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Previous|1|Next Lot #44 Peking: A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest Heading(China)AuthorBredon, JulietHeadlinePeking by Bredon, 1st editionPublisherKelly and Walsh, LimitedDate Published1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #45 Les memoires historiques de Se-ma Ts'ien Heading(China)AuthorChavannes, EdouardHeadline1st French ed. of Sima Qian's historiesPublisherErnest LerouxDate Published1895-1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #46 Mission Archeologique dans la Chine Septentrionale Heading(China)AuthorChavannes, EdouardHeadlineChavannes's archaeology in China w/ atlasPublisherErnest Leroux; Imprimerie NationaleDate Published1909-1915 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #47 金陵古蹟名勝影集. Nanking Heading(China)AuthorChi, ChuHeadlineFamous monuments of Nanking, Chu ChiPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #48 Chou King: Texte Chinois avec une double traduction en Francias et en Latin... Heading(China)AuthorCouvreur, SeraphinHeadlineCouvreur's Chou King, 1934PublisherImprimerie de la Mission CatholiqueDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #49 Les Quatre Livres avec un commentaire abrege en Chinois une double traduction en Francias et en Latin... Heading(China)AuthorCouvreur, SeraphinHeadlineCouvreur's Four Books, 1895PublisherImprimerie de la Mission CatholiqueDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #50 Li Ki ou memoires sur les bienseances et les ceremonies. Heading(China)AuthorCouvreur, SeraphinHeadlineCouvreur's Li Ki, book of ritesPublisherImprimerie de la Mission CatholiqueDate Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #51 Sectarianism and Religious Persecution in China Heading(China)Authorde Groot, J.J.M.Headlinede Groot's Sectarianism in China, 1903-4PublisherJohannes MullerDate Published1903-1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #52 The Punishments of China Heading(China)Author[Mason, George Henry]HeadlinePunishments of China w/ 22 hand-colored platesPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published[1834] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #53 China North and South: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineDonald Mennie China North & South, revised ed.PublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[c. 1928] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #54 China North and South: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineDonald Mennie China North & South 1st ed.PublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[c. 1920] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #55 Pageant of Peking Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineThe Pageant of Peking by Donald MenniePublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[1921] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #56 Pictures of Peking (Series Three): A Collection of Artistic Studies Reproduced in Vandyck Photogravures Illustrating the Picturesque Aspect of the Historic City Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineBeijing photographed by Donald MenniePublisherA.S. Watson & Co.Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #57 Picturesque China: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlinePicturesque China photographed by MenniePublisherA.S. Watson & Co.Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #58 Scenic China: Series VI. T'ai Shan [with] Series VIII. Tomb and Temple of Confucius Heading(China)HeadlineScenic China photos of the Shandong provincePublisherCommercial Press, LimitedDate Published1916 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #59 Mission Archéologique en Chine (1914 et 1917) Heading(China)AuthorSegalen, Victor, Gilbert de Voisins, and Jean LartigueHeadlineWith 144 plates from archaeological visit to ChinaPublisherLibrarie Orientaliste Paul GeuthnerDate Published1923-1924 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #60 Sidelights on Peking Life Heading(China)AuthorSwallow, R.W.HeadlineSwallow, Sidelights of Peking 1927ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChina Booksellers LimitedDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #61 Views of China P.P.I.E. Heading(China)HeadlinePromotional Chinese culture photo book 1915Date Published1915 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #62 The Book of Songs: Translated from the Chinese Heading(China)AuthorWaley, ArthurHeadlineThe Book of Songs, first Waley edition in jacketPublisherGeorge Allen & UnwinDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #63 中國名勝. Views of China: Presented by the Chinese Business Party as a Memento of Their Visit to U.S.A. Heading(China)HeadlineViews of China, scarce 1915PublisherCommercial PressDate Published1915 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #68 Scriptores Latini Principes [with] Poetarum Græcorum Sylloge Heading(Classical Literature)AuthorAmar, Jon. Aug.; Boissonade, Jo. Fr., editorsHeadlineThe Latin and Greek Classics printed by DidotDate Published[1823-1831] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #86 The Waste Land AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineThe Waste Land, Boni and Liveright editionPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #91 Diatribe in Euripidis perditorum dramatum reliquias [bound with] Tragoedia Hippolytus AuthorEuripidesHeadlineEuripides' Lost Plays & HippolytusPublisherJ. Luzac & J. le MairDate Published1767-1768 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #106 Poems by Mr. Gray AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlinePoems by Thomas Gray 1790PublisherPrinted for J. MurrayDate Published1790 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #114 The Iliad of Homer Translated by Alexander Pope AuthorHomerHeadlineLEC Iliad in Pope's translationPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #123 Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius. His acceserunt Corn. Galli fragmenta Heading(Johann Gryphius)AuthorCatullus, Tibullus, PropertiusHeadlineNeolatin anthology, GryphiusPublisherIoan. GryphiusDate Published1553 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #127 The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. with the Life of the Author [bound with] The Poetical Works of William Collins with the Life of the Author AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlinePoetical works of Samuel Johnson & Collins 1805PublisherPrinted for Benjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson, and Robert JohnsonDate Published1805 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #139 Poesie del Magnifico Lorenzo De' Medici in Questa Edizione nei Luoghi Mancanti e Scorretti Compiute [bound with] Rime Sacre del Magnifico Lorenzo De' Medici... AuthorMedici, Lorenzo deHeadlineLorenzo di Medici's poetry, Bergamo 1760sPublisherAppresso Pietro LancellottiDate Published1763; 1760 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #150 P. Ovidii Nasonis opera omnia: in tres tomos divisa AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Omnia Opera, 1670 LeidenPublisherEx Officina HackianaDate Published1670 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #158 Il Petrarcha con l'Espositione di M. Gio. Andrea Gesualdo... AuthorPetrarch, FrancescoHeadlineVenetian Petrarch, w/ hand-colored initialsPublisherAlessandro GriffioDate Published1581 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #164 Callimachi Cyrenaei Hymni, Epigrammata et Fragmenta Quae Exstant...Moscou Syrakousiou, Biōnos Smyrnaiou Eidyllia Heading(Plantin Press)AuthorCallimachusHeadlinePlantin Press Callimachus, 1584PublisherApud Christophorum PlantinumDate Published1584 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #175 Oberon. Ein romantisches Heldengedicht in 12 Gesängen Heading(Rabus, Carl)AuthorWieland, Christoph MartinHeadlineWieland's Oberon w/ Rabus etchingsPublisherHesperosDate Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #339 The Four Masters of the Ming: Shen Chou, Wen Cheng-Ming, T'ang Yin, Ch'iu Ying Heading(Chinese Art)HeadlineThe Four Masters of the Ming, 1983PublisherNational Museum of HistoryDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #348 Matériaux & Documents d'Art Décoratif: Oeuvres de Décorations Japonaises, Chinoises Heading(East Asia)HeadlineChinese and Japanese decorative art, 1910PublisherArmand GuérinetDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #354 The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings: with Explanations in English and French Heading(Fashion)AuthorMason, George HenryHeadlineWith 60 hand-colored plates of Chinese Fashion c. 1800PublisherPrinted for W. MillerDate Published[1834] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next