Chinese Language

A collection of 82 dictionaries and linguistics volumes, the majority relating to Chinese, with a small quantity on Malay, Hindi, Japanese and Tibetan, including:

Ratay (J. P., Captain) Current Chinese…, original cloth gilt, Kelly and Walsh, Shanghai, 1927;

Tipson (Ernest) A Pocket Dictionary of the Amoy Vernacular, English - Chinese, original card wrappers, Singapore, 1934;

Gazetteer of Chinese Geographic Names, “reprint of a publication compiled by the Information Bureau, Japanese Foreign Office”, original cloth, Military Intelligence Service, Washington DC, 1943;

Yaoqin Sanzang Master Mumoros (trans.), Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra, folding, original card covers water-stained;

Supplementary notes on the Four Books for examination preparation purposes, discoloured, paper wrappers with manuscript title, Jinzhang Library Bureau;

with other similar volumes and pamphlets, some later, numerous ownership inscriptions and bookplates, ink annotations, mixed condition and bindings, v.s. (82)