‎China‎

‎Miville China‎

‎Embassytown‎

‎Macmillan. First UK edition-2nd printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Near fine condition.Macmillan2011.First UK edition-2nd printing3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.Black hardbacksilver lettering to the spine with Djvery small tearnicks and crease on the edges of the Dj coverboth in near fine condition.Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark on the outer edgessmall nick and crease on the edges of the pages.405pp.Price un-clipped.Heavy book. Macmillan hardcover‎

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‎Miville China‎

‎King Rat‎

‎London: MacMillan 1998. 1st edition / 1st printing. softback with stiff wrappers. As New. octavo. 333pp. Mi�ville�s first novel. Scarce MacMillan unknown‎

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‎Miville China‎

‎The Worst Breakfast‎

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‎Mizuno, Seiichi‎

‎Bronzes and Jades of Ancient China.‎

‎Tokyo, Nihon Keizai 1959. Mit sehr zahlr. tlw. farb. mont. Abbildungen im Text und auf Tafeln sowie einer beiliegenden großformatigen Falttafel. 101, 35 S. Gr.-4to. Goldgepr. OLwd. in Orig.-Pp.-Schuber.‎

‎Die Monographie widmet sich vor allem Yin-Chou Bronzen. Ein Essay gibt Einblick in die Verwendung der Objekte zur Nahrungszubereitung und -aufbewahrung oder als Musikinstrumente. - Mit einer Zusammenfassung sowie über 20 Seiten Beschreibungen der Tafeln in englischer Sprache. - Schuber lichtrandig, ansonsten gutes Exemplar.‎

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‎Mo Ti‎

‎Solidarität und allgemeine Menschenliebe (= China im Umbruch - herausgegeben von Wolfgang Bauer, Diedrichs Gelbe Reihe DG 9 China)‎

‎Düsseldorf / Köln (Eugen Diederichs) 1975 (= 1.Auflage ). 8°, illustrierte Orginalbroschur (Paperback) 182, ISBN 3424005096 1‎

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‎Mo Yan‎

‎I tredici Passi‎

‎8vo, ril. ed. sovracoperta, pp.356. Stremato dalla fatica, il professor Fang Fugui, che insegna fisica in un liceo, muore mentre è in cattedra. Il suo corpo viene portato alle pompe funebri «Belmondo» dove il chirurgo plastico Li Yuchan dovrebbe prepararlo per la cerimonia. Ma poiché è impegnata a rendere presentabile il vice sindaco della città, suo ex amante (deve renderlo magro per dimostrare lo stile di vita frugale dei dirigenti del partito), il corpo del professore viene messo in attesa in una stanza frigorifera. Qui resuscita e fugge. Sulla via di casa, cade in un cantiere aperto e si ricopre completamente di calce; la moglie, credendolo un fantasma, lo caccia. Allora bussa alla porta dei vicini che sono Zhang Hongqiu, professore di fisica nel suo stesso liceo, e sua moglie, Li Yuchan, il chirurgo plastico delle pompe funebri. Poiché preferiscono saperlo morto, per farne un emblema della triste condizione degli insegnanti, i tre dirigenti della scuola decidono di dare a Fang i connotati di Zhang (grazie alle abilità chirurgiche di Li Yuchan), con l'intesa che andrà a insegnare al liceo al suo posto, mentre il secondo cercherà di far soldi dandosi agli affari a beneficio delle due famiglie. Assunte le nuove sembianze, Fang forza la propria moglie a fare l'amore con lui; la donna, credendo di essere stata violentata dal vicino, si deprime e finisce per annegarsi nel fiume. Zhang passa innumerevoli peripezie cercando di darsi al commercio delle sigarette e alla fine si convince che il suo posto è l'insegnamento. Tutt'altro che a proprio agio nella nuova identità, Fang tenta di tornare come era, poi disperato cerca di impiccarsi con la cinta dei pantaloni. Proprio in quel momento vede un passero ferito che avanza verso di lui; ne conta i passi e arriva sino a dodici: secondo un'antica leggenda vedere zampettare un passero è di buon augurio, il primo passo porta ricchezza, il secondo potere, il terzo fortuna con le donne e via di seguito fino al dodicesimo. Ma se lo si vede compiere il tredicesimo tutto il bene si capovolge trasformandosi in tragedia...‎

