Peking: The Foreign Language Press. Oblong 12mo., pp.(ii),60, paperback (pictorial wrappers), colour illustrations throughout; small closed tear to head of spine of wrappers, else very good.

London: The Folio Society, 2018. Four volumes, 8vo., pp.x,83;x,85;x,85;x,86, pictorial boards backed in quarter cloth, gilt, colour frontispieces and plates; a fine set. No slipcase.

Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition, large 8vo., pp.vii,72, black cloth backed, lettered in blue, with pictorial blue paper-covered boards, pictorial title, b/w map, numerous b/w illustrations, including 4 photographic illustrations; light foxing to top edges, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy indeed, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which has 3cm closed tear to front upper LH corner, and small area of loss at headband, small area of loss to rear upper RH corner, a little rubbing and small closed tears to edges, overall very good, and now in a protective cover.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970. First edition, oblong 4to., pp.50, red hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations throughout; light foxing to endpapers, else very good, in good price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has multiple tears to edges (rear of jacket has 3 fairly extensive closed tears), some with light loss, and whole jacket is now mounted onto a paper backing.

London: Hutchinson and Co, 1895. First edition, 8vo., pp.viii,312, pictorial navy cloth stamped in silver and brown, all edges silver, b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w illustrations, decorative endpapers; 4cm closed tear to lower inner margin of title page, closed tear and crease to inner margin of tissue guard, light foxing throughout, occasional thumbing, rubbing to extremities, a good copy.

Boston: James Loring, 1823. 12mo., pp.106, black calf-backed marbled boards, gilt, engraved frontispiece; toning and foxing to margins, wear to extremities of paper covering of boards, rbbing to boards, a very good copy.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First edition, 4to., pp.(32)unpaginated, colour-illustrated throughout, glazed pictorial boards; a near fine copy.

London/Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1916. First edition, small 8vo., pp.(ii),152,(iv) adverts, bound in decoratively blindstamped reverse calf wrappers, gilt, t.e.g., untrimmed paper, 6 tipped-in colour illustrations by Jessie M. King (frontispiece, decorative title, one double-page plate and 3 single-page plates, all with tissue-guards); neat ink ownership gift inscription, dated 1916, to foot of front free endpaper, toning to half title and final page of adverts, toning at inner hinges, spine lightly sunned, a very good copy indeed.

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. First edition, 8vo., pp.62, uncut, pictorial green cloth stamped in navy, and lettered in navy to spine, both boards fully decorated, pictorial headpiece to half title, pictorial title lettered in red, full pictorial and decorative Arts and Crafts style borders to text throughout, as well as 8 black and white plates, pictorial vignette to p.62; toning to free endpapers, light rubbing to extremities, a fresh and bright copy of this scarce volume, a very good copy indeed.

London: A & C Black Ltd, 1934. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.140, yellow cloth, black lettering, eleven b/w wood engravings by John Farleigh; neat ownership nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to top edges, some foxing within, largely to early leaves, slight toning to endpapers, a very good copy, in a very good price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, rubbed with very slight chipping to extremities, and now in protective covering.

London: Chatto and Windus. Twelfth edition, 16mo., pp.113, pictorial olive-green cloth stamped and lettered in black and red, 27 colour plates; ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, two creases to upper corner of front free endpaper, fingermarking and occasional light marking throughout, just slightly shaken, ink-stain to lower margin of front board, rubbing to extremities, a good(+) copy.

Dundee, Valentine & Sons, Ltd. 12mo., unpaginated, pale brown paper-covered boards with inlaid colour plate, colour frontispiece and 13 further colour plates, pictorial title and colophon, pictorial endpapers, monochromatic illustrations accompany the text throughout; very slight wear at head and tail of spine, light rubbing to extremities, slight toning to endpapers, occasional light thumb marks to margins, overall a very good copy indeed of this scarce and fragile volume.

London: Frederick Warne & Co. First edition thus, first impression with the small advert to front free endpaper verso, 12mo., pp.76, red paper-covered boards with pictorial colour plate laid down, lettering in white, pictorial endpapers (in colour), colour frontispiece, 17 further colour plates, b/w in-text illustrations; sunning to spine and slightly to fore-margins and front upper margin, otherwise very good indeed/near-fine.

London: Blackie and Son, 1909. First edition, 8vo., pp.256,17-(16) publisher’s adverts, pictorial red cloth blocked in gilt, white, pale green and black, pictorial spine, b/w frontispiece and 3 further plates; neat ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, toning and foxing to half title, with foxing to edges and somewhat to margins throughout, webbing occasionally visible toward rear of volume, especially at pp.171 and 193, loss to lower margin of rear free endpaper where paper has become stuck to rear paste-down endpaper, light rubbing to extremities, with small spots of wear to lower corners, spine dulled, overall a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

London: The Cresset Press Ltd., printed at The Alcuin Press, 1929. 8vo., unpaginated, patterned cloth, with stamped title-label to front board, and cream leather label to spine, gilt, t.e.g., 12 b/w wood-engraved plates; owner’s name gilt-lettered to lower corner of front board, slight tone to edges, slight sunning to spine, a very good, clean copy, in worn glassine wrapper.

London: Harris and Son. First edition, 12mo., pp.xii,156, b/w engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, quarter-calf, with pictorial paper boards, gilt; some rubbing at head and tail, corners bumped and worn, with small loss to upper rear corner, slightly pencil-marked, first free endpaper removed, contents lightly foxed, a good copy.

London: Frederick Muller Ltd. Signed, limited edition, no.39 of 250 copies signed by author and illustrator, small 4to., pp.50, quarter cream cloth, gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, wood-engraved plates and in-text illustrations; slight evidence of tape-marks to paste-down endpapers, light wear to paper at corners of boards, overall very good indeed.

London: Faber and Faber, 1973. First edition thus, oblong squat 4to., pp.(32), glazed pictorial boards, b/w title with pictorial borders, colour plates throughout; very slight foxing to front endpapers, a very good, clean copy.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1958. 8vo., pp.115, green hardcover, gilt, 6 colour plates; light evidence of removed bookplate to front free endpaper, handwritten number to upper margin and sellotape stain to lower margin of front paste-down endpaper, ‘2K’ written to upper margin of front free endpaper, foxing to prelims and edges, stitching visible between front free endpaper and half title, a little light marking to margins, else very good, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which has light surface soil, else very good.