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1.	ANON.  MEDHALI ULUM [Introduction to the Sciences]  Malta, 1836. 8vo, 40 
Pp. + 11 FP Lithos. of animals on heavier paper.  The drawing flavor is 
Persian, text in Ottoman Turkish. An extremely rare and early juvenile 
printed in Ottoman Turkish by lithography.  Except for the others in this 
series the earliest Turkish juvenile.  Certainly the earliest one dealing 
with natural science. Not in BL [has others in this series], NUC, RLIN, 
OCLC, Unloc. Pub. wraps, marbled spine, a Very Good copy.  $1050.00

2.	ANON. SHANGHAE ALMANAC FOR THE BISSEXTILE OR LEAP YEAR 1856, and 
Miscellany. . The Port of Shanghae is in North Latitude 31 15' 41" And East 
Longitude 121 w' 6"; Variations of the Needle 20' Easterly./ China New 
Year. Falls on the 6th February. Shanghae : Printed at the "Herald" Office 
[North China Herald], [1855] 25 cm., Completely unpaginated, but with 5 
folding charts and a slip describing a plate of a pagoda of the Lin-Tse 
sect, which plate is lacking. This is the last year of five and continues 
the Shanghai almanac and commercial guide. Among the contents are customs 
house reports, list of foreign hongs[merchant houses] in Shanghae, list of 
foreign missionaries. The Miscellany begins with the "Peking Gazette" [or a 
digest of the events in China of the year], a chart of "All people renting 
space in Shanghae"; A Translation of a the last pamphlet brought from 
Nanking by the "Rattler." "Important Observations Regarding Celestial 
Principles" "Koo-San or Drum Hill"; "The Vision of Hung-Si-Tshuen and 
Original of the Kang Si Insurrection" By the Rev. Theodore Hamberg ; 
"Sailing Directions For the River Min." "A Trip to Nong-Po And Theen"-Thae 
includes many Chinese characters and an illustration; "Contribution to the 
History of the Insurrection In China", By D. J. Macgowan, M.D. The articles 
total several hundred pages and include others of equal interest. Only 5 
issues are known 1853-1857. RLIn locates copies at Harvard and Stanford 
only, but Also at BL. OCLC, Unloc. COPAC notes a copy at Cambridge. Resewn, 
including both front and rear wraps, and all other required pages, with 
illustration lacking, as above. Cover and first three sheets a little water 
stained, as are the last three sheets, a few pages with light imprints of 
pressed ferns which had been included, OW VG. $ 1375.00

3.	DENNYS, N. B. (Nicholas Belfield), ed.: THE TREATY PORTS OF CHINA AND 
JAPAN. A complete guide to the open ports of those countries, together with 
Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao. Forming a guide book & vade mecum for 
travellers, merchants, and residents in general. By Wm. Fred. Mayers, N. B. 
Dennys, and Chas. King. Compiled and edited by N. B. Dennys. London, 
Trubner and co.; [etc.,etc.] 1867. viii p., 1 l., 668 p., 1 l., xlviii p., 
1 l., 26, [1] p., 29 maps (incl. front.) 23 cm. While this copy contains 
all of the maps [two need repairs at the folds], all with an institutional 
stamp on their versos, it lacks the last appendix: "Catalogue of books on 
China (other than philological) published on China and Japan in the English 
language": Appendix C, p. 2-26. Institutional 20th century cloth. A guide 
primarily for European businessmen and clergymen. It includes routes and 
dates of service of European shipping lines to and from the treaty ports. 
Although published in England, printed in Hongkong. All of the maps on 
mulberry paper, which is, by its nature, fragile. The copy from which the 
microfiche available in some libraries was made, at Harvard, lacks 21 of 
them. These microfiches are usually made from the best copy available. 
RLIN/OCLC: 12954037, 10 Locs. [NYP, CLU, TYC, LNN, SC2, HHG, M NU, OUN, 
RBN, GZN]. Orig. boards, new spine, gilt title, VG. $2050.00

4.	JOYCE, REV. J. : . DIALOGUES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF 
MECHANICS AND ASTRONOMY, Designed to form A Prize Book In Schools And A 
/Help To Natives Desirous of Scientific Knowledge. Reprinted with some 
alterations from the First and Second volumes of the Rev. J. Joyce 
"Scientific Dialogues intended for the instruction and entertainment of 
young people."  ~ Madras, Church Mission Press, 1823, 12mo 84Pp., 8 FP Pls. 
Engd. by J. Gantz. An unusual early Indian mission imprint. The church here 
disseminates scientific knowledge for children. The text is based on the 
first two volumes of Joyce's popular juvenile dialogues. Stamp of Rangoon 
Anglican school library on rear blank.  RLIn Finds 2 Locs. Rebound in 
marbled Bds., Qtr. cloth., Prof. repair to worming on TP and blank corners. 
Very Good. $825.00

