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	BLOOMFIELD A., & Y. TSHERING Learning Practical Tibetan. . Ithaca, Snow Lion Publs. 1998,202pp. v.g. paperback. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: F1196HK Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	NEVES M.S. & BRIDGES B. ( EDS ) Europe, China and the Two Sars 0. A full-scale study of contemporary economic, political and security relations between Western Europe ( now represented by the European Union ) and China and its two emerging special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Bound. Dustwrapper. xii, 284pp. MacMillan, 2000, 288pp. fine hardback. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: M086 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	GREINER, LEO (TRANSL.) Chinesische Abende. Novellen Und Geschichten . In Gemeinsch. m. Tsou Ping Shou a.d. chinesischen Ursprache übertr. v. Leo Greiner.Berlin, Erich Reiß Verlag, 1922. 217 [1] pp.With 10 Orginal lithographies by Emil Orlik. cloth spine with handmade paper covered boards. t.e.g. Binding rubbed. [GL]. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: F1351 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HELLER, P., Set Free in China. . Vermont, Chelsea Green, 1992, 166pp. bound with d/j. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 \| JP¥ 954] Book number: 013420 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	SPALDING, J. W. The Japan Expedition. Japan and Around the World \|. An Account of Three Visits to the Japanese Empire with Sketches of Madeira, St. Helena, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, Singapore, China, and Loo-Choo. New York: Redfield, 1855. First edition. With 8 tinted lithograph plates. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt. 377, 2 pp. Binding a bit soiled, some foxing to the plates and endpapers and occasionally to the text, front flyleaf torn, copyright page and Preface browned from a newspaper clipping. A good copy of a scarce book. Spalding served for two and a half years as commander's clerk on board the "Mississippi," the flagship of Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan, and his book gives a personal, first-hand account of the voyage. The plates depict two Japanese in traditional dress; a view of the Cape of Good Hope; a scene in Ceylon; a scene in Loo Choo (Korea) with inhabitants in typical dress; a view of a junk in China; a scene near Yedo; a view of Mount Fuji; and a view of the harbor at Dezima. The appendix includes sailing directions for several eastern ports. Not in Smith, "American Travellers Abroad." [ WB 4]. GBP 145.00 [Appr.: EURO 161 US$ 240.85 \| JP¥ 21278] Book number: 090180 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	WUTTKE, ADOLF, Geschichte Des Heidenthums in Beziehung Auf Religion, Wissen, Kunst, Sittlichkeit Und Staatsleben. 2 Parts in One. . Part one: Die ersten Stufen der Geschichte der Menschheit. Entwickelungsgeschichte der wilden Voelker, so wie der Hunnen,der Mongolen des Mittelalters, der Mexikaner und der Peruaner. xii, 356pp. part two: Das Geistesleben der Chinesen, Japaner und Indier. [8] 597pp. Breslau, im Verlage bei Josef Max und comp. Breslau, 1852-1853, in new cloth binding and the orriginal sl. worn red leather title label, text foxed, especially the prelims and first and last 40 pages, title page skillfull repaired as is a small tear in the last page. [GL]. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 009950 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	YANG, SHIH-FENT, The Hakka Dialect of Tao-Yuan, Taiwan . (Academia sinica, the institute of history and philology monographs, Series A. no. 22 ) Taipei, Taiwan, China, 1957 , 451pp. paper, browned text, last 30pp with damage to top margins tear in back cover, 2 small parts torn from front cover. rare. ¶ Hakka ,( Pronunciation in Hakka: Hak-ka-fa/-va, Pinyin: Kèjiahuà) is a spoken variation of the Chinese language spoken predominantly in southern China by the Hakka ethnic group and descendants in diaspora throughout East and Southeast Asia and around the world. The Hakka language has numerous variants or dialects, spoken in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Guizhou provinces, including Hainan island and Taiwan. Hakka is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin, Cantonese, Minnan or most of the significant spoken variants of the Chinese language. Amongst the dialects of Hakka, the Moi-yen/Moi-yan ,dialect of northeast Guangdong has typically been viewed as a prime example of the Hakka language, forming a sort of standard dialect. The Guangdong Provincial Education Department created an official romanisation of Meixian Hakka dialect in 1960, one of four languages receiving this status in Guangdong. Generally speaking, there are five spoken Hakka dialects in Taiwan's Hakka communities scattered around the island. They are the Four County Hakka Dialect, spoken in Miaoli, Kaohsiung and Pingtung's Lu Du, Taoyuan's Chungli, Pingcheng and Lungtan; Sea-Land Hakka Dialect, spoken in Hsinchu, Taoyuan's Kuanyin, Hsinouk, Yangmei and part of Miaoli; Tapu Hakka Dialect, spoken in Fungyuan's Shihkang, Tungshih and Hsinser; Yaoping Hakka Dialect, spoken in part of Changhua, Yuanlin and Chiayi; Shao-an Hakka Dialect, spoken in Chungli, Tachi, west of Silo. Among the five dialects, the Four County Dialect is the most popular Hakka dialect in Taiwan and is considered by the world as the "standard" Hakka dialect. Broadcast announcements made on trains or MRT are all in Four County Hakka Dialect. The Sea-Land Hakka Dialect came in second in popularity while the Tapu, Yaoping and Shao-an dialects, affected by other dialects, were hardly heard as less and less people use them. Ex-U.S. army library copy with its stamp on inside front cover [ DL - IV ]. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 092760HK Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.

