Things Chinese or Notes Connected with China: J. Dyer Ball circa 1906

Written in encyclopedia form with observations from A to Z on various aspects of China, from Abacus to Cormorant Fishing to Confucious, Games, Geography, Literature, Missions, Poetry, Porcelain, Societies, Stamps, Trade, Vaccination and Innoculation, Writing and etc., etc. 

816 pages. 8 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches. Original 1st Edition was published in 1892 by Sampson in London. This is a stated 4th Edition that was published by Scribners and Sons, no date but I am assuming 1906 the same time as the Sampson 4th Edition. 

Good to VG antique condition as shown. Scuffing to boards. Minor smudging to title pages, as shown. Very clean, unmarked, unannotated 

interior.