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  • Joseph Banks Esq.

    REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua (after); DICKINSON, William (engraver).
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    Sir Joseph Banks as a young man. A beautiful example of this classic image of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) as a young man, at the height of his cel...

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  • The currencies of China.

    KANN, Eduard.
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    Detailed account of the gold bar market; silver; copper coinage. Much improved from the first edition.Second edition revised, xxxiv, [ii], 562pp.,...

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  • The new atlas of China.

    DINGLE, John Edwin; FRUIN, Harold John (editors).
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    Attractive early twentieth century atlas showing the provinces of China. The index has some 10,000 entries. Both the maps and index are bilingual....

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  • A narrative of an exploratory visit

    SMITH, Rev. George.
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    Includes two views of Hong Kong.Second edition. 8vo., xviii, 532pp., double page map of China, hand-coloured in outline, 12 lithographed plates, o...

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  • Report on the geological collections made during the voyage of the "Quest"

    [SMITH, W. Campbell (editor)].
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    'Uncommon' (Rosove). The bulk of the published scientific results from Shackleton's last expedition.First edition; 8vo., xii, 1261 pp., frontispie...

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  • Report on the maps and surveys

    DEBENHAM, F.
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    The maps from Capt. Scott's Terra Nova expedition. The cartographic record of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova) 1910-1913.First edition...

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  • The 100 years Anglo-Chinese calendar,

    LOUREIRO, P.
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    Rare. COPAC lists BL and Cambridge only.The first Anglo-Chinese centennial calendar, covering the period 1776-1876. 'Calendars in somewhat similar...

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  • The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.

    PONTING, Herbert G.
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    Rare exhibition catalogue. Invaluable for the documentation of Ponting's photographs.First edition, 8vo., 24pp., 8 photographic illustrations, ori...

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  • Menus & Souvenir programme from the library of Henry Dunlop,

    SHACKLETON. NIMROD EXPEDITION.
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    A rare opportunity to obtain a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition (1907-1909) during which Shackle...

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  • Russian travellers in Mongolia and China.

    PIASSETSKY, P.
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    The author was the artist on Colonel Sosnovsky's scientific expedition across Siberia to Lake Baikal and Mongolia in 1874-75. This was one of the ...

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  • Zapiski o Mongolii

    [FAR EAST]. BICHURIN (Monakh Iakinf).
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    An important, early description of Mongolia; first edition. A lovely example of this rare book, with hand-coloured plates and interesting provenan...

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  • Histoire Naturelle, Civile, et Ecclésiastique de l'Empire du Japon:

    KAEMPFER, Engelbert.
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    A history of Japan. A tall copy of the first edition in French of Kaempfer's history of Japan which was a best-seller from the moment it was publis...

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  • [Life and Medical Treatment in China].

    [PIASETSKIY, Pavel Yakovlevich].
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    Pavel Piasetskiy (1843 - 1919) was only a respected doctor but also talented artist and writer. These versatile abilities ensured his participatio...

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  • China:

    ALLOM, Thomas.
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    Thomas Allom (1804-1872) the noted topographical artist, at a time of increased interest in China, presented the Western world with the most compl...

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  • China. Report on the revenue and expenditure of the Chinese Empire.

    FOREIGN OFFICE.
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    Report 415 in the series Reports on subjects of general and commercial interest. A valuable document compiled by Consul Jamieson to be presented t...

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  • Correspondence respecting insults in China.

    [CHINA]; [PARLIAMENTARY PAPER].
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    The second opium war. Scarce parliamentary paper dealing with the Second Opium War. Includes papers by Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir John Davis, the Ear...

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  • The Mongols.

    HOWORTH, Henry H.
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    A monumental compilation and comparison of the knowledge available in European languages in the late nineteenth century. Howorth used, among other...

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