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[CHINA PICTORIAL - REFORM AND OPENING UP].
China Pictorial.
Beijing.: China Pictorial. Nos. 1-121978. A complete run of 12 issues. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations throughout to accompany articles 43 - 44pp. Pictorial wrappers minor wear extremities and spines else in very good condition. Text in English. 37 x 26cm. The Cultural Revolution having come to an end with the passing of Chairman Mao in 1976 issues in 1978 focus on life returning to normal after the downfall of the Gang of Four. Many articles feature explanations of problems caused by the Gang of Four e.g. The Anshan Iron and Steel Complex After the Downfall of the Gang of Four Commune-run Enterprises The Revolutionization of Beijing Opera and discuss newly staged productions such as the 'Red Lantern Society' the film 'Hai Hsia' and the plays 'Red Hearts' and 'Yang Kai-hui'. Numerous articles also refer to the Gang of Four such as Old Doctors in the PLA Hospital the New Look of Beijing University and the articles on authors Guo Moruo and Wei Wei. <br> <br>Chairman Hua meeting foreign leaders and his visits to notable Chinese sites is heavily featured in the first few pages of nearly every issue with Deng Xiaoping also included. Other articles include the new Long March to Modernisation Chinese Medicine Tangshan The Tahsingkou Forestry Area Paulownia and Farming Fishes of the Yangtze Archaeological Finds from the Yin Ruins Women Scientists and Technicians in Peking The 1978 National Middle School Students' Mathematics Contest Developments in Maotian Song and Dance and Science and Technology in Xinjiang Commemoration of Mao and the 80th Birthday of Premier Zhou En-lai and the Index to China Pictorial 1978. . China Pictorial. unknown
Référence libraire : 217484
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[China Post]
Stamps of China. Painting and Calligraphy
Hardcover. Pictorial boards. Comes in pictorial cardboard clamshell box. Presents forty-one stamps based on the works of Wu Chang Shuo Qi Bai Shi Huang Bin Hong Pan Tian Shou Bao Shi Xiang Ning Zheng Ban Qiao and Ba Da Shan Ren. Text in English and Chinese. A fine copy in fine clamshell box. hardcover
Référence libraire : 38234
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[CHINA RECONSTRUCTS - GREAT LEAP FORWARD] CHING CHUNG-HWA AND OTHERS (EDITED BY).
China Reconstructs.
Peking.: China Welfare Institute. Vol. X Nos. 2-5 7-121960. A broken run of 10 issues of the magazine China Reconstructs 1961 Issue 1 January and Issue 6 June are missing. All are in original coloured pictorial wrappers profusely illustrated throughout in black and white with some colour photographic illustrations usually 44pp. Number 12 features an index for the full year. Text in English except for Language Corner 30.5 x 22.5cm.Some occasional wear to wrapper spines slight soiling at opening edges else in good condition. This influential magazine was established by Soong Ching-ling in 1949. Published in 6 languages including Arabic and Chinese the purpose was to present a very positive view of Chinese life and culture to the outside world. <br> <br>Articles in these issues include many of educational and cultural interest: Bringing Opera to the Village Pearls Cleansed of Sand College courses by Television Four Master Painters Table Tennis - A Popular Sport in China Peking University's New Intellectuals Violins and Pianos for China The Twenty-four Solar Terms An Opera for Millions The Essays of Lu Hsun My Last Meetings with Mei Lan-Fang Soochow Storytelling Debate on Architectural Style The Stone Arch - Symbol of Chinese Bridges The Education of Inner Mongolia New Music in Shanghai The Minority Peoples of Yunnan. <br> <br>Articles of particular historical significance at this time when the Great Leap Forward was ending include: Agriculture - Foundation of the National Economy Rivals Help Each Other - for More Steel Commune Dining Hall Building up Productive Power The Revolutionary Years Chu Tse-ching Refused U.S. Relief Food and more. <br> <br>Issue Number 12 has an index for the whole year inserted. . China Welfare Institute. unknown
Référence libraire : 217584
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[CHINA RECONSTRUCTS - GREAT LEAP FORWARD] CHING CHUNG-HWA AND OTHERS (EDITED BY).