‎Mo Yan‎

‎The Garlic Ballads‎

‎Mo, Yan‎

‎Die Schnapsstadt : Roman. Mo Yan. Dt. von Peter Weber-Schäfer.‎

‎Zürich : Unionsverlag, 2012. 511 S. kart.‎

‎gute Erhaltung, leichte Gebrauchsspuren. In China brodelt die Gerüchteküche: In einer entlegenen Provinz sollen dekadente Parteikader kleine Kinder nach allen Regeln der Kochkunst zubereiten lassen. Sonderermittler Ding Gou'er wird nach Jiuguo, in die sogenannte "Schnapsstadt", entsandt, um der Fama dieser Fleischkinder auf den Grund zu gehen. WIR SIND VOM 31.5. BIS ZUM 16.6. BESTELLUNGEN WÄHREND DES URLAUBES WERDEN ANGELEGT UND FÜR SIE RESERVIERT. DER VERSAND ERFOLGT DANN AM 17.06.2024.‎

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‎Modern China Series No. 3‎

‎CHINA'S MINORITY NATIONALITIES: SELECTED ARTICLES FROM CHINESE SOURCES‎

‎San Francisco: Red Sun Publishers 1977. Octavo stiff pictorial wraps ii 257pp. mono. illustrations maps. Wraps worn and faded though not terribly serious; edges a little foxed. A good sound perfectly usable copy. Soft Cover. Red Sun Publishers Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 17247 ISBN : 0918302021 9780918302021

‎Modern China‎

‎Modern China. An International Quarterly. Volume 2 Number 4. October 1976‎

‎Sage Publications Beverley Hills & London 1976. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Good Condition ex-library/No Dust Jacket. Paperback With tables. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine covers & corners. Size: Octavo standard book size. Item Type: Paperback. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Academic Periodicals & Magazines; China; 1970s; Chinese History & Topography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015238. . Sage Publications unknown‎

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‎Modern China‎

‎Modern China. An International Quarterly. Volume 1 Number 1. January 1975‎

‎Sage Publications Beverley Hills & London 1975. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Good Condition ex-library/No Dust Jacket. Paperback With tables. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine covers & corners. Size: Octavo standard book size. Item Type: Paperback. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Academic Periodicals & Magazines; China; 1970s; Chinese History & Topography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015233. . Sage Publications unknown‎

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‎Modern China‎

‎Modern China. An International Quarterly. Volume 1 Number 3. July 1975‎

‎Sage Publications Beverley Hills & London 1975. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Good Condition ex-library/No Dust Jacket. Paperback With tables. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine covers & corners. Size: Octavo standard book size. Item Type: Paperback. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Academic Periodicals & Magazines; China; 1970s; Chinese History & Topography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015234. . Sage Publications unknown‎

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‎Modern Urban Housing in China - Junhua, Lü, Peter G. Rowe and Zhang Jie‎

‎Modern Urban Housing in China: 1840-2000 (Architecture)‎

‎Prestel 2001. 304 Seiten Originalverschweißt, Top Zustand, , Softcover/Paperback, Neupreis in Euro: 29,95‎

‎Arch-Klein 9783791325071 +++++ 30 Jahre Antiquariat Christmann in Wiesbaden +++++ Wir liefern außer nach Deutschland, nur noch nach Schweiz / Holland / Belgien / Italien / GB / USA / +++ We now only deliver to Switzerland / Holland and Belgium / Italy / GB / USA +++ Keine Lieferung nach Österreich ++++‎

Bookseller reference : 9115

‎Modiano, Colette‎

‎Twenty snobs and Mao : travelling de luxe in Communist China‎

‎Hardback reprint in dust jacket. VG/VG (price clipped). Translated from the French by Jacqueline Baldick.16674. eng‎

‎Mohan, C. Raja‎

‎Samudra Manthan. Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific. -‎

‎New Delhi:, Oxford University Press, 2013. xii,329 Seiten, 1 Doppelblatt (Karte), OPpbd., OU., 21,5 x 14 cm.‎

‎"'Damudra Manthan' offers deep insights into the emerging Indo-Pacific theatre as the rising maritime profiles of India and China begin to intersect" (Shyam Saran, Klappentext). - In englischer Sprache. - Provenienz: Bibliothek des Journalisten und ZEIT-Herausgebers Theo Sommer (1930-2022; Nachlassexlibris auf dem vorderen Spiegel). Mit Anstreichungen und Notizen Sommers. - Der Schutzumschlag minimal angerändert; gutes Exemplar.‎

