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Last updated January 11, 2012


1. Atkinson, Thomas. ORIENTAL AND WESTERN SIBERIA: A NARRATIVE OF SEVEN YEARS ' EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN SIBERIA, MONGOLIA, THE KIRGHIS STEPPES, CHINESE TARTARY, AND PART OF CENTRAL ASIA.. J.W. Bradley, 1859. 483 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners rubbed through. There is a small piece of the cloth torn away from the front board on the bottom right corner. Some staining and stained spots to the front and back board. A few pages have small smudges or foxed spots. $35.00

2. Fryer, Jane Eayre. CHINAMAN'S CHANCE.. Boston: Meador, 1943. 198 pages. Bright blue cloth covers. Light shelf wear. This copy is has two pasted-in slips autographed by the author both in English and in Chinese characters. $22.50

3. Jones, Myrta. THE LAST DAYS OF PEKIN.. Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1902. 296 pages. Colorful pictorial binding shows light shelf wear. A beautiful copy. $125.00

4. Knox, Thomas W. OVERLAND THROUGH ASIA:. 608: American Publishing Company, 1871. 608 pages. Heavy shelfware to the spine edges and corners. There are some chips missing from the cloth at the bottom and top of the spine. The hinges and joints are cracked, but the binding is holding. Some fading and discoloration to the covers. $55.00

5. Moser, Michael J.-editor. FOREIGN TRADE, INVESTMENT AND THE LAW IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. 341 pages. Slight shelf wear to book and d.j. $3.25

6. Palmer, Spencer J. ASIAN PERSPECTIVES: KOREA, JAPAN, CHINA, PAKISTAN.. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1975. 39 pages. Signed by the author. Paperbound covers. Some shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $15.00

7. Winters, Edgar S. MA CHEUK: (ALSO CALLED "MAH JONG", "PUNG CHOW" AND "MA MUNG" ) AS PLAYED BY THE CHINESE.. New York: E.P. Dutton & company, 1923. 161 pages. Second printing. Original yellow cloth covers and show some soiling and wear to the edges of the corners and spine. Small frayed spot in middle of spine from small puncture to the cloth, but not serious. A couple of pages have a small tear and crease from being folded at the edges. The binding is tight. A very scarce title. $125.00

8. Young, Arthur N. CHINA AND THE HELPING HAND, 1937-1945.. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1963. 502 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has slight edge-wear. $17.50

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