C. H. M. (CHARLES HENRY MACKINTOSH).

The Bible in China. Six Volumes.

Shanghai, Singapore and Kunming, Yunnan, China: Christian Book Room,

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Book number: 017297

Keywords: China

(STEDMAN, THOMAS LATHROP AND K. P. LEE.)

Chinese and English Phrase Book in the Canton Dialect. Or Dialogues of Ordinary and Familiar Subjects.

Reprint of the 1888 New York edition. Hong Kong: Sze Hoi Book Co., Company, 1939, 187 pages. In the original 1/4 green cloth over printed red boards (HARDBOUND). The edges of the boards are rubbed. The blank front endpaper and the half-title page are slightly torn at text block. Overall, clean, tight and very good. Although there is no author attribution on this 1939 Hong Kong edition, this is the seminal work of Stedman and Lee. WorladCat lists no copies of this Hong Kong edition.

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Book number: 018991

Keywords: China

(STEDMAN, THOMAS LATHROP AND K. P. LEE.)

Chinese and English Phrase Book in the Canton Dialect. Or Dialogues of Ordinary and Familiar Subjects.

Reprint of the 1888 New York edition. Shanghai: The Hwa Hing Book Company, 1936, 187 pages. In the original 1/4 cloth over printed red boards (HARDBOUND). The red cover is rubbed and former owner's names on front blank endpapers. Overall, clean, tight and very good. Although there is no author attribution on this 1936 Shanghai edition, this is the seminal work of Stedman and Lee.

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Book number: 019059

Keywords: China

A[ITKIN] E H.

The Tribes on My Frontier. An Indian Naturalist's Foreign Policy.

Ninth edition. London: W. Thacker & Co., 1920, 12mo, (4), 216 pp., illus. throughout in b&w. A humorous look at the insects and wildlife of India. The author's experiences with rats, mosquitos, lizards, ants, spiders, bats & etc. are chronicled. In the original gilt stamped and decorative soft leather. Some wear to top spine tip, o/w clean, tight and very good.

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Book number: 004622

Keywords: India, Pakistan, Ceylon

A. O. B.

VID Juletid. Vinterblommor. Samlade for de Sma. I.

Rock Island, Ill.: Lutheran Augustana Book Concern, n.d. (1896 or earlier), 64 pages, illustrated with color and black & white engravings. In the original 1/4 cloth over pictorial boards. A presentation bookplate from the Lutheran Augustana Sunday School to Olga Youngren, dated 1896. Edges and corners a bit worn, internally fine.

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Book number: 018583

Keywords: Dictionaries & Language

E. A. Z.

VID Juletid. Vinterblommor. Samlade for de Sma. 2.

Rock Island, Ill.: Lutheran Augustana Book Concern, n.d. (1897 or earlier), 64 pages, illustrated with color and black & white engravings. In the original 1/4 cloth over pictorial boards. A presentation copy from the Lutheran Augustana Sunday School to Olga Youngren, dated 1897. Edges and corners a bit worn, lacks rear blank end paper, internally fine.

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Book number: 018589

Keywords: Dictionaries & Language

CHU YUNG-CH'UN.

Maxims for a Well Governed Household.

Translated with a Preface by Edward H. Kaplan. Bellingham: 1971, 4to, 10 pp. In the original perfect bound printed wraps, as issued. Here are a few of the maxims from this 17th century essay: "Be simple and plain in your own personal life but resort to the best possible way to bring up your children" and "If you unthinkingly listen to whatever is said, how will you be able to identify slander? You ought to patiently think things over three times. If you are contentious, how will you know when you're not right? You must calm your self and then reconsider a situation."

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Book number: 009838

Keywords: China

CHENG TE-K'UN.

Studies in Chinese Art.

Hong Kong: Chinese University, 1983, (6), 272, (103) pp., 103 pages in plates and b&w. In Dj. 12 papers including "Tun-huang Studies in China" and "Animal Styles in Prehistoric and Shang China".

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Book number: 000441

Keywords: China

A'RABBITT, SHAMUS.

^ CHINA COAST BALLADS. (SIGNED). ^

^ FIRST EDITION. Shanghai, China: A. R. Hager, 1938, [4], 125 pages, sketch illustrations in black & white by "Sapajou", endpaper maps. In the original black-stamped 1/4 yellow cloth over red cloth. HARDBOUND. The author's signed presentation copy, dated 1940, on the reverse blank side of the title page. Overall, a near fine to fine copy. ^

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Book number: 019587

Catalogue: china

AARON, UCHE.

Tense and Aspect in Obolo Grammar and Discourse.

Dallas and Arlington: Summer Institute of Linguistics and The University of Texas at Arlington, 1999, (xii), 186 pages, sketch map. In the original decorative wraps. A NEW COPY. Obolo, or Andoni is a major Lower Cross River language of Nigeria.

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Book number: 018780

Keywords: Middle East, Islam, Africa

ABANGMA, SAMSON.

Modes in Denya Discourse.

Dallas and Arlington: The Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington, 1987, xii, 123 pages. In the original pictorial wraps. Denya is a southern Bantoid language of Cameroon in the Mamfe family and is spoken by about 11,200 people. A NEW COPY.

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Book number: 018814

Keywords: Middle East, Islam, Africa

ABBATE, FRENCESCO, GENERAL EDITOR.

Indian Art and the Art of Ceylon, Central and South-East Asia.

Translated from the Italian by Jean Richardson. London: 1972, small 8vo, 158 pp., 97 illus. in color. In Dj. We also have a slightly later British edition with pretty much the same format. A useful guide.

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Book number: 003848

Keywords: India, Pakistan, Ceylon

ABBAYE DE DAOULAS, CENTRE CULTUREL.

Entre Inde Et Tibet. Le Royaunme Du Bhoutan.

Daoulas, France: 1998, 4to, 170 pp., profusely illustrated throughout in color. In the original dec. wraps, as issued. A fine copy. A fine exhibition of thangkas, textiles, sculpture, ritual objects, jewelry and material culture. Includes a spectacular three dimensional Bardo-Mandala.

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Book number: 010767

Keywords: Tibet, Himalayas, Central Asia

ABBE, CLEVELAND.

Meteorology and Allied Subjects.

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1881. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1883, (101) pp., charts. A fine copy.

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Book number: 011004

Keywords: General

ABBE, CLEVELAND.

Meteorology.

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1884. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885 (176) pages, bibliography. A fine copy.

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Book number: 013798

Keywords: Science

ABBOT, C. G.

Accomplishments of Modern Astronomy.

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1927. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1928, (30) pages, 11 pages of plates in black & white, 4 text illustrations. A fine copy.

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Book number: 013646

Keywords: Science

ABBOT, C. G.

The Architecture of Atoms and a Universe Built of Atoms.

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1922. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924, (10) pages. A fine copy.

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Book number: 013667

Keywords: Science

ABBOT, C. G.

The Contents of Interstellar Space.

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1933. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1935, (12) pages, 3 plates in b&w. A fine copy.

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Book number: 013698

Keywords: Science

ABBOT, C. G.

Doctor Aston's Experiments on the Mass Spectra of the Chemical Elements.

An Extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1920. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1922, (19) pp., 1 plate in b&w, 4 text figures. A fine copy.

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Book number: 011044

Keywords: General

ABBOT, C. G.

The Habitability of Venus, Mars, and Other Worlds.

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1920. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1922, (10) pp., 3 illus. in b&w. A fine copy.

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Book number: 011040

Keywords: General

ABBOT, C. G.

How Deep Is the Ocean?

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1922. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924, (10) pages, 4 text figures in b&w. A fine copy.

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Book number: 013673

Keywords: Science

ABBOT, C. G.

How the Sun Warms the Earth.

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1933. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1935, (38) pages, 6 pages of plates in b&w, 20 text figures. A fine copy.

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Book number: 013695

Keywords: Science

ABBOT, C. G.

Influences of Suns Rays on Plants and Animals.

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1926. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1927, (20) pages, 5 plates in b&w, 1 figure. A fine copy.

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Book number: 012074

Keywords: General

ABBOT, C. G.

On the Evolution of the Stars.

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1926. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1927, (18) pages, 9 illustrations in b&w, 1 figure. A fine copy.

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Book number: 012075

Keywords: General

ABBOT, C. G.

The Radiation of the Sun.

An extract from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1912. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1913, (17) pages, 6 plates in b&w, 8 text figures. A fine copy.

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Book number: 012465

Keywords: Science