Japan Inside Out : The Challenge of Today by Rhee, Syngman Ph.D. (First President of th eProvisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Exile) - 1941

1865 1ed Social Life of Chinese CHINA Opium Drinking Games Missionary DoolittleJustus Doolittle was an American missionary to China who is most famous for his book 'Social Life of the Chinese', a valuable work focused on Chinese life and social customs. According to J.L. Scott, "Doolittle exhaustively explored practices and events in Fuzhou, Fujian, where he was a missionary for 14 years. Few aspects of everyday life escaped his attention. Doolittle is especially strong when describing domestic religious practices and public holidays and ceremonies."Doolittle was also focused on curing the problem of opium addiction with Jesus. Doolittle himself explained,"The vice of opium smoking has long since become a giant obstacle to the welfare and the prosperity of this people. The consumption of opium is rapidly on the increase in this city as well as in other parts of the empire, and its ravages are becoming more awful. The nation is becoming poorer and poorer." (Baumler, p.49)In addition to opium addiction,… Read More

1794 History of INDIA Asia MAPS Egypt Hindustan Robertson Scottish Enlightenment

William Robertson was a notable 18th-century Scottish historian, and, according to Humphreys, 'made significant contributions to the writing of Scottish history and the history of Spain and Spanish America.' While Robertson was most known for his histories of America and Great Britain, he also published an historical account of India.


In this work, 'An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge of India', Robertson explored the commercial and cultural connections India had with the West through the end of the 15th-century. According to Stewart Brown, this work
"represents one of the more significant achievements of the late Scottish Enlightenment."

This fine work features 2 enormous, folding maps of India.

Item number: #5837
Price: $550
ROBERTSON, William
An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India : and the progress of trade with that country prior to the discovery of… Read More

Paris, France: Librairie Universelle, 1905. Book. Fine-. Half-Leather. Possible First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Half-leather hardcover with marbled boards and endpapers; top edge gilt; no jacket; ribbon marker; text in French; color and b&w illustrations. No date but a previous owner has penciled 1905 on copyright page. Fine minus condition..

1862 Japanese Woodblock Print Shaka Hasso Snake Demon Samurai Color Illustrated

A rare, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print of 'Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko." "Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko" is a biography of Buddha written by Mantei Oga and illustrated by Ichiyousai Toyokuni. Buddhism originated in Northern India, or present-day Nepal where the historical Buddha (Prince Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha), was born and lived. When Buddhism arrived in Japan, Siddhartha became known in Japan as Shaka or Shakamuni. Stories of Shaka's life were commonly told through selecting eight events to represent his life. This 'Shaka Hassou,' was aimed at the general populace, using the "eight phases" as a device to teach the important points of Shaka's life as well as a means of entertainment.
This rare 1862 edition is written in the typical handwritten column format with illustrations of snakes, battles, samurai, courtesans, demons, and more!
Item number: #16818
Price: $499
Mantei Oga
(Story of the Eight Phases of Shaka)… Read More

1904 1st ed Japan HUGE Russo-Japanese WAR Asia Korea Military Photos FOLIO

'Japan: Her Strength and Her Beauty'
contains photographs of the Japanese armed forces, portraits of military and naval officers and other governmental officials plus scenes of Japan at the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War. This book was written to give a clear picture of Japan as it existed in the late 19th and early 20th century and how it came to be that way, depicting not only war over Korea and the Emperor, but temples, pagodas, jinrikishas, tea houses, gardens, sacred bridges, wrestlers, workmen, women, art, architecture, religion, and much more!
This 1904 first edition is profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings by Henry Reuterdahl, Fletcher Ransom, Sidney Adamson and Genjiro Yeto, with an original cover design by J. Leyendecker.

Item number: #17985
Price: $499
REUTERDAHL, Henry
Japan: her strength and her beauty.
New York: P.F. Collier, 1904. First Edition.

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Paris: Louis-Michaud. Very Good. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume #1 only. History of a Mission in Beijing. Clean blue cloth has gilt title on spine. Text tight, clean & intact. Original soft cover volume is bound in hard cover. Page edges are lightly age toned. Some uncut pages. B/W illustrations. Volume #2 privately published in 1926, Vincentian to the Boxer Rebellion. Vol. #1, dealing with the origins to the suppression of the Society of Jesus and the arrival of the Vincentians, (1773-1785) . French text. China; B/W Illustrations.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 461 pages .

London and New York: London Printing and Publishing Co, 1858. Hardcover. Very Good +. "Illustrated with Battle Scenes, Views of Places, Portraits and Maps, Beautifully Engraved on Steel." 2 volumes: [8], 2, vii, [1], 647, [1] p.; [4], viii, 663, [1] p., frontispiece and added engraved title page in each volume and 77 leaves of additional engraved plates (including double-leaf map); 28 cm. Modern leather rebacking with gilt-tooled spine titles; original maroon pebble-cloth over boards. No date of publication; History of the Indian Mutiny was issued in parts in 1858 and 1859. Each volume contains the London Printing and Publishing Co. title page (with, as appropriate, vol. I or vol. II); vol. 1 also contains a title page for S.D. Brain, stating "Copyright Edition." Inscription on blank leaf preceding vol. 1 frontispiece indicating that this was given by James W. Leonard to John H. Bowman in 1939. Heavy; for international shipping, they will have to be sent by international… Read More

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1960. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Third Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Essentially fine, and apparently unread, with only insignificant traces of use. Contains 2 plates, 2 plans, and 2 maps in back pocket of vol. 5.. ( possibly missing 2 maps ? ) Packed weight about 4 kilos, so extra postage will be required..

Paris, France: Librairie Universelle, 1905. Book. Fine-. Half-Leather. Possible First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Half-leather hardcover with marbled boards and endpapers; top edge gilt; no jacket; ribbon marker; text in French; color and b&w illustrations. No date but a previous owner has penciled 1905 on copyright page. Fine minus condition..

Harvard University Press, 1947. Volume 1 only. VG+. Minor shelf and handling wear; name inside front cover (else clean and free of marks); text block slightly age-toned throughout. Overall a clean, solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.