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The Voyage of Francois Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas, and Brazil. Translated Into English from the Third French Edition of 1619 [Three Volumes]

Pyrard, Francois. Gray, Albert, ed · 1890

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London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1890. First edition. Original blue cloth stamped in blind, gilt vignette of ship on front boards, spines ruled in blind, gilt titles, yellow endpapers. lviii, 452 pp.; xlvii, 287 pp.; 4, xii, [289-572] pp. Illus. with 2 b/w folding maps...

Chugoku Gaiko Bunsho Jiten. (Shinmatsu Hen). A Glossary of Chinese Diplomatic Documents

Ueda, Toshio · 1954

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Tokyo, Gakujutsu Bunken fukyukai, 1954. First edition. Paper wrappers. vii, 139 pp. 4to. Text in Japanese. Title also in English. A very good copy.

Zhongguo Gu Dai Wu Dao Shi Hua

Wang, Kefen · 1980

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Beijing, Ren min yin yue chu ban she, 1980. First edition. Paper wrappers. v, 94 p. [16] leaves of plates. Illus. Sm. 8vo. "History of Ancient Chinese Dance." Text in Chinese. A very good copy.

Xiaotun Tao Qi Zhi Liao Zhi Hua Xue Fen XI

Li, Ji · 1952

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[Taibei], 1952. Offprint. Paper wrappers. 16 pp. Illus. with 4 b/w photos. 4to. "Chemical Analysis of pottery from Xiao Tun. A very good copy.

Kao Gu (Kaogu). No. 2, 1976

Zhongguo she hui ke xue yuan · 1976

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Beijing, Ke Xue Chu Ban She, 1976. First edition. Paper wrappers. Illus. with b/w plates and figures. 4to. Archaeology (Magazine). In Chinese. Table of contents in English. A very good copy.

Kao Gu (Kaogu). Nos. 1 & 6, 1975

Zhongguo she hui ke xue yuan · 1975

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Beijing, Ke Xue Chu Ban She, 1975. First edition. Paper wrappers. Illus. with b/w plates and figures. 4to. Archaeology (Magazine). Two issues. In Chinese. Table of contents in English. A very good copy.

Kao Gu (Kaogu). No. 2, 1972

Zhongguo she hui ke xue yuan · 1972

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Beijing, Ke Xue Chu Ban She, 1972. First edition. Paper wrappers. Illus. with b/w & color plates and figures. 4to. Archaeology (Magazine). A very good copy.

XI Zhou Nian LI Pu

Dong Zuobin · 1951

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Taibei, [Guo li zhong yang yan jiu yuan li shi yu yan yan jiu suo], 1951. Offprint. Paper wrappers. 681-760 pp. 4to. "Time Line during western Zhou Period," from Gou li zhong yang yan jiu yuan li shi yu yan yan jiu suo ji kan di 23 ben Fu Sinian xian sheng ji nian lun wen ji x...

The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt. , to the East Indies, with Abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, During the Seventeenth Century, Preserved in the India Office. And the Voyage of Captain John Knight (1606), to Seek the North-West Passage

Markham, Clements R., ed · 1877

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London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1877. First edition. Cloth. xxii, 314 pp. 8vo. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 56. Includes: Introduction; Narrative of the first voyage of Sir James Lancaster, by Edmund Barker, lieutenant; Narrative of the first voyage of Sir James...

The Fifth Letter of Hernan Cortes to the Emperor Charles V, Containing an Account of His Expedition to Honduras

Cortes, Hernan. Gayangos, Don Pascual de, ed · 1868

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.28 | ¥35,934)

London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1868. First edition. Cloth. 3, xvi, 156 pp. 8vo. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 40. The letter is dated 1526. The Spanish text was first printed in the “Documentos Ineditos,” 1864, IV. 8--167, and this is the first English translati...

Shang Zhou Kao Gu

Beijing University. Beijing da xue. Li shi xi. Kao gu jiao yan shi. Shang Zhou zu · 1979

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Beijing, Wen wu chu ban she, 1979. First edition. Paper wrappers. 2, 18, 278 pp. [35] leaves of plates. Illus. with color & b/w plates and numerous intext figures. 4to. Archeology during the Shang and Zhou period. Text in Chinese. Chip to front wrapper else a very good copy, e...

