periodical

Ancient history – Niebuhr (B. G.), trans. Hare (Julius Charles) & Thirlwall (Connop), The History of Rome, 3 vols., London, Taylor, Walter & Maber...

China, communist – Witke (Roxanne) Comrade Chiang Ching, Boston (Mass.) Little Brown, 1977, 8vo, 549pp, photographic frontis. with 46 other illus,...

Spiritualism – Doyle (Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan KStJ, MD, DL 1859-1930), The Spiritualist Reader: A Collection of Spirit Messages from many Source...

China, social life – Hardy (Revd. E. J., MA) John Chinaman at Home: Sketches of Men, Manners and Things in China, New York, Charles Scribner’s Son...

Literature, Children’s – Bond ([Thomas] Michael, CBE, 1926-2017), A Bear Called Paddington, an Omnibus, London, Chancellor Press, 1985, 8vo, 636pp...

Literature, English – Carlyle (Thomas, 1795-1881), uniform edition, London, Chapman & Hall 1902-1903 16mo, bound gilt embossed red cloth gilt titl...

China, history – Fryer (Jonathan), The Great Wall of China, London, BCA 1975, roy. 8vo, 207pp, maps & monochrome plates, bkpl. Aylmer-Kelly 11th S...

China, general – Menpes (Mortimer, RI, RE) and Blake (Sir Henry Arthur, GCMG), China, London, A & C Black 1909, royal 8vo, vii + 138pp, colour fro...

China, personal stories – Shaw (Lau – pseud.), Rickshaw Boy, trans. Evan King (pseud.), New York, Reynal and Hitchcock 1945 8vo, 384pp, monochrome...

Books, general interest – Massie (Robert K.), Nicholas and Alexandra, London, BCA, 1971, small 8vo, xvii + 575 twenty monochrome plates, blue boar...

Literature, Spanish – Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de, 1547-1616), The History of Don Quixote, ed. J. W. Clark, with biographical note by Revd. Cano...

Imperial Chinese history – Davis (Sir John Francis 1st Bt., FRS 1795-1890) The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and its Inhab...

China, topography – Catleen (Ellen), Peking Studies, shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1934, large 4to, 87pp, traditional style tincture map of Peking (Bei...

A collection of Childrens Annuals including Desperate Dan 1954, Beano 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979-1988, 1990 onwards, Dandy 1971, 1973, 1974, 197...

Topography, place names – Cameron (Kenneth, CBE, FSA, FRHistS, FBA 1922-2001), The Place Names of Derbyshire, English Place Name Society Vol. XXVI...

Derbyshire, general – Bulmer (T. & Co.), History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire, Littleover, T. Bulmer, 1895, royal 8vo, 980pp + xv (adve...

Literature, Language – Funk (Isaac, DD., LLD., ed.) Standard Dictionary of the English Language, London, Funk & Wagnalls, 1906, 2 vols., 4to, Vol....

History, Diplomacy – Anon. (ascribed to Marano, Giovanni Paolo) Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy Who liv’d Five and Forty Years Undiscovered at Paris...

Literature, English – Thackeray (William Makepeace) From Cornhill to Cairo; The Great Hoggarty; A Littler Dinner at Timmins’s, London, Caxtopn, n....

History, British – Cotton (Sir Robert, 1st Bt., 1571-1631), An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London, from the Reign of King Edw...

Natural History, Butterflies – Morris (Revd. Francis Orpen, BA, 1810-1893), A History of British Butterflies, London, John C. Nimmo, 8th edn., 189...

Hong Kong, In Commemoration of Hong Kong's Return to the Motherland, Deluxe Edition, Xinhua News Agency, Sino United Publishing (Holdings) Ltd 199...

Buddhist philosophy – Arnold (Sir Edwin, KCIE, CSI, 1832-1904), The Light of Asia or the Great Renunciation (Mahâbinishkramana) Being the Life and...

Guillim, John, A Display of Heraldry, sixth edition, London: R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin, and J. Walthoe and Tho. Ward, 1724, folio, 19th cen...

Children's Books - De La Motte Fouque, Undine, adapted from the German by W L Courtney and illustrated by Arthur Rackham, William Heineman London,...

Natural History, Butterflies – Humphreys (H. Noel, 1810-1879), by & illus., The Butterfly Vivvarium: or, Insect Home, London, William Lay, 1st edn...

Picasso (Pablo) (1881 - 1973), Les Dejeuners, Editions Cercle D'Art, text Douglas Cooper, 1962; Toros Y Toreros, Editions Cercle D'Art, text Luis ...

Peace and Prosperity, Classical Buildings of Jing'An District, Shanghai, Shanghai Sanya Information Advertising Co.,Ltd., hardback in Chinese and ...

America - Charles Henry Mottram (1807–1876), by, John William Hill (1812 - 1879), after, Boston, coloured engraving, entered according to Act of C...

China, diplomatic – Anderson (Aeneas), A Narrative of the British Embassy to Chine in the Years 1792, 1793 & 1794 Containing Various Circumstances...

