1. [Jones, Sir William] / [Franklin, Benjamin] / John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth.

Memoirs of The Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones [With a little Essay by Jones on the Grecian Orators: “De Graecis Oratoribus”].

A New Edition. London, Sold by John Hatchard (Bookseller to her Majesty), 1807. Octavo (13.6 cm wide x 21.3 cm high). XIV, [3], 636 pages including an Appendix. Hardcover / Original, very decorative half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Bining a bit rubbed but overall in a firm and very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The interior in bright and excellent condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

2. Eichhorn, Johann Gottfried.

Geschichte des ostindischen Handels vor Mohámmed [Teil einer kleinen Sammlung mit zwei weiteren Schriften Eichhorn’s zur “Urgeschichte des erlauchten Hauses der Welfen” (Hannover, 1816 / Ehemaliges Exemplar der “Liverpool Free Public Library” in einem sagenhaften Bibliothekseinband des 18.Jahrhunderts (rotes Maroquin mit blingeprägtem Einbanddeckel “Liverpool free public library” und lackierten Vorsatzblaettern) sowie Halb-Band 1 und 2 der “Allgemeinen Geschichte der Cultur und Litteratur des neueren Europa” (Goettingen, 1796) – siehe Photos].

Gotha, Carl Wilhelm Ettinger, 1775. Klein-Oktav. V, 82 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Ganzleder des 18.Jahrhunderts mit reicher Rückenvergoldung. Unteres und oberes Kapital mit kleineren Fehlstellen. Die seltene Originalbindung bis auf kleinere Schaeden in sehr guter Erhaltung. Der originale Buchblock von den schoenen, originalen Vorsatzpapieren flankiert und tadellos erhalten. Sehr selten !

3. Pfeiffer, August / [M. Nicolao Polemanno, Lüneburg].

Disquisitio Prima De Lingua Ebraica (Respondente M. Nicolao Polemanno, Lüneburgensi) in: “Introductio In Orientem” sive Synopsis Quaestionum Nobiliorum De Origine, Natura, usu et Adminiculis Lingg. (Linguae) Orientalium et Plerarumque Extra Europam: Ebraicae, Chaldaicae, Syriacae, Samaritanae, Punicae, Arabicae, Aethiopicae, Armenicae, Persicae, Turcicae, Copticae, Iberiae, Sinicae, Japonicae, Congensiae, Malaicae &c.

Editio Tertia. Jena, Heinrich Christoph Cröker, 1715. Klein Oktav. 24 nn., 190 Seiten plus 14 Seiten Index Literarum et Vocum Ebraicarum / Index Queastionum et rerum / Index Autorum //. Originaler Pappband der Zeit. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalausgabe. Kleine Läsur am Titelblatt (fachmännsich hinterlegt) / Excellent condition of this rare and early publication on the Hebrew Language.

4. Iversen, Erik.

The Myth of Egypt and its Hieroglyphs in European Tradition.

Copenhagen, Gec Gad Publishers, 1961. 4°. 178 Pages, XXIV Pages (Plates). Hardcover. Very decorative, private Half-Morocco with gilt Lettering on the Spine. Near Fine in wonderful binding (original wrappers bound in).

5. [Abbé Carré] The Hakluyt Society.

The Travels of the Abbé Carré in India and the Near East 1672 to 1674. Volume III: Return Journey to France with an account of the Sicilian Revolt against Spanish rule at Messina. Translated from the manuscript journal of his travels in the India Office (now the Commonwealth Relations Office) by Lady Fawcett and edited by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. Volume Three: Return to France with an account of the Sicilian revolt against Spanish rule at Messina.

London, The Hakluyt Society, 1948. 22.6cm x 14.6cm. XXIII pages plus pages 677 to 984 of the overall publication. Including the Index for all three Volumes. With a fold-out-map of the “East Coast of India from Masulipatam to Negapatam”. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The Hakluyt Society: Second Series, No. XCVII.]

6. Clough, Ralph N.

Island China. A Twentieth Century Fund Study.

First Edition. Cambridge/London, Harvard University Press, 1978. 14,8 x 21,2 cm. IX, 264 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear and slight discolorations on front endpaper.

7. Fischer, Edward.

Maybe a Second Spring. The Story of the Missionary Sisters of St. Columban in China. [With County Cork Connection]

New York, Crossroad, 1983. 23.4cm x 15.8cm. 200 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. Roberts, J.A.G.

A History of China. Prehistory to c. 1800.

First Edition. Stroud, Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1996. 18 x 25,4 cm XVIII, 252. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on front endpaper. [A History of China – Volume I].

9. Goddard, W.G.

Formosa – A Study in Chinese History.

Second Printing of authorised Taiwan Edition. London/Melbourne/Toronto, Macmillan, 1983. 15 x 21,5 cm. XVII, 229 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and slight creasing.

10. 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 !