China Reconstructs.
Peking.: China Welfare Institute. Vol. IX Nos. 2 3 5-121960. A broken run of 10 issues of the magazine China Reconstructs 1960 Issue 1 January and Issue 4 April are not included. All are in original coloured pictorial wrappers profusely illustrated throughout in black and white with some colour photographic illustrations usually 40pp. Number 12 features a fold out pictorial plate. Text in English except for Language Corner 30.5 x 23cm. Some occasional wear to wrapper spines and slight soiling at opening edges. One leaf from Number 8 pp 31/32 is missing. Spine of Number 10 has washi paper minor repair otherwise in very good condition. This influential magazine was established by Soong Ching-ling in 1949. Published in 6 languages including Arabic and Chinese the purpose was to present a very positive view of Chinese life and culture to the outside world. <br> <br>Articles in these issues include many of cultural interest: A Family Reunited "Family Reunion" by Lao Sheh Dunhuang Memories Lhasa's Year of New Life An Actor and His Responsibility Artists Bombard Imperialism Memoirs of the Revolution A Poet of the Working Class Shaohsing's Famous Wine - New Look For an Old Product. <br> <br>Articles of particular historical significance at this time of the Great Leap Forward include: North China's Biggest Reservoir New Yangtze Bridge at Chungking The Metallurgical Industry Is Transformed Farm Women Say: Dining Halls are Good! Achievements of the Continued Great Leap forward in 1959 with a pull-out coloured chart Observations on the Sino-Indian Border Issue 100000 Varieties of Goods Flashes on the Technical Revolution A New Revolution "Pushes Back the Skies" From Grain Shortage to Grain Surplus Where Returned "Overseas Chinese" are Farming "Red Flag" - A City People's Commune The 12 Year Programme - Blueprint for China's Modern Agriculture Commune-run Economy Spells Prosperity A Revolution in Rice Cultivation Storm over Asia Cities Help the Farm Meeting the Need for Fertilizer The Continued Leap Forward The Thought of Mao Tse-tung Casts Its Light Everywhere with a fold out coloured pictorial chart. <br> <br>Issue Number 12 has an index for the whole year inserted. . China Welfare Institute. unknown
Référence libraire : 217580
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[CHINA RECONSTRUCTS - GREAT LEAP FORWARD] CHING CHUNG-HWA AND OTHERS (EDITED BY).
China Reconstructs.
Peking.: China Welfare Institute. Vol. VIII. Nos. 1-4 6-121959. A broken run of 11 issues of the magazine China Reconstructs 1959. Issue 5 May 1959 is missing. All are in original coloured pictorial wrappers profusely illustrated throughout in black and white with some colour photographic illustrations usually 40pp. Number 12 includes an index for the full year. Text in English except for Language Corner 30.5 x 23cm. Some occasional wear to spines. Some insect damage to a few leaves in places else in very good condition. This influential magazine was established by Soong Ching-ling in 1949. Published in 6 languages including Arabic and Chinese the purpose was to present a very positive view of Chinese life and culture to the outside world. <br> <br>Articles in these issues include many of educational and cultural interest: Making Documentary Films in China Merging Factory and School Peking After 10 Years Checkerboard of Canals Women of the Communes How We Dug More Coal Than Britain Opening an Imperial Tomb New Blossoms On An Old Tree Szechuan Opera is Reborn Tibetan Serfdom Nears Its End "The Philanthropist" by Lao Sheh Pottery Tomb Figures Learning from Ancient China's Medicine The Traditional Theatre Today Tracing the Thread of the Past The Great Decade - A Prelude to Progress Yet Greater with a pictorial fold-out. <br> <br>Articles of particular historical significance at the beginning of the Great Leap Forward include: A Leap That Has Made History Lushan's "Pig-Iron" Sputnik A Glorious Era: A Glorious People with a photographic illustration of Soong Ching Ling near the furnace set up in her garden The Building of a Giant How China Gets High Farm Yields Back Street Rolling Mill New View of Water Conservancy The Race for Electric Power Economic Achievements The Bumper Crop Charter The Leap Forward Continues The New Trend in Local Steel Manufacture and more. <br> <br>Issue Number 12 has an index for the whole year inserted. . China Welfare Institute. unknown
Référence libraire : 217587
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[CHINA RECONSTRUCTS] CHING CHUNG-HWA AND OTHERS (EDITED BY).