Royalty - Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria - a tooled and gilt red morocco folio, containing commemorative editions of newspapers, 58...

Topography, Travel – Russell (John), A Tour in Germany and Some of the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire in 1820, 1821, 1822, 2 Vols., n...

Poetry, English – Blair (Robert, 1699-1746), The Grave, A Poem, Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1858, small 8vo, 49pp, preface by Revd. F. W. Far...

Natural History, Birds – Thorburn (Archibald, FZS, 1860-1935), British Mammals, 2 vols., London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1st edn 1920, large paper ...

An early 18th century Book Of Common Prayer, with Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches, printed by Charl...

China, language – Giles (Professor Herbert H. LLD, 1845-1935) A Chinese English Dictionary, 2nd rev. edn., 2 vols., New York, Paragon Books 1964 4...

China, history and customs –4to, 160pp, 52 coloured plates, bound quarter black moquette over Franzbleu (Abraham Norman, PhD, MD, LHD, 1901-1982),...

China, life and history – O’Neill (Hugh B.) Companion to Chinese History, New York, Facts on File, 1987, 8vo, 397pp + 14 maps at end, red & black ...

India, philosophy – Mahatma (M. & K. H.), The Mahatma: Letters to A. P. Sinnett from the Mahatmas M. & K. H., trans. A. T. Barker, 3rd rev. edn., ...

Derbyshire, various – Robinson (Joseph Barlow), Derbyshire Gatherings: A Fund of Delight, London, J. R. Smith, 1866, large 4to, 106pp, numerous en...

China, personal accounts – Li Cunxin, Mao’s Last Dancer, London, Fusion, 2003, 8vo, xiv + 368pp, 8 pp of monochrome plates, red printed endpapers,...

China, travels – Maillart (Ella K.), Forbidden Journey: from Peking to Kashmir, London, William Heinemann 1st edn., 1937, 8vo, xvi + 312pp, maps &...

China, General – Ball (J. Dyer, MRAS), Things Chinese or, Notes Connected with China, Hong Kong, Kelly & Walsh, 1903, 4th edn., 8vo, xii +816pp, b...

Derbyshire History – A collection of Derbyshire Record Society publications, 8vo, Chesterfield, boards, gilt titles to spines d. w.: Glover (Cathe...

General – Fleming ([Robert] Peter, OBE, DL, 1907-1971), Bayonets to Lhasa: the First Full Account of the British Invasion of Tibet in 1904, London...

China: general – Chuang Tzŭ, trans. Giles (Prof. Herbert A., LLD) Chuang Tzŭ: Taoist Philosopher and Chinese Mystic, London, George Allen & Unwin,...

Human geography – Reclus (Jacques Élisée, 1830-1905) ed. Ravenstein (Ernst Georg, FRGS), The Universal Geographer: The Earth and its Inhabitants, ...

China, life, biography, history – Bovet (Mlle. Marie-Anne), Le Général Gordon, Paris, Librairie de Firmin-Didot 1890, 8vo, 191pp, frontis and five...

Derby and Derbyshire – Cox (Revd. Canon John Charles, FSA) & Hope (Sir W. H. St. John, FSA), Chronicles of the Collegiate Church of All Saints, De...

Gell (Hon. Mrs. Lyttleton) The More Excellent Way: Words of the Wise on the Life of Love, a Sequence of Meditations, London, Henry Frowde, n. d. [...

Theosophy – Blavatsky (Mme., [Helena Petrovna Hahn v. Rottenstern], 1831-1891), The Theosophical Glossary, Los Angeles, The Theosophy Company 1952...

China, Chairman Mao – Short (Philip) Mao: A Life, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990 8vo, 782pp, 4maps, 11 monochrome illus., black boards, gilt spi...

China, twentieth century – Pu Yi (Aisin-Gioro), trans. W. J. P. Janner, From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, 2 vols., ...

China (communist) biography – Evans (Sir Richard Mark, KCMG, KCVO, 1928-2012), Deng Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China, London, Hamish Hamilt...

China, conflict – Allgood (Maj. Gen. George, CB of Blindburn, 1827-1900), Chine War 1860: Letters and Journal, London, Longman, Green, 1901, lands...

China, History – Gernet (Jacques), trans., J. R. Foster & Charles Hartman, A History of Chinese Civilisation, 2 Vols., London, Folio Society 2002 ...

Yoga – Wood (Ernest E[gerton], 1883-1965), Practical Yoga Ancient and Modern, introduction by Paul Brunton, London, Rider & Co., 1st UK edn., 1951...

Folio Society publications – all near mint in slip cases except where marked by an asterisk(*), in varying size formats: Barber (Richard) ed., The...

China and general history – Follett (Kenneth Martin, CBE, FRSL), Fall of Giants, 1st edn., London, Macmillan, 2010, 8vo, 851pp, map of Europe to e...

China, History – Ross (Edward Ashworth, PhD, LLD), The Changing Chinese: The Conflict of Oriental and Western Cultures in China, New York, Century...