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‎THE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN. With the Fern Allies: A Supplement to the Ferns of Great Britain ‎

‎London John E. Sowerby (1855-1856) 1855 in 8 (23,5x15) Les 2 parties en un volume reliure demi veau lisse vert à coins de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre de cuir rouge, 87 et 52 pages, avec 80 planches gravées hors-texte aquarellées à l'époque (80 hand-coloured plates on single-sided leaves, 49+31). First editions, published in 1855 and 1856 respectively. Johnson, Charles, Esq., Botanical Lecturer at Guy's Hospital. SOWERBY, John E[dward], 1825-1870, iIllus. & Charles JOHNSON, 1791-1880, Text. Bel exemplaire ‎

‎Très bon Couverture rigide ‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, April 1929-May 1929-June 1929, Vol. X, Nos 4-5-6. 1 volume in-8, with 3 issues of China Journal bound together, modern full leather binding, illustrated covers kept, with many black and white photographs and advertisements, a very good copy. First issue, XXVI-[161-216]-XXVII-XLII pp., Second issue, LII-[217-284]-LIII-XCII, Third issue: XXXIV-[285-352]-XXXV-L pp.‎

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‎Contents for April 1929: China's Wheelbarrow Civilization by Arthur de C. Sowerby The Description and Determination of Sung Dynasty Porcelain Unearthed at Ping-Yang Hsien, Shansi by Aitchen K. Wu - A Comparison of Ancient Chinese Philosophy with that of Greece by Homer H. Dubs - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Replies to Enquiries - Reviews - Some Aboriginal Tribes of South-Eastern China by W. R. Price - Travel and Exploration Notes - Migration Notes by G. D. Wilder - Description of A New Species of the Genus Polypedate by L. S. Chen - A Second Species of Stonefly from Peiping by Chenfu F. Wu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received. Contents for May 1929: China's Transport Problem by Arthur de Sowerby - Water Transport in China by Dr. H. Chatley - Economics of Transportation for China by Dr. J.A. L. Waddell - Transport in Chinese Art - China's Transport Workers, Men and Beasts by Arthur de C. Sowerby - The Junks, Sampans and Inland Waterways of China by Arthur de Sowerby - Transportation on the Yangtze Kiang by H. Foote Carey - Harbours and Conservancy Work in China - The Motor Roads in China - The Railway in China - Motor Transport in China - Aviation in China by Captain B. Holland, The History of Aviation in China - China's Overseas, Coastal and Riverine Shipping - Transportation Notes. Contents for June 1929: In Shanghai to have a Museum? by Arthur de Sowerby - Kuan-Yin: Goddess of Mercy by Clarence Burton Day - The Hibiscus Painting translated by Elfrida Hudson - Formosa, The Island Beautiful by Franklin Metcalf - Travel and Exploration Notes - An Autogenous Chimera in Chrysanthemum and its Bearing upon certain biological problems by W. M. Portefield - Notes on Trees and Shrubs of Northern Manchuria by W. Skvortzow - Description of a new species of Microhyla from Kwantung by L. S. Chen - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Publications received.‎

‎Poems of childhood‎

‎London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, sd, circa 1912, in-8, cartonnage éditeur, 46p. 12 planches couleur contre-collées. Gardes, bandeaux et lettrines coloriées par un jeune lecteur. ‎

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‎Sowerby’s Book of Shells.‎

‎1852 (reprint 1990) 139 p., 98 figs, 40 col. pls, 4to, hardbound (dust jacket). Reprint of the 4th edition of Sowerby’s Conchological Manual. In addition this book contains 12 splendid col. plates from the Dictionnaire Universelle d’Histoire Naturelle by d’Orbigny.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, September 1925, Vol III, No9. 1 volume in-8, I-XX+(471-526)+XXI-XL pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.‎