China Reconstructs.
Peking.: China Welfare Institute. Vol. XV. Numbers 3-61966. A broken run of 4 numbers of the magazine China Reconstructs 1966 March - June inclusive. All are in original coloured pictorial wrappers profusely illustrated throughout in black and white with some colour photographic illustrations usually 44pp. Text in English except for Language Corner 30.5 x 23cm. Number 5 has a little insect damage to wrappers and lower edges near spine with minor repairs made with archival washi paper else in good condition. This influential magazine was established by Soong Ching-ling in 1949. Published in 6 languages including Arabic and Chinese the purpose was to present a very positive view of Chinese life and culture to the outside world. <br> <br>Articles in these issues include many of educational political and cultural interest: A Canal Cut Through the Mountains The 'Big Red 1 Gets a Mauling' about South Vietnam U.S. Must Get Out of Vietnam A Television Cameraman in South Vietnam On the Szechuan-Tibet Railway Science Films Educate Millions New Finds of Vertebrate Fossils and more. <br> <br>Articles of particular historical or industrial significance at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution include: Animated Cartoon Films Teach the Young A Revolution in Sculpture Self Reliance Has Proved Itself Revolution in Machine Designing The 'Man of Iron' - Wang Chin-Hsi Writers of the Socialist Age Laughing Away Old Ideas and more. . China Welfare Institute. unknown
Référence libraire : 217631
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[CHINA RECONSTRUCTS - HUNDRED FLOWERS CAMPAIGN] CHING CHUNG-HWA AND OTHERS (EDITED BY).
China Reconstructs.
Peking.: China Welfare Institute. Vol. VI Nos. 1-121958. A complete run of 12 issues of the magazine China Reconstructs 1957. All are in original coloured pictorial wrappers profusely illustrated throughout in black and white with some colour photographic illustrations usually 32pp. Number 5 May one leaf reattached some occasional wear to wrapper spines else all are in very good condition. Text in English except for Language Corner. 30.5 x 23cm. This influential magazine was established by Soong Ching-ling in 1949. Published in 6 languages including Arabic and Chinese the purpose was to present a very positive view of Chinese life and culture to the outside world. Of note is the January issue wrapper; a 5th birthday greeting for China Reconstructs from regular contributing artists with their view of life in the magazine. <br> <br>Articles in these issues include many of cultural interest: "A Writer Speaks of Writing" Lao Sheh Peonies Gardens of Soochow New Chinese Woodcuts "The Double-Fifth Festival" by Lu Hsun Door Gods Stage Design First Asian Film Week China and Japan: Ancient Cultural Relations Old Palys; A Treasury Reopened. <br> <br>Articles of particular historical significance at this time when the campaign "Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom" was just finishing include: Second Five-Year Plan A Hundred Schools Contend The Great Debate A Day in a Szechuan Co-op Can China Feed Her People China Gets an Alphabet A Capitalist's Experience "Free Market" in Vegetables Educated Peasants - A New Concept US Penetration in Taiwan Ending the Scourge of Schistosomiasis Water Conservancy 2000 Years Ago What's Happening in Former Private Firms and more. <br>Issue Number 12 has an index for the whole year inserted. . China Welfare Institute. unknown
Référence libraire : 217575
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[China Reconstructs]
Table Tennis and Friendship
Peking: China Reconstructs 1971. 1st edition. Nice copy. large octavo. pictorial wrappers 44pp. colour & b/w plates Supplement to China Reconstructs: Superb photographic account of International Table Tennis in China with many action photos of the leading Chinese players. Scarce China Reconstructs unknown
Référence libraire : 146680
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[CHINA SOCIETY].
