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Lot of Books on Trade and Commerce in China

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Lot of Books on Trade and Commerce in China
<B>Group of Books on Trade and Commerce in China</B></I> including:<BR><B>Hosea Ballou Morse<I> The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire</B></I></B></I> (London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1908), first edition, 451 pages, illustrated, fold-out map, original blue cloth boards with gilt decoration and titles, 8v0 (6" x 9"), minor shelf wear to boards, bumped corners, spine lightly sunned, former owner's bookplate on inside front cover, contents sound and tight, very good.<BR><B>Friedrich Hirth and W. W. Rockhill<I> Chau Ju-Kua: His Work on the Chinese and Arab Trade in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, Entitled Chu-Fan-Chi.</B></I></B></I> (St. Petersburg: Printing Office of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1911), first edition, 288 pages, fold-out map, bound in maroon cloth with gilt titles, 4to (8" x 11.25"), previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, some toning to preliminary pages, very good condition.<BR><B>Hosea Ballou Morse<I> The Chronicles of the East India Company Trading to China 1635-1834.</B></I></B></I> (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1926), first edition, five volumes, 305 pages, 435 pages, 388 pages, 427 pages, 212 pages respectively, illustrated, maps, blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, 8vo (6" x 9"), moderate rubbing to boards, all volumes slightly warped, typical shelf wear, previous owner's bookplate on ffep, internal contents sound and tight, very good condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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