London: William Heinemann, 1910. Third impression, December, 1910. Hardcover : xv 525 (526) : 30 photo illustrations and map of Peking : green linin boards with lettering in black and red seal. Corners bumped; head and tail of the spine tender; some foxing, especially to the endpapers and half title; arnmorial..... More
Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 1975. Hardcover : pp. [4 blank], [3], 437, [438] : English and Japanese text : burgundy cloth boards : gilt lettering to spine : white and red dust jacket with lettering in black : Japanese characters to front paste-down. More
London: Harvard University Press, 1996. Hardcover : pp. [i-iv], v-xxi, [xv], [1-2], 3-390, [391-402] : Presentation copy : Signed by author ''To John, with many thanks for those herculean efforts that got me started'' : Red cloth covered boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Mustard endpapers : Mustard dust..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover : pp. [i-vii], viii-xvii, [xviii], [1-3], 4-392 : Colour frontispiece, 'Sixteenth century gentleman with his ladies' : 22 illustrations : 22 pages of plates : General and Chinese index : Green cloth boards : Gilt lettering top and spine : Pale blue endpapers..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-v], v-xxi, [xxii], [1], 2-427, [428-430 : 82 illustrations : 24 tables : Dark green boards : Lettering in argent, cover and spine : Mustard endpapers : Illustrated wraps. All edges foxed : Very minor dent to foot of top board..... More
Hong Kong: Joint Publishing, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. xix, [xx], 1-640, [2 blank] : Olive cloth covered boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Illustrated wrapper designed by Oscar Lai : Sticker to back paste-down. Small dent to back of wrapper at head. "This dictionary follows the highly succesful..... More
Tokyo: Enderle, 1963. Hardcover : pp. [2], vi, 290, [2 blank] : Cream paper boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Red stamp free-endpaper : Card loosley inserted : Dust jacket in blue,black and olive : Slip case : Previous owners blind embossed name stamp : Paper price note attached..... More
Taipei: Southern Materials Center, 1976. Hardcover : reprinted from the Peking Natural History Bulletin, Volume 5. Part iv, pp. 37-80 and Volume 6, Part i, pp. 1-102 (unpaginated) : 4 pages of illustrations : red cloth boards : gilt lettering : previous price sticker lower board. Edges age toned. Originally published..... More
Taipei: Southern Materials Center, 1977. Hardcover : pp. [6], [1], 95 ( Turtle and Shellfish) [3], [1], 98 (Avian Drugs) : some illustrations : index to Chinese terms : blue cloth boards : gilt lettering : previous price sticker on lower board : paper with Chinese characters loosely inserted. All edges..... More
Taipei: Southern Materia Center, 1977. Hardcover : pp. [6], 90 (Famine Foods), [8], [1], 29, [30] (Mahuang), [4], 52, [2] : illustrated throughout : claret cloth boards : gilt lettering : previous price written in pen front paste-down : previous price sticker back paste-down : papers loosely inserted. All edges age..... More
Tokyo: Daito, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-iv], v-xv, [xvi], [1], 2-383, [384-386] : Quarter leather bound : Red cloth : Blind embossed symbol to lower board : Gilt lettering to spine : Ink stamps to endpapers : Previous owner's name blind embossed to title and dedication pages... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [vi], xxiv, [xxxi], 339, [342 : some illustration within text : foreword by I. Bernard Cohen : grey cloth boards : lettering in argent to spine : price clipped : white and grey dust jacket : lettering in black..... More
Shanghai: People's Art Publishing House, 1956. Hardcover : 248pp (unpaginated) : photo illustrations throughout : green endpapers with stylised water design : claret coloured cloth boards with gilt embossed lettering : water design continued on the dust jacket. Two tears to the dustjacket: a 2cm vertical tear at the head of..... More
Arizona ; Michigan: Association for Asian Studies, 1987 ; 1993. Hardcovers : vol 1 : pp. [vi] xlix [2] 302 : vol 2 : pp. [2] [v] xxviii [1] 288 [290] : beige cloth boards : lettering in red to both : dragon design to top board vol 2... More
Taipei: Southern Materials Center, 1977. Facsimile. Hardcover : pp. [2], [v], xxviii, [1], 906, [908] : 24 plates including frontispiece, Dr. Sun Yat-sen : 14 text figures : 29 half-tone plates : preface to first and second editions : green textured boards : gilt lettering : bookseller sticker to front..... More
Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover : pp. (2) (iv) v-xxv 465 (466) : dark blue cloth covered boards lettered in argent on spine : textured cream paper dust wrapper lettered in black : cream bellyband lettered in kanji on spine. Dustwrapper and bellyband are both a little..... More