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‎Mohr, Ernst Günther‎

‎Die unterschlagenen Jahre. China vor Mao Tse-tung.‎

‎Esslingen , Müncen., Bechtle., 1985. 345S. 8°. OPappband mit OUmschlag.‎

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‎Mole, David (ed.)‎

‎Managing the New Hong Kong Economy‎

‎Soft cover and contents in very good clean condition. Library plate on front inside cover. Library stamps on prelims pages, some text - pages (with no obstruction of text), BEP and page block. Illustrated with diagrams and tables. Ex - Library‎

‎MOLESWORTH Carl‎

‎Sharks over China. The 23rd Fighter Group in World War II NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue boards, red cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.‎

‎MONCHAMP Georges‎

‎Vie et lettres du R.P. Victorin Delbrouck des Frères-Mineurs‎

‎Liège, Dessain s.d. 193pp.+ qqs. ills., br.orig., bon état, R46583‎

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‎MONCHAMP Georges‎

‎Vie et lettres du R.P. Victorin Delbrouck des Frères-Mineurs‎

‎193pp.+ qqs. ills., br.orig., bon état, R46583‎

‎MONCHAMP Georges Mgr.‎

‎Un martyr liégeois ; Vie et lettres du P.Victorin Delbrouck de Frères mineurs‎

‎Liège/Arras, H.Dessain/Brunet 1926 262pp.+ qqs.ills.hors-texte, 6e mille, br.orig.‎

