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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With the Russians in Mongolia
Title:
With the Russians in Mongolia
Creator:
Perry-Ayscough, Henry George Charles
Date:
[1914]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
With p'u and his brigands
Title:
With p'u and his brigands
Creator:
Taylor, Howard, Mrs.
Date:
1922
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
With Gordon in China : letters from Thomas Lyster
Title:
With Gordon in China : letters from Thomas Lyster
Creator:
Lyster, Thomas, 1840-1865
Date:
1891
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Wild life in China, or, Chats on Chinese birds and beasts
Title:
Wild life in China, or, Chats on Chinese birds and beasts
Creator:
Lanning, George, 1852-1920
Date:
1911
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Twelve years in China : the people, the rebels, and the mandarins
Title:
Twelve years in China : the people, the rebels, and the mandarins
Alternative Title:
12 years in China : the people, the rebels, and the mandarins
Creator:
Scarth, John
Date:
1860
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Translations from the Chinese
Title:
Translations from the Chinese
Creator:
Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957
Date:
c1922
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Literature
Trade statistics of the treaty ports, for the period 1863-1872
Title:
Trade statistics of the treaty ports, for the period 1863-1872
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
1873
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Tibet and Nepal
Title:
Tibet and Nepal
Creator:
Landor, Arnold Henry Savage, 1865-1924
Date:
1905
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Through the Yangtse Gorges, or, Trade and travel in western China
Title:
Through the Yangtse Gorges, or, Trade and travel in western China
Alternative Title:
Trade and travel in western China
Creator:
Little, Archibald John, 1838-1908
Date:
1898
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
Travel in China
These from the land of Sinim : essays on the Chinese question
Title:
These from the land of Sinim : essays on the Chinese question
Creator:
Hart, Robert, Sir, 1835-1911
Date:
1901
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
The wisdom of the Chinese : their philosophy in sayings and proverbs
Title:
The wisdom of the Chinese : their philosophy in sayings and proverbs
Creator:
Brown, Brian, 1881-
Date:
c1920
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
The willow pattern
Title:
The willow pattern
Creator:
Friend, Hilderic, 1852-1940
Date:
[1883]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
The uplift of China
Title:
The uplift of China
Creator:
Smith, Arthur H., 1845-1932
Date:
1908
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
Missionary
The truth about China and Japan
Title:
The truth about China and Japan
Creator:
Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox), 1877-1930
Date:
1919
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
The sons of Han : stories of Chinese life and mission work
Title:
The sons of Han : stories of Chinese life and mission work
Creator:
Upward, Bernard
Date:
1908
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
Missionary
The religion of the Chinese
Title:
The religion of the Chinese
Alternative Title:
Hartford-Lamson lectures on the religions of the world
Creator:
Groot, J. J. M. de (Jan Jakob Maria), 1854-1921
Date:
1910
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
The regeneration of new China
Title:
The regeneration of new China
Creator:
Bitton, Nelson, 1870-1955
Date:
1914
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
The real Chinaman
Title:
The real Chinaman
Alternative Title:
華游志略
Creator:
Holcombe, Chester, 1844-1912
Date:
1895
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
The problem of China
Title:
The problem of China
Creator:
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970
Date:
1922
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
The opium monopoly
Title:
The opium monopoly
Creator:
La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961
Date:
1920
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
The new Far East
Title:
The new Far East
Creator:
Diósy, Arthur, 1856-1923
Date:
1900
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
The new China : a traveller's impressions
Title:
The new China : a traveller's impressions
Creator:
Borel, Henri, 1869-1933
Date:
1912
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
The minor friars in China
Title:
The minor friars in China
Alternative Title:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Creator:
Moule, A. C. (Arthur Christopher), 1873-1957
Date:
1921
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
The life of Dr. Arthur Jackson of Manchuria
Title:
The life of Dr. Arthur Jackson of Manchuria
Creator:
Costain, Alfred J. (Alfred James), 1881-1963
Date:
[1911]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
The late appearance of romances and novels in the literature of China : with the history of the great archer, Yang Yu Chi
Title:
The late appearance of romances and novels in the literature of China : with the history of the great archer, Yang Yu Chi
Alternative Title:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Creator:
Legge, James, 1815-1897
Date:
1893
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Literature
The historical development of religion in China
Title:
The historical development of religion in China
Creator:
Clennell, Walter James, 1867-
Date:
1917
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
The flight of the Lapwing : a naval officer's jottings in China, Formosa and Japan
Title:
The flight of the Lapwing : a naval officer's jottings in China, Formosa and Japan
Alternative Title:
A naval officer's jottings in China, Formosa and Japan
Creator:
Shore, Henry N., 1847-1926
Date:
1881
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
The fight for the republic in China
Title:
The fight for the republic in China
Creator:
Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox), 1877-1930
Date:
c1917
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
The emergency in China
Title:
The emergency in China
Alternative Title:
Forward mission study courses
Creator:
Pott, F. L. Hawks (Francis Lister Hawks), 1864-1947
Date:
c1913
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
Subcollection:
Missionary
The break-up of China : with an account of its present commerce, currency, waterways, armies, railways, politics, and future prospects
Title:
The break-up of China : with an account of its present commerce, currency, waterways, armies, railways, politics, and future prospects
Creator:
Beresford, Charles William De la Poer Beresford, Baron, 1846-1919
Date:
c1899
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
The black bearded barbarian : the life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa
Title:
The black bearded barbarian : the life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa
Creator:
MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller, 1876-1961
Date:
c1912
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
The awakening of the East : Siberia - Japan - China
Title:
The awakening of the East : Siberia - Japan - China
Alternative Title:
La rénovation de l'Asie; Sibérie--Chine--Japon
Creator:
Leroy-Beaulieu, Pierre, 1871-1915
Date:
c1900
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
The West in the East : from an American point of view
Title:
The West in the East : from an American point of view
Creator:
Collier, Price, 1860-1913
Date:
1913, c1911
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
The Shi King : the old "poetry classic" of the Chinese
Title:
The Shi King : the old "poetry classic" of the Chinese
Alternative Title:
Shi jing
Alternative Title:
Sir John Lubbock's hundred boks ; 11
Alternative Title:
詩經
Creator:
Jennings, William, 1847-1927
Date:
1891
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Literature
The Shantung case at the conference
Title:
The Shantung case at the conference
Creator:
Millard, Thomas Franklin Fairfax
Date:
1921
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
The Nanking monument of the beatitudes
Title:
The Nanking monument of the beatitudes
Creator:
Jenner, Thomas
Date:
1911
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Art
The Honan Relics : a new investigator and some results
Title:
The Honan Relics : a new investigator and some results
Alternative Title:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Creator:
Hopkins, Lionel Charles, 1854-1952
Date:
1921
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
The History of China. Volume 2
Title:
The History of China. Volume 2
Creator:
Boulger, Demetrius Charles, 1853-1928
Date:
1898
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
The History of China. Volume 1
Title:
The History of China. Volume 1
Creator:
Boulger, Demetrius Charles, 1853-1928
Date:
1898
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
The French in Tonkin and South China
Title:
The French in Tonkin and South China
Creator:
Cunningham, Alfred, 1870-1918
Date:
[1902]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
The Far East : its history and its question
Title:
The Far East : its history and its question
Creator:
Krausse, Alexis Sidney, 1859-1904
Date:
1903
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
The Chinese revolution
Title:
The Chinese revolution
Creator:
Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963
Date:
c1912
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
The Chinese people : a handbook on China
Title:
The Chinese people : a handbook on China
Creator:
Moule, Arthur E. (Arthur Evans), 1836-1918
Date:
1914
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
