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Well, if the price is any indication, this dictionary must be one of a very, very few...:

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W. Lobscheid
English and Chinese Dictionary: with Punti and Mandarin Pronunciation
Hongkong: Daily Press 1866-1869 Four vols. in two folios. Clean ex-lib.
one neat repair at a margin scarcely affecting a bit of text(no loss!),
some tearing at inner (gutter) margin of a title page. Title pages with
stamps and signatures of early owner. Minor spotting or darkening at
foredges. Later cloth and endpapers. Withal a good and clean set of a
rarity, not offered anywhere $ 2950.00 + postage (heavy set)

Asian Rare Books
www.erols.com/arbs
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Brad, LiSe and anyone who can read more than street signs in Chinese, here is a good collection of books on oracle bones, etc.

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ASIAN RARE BOOKS 175 W. 93 Street(16-D), New York, N.Y. 10025 USA
phone 212 316 5334; Fax 212 316 3408; arbs@erols.com; website www.erols.com/arbs
Business by appointment; Postage Extra; US$ Prices net; CREDIT CARDS accepted
Books subject to prior sale please!

Chinese oracle bones/bronzes/archaeology January 2005

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[Oracle Bones] Jean A. LeFeuvre
Collections D'Inscriptions Oraculaires en France
Taipei/Paris/Hong Kong: Ricci Institute 1985. Quarto. Plates. Text English/French/Chinese.
Signed author dedication.Cloth. Dustjacket tears.
TOGETHER WITH Several Collections of Oracular Inscriptions in German, Switzerland,
The Netherlands, Belgium.
Taipei/Paris/San Francisco 1997. Quarto. Plates. Text English/French/Chinese 1997.
Cloth. D/j some tears. Good , clean set.
$ 250.00


The 13 volumes below on Chinese oracle bones/turtle shells and their inscriptions excavated
at Hsiao-T'un [Xiaotun], the Yin-Shang site at Anyang, Honan, are issued in a series
of hard & soft bound books, ca. 13" tall X 10" wide. Most of them were published
by the Academia Sinica/Taipei, though volumes # 9-13 are from the PRC China
Bookstore. Most are in very good shape, though #3 & 4 have loose binding on the
bottom 1/4 of their spine. This was a working collection, so there are some notes
written in some of the books
$ 600.00

1. Dong Zuobin [Tung Tso-pin]
Xiaotun Yin xu wen zi jia bian. 1967 reprint of the 1948 original. Cloth

2. Dong Zuobin
Xiaotun Yin xu wen zi yi bian 1953.. Cloth

3. Zhang Bingquan
Xiaotun Yin xu wen zi Bing bian shangji (1) 1957 Wrappers torn.

4. Zhang Bingquan
Xiaotun Yin xu wen zi yi bian shangji (2) 1959. Wrappers

5. Shi Zhangru [Shih Chang-ju]
Xiaotun Di 1 ben yi zhi de fa xian yu fa jue yi bian. 1959 (Discovery and Excavation)
Wrappers torn at spine.


6. Dong Zuobin
Xiaotun Yin xu wen zi ji a bian kaoshi 1961 Cloth soiled, some wear

7. Zhang Bingquan
Xiaotun Yinxu wenzi bing bian zhongji (1) 1962 Cloth.

8. Zhang Bingquan
Xiaotun Yin xu wen zi bing bian zhongji (2) 1965. Loose in binding. Tears
only at rear colophon page. Cloth

9. Xiaotun nandi shangce jiagu fi yi fence anon 1980 China Bookstore. Cloth

10. Xiaotun nandi shangce jiagu di er fence anon 1980 China Bookstore. Cloth

11. Xiaotun nandi xiace jiagu di yi fence anon 1983 China Bookstore. Cloth

12. Xiaotun nandi xiace jaigu di er fence anon 1983 China Bookstore. Cloth

13. Xiaotun nandi xiaoce jiagu di san fence anon 1983 China Bookstore. Cloth
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Chang Kwang-chih et al
Inscribed Bronzes of the Shang and Chou: A Comprehensive Study
Taipei: Academia Sinica 1973. Quarto. Figures. Chinese text only. Wrappers
some minor wear an tear.
$ 75.00

Lao Kan
Documents of the Han Dynasty on Wooden Slips from Edsin Gol. Part 2:
Transliterations and Commentaries
Taipei: Academia Sinica 1960. Quarto. few text figures. Chinese text only.
Wrappers wear and tear. Internally good
$ 40.00

Tsung-Tung Chang
Der Kult der Shang-Dynastie im Spiegel der Orakelinschriften
Otto Harrassowitz: Wiesbaden 1970. Wrappers (substantial pencilled notes)
$ 35.00

David T. Roy and T.-H. Tsien (Eds.)
Ancient China: Studies in Early Civilization
Hong Kong: Chinese University Press 1978. Minor spotting at foredge.
Cloth. D/j some wear
$ 35.00

Li Chi
Anyang ; a Chronicle of the Discovery , excavation, and reconstruction of the ancient
capital of the Shang Dynasty
Seattle: U Washington Press 1977. Cloth. Owner inscription, some penned notes
$ 25.00

Kenneth J. DeWoskin
Doctors, Diviners, and Magicians of Ancient China: Biographies of Fang-shih
Columbia U Press, 1983
Cloth. D/j
$ 35.00

Herrlee G. Creel
The Origins of Statecraft in China: Vol One: The Western Chou Empire
Chicago: University Chicago Press 1970. Cloth. D/j (some pencilled notes)
$ 37.50

Cho-yun Hsu and Katheryn M.Linduff
Western Chou civilization
New Haven: Yale Univ Press 1988. Ill. Minor soiling at foredge. Cloth. D/j tears.
$ 50.00

David T. Roy and Tsuen-hsuin Tsien
Ancient China: Studies in Early Civilization
Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1978. Small stain at foredge.
Cloth. D/j. Owner name whited out at title.
$ 37.50

Wang Zhongshu
Han Civilization (Tr. K.C. Chang et al)
New Haven: Yale U Press, 1982. Ill. Some pencilling. Cloth. D/j tears
$ 35.00

Ping-ti Ho
The Cradle of the East: An Inquiry into the Indigenous Origins of Techniques
and Ideas of Neolithic and Early China, 5000-1000 B.C.
Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong/The University of Chicago Press
1975. Ill. Cloth. D/j
$ 45.00

Paul Wheatley
Pivot of the Four Quarters. A Preliminary Enquiry Into the Origins and Character
of the Ancient Chinese City
Edinburgh Press, 1971 (Some notes, one penned, others pencilled) Cloth. D/j tears
$ 75.00

Edward L. Shaughnessy.
Sources of Western Zhou History: Inscribed Bronze Vessels
Berkeley/Los Angeles: U California Press, 1991. Ill. Cloth. D/j
$ 37.50

John A. Pope, Rutherford Gettens
The Freer Chinese Bronzes: Vol I Catalogue + Vol. II Technical Studies
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1967, 1969. Quarto. Plates.
Cloth. Dustjackets some tears but a good, clean set
$ 250.00
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So you just don't want us to save up or have any money left at all for stuff like food? Sheesh!
 

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I have a favorite auctioneer in my neck of the woods where I go to get my fix on antiques, once in a while. When a bid is going high on something he entices people saying: "hey! come on guys, is only money..."
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