China and the Far East

Wright, G.N., and T. Allen. China, in a series of views. London, [c.1843], 4 volumes, 4to, engraved additional titles, plates, publisher's pictorial red cloth gilt, gilt edges, some spotting, spines slightly worn
Roberts, Emma. Views in India, China, and on the shores of the Red Sea... from original sketches by Commander Robert Elliott. London, [c.1843], 2 volumes bound in one, 4to, colour printed engraved frontispiece, two engraved pictorial additional titles, engraved plates, contemporary black morocco, gilt edges, some spotting, binding heavily rubbed 
Huc, E. Souvenirs d'un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet et la Chine. Paris, 1850, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding lithographed map, nineteenth-century red calf, flat spines gilt, fading to spines and covers
Fontanier, V. Voyage dans l'archipel Indien. Paris, 1852, 8vo, half-title, calf-backed patterned boards, some spotting, neatly rebacked
McLeod, N. Illustrations to the epitome of the ancient history of Japan, including illustrations to the guide book. Kyoto, 1878, second edition, oblong 4to, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author, edge bound, 3 leaves of text, 80 numbered engraved plates on 46 sheets (most printed recto and verso), patterned silk boards, binding rather rubbed
China photographs. A collection of 129 photographs, including views and people in Peking, Hangchow, and Shanghai. [c.1930s], 129 silver prints (from 55 x 55mm. to 90 x 140mm., or the reverse), mounted on later sheets of paper, preserved in plastic sleeves, modern ring-binder album, one with small loss, other minor wear

together with 14 other volumes similar, including defective copies of Kinloch's Rambles in Java (1853) and Brand's Relation du voyage de Mr Evert Isbrand... de la Chine (1699); the lot sold not subject to return (24)

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