Ferdinand Verbiest, (1623-1688) was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was an accomplished mathematician and astrono...

Robert Fortune's carefully edited version of his two principle works: Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China, and Journey to t...

A fine copy of James Orange's catalogue of the Chater collection. Originally formed by Wyndham Law, the collection was acquired by Sir Catchick Ch...

Botfield copy, superbly bound. Rare. A superbly bound copy of La Chine by Malpiere, a work which is seldom found complete, and which consists 'of a...

With 24 finely coloured aquatints. A very good first edition copy of Wathen's Voyage to Madras, richly illustrated with 24 finely coloured aquatint...

Wright and Cartwright's monumental work on Hong Kong and the other great trading ports of China.First edition. 4to. (31 x 24 cm), 848 pp., profuse...

Colquhoun's expedition was to survey a projected railway connecting Canton with Burma. During the course of his travels he passed through many reg...

The first travel book best-seller. Rare 16th-century Italian edition of the world's first best-selling travel book. Although largely fictitious, th...

Fine lithographic views of China. Borget's fine lithographic views of China, including five of Hong-Kong, and others relating to Macao and Canton. ...

The first British embassy to China. The most celebrated and finely illustrated account of the first British embassy to China, which was to lead to ...

Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence.Comprises sections on physical geography, history, peoples, mod...

Rothschild copy with arms. A finely bound copy of Abel's China with Rothschild provenance, bound by the Royal bookbinder, Simier.Abel was the natur...

Juliet Bredon (1881-1937) grew up in China and lived through the Boxer Rebellion. Her book on Peking is informative and attractive.Third edition (...

With sketches from the french grands voyages. Paris' comprehensive survey of sailing vessels and a valuable contribution to preserving the artifact...

With the rare dust-wrapper. Le Palud's account of a journey from Chungking to Ichang illustrated with fine photographs4to, [iv], xviii pp., large ...

Author's wife's copy. Hugh Lindsay's Report of Proceedings contains reports by Lindsay, an East India Company man, and Charles Gutzlaff on trade wi...

Rare special issue of China Journal devoted to Shanghai. Beautifully illustrated and with numerous ads from leading Shanghai businesses. Includes ...

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun'. The two highly collectable first issues of the first edition of Chairman Mao's 'Little Red Book'...