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AFANG GONG KAOGU FAXIAN YU YANJIU
(Archaeological Discoveries and Research on the Afang Gong Palace) 阿房宮考古發現與研究.

Argence, Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d':
- CHINESE JADES IN THE AVERY BRUNDAGE COLLECTION

Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology, Beijing University:
- QUANLI YU XINYANG: LIANGZHU YIZHI QUN KAOGU TEZHAN
Power in Things: New Perspectives on Liangzhu (Special Exhibition of Archaeological Finds From the Liangzhu Site) 權力與信仰 ： 良渚遺址群考古特展.

Aurora Art Museum:
- HAN TANG TAOYONG
(Painted Pottery Tomb Figurines from the Han to the Tang Dynasty in the Collection of Aurora Art Museum) 漢唐陶俑.

Ayers, John:
- BLANC DE CHINE
- THE MOUNT TRUST COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART

LELPE1
Leland, Charles G: PIDGIN-ENGLISH SING-SONG. Or Songs and Stories in the China-English Dialect with a Vocabulary. London, 1904. 139 pp. Vocabulary and list of Pidgin-English Names. 18x13 cm. Decorated cloth.
GBP 60.00
A priceless item on the strange dialect once prevalent in places like Hong Kong, divided into two main sections of Ballads - from 'Slang-Whang' to 'Ahong and the Mosquito' - and Stories - 'The Cow and Compradore' etc., plus a vocabulary and list of names - 'Cha-teen' = Jardine; 'Ho-lee-ut' = Hollywood. Further sample:
 Littee Jack Horner
 Makee sit inside corner,
 Chow-chow he Clismas pie;
 He put inside t'um,
 Hab catchee one plum,
  "Hai yah ! what one good chilo my !"
 Twelfth edition. Yellow-brown cloth, illustrated on the front cover with a pig-tailed figure.
 Good copy of a distinct period piece.
Subjects: Foreigners in Asia Language
Item 474 in List 208.
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