Rare Books on China & East Asia

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The Library has been digitizing its rare books located in the Special Collections with the purpose to promote resource sharing via online access of its full-text. To give users a glimpse of the Chinese and East Asian cultures and histories in western eyes between 18th and early 20th century, this collection contains the rare books on China and East Asia which were mainly published in western countries between 1704 and 1922. Users can also browse different topics by its subcollection including Chinese Literature, Missionary, Religions in China, Social Life and Customs in China, Statistics of China Commerce, Travel in China, etc.

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A Chinese St. Francis : or the life of Brother Mao
Title:
A Chinese St. Francis : or the life of Brother Mao
Alternative Title:
The life of Brother Mao
Creator:
Brown, Colin Campbell
Date:
[1911]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
A Chinese pedigree on a tablet-disk
Title:
A Chinese pedigree on a tablet-disk
Alternative Title:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Creator:
Hopkins, Lionel Charles, 1854-1952
Date:
1913
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Art
A Mandarin primer
Title:
A Mandarin primer
Alternative Title:
英華合璧
Creator:
Baller, F. W. (Frederick William), 1852-1922
Date:
1911
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
A Revelation of the Chinese revolution : a retrospect and forecast
Title:
A Revelation of the Chinese revolution : a retrospect and forecast
Creator:
Mullowney, John J. (John James), 1878-1953
Date:
c1914
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
A Tibetan-English dictionary : with Sanskrit synonyms. Part 1
Title:
A Tibetan-English dictionary : with Sanskrit synonyms. Part 1
Creator:
Das, Sarat Chandra, 1849-1917
Date:
1902
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
A Tibetan-English dictionary : with Sanskrit synonyms. Part 2
Title:
A Tibetan-English dictionary : with Sanskrit synonyms. Part 2
Creator:
Das, Sarat Chandra, 1849-1917
Date:
1902
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
A cycle of Cathay : or, China, south and north ; with personal reminiscences
Title:
A cycle of Cathay : or, China, south and north ; with personal reminiscences
Creator:
Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons), 1827-1916
Date:
1900, c1896
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
A little history of China ; and, A Chinese story
Title:
A little history of China ; and, A Chinese story
Alternative Title:
Chinese story
Creator:
Brebner, Alexander
Date:
1895
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
A lute of jade : being selections from the classical poets of China
Title:
A lute of jade : being selections from the classical poets of China
Alternative Title:
Wisdom of the East
Creator:
Cranmer-Byng, L. (Launcelot), 1872-1945
Date:
1918?
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Literature
A short history of China : an account for the general reader of an ancient empire and people
Title:
A short history of China : an account for the general reader of an ancient empire and people
Creator:
Boulger, Demetrius Charles, 1853-1928
Date:
1900
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
A sketch of Chinese history
Title:
A sketch of Chinese history
Creator:
Pott, F. L. Hawks (Francis Lister Hawks), 1864-1947
Date:
1903
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
A thousand miles of miracle in China : a personal record of God's delivering power from the hands of the Imperial Boxers of Shan-si
Title:
A thousand miles of miracle in China : a personal record of God's delivering power from the hands of the Imperial Boxers of Shan-si
Alternative Title:
1000 miles of miracles in China
Alternative Title:
A personal record of God's delivering power from the hands of the Imperial Boxers of Shan-si
Creator:
Glover, Archibald E. (Archibald Edward), 1860?-1954
Date:
1909
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Subcollection:
History of China
A year in China, 1899-1900
Title:
A year in China, 1899-1900
Creator:
Mersey, Charles Clive Bigham, Viscount, 1872-1956
Date:
1901
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Across Mongolian plains : a naturalist's account of China's "great northwest"
Title:
Across Mongolian plains : a naturalist's account of China's "great northwest"
Creator:
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960
Date:
1921
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
America's stake in the Far East
Title:
America's stake in the Far East
Creator:
Fahs, Charles H. (Charles Harvey), 1872-1948
Date:
1920
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
An historical, geographical and philosophical view of the Chinese empire : comprehending a description of the fifteen provinces of China ... . Volume 1
Title:
An historical, geographical and philosophical view of the Chinese empire : comprehending a description of the fifteen provinces of China ... . Volume 1
Alternative Title:
View of the Chinese empire
Creator:
Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829
Date:
Approximately 1796
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
An historical, geographical and philosophical view of the Chinese empire : comprehending a description of the fifteen provinces of China ... . Volume 2
Title:
An historical, geographical and philosophical view of the Chinese empire : comprehending a description of the fifteen provinces of China ... . Volume 2
Alternative Title:
View of the Chinese empire
Creator:
Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829
Date:
Approximately 1796
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
An introduction to Mandarin
Title:
An introduction to Mandarin
Creator:
Whitewright, J. S. (John Sutherland), 1858?-1926
Date:
1918
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art
Title:
An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art
Creator:
Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
Date:
1918
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Art
Beyond Shanghai
Title:
Beyond Shanghai
Creator:
Speakman, Harold, 1888-1928
Date:
c1922
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Chance & change in China
Title:
Chance & change in China
Creator:
Roe, A. S., Mrs.
