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CHINA Booklist April 2000




                        CHINA Booklist April 2000

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>1.  Joan Blaeu/Martino Martini, S.J.
>    Novus Atlas Sinensis 1655
>    Faksimile Reprint Stuttgart 1974. Portfolio of 17 color plates and title
>    with modern descriptive text. Internally excellent, some tears
>    at inner hinge of folding boards and outer box. [early maps of China 
>    reprinted]            
>    $ 350.00
>
>2.  Thaddee Yong Ann-Yuen, O.S.B.
>    Aux Origines Du Conflit Mandchou Chine-Japon-Paix de Versailles
>    Paris 1934. Preface V.K. Wellington Koo. Map. Wrappers.
>    $ 50.00
>
>3.  Philip B. Yampolsky
>    The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch. The Text of the Tun-Huang
>    Manuscript Translated
>    New York/London: Columbia 1967. Cloth. Dustjacket.
>    $ 35.00 
>
>4.  Han Yu-Shan
>    Elements of Chinese Historiography
>    Hollywood: W.M. Hawley 1955. Illust. Penned underscoring, some other
>    markings. Cloth. Dustjacket. Still a nice copy.
>    $ 20.00
>
>5.  Karl L. Reichelt
>    Truth and Tradition in Chinese Buddhism. A Study of Chinese Mahayana
>    Buddhism
>    Shanghai: Commercial Press 1934 Revised and Enlarged Ed. Illust.
>    Some yellowing. Cloth minor wear.
>    $ 60.00
>
>6.  Lo Hsiang-Lin
>    Buddhist Rock Sculptures of the T'ang Dynasty at Kweilin
>    Hong Kong 1958. Map. Illust. Wrappers. [Chinese text only]
>    $ 25.00
>
>7.  Lo Hsiang-Lin
>    Kwang-Hsiao Monasery of Canton During the T'ang With Reference to
>    Sino-Indian Relations
>    Hong Kong 1960. Illust. Wrappers. [English preface, Chinese text.]
>    $ 25.00
>
>8.  Nancy Lee Swann(Tr.)
>    Food & Money In Ancient China. The Earliest Economic History of China
>    to A.D. 25 Han Shu 24 with related Texts
>    Princeton: Princeton University Press 1950. Illust. Cloth.
>    $ 90.00
>
>9.  Lewis Maverick(Ed.)
>    Economic Dialogues in Ancient China. Selections from the Kuan-Tzu..
>    Carbondale, Illinois 1954. Internally good in discolored cloth
>    $ 40.00
>
>10. Ying-shih Yu
>    Trade and Expansion in Han China. A Study in the Structure of
>    Sino-Barbarian Economic Relations
>    Berkeley: UC Press 1967. Penned scoring, notations. Cloth.
>    $ 15.00
>
>11. Maying Soong
>    The Art of Chinese Paper Folding for Young and Old
>    New York 1948. Illust. Paper some yellowing. Cloth light wear, soiling.
>    $ 15.00
>
>12. Wai-lim Yip
>    Ezra Pound's Cathay
>    Princeton: Princeton University Press 1969. Cloth. Dustjacket
>    $ 30.00
>
>13. Lewis Hodous
>    Folkways in China
>    London: Probsthain 1929. Illust. Bookplate. Owner inscription whited
>    out at front endpaper. Bookplate.Light cloth wear.
>    $ 35.00
>
>14. Bernhard Karlgren
>    Grammata Serica Recensa
>    Goteborg 1964(reprinted from BMFEA Stockholm 1957) Wrappers some
>    soiling, tearing. Owner inscription, few underlinings. Nice.
>    $ 37.50
>
>15. Bernhard Karlgren
>    Compendium of Phonetics in Ancient and Archaic Chinese
>    Goteborg 1963(reprinted from BMFEA Stockholm 1954). Pen 
>    underscorings. Wrappers some soiling, tearing. 
>    $ 20.00
>
>16. John L. Bishop
>    Studies in Chinese Literature[Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies XXI]
>    Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1966. Little underlining. Wrappers
>    $ 15.00
>
>17. Lien-Sheng Yang
>    Studies in Chinese Institutional History[Harvard-Yenching Institute
>    Studies XX]
>    Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1963. Penned underlining, some
>    notations. Wrappers some wear
>    $ 17.50
>
>18. K. Hemeling
>    English-Chinese Dictionary of the Standard Chinese Spoken Language..
>    Shanghai: Statistical Dept. of the Inspectorate General of Customs 
>    1916. Some yellowing. Later cloth. Minor soiling at endapers. 
>    $ 200.00
>
>19. David C. Graham
>    The Customs and Religion of the Ch'iang
>    Washington D.C.: Smithsonian 1958. illust. Ex-lib. Wrappers tearing
>    $ 22.50
>
>20. O. Briere, S.J.
