has a previous owner's name and 'Darjeeling May 21, 1904') in publisher's green cloth lettered..... More
Bern: Peter Lang Publishing, 2006. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; xiv, 327 pages. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 228 pp. Bibliography. Index. Fine in Fine dust jacket. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
New York: The Citadel Press, 1955. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author to Wallace Sterling, former President of Stanford University. First American Edition. 8vo. 183pp. Black & white frontispiece illustration; photographic portrait of author. Translated by Michael Bullock. Blue paper covered boards; gilt titles to spine. Minor wear to spine..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan And Pearce, 1941. Second Printing. Hardcover. 4to. 112 pp. Photo-plates. Tan cloth, illustrated endpapers in photo-illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (front & rear flap corners clipped; wear to extremities; creasing down front edge). The author/photographer spent a year in preparation for this book..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1947. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 468pp. Bibliography. Index. A Railroad Almanac. More than 100 illustrations from photographs and contemporary prints. Fine in near fine dust jacket (minor wear to extremities with small loss at spine head; short closed tear to upper rear corner). The story of the..... More
[London]: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1917-1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume II, Parts I - IX and Index, complete. Octavo; 9ii0, 228pp with several front wrappers bound in. Several fold-outs. Illustrations. “Pictographic Reconnaissances: Being Discoveries, Recoveries, etc." was published in nine issues of the JRAS between 1917 and 1928..... More
Camden, Maine: International Marine Publishing Company, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 304pp. Bibliography; Index.Over 600 Photo-illustrations & drawings of most of the tools used in the martime travels, mainly from 1800 onwards. Tan cloth in purple and yellow illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy (lower front board edged scraped; decorative bookplate..... More
Shanghai: Chunghwa Publishing, 1941. First Edition. Octavo; 88pp plus ads. A Good copy (much of spine lost, rear wrapper detached) in illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. More
New York: Institute of Pacific Relations, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; xii, 97pp. A review copy with publisher's slip tipped in. Near Fine copy in rose cloth with black and gold label at spine in very good dust jacket (tanning, edgewear, a couple of small snags at rear). "Today when..... More
London: Freemantle & Co, 1902. 1st. Hardcover. Large Paper Limited Edition #1 of 150 copies. Tall 8vo. xvii, 212; x, 208 pp. Numerous illustrations. SIGNED (vol. I) by the three artists. Edited by Austin Dobson and newly embellished by Edmund J. Sullivan, Claude Shepperton, and Herbert Railton. Three-quarter red leather..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1985. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 262pp. Glossary; Index. Photo-reproductions. Red cloth in illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy (owner blindstamp to ffep) in fine dustjacket. Here the author writes of her adult life in Africa, in particular the legendary personalities of Kenya between the wars, the men and..... More
Annapolis, MD: The Naval Institute Press, 1993. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 198 pp. Index. Photo-illustrations. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. The story of 800 sailors aboard the USS Sterett during her hazardaous and demanding duties in World War II. More
Honolulu: Institute of Pacific Relations, 1927. First Edition thus. Octavos; 14 booklets from 6pp to 36pp, generally in Very Good to Near Fine condition in staplebound wrappers. The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was established in 1925 to provide a forum for discussion of problems and relations between nations of..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1927. Limited Edition #49 of 525 copies. Hardcover. 8vo. 97; 146 pp. Frontispiece plate with tissue guard; double-page map. Publisher's half-black cloth spine over blue paper boards; gilt lettering; TEG housed in publisher's slipcase. Tour in Scotland retains original glassine dustjacket. A near fine set..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1837. New Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 375, (1) pp. 4 hand-colored engravings (including frontispiece); 15 diagrams; 2 large fold-out charts at rear. 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards; five raised bands, two black leather title labels & elaborate gilt stamping to spine; marbled edges & endpapers. A very..... More
Kobe: Japan Chronicle Office, 1923. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 107pp. Photo-illustrations. Stiff grey wrappers with black lettering to front cover. A very good copy (1" paper loss at spine ends; short closed tear; corners a bit worn; light soiling). A Record From the Reports of the "Japan Chronicle" of the Destruction..... More
Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1946. 1st. Paperback. First edition. 12mo. How to See Nikko, 32pp; How to See Yokohama & Kamakura, 14pp; How to See Fuji-Hakone, 24pp. Black & white illustrations; photographs; maps; drawings; advertisements. Minor creasing to corners of "How to See Fuji-Hakaone" with short closed tear to spine;..... More
Shanghai: The Shanghai Mercury, Limited, 1909. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Octavo; xxviii, 257pp. Complete with all 28 tissue-protected illustrations, including 2 folding maps (Gordon's Military Plan of the Country around Shangai at rear is 9 3/4" x 10 1/4"); additionally, there are 6 small unmentioned plans on plates. Very Good..... More