1. Asia – Kircher, Athanasius. (1602-1680).

Tabula Geographica Hydrophylacium Asiae Majoris Exhibens, quo Omnia Flumina sive proxime sive remote per occultos maeandros Originem suam Sortiuntur.

Original copper engraving. Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 41.2 cm x 34.2 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 39.2 cm. Original Map in very good condition. Very minor traces of browning to outer margins.

2. Asia – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Asia – With Vignettes of Petra, Tartars, Russian Peasants, The Walrus, Sun-Birds of India and the Philippine Isles.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by J. Marchant and Engraved by J.B. Allen. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 31.8 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

3. Barneby, W. Henry.

The New Far West and The Old Far East – Being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, Etc. With Maps and Illustrations. [Including an Appendix on the Supplementary Treaty of Commerce between the United States and Japan].

London, Edward Stanford, 1889. Quarto. Frontispiece, X, 316 pages with three large fold-out-maps in colour and eight illustrations in black-and-white. Hardcover / Stunning 19th century prize-binding in beautiful full tan calf bearing the Arms of Monmouth Grammar School [with their Motto “Serve and Obey”]. Inscription and embossed stamp of Monmouth – Grammar School to endpaper. Dedicated by Headmaster C.M.Roberts to former pupil W.A.Lamb in July 1890. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

4. De Wohl, Louis.

Set All Afire – A Novel of St. Francis Xavier. The biblical quotations are in the translation of Ronald Knox.

London, The Catholic Book Club, 1953. 13 cm x 19 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor discolouration to page margins, edges but mostly to endpapers. Ephemera loosely inserted as Catholic Book Club flyer. Last page creased slightly.

5. Fairbank, John K./ Reischauer, Edwin O.

China – Tradition and Transformation.

First Edition. Harvard, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. 17,4 x 23,4 cm 472 pages. Original softcover. This is the first Harvard Edition from 1973 ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on the half title.

6. Fitch, Geraldine.

Formosa Beachhead.

Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1953. 8°. VIII, 267 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with the original dustjacket in protective collector’s – mylar.. Very good condition. Minor signs of wear. A very rare book in excellent condition !

7. Fitzgerald, C.P.

The Birth of Communist China.

Middlesex, Penguin Books Ltd., 1971. 11cm x 18 cm. 288 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages discoloured throughout. Spotting to endpapers and inside cover only.

8. Hersey, John.

A Single Pebble.

London, Corgi Books, 1966. 11 cm x 18 cm. 143 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Discolouration to pages throughout but mostly to endpapers and inside covers. Spine sunned.

9. Lloyd, Sarah.

China erfahren: Ein Reisebericht. Deutsch von Petra Post und Andrea von Struve.

Reinbek, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 1990. 11,5 x 19cm. 344 Seiten, mit Schwarzweißabbildungen. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand. [rororo Neue Frau, Band 12339].

10. Maspero, Henri.

Taosim and Chinese Religion. Translated by Frank A. Kierman, Jr.

First published in French by Gallimard 1971. Amherst, Massachussetts, The University of Massachussetts Press, 1981. 16 cm x 22 cm. 578 pages. Two pages of black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The Rare Hardcover Edition !