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‎Mondfrau und Silbervase‎

‎Ein altchinesischer Frauenroman‎

‎Deutsch von Franz Kuhn. Berlin, Steiniger, 1939. 463 S. Or.-Lwd.‎

‎Eine Fortsetzung zum Kin Ping Meh.‎

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‎MONGOLIA and CHINA‎

‎The Angus Ivan Ward Collection of Russian accounts of Mongolia and China.‎

‎various publication places and dates 1764 - 1914. . Collection of 18 titles. Extensive collection of Russian works focusing mostly on Northern China and Mongolia including important and rare travel trade and exploration accounts. Assembled by Angus Ivan Ward us consul in China and Russia during troubled times and ambassador in Afghanistan. Ward 1893-1969 served in the U.S. Army during World War I and then became U.S. Vice Consul in Mukden China in 1926; then in Tientsin in 1927-29 and again in 1932. He was sent to Moscow in 1938 and served as U.S. Consul General in Vladivostok during WWII in 1943. Before becoming U.S. Ambassador in Afghanistan in 1952-56 he was back in Mukden as Consul in 1948 where he became the subject of the Ward Incident 1948-49. During the final years of the Chinese Civil War Ward and the consulate staff were imprisoned and held under house arrest by Mao Zedong's People's Liberation Army for almost a year creating a diplomatic rift with the United States. Ward's collection is remarkable for its wide range comprising 150 years of Russian approach to China and their neighbouring region Mongolia before the Russian revolution. Including important as well as lesser works most in first editions and all rarely found on the market the collection not only presents an excellent panorama of Russian exploration of the region but also allows a rare understanding of the commercial and diplomatic relations between these two giant states. It is completed by scholarly works on local languages and cultures. Although Russian envoys and merchants were visiting and residing in Mongolia and China in the 17th century printed accounts of the relations between these countries became available to Russian readers only in the mid 18th century. At first they were Russian translations of works by Chinese authors such as An Account of the Chinese Mission to the Kalmyk Khan on the Volga in 1714 and Their Journey through Russia by Tulishen 1667–1741 which describes in detail the first official diplomatic mission of China to a European State. This early and important work later published in English by Staunton himself is represented here by a fine example of the first edition in Russian. One of the first Russian scholars of China is the celebrated and prolific monk Iakinf Bichurin 1777-1853. Leader of the 9th Russian Mission to Peking he spent 14 years in China learning the language and exploring the region. His Notes on Mongolia 1828 illustrated with fine hand-coloured plates is the first fundamental study of Mongolia by a Russian sinologist. When Bichurin's mission left Beijing the smooth transition with the new mission was under the control of the diplomat Egor Timkovskiy 1790-1875. His 3-volume Travels through Mongolia to China in the years 1820 and 1821 1824 became the first significant travel account of a Russian to China collecting material on Eastern Turkestan Mongolia Tibet China and Korea. The 1860 Beijing agreement ending the Second Opium War brought a new turn to the Russian exploration of the region. It was the result of Russian diplomatic efforts to facilitate negotiations between China on one side and Britain and France on the other and it allowed the establishment of a permanent Russian diplomatic presence in Beijing. The negotiations and Russia's role are described in detail in Baron Buksgevden's Russian China 1902. The last quarter of the 19th century was the most fruitful period for Russian exploration and the Ward collection includes some of the most important accounts published at that time. Due to an extension of the Great Game to the East many scientific Russian expeditions to Tibet and China were subsidized by the Russian Imperial Geographical Society with often a hidden agenda focusing on mapping the region and gathering intelligence data. An excellent example is given by Mikhail Pevtsov 1843-1902 a Russian army officer and student of Nikolay Przhevalskiy. His Account of a Travel around Mongolia and Northern Provinces of Continental China 1883 mapped unknown parts of Mongolia and Inner China which he discovered during his 1878-79 exploration. Similarly a generation later another military Vasiliy Novitskiy published an account on central Mongolia 1911 accompanied by fifteen accurate and detailed maps of the region. One of the most famous Russian explorers of the region is Grigoriy Potanin 1835-1920 who conducted eight expeditions to Mongolia Tibet and China with some of them lasting up to two years. The present collection includes his rare and fundamental 2-volume study of Central Mongolia and the Eastern border of China published in 1893 to which Ward added a scarce volume of articles by Alexandra Potanina 1843-93 Potanin's wife and the first woman to be accepted as a member of the Russian Geographical Society. A diplomat himself Ward extended his interest to the economic and diplomatic relations between Russia China and Mongolia. Exploration missions were indeed often useful to trade missions organized by the largest Russian trading companies trying to find new routes to the East and to understand the legal and economic aspects of trading in the region. Fascinating accounts were published including for example an Expedition to China in 1874-75 by Yu. Sosnovskiy 1883 Notes the Russian-Mongolian Trade by M. Bogolepov 1911 and Moscow Trade Mission to Mongolia by V. Popov 1912. Ward was a bibliophile