A Reply to "The North China Conflagration". "Who Struck the Spark that Started it" "This brief summary of the present happenings in China will help provide the answer". We help you herein to provide the answer.
Portland OR.: China Society. No date. Circa1937. 19pp bound in a library binding with a cloth tape spine lettered in white ink and paper covered boards library title label upper cover Withdrawn stamped lower section of front free endpaper lower paste down damaged where library pocket has been removed vertical crease down the text leaves a few library stamps but generally the text itself is clean. This booklet was written and published by the Oregon China Society in reply to "The North China Conflagration" published by the Japanese Association of Oregon. The debate regarding the Japanese invasion of China was frequently aired in the United States at this period as the Japanese tried to gain legitimacy for their occupation of Manchuria and China. . China Society. hardcover
Référence libraire : 151914
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[CHINA YOUTH PUBLISHING HOUSE].
美帝国主义侵华罪行录 Mei diguozhuyi qinhua zuixing lu. Record of US Imperialist Crimes Against China
Beijing.: 中国青年出版社 Zhongguo qingnian chubanshe. 1966. Black and white photographic and black line drawn illustrations 149pp text in simplified Chinese characters 18.5 x 13cm paper wrapper. Evenly browned throughout worn and soiled wrappers chipped at corners and head and tail of spine. . 中国青年出版社 [Zhongguo qingnian chubanshe]. unknown
Référence libraire : 220355
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[China, Australia] P Anselm Desing
Asia Nach der Religion
1730. Very good condition. An early copper plate engraved b&w map extending from Egypt and the Middle East to southeast Asia with Australia at the extreme lower right "New Holland" and below that "Incognita". To the northeast is Nova Guinea drawn attached to Carpentaria. A rather crude general map of southeast Asia. Heraldic shields with author and title at the lower left. Desing was a Benedictine monk from Ensdorff & member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 5 1/4 x 4 1/2" unknown
Référence libraire : 17131
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[CHINA, Canton School]
Album of exceptional watercolours of members of the Chinese court and of various tradesmen and occupations
Canton 1800. Large 4to. 15 x 12 1/2 inches. 141 watercolours on thin paper nearly all captioned in ink in Chinese in the lower right corner each tipped to a sheet of wove paper. Mid-nineteenth century citron half morocco over marbled paper covered boards spine with raised bands in six compartments lettered in gilt in the second compartment the others with a repeat decoration in gilt marbled edges<br/> <br/> Provenance: Annie Pearson Viscountess Cowdray née Cass 1860-1932 Dunecht House Aberdeenshire.<br/> <br/> An extraordinary album of early Chinese export watercolours of the highest quality.<br/> <br/> Beginning in the late 18th century centred on the treaty port of Canton there existed a thriving trade in ethnographical watercolours executed by local Chinese artists and sold to the western merchants and travellers. The best known result of this trade is William Mason's Costume of China first published in London in 1800 which is illustrated with 60 hand-coloured aquatints adapted from a series of original watercolours by Pu-Qua of Canton. It was common for the local artists including Pu-Qua to work from a set series of models. The present album includes a number of compositions that are from the same set of models as those used by Pu-Qua but they include more detail and more of the trade-associated paraphernalia than are shown in the images as published in Mason's work. This suggests that they were not copied from Mason but were after another more detailed source or were unique compositions by the artist based on a similar series of models. Importantly these watercolours are of a uniformly higher quality than usually encountered and represent not only a wide array of occupations but also members of the highest echelon of Chinese society. The detailing on the costumes worn by these members of the royal court is breathtaking with copious use of gilt. Later collections of Chinese export watercolours were routinely executed on less expensive pith paper whereas the present watercolours are on high quality tissue and are larger in size than those typically encountered. The album represents an earlier more prestigious style of export watercolour paintings specifically meant for wealthy Europeans. These are Chinese watercolours of the highest quality designed and executed to the highest standards. The album was once owned by Annie Pearson Viscountess Cowdray Steward of Colchester and wife of Lord Weetman Dickinson Pearson 1st Viscount Cowdray.<br/> <br/> Cf. Crossman The China Trade Princeton: 1972; cf. Clunas Chinese Export Watercolours London: 1984. unknown
Référence libraire : 26715
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[CHINA, HONG KONG, MACAU, TAIWAN - EIGHT STAMP CATALOGUES].
