38 volumes, including Vols. I-X of the first series, and Vols. I-XXVIII of the second series. Text primarily in French and English with some Chinese and other languages. Occasional illustrations including folding plates. 24x15 cm. (9½x6"), uniform half brown morocco & boards, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands.

The first 38 volumes of the first international journal of sinology, presenting papers, studies, translations, and other contributions to the study of the language, culture, history, anthropology, ethnography and archaeology of China and the far east. Such long runs are quite rare, especially containing the ten volumes of the first series. There were no volumes issued for 1917, 1918 or 1927, and 1928 and 1929 were combined in one volume. Included in the lot is the T'oung Pao Index General... 1890-1944, published in 1953, bound in cloth.