and took great care of his purchases. All books are in excellent fresh condition and except the very rare Timkovskiy they are all complete with maps and illustrations. They have been bound in the mid 20th century in a uniform dark burgundy or brown colour in full cloth or in a quality half calf for the most important works except a couple of books such as the Tulishen which is in contemporary Russian half calf. During the binding work the maps were usually professionally laid on linen and carefully stored at the back of each volume in a pocket specially made. Most of the books bear Angus Ward's bookplate on the upper pastedown; some have supplementary earlier provenances. The full collection comprises the following titles. A detailed description of each with notes is available on request. Detailed description of the books: 1. -- . TULIŠEN Larion Kalinovich ROSSOKHIN translator Gerhard Friedrich MILLER publisher. 1714 . " ". An Account of the Chinese Mission to the Kalmyk Khan Ayuk on the Volga in 1714 and their Journey through Russia. Published in "Monthly Essays on Scientific Affairs". Publication: Imper. Akad. Nauk Skt. Peterburg 1764. A LOVELY FRESH EXAMPLE OF THIS EARLY ACCOUNT OF THE CHINESE MISSION TO THE KALMYK KHANATE - THE FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION OF THE FIRST DIPLOMATIC MISSION OF CHINA TO A EUROPEAN STATE according to the sinologist Mikhail Kapitsa. In the beginning of the 18th century the Kalmyk khanate situated in the South-East of the Russian Empire enjoyed autonomy in managing its domestic and foreign affairs. Ayuka Khan had a considerable authority both within the khanate and abroad and the Russian government relied on his military support to protect the borders of the Empire and make allies with the Asian states. The Tulišen's mission was pre-approved by Peter the Great and aimed at forming a military union against the Dzungar Khanate. Originally published in Beijing in 1723 in Chinese and Manchurian this account became known in Europe thanks to the French translation issued in 1729. In 1732 a scientist of a German origin based in Saint Petersburg and the publisher of the "Ezhemesiachnye sochineniya" "Monthly essays" Gerard Miller issued his German translation of the account. Miller however didn't fully trust the accuracy of the French text on which he based his German translation; he wished to use a Russian translation based directly on the Chinese or Manchurian original. Miller's goal was achieved when he discovered a Russian translation of the travel account done by Larion Rossokhin a knowledgeable translator from Chinese and Manchurian and a resident at the Imperial Academy of Sciences. He resided in China for many years and had a chance to work with the original Manchurian text. Before passing away in 1761 Rossokhin left all his documents and translations to the Academy of Sciences including the unpublished translation of the Tulišen's work which Miller tracked down. For clarity Miller supplied his own notes and comments in addition to those of Rossokhin. Description and Bibliographical references: July 1764: title 96 pp.; August 1764: title 99–192 pp.; September 1764: title 195-288 pp.; October 1764: title 291-384 pp.; November 1764: title 387-480 pp.; December 1764: title 481-576 pp. An account of the Chinese mission: pp. 3-48; 99-150; 195-234; 291-353; 387-427; missing upper fly leaf and small part of title page with no loss of text light spotting throughout. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards two red calf labels to spines; corners slightly bumped. 2. TIMKOVSKIY EGOR. 1820 1821 Travels through Mongolia to China in the years 1820 and 1821. Publication: Tip. meditsinskogo dep. Ministerstva vnutrennikh del Sankt Peterburg 1824. For several decades after its publication this account remained the most comprehensive and reliable source of information about the region and was subsequently translated into English German and French. In 1820 Egor Timkovskiy 1790 - 1785 writer diplomat and a Privy Councillor was entrusted to accompany a new Russian mission to Beijing led by Archimandrite Petr Kamenskiy. On the way back to Russia he was to ensure a safe return of the 9th mission headed by Iakinf Bichurin who spent 12 years fulfilling his duties in Beijing. Timkovskiy set off from Kiakhta in August 1820 and returned a year later having stayed in Beijing for 9 months. He used this time to explore geography history and culture of the region and subsequently published his findings in 1824 upon the Imperial order. The first volume of his work follows the caravan route between Kiakhta and Beijing; the second one provides an overview of China Eastern Turkistan Tibet and Korea; and the third one is dedicated entirely to the description of history geography religion as well as political and economical organization of Mongolia. First edition very rare. Description and Bibliographical references: 3 vols octavo 22.3 x 14.5 cm. Half-title engr. title letterpress title XVIII 388 pp. with 1 folding plan and a map laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear ; Half-title frontispiece letterpress title 8pp. 409 pp. with 2 facsimile 1 plate and a folding plan plan laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; Title 6 433 2 37 4pp. with 3 plates; lacking pp. 159-160 frontispiece and a plate in vol 3 small light marginal waterstain to some ll. in vol. 1 and 2 title and p. IX in vol. 1 with neat marginal repair not affecting text. Later half calf over maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper covers and spine exlibris of Ward to upper pastedowns. Provenance: Nikolay Kolchin owner's inscription to half-title in vol. 2 Rayskiy's library at the theologival seminary of Tambov ink stamp to title of vol 2. 