Seven Bilingual Postal Stamp Catalogues: China Hong Kong Macau Taiwan.
1979 -1995. Seven Chinese - English bilingual publications about postage stamps from China Hong Kong Macau and Taiwan and a 1981 Chinese Stamp Catalog in Japanese. Varying sizes approximately 21cm x 14cm colour and black and white photographic illustrations throughout text in English and traditional Chinese characters. All in original card or paper wrappers vary from covers worn to very good but all are clean and sound. Useful collection for anyone interested in Chinese philately in this period from the late 1970s to the 1990s. Publications in this group: <br>Postage Stamp Catalogue of Hong Kong 1979 香港郵票目錄 <br>Postage Stamp & Postage History of Hong Kong 1981 香港郵票目錄 <br>Chinese Postage Stamps Catalogue Taiwan Part 1 1982 中國郵票圖鑒 <br>K.C. Yu's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue of China Taiwan1977 標準中國郵票目錄 <br>Chinese Postage Stamps Catalogue - Taiwan Issues 1981 國郵近期票目錄 <br>Yang's Postage Stamp Catalogue of the People's Republic of China Part II 1994 中華人民共和國郵票圖鑒 <br>Yang's Postage Stamp & Postal Stationery Catalogue of Macau 1995 澳門郵票目錄 <br>Chinese Stamp Catalog Illustrated in Colors 1981. . unknown
Référence libraire : 218811
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[China/Tibet]
The Boundary Question between China and Tibet - A Valuable Record of the Tripartite Conference between China Britain and Tibet held in India 1913-1914
1940. Hard Cover. Published in Peking China 1940. From the Foreword: The contents of the Tripartite Conference between China Britain and Tibet held at Delhi and Simla India in 1913-1914 have hitherto been kept secret in accordance with the agreement between China and Britain.Here is given a selection of valuable papers including the claims of the Tibetan Plenipotentiary on the boundary line the counter-claims of the Chinese Plenipotentiary the proposal of the British Plenipotentiary under pretext of mediation and the proceedings of the Conference. Publisher's pale brown wrappers. A Softcover. A VG copy page block browned internally light foxing to the wrappers. A solid VG copy. Not issued with a D/W. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
Référence libraire : 355490718628
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[China; Anti-Immigrant Propaganda] Celluloid shirt collar trade card
Celluloid waterproof collars cuffs & shirt bosoms "No More Washee Washee Melican Man Wear Celluloid Collar and Cuff"
Celluloid collar advertising card with illustration of men emerging from the water wearing the waterproof collars and cuffs as a Chinese laundry worker tearfully watches and in the background pig tail wearing Chinese laundry men depart on boats "Off for China". With advertising text at verso "For Sale at Auer's North Pearl St Albany. Not dated. <br /> <br /> 5 1/4 x 3 1/4" slt marked at verso o/w very good. unknown
Référence libraire : 14634
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[China; Bank Note Printing]
Compagnie Generale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine. . Capital Social: 3000000 de Francs . Action de Deux Cent Cinquante Francs au Porteur
Bruxelles: J. Verschueren 1900. Very good condition. An early Chinese railroad bond with attractive bank-note engraving and with three Chinese vignettes: a Chinese village a Chinese temple and a railway bridge spanning a large river. Printed in red & black with multiple tax stamps at top of page. Number 05219 with coupon sheet attached dated 1936 through 1944 with the 1936 coupon removed. Complete with statutes printed in red on verso. 14 x 15" J. Verschueren unknown
Référence libraire : 19838
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[China; Doheny collection]
Chinese Pith Paintings collection of 69 images from the Library of Edward Laurence & Carrie Estelle Doheny