Date:
[1920?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Changing China
Title:
Changing China
Creator:
Gascoyne-Cecil, William, 1863-1936
Date:
1912
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Chats on oriental China
Title:
Chats on oriental China
Creator:
Blacker, J. F.
Date:
1908
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Art
Chin-Chin = the Chinaman at home
Title:
Chin-Chin = the Chinaman at home
Alternative Title:
Chinaman at home
Creator:
Tcheng, Ki-tong, 1851-1907
Date:
[1895?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
China
Title:
China
Creator:
Douglas, Robert K. (Robert Kennaway), Sir, 1838-1913
Date:
1887
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
China : an interpretation
Title:
China : an interpretation
Creator:
Bashford, J. W. (James Whitford), 1849-1919
Date:
1916
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
History of China
China : past and present
Title:
China : past and present
Creator:
Parker, Edward Harper, 1849-1926
Date:
1903
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
History of China
China and Formosa : the story of the mission of Presbyterian Church of England
Title:
China and Formosa : the story of the mission of Presbyterian Church of England
Alternative Title:
The story of the mission of Presbyterian Church of England
Creator:
Johnstoun, James
Date:
1897
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
China and its people : a book for young readers
Title:
China and its people : a book for young readers
Creator:
Collins, H. (Helen), Mrs.
Date:
[1862?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
China and the Chinese
Title:
China and the Chinese
Creator:
Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
Date:
1902
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
China and the allies. Volume 1
Title:
China and the allies. Volume 1
Creator:
Landor, Arnold Henry Savage, 1865-1924
Date:
1901
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Subcollection:
History of China
China and the allies. Volume 2
Title:
China and the allies. Volume 2
Creator:
Landor, Arnold Henry Savage, 1865-1924
Date:
1901
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Subcollection:
History of China
China and the world-war
Title:
China and the world-war
Creator:
Wheeler, W. Reginald (William Reginald), 1889-1963
Date:
c1919
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
China at the conference : a report
Title:
China at the conference : a report
Creator:
Willoughby, Westel Woodbury, 1867-1945
Date:
1922
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
China awakened
Title:
China awakened
Creator:
Tyau, Min-chʻien T. Z. (Min-chʻien Tuk Zung), 1888-
Date:
c1922
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
China expedition
Title:
China expedition
Creator:
Hogg, James
Date:
1854
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
China from within : impressions and experiences
Title:
China from within : impressions and experiences
Creator:
Scott, Charles Ernest, 1876-
Date:
c1917
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
Missionary
China in transformation
Title:
China in transformation
Creator:
Colquhoun, Archibald R. (Archibald Ross), 1848-1914
Date:
c1912
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
China of the Chinese
Title:
China of the Chinese
Creator:
Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers), 1864-1954
Date:
1921
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
China revolutionized
Title:
China revolutionized
Creator:
Thomson, John Stuart, 1869-1950
Date:
[1913]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
China's millions
Title:
China's millions
Creator:
Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905
Date:
1885
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
China's only hope : an appeal
Title:
China's only hope : an appeal
Alternative Title:
Quan xue pian
Creator:
Zhang, Zhidong, 1837-1909
Date:
1900
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
China's open door : a sketch of Chinese life and history
Title:
China's open door : a sketch of Chinese life and history
Creator:
Wildman, Rounsevelle, 1864-1901
Date:
c1900
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
China's past & future
Title:
China's past & future
Creator:
Holcombe, Chester, 1844-1912
Date:
[1904]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
China, the United States, and the Anglo-Japanese alliance
Title:
China, the United States, and the Anglo-Japanese alliance
Alternative Title:
Anglo-Japanese alliance
Creator:
Wood, G. Zay (Ge-Zay), 1897-
Date:
c1921
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
Chinese characteristics
Title:
Chinese characteristics
Creator:
Smith, Arthur H., 1845-1932
Date:
1890
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Chinese customs
Title:
Chinese customs
Creator:
Parker, Edward Harper, 1849-1926
Date:
1899
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Chinese junks : a book of drawings in black & white
Title:
Chinese junks : a book of drawings in black & white
Creator:
Donnelly, Ivon A.