5.	[MACGOWAN, JOHN] : HIKAYAT YUSOF YANG TERKARANG OLEH NABI MUSA. 
Di-Salinkan K-Bhasa Mlayu. /Terchap Di-Singapura Di American Mission Press 
/ 1891. [The Story of Joseph as told by the Prophet Moses Translated into 
the Malay Language and Printed in Singapore by the American Mission Press]. 
45 Pp. 12 cm. Original printed stiff wraps, red cloth backstrip. There is 
no attribution to MacGowan in the book itself, but as I read it , it 
followed his pattern quite closely.  The title page adds the initials of 
the translator "W. G. S."  Overleaf it says : The Story of  Joseph In Low 
Malay.  While the spelling is different, the language is the  one now 
spoken in Malaysia.It, however was means primarily for Chinese readers, now 
speaking coloquial Malay. I have found no copies for this or any other 
edition of the work at OCLC, Hollis, NYPL, Yale, LC, CIC [Midwestern 
research libraries as a whole], Melvyl, BL, COPAC.  An about Very Good 
copy, the boards somewhat soiled and worn. $875.00

6.	PAYNE, JOHN: GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW TRANSLATED INTO THE GREBO LANGUAGE. 
New York, The American Bible Society, 1852. 12mo, 15.5 x 10 cm. 88 Pp. 
Bound With Payne, John: The first Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the 
Corinthians, translated into the Grebo tongue/ by John Payne, missionary 
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Cape Palmas and parts. 
adjacent, on the Western Coast of Africa. 15.5 x 10 cm., 38 Pp. New York, 
New York, American Bible Society, 1868. Darlow & Moule 4585, 4588. OCLC, 5 
Locs. in the USA,  [NYP, CAX, CUY, YUS, HLS, ] and 1 in the UK [CUD] COPAC 
Also notes the BL copy. Original boards, title ingilt on front board, lacks 
spine, but boards still solidly attached, OW VG. With cancelled Ex Libris 
of Northwestern University.on front inner board. $750.00

7.	POPE J. H. TRANS.: TE PUKAPUKA KURA MAORI : he korero kohikohi / 
Author(s): Te Popi, Hemi Henare. Publication: Poneke [Port Nicholson, i.e., 
Wellington]: He Mea Whakahau : George Didsbury, Kawantanga, 1887. 144 p. ; 
17 cm. Maori language - Translation of The native, Maori school reader and 
bound with that work. Responsibility: he mea tuhituhi na Hemi Henare Te 
Popi. Williams 737, OCLC, 3 Locs. in the USA, [CUZ GZO, HUH], unlocated at 
COPAC. Original cloth Near Fine. $850.00

8.	SIMONS, C. J. MRS. : THE CHILD'S WREATH OF HYMNS AND SONGS. Maulmain 
[Burma] : American Baptist Mission Press, 1840. 59 Pp., 14 cm.   A 
collection of hymns, numbered 1-154, with index, meant for children and 
edited by Mrs. Simons, primarily for the use of  the children back home and 
their parents, since a group of hymns for mothers is included at the back. 
Some of the newly added hymns may have been written by Mrs. Simons. Not at 
Hollis, Yale, Scottish National Library, LC,  BL, COPAC,  OCLC: 4 Locs. 
[ICW, LNB, BAN, EXW].  Very Good in original cloth.  $500.00

9.	SNOW, B. G. TRANSLATOR]: MA LALAFUNI / A / MA M'WILEUM / LUN / SURS 
KUSAIE. / Orala Ebon 1866 13 [1] Pp. BOUND WITH : [SNOW, B.G. TRANS.] : 
KUTU LETU / MA / JON EL SIM . / Ebon: / B. G. Snow El Orala / 1869 [2], 20 
Pp., 17 cm. Bound in original marbled wraps. Printed at Ebon, Marshall 
Islands for Kusaie [now Kosrae]. The first title has not been translated, 
but from inspection it is a Christian prayer book [inspected by a speaker 
of the language] The second is the Epistles of John from the New Testament, 
including I Corinthians, XI, 23-29 and I Timothy, III, 8-13. The missionary 
B.G. Snow who settled on the island of Kusaie [or Strong's island], the 
most westerly of the Carolinas group, translated all of the 19th century 
publications in Kusaie. The populations in 1852 was 2000, but by the time 
of the publication of D & M had dwindled to 400. The earlier works were 
published by the ABS in Honolulu. They are in Darlow and Moule. In the 
1860s he moved to Ebon, Marshall Islands and continued his translations and 
publications in Kusaie[now Kosrae]. None of the Ebon printings are noted. 
The population having decreased, much smaller editions were published. Of 
the second title, OCLC finds 3 Locs [BISHOP HHA, Harv. HLS, CLEVE.P.L. 
CLE]. The first title lacking at OCLC, Melvyl, CIC, UT Aust., BL, COPAC, 
KVK, unnoted in Darlow and Moule [which also lacks the other title]. D & M 
Vol II, P. II, P. 895-896. Original marbled wraps, spined chipped but 
otherwise mint. $4250.00

10.	WRIGHT, REV. ASHER: DIUHSAWAHGWAH GAYADOSHAH. [Seneca Elementary 
Reader] Boston, Crocker & Brewster, 1834. 12mo, 42Pp. Front., 16 1/2P. wood 
engraved vignettes. Pp. 27-42 has an English-Seneca Vocabulary.  The only 
such Seneca juvenile composed.  First Edition. Pilling 4252. Inscribed 
presentation by "Kaunadgak" to Birdsey A. Root: "Given to my grandfather by 
an Indian friend." Not in Rlin or OCLC which have copies. of the 1836 
edition only [Yale, Ros. Etc.], OCLC [18 Locs.of the 1836 issue, only, not 
in Siebert.  Rare in this issue.  Light water stain, neat coloring by early 
owner, one page with horizontal tear, no loss, generally Very Good. $1525.00

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