China 1870. Fine. A splendid series of pith paintings from the Doheny collection. The watercolor and gouache paintings are splendidly preserved displayed and housed. The bookplates of Carrie Estelle Doheny and Edward Laurence Doheny are mounted on acid free board which sits atop the images and the totality fits snugly into the box. <br /> <br /> The images are in the traditional format in this case illustrating nine subjects - <br /> Royal Procession 6 images; Birds 11 images; Ships & Barges 5 ; Tea Cultivation 7; Punishments 11; Butterflies & Flowers 2 ; Butterflies & Insects 8; Court life 5; Flowers Camellias etc. 9. Each is protected in an archival paper sleeve 13 x 8.25 inches and numbered in pencil on the wrapper. Images 33 x 21 cm. <br /> <br /> The stability of these images is greatly enhanced by their conservation. Each pith image has been backed on acid free tissue supporting the pith which is quite fragile. The vast majority of the images are complete and undamaged. A minority have small marginal cracks or small corners missing. A couple have slight browning. Each image is preserved in a numbered acid-free folder and the whole is housed in a custom brown and black leather solander box numbered XI on the front board. <br /> <br /> Pith paintings are notoriously fragile. Crossman states "The other paper commonly used for watercolors and gouaches after 1800 was pith. The pith paper is a very fragile medium to work on and many of those watercolors which have survived are cracked and broken. Crossman "The China Trade" pp 95-97.<br /> <br /> A splendid collection. unknown
Référence libraire : 27200
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[China; Hong Kong] Heine, Wilhelm
View of Hong Kong from East Point
Philadelphia: P. S. Duval 1856. Very good condition. A beautiful view of Hong Kong showing a busy harbor the foreground busy with stonemasons with the British colony of Hong Kong in mid-ground. To the right Kellett Island is visible in Victoria Harbor. Victoria Peak is seen in the background looking over the town. This view drawn from nature by Wilhelm Heine with figures by Eliphalet Brown Jr. appeared in Francis Hawk's 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the years 1852 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry'. View 6 x 8 3/4" on sheet 8 1/2 x 11 1/4" P. S. Duval unknown
Référence libraire : 26325
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[China; Japan]
ALS letter home from American assistant minister/diplomat regarding the Sino-Japanese Shantung Negotiations
China 1921. Very good condition. From "Bub" to brother Philip. Bub is apparently an American assistant or undersecretary to a United States Minister/diplomat based in Peking. <br /> <br /> He mentions the unusually hot summer and the efforts to make headway on the Negotiations "the political situation here goes from bad to worse" however there are very few ministers in town the rest are vacationing. He is tasked to 'write a report on the Sino Japanese Shantung Negotiations.' "and that is as complex as possible and they seem to be getting nowhere."<br /> <br /> He mentions meetings with Edwin Denby Secretary of the Navy as the Minister's special representative entertaining Major General Wright Mr. Warren and Du Wellington Koo the Chinese Minister to Washington then Foreign Minister and Finance Minister. "Du Wellington Koo has been entertained right and left and I have gone to most of the dinners for him - she is one of the prettiest Chinese I have seen." referring to his wife Hui-lan Oei<br /> <br /> The Sino-Japan Shantung Negotiations referred to the treaty between China and Japan settling the dispute over the Shantung Peninsula and its valuable resources including the Shantung Railroad and its connection to the Trans-Siberian Railway. Japan had taken over occupancy after pushing out Germany the original leaseholder. The dispute was mediated by the United States and ultimately the leasehold was returned to China.<br /> <br /> Bub's sister Jeannie wrote him from The Colony Club in New York City regarding Philip's and presumably Papa's trip to Italy. He also mentions the visit of a mutual friend Roger Gratwick and his own intention of returning to the States next Spring. An interesting insight into diplomatic negotiations.<br /> <br /> 2 pages 4 sides 8x10.5" written in pencil original fold marks. unknown
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[China; Macao] Heine, W
Macao From Penha Hill
Philadelphia: P. S. Duval 1856. Very good overall. Hand colored lithograph of Macao harbor after the artist Wilhelm Heine. With masted sailing vessels in the harbor church spires dwellings and flag flying from a hilltop fortress. From Francis Hawk's 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the years 1852 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry'. 6 x 8 3/4 inches on sheet 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. Mild fox spotting. P. S. Duval unknown