‎Contents: The Boxer Indemnity Funds and Museums in China by Arthur de C. Sowerby The Civilization and Religion of the Shang Dynasty by J. G. Ingram Canton Medley by Maude Hubbard Brown Old Chinese Folk Song translated by Norman Page - Editorial Comments Reviews Remarks on Some Ancient Relics in Honan by L. C. Arlington - Travel and Exploration Notes The Chinese Terrapin by Arthur de C. Sowerby Preliminary Studies in the anatomy of the Chinese Terrapin, Geoclemys Reevesii by Stephen F. Lee A Preliminary Report on Botanical Investigation in South and Central Shansi by H. Smith The Loess of China by George B. Barbour - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence Books and Periodicals Received.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, October 1929, Vol XI, No4. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXII+(167-214)+XXXIII-XLVIII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.‎

‎Contents: Widening Our Scope - A Brief Study of Chinese Lexicography by K. T. Wu - Palladius by John C. Ferguson - Fire in Trees by J. H. - Art Notes - Reviews - Moods of Mount Omei by Charles Hooker - Travel and Exploration Notes - Industrial and Engineering Potentialities of Manchuria by Arthur de C. Sowerby - Engineering Notes - The Sika or Spotted Deer of Eastern Asia by Arthur de C. Sowerby - A Study of the Proteins of Kaoliang by Lo Teng-Yi - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, November 1930, Vol XIII, No5. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXII+(241-288)+XXXIII-LII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.‎

‎Contents: Chinas Opportunity by Arthur De C. Sowerby - The Chinese Lunar Calendar - The Story of the Meen Keah or Tibetan Nut of Ko-Chow Fu by F.A. Perry - Bretschneider by John C. Ferguson - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Reviews - The Wider Environs of Peking - Travel and Exploration Notes - Railway Development in China - Engineering and Industrial Notes - The Peking Man by G. Elliott Smith - Some Chinese Birds of Prey by Arthur De C. Sowerby - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.‎

‎The China Journal Christmas Number ‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, December 1930, Vol XIII, No6. 1 volume in-8, I-XLIV+(289-346)+XLV-LXXII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.‎

‎Contents: The Christmas Tree - The Chinese Lunar Calendar - Pictorial Art and Criticism by A. von Rosthorn - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Reviews - New Guinea and The Papuans by Arthur De C. Sowerby - Travel and Exploration Notes - Date for planting Wheat in China by C. C. Chang - Engineering and Industrial Notes - Chinas Winter Bird by Arthur De C. Sowerby - Contribution to the Ichthyology of China by Yuanting T. Chu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.‎

‎The China Journal Christmas Number ‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, December 1930, Vol XIII, No6. 1 volume in-8, I-XLIV+(289-346)+XLV-LXXII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.‎

‎Contents: The Christmas Tree - The Chinese Lunar Calendar - Pictorial Art and Criticism by A. von Rosthorn - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Reviews - New Guinea and The Papuans by Arthur De C. Sowerby - Travel and Exploration Notes - Date for planting Wheat in China by C. C. Chang - Engineering and Industrial Notes - Chinas Winter Bird by Arthur De C. Sowerby - Contribution to the Ichthyology of China by Yuanting T. Chu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, September 1931, Vol XV, No3. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXVI+(115-166)+XXXVII-LIV pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.‎

‎Contents: Chinas progress in Science by Arthur de C. Sowerby - The Floods in China - The Khumb Mela by W. Stokes - Lao Tzu and The Tao Te Ching by T. A. Bisson - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Reviews - The Luan Gorges by John Goette - Some Javanese Legends by R. Dubois St. Marc - Travel and Exploration Notes - The Romance of Cinchona by Arthur de C. Sowerby - Engineering, Industrial and Commercial Notes - Contribution to the Ichthyology of China by Yuanting T. Chu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, January 1934, Vol XX, No1. 1 volume in-8, A1-A34+(1-60)+A35-A50 pp., illustrated ccvers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.‎