3. FAR EAST – BICHURIN Monakh Iakinf. Notes on Mongolia. Publication: Skt. Peterburg 1828. A LOVELY FRESH COPY OF A RARE BOOK ILLUSTRATED WITH HAND-COLOURED PLATES BY ONE OF THE MAJOR RUSSIAN SCHOLARS ON CHINA. Bichurin 1777-1853 was named in 1805 leader of the 9th Russian Mission to Peking and head of the Sretenskiy monastery in this town. During his 14-year stay he learnt Chinese compiled his own dictionary and prepared other scholar works for later publication. The first volume of the present work gives an account of the journey and the second volume a detailed examination of the geographical and political condition of the Mongols and their life and customs. Description and Bibliographical references: Two volumes in one 8vo 20.5 x 13.2 cm. xii 231pp. with 5 hand-coloured lithographed plates; vi 339 pp. folding engraved map with hand-coloured outlines laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; occasional marginal notes in pencil. Later half calf over maroon cloth boards gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. Obolyaninov 1027. 4. . ORLOV A. - Mongolian-Buryat grammar. Publication: Gladysheva Kazan 1878. Description and Bibliographical references: Octavo 25 x 16 cm. Title X 265 VI pp; light marginal waterstain to several pages at rear traces of removed label on title. Later calf over maroon cloth boards gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. 5. PEVTSOV M.V. . Account of the Travel around Mongolia and the Northern Provinces of the Inner China. Publication: Omsk 1883. FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRAVEL ACCOUNT DESCRIBING UNKNOWN PARTS OF MONGOLIA AND INNER CHINA. Mikhail Pevtsov 1843-1902 a young Russian army officer devoted traveler and student of Nikolay Przhevalskiy went with a caravan of merchants from Bijsk to Kalgan and back through the Southern Altai Mongolia and Gobi Desert thoroughly mapping the territory of altogether about four thousand kilometers. His detailed account covers the region's terrain rivers lakes brief history of its settlements; and characterizes local trade and animal productions. The large folding map of Mongolia clearly delineates the main geographical points of the territory between Irkutsk in the north Peking in the south and Lake Zaysan modern Kazakhstan in the west. A 20-pp. extract was published earlier in Izvestija Imperatorskogo Russkogo Geograficheskogo Obschesctva 1880 Vol 16. issue 5 pp. 435-457. Provenance: E.I. Yakushkin important historian and ethnographer with a library of about 15000 volumes 1826-1905; stamps to wrapper and title; Library of Shanyavskiy University Moscow stamps to wrapper and title. Description and Bibliographical references: Title 2 IV 354 2 pp. with folding map of Mongolia laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; library stamps to title and upper wrapper. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine original wrappers bound in ex libris of Ward to upper pastedwon. Cf. for Yakushkin: Ivask IIp. 96. 6. SOSNOVSKIY Y. A. 1874-75 . Expedition to China in the years 1874-75. Publication: Ivanov Moskva 1883. An account compiled by the Ukrainian born Colonel Sosnovskiy 1842 — 1895 who headed the 1874-75 expedition to China aimed at finding new land routes to Chinese trade markets. Among other tasks set by the Russian government the expedition was to evaluate opportunities for expanding trade with China find most favourable locations for Russian consulates and fabrics and also collect intelligence information on the Dungan revolt taking place in the Eastern regions of the country. The expedition resulted in establishing a new route to China which was 1600 versts shorter than the one used before. In the mid 1870s still weakened after Russo-Japanese war the Russian Empire concentrated its geopolitical interests in Asia. Its activity in Central Asia and attempts to create spheres of influence in Tibet and China brought Russia on the brick of war with England which was itself aiming to dominate in the region. Both countries were actively conducting military intelligence in China considering it a possible future war arena. At that point Russian Empire sent multiple missions to Mongolia China and Tibet with most of them being headed by officers of the General headquarters. Sosnovskiy headed two such expeditions. His account of the 1874-75 mission first appeared in the Izvestia Russkogo Imperatorskogo Obshchestva 1876 vol 12 issues 1 2 3 5 6 with the offered example being the first edition in the book form. Description and Bibliographical references: Title V 894 II pp. with large folding map of China laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; lacking pp. 141-2 instead bound duplicate of pp. 189-190 ink stamp and inventory number to title light occasional spotting. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. 7. POTANIN Grigoriy Nikolaevich. - Tangut-Tibetan border of China and Central Mongolia. Publication: Skt. Peterburg Suvorin 1893. An account of the two years expedition led by the famous Russian explorer and scientist Potanin 1835 - 1920 to the territories on the border of China and Tibet. Apart from Potanin himself the expedition of 1884-6 included his wife ethnographer Alexandra topographer A. Skassi and zoologist M. Berezovskiy. The group travelled from Beijing through two northern Chinese provinces to arrive in Gansu in 1884. Having spent a year researching the territories on the Eastern border of Tibet they travelled back to Russia in 1886 through Nanshan district and Central Mongolia. This work presents richly illustrated material collected during the expedition including geography ethnography and zoology of the region. Description and Bibliographical references: 2 vols quarto 29 x 22.5 cm. Title XVIII 657 XVIII 2 pp. with 42 photogravures and 3 maps incl. 2 large folding laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; Frontispiece title XII 437 XIX pp. Later half calf over maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedowns; very slightly rubbed. 