‎Porcelaine chinoise‎

‎[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

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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

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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

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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

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‎[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT]‎

‎Hof eines Mandarinenpalastes Courtyard of a Mandarin Palace‎

‎Stuttgart. 1859. Black and white engraving 10.5 x 15.7 cm edge toning and marginal spotting and to the verso but in very good condition. Finely engraved view prepared for "China und die Chinesen : Land und Volk ; Geschildert nach den besten neuen Arbeiten". . unknown‎

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‎[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] ALEXANDER; LYDDIKER (ENGRAVER).‎

‎Manner of carrying Persons of Rank in China. caption title.‎

‎Circa1801. Engraving 12.3 x 17.5 cm; 19.9 x 25.1 cm sheet including plate-mark and caption lower margins spotted lower corner creased in good condition. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . unknown‎

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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

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‎[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT]‎

‎Theater zu Tien-sin Theatre at Tianjin‎

‎Stuttgart. 1859. Black and white engraving 9.6 x 15.4 cm edge toning and marginal spotting and to the verso but in very good condition. Finely engraved view prepared for "China und die Chinesen : Land und Volk ; Geschildert nach den besten neuen Arbeiten". . unknown‎

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‎[CHINA - COSTUME. ANTIQUE PRINT] MASON, GEORGE HENRY (AFTER).‎

‎Cleaning Cotton. caption title‎

‎The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. circa1860. Engraving 26.8 x 20.2 cm sheet slight vertical fold to the inner edge edges darkened a few minor spots but otherwise in very good condition. "This represents a contrivance in great use for the purpose of clearing cotton from the seeds. By striking with a small mallet the catgut string that is attached to the piece of wood which the man holds in his left hand and to which is affixed a line depending from an elastic piece of bamboo fastened to his back he loosens the cotton and thus by means of the <br>jarring motion causes the seeds or any extraneous substances to be shaken out of it." descriptive text from George Henry Mason "The Costume of China." first published in 1800 <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. unknown‎

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‎[CHINA - COSTUME. ANTIQUE PRINT] MASON, GEORGE HENRY (AFTER).‎

‎The Stocking Maker. caption title‎

‎The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. circa1860. Engraving 26.8 x 21.3 cm sheet inner edge a little ragged and a top corner creased edges darkened a few minor spots but otherwise in very good condition. "The men's stockings are made of stuff stitched and lined with cotton with a line of gold thread sewed along the top. These stockings are somewhat mishapen but are very warm." descriptive text from George Henry Mason "The Costume of China" first published in 1800 <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. unknown‎

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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

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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

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‎[CHINA - PUNISHMENTS. ANTIQUE PRINT] MASON, GEORGE HENRY (AFTER).‎

‎Policeman and Prisoner.‎

‎The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. Circa1860. Engraving 27 x 21 cm sheet edges darkened outer edge a little ragged but otherwise in very good condition. From the Estate of the late scholar and collector Arthur Hacker. . The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. unknown‎

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‎[CHINA - PUNISHMENTS. ANTIQUE PRINT] MASON, GEORGE HENRY (AFTER).‎

‎Street Punishments. No. 1. caption title.‎

‎The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. Circa1860. Engraving 21.3 x 27.2 cm sheet edges darkened top edge a little ragged single bloom of discolouration affecting the blank of the image but otherwise in very good condition. "The accused is preceded by a man who strikes upon a gong in order to draw upon the offender the notice of the public. Two others walk after him one of whom is employed in keeping up his face with a bundle of cleft canes. A little red banner is fastened on each side of the culprit to render him more conspicuous ; and his hands are tied behind his back." descriptive text from George Henry Mason "Punishments of China" first published in 1801 <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. unknown‎

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‎[CHINA - PHOTOGRAPHY - CHINESE REVOLUTION].‎

‎War scenes of the Chinese Revolution book 1.‎

‎Shanghai: Commercial Press Limited 1912. Oblong 8vo 15 x 22.5 cm. Original publisher's orange-brown pictorial cloth marbled endpapers. 160 black-and-white photographs 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

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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

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‎[CHINA - WATERCOLOUR].‎

‎17 Chinese watercolours made for the export market.China first half of the 19th century. 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. In a modern gold-tooled dark green morocco clam shell box in contemporary style.‎

‎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

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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

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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

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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

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‎[CHINA -- TAIWAN]. CHINA HANDBOOK EDITORIAL BOARD.‎

‎China handbook 1953-54. . . .‎

‎Taipei Taiwan & Tokyo Japan: China Publishing Co. Printed by Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. 1953. Thick 8vo. xi 1 627 1 pp. Colour plate music for Chinese national anthem tables charts. Navy-blue silk cloth gilt lettering on spine slightly shaken front inner hinge just starting w/ d.j. pale blue cloth Taiwan flag on spine minor scuffing edgewear still VG/VG copy. First edition of this statistical work examining the structure and development of “Free China†and Chiang Kai-shek’s intention to free mainland China from the Communist Party against the backdrop of the post-Korean War environment. The detailed chronology excellent “Who’s Who†along with data on Chinese groups outside of mainland China provide essential historical background for the development of Taiwan and US relations in Southeast Asia. Worldcat locates 3 copies Nat. Lib. China Universidad de Duesto Hungarian Acad. Sciences. China Publishing Co., [Printed by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.], hardcover‎

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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

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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

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‎[CHINA -- ART]. CHAVANNES, Edouard.‎

‎Five happinesses. Symbolism in Chinese popular art translated annnotated and illustrated by Elaine Spaulding Atwood. With a foreword by Arthur W. Hummel.‎

‎New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill 1973. 4to. 152 2 pp. Double-page colour-illust. title 47 plates text illusts. Red cloth blk lettrng & design w/ d.j. NF/NF. First English edition. Weatherhill, hardcover‎

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‎[CHINA -- ATLAS]. HERRMANN, Albert.‎

‎Historical and commercial atlas of China. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series Volume I.‎

‎Taipei Taiwan: Ch’eng Wen Publishing Co. P.O. box 22605 1970. Folio. 8.25 x 13.25 in. 112 pp. With 84 colour maps & diagrams many double-page. Blue linen gilt lettering on spine NF copy. First Taipei Ch’eng Wen reprint edition of this uncommon atlas first issued by Harvard University press in 1935. The colour maps trace China’s geography and political development from 1900 B.C. through 1930 with detailed maps charting the evolution of Asia and Asiatic empires. Of particular interest are the two final maps tracing the Chinese diaspora throughout the world and specifying population numbers of Chinese-Americans in the U.S. between the Wars. Ch’eng Wen Publishing Co., P.O. box 22605, unknown‎

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