J. DYER BALL. Things Chinese, Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected With China, London: Sampson et al, 1892.

Octavo, first edition, pp. 3, 419, viii (index), errata leaf, brick-colored cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front inside stamped frame, former owner's ID on flyleaf, bookseller ticket on front paste-down. Observations written in encyclopedia form by an old China hand, with travelogue-like observations on jinrickshas, cormorant fishing, lacquer ware etc. Cordier 103.