8. DEKEN Constant de. A Travers l'Asie Publication: Polleunis et Ceuterick Bruxelles 1894. Description and Bibliographical references: Octavo 22.6 x 16.4 cm. XI including title 367 pp. with 30 plates and 1 folding map; some light occasional spotting. Contemporary brown cloth gilt lettering to spine; traces of a removed label on upper pastedown. 9. POTANINA A.V. : . Travels around Eastren Siberia Mongolia Tibet and China: collection of articles. Publication: Moskva Gerbek 1895. A posthumous publication of the complete collection of articles including the unpublished ones by Potanina 1843 - 1893 a famous explorer of Asia and the first women to be accepted as a member of the Russian Geographical Society. Along with her husband Grigoriy Potanin who made a very significant contribution to the research of Central Asia she took part in four expeditions to the region researching ethnography geography and economy of Mongolia Tibet and Inner China. Description and Bibliographical references: Octavo 24.5 x 17 cm. Frontispiece title 4 XLII 296 pp. 5 lithographed plates incl. 3 in colour. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine and upper cover ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown; extremities of spine slightly rubbed. 10. . BUKSGEVDEN Baron A. : 1860 . Russian China: notes on the diplomatic relations between Russia and China The Convention of Peking of 1860. Publication: Noviy Kray Port Artur 1902. The publication of this work was triggered by the events in China in 1900 when the massive rebellion against foreign intervention in Chinese provinces resulted in extensive violent attacks on foreigners official missions and Christian monuments. To protect their interests German American British and Russian forces advanced on Beijing and put an end to the rebellion which was supported by the Chinese government. The author found the developments of 1900 to have direct connection to the ones that took place 40 years before when at the culmination of the Second Opium War the British and French troops entered the Forbidden City in Beijing. Reflecting on these events Baron Buksgevden describes the diplomatic efforts of the Russian representative Ignatiev in 1860 to facilitate the negotiations between China on one side and Britain and France on the other and their successful outcome for the Russian Empire. The editor was planning to continue the work with description of the events of 1900 in China but the second part was never published. Description and Bibliographical references: Small quarto 21.5 x 15.5 cm. Title 2 II 2 III 239 pp. Later maroon cloth binding gilt lettering to spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. 11. . John Gustaf RAMSTEDT. . Chants epiques des Mongols. Publication: Parovaya tip. gazeta Vostochnoye Obozreniye Irkutsk 1902. FRESH EXAMPLE OF THIS ARTICLE BY ONE OF THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE SCHOLARS OF MONGOLIAN FOLKLORE which he published in Irkutsk after returning from a 2-year long scientific expedition to Mongolia. The author expresses his deep fascination with Mongolian epos which was traditionally passed through the generations by word of mouth and provides a detailed analysis of Mongolian fairy tales finding common features distinctive of their folklore. Ramsted 1873-50 was a Finnish diplomat and linguist specialising in historical linguistics of the Urals Altaic Korean and Japanese languages. With a purpose of studying the Altaic languages he undertook two expeditions to Mongolia in 1898-1901 and 1909-19 where he became a personal friend of the highly educated Buryat Mongol Agvan Dorzhiev who acted as a plenipotentiary representative of 13th Dalai Lama. Thanks of his connections Ramstedt was one of the few foreigners who was invited to visit Lhasa but unfortunately the coming events prevented his visit to Tibet. In 1911 the Mongolian delegation in St. Petersburg asked Ramstedt to act as mediator with the Imperial Russian government to support the Mongolian Independence from the Chinese Empire. He managed to assure the Russians of the good will of the Mongolian representatives and they supplied 15.000 modern rifles to the Mongolians to start the uprising against the Chinese rule in Mongolia. Description and Bibliographical references: Octavo 24.5 x 16 cm. Title 8 pp. Original wrappers; postal stamp to upper cover. 12. PODGORBUNSKIY I.A. -- Russian-Mongolian-Buryat dictionary. Publication: Makushin I Posokhin Irkutsk 1909. Compiled by the priest and scientist Podgorbunskiy 1862 - 1913 the dictionary comprises the most used words in the conversational Buryat language each accompanied by a note of the region where it is in use. Description and Bibliographical references: Small quarto 17.5 x 14 cm. Title VI 340 pp. Later maroon cloth binding gilt lettering to upper cover black cloth label with gilt lettering to spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. Provenance: Prof. John Kruger Indiana University stamp to upper fly leaf; library of the Northeastern Mongolian concession Haylar stamp to title and several pages book shop of Shchelokov in Kharbin stamp to title. 