‎Contents: Prospects for 1934 by Arthur de C. Sowerby - An All Chinese Number - The China Society of Science and Art - Chinese Symbolism by Florence Rush Nance - Some Players of the Magic Sword translated by Pan Tze-Yen - Art Notes - Correspondence - The Library - The Huang Ho and The Roads from North China to Sinkiang by Guenther Koehler - Travel and Exploration Notes - A Giant Mat-Shed in Tientsin by H. Wright - Engineering, Industrial and Commercial Notes - The Chinese Mink or Golden Weasel by Arthur de C. Sowerby - A New From of Kolonock or Mink from North Manchuria by A. S. Loukashkin - Scientific Notes and Reviews Shooting Notes - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Publications Received.‎

‎English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants. Edited by John T. Boswell Syme. The Popular Portion by Mrs. Lankester. The Figures by J. Sowerby, J. de C. Sowerby, J.W. Salter. Third Edition. Enlarged, re-arranged according to Natural Orders, a...‎

‎London, Robert Hardwicke, 1863-72. Small 4to. Bound in 11 original full cloth, richly gilt. All edges gilt. Extremities a little rubbed, covers on a few volumes dampstained at edges and corners. Marginal browning, but plates overall in fine, clean condition. Containing 1840 handcoloured plates in lithography.‎

‎Sitwell p. 140. Third edition, where the last two volumes were published much later (vol. 12 + Supplementvol.).‎

‎English Botany or, coloured Figures of British Plants, with their essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth. To which will be added, occasional Remarks by James Sowerby (and) James Edward Smith. The Figures by james Sowerby. Vol. (I) - XXXI.‎

‎London, Taylor and Co./ J. Davies, 1790-1810 8vo. Bound in 31 contemp. uniform green hmorocco. Spines gilt. Binding a bit rubbed. Last volume loosening. A few inner hinges weakening. With 1950 fine handcoloured engraved plates (of 2232). The lacking plates distributed over the whole series. Each plate with descriptive text (3 plates with text in facsimile). A few plates with some brownspots, but nearly all plates fine and clean.‎

‎First edition, being the first 31 volumes of 36 published.Pritzel 8789 - Nissen, 2225.‎

‎Nous Deux. Illustrations de J.G. Sowerby et H. H. Emmerson.‎

‎ 1900 demi-percal. vert amande, plats illustrés, in-4, 64pp., illustré, P. Hachette (ca. 1900),‎

‎Jolies illustrations dans le goût de Kate Greenaway. ‎

‎Sowerby's book of shells.‎

‎Couverture rigide. Relié. Jaquette. 139 pages.‎

‎Livre en anglais. Studio editions, London, 1990.‎

‎Through Shên-Kan. The account of the Clark expedition in North China. 1908-9.‎

‎London / Leipsic, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912, lg. in-8vo, frontispiece + 4 ff. + 247 p., illustrated with 58 b/w plates + 6 in colours + 2 maps (1 folding), small legacy stamp ‘Guggisberg’, original publisher’s brown pictorial clothbound. Fine copy.‎

‎Robert Sterling Clark (1877 - 1956) was an American art collector, horse breeder, philanthropist, and heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Sterling Clark served in the military on the Philippines and during the Boxer rebellion. At least one source claims he served under General Smedley Butler. He financed a expedition (1909) which sought specimens from the Yellow River into Shaanxi and then to Kansu provinces of China. He recruited the explorer Arthur de Carle Sowerby as naturalist for the trip. Image disp.‎

‎The China Journal - 3 issues - Vol XII - Nos 4-5-6 - April-May-June 1930 . Editors: Arthur de Sowerby and John C. Ferguson.‎

‎Shanghai, Printed by the North-China Daily News and Herald, 1930. 1 volume in-8, 206 pp. [177-382], 3 issues of China Journal rebound in modern full leather. The May edition is related and devoted to Shanghai, some light insect or mouse work on some pages (1 to 2 mm on the upper part), overall a good copy, With many black and white illustrations and advertisements.‎