Yunnan Kao Gu

Wang, Ningsheng · 1980

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Kunming, Yunnan ren min chu ban she, 1980. First edition. Paper wrappers. 12, 4, 231 pp. Illus. with 104 b/w plates. Sm. 8vo. "Ancient Yunnan Archaeology." Text in Chinese. A very good+ copy.

Xue Wen San Yao

Bozhang, Tong · 1930

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Shanghai, Hui Wen Tang Ji Xin Shu Ju, 1930. First edition. Paper wrappers. 2, 2, 2, 44 pp. 8vo. "Three key points to learn composition." Teaching to write Chinese. The author, who was immersed in the teaching of Chinese for decades, held dictionary words and allusions, reason ...

Xue Yi Qi Xing LI Shu

Xu, Shaozhen · 1932

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Shanghai, Zhong Yuan Shu Ju (Central Plains Book Company), 1932. Later printing. Paper wrappers, on double leaves, Chinese style. 2, 18, 1 pp. double leaves. Sm. 8vo. "Idealist Philosophy of Confucian School: Book of Xue Yi Study. Label on spine else very good.

Faxian Shou Xian Fa Xian Meizhou Kao Zheng

Da, Jiansan · 1969

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Taipei, Da Jiansan, 1969. First edition. Paper wrappers. 6, 89, 7 pp. Illus. with b/w plates. 4to. "The Discovery of America by Faxian." Faxian or Fu-hsien (ca. 337-ca. 422) was a Buddhist monk and explorer. Text in Chinese. See Rick Fields' "Sailing to Fusang: Did a Chinese B...

Ji Xiang Hua Huo Hui Cui

Shanghai Huo Chai Chang · 1997

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Shanghai, Shanghai Xing Huo advertisement department, Shanghai Xing Huo Guang Gao Jing Ying Bu, 1997. First edition. Illustrated paper-covered boards in slipcase. [2], 10 pp. of plates. Illus. with 10 color plates. 4to. "A collection of matchbox covers" In English and Chinese....

The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon, A.D. 1532-50, Contained in the First Part of His Chronicle of Peru

Cieza de Leon, Pedro de. Markham, Clements R., ed · 1864

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1864. First edition. Cloth. xvi, lvii, 438 pp. Illus. with 1 folding b/w map. 8vo. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 33. From the 1554 Antwerp edition. Translation of: Parte primera de la chronica del Peru (1553). See Field 314. Cieza ...

Mirabilia Descripta. The Wonders of the East, by Friar Jordanus, of the Order of Preachers and Bishop of Columbum in India the Greater, (Circa 1330). Translated from the Latin Original, As Published at Paris in 1839, in the Recueil de Voyages Et de Memoires, of the Society of Geography, with the Addition of a Commentary

Jordanus, Catalani, Bishop of Columbum [Jordanus of Sererac]. Yule, Henry · 1863

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London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1863. First edition. Cloth. 4, 8, iv, xvii, 68 pp. 8vo. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 31. The supplementary material includes the 1863 annual report. This is the only work written during the Medieval period that focussed on India a...

The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Enriquez de Guzman, a Knight of Seville, of the Order of Santiago, A.D. 1518 to 1543. Translated from an Original and Inedited Manuscript in the National Library at Madrid

Enriquez de Guzman, Alonso. Markham, Clements R., ed · 1862

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London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1862. First edition. Cloth. 3, xxv, 168 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w drawing. 8vo. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 29. Includes accounts of travel in Europe and Peru. The supplementary material includes the 1862 annual report. Sabin 29367. ...

The Historie of Travaile Into Virginia Britannia; Expressing the Cosmographie and Comodities of the Country, Together with the Manners and Customes of the People. Gathered and Observed As Well by Those Who Went First Thither As Collected by William Strachey, Gent. , the First Secretary of the Colony

Strachey, William. Major, R. H., ed · 1849

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London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1849. First edition. Cloth. viii, xxxvi, 203 pp. Illus. with 5 plates,1 facsimile, and 1 folding map. 8vo. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 6. From British Library, Sloane MS 1622. "The author, of whom almost nothing is certainly know...