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	BLOOMFIELD A., & Y. TSHERING Learning Practical Tibetan. . Ithaca, Snow Lion Publs. 1998,202pp. v.g. paperback. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: F1196HK Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	NEVES M.S. & BRIDGES B. ( EDS ) Europe, China and the Two Sars 0. A full-scale study of contemporary economic, political and security relations between Western Europe ( now represented by the European Union ) and China and its two emerging special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Bound. Dustwrapper. xii, 284pp. MacMillan, 2000, 288pp. fine hardback. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: M086 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	GREINER, LEO (TRANSL.) Chinesische Abende. Novellen Und Geschichten . In Gemeinsch. m. Tsou Ping Shou a.d. chinesischen Ursprache übertr. v. Leo Greiner.Berlin, Erich Reiß Verlag, 1922. 217 [1] pp.With 10 Orginal lithographies by Emil Orlik. cloth spine with handmade paper covered boards. t.e.g. Binding rubbed. [GL]. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: F1351 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HELLER, P., Set Free in China. . Vermont, Chelsea Green, 1992, 166pp. bound with d/j. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 \| JP¥ 954] Book number: 013420 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	SPALDING, J. W. The Japan Expedition. Japan and Around the World \|. An Account of Three Visits to the Japanese Empire with Sketches of Madeira, St. Helena, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, Singapore, China, and Loo-Choo. New York: Redfield, 1855. First edition. With 8 tinted lithograph plates. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt. 377, 2 pp. Binding a bit soiled, some foxing to the plates and endpapers and occasionally to the text, front flyleaf torn, copyright page and Preface browned from a newspaper clipping. A good copy of a scarce book. Spalding served for two and a half years as commander's clerk on board the "Mississippi," the flagship of Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan, and his book gives a personal, first-hand account of the voyage. The plates depict two Japanese in traditional dress; a view of the Cape of Good Hope; a scene in Ceylon; a scene in Loo Choo (Korea) with inhabitants in typical dress; a view of a junk in China; a scene near Yedo; a view of Mount Fuji; and a view of the harbor at Dezima. The appendix includes sailing directions for several eastern ports. Not in Smith, "American Travellers Abroad." [ WB 4]. GBP 145.00 [Appr.: EURO 161 US$ 240.85 \| JP¥ 21278] Book number: 090180 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	WUTTKE, ADOLF, Geschichte Des Heidenthums in Beziehung Auf Religion, Wissen, Kunst, Sittlichkeit Und Staatsleben. 2 Parts in One. . Part one: Die ersten Stufen der Geschichte der Menschheit. Entwickelungsgeschichte der wilden Voelker, so wie der Hunnen,der Mongolen des Mittelalters, der Mexikaner und der Peruaner. xii, 356pp. part two: Das Geistesleben der Chinesen, Japaner und Indier. [8] 597pp. Breslau, im Verlage bei Josef Max und comp. Breslau, 1852-1853, in new cloth binding and the orriginal sl. worn red leather title label, text foxed, especially the prelims and first and last 40 pages, title page skillfull repaired as is a small tear in the last page. [GL]. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 009950 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	YANG, SHIH-FENT, The Hakka Dialect of Tao-Yuan, Taiwan . (Academia sinica, the institute of history and philology monographs, Series A. no. 22 ) Taipei, Taiwan, China, 1957 , 451pp. paper, browned text, last 30pp with damage to top margins tear in back cover, 2 small parts torn from front cover. rare. ¶ Hakka ,( Pronunciation in Hakka: Hak-ka-fa/-va, Pinyin: Kèjiahuà) is a spoken variation of the Chinese language spoken predominantly in southern China by the Hakka ethnic group and descendants in diaspora throughout East and Southeast Asia and around the world. The Hakka language has numerous variants or dialects, spoken in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Guizhou provinces, including Hainan island and Taiwan. Hakka is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin, Cantonese, Minnan or most of the significant spoken variants of the Chinese language. Amongst the dialects of Hakka, the Moi-yen/Moi-yan ,dialect of northeast Guangdong has typically been viewed as a prime example of the Hakka language, forming a sort of standard dialect. The Guangdong Provincial Education Department created an official romanisation of Meixian Hakka dialect in 1960, one of four languages receiving this status in Guangdong. Generally speaking, there are five spoken Hakka dialects in Taiwan's Hakka communities scattered around the island. They are the Four County Hakka Dialect, spoken in Miaoli, Kaohsiung and Pingtung's Lu Du, Taoyuan's Chungli, Pingcheng and Lungtan; Sea-Land Hakka Dialect, spoken in Hsinchu, Taoyuan's Kuanyin, Hsinouk, Yangmei and part of Miaoli; Tapu Hakka Dialect, spoken in Fungyuan's Shihkang, Tungshih and Hsinser; Yaoping Hakka Dialect, spoken in part of Changhua, Yuanlin and Chiayi; Shao-an Hakka Dialect, spoken in Chungli, Tachi, west of Silo. Among the five dialects, the Four County Dialect is the most popular Hakka dialect in Taiwan and is considered by the world as the "standard" Hakka dialect. Broadcast announcements made on trains or MRT are all in Four County Hakka Dialect. The Sea-Land Hakka Dialect came in second in popularity while the Tapu, Yaoping and Shao-an dialects, affected by other dialects, were hardly heard as less and less people use them. Ex-U.S. army library copy with its stamp on inside front cover [ DL - IV ]. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 092760HK Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.