‎This volume contains 3 consecutive issues of the China Journal. Contents of Vol XII, No 4, April 1930: The Insanity of War - The Chinese Lunar Calendar - Liang Ch'i-Ch'ao - Editorial Contents - Art Notes - Correspondence - Reviews - House-Boating in Kiangsu and Chekiang - Travel and Exploration Notes - Chemical Fertilizers in China - Enginnering and Industrial Notes - The Honey Bee as a Pollinating Agent - Notes on Trees ans Shrubs of North Manchuria - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Keenel - The Garden - Publications. Contents of Issue Vol XII, No 5, May 1930 (Shanghai Issue): Shanghai Industrially Considered - Labour in Shanghai - The German Industrial Mission to China - The Printed World in Shanghai - The Art-Crafts of Shanghai - Architecture, Interior Decoration and Building in Shanghai, Twenty Years ago and To-Day - Some Present Aspects of the Real Estate Business in Shanghai - The Chinese Rug - Art Notes - Reviews - Shanghai at the World' Cross-Roads - Shipbuilding in Shanghai - Travel and Exploration in Shanghai - The Cotton Industry in Shanghai - Shanghai and the Silk Industry - Engineering and Industrial Notes - The Scientist and Industry in China - Electricity in China - The Value of Coal Gas to China - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - Miscellanea. Contents of Volume XI, No 6, June 1930: THe Municipal Council and the R.A.S. Building - Chinese Lunar Calendar - Richard Wilhelm - The Sheng or Male Character of the Chinese Stage - Hyacinth - Editorial Contents - Art Notes - TRavels in Manchuria - Travel and Exploration Notes - China's Economic Position - Notes on Dead-Leaf Butterfly Kallima and a new Species of Papilio - A New Species of Swalloy Ray - Notes on Trresand Schrubs of North Nanchuria - Pole-Shift and Climatic Cycles - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Miscellanea.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, May 1925, Vol III, No5. 1 volume in-8, I-XXII+(247-302)+XXIII-XXXVIII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine.‎

‎Contents: Shanghai's Crying Need by Arthur de C. Sowerby - The Story of the Three Kingdoms translated by Z. Q. Parker - The Yi Ching, or "The Book of Changes' by Kiang Kang-Hu - To Thy Love Be True translated by Elfrida Hudson - Hong Kong Night by Maud Hubbard Brown - Editorial Comments - Reviews - The Dalai Dabasu by Gene Lamb - The Eastern Tombs by R. H. Lefevre - Wild Life Today in the Eastern Tombs Forest by G. D. Wilder - On A Species of Talorchestia by Chas. Chilton - Descriptions of Some Fresh-Water Sponges from China by N. Gist Gee and C. F. Wu - Chinese Restaurant in America by G. H. Danton - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Books and Periodicals Received.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, October 1925, Vol III, No10. 1 volume in-8, I-XX+(527-578)+XXI-XXXVI pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine.‎

‎Contents: Chinas Sorrow by Arthur de C. Sowerby Ka Pu Chiao by J. H. F. Chinese Postage Stamps by Clifford M. Drury The Civilization and Religion of the Shang Dynasty by J. H. Ingram The Way Is Not in Strife by Robert Merrill Bartleff - Editorial Comments Reviews A River through the Paradise of China by Katharine R. Green Remarks on Some Ancient Relics in Honan by L. C. Arlington - Travel and Exploration Notes The Chinese Ide by L. W. C. Lorden Migration Notes by George D. Wilder - Descriptions of Some Fresh-Water Sponges from China by N. Gist Gee and C. F. Wu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence Books and Periodicals Received.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, November 1925, Vol III, No11. 1 volume in-8, I-XX+(579-626)+XXI-XL pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.‎