Référence libraire : 26682
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[China; Macao] Heine, W
Macao From Penha Hill
Philadelphia: P. S. Duval 1856. Very good overall. Hand colored lithograph of Macao harbor after the artist Wilhelm Heine. With masted sailing vessels in the harbor church spires dwellings and flag flying from a hilltop fortress. From Francis Hawk's 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the years 1852 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry'. 6 x 8 3/4 inches on sheet 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. A few small marks at margins especially at right side which do not affect image. P. S. Duval unknown
Référence libraire : 15764
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[China; Macao] After James Cook
Schets van Typa of van Macao. Map
Leiden 1795. Very good condition. A later hand colored copper engraved map of Macao China and the islands in its vicinity. From a Dutch edition of "Cook's Voyages". On fine wove paper with full impression marks from the plate visible. Contemporary folds. 8 1/4 x 10 1/2" with margin slightly trimmed at lower left. unknown
Référence libraire : 19601
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[China; Macao] James Cook
Sketch of the Typa and Macao. Map
London. Very good condition. Copper engraved map of Macao China and the islands in its vicinity. From the English edition of "Cook's Voyages". Within the plate is a note - "NB. The Harbour of Macao is drawn by the Eye and the Soundings taken at low water." Full impression marks from the plate visible with small margins the number 81 just outside the rule at the top right corner. Unfolded 8 1/2 x 10 1/2". With some slight transfer from facing text. unknown
Référence libraire : 24285
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[China; Photographs]
2 China snapshot photos: Peking View & Chinese Troops in Tientsin
1930. Very good condition. A pair of real photo snapshots with contemporary annotation on the verso one "Pekin sic China" in pencil the second "Chinese troop Tiensen" sic.<br /> <br /> The Peking view is a bird's eye view showing a main thoroughfare with rickshaw and pedestrian traffic and many store fronts including one with a series of minarets at the top of the building. The second snap shot showing two rows of very young Chinese soldiers standing at attention in front of a military building with stucco facade with tents visible in the distance. 5 1/2 x 3 1/4" unknown
Référence libraire : 23520
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[China; Photograph]
Chinese Girl with Lilies; b&w vintage photograph
1910. Photography. Very good condition. Large b&w photographic print of charming Chinese girl approximate seven years old. Her hair is in an elaborately woven side knot in traditional garb and holding a bouquet of white lilies on her lap. Large print 6 x 11" unknown
Référence libraire : 19996
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[China; Photography]
Shanghai 3 postcards sent by a photographer in Shanghai to his family in Scotland
Shanghai: Brewer & Co. Booksellers 1902. Good overall. Three full back postcards of Shanghai published in Shanghai with blue images entitled "Honan Road Shanghai" "Tea House Native City Shanghai" and "Loong Hwa Pagoda near Shanghai". Brewer & Co are recorded in a 1904 edition of "The Directory and Chronicle for China ." as being located at 31 Nanking Road.<br /> <br /> The author who signs his postcards "D" is evidently a Shanghai photographer: he writes that he worked until 10 o'clock the previous night on the photographs but worries that there is something wrong with the plates. "There are a great many little holes in them -- some not so little. But I think there ought to be a few good results." There is a D. MacLennan listed as in the employ of Chinese Maritime Customs Service Index first appointed in July 1891 as a Watcher and retired in Apr 1928 as Chief Tide Surveyor and Harbour Master in Ningpo. Ancestry. <br /> <br /> Two are signed with the initial "D" the third signed "L. Ross". All are addressed to a Miss MacLennan at 2 addresses in Scotland: 11 Thirlestane Road Edinburgh and at Eglinton Wellington Road Nairn.<br /> <br /> 5 1/2 x 3 3/4" a few corner defects a diagonal crack in the Honan Road postcard extending a small distance into the image. Postally used undivided backs green King Edward VII half penny stamps canceled Edinburgh 02. Brewer & Co. Booksellers unknown
