Title: 14 titles in 20 volumes, facsimile reprints of classic accounts of Chinese travel and history Author: ** Place: Taipei Publisher: Ch'eng Wen Publishing Co. Date: 1966-1973 Description: Includes: Howorth, Henry H. History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century. 4 parts in 5 volumes. Reprint of 1876-88 edition. * Yule, Sir Henry & Cordier, Henry. Cathay and the Way Thither, being a collection of Medieval Notices of China. 2 volumes. Reprint of 1866 edition. * Hurley, R.C. The Tourist's Guide to Canton, the West River and Macao. Reprint of 1898 edition. * Campbell, Wm. An Account of Missionary Success on the Island of Formosa Published in London in 1650 and now reprinted with copious appendices. Vol. I (of 2) only. Reprint of 1889 edition. * Parker, Edward Harper. China and Religion. Reprint of 1905 edition. * An Account of Tibet: The Travels of Ippolito Desideri of Postoia, S.J. 1712-1727. Edited by Filippo de Filippi. Reprint of 1932 Broadway Travellers edition. * Barrow, John. Travels in China... Reprint of 1806 edition. * Knight, E.F. Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries. Reprint of 1893 edition. * Huc, M. Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary, Thibet, and China, During the Years 1844, 1845, and 1846. Reprint of 1852 edition. * Bruce, Clarence Dalrymple. In the Footsteps of Marco Polo: Being the Account of a Journey Overland from Simla to Pekin. Reprint of 1907 edition. Paragon Book Gallery label glued over imprint. Bound upside down; split to front joint. * Anderson, John. Mandalay to Momien. A Narrative: Two Expeditions to Western China of 1868 and 1875 under Colonel Edward B. Sladen and Colonel Horace Browne. Reprint of 1876 edition. * Doolittle, Justus. Social Life of the Chinese: With some account of their religious, governmental, educational, and business customs and opinions... 2 volumes. Reprint of 1865 edition. * Griffith, William. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Affghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries. Reprint of 1847 edition. Paragon Book Gallery label glued over imprint. * Vambery, Arminius. Sketches of Central Asia: Additional Chapters on My Travels, Adventures and on the Ethnology of Central Asia Reprint of 1868 edition. Together, 14 works in 20 volumes. Various colors of cloth, spines lettered in silver. Facsimile reprints of these important accounts of the exploration of China and Asia, and their history and culture. Lot Amendments Condition: Some shelf wear; ink ownership signatures to front endpapers dated 1976; very good. Item number: 220488
Title: 14 titles in 20 volumes, facsimile reprints of classic accounts of Chinese travel and history Author: ** Place: Taipei Publisher: Ch'eng Wen Publishing Co. Date: 1966-1973 Description: Includes: Howorth, Henry H. History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century. 4 parts in 5 volumes. Reprint of 1876-88 edition. * Yule, Sir Henry & Cordier, Henry. Cathay and the Way Thither, being a collection of Medieval Notices of China. 2 volumes. Reprint of 1866 edition. * Hurley, R.C. The Tourist's Guide to Canton, the West River and Macao. Reprint of 1898 edition. * Campbell, Wm. An Account of Missionary Success on the Island of Formosa Published in London in 1650 and now reprinted with copious appendices. Vol. I (of 2) only. Reprint of 1889 edition. * Parker, Edward Harper. China and Religion. Reprint of 1905 edition. * An Account of Tibet: The Travels of Ippolito Desideri of Postoia, S.J. 1712-1727. Edited by Filippo de Filippi. Reprint of 1932 Broadway Travellers edition. * Barrow, John. Travels in China... Reprint of 1806 edition. * Knight, E.F. Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the Adjoining Countries. Reprint of 1893 edition. * Huc, M. Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary, Thibet, and China, During the Years 1844, 1845, and 1846. Reprint of 1852 edition. * Bruce, Clarence Dalrymple. In the Footsteps of Marco Polo: Being the Account of a Journey Overland from Simla to Pekin. Reprint of 1907 edition. Paragon Book Gallery label glued over imprint. Bound upside down; split to front joint. * Anderson, John. Mandalay to Momien. A Narrative: Two Expeditions to Western China of 1868 and 1875 under Colonel Edward B. Sladen and Colonel Horace Browne. Reprint of 1876 edition. * Doolittle, Justus. Social Life of the Chinese: With some account of their religious, governmental, educational, and business customs and opinions... 2 volumes. Reprint of 1865 edition. * Griffith, William. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Affghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries. Reprint of 1847 edition. Paragon Book Gallery label glued over imprint. * Vambery, Arminius. Sketches of Central Asia: Additional Chapters on My Travels, Adventures and on the Ethnology of Central Asia Reprint of 1868 edition. Together, 14 works in 20 volumes. Various colors of cloth, spines lettered in silver. Facsimile reprints of these important accounts of the exploration of China and Asia, and their history and culture. Lot Amendments Condition: Some shelf wear; ink ownership signatures to front endpapers dated 1976; very good. Item number: 220488
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