>    Fifty Years of Chinese Philosophy 1898-1950
>    London 1956. Some pen underlining, notations. Cloth
>    $ 20.00
>
>21. Wing-tsit Chan
>    An Outline and an annotated Bibliography of Chinese Philosophy
>    New Haven: Yale 1969. Cloth. Dustjacket.
>    $ 35.00
>
>22. S. Wells Williams
>    A History of China. Being the Historical Chapters from "The Middle 
>    Kingdom"
>    New York: Scribner's 1897. Paper some yellowing. Few notations.
>    Nice ex-lib. Small bookplate of F.W. Williams. Front inner hinge cracked
>    $ 47.50
>
>23. Wolfram Eberhard
>    Chinese Fables & Parables. A Catalogue
>    Taipei 1974. Cloth
>    $ 15.00
>
>24. Wolfram Eberhard
>    Cantonese Ballads(Munich State Library Collections)
>    Taipei 1972. Cloth. [Chinese texts with brief English commentary]
>    $ 20.00
>
>25. Kinchen Johnson
>    Folksongs & Children-Songs from Peiping. I.
>    Taipei 1971. Bilingual Chinese-English text. Cloth.
>    $ 15.00
>
>25. Gerty Kallgren
>    Studies in Sung Time Colloquial Chinese as Revealed in Chiu Hi's 
>    Ts'uanshu
>    Stockholm 1958. Wrappers
>    $ 37.50
>
>26. Raymond B. Blakney
>    A Course in the Analysis of Chinese Characters
>    Peiping: The College of Chinese Studies [1948]. Nice in torn wrappers
>    $ 20.00
>
>27. P.T. Etherton and H. Hessell Tiltman
>    Manchuria The Cockpit of Asia
>    New York: Stokes 1932. Illust. A few leaves loose with tears at inner
>    margins. Else good in discolored cloth, rear inner hinge cracked.
>    [Japan in Manchuria]
>    $ 15.00
>
>28. P. Teilhard de Chardin
>    Lettres de Voyage 1923-1955, Recueillies et presentees par C. 
>    Aragonnes. 
>    Paris 1956. Illust. Some foxing, creasing but quite good in
>    loosening binding. Wrappers torn. Signature at endpaper.
>    $ 10.00
>
>29. J. Arnold
>    A Handbook to Canton, Macao and the West River
>    Hong Kong 1910 Eighth Ed. Small 79pp. booklet. Illust. Some
>    soiling but good in slightly worn wrappers.
>    $ 25.00
>
>30. G.D. Wu
>    Prehistoric Pottery in China
>    London: Kegan Paul 1938. Illust.Minor creasing. Internally good
>    in worn cloth, inner hinges split.
>    $ 37.50
>
>31. Matteo Ricci, S.J.
>    [Fonti Ricciane] Storia Dell'Introduzione del Cristianesimo in Cina.
>    Ed. Pasquale M. D'Elia, S.J.
>    Roma: La Libreria Dello Stato 1942-1949. 3 vols. Quarto. Illust. 
>    Wrappers. Boxed [Catholicism brought to China]
>    $ 600.00
>
>32. Richard L. Walker
>    China Under Communism. The First Five Years
>    New Haven: Yale 1955. Illust. Signed author dedication. Cloth discolor
>    $ 25.00
>
>33. Albert de Pouvourville
>    L'Empire du Milieu
>    Paris 1900. Illust. Paper yellowing, some marginal chipping. Few 
>    stains. Withal nice in worn cloth.
>    $ 15.00
>
>34. Liu Dunzhen
>    La Maison Chinoise
>    Paris 1980. Illust. Wrappers some creasing. [domestic architecture]
>    $ 22.50
>
>35. Chang Yi-nan
>    Read About China in Cursive Script
>    Taichung, Taiwan 1965. Chinese text. Booklet in wrappers
>    $ 10.00
>
>36. Richard L. Walker
>    The Multi-State System of Ancient China
>    Hamden, Connecticut 1953. Signed author dedication. Light cloth
>    wear. Penned name of author on spine.
>    $ 20.00
>
>37. Liu Ts'un-Yan
>    Wu Ch'eng-en His Life and Career
>    Leiden: Brill 1967. 97pp. booklet. Unsigned author dedication.
>    Wrappers marked up.
>    $ 15.00
>
>38. Hanna Rydh
>    Symbolism in Mortuary Ceramics
>    Stockholm 1929[Offprint from BMFEA] Plates. Wrappers
>    $ 20.00
>
>39. -----------
>    Excavation of a West Han Dynasty Site At Yen-tzu Ko-Ta Wan Ch'uan
>    Hsien Southwestern Shansi
>    Shanghai 1932. Quarto. Illust. Some pencilling. English-Chinese text.
>    Two corners chipped away. Good in wrappers. 
>    $ 37.50
>
>40. Weng T'ung-Wen
>    Repertoire des Dates Des Hommes Celebres des Song
>    Paris 1962. Quarto. Some minor cresing. Wrappers tearing at spine
>    $ 22.50
>
>41. Lancelot Forster
>    The New Culture in China
>    New York: Stokes 1936. Cloth faded
>    $ 17.50
>
>42. R.A.D. Forrest
>    The Chinese Language
>    London: Faber 1948. Some underlining, notes. Cloth some wear, discolor
>    $ 15.00
>
>43. Joseph R. Levenson and Franz Schurmann
>    China: An Interpretive History
>    Berkeley: UC Press 1969. Endpaper maps. Illust. Penned underlinings.
>    Cloth
>    $ 12.50
>
>44. T.H. Tsien
>    Written on Bamboo and Silk. The Beginnings of Chinese Books and
>    Inscriptions
>    Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1969. Illust. Cloth.
>    $ 37.50
>
>45. Li Po
>    The Works of Li Po The Chinese Poet. Transl. by Shigeyoshi Obata
>    Reprint New York 1965[1935]. Cloth. Dustjacket torn
>    $ 22.50
>
>46. J.J. Brandt
>    Modern Newspaper Chinese. Progressive Readings with Vocabularies Notes and 
>    Translations
>    Peiping: Vetch 1935. Cloth. Dustjacket.
>    $ 50.00
>
>47. Leslie R. Marchant
>    A Guide to the Archives and Records of protestant Christian Missions from                         the British Isles to China 1796-1914 Nedlands, Australia 1966. Cloth.     Dustjacket
>    $ 30.00
>
>48. Guy Boulais, S.J.(Tr.)
>    Manuel ou Code Chinois[Code des Ta-ts'ing]
>    Chang-hai 1924. Good ex-lib with rough edges. Wrappers worn. 
>    $ 90.00
>
>49. Herbert A. Giles(Tr.)
>    Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
>    Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh 1936. Fourth ed. Revised. Some minor creasing,
>    shaken loose in somewhat torn wrappers.
>    $ 37.50
>
>50. Evariste Regis Huc
>    The Chinese Empire
>    London: Longman 1855 First ed. 2 vols. Fold. colored map. Some yellowing,     bit
>    of spotting and minor creasing, one or two small notes. Withal a good, clean
>    copy in later three-quarters leather and boards. This is a sequel to
>    this priest's earlier travels through Tartary and Tibet.
>    $ 285.00
>
>51. Michel Beurdeley et al
>    Chinese Erotic Art
>    Ritland/Tokyo: Tuttle 1969. Quarto. Tipped-in color plates. Cloth light wear,
>    dustjacket tears.
>    $ 65.00
>
>52. Earl Swisher
>    China's Management of the American Barbarians. A Study of Sino-American 
>    relations, 1841-1861, with documents
>    New Haven: Yale 1953. Owner inscription. Cloth some darkening, soiling
>    $ 75.00
>
>53. Rev. John L. Nevius
>    China and the Chinese
>    New York: Harper 1869. Illust. Fold. map. Some minor foxing. Nice copy
>    with few owner inscriptions. Cloth sunned at spine
>    $ 95.00
>
>54. Ssu-Yu Teng
>    Chang Hsi and the Treaty of Nanking 1842
>    Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1944. Owner inscription. Cloth.
>    Dustjacket tears
>    $ 25.00
>
>55. Eric Sackheim(Tr.)
>    The Silent Zero, in Search of Sound. An anthology of Chinese Poems from the
>    Beginning through the Sixth Century. Calligraphy by Ch'en Yung-sen
>    New York 1968. Tipped-in calligraphy. Author/calligrapher signatures
>    Cloth. Dustjacket. Boxed
>    $ 40.00
>
>56. Sigurd Eliassen
>    Dragon Wang's River
>    London 1957. Illust. Map. Cloth.[Irrigation engineer describes  pre-WW II     Shensi]
>    $ 20.00
>
>57. Helmuth Stoecker
>    Deutschland und China im 19. Jahrhundert. Das Eindringen des
>    deutschen Kapitalismus
>    Berlin 1958. Boards. Dustjacket some tears.
>    $ 32.50
>
>58. Chou Hsiang-Kuang
>    A History of Chinese Buddhism
>    Allahbad 1955. Frontispiece. Boards. Dustjacket
>    $ 40.00
>
>59. John C. Ferguson
>    Survey of Chinese Art
>    Shanghai: Commercial Press 1940. Plates. Boards some wear at spine.
>    $ 90.00
>
>60. Fr. Carlo Suigo
>    In The Land of Mao Tse-Tung
>    London: Allen 1953. Illust. Cloth. Dustjacket tears. [Catholic
>    priest in China 1938-1945]
>    $ 20.00
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