Here is a short list of rare and scarce printed books, pamphlets, and ephemeral material pertaining to China and its history. Some are unknown to Worldcat or institutional libraries; others haven’t appeared in the trade for decades, or exist online only as POD copies. All are in good or better condition, and few will turn up again any time soon. Enjoy!
#1:
The Ladies’ Directory or Red Book for Shanghai for the Year 1910.
Printed and published at the Offices of the North-China Daily News & Herald, ( 1909), Shanghai
176 pp; 56 pp for note-taking at rear (pages unused). Printed in red and black. Red title page decoration.
Item #:40367
Price: $350
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The Ladies’ Directory or Red Book for Shanghai for the Year 1910.
Printed and published at the Offices of the North-China Daily News & Herald, ( 1909), Shanghai
176 pp; 56 pp for note-taking at rear (pages unused). Printed in red and black. Red title page decoration.
Item #:40367
Price: $350
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#2:
Shanghai Dollar Directory.
Mercury Press, ( 1937), Shanghai
xxiv, 916 pp. b/w ills in text.
Item #:40362
Price: $450
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Shanghai Dollar Directory.
Mercury Press, ( 1937), Shanghai
xxiv, 916 pp. b/w ills in text.
Item #:40362
Price: $450
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#3:
Allom, Thomas.(G. N. Wright, author).
The Chinese Empire: Historical and Descriptive. Illustrating the Manners and Customs of the Chinese in a Series of Steel Engravings, from Original Sketches.
London Printing and Publishing Company, ( circa 1860), London
4to. xl, 106; xiii, 116 pp. b/w engraved plates, maps.
Item #:40383
Price: $350
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Allom, Thomas.(G. N. Wright, author).
The Chinese Empire: Historical and Descriptive. Illustrating the Manners and Customs of the Chinese in a Series of Steel Engravings, from Original Sketches.
London Printing and Publishing Company, ( circa 1860), London
4to. xl, 106; xiii, 116 pp. b/w engraved plates, maps.
Item #:40383
Price: $350
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#4:
An Old Resident (William C. Hunter).
The Fan Kwae at Canton Before Treaty Days. 1825-1844
The Oriental Affairs, ( (1938)), Shanghai
97, (1) pp. b/w folding chart.
Item #:40392
Price: $150
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An Old Resident (William C. Hunter).
The Fan Kwae at Canton Before Treaty Days. 1825-1844
The Oriental Affairs, ( (1938)), Shanghai
97, (1) pp. b/w folding chart.
Item #:40392
Price: $150
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#5:
Bell, H.T. Montague and H.G.W. Woodhead.
The China Year Book 1919-20. With a Map of Mongolia.
George Routledge & Sons, London
xx, 762, (2) pp.
Item #:40372
Price: $500
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Bell, H.T. Montague and H.G.W. Woodhead.
The China Year Book 1919-20. With a Map of Mongolia.
George Routledge & Sons, London
xx, 762, (2) pp.
Item #:40372
Price: $500
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#6:
Bruce, C. D.
The Provinces of China, Together with a History of the First Year of H.I.M. Hsuan Tung, and an Account of the Government of China.
The National Review Office, ( 1910), Shanghai
Large 8vo. 187, (3) pp. Maps; full page business advertisements.
Item #:40349
Price: $300
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Bruce, C. D.
The Provinces of China, Together with a History of the First Year of H.I.M. Hsuan Tung, and an Account of the Government of China.
The National Review Office, ( 1910), Shanghai
Large 8vo. 187, (3) pp. Maps; full page business advertisements.
Item #:40349
Price: $300
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#7:
Dobell, Peter.
Travels in Kamchatka and Siberia; With a Narrative of a Residence in China.
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, ( 1830), London
Two volumes. ix,(1), 351, (1); x, 341, (3) pp. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece in each volume.
Item #:40350
Price: $2250
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Dobell, Peter.
Travels in Kamchatka and Siberia; With a Narrative of a Residence in China.
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, ( 1830), London
Two volumes. ix,(1), 351, (1); x, 341, (3) pp. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece in each volume.
Item #:40350
Price: $2250
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#8:
Downing, Twogood.
The Fan-Qui in China, in 1836-7.
Henry Colburn, ( 1838), London
12mo. Three volumes. xiv, 316; xi, 306; xii, 327 pp. b/w frontispieces, title cuts.
Item #:40390
Price: $450
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Downing, Twogood.
The Fan-Qui in China, in 1836-7.
Henry Colburn, ( 1838), London
12mo. Three volumes. xiv, 316; xi, 306; xii, 327 pp. b/w frontispieces, title cuts.
Item #:40390
Price: $450
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#9:
Drury, W.P.
The Ferret: A Chronicle of the “Constance,” her Crew, and Her Cruises…
A.H. Swiss, ( n.d.), Devonport
Small 4to. viii, 280 pp. Tinted lithograph frontispiece.
Item #:40389
Price: $300
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Drury, W.P.
The Ferret: A Chronicle of the “Constance,” her Crew, and Her Cruises…
A.H. Swiss, ( n.d.), Devonport
Small 4to. viii, 280 pp. Tinted lithograph frontispiece.
Item #:40389
Price: $300
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#10:
Dye, Daniel Sheets.
A Grammar Of Chinese Lattice.