13. TSYBIKOV G.Ts. . - -: Guide to the stages of the Path to Awakening. Publication: Vostochniy institut Vladivostok 1910 1913. THE FIRST TRANSLATION INTO A EUROPEAN LANGUAGE OF THE FIRST PART OF THIS IMPORTANT TEXT ON INDIAN BUDDHISM IN A SCHOLAR EDITION WITH TEXT IN MONGOLIAN AND IN RUSSIAN with many linguistic notes. The "Guide to the stages of the Path to Awakening " is the main work of the great Tibetan religious leader Tsongkhapa 1357-1419 which outlines the ideas of Buddhism in the form of a guide and describes the stages of the path of spiritual development up to the achievement of full awakening. Tsybikov 1873 - 1930 an explorer ethnographer and orientalist was one of the first foreigners to travel in Tibet where he secretly conducted research and recorded his journey in photographs. During his travels he obtained Mongolian texts of Lam-Rim from which he wrote a translation into Russian. According to Tsybikov only the first part of Tsongkhapa's work was available in Mongolian at that time. Description and Bibliographical references: Two issues bound in 1 vol. octavo 22.8 x 16.3 cm. 8 pp. incl. title XLVIII 312 pp. 2; 10 pp. incl. title XLI 294 II pp. Later half calf over maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown; spine very slightly rubbed. 14. . . BOGOLEPOV M.I. and M.N. SOBOLEV. - Notes on the Russian-Mongolian Trade. Publication: Sibirskoe tov. pechatnogo dela Tomsk 1911. An account of the expedition organized by Tomsk Society of the Siberia Research independently of the Moscow Trade Mission that was initiated in 1910. The expedition was subsidized by the three largest companies trading with Mongolia and aimed at researching all aspects of the Mongolian trade system including its legal and economic aspects. Description and Bibliographical references: Octavo 26.6 x 18 cm. Title VII 498 2 pp. with 20 photoengravings on 10 plates and 1 folding map pasted on linen and inserted in pocket at rear. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. 15. NOVITSKIY V.F. - - - 1906 Travels around Mongolia in 1906. Publication: Voenneya tipografiya Skt.Peterburg 1911. After the end of the Russo-Japanese war the Russian troops in Manchuria where Colonel Novitskiy served where awaiting relocation that was not promising to take place soon. Therefore it was not difficult for Novitskiy to receive a permission to explore the neighbouring Mongolia in the meantime. During his expedition which was partly sponsored by the Imperial Geographical Society Novitskiy meticulously recorded his geographical and meteorological observations as well as specimens of flora and fauna that he encountered. The account also greatly benefits from the enclosed fifteen accurate maps of the region and expedition routes compiled by Novitskiy. Description and Bibliographical references: Large octavo 27.7 x 17.6 cm. IV including title 400 pp. with 15 folding maps all pasted on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; traces of old tape to inner margin of several leaves small marginal loss to the general map of expedition route in Mongolia. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine and upper cover ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown; extremities of spine slightly rubbed. 16. . . – POPOV V.L. and others. Mo Moscow Trade Mission to Mongolia. Publication: Riabushinskiy Moskva 1912. An account compiled by the participants of the trade mission initiated at the meeting of the Russian industrialists and entrepreneurs in 1910. The expedition was headed by the colonel Popov and included representatives of the biggest trade companies such as V. Shkarin K. Koliadov I. Morozov and others. In Mongolia the group studied stock raising production of fur local banking and trade systems as well as the country's geographical political and administrative characteristics. Description and Bibliographical references: Large octavo 27 x 18.8 cm.Title 2 353 pp. with 35 photoengr. and lith. plates and folding map pasted on linen. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. 17. RUDNEV A.D. - : 1 2 3 Khori-Buryat dialect: issues 1 2 and 3. Publication : Petrograd 1913 – 1914. Description and Bibliographical references:Octavo. 10 pp incl. title CXX; title 128 2 pp.; title 135 2pp. 4 pp. advert. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown original upper wrappers of three issues bound in extremities of spine slightly rubbed. Provenance: Library of the Oriental Institute stamps to upper wrapper and titles. 18. ROCKHILL William Woodville editor. The journey of William of Rubruck to the eastern parts of the world 1253-55 as narrated by himself with two accounts of the earlier journey of John of Pian de Carpine. Publication: Hakluyt Society London 1900. Hakluyt Society second series 4. Description and Bibliographical references: First Edition 8vo 22.5 x 15.5 cm. lvi 304 20pp. large coloured folding map in pocket at end. Original purple cloth gilt spine slightly sunned gilt lettering to spine. Provenance: L. Elger ex libris to upper pastedown. [various publication places and dates, 1764 - 1914]. hardcover‎

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‎MONNIER (Marcel)‎

‎Le Tour d'Asie - L'Empire du Milieu (Tome II)‎

‎Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs, 1899. 1 volume in-12, 373 pp., accompagné d un frontispice-potrait de l'auteur et de 60 gravures d'après les clichés de l'auteur et d'une carte-itinéraire dépliante in fine, reliure moderne plein cuir brun, très bon état. Quelques cachets de bibliothèque et tampon chinois d'i-un précédent propriétaire.‎

‎Récit de voyages à travers diverses Provinces de Chine. La Chine du Nord - Sur le Yang-Tsé - Le Sé-Tchouen - Du Fleuve bleu au Fleuve rouge à travers le Yun-Xan. Le premier tome couvre davantage les voyages dans les régions d'Indochine.‎

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‎Monro, Alexander‎

‎Papier Wie eine chinesische Erfindung die Welt revolutionierte‎

‎München, C. Bertelsmann 2015. 543 S. Pappband mit Umschlag / gebundene Ausgabe‎

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