The Chinese language and how to learn it : a manual for beginners
Title:
The Chinese language and how to learn it : a manual for beginners
Creator:
Hillier, Walter, Sir
Date:
1913
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
The Chinese Bronze known as the "Bushell Bowl" and its inscription
Title:
The Chinese Bronze known as the "Bushell Bowl" and its inscription
Alternative Title:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Creator:
Hopkins, Lionel Charles, 1854-1952
Date:
1912
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Art
The Chinese : a general description of China and its inhabitants
Title:
The Chinese : a general description of China and its inhabitants
Alternative Title:
A general description of China and its inhabitants
Creator:
Davis, John Francis, Sir, 1795-1890
Date:
1840
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Subcollection:
History of China
The Chinese
Title:
The Chinese
Creator:
Thomson, John Stuart, 1869-1950
Date:
[1910]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
The Chinaman as we see him, and fifty years of work for him
Title:
The Chinaman as we see him, and fifty years of work for him
Creator:
Condit, Ira M. (Ira Miller), 1833-1915
Date:
c1900
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
The Celestial and his religions or, the Religious aspect in China : being a series of lectures on the religions of the Chinese
Title:
The Celestial and his religions or, the Religious aspect in China : being a series of lectures on the religions of the Chinese
Alternative Title:
Religious aspect in China
Creator:
Ball, J. Dyer (James Dyer), 1847-1919
Date:
1906
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
Studies in the Chinese drama
Title:
Studies in the Chinese drama
Creator:
Buss, Kate
Date:
1922
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Steadfast unto death; or, martyred for China : memorials of Thomas Wellesley and Jessie Pigott
Title:
Steadfast unto death; or, martyred for China : memorials of Thomas Wellesley and Jessie Pigott
Alternative Title:
Martyred for China
Creator:
Pigott, C. A.
Date:
1903
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Statistics of trade at the port of Shanghai, for the period 1863-1872
Title:
Statistics of trade at the port of Shanghai, for the period 1863-1872
Alternative Title:
Trade statistics in Shanghai
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
1873
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Statistics of trade at the port of Ningpo, for the period 1863-1872
Title:
Statistics of trade at the port of Ningpo, for the period 1863-1872
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
1873
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Statistics of trade at the port of Kiukiang, for the period 1863-1872
Title:
Statistics of trade at the port of Kiukiang, for the period 1863-1872
Alternative Title:
Trade statistics in Kiukang
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
1873
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Statistics of trade at the port of Foochow, for the period 1863-1872
Title:
Statistics of trade at the port of Foochow, for the period 1863-1872
Alternative Title:
Trade statistics in Foochow
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
1873
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Statistics of trade at the port of Chinkiang, for the period 1863-1872
Title:
Statistics of trade at the port of Chinkiang, for the period 1863-1872
Alternative Title:
Trade statistics in Chinkiang
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
1873
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Statistics of trade at the port of Canton, for the period 1863-1872
Title:
Statistics of trade at the port of Canton, for the period 1863-1872
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
1873
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Statistics of trade at the port of Amoy, for the period 1863-1872
Title:
Statistics of trade at the port of Amoy, for the period 1863-1872
Alternative Title:
Statistics of trade at the port of Xiamen, for the period 1863-1872
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
1873
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Sport and science on the Sino-Mongolian frontier
Title:
Sport and science on the Sino-Mongolian frontier
Creator:
Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954
Date:
1918
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Six months with the Chinese expedition; or, Leave from a soldier's note-book
Title:
Six months with the Chinese expedition; or, Leave from a soldier's note-book
Alternative Title:
Leave from a soldier's note-book
Creator:
Jocelyn, Robert Jocelyn, Viscount, 1687 or 1688-1756
Date:
[1840]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Samuel Pollard : pioneer missionary in China
Title:
Samuel Pollard : pioneer missionary in China
Creator:
Grist, W. A.
