Lot 485
China & Asia - Taylor, Bayard
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A visit to India, China and Japan. New York, 1855, 8vo, vignette title, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, some foxing; Hong Kong Picturesque Hong Kong, a handbook for travellers. Hong Kong, 1911, 8vo, illustrated with photographs by J. Arnold, original decorative paper boards, some rubbing, interior clean; Shanghai The life of Shanghai. Japan, [no date], 8vo, illustrated with photographs, original black cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, interior clean; Medhurst, W.H. China: its state and prospects. London, 1838, 8vo, vignette title, colour frontispiece, 4 plates, folding map, modern quarter calf gilt, staining, rubbed; Norman, Henry The peoples and politics of the Far East. London, 1900, 8vo, frontispiece, plates, folding map, original black cloth gilt, rubbed at edges; Curzon, Lord of Kedleston Tales of travel. London, 1923, 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth, some rubbing and foxing; Treves, Sir Frederick The other side of the lantern. London, 1906, popular edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, frontispiece loose, rubbed and another copy; Collins, Gilbert Far eastern jaunts. London, 1924, 8vo, map, plates, original green cloth gilt, some foxing; Mossman, Samuel The great Taiping Rebellion. London, [no date], 8vo, illustrations in text, original decorative cloth, rubbed; and 36 others on China and Asia (45)