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Forbes (Duncan, translator). The Adventures of Hatim Tai, a Romance. Translated from the Persian, 1st edition in English, London: printed for the Oriental Translation Fund, 1830, 214 pp., Oriental Translation Fund presentation leaf at front with the statement 'This copy was printed for Peter Johnston, Esq.. of Carnsalloch, a Subscriber to the Oriental Translation Fund', a little light spotting, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed with some edge wear and stains, 4to, together with Skinner (H. D.) The Morioris of Chatham Islands. Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum Volume IX, Number 1 with Plates I-XXXV, Bayard Dominick Expedition Publication Number 4, Honolulu, Hawaii: published by the Museum, 1923, map in text, monochrome illustrations, light spotting to title, small previous owner stamp, original burgundy buckram, 4to, plus Parker (E. H.) Studies in Chinese Religion, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1910, half-tone illustrations, advertisement leaf at front, some light spotting, original cloth gilt, spine a little faded, 8vo, with others including Kwang Tung or Five Years in South China, by John A. Turner, circa 1896, Extreme Oriental Mixture, by Gilbert Collins, 1925, Decorative Art of New Guinea. Incised Designs, by Albert Buell Lewis, Anthropology Design Series No. 4, Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, 1925, Carved and Painted Designs from New Guinea, by Albert Buell Lewis, 1931, and The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze, Volume I: Introduction and Craft of the Estuary and Shanghai Area, by G. R. G. Worcester, Shanghai, 1947 (Quantity: 45)