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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