Harvard University Press, ( 1937), Cambridge, MA
Two 4to vols. 231-469 pp. b/w plates and ills. throughout.
Item #:40366
Price: $750
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Dye, Daniel Sheets.
A Grammar Of Chinese Lattice.
Harvard University Press, ( 1937), Cambridge, MA
Two 4to vols. 231-469 pp. b/w plates and ills. throughout.
Item #:40366
Price: $750
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#11:
Dyson, Professor Verne.
A Hong Kong Governor and His Famous Hymns (and Other Essays).
Macao Review, ( n.d. Circa 1930), Macao
20 pp. b/w frontispiece.
Item #:40361
Price: $200
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Dyson, Professor Verne.
A Hong Kong Governor and His Famous Hymns (and Other Essays).
Macao Review, ( n.d. Circa 1930), Macao
20 pp. b/w frontispiece.
Item #:40361
Price: $200
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#12:
Ephemera.
Map of Shanghai. Compliments of Navy Y.M.C.A. Shanghai, China.
Navy YMCA, ( 1938), Shanghai
13 x 25 inches, duotone (red and black) map folds into a printed card cover (6 3/4 x 3 1/2").
Item #:40373
Price: $600
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Ephemera.
Map of Shanghai. Compliments of Navy Y.M.C.A. Shanghai, China.
Navy YMCA, ( 1938), Shanghai
13 x 25 inches, duotone (red and black) map folds into a printed card cover (6 3/4 x 3 1/2").
Item #:40373
Price: $600
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#13:
Ephemera.
Scrapbook Including a 1915 Tour of Hong Kong and Canton.
Folio. 85 pp. with typescript and manuscript text, photos, clippings, and ephemeral items tipped in.
Item #:40379
Price: $4500
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Ephemera.
Scrapbook Including a 1915 Tour of Hong Kong and Canton.
Folio. 85 pp. with typescript and manuscript text, photos, clippings, and ephemeral items tipped in.
Item #:40379
Price: $4500
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#14:
Ferguson, John C.
Notes on Chinese Banking System in Shanghai.
Royal Asiatic Society, ( 1906), (Shanghai)
(1), 56-82 pp.
Item #:40358
Price: $250
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Ferguson, John C.
Notes on Chinese Banking System in Shanghai.
Royal Asiatic Society, ( 1906), (Shanghai)
(1), 56-82 pp.
Item #:40358
Price: $250
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#15:
Fong, Wong Yu.
Historical Review of Clonorchiasis.
Published for Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Chinese Six Companies) by Chinese World and Fred A. Borland, ( (1927)), San Francisco and Berkeley
12mo. 102 pp text in English; 130 pp text in Chinese. b/w photo-illustrated plates.
Item #:40375
Price: $1500
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Fong, Wong Yu.
Historical Review of Clonorchiasis.
Published for Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Chinese Six Companies) by Chinese World and Fred A. Borland, ( (1927)), San Francisco and Berkeley
12mo. 102 pp text in English; 130 pp text in Chinese. b/w photo-illustrated plates.
Item #:40375
Price: $1500
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#16:
Forbes, Archibald.
Chinese Gordon: A Succinct Record of His Life.
John B. Alden, ( 1884), New York
12mo. 215 pp. b/w frontispiece portrait.
Item #:40368
Price: $50
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Forbes, Archibald.
Chinese Gordon: A Succinct Record of His Life.
John B. Alden, ( 1884), New York
12mo. 215 pp. b/w frontispiece portrait.
Item #:40368
Price: $50
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#17:
Gutzlaff, Karl.
Chinese Missionary Pamphlet, “The Perfect Mans Model”
( 1836), Singapore
Stab sewn 8vo. 60 pp.
Item #:40378
Price: $1500
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Gutzlaff, Karl.
Chinese Missionary Pamphlet, “The Perfect Mans Model”
( 1836), Singapore
Stab sewn 8vo. 60 pp.
Item #:40378
Price: $1500
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#18:
Hart, Robert.
The I.G. in Peking.
Belknap Press, ( 1975), Cambridge, MA
2 vols. xxvi, (825); 1625 pp. b/w plates.
Item #:40382
Price: $85
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Hart, Robert.
The I.G. in Peking.
Belknap Press, ( 1975), Cambridge, MA
2 vols. xxvi, (825); 1625 pp. b/w plates.
Item #:40382
Price: $85
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#19:
Hubbard,G. E.
The Temples of the Western Hills Visited from Peking.
La Librairie Francaise; Tientsin Press, Ltd,, ( 1923), Peking and Tientsin
5 preliminary leaves, [3]-76, [4 pp. b/w photos, color folding map.
Item #:40352
Price: $850
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Hubbard,G. E.
The Temples of the Western Hills Visited from Peking.
La Librairie Francaise; Tientsin Press, Ltd,, ( 1923), Peking and Tientsin
5 preliminary leaves, [3]-76, [4 pp. b/w photos, color folding map.
Item #:40352
Price: $850
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#20:
Hummel, Arthur W.
Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period (1644-1912).
USGPO, ( 1943), Washington, DC
2 vols. 4to. xi, 604-1103 pp.
Item #:40381
Price: $150
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Hummel, Arthur W.
Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period (1644-1912).
USGPO, ( 1943), Washington, DC
2 vols. 4to. xi, 604-1103 pp.
Item #:40381
Price: $150
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