Date:
[1920?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Robert Morrison : the pioneer of Chinese missions
Title:
Robert Morrison : the pioneer of Chinese missions
Alternative Title:
The pioneer of Chinese missions
Creator:
Townsend, W. J. (William John), 1835-1915
Date:
[1888?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Returns of trade at the port of Shanghai, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Shanghai, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Shanghai
Creator:
A. H. De Carvalho
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Returns of trade at the port of Ningpo, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Ningpo, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Ningpo
Creator:
A. H. De Carvalho
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Returns of trade at the port of Kiukiang, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Kiukiang, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Kiukiang
Creator:
A. H. De Carvalho
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Returns of trade at the port of Hankow, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Hankow, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Hankow
Creator:
A. H. De Carvalho
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Returns of trade at the port of Foochow, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Foochow, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Foochow
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Returns of trade at the port of Chinkiang, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Chinkiang, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Chinkiang
Creator:
A. H. De Carvalho
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Returns of trade at the port of Canton, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Canton, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Canton
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Returns of trade at the port of Amoy, for the year 1864
Title:
Returns of trade at the port of Amoy, for the year 1864
Alternative Title:
Trade returns in Amoy
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
[1864?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Religions of ancient China
Title:
Religions of ancient China
Alternative Title:
Religions ancient and modern
Creator:
Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
Date:
1905
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
Recent events and present policies in China
Title:
Recent events and present policies in China
Creator:
Bland, J. O. P. (John Otway Percy), 1863-1945
Date:
1912
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Port catalogues of the Chinese customs' collection at the Austro-Hungarian universal exhibition, Vienna, 1873 : to illustrate the international exchange of products
Title:
Port catalogues of the Chinese customs' collection at the Austro-Hungarian universal exhibition, Vienna, 1873 : to illustrate the international exchange of products
Alternative Title:
Imperial maritime customs. III, Miscellaneous series ; no. 3
Creator:
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Date:
1873
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Statistics of China Commerce
Personal narrative of occurrences during Lord Elgin's second embassy to China in 1860
Title:
Personal narrative of occurrences during Lord Elgin's second embassy to China in 1860
Alternative Title:
Earl of Elgin's second embassy to China
Alternative Title:
Narrative of events in China
Alternative Title:
Personal narrative of events in China in 1860
Creator:
Loch, Henry Brougham, 1827-1900
Date:
1900
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Peking dust
Title:
Peking dust
Creator:
La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961
Date:
c1919
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Peeps into China; or, the missionary's children
Title:
Peeps into China; or, the missionary's children
Alternative Title:
Missionary's children
Creator:
Phillips, E. C. (Edith Caroline)
Date:
[1882?]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
Subcollection:
Missionary
Pali elements in Chinese Buddhism : a translation of Buddhaghosa's Samanta-peaseadikea, a commentary on the Vinaya, found in the Chinese Tripitaka
Title:
Pali elements in Chinese Buddhism : a translation of Buddhaghosa's Samanta-peaseadikea, a commentary on the Vinaya, found in the Chinese Tripitaka
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
Our share in China and what we are doing with it
Title:
Our share in China and what we are doing with it
Creator:
Bond, George J. (George John), 1850-
Date:
1909
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Our opportunity in China
Title:
Our opportunity in China
Creator:
Batty, J. A. Staunton (Jane Agnes Staunton)
Date:
1913
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Our Chinese chances through Europe's war
Title:
Our Chinese chances through Europe's war
Creator:
Linebarger, Paul Myron, 1871-1939
Date:
1915
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China
On a Chinese screen
Title:
On a Chinese screen
Creator:
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965
Date:
c1922
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Travel in China
Old Chinese porcelain
Title:
Old Chinese porcelain
Alternative Title:
Masterpieces of handicraft ; v2
Alternative Title:
Masterpieces of handicraft. First series, Old china
Creator:
Mew, Egan
Date:
[1909]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Art
Notes on Chinese prosody
Title:
Notes on Chinese prosody
Alternative Title:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Creator:
Waley, Arthur
Date:
1918
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Language
My lady of the Chinese courtyard
Title:
My lady of the Chinese courtyard
Creator:
Cooper, Elizabeth, 1877-1945
Date:
c1914
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Social Life and Customs in China