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AUTHOR'S SIGNED FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 765 COPIES

STEIN, M. Aurel.

INNERMOST ASIA: Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su & Eastern Iran, Carried Out & Described Under The Orders of H M Indian Government.
With Signed Author's Dated Holographic Letter.

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ELEPHANT FOLIO HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS OF PERRY IN JAPAN

HEINE, Peter Bernard William.

GRAPHIC SCENES OF THE JAPAN EXPEDITION.

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A VERY RARE THREE-PAGE LAFCADIO HEARN MANUSCRIPT LETTER

HEARN, Lafcadio.

A RARE LETTER TO THE EDITOR: MR.
WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN, OF THE SATURDAY EVENING POST: A Three-Page Holographic Letter in Lafcadio Hearn's own Hand, Written, Signed and Dated 1899From Hearn's Ichigaya, Tokyo Address.

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* 1671 PROFUSELY ETCHED & ILLUSTRATED FOLIO, COMPLETE ! *

MONTANUS, Arnoldus.

ATLAS CHINENSIS: BEING A SECOND PART OF A RELATION OF REMARKABLE PAFFAGES IN TWO EMBASSIES FROM THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY OF THE UNITED PROVINCES, TO THE VICE-ROY SINGLAMONG & GENERAL TAISING LIPOVI, AND TO KONCHI, EMPEROR OF CHINA.
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* * A FAMOUS & STUNNING COLOR WOOKBLOCK PRINTED ALBUM * *

HIROSHIGE, Ichiryusai. III

FUJI SANJU ROKKEI & EDO YONJU HAKKEI: THE THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF MT.
FUJI & FORTY-EIGHT VIEWS OF EDO.

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1670 ENGLISH MONOGRAPH ON JAPAN, COMPLETE AS ISSUED !

MONTANUS, Arnoldus.

ATLAS JAPANNENSIS: BEING REMARKABLE ADDRESSES BY WAY OF EMBASSY FROM THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY OF THE UNITED PROVINCES, TO THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN.
Containing a Description of Their Several Territories, Cities, Temples, and Fortresses.

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GUANG DONG ZHI XIN JU HAUN YIN MEI GUO SANG HUI JI NIAN...

CHINESE PHOTO ALBUM, COMMEMMORATING THE VISIT & WELCOMING OFTHE AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION BY THE CANTON ADVISORY BOARD, 1897.
With Many Early Photos of Macao, Pearl River Estuary, Peking, Great Wall & Others.

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