Chinese History and Culture
The Water Bufffalo Children
New York: John Day, 1943. William A. Smith. 60 pages. One of the more scarce children's books by Pearl Buck. Based on her childhood growing up in China, she writes of her fantasies of magic and Aladdin, she picked up a stone and rubbed it when she saw large figures..... More
Yu Lan Flying Boy of China
New York; (1945): The John Day Co. First Edition. 60 pages, Illustrated by George T. Hartman. An uncommon work of Pearl Buck's. This is the story of a small Chinese boy who saw air planes of the Japanese but one lucky day an American pilot made an emergency landing close..... More
The Unveiling of Lhasa, with Illustrations and Map
London: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1905. First Edition. Octavo. Third impression. xvi, 304 pages, folded map, plates. Two things are of quite diverse interest regarding this scarce volume. First, the 1903-1904 British campaign in Tibet where they entered the "Forbidden City" which had not been approached by the Britons in nearly a...... More
Shanghai of To-Day; A Souvenir Album of Thirt-Eight Vandyke Prints of "The Model Settlement"
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1927. First Edition. Quarto. . 15 pages, 38 unnumbered leaves of plates. Very rare. OCLC shows the only recorded copy at the National Library of New Zealand. O.M. Green was the editor of the North China News, here he provides images with careful descriptions of the..... More
Mi Fu on Ink-Stones
Peking: H. Vetch, 1938. First Edition. Octavo. vii, 70 pages. Translated by R.H. Van Gulik with an introduction and notes. Bibliographical list of abbreviation. This rare monograph appeared in a small print run in 1938 and was published in China. Mi Fu (or Mi Fei) was the celebrated Sung painter..... More