Man writing title and volume numbers on the heels of the fascicles of a multi-volume book

Man displaying books with side-sewn bindings in a bookshop

Man measuring the side-sewn binding of a book

Man writing title and volume numbers on the heels of the fascicles of a multi-volume book

Monk at work in the bindery of a Buddhist temple

Monks at work in the bindery of a Buddhist temple with altar and statue of Buddha in background

Monks binding books in the bindery of a Buddhist temple

Monk attaching a title to a book in the bindery of a Buddhist temple

Man assembling a cardboard case for a book

Man sitting on steps of a building smoking and hawking books and decorative objects

Tsang Ahung, Hankow

Tsang Ahung, Hankow

Mr. Learner, his child, and Muslim school children holding Christian tracts in Xining

Mr. Learner distributing Christian tracts to Muslim school children in Xining

[China. Muslim man reading from a book.]

Ahung and schoolboys with books seated in front of building

Kehtsikung, Tsinghai. Koran brought by Salars from Samarkand in 1371. A kaffin [sic] can hold the holy Koran without being murdered.

Kehtsikung, Tsinghai. Koran brought by Salars from Samarkand in 1371. Vol. I on left in Russian leather binding. Vol. II in ordinary cowhide.

Kehtsïkung, Tsinghai. Koran brought by Salars from Samarkand in 1371. Page 1, vol. I.

Koran brought by Salars from Samarkand in 1371, at Kehtsïkung, Tsinghai