I recently purchased a group of James Imray charts depicting sea routes to China and Japan, and coastal China dating back to the old China Trade days, including some of the legendary “Eastern Passages” series. This acquisition inspired me to comb the shelves of Howland and Company and Ten Pound Island for supporting material.
I came up with about 50 books – nothing really rare, but a good cross section of works about China’s history and culture, focusing mostly on the China Trade days, and artifacts therefrom.
To order or ask for additional information, it’s best to email us at tenpound@tenpound.com or to send us a message using the “Contact” tab on our website at tenpound.com. Our phone number is (978) 283-5299, but emails are usually answered first.
As with our other low-priced subject lists, we will be charging for postage. $5 for the first book, $3.50 for each additional.
Enjoy!
Augur, Helen.
Tall Ships to Cathay.
Doubleday & Company, ( 1951), New York
255 pp
Item #:41243
Price: $20
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Blakeney, William.
On the Coasts of Cathay and Cipango Forty Years Ago.
Elliot Stock, ( 1902), London
xx, 354 pp. 19 maps (18 folding); 72 plates (1 colored).
Item #:41241
Price: $750
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Boit, John.
Log of the Union.
(Oregon Historical Society), ( 1981), n.p
oblong 4to. 136 pp. b/w illus.
Item #:41248
Price: $20
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Campbell, George.
China Tea Clippers.
David McKay Company., ( (1974)), NY
156 pp. b/w plates, plans.
Item #:41261
Price: $20
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Carpenter, Francis Ross.
The Old China Trade.
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, ( (1976)), NY
b/w ills. 152 pp.
Item #:41236
Price: $30
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Cary, Thomas G.
Memoir of Thomas Handasyd Perkins.
Little, Brown and Company, ( 1856), Boston
304 pp. b/w frontispiece.
Item #:41208
Price: $50
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Cary, Thomas G.
Memoir of Thomas Handasyd Perkins.
Little, Brown and Company, ( 1856), Boston
304 pp. b/w frontispiece.
Item #:41233
Price: $100
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Chart.
Chart of the Coast of China Extending from Hong Kong to the River Yang-Tse.
James Imray and Son, ( 1868), London
Blueback chart edged in linen, 51 x 39 3/4 inches.
Item #:41254
Price: $1000
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Chart.
Coast of China between Formosa Island & Pe-Chi-Li Gulf. (Eastern Passages to China and Japan) (Chart No.8)
James Imray and Son, ( 1867), London
Blueback chart measuring 40 1/2 x 51 inches.
Item #:41253
Price: $500
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Chart.
East Coast of China. Approaches to the Yangtze Kiang.
Department of the Navy. Bureau of Navigation, ( n.d.), n.p.
Chart on heavy paper. 46 x 27 inches.
Item #:41255
Price: $150
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Chart.
East India Archipelago. (Eastern Passages to China and Japan) (Chart No. 2).
James Imray and Son, ( 1886), London
Blueback chart with linen-taped edges. It measures 50 x 41 inches.
Item #:41256
Price: $250
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East India Archipelago. (Eastern Passages to China and Japan) (Chart No. 4).
James Imray and Son, ( 1864), London
Blueback chart measuring 41 x 50 1/2 inches.
Item #:41258
Price: $250
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Chart.
Japan Islands. (Eastern Passages to China and Japan) (Chart No. 9).
James Imray and Son, ( 1870), London
Blueback chart measuring 51 x 40 1/2 inches.
Item #:41257
Price: $250
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(China Trade Paintings).
Eight Catalogs from the Martyn Gregory Gallery, 1980 – 2010.
Martyn Gregory, London
Various paginations. Color and b/w illustrations.
Item #:41220
Price: $150
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Conner, Patrick.
George Chinnery. 1774-1852. Artist of India and the China Coast.
Antique Collectors Club, ( (1993)), (Woodbridge, Suffolk)
Large 8vo., 320 pp. Color and b/w plates.
Item #:41223
Price: $50
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Conner, Patrick.
The Hongs of Canton.
English Art Books, ( (2009)), (London)
4to. (6), 296 pp. Color and b/w plates.
Item #:41212
Price: $75
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Crossman, Carl L.
The Decorative Arts of the China Trade.
Antique Collectors' Club, ( (1997)), (Suffolk, UK)
4to. 462 pp. color, b/w plates.
Item #:41249
Price: $35
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Dolin, Jay.
When America First Met China.
Liveright Publishing Corporation, ( (2012)), New York
xviii, 394, (1) pp. b/w plates
Item #:41263
Price: $15
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Donnelly, Ivon A.
Chinese Junks.
Kelly and Walsh, ( n.d), (Shanghai)
28 tipped in b.w plates with captions
Item #:41121
Price: $100
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Faber, Ernst. Translated from the German by P. G. von Moellendorff
A Systematical Digest of the Doctrines of Confucius…
The China Mail Office, ( 1875), Hongkong
Tall 8vo. viii, 131 pp.
Item #:41245
Price: $200
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