Référence libraire : 25959
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[China; Photographs]
Shanghai Albumen Photographs
1897. Photography. Very good condition. Four real albumen photographs of daily life in Shanghai at the turn of the nineteenth century.<br /> <br /> Images include a well-to-do fashionably attired husband and wife with baby; a grandmother and two children seated on the curb next to a vendor with woven basket of goods; rickshaw and sedan chair carriers in conversation next to their equipment; and two small fishing boats pulled up at the shore with the impressive buildings of the Bund visible in the distance.<br /> <br /> 4 x 3". Two of the prints with "Shanghai 1897" in ink in period hand on verso. Bright clean images in very good condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 24471
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[China; Photographs]
Shanghai Municipal Police. British officer's photograph Album
Shanghai 1910. Hardcover. Good condition. A remarkable album of images and postcards many taken by a British police officer of the Shanghai Municipal Police which includes numerous vernacular snap shots titled in period ink bound in an elaborately decorated lacquer album.<br /> <br /> The Shanghai Municipal Police SMP was the police force of the Shanghai Municipal Council which governed the Shanghai International Settlement between 1854 and 1943. The SMP's role was to provide stability in the settlement and to protect Western trade interests against pirates and various Chinese nationalist movements and uprisings.<br /> <br /> The SMP was initially made up mostly of Britons; after 1864 it included Chinese. Over the years it grew to include a Sikh Branch 1884 a Japanese contingent 1916 a volunteer part time special police 1918 and a Russian Auxiliary Detachment 1941. <br /> <br /> When the SMP began in 1854 the first detachment of 31 British was on loan from the Hong Kong Police and led by Samuel Clifton. Additional men were recruited from the Royal Irish Constabulary London's Metropolitan Police and from the military presence in Shanghai. .<br /> <br /> The police officer who took these snap shots is identified only by his first name Andy and he appears in one of the 56 original snap shots which he entitles "Chinese Soldiers and your humble". He appears in another which he captions "girls running away from me in country village".<br /> <br /> The album consists of 12 photographs of Shanghai 10 3/4 x 8 1/2" and 8 x 5 3/4" of which<br /> 9 are entitled "Police on Parade" showing the men wearing the ‘Custodian’ police helmet including Indian police and Indian mounted police Sikhs; 4 of Chinese Punishments 3 scenes of decapitations; 1 of people confined in a cangue 6 x 4"; 56 original vernacular snap shots 5 x 4 1/4"; 1 "Parade in Egypt" showing mounted troops in the desert signed G. Lekegian who was the official photographer for the British Army in Egypt beginning in the 1890s; printed color postcards mostly by Kingshill postally unused split backs in fine condition; and 2 period newspapers loosely inserted one Chinese and one American The Catholic News November 14 1914. <br /> <br /> The 56 original vernacular snap shots create a layered impression of contemporary life in China taken by the author and 3 British friends as they travel about the country. They include: the harbour; the jettee; a native court; the race course; street scenes; Up country trip snowy mountain scenes; a country temple; a resort "Mokanshan" sic; Soochow; our boat in Hangchow; trying to bargain market place stall; one of the British men in a wooden cage; getting the bamboos together in the river; a noted gateway up country; Chinese river life; famous bridge; religious ceremony on boat; beggars boats; the Great Lake; Fishing; and hairdressing in the street.<br /> <br /> The 108 postcards include: color printed views of Shanghai one of German consulate & Astor House Garden; Chinese people gardens "thea house" festivals Mandarins opium smoker Chