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[CHINA - 18TH CENTURY MAP] BARROW, JOHN (ARTIST); BAKER, BENJAMIN (ENGRAVER).
A Sketch of a Journey from Zhe-Hol in Tartary by land to Pekin and from thence by water to Hang-Tchoo-Foo in China.
London.: George Nicol. 1796. Double-sheet engraved copperplate map 63.2 x 44.8 cm; 75 x 57 cms sheet including platemark central fold the sheet toned at the edges and central fold a couple of minor spots and edge wear but in very good condition. An exquisitely engraved map with fine detail of the route taken by George Macartney on the first official British embassy to China 1792-1794 undertaken with the aim of gaining trade concessions from the Chinese Emperor and published in George Staunton's officall account. <br> <br>While the official purpose was not successful much was learned about China and the Chinese as is evident from this map with its explanatory texts. To the west of Pekin just below the starting point at Zhe-hol Jehol which is situated at the top of this map the commentary reads: "A great part of the country around Pekin is employed in the production of culinary vegetables and a variety of fruits." At the lower edge of the map just north of the ending point of Hangzhou is the lake Tai Hoo: "The western side of the Tai-hoo is bounded by a very romantic and fertile country whose mountains are clutivated to their very tops. A great part of the province of Tche-tchiang appears to be cultivated with Mulberry trees for the food of the Silk worms." Cities of the 1st 2nd and 3rd orders "considerable towns" and villages are marked along with "Halting places" etc. Fascinating Western documentation of the area around the Imperial Canal of the late Eighteenth Century. . George Nicol. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 207049
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[CHINA - 18TH CENTURY MAP] PARISH, HENRY WILLIAM (MAPMAKER). BAKER, BENJAMIN (ENGRAVER).
A Sketch of the Pay-ho or White River and of the Road from Pekin to Geho taken 1793.
London.: George Nicol. 1796. Engraved copperplate map on Whatman paper 43.8 x 33.6 cm; 57 x 38.5 cm sheet scale in nautical and English miles; light undulation to sheet marginal toning and edgewear a couple of rust spots to the blank of the map's lower corner trimmed to the border on the inner margin but in very good condition. Finely engraved and detailed map of two routes to Pekin Beijing along the White River Baihe River from the Gulph of Petcheli and along the Imperial Highway from Jehol and includes commentary locating palaces and gardens type of cultivation "many barges" and "the road shaded by willow trees". The map elegantly drawn by Henry William Parish was published in George Staunton's account of Earl Macartney's embassy to China 1792-1794. . George Nicol. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 197217
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[CHINA - 19TH C LITHOGRAPH] COLLINOT, EUGeNE AND BEAUMONT, ADALBERT DE
Ornements de la Chine. Plate 40. Branch with flowers.
Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour 26 x 29.5 cms; 63.7 x 45 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle toned and spotted but the image in very good condition. Delicately coloured plate with detailed line work from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 197075
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[CHINA - 19TH C LITHOGRAPH] COLLINOT, EUGeNE AND BEAUMONT, ADALBERT DE
Ornements de la Chine. Plate 32-33. Birds on flowering bamboo branches.
Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour 64 x 47.3 cms; 90.5 x 65.6 cms sheet original fold small chip and fold split at the outer margin and slight toning at the fold but in very good condition. Richly coloured and beautiful large plate with flowers and birds from "Ornements de la Chine: Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. This work was a seminal influence on the introduction of Chinoiserie and Islamic decorative art to French artists and craftsmen. In 1863 the authors Eugène Collinot and Adalbert de Beaumont founded their own faience factory in the Bois de Boulogne specializing in wares inspired by Persian and Iznik pottery. see "Grove Dictionary of Art". . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 197077
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[CHINA - 19TH C LITHOGRAPH] COLLINOT, EUGeNE AND BEAUMONT, ADALBERT DE
Ornements de la Chine. Plate 34. Flowers and two ducks.
Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour 26 x 29.5 cms; 63.7 x 45 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle soiled with scant spotting but the image in very good condition. Richly coloured plate with attractive botanicals from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 197076
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[CHINA - 19TH C LITHOGRAPH] COLLINOT, EUGeNE AND BEAUMONT, ADALBERT DE
Ornements de la Chine. Plate 14. Group planting chrysanthemums in rocky terrain.
Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour 29.3 x 24 cms;63.5 x 45 cms sheet the large margins a little toned upper corner a little creased and spotted but in very good condition. A charming landscape delicately coloured from the influential French work "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. . . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 197079
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[CHINA - 19TH C LITHOGRAPH] COLLINOT, EUGeNE AND BEAUMONT, ADALBERT DE
Ornements de la Chine. Plate 6. Chinese cloisonné vase.
Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour and gilt 26 x 29.5 cms; 63.7 x 45 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle soiled with scant spotting and minor edgewear the image in very good condition. Richly coloured illuminated plate from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. This work was a seminal influence on the introduction of Chinoiserie and Islamic decorative art to French artists and craftsmen. In 1863 the authors Eugène Collinot and Adalbert de Beaumont founded their own faience factory in the Bois de Boulogne specializing in wares inspired by Persian and Iznik pottery. see "Grove Dictionary of Art". . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 193704
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[CHINA - 19TH C LITHOGRAPH] COLLINOT, EUGeNE AND BEAUMONT, ADALBERT DE
Ornements de la Chine. Plate 5. Decorative designs with animal motifs.
Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour and gilt 29 x 35 cms; 45.4 x 63.7 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle soiled with scant spotting and minor edgewear the images in very good condition. Richly coloured illuminated plate from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. This work was a seminal influence on the introduction of Chinoiserie and Islamic decorative art to French artists and craftsmen. In 1863 the authors Eugène Collinot and Adalbert de Beaumont founded their own faience factory in the Bois de Boulogne specializing in wares inspired by Persian and Iznik pottery. see "Grove Dictionary of Art". . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 193706
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT]
A Chinese Marriage Procession.
London.: The Illustrated London News. April1873. Two full page black and white wood-engravings on sequential newspaper leaves with related text on the verso of one leaf 23.8 x 34 cms images; 27.7 x 39.8 cms sheets slightly age-toned but in very good condition. Engraving in six panels of a ceremonial Chinese Imperial wedding procession. The text on the verso notes: <br>"The long procession attending a Chinese bride in her sedan chair to the hymeneal altar followed by her parents or closest relatives on horseback and escorted by several bands of musicians standard-bearers and liveried servants carrying the pieces of ornamental furniture presented to her as marriage gifts is copied from a pretty book of pictures drawn in colours on reice-paper by a Chinese artist". . The Illustrated London News. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 206134
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT].
Canton Looking Towards the Government Landing-Pier. and Looking Towards Whampoa from Canton. caption titles
London.: The Illustrated London News. May 81858. Two half-page engravings each 11.5 x 34 cm on a single newspaper leaf the leaf with marginal edge wear and occasional toning but very good dark impressions. Two river views of Canton Guangzhou from "The Illustrated London News" months before the Treaty of Tientsin was signed following the Battle of Canton in December 1857. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 178655
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS] FRESCHI, ANDREA (ENGRAVER).
China Making. with China-Wheel. with China Manufactory.
London.: J. J. Stockdale. 1812. Three handcoloured engravings 10.5 x 17.5 cms landscape and two portrait partial watermark sheets toned handsomely preserved in cerulean card window mounts all in very good condition. Three European engravings illustrating three stages in the manufacture of Chinese porcelain from an edition of "China: Its Costume Arts Manufactures &c." by Breton de la Martiniere very attractively handcoloured. . J. J. Stockdale. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 195892
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT]
Chinese Pirate-Boat at Canton. From a drawing by a Chinese Artist.
London.: Illustrated London News. January 311857. Half-page engraving 17.5 x 22.5 cms on a single newspaper leaf complete descriptive text overleaf marginal spotting and edge-wear but in very good condition. Engraving published during the months prior to the attack on and four year occupation of Canton Guangzhou by allied British and French troops during the time of the Second Opium War. The commentary overleaf quotes from the then recently published account of Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan & the China Sea in 1852-1854 and the treacherous passage from Macao to Whampoa and the risk posed by pirates. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue note. . Illustrated London News unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 179724
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] BASIRE, JAMES (ENGRAVER).
Cities of the Province of Pe-Che-Li.
London. 1738. Five engraved architectural plans and a key together 36 x 21.6 cms; 40.2 x 25.3 cms sheet age-toning small tide-mark affecting an upper corner but overall in very good condition. Attractive group of engravings depicting walled cities of the Chinese Qing dynasty province of Pe-Che-Li today Zhili province. The engravings show a plan of Peking with a key at left; Yung-ping-fu Guangfu; Long-men-hyen Luoyang; Chin-ting-fu; and a "Plan of part of the great wall on the Side of Yung-ping-fu flank'd by several fortresses." This is a plate from an English edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's encyclopedic compendium of the written accounts of some 27 Jesuits in China documenting the history and customs of the country. . unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 206300
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] BASIRE, JAMES (ENGRAVER).
Cities of the Province of Shen-si.
London. 1738. Six engraved architectural plans together 36 x 21.6 cms; 40.2 x 25.3 cms sheet age-toning short edge tear at lower corner soft creasing at upper left corner very good condition. An attractive suite of engravings depicting six walled cities of the Chinese Qing dynasty province of Shen-si now Shaanxi in northwestern China : Si-ngan-fu Xi'an Chwang-lan Zhuanglang Lan-chew Lanzhou Kan-chew Ing-chew and Ku-ywen Chew. This is a plate from an English edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's encyclopedic compendium of the written accounts of some 27 Jesuits in China documenting the history and customs of the country. . unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 206290
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] BASIRE, JAMES (ENGRAVER).
Cities of the Province of Quey-Chew.
London. 1738. Five engraved architectural plans together 36 x 21.6 cms; 40.2 x 25.3 cms sheet age-toning small repaired edge tear overall very good condition. Suite of 18th Century engravings from an English edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's encyclopedic compendium of the written accounts of some 27 Jesuits in China documenting the history and customs of the country. <br>The engravings show the four walled cities of the Chinese Qing dynasty province of Quey-Chew present Guizhou in Southwest China: Quey-Yang Fu Guiyang Ping-Ywen Fu Pu-ngan Chew and Chin-Ywen Fu. . unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 206287
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] BASIRE, JAMES (ENGRAVER).
Cities of the Province of Kyang-si Fo-kyen Shan-si & Yunnan.
London. 1738. Six engraved architectural plans together 36 x 21.6 cms; 40.2 x 25.3 cms sheet age-toning inner margin with paper loss to plate mark not affecting the engravings overall very good condition. An attractive suite of engravings depicting six walled cities of Chinese Qing dynasty provinces: Yun-nan Fu Ta-li Fu Dali Kyen-ning Jian'ou Chang-tay Hyen Nan Chang Fu Nanchang and Kya-chew Pingyao. This is a plate from an English edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's encyclopedic compendium of the written accounts of some 27 Jesuits in China documenting the history and customs of the country. . unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 206291
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] ALLOM, THOMAS AND GEORGE PATERSON (ENGRAVER).
Dyeing and Winding Silk. caption title
London.: Fisher Son & Co. 1843. Engraving 12.5 x 18.9 cms ; 19.9 x 26.4 cms sheet edge toning but the image in very good condition. From Allom's popular 19th Century series of views 'China Its Scenery Architecture Social Habits etc.' The caption to the finely detailed engraving is here printed in English with the French and German translation. . Fisher, Son & Co. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 182063
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT]
Foreign Gun-Boats laid up in winter at Tsien-Tsin North China. caption title
London.: Illustrated London News. Sept. 291883. Four engravings with captions on a double newspaper leaf the main image approx. 20 x 46.5 cm complete associated text overleaf central fold lower corner chipped but the images and text in very good condition. Four engravings of Tianjin and the Peiho Hai River in winter prepared for "The Illustrated London News". Foreign trade had been approved at this strategically important port for the British and French by the 1860 Peking Convention. Between 1895 and 1900 the two original powers were joined by Japan Germany Russia Austria-Hungary Italy and Belgium in establishing self-contained concessions each with their own prisons schools barracks and hospitals. The main engraving shows three foreign war vessels: H.M.S. Lapwing British a German gunboat and one from the United States laid up for winter their decks roofed over and being provisioned. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated London News. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 179436
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT].
Scene on the Upper Yang-Tze-Kiang China.
London.: The Illustrated London News. May 281870. Engraving 23.5 x 34 cm image; 28 x 40.4 cm sheet lower edge a little ragged in very good condition Fine full page engraving of the Great Gorge from "The Illustrated London News". <br> <br>From the estate of the late scholar and collector Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 178194
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] SWAIN, JOSEPH [FIRM OF ENGRAVERS].
Sketches in China: Village Interior Near Shanghai. Caption Title.
London.: The Illustrated London News. May 241873. Full-page engraving: 23.4 x 31.3 cm image only explanatory text overleaf minor edge wear very good condition. Atmospheric and detailed composition engraved by the firm of Joseph Swain Oxford 1820 - Ealing 1908. Swain was one of the finest wood engravers and interpreters of artists' work of the Victorian era noted for his contributions to "Punch" and wood engravings after designs by some of the most distinguished English artists of the time. He is noted for his swirling lines and tonal effects rendering the modulation of light. See Simon Cooke "A Clever Man: Joseph Swain as an Engraver and Interpreter" online at The Victorian Web. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 179980
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT - GUANGDONG PROVINCE] BASIRE, J (ENGRAVER).
The City Of Nan-Hyong Fu. Nieuhof.
London. 1745-1747. Copperplate engraving 20 x 33.2 cms image 25 x 43 cms sheet original folds a little age-toned but in very good clean condition. A striking view of Nanxiong in the province of Guangdong central to the tea route leading to Canton Guangzhou <br>The image is after the work of Johan Nieuhof 1618-1672 whose 17th century views were amongst the most influential European images of China. Nieuhof a German-born diplomat and adventurer was travelling in the service of the Dutch East India Company VOC eager to establish trade relations with China. This engraving was published in "A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels" published in London by Astley. . unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 199410
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] JACKSON, J (ARTIST)
The Shan-Tung Promontory the scene of the recent outrage on an Englishman in China. caption title
London.: The Illustrated London News. September 181875. Engraving 10 x 23.8 cms on a trimmed newspaper leaf complete descriptive text edges a little rough and stained in good condition. Fine engraving prepared for "The Illustrated London News". <br> <br>The commentary relates the attack of a British engineer the inspector of lighthouses. The recently completed lighthouse unfortunately not shown provoked resentment in the local population as the workers has been brought from Ningbo. The commentary also mentions the recent murder of the British diplomat Augustus Raymond Margary and his staff in February 1875 whilst scoping potential overland trade routes between British India and China's provinces provoked a diplomatic crisis with China. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 180169
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[CHINA - BOXER REBELLION] CLEVELAND, HAROLD IRWIN
Massacres of Christians by Heathen Chinese and Horrors of the Boxers.
Philadelphia.: National Publishing Company. c1900. Black and white full page and in-text illustrations1 p.l. vii-xvi 17-612pp glossary and chronology blind embossed leather with gilt lettering on the upper board backstrip replaced and original title label pasted down decorative endpapers inner front gutter cracked but holding firm corners knocked and light wear to extremities internally clean and sound. The title page announces the contents in dramatic terms reflecting the period: "a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners customs and peculiarities of the Chinese; oriental splendors; superstitions; secret societies; the opium habit; idol worship; industries; great cities; natural scenery etc. etc…This great work contains full accounts of recent atrocities in China by such eminent missionaries as Bishop Thorburn Bishop Anzer Miss Anna D. Gloss Superintendent of Christian Hospitals in Pekin Clavin H. Mills of Shan-tung China and many others. Profusely Illustrated with Scenes in China and all objects of interest in that Wonderful Country." Written by an editorial staff member of the Chicago Times-Herald newspaper. . National Publishing Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 222087
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[CHINA - BEIJING].
Tourist Map of Peking.
Peking.: Peking Publishing House. 1959. Broadside 63 x 53cm folding to 18 x 14cm a total of ten coloured maps. Somewhat worn along folds with few cellotape repairs by a prior owner a good copy. An interesting collection of maps of Peking dating to the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the year following the launch of the economic and social policies of the Great Leap Forward. On one side is a nine panel map "Sketch Map of Peking Streets" plus three smaller transportation maps Communications in Peking's Outskirts plus City Bus Lines and Tram and Trolley Bus Routes; on the other side are maps of: the Imperial Palace Museum Chungshan Park & Working People's Cultural Palace'; Peihai Park; Yi Ho Yuan the Summer Palace; Tien Tan 9the Temple of Heaven; Hsiangshan; and the Peking Zoo. . Peking Publishing House. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 217972
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[CHINA - CHILDREN'S SHORT STORIES].
Everyday Tales of China.
London.: Church Missionary Society. Circa1933. Tipped-in coloured illustrations from photographs and one illustration identified as from a Chinese poster buff coloured stiff boards with lightly abraded coloured illustration pasted down on the upper board 18.5 x 12cm; 60 pp. A very nice copy. Nine short stories with Chinese children as protagonists evidently a publication intended for a young Christian audience. . Church Missionary Society. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 177468
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[CHINA - CULTURAL REVOLUTION - TEXTILES] Artist(s) unknown
Two Monumental Hook-Work Parade Banners: Chairman Mao Reviewing The Great Army of the Cultural Revolution
Urumqi XinJiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi / Xinjiang Army Divisioni 1967/8. Two extraordinary hand-crafted parade banners ca. 110" x 84" 9 feet x 7 feet one slightly smaller. Each entirely composed of hook-work with colored yarns on white muslin backing. Slight age-toning and soil; a few threads loose but no significant losses; Near Fine condition overall. Folded and stored in original velvet draw-string carrying bags as found.<br /> <br /> Both banners bear the inscription "Chairman Mao Reviewing the Great Army of the Cultural Revolution" and depict the August 1966 mass rally at Tiananmen Gate where more than 10 million Red Guards from all over China converged to express their solidarity with Mao and his second-in-command Lin Biao. Additional text on the lower banner reads "Long Live Chairman Mao for ten thousand years" and "Sailing in the ocean requires a helmsman" -- both quotes from Lin Biao. The agencies responsible for the banners are identified in lower right of each: "Cultural Revolution Committee of Xinjiang Army Division 1968" upper banner and "Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi 1967" lower. <br /> <br /> The presence of Biao the figure to the right of Mao holding the Little Red Book in the top banner is of particular interest. Biao compiler of The Quotations of Chairman Mao popularly known as the "Little Red Book" and coiner of the phrase "Maoism" was probably more responsible than any other figure for creating the cult of personality around Mao particularly at the time of the Cultural Revolution. He quickly ascended Party ranks and was widely seen as Mao's obvious successor. But in 1971 Biao was exposed in the process of an apparent coup attempt the details of the event have never been made public. He died in an airplane crash attempting to leave China and from this point forward was officially condemned as a traitor by the Communist Party; any record of his achievements on behalf of the Revolution was expunged from the official record and any positive image of Biao would have been confiscated and destroyed as a matter of course - suggesting either that these banners left China prior to 1971 or that they remained out of sight until some later date. The second possibility is plausible given whence the banners issued - both were created by Red Guard branches in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region an extremely remote province in China's northwest corner and for many years the center of a militant independence movement for Uyghur and other Turkic minorities. Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi / Xinjiang Army Divisioni unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 16838
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[CHINA - HONG KONG & PEIPING INSETS].
Cram's Map of China.
Indianapolis.: The George F. Cram Co. Inc. Circa1940s. Colour map 56 x 40.5cm sheet size folding to 21.5 x 11.5cm as issued into yellow stiffened card wrappers Light creasing to edges of wrappers map is in fine condition. Exceptional detail to this uncommon independent map issue from the Cram company. A wealth of towns are marked on this map issued just after the United States entered the second world war. There is a small inset of Peiping and Environs and one of HongKong and Territorial Concessions. The "Explanation" at lower right lists English translations for Chinese words such as fu ting chau and hsien cities of the 1st to 4th ranks ling mountain chain mo desert etc. . The George F. Cram Co., Inc. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 177490
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[CHINA - MAP].
China.
circa1900. Map printed in colour text in English provinces shaded in colour 28.3 x 23.2 cm central fold paper toned a small edge tear confined to the outer margin but in good condition. . unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 174904
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[CHINA - Maritime History] Goddio, Franck, et al
Lost at Sea The Strange Route of the Lena Shoal Junk
London: Periplus 2002. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket with Slipcase. Fine/Fine. 4to. Pp. xii 2 288. Filled with chapters written by respective authorities in their fields. Amply illustrated throughout with color photography. Appendices. Bibliography. Bound in textured half-cloth over patterned paper-covered boards gilt lettering on spine. Silk bookmark bound in. In the dust jacket and slipcase. With book dust jacket and slipcase in bright fresh condition. A full explication of the 1997 discovery and salvage of the wreck of the 16th century Chinese trading junk and the staggering trade goods it held amounting to some 3000 ceramic and metal goods that were headed for distant ports. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable clear archival sleeve. Periplus hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5622
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[CHINA - MAP - WORLD WAR II].
Newsmap for the Armed Forces. 291st Week of the War - 173rd Week of U.S. Participation. Monday 9 April 1945.
New York.: Army Information Branch. Volume III No. 51F. 9 April1945. Folding colour map and six inset maps in a vertical panel 88 x 119 cms sheet and on the recto circular map of Europe smaller inset map of Asia and of the Ryukyu Islands descriptive text original folds in very good bright condition. Scarce Newsmap of "China Southeast Coast" from Shanghai to French Indochina with the islands of Formosa and Hainan. At the right edge are inset maps of the vicinities of Shanghai Wenchow Foochow Swatow Canton and Hong Kong. On the verso is a large map of the European theatre of operations centred on Berlin a map of the Pacific area noting the American occupation of Okinawa with a detailed map of this island. In unusually fine bright condition. . Army Information Branch. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 194660
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[CHINA - PAPER CUTS]
Nine Chinese Paper Cuts from Hebei Province.
China. 20th Century. Nine Chinese handpainted papercuts protected in tissue sleeves and presented in a paper folder. Very good copy. . unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 221334
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[CHINA - PHOTOGRAPHY - CHINESE REVOLUTION].
War scenes of the Chinese Revolution book 1.
Shanghai: Commercial Press Limited 1912. Original publisher's orange-brown pictorial cloth marbled endpapers. Oblong 8vo 15 x 22.5 cm. 160 black-and-white photographic illustrations all protected by tissue paper guards. First and only edition of a very rare work with photographic illustrations of the Chinese Revolution of 1911 with captions in Chinese and English. It was published specifically for circulation in the West and consists of 14 parts. The present work contains the first 4. However any volume in this series is exceptionally rare as we have not been able to find another copy in sales records of the past 100 years.The Chinese Revolution of 1911 is an important event in Chinese history as it resulted in the establishment of the Republic of China. The Revolution was preceded by decade of revolts since Chinese citizens had already been dissatisfied with the rule of the Qing dynasty 1636-1912 for some time. The Revolution started in October 1911 with the Wuchang Uprising after which similar revolts broke out across the country. The Qing court then initiated negotiations with the revolutionaries. Both parties came to the agreement that the emperor who was just 6-years old had to abdicate in February 1912. Revolutionary statesman Sun Yat-Sen 1866-1925 became the first provisional president.The present work offers an authentic pictorial record of the first revolts. The work contains numerous portraits of important leaders of the Revolution and members of the Qing court grim photographic illustrations of the battlefields in Wuchang now the Wuchang District of Wuhan and Hankow or Hankou and images of the attack on Nanking now Nanjing including the preparations and the aftermath.The binding shows very slight signs of wear the gutters of the front and back endpapers are weakened causing the binding to be wobbly but the boards are still attached. The tissue paper between the photographic illustrations has browned throughout. Otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 891342401 2 copies. Commercial Press, Limited, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : ABC_47646
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[CHINA - REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS]
Chinese Women in Costume.
Early to Mid 20th Century. Reverse painting on glass 9.3 x 6.5 cm chipping and loss to the paint the original pane splintered and cracked affixed to an additional tile a sound example. A pair of costumed Chinese women rendered with appealing sensitivity despite the damage to the original glass. For more on the unusual technique of reverse glass painting see Crossman "The China Trade" pp. 203-219. . unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 180399
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[CHINA - RUSSIA - JAPAN - WORLD WAR II MAP] BURKE, HOWARD
Japan and Russia Will Divide China. Signs Increase That Northern Area and Lower Yangtze Basin Will be Carved Into Puppet States by Stalin and Mikado Leaving South Largely at Mercy of Both.
Los Angeles.: Los Angeles Examiner. 1940. Printed colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf 42.3 x 39.9 cms; 54.3 x 42.5 cms sheet archivally laid down on linen slight discoloration to lower centrefold and sheet slightly age-toned but in very good condition. A striking geopolitical map by Los Angeles Examiner artist Howard Burke covering China Japan Southern Russia and the northern part of French Indochina and Siam showing how the "Aggressors Divide China." Areas under Japanese occupation are shown in red and their naval blockade shown by an arc of naval vessels with vivid arrows indicating lines of supply. Text labels including sources of agricultural and raw materials provide a dynamic overview of the geopolitical situation and show the influence of American scientific illustrator and cartographer Richard Edes Harrison who argued for examining geographic issues from multiple perspectives and Los Angeles Times artist Charles Owens. . Los Angeles Examiner. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 209821
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[CHINA - SILK TRADE - ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS] PARR, NATHANIEL (ENGRAVER).
The Silk Manufacture from Du Halde. caption title
London. 1745-1747. Ten copperplate engravings arranged as storyboards on two leaves 21 x 16.5 cms border; 26 x 20 cms sheets including captions and platemark sheets a little age-toned with faint offsetting but in very good condition. Each of the ten engravings shows a stage in the production of silk. The two leaves of engravings Plates 25 and 26 were published as part of Du Halde's account of China included in an important 18th century compendium of travel writing: "A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels" known as the Astley Collection for its publisher. . hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 199414
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[CHINA - THEATRE] ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (ARTIST); J HEATH (ENGRAVER).
A Scene in an Historical Play Exhibited on the Chinese Stage. Caption Title.
London.: G. Nicol. April 121796. Copper-plate engraving 24 x 35.3cms image; 26.7x 36.7cms sheet sheet age-toned and margins worn small chip from lower left corner not affecting the image two spots of browning in the sky very faint the image in good condition. An elegant composition after drawings by William Alexander published in Sir George Staunton's two-volume "Account of the Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China" published in London 1796-97. . G. Nicol. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 198465
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[CHINA - WATERCOLOUR].
17 Chinese watercolours made for the export market.
China 1800. In a modern gold-tooled dark green morocco clam shell box in contemporary style. Collection of 17 Chinese watercolours on Asian paper with chain lines including 3 of birds seated on a branch 3 of ensembles of fruit and flowers and 5 of fishes all ca. 30 x 37 .5 cm; 2 further watercolours each showing 2 branches of flowers and trees in a drawn oval border ca. 39 x 30 cm; and 4 watercolours of Chinese people posing with objects ca. 25 x 21 cm. Thirteen detailed Chinese watercolours of birds fruits flowers plants and fishes together with four portraits of Chinese people posing with a pipe lute flower and a handheld fan. The drawings in this album show the mixture of the Chinese and European styles that was popular in the market for export paintings in the first half of the 19th century: a combination of the Chinese approach to rendering with European aesthetics concerning light shadow and realism. As traditional in these paintings large areas of flat colour have been subtly shaded with very thin lines to draw the veins of the leaves fins of the fish and feathers of the birds. The production of these export paintings began earnestly in the 1820s and reached its height in the 1830s and 1840s especially after China's defeat in the First Opium War 1839-1842 opened the country to foreign trade. Photography was introduced in China in the 1840s and the market for export paintings declined after 1860.By the end of the 18th century Chinese painters in Hong Kong and Canton started producing paintings and drawings for European buyers. Although they were made for artistic and decorative purposes many European naturalists began collecting drawings to study Chinese plants and species. Most of the plants and animals would simply not survive the journey to Europe whereas dried specimens did not preserve the colour or shape of the flower. Most of the export paintings were ensembles of flowers and animals placed on a background. Imagination was more important than copying nature and the realistically painted flowers could have different colours or even be a composition of elements from different species. For that reason serious naturalists commissioned Chinese artists to paint according to the standards of European scientific illustration. With a few tiny spots and minor smudges but otherwise in very good condition. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : J76F1EWPWNYU
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[CHINA - WORLD WAR II MAP].
China Southeast Coast. Newsmap for the Armed Forces 291st Week of the War.Week of 27th March to 3rd April 1945.
New York.: Army Information Branch. 1944. Very large folding colour map main map 85 x 95.5 cm plus 6 sidebar maps together 85 x 14.1 cms; sheet 88 x 118 cms and on the verso a large circular map centred on Europe the Ruhr Valley & Vienna with smaller maps of Southeast Asia and the Philippines and a map of Okinawa; both in very good unblemished condition. The main map of Southeast China includes inset maps of the region around Shanghai Wenchow Foochow Swatow Canton and Hong Kong and on the verso text as well as the maps Eastern Europe South Pacific Okinawa reporting on the war: Americans Isolate Ruhr; Vienna Threatened; Ryukyus Invaded. . Army Information Branch. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 215448
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[CHINA - WOMEN]. AYSCOUGH, Florence [Wheelock].
Chinese women yesterday & today.
London: Jonathan Cape Thirty Bedford Square 1938. 8vo. xiv 324 pp. Frontisp. numerous illustrations plates. Red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine red topstain to upper fore-edge as issued minor shelfwear very slight bumping to a couple corners w/ d.j. minor shelfwear price-clipped still VG/VG copy from the library of David Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. First edition of this uncommon history detailing the impact of women in China over the centuries including such figures as Chi’iu Chin Qiu Jin woman martyr of a failed uprising against the Qing Dynasty who was beheaded in 1907; Hua Mu Lan legendary Chinese folk heroine from the Northern Wei Period 386-535 based on the 6th Century poem; the three Soong Sisters Ai-ling Ching-Ling and Mei-Ling with Ching-ling marrying revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen while Mei-Ling married Chiang Kai-shek after he successfully divorced his first wife and became Chinese political power centers in their own right. Ayscough 1875/78-1942 was a noted sinologist editor poet and translator of Chinese literature who wrote and lectured on Chinese Art & Literature and also worked as librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society in Shanghai. She co-wrote with Hobart relating their experiences during the Nanking Incident in March 1927 when the National Revolutionary Army and Communist troops took Nanjing from Beiyang warlord Zhang Zongchang killed the American vice president of Nanking University and looted homes and businesses of Americans British Japanese and other foreign citizens. Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 64257
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[CHINA - WOMEN]. TOWNLEY, Lady Susan
My Chinese note book. . . .
London: Methuen & Co. 1904. Thick 8vo. xiii 1 338 2 pp. plus 4 40 pp. publisher’s catalogue dated Sept. 1904. Frontisp. 15 plates 2 folding maps Chinese Empire Peking Forbidden City. Red decorated cloth illustration of Chinese Dragon on front cover gilt lettering on spine minor bumping & scuffing to corners minor shelfwear still VG bright copy. Second edition of this intriguing memoir by Lady Townley who has not only included an abreviated history of China and Chinese history including the Boxer Rebellion but also pointed observations of the Dowager Empress Cixi’s Court. As wife of Walter Townley British Foreign Minister she had a keen eye for the absurd and decidedly biting comments on Chinese court life and customs. She would later write in her 1922 indiscretions that Cixi was “a funny old lady.†See: Hayler-Menies Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling 2008 pp. 187-188 349 365. Methuen & Co., hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 56112
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[CHINA - WOMEN]. HOBART, Alice Tisdale & AYSCOUGH, Florence [Wheelock].
Within the walls of Nanking.
New York: The Macmillan Co. 1929. 8vo. 243 1 pp. Photo frontisp. plates maps. Tan publisher’s cloth green lettering front cover gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. wraparound cover art of walls of Nanking minor chipping head & foot of spine edgewear still NF/VG copy from the library of Marjorie Fleishhacker Mitau 1906-1983 and Martin Mitau 1900-1973 noted San Francisco collectors of fine printing and members in the Roxburghe Club and Book Club of California w/ their bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this graphic memoir by these two noted authors relating their experiences during the Nanking Incident in March 1927 when the National Revolutionary Army and Communist troops took Nanjing from Beiyang warlord Zhang Zongchang killed the American vice president of Nanking University and looted homes and businesses of Americans British Japanese and other foreign citizens. Royal Navy and US Navy cruisers and destroyers responded engaging and driving off the NRA soldiers and Chinese rioters evacuating many foreigners including the families of Hobart & Ayscough to Shanghai. The Macmillan Co., hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 54544
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[CHINA -- MANDARIN PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARY]. OKAMOTO, M[asabumi].
A Chinese pronunciation dictionary in Peking dialect. . . 支那è²éŸ³å—å½™ Shina seion ji.
Tokyo Japan: Bunkyudo-Shoten 1913. 12mo. 6 244 pp. Printed in Chinese & English w/ instructions. Limp brown calf gilt lettering in Chinese on front cover gilt lettering on spine in English minor chipping & wear head & foot of spine corners shaken occasional annotations in Chinese still G copy. Eighth edition revised & expanded of this compact handbook revised and developed the year the Republic of China established the Commission on the Unification of Pronunciation in order to develop a national phonetic system and language for China. Okamoto’s handbooks were marketed to business people in Japan and focused on the steamship passengers passing from and through Japan to Hong Kong Shanghai Canton & Beijing from the West Coast of the United States as well as British Empire subjects. Although Okamoto had first issued the dictionary in 1902 in a smaller format this 244 page version would continue to be reprinted until World War II. No copies in Worldcat. Bunkyudo-Shoten, unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 60726
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[CHINA -- MOUNTAINEERING]. [SHI YAFENG, & XU JING, et al]
A photographic record of the Mount Shisha Pangma Scientific Expedition.
Peking: Science Press Distributed by Guozi Shudian 1966. 4to. 9.25 x 11.5 in. 90 pp unpaginated. Photo-illustrated throughout many in colour 2 large folding panoramic photos. White cloth gilt lettering rounded corners maps on endpapers very slight dustsoiling w/ d.j. photo cover art of expedition photographic team in front of glacier gilt lettering minor edgewear 1 small closed tear rubbing NF/VG copy. First edition of this lavish photographic essay exploring the ascent of Mount Shishapangma now Xixabangma or Gosainthan while Professor Shi Yafeng led a team of glacialogists as part of their detailed glacier survey in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. The true summit is at 8027 meters 26335 feet and often climbers claim to reach the summit when in fact they have climed the lower western summit. The Chinese mountaineering team for the 1964 expedition was led by famed Chinese climber Xu Jing who had climbed Muztagh Ata with the Soviets in 1956 retreated in the 1960 Chinese Mount Everest expedition and succeeded on Mt. Shishapangma which the last unclimbed eight-thousander in the Himalayas. See: Tingjun Zhang & Daqing Yang A Legendary Glaciologist: Academician Shi Yafeng on his Ninetieth Birthday In: Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research Vol. 40 No. 3 pp. 600-604. Science Press, [Distributed by Guozi Shudian], hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 57346
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[CHINA -- LITERATURE]. SHAPIRO, Sidney (Ed)
A sampler of Chinese literature from the Ming Dynasty to Mao Zedong. Translated compiled and edited by. . . .
Beijing: Panda Books 1996. 8vo. 10 312 2 pp. Blue boards gilt lettrng w/ d.j. mnr shlfwr NF/NF inscribed by Shapiro on half-title to Dr. Charles Grossman. First edition inscribed in English of this excellent anthology including such authors & works as Shi Nan an & Luo Guanzhong Outlaws of the Marsh; Mao Dun Epitome Wartime; Kao Yunlan Annals of a Provincial Town; Quo Bo Tracks in the Snowy Forest; Yuan Shuipo Soy Sauce and Prawns and many others. Panda Books, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 46702 ISBN : 0835131815 9780835131810
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[CHINA -- BRITISH EMPIRE]. FRIEDMAN, Irving S
British relations with China: 1931-1939. I.P.R. Inquiry Series.
New York: Institute of Pacific Relations 1940. 8vo. xv 1 255 1 pp. Red publisher’s cloth blue & gilt spine label minor shelfwear slight bumping to corners w/ d.j. minor closed tears minor chipping to lower right corner minor bumping still VG/VG copy. First edition of this pre-World War II analysis of the British Empire’s relations with China as the Japanese forces moved into Chinese territories during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The author posits that the outcome of the Second Sino-Japanese War without connecting to a larger worldwide conflict would determine the future of British influence in East Asia. Institute of Pacific Relations, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 60092
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[CHINA -- MINIATURE BOOKS]. [MORGAN, HT (Ed)]. H T
Chinese classics in miniature: Chinese recipes; Chinese dogs; Chinese music; Chinese symbolism; Chinese carvings; Chinese porcelain and pottery; Chinese metal art; The story of jade; China a brief history; Chinese religious beliefs; Kuan yin; Chinese proverbs; Chinese astrology; The romance of Chinese writing. . . .
Los Angeles CA: Quon-Quon Co. 843 So. Los Angeles St. 1942-1944. 16mo. 3.8 x 4.75 in. 224 pp each one separately paginated. with many text illustrations. Illustrated softcovers in varying colours slight age toning preserved w/ original portfolio wrapper illustrated minor dustsoiling NF/NF set. Early printing of this charming miniature set of books filled featuring treatises on Chinese cookery art natural history religion political history legends and folklore issued by the noted International Import-Export firm in Los Angeles during World War II in format reminiscent of the Little Blue Book Series. Very scarce in original portfolio wrapper. Quon-Quon Co., 843 So. Los Angeles St., paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 64166
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[CHINA -- WOMEN]. THOMPSON SETON [SETON-THOMPSON], Grace [Gallatin].
Chinese lanterns: illustrated with photographs taken by the author or given to her.
New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1924. Tall 8vo. xv 1 373 1 pp. Illust. title in red & black photo frontisp. numerous photo plates & illustrations. Pictorial gold publisher’s cloth cover art illust. of Chinese doorways bedecked in Chinese Lanterns in red & blue lantern on spine blue lettering minor shelfwear light rubbing still VG bright copy. Second printing of this excellent memoir of the author’s travels through China following the Chinese revolution the civil war aftermath and her experiences with women of varying social strata as China underwent tremendous social political and economic change. Thompson-Seton 1872-1959 was a noted hunter author and suffragette founded the Camp Fire Girls Girl Pioneers with her then-husband Ernest Thompson-Seton and was noted for her active promotion of women’s emancipation and women authors. See: Czech With Rifle and Petticoat: Women as Big Game Hunters 1880-1940 pp. 111-122; Tiffany Johnstone Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson: Frontier Adventure Literature and the Dawn of Suffrage 2013. Dodd, Mead & Co., hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 59787
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[CHINA -- TEXTILES]. LEITCH, Gordon B
Chinese rugs. With illustrations collected by the author.
New York: Tudor Publishing Co. 1935. Tall 8vo. xii 171 1 pp. Colour frontisp. numerous photo plates text illustrations. Blue cloth elaborate gilt decoration & lettering on front cover slight ghosting from old scotch tape at fore-edges of pastedowns w/ d.j. colour plate mounted front cover minor shelfwear rubbing VG/VG copy. Second edition revised & expanded of this invaluable reference on Chinese rugs weaving dyes dyeing weavers symbolism types religious influences and more. Tudor Publishing Co., hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 51703
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[CHINA -- JAPANESE MANCHUKUO].
Combined edition: Series no. 1. Proclamations statements and communications of the Manchoukuo Government; Series no. 2. The chief executive’s proclamation the organic law of Manchoukuo. . . ; Series no. 3. The Central Bank of Manchou and laws. . . ; Series no. 4. Manchoukuo and the League of Nations.
Hsinking Manchuria China: Department of Foreign Affairs Manchoukuo Government 1933. Four works in one. Tall 8vo. 22; 4 46; 4 35 1; 6 36 pp. including all four parts with original green-tinted self-printed softcovers bound within. Printed beige-coloured softcovers minor chipping head & foot of spine some creasing dustsoiling still VG- copy from library of Tom Atiyeh. First edition thus of this combined edition detailing the Imperialist Japanese government’s justification and role in revival of the Qing Dynasty under Emperor Pu-Yi with Zheng Xiaoxu as Prime Minister in March 1934. This rump state in China’s Manchurian region would be controlled and run by the Japanese until the end of World War II when Soviet forces defeated the Kwantung Army and captured Emperor Pu-yi. Department of Foreign Affairs, Manchoukuo Government, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 63969
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[CHINA -- AVIATION]. CHATLEY, Herbert
Commercial aeronautics in China: Paper No. 1 Vol. XX The Engineering Society of China. . . .
Shanghai China: Engineering Society of China 1920. 8vo. 20 pp. A few tables. Printed softcovers old tape repair to spine minor toning creasing & minor closed tears to back cover still G copy from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II. First edition of this exceedingly scarce offprint and a pioneering analysis of the necessary expenses and needs for developing commercial aviation in China following World War I. The author details weather impacts needs for aerodromes topographical conditions such as those experienced near the Gobi Desert followed by discussions of bodies of water for seaplanes or requirements for dirigible & Zeppelin aerodromes. Chatley 1885-1955 was a professor of engineering supervised the dredging works for the Huangpu Conservancy Board in the Huangpu and Yantze estuaries and also wrote on aeronautics and rocketry. Worldcat locates 2 copies Yale U of Limerick. Engineering Society of China, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 60095
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