Chinese History, Literature, And Institutions from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1925. Very Good, no jacket, in publisher's original illustrated paper covered boards, former owner names and bookplates front end pages, rubbed at joints and edges, 1/4" loss of paper at head of spine. Uncommon. 146, iii (Index), pages containing 242 "quips". "The main object of this book is to exhibit some specimens of the wit… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez De Bure, Barrois Aîné et Barrois Jeune, 1784. Two volumes bound in full contemporary red morocco, the back intricate floral gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, the armorial bookplates of De Verdon front paste downs. 5" x 3". ii, 246, xxxix, 230, pages. Very Good, the boards soiled, small hole front gutter Vol. I. The first… Read more about this item

London: J. Murray / The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, 1866. SCARCE pp. 128-156 (33 pages) with fold-out map - "The City of Peking from a Survey by Capt. Bouvier , of the French Engineers 1862" , . The map is Near Fine, 1" tear at right edge. In original dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering… Read more about this item

New York: Privately Printed for A. W. Bahr, 1927. Printed by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. at the Lakeside Press, Chicago. Fine in original green cloth with black label at spine printed and ruled in gilt, in unprinted brown paper jacket, Near Fine, chip at bottom edge of spine. Prior owner's name label front flap and his small bookplate… Read more about this item

Wiesbaden, Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH, 1977. Vol.I published 1977, Vol.II, 1979, Vol.III, 1981, Vol. IV, 1988, Vol. V, 1994. Five volumes, Near Fine, corner creases top corner Vol. V. Internally clean, bright and unmarked. There was also a Vol. VI, published in 1998, not included in this offering, . First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.… Read more about this item

Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1930. RARE. Published 1930-32. "On the Medicine of the Uighurs". Text in German.Two volumes bound in contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettering back, beige end papers, original wrappers bound in at rear. (2), 25, 2 plates, (2), 50 pp., 3 plates, wrappers. From the collection of noted Inner Asian Studies scholar Denis… Read more about this item

London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1911. Near Fine, end papers toned, slight fading to rear boards. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering at spine. xx, 100, (2) Appendix pages. Interior clean, tight, and unmarked. Uncommon in lovely condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Wiesbaden, Germany: Otto Harrassowitz, 1952. Vols. I and II published 1952, Vol. III, 1955. Hauer's classic Manchurian-German dictionary, RARE in the First Edition. Three volumes in original printed wrappers, Very Good, small tears and wear ay spines. pages uniformly browning, chips at wrapper corners of Vol. III. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item

Tientsin, China: Reprinted in China, 1940. Four volumes bound in blue/grey cloth, Good, the cloth worn and soiled, one hinge each in Vols. I and II, and both in Vol. IV broken, the bindings still holding well. Faint damping bottom edges Vol. III. Interiors clean and unmarked. Prior owner name stamp of Richard W. Powell, noted University of Hawaii anthropologist.… Read more about this item

New York: A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc., 1916. A RARE catalogue, and in lovely condition, of the major importer of Oriental goods into America from 1866 to 1921. Very Good Plus in original full color pictorial wrappers, 120 pp. plus 2 order pages at rear, pre-addressed envelope tipped at page 106. numerous black and white and color photographs throughout, small… Read more about this item

Chefoo, China: Women's Bible School, American Presbyterian Mission No Date, circa 1930. Near Fine, pages with light toning. Oblong folio, 10" x 13 3/4". Bound in beautiful red pictorial embossed silk over limp boards, string-tied, 28 pp of cut-out illustrations in black and white, many with colorful silk inlays, with tissue guards, publisher's 1 page explanatory leaf laid in,… Read more about this item

Helsinki, Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, 1940. Two volumes in original dustjackets. Both volumes are Fine, Vol.I dustjacket Very Good, 1 1/2" triangular chip bottom edge at spine, tears at spine folds and 2 tears horizontally at spine, Vol. II jacket Near Fine, small chips bottom edge of spine. List of donors laid in. One folding plate (map index), 15 folding maps… Read more about this item

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good, sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers, rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp… Read more about this item

No Place: China Painting Association, 1974. Both volumes Near Fine, small marginal stains first 3 pages of No. 1. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ Press, 1991. "In almost every case the topics of the individual papers are treated here for the first time in English." Important and scarce scholarly work. Small closed tear top edge of dustjacket, and spine of dj lightly faded. Prior owner name and chop mark front endpage, that of noted China scholar Lynn Struve.. First American… Read more about this item