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China luchi Lu Chi/Hughes, E. R. The Art of Letters: Lu Chi's "Wen Fu," A. D. 302. A Translation and Comparative Study by E.R. Hughes. With a Forenote by I.A. Richards. (Series: Bollingen Series XXIX). New York: Published for Bollingen Foundation Inc. by Pantheon Books Inc, 1951, xviii, 261 pages, frontispiece, eight plates, one a fold-out in color, (all present),… Read more about this item

Asia ramv Routes d'Asie: marchands et voyageurs XVe-XVIIIe siècle: actes du colloque organisé par la Bibliothèque interuniversitaire des langues orientales, Paris, 11-12 décembre 1986. (Series: Varia Turcica; 12). Publiés par Marion Debout, Denise Eeckaute-Bardery et Vincent Fourniau. Istanbul/Paris: Editions Isis, 1988, 200 pages: ill., facsims., maps; Essays have notes. Paperback volume. There are some minor wrinkles to top corner of… Read more about this item

Tibet hamg Heim, Arnold, 1882-1965. Minya Gongkar, forschungsreise ins hochgebirge von Chinesisch Tibet; erlebnisse und entdeckungen. Mit 3 tafeln (karten, panoramen), 26 zeichnungen im text und 147 photographien, darunter 6 farbige tafeln. Bern/Berlin: Verlag Hans Huber, 1933, 244 pages. incl. maps. illus. plates, maps, diagrs. Hardbound volume, cream colored cloth which has staining and darkening to spine. There is some… Read more about this item

China 1005 (Xuanzang, approximately 596-664). A biography of the Tripiṭaka master of the great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty. Ttranslated from the Chinese of Śramaṇa Huili and Shi Yancong (Taishō, Volume 50, Number 2053) by Li Rongxi.Title (uniform): (Da Tang Da ci en si Sanzangfashi zhuan. English). (Series / collection: (BDK English Tripiṭaka; 77). Berkeley, Calif.: Numata Center for… Read more about this item

China 1004 Cordier, Henri. Ser Marco Polo: Notes and Addenda to Sir Henry Yule's Edition, Containing the Results of Recent Research and Discovery. London: John Murray, 1920. x, 161 pages, black and white frontispiece, bib, index. This volume is Cordier's supplement to Yule's work on Marco Polo's actual itinerary. Also contains "Bibliography of Sir Henry Yule's writings," "List of mss.… Read more about this item

China 1003 The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War. Translation and commentary by Ralph D. Sawyer, wth Mei-Chun Sawyer.Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1993, xix, 568 pages, notes bib, index. Good to very good condition in like dust jacket. Very substantial book. $21.50 Box A 113 "Presents the Eastern tradition of strategic thought… Read more about this item

Ancient world 692Grousset, René. De la Grèce a la Chine. Monaco: Les Documents d'Art, 1948, xxxv, 104p. bib, illus. (88 reproductions plus 8 in color), maps. Larger volume: 9 ½" x 12 ½". Rebound in red buckram. Rubbed surfaces. Bumped corners. Binding and text block are intact. Writing on one page, otherwise pages are clean. Ex-library copy with the usual… Read more about this item

Asia 1000 Lamb, Alastair. The McMahon Line: A Study in the Relations Between India, China and Tibet 1904 to 1914. Two volumes. Volume I: Morley, Minto and Non-Interference in Tibet, x, 267, xx pages, appendices, maps, index; Volume II: Hardinge, McMahon and the Simla Conference, pages vii, 271 – 656, xx, pages, appendices, bib, maps, index. Each volume is… Read more about this item