‎Contents: Evolution v. Revolution by Arthur de C. Sowerby Ancient Beads Unearthed by K. C. Wong The Shu Ching, or Book of History by Dr. Kiang Kang-Hu A String of Chinese Peach-Stones by Robert B. Ekvall - Editorial Comments Reviews With Lens and Shutter among the Wild Life of Northern Tibet by Gene Lamb - Travel and Exploration Notes Egg-Hatching in China by P. A. Mohraba Cher - Migration Notes by George D. Wilder Notes on Collecting Microvellia (Heteroptera, Veliidae) by William E. Hoffmann - Descriptions of Some Fresh-Water Sponges from China by N. Gist Gee and C. F. Wu The Chinese Cinnamon and its Products by K. K. Chen - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence Books and Periodicals Received.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, April 1929, Vol X, No4. 1 volume in-8, I-XXVI+(161-216)+XXVII-XLII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine.‎

‎Contents: China's Wheelbarrow Civilization by Arthur de C. Sowerby - The Description and Determination of Sung Dynasty Porcelain Unearthed at Ping-Yang Hsien, Shansi by Aitchen K. Wu - A Comparison of Ancient Chinese Philosophy with That of Greece by Homer H. Dubs - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Replies to Enquiries - Reviews - Some Aboriginal Tribes of South-Eastern China by W. R. Price - Travel and Exploration Notes - Migration Notes by G. D. Wilder - Description of A New Species of the Genus Polypedate by L. S. Chen - A Second Species of Stonefly from Peiping by Chenfu F. Wu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, December 1929, Vol XI, No6. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXVI+(269-328)+XXXVII-LXXII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.‎

‎Contents: Christmas in China Yuletide Music Stranger Than Fiction by Elfrida Hudson Recent Scholarship in China by John C. Ferguson Up the Min River by John M. B. - Editorial Comments Art Notes Correspondence Reviews Random Notes on Mexico by Alfred Batson - Travel and Exploration Notes- Famine Afforestation and Conservancy in China by Arthur de C. Sowerby The World Engineering Congress and World Power Conference - Engineering and Industrial Notes Some Fascinations in the Study of Butterflies by Harry R. Caldwell - Scientific Notes and Reviews Shooting and Fishing Notes The Kennel The Garden Societies and Institutions Education Notes and Intelligence Publications Received.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, April 1930, Vol XII, No4. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXII+(177-232)+XXXIII-L pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.‎

‎Contents: The Insanity of War - The Chinese Lunar Calendar - Liang ChI-ChAO - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Correspondence - Reviews - House-Boating in Kiangsu and Chekiang by Arthur De C. Sowerby - Travel and Exploration Notes - Chemical Fertilizers in China - Engineering and Industrial Notes - The Honey Bee as a Pollinating Agent by C. R. Kellogg - Notes on Tree and Shrubs of North Manchuria by B. W. Skvortzow - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, August 1935, Vol XXIII, No2. 1 volume in-8, A1-A32+(65-130)+A33-A54 pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine.‎

‎Contents: Events and Comments - Jizo, The Protector of Children by H. Crozier-Faulder - Possible Reference to Chinese Alchemy in the Fourth or Third Century B. C. by William H. Barnes - Art Notes - The Library - The Devil Dine by Marion H. Duncan - Travel and Exploration Notes - Foreign Medicine and Hospitals in China by Stuart Lillico - Engineering, Industrial and Commercial Notes - Shell Collecting on the China Coast by Arthur de C. Sowerby - Important Works in the Study of Chinese Medicine by K. Kimura - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.‎

‎The China Journal‎

‎North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, September 1935, Vol XXIII, No3. 1 volume in-8, A1-A32+(131-189)+A33-A51 pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine‎

‎Contents: Events and Comments - Hokusai, The Great Japanese Painter by Mathias Komor - Art Notes - The Library - Some Maps of China by Rewi Alley - Travel and Exploration Notes - The China Tea Trade by Stuart Lillico - Engineering, Industrial and Commercial Notes - Some Animals and Birds in the Shanghai Museum by Arthur de C. Sowerby - A Serow from Wu-Hu by Hsi J. Ho - Notes on Trees and Shrubs of Northern Manchuria by B. W. Skvortzow - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.‎