Date:
[1920]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Chinese novels
Title:
Chinese novels
Creator:
Davis, John Francis, Sir, 1795-1890
Date:
1822
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Literature
Chinese stories
Title:
Chinese stories
Creator:
Douglas, Robert K. (Robert Kennaway), Sir, 1838-1913
Date:
1893
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Literature
Chinese translations of the "Milinda Panho"
Title:
Chinese translations of the "Milinda Panho"
Alternative Title:
Milindapañha
Alternative Title:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Creator:
Takakusu, Junjiro, 1866-1945
Date:
1896
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
Confucianism and Taouism
Title:
Confucianism and Taouism
Alternative Title:
Non-Christian religious systems
Creator:
Douglas, Robert K. (Robert Kennaway), Sir, 1838-1913
Date:
1879
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
Confucianism and Taouism
Title:
Confucianism and Taouism
Alternative Title:
Non-Christian religious systems
Creator:
Douglas, Robert K. (Robert Kennaway), Sir, 1838-1913
Date:
1889
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
Contemporary politics in the Far East
Title:
Contemporary politics in the Far East
Alternative Title:
Politics in China and in Japan
Alternative Title:
Contemporary relations: China, Japan, and the United States
Creator:
Hornbeck, Stanley Kuhl, 1883-1966
Date:
1916
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
Cross and crown : stories of the Chinese martyrs
Title:
Cross and crown : stories of the Chinese martyrs
Alternative Title:
遇難錄
Creator:
Bryson, Mary Isabella
Date:
[1904]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
Essay on the language of the southern Chins and its affinities
Title:
Essay on the language of the southern Chins and its affinities
Creator:
Houghton, Bernard
Date:
1892
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
Europe and the Far East, 1506-1912
Title:
Europe and the Far East, 1506-1912
Creator:
Douglas, Robert K. (Robert Kennaway), Sir, 1838-1913
Date:
1912
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
Everlasting Pearl : one of China's women
Title:
Everlasting Pearl : one of China's women
Creator:
Johannsen, Anna Magdalena
Date:
1913
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Fred. C. Roberts of Tientsin : or, For Christ and China
Title:
Fred. C. Roberts of Tientsin : or, For Christ and China
Alternative Title:
Roberts of Tientsin
Creator:
Bryson, Mary Isabella
Date:
1895
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
From Peking to Petersburg
Title:
From Peking to Petersburg
Creator:
Reid, Arnot
Date:
1899
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
General regulations and local rules for the Port of Canton
Title:
General regulations and local rules for the Port of Canton
Alternative Title:
廣州口引水總章並分章
Creator:
Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs
Date:
1918
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Glimpses of China and Chinese homes
Title:
Glimpses of China and Chinese homes
Creator:
Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925
Date:
1902
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Gordon in China and the Soudan
Title:
Gordon in China and the Soudan
Creator:
Hake, A. Egmont, (Alfred Egmont)
Date:
1896
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Griffith John : founder of the Hankow Mission, central China
Title:
Griffith John : founder of the Hankow Mission, central China
Creator:
Robson, William, 1785-1863
Date:
[1888?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Griffith John : the story of fifty years in China
Title:
Griffith John : the story of fifty years in China
Creator:
Thompson, R. Wardlaw (Ralph Wardlaw), 1842-1916
Date:
1908
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Heirs together of the grace of life : Benjamin Broomhall & Amelia Hudson Broomhall
Title:
Heirs together of the grace of life : Benjamin Broomhall & Amelia Hudson Broomhall
Creator:
Broomhall, Marshall, 1866-1937
Date:
1918
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
History of the insurrection in China : with notices of the Christianity, creed, and proclamations of the insurgents
Title:
History of the insurrection in China : with notices of the Christianity, creed, and proclamations of the insurgents
Alternative Title:
Insurrection en Chine
Creator:
Callery, J. -M. (Joseph-Marie), 1810-1862
Date:
1853
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan : Being the record of three years exploration
Title:
In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan : Being the record of three years exploration
Creator:
Deasy, H. H. P. (Henry Hugh Peter)
Date:
1901
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
In the land of the blue gown
Title:
In the land of the blue gown
Creator:
Little, Archibald, Mrs., 1845-1926
Date:
1912
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
Travel in China
In the valley of the Yangtse
Title:
In the valley of the Yangtse
Creator:
Foster, Amy, Mrs.
Date:
1899
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
Missionary
Japan : report for the year 1896 on the trade of Tamsui and Kelung
Title:
Japan : report for the year 1896 on the trade of Tamsui and Kelung
Alternative Title:
Diplomatic and consular reports on trade and finance. Annual series ; no. 1979
Creator:
Great Britain. Foreign Office
Date:
1897
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Japan : report for the year 1897 on the trade of North Formosa
Title:
Japan : report for the year 1897 on the trade of North Formosa
Alternative Title:
Diplomatic and consular reports. Annual series ; no. 2148
Creator:
Great Britain. Foreign Office
Date:
1898
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Japan : report for the year 1897 on the trade of Tainan and district
Title:
Japan : report for the year 1897 on the trade of Tainan and district
Alternative Title:
Diplomatic and consular reports. Annual series ; no. 2149
Creator:
Great Britain. Foreign Office
Date:
1898
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Japan : report for the year 1898 on the trade of North Formosa
Title:
Japan : report for the year 1898 on the trade of North Formosa
Alternative Title:
Diplomatic and consular reports. Annual series ; no. 2339
Creator:
Great Britain. Foreign Office
Date:
1899
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Japan in art and industry : with a glance at Japanese manners and customs
Title:
Japan in art and industry : with a glance at Japanese manners and customs
Creator:
Régamey, Félix, 1844-1907
Date:
c1892
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
Japan in the beginning of the twentieth century
Title:
Japan in the beginning of the twentieth century
Alternative Title:
Japan in the beginning of the 20th century
Creator:
Japan. Nōshōmushō
Date:
1904
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
John Chinaman and a few others
Title:
John Chinaman and a few others
Creator:
Parker, Edward Harper, 1849-1926
Date:
1902
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
John Chinaman at home : sketches of men, manners and things in China
Title:
John Chinaman at home : sketches of men, manners and things in China
Alternative Title:
Sketches of men, manners and things in China
Creator:
Hardy, E. J. (Edward John), 1849-1920
Date:
1905
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Leaves from my Chinese scrapbook
Title:
Leaves from my Chinese scrapbook
Creator:
Balfour, Frederic Henry
Date:
1887
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Lessons in the Shanghai dialect
Title:
Lessons in the Shanghai dialect
Creator:
Pott, F. L. Hawks (Francis Lister Hawks), 1864-1947
Date:
1913
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
Lhasa and its mysteries, with a record of the expedition of 1903-1904
Title:
Lhasa and its mysteries, with a record of the expedition of 1903-1904
Creator:
Waddell, L. A. (Laurence Austine), 1854-1938
Date:
1905
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Li Hung-Chang
Title:
Li Hung-Chang
Creator:
Bland, J. O. P. (John Otway Percy), 1863-1945
Date:
1917
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Life and sport in China
Title:
Life and sport in China
Creator:
Ready, Oliver George, 1864-1940
Date:
1903
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Life of David Hill
Title:
Life of David Hill
Alternative Title:
How David Hill followed Christ
Creator:
Hellier, Jane Elizabeth
Date:
[1906]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Life of General Gordon
Title:
Life of General Gordon
Creator:
Farningham, Marianne, 1834-1909
Date:
[between 1884 and 1886]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Lion and dragon in northern China
Title:
Lion and dragon in northern China
Creator:
Johnston, Reginald Fleming, Sir, 1874-1938
Date:
1910
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Manchu and Muscovite
Title:
Manchu and Muscovite
Creator:
Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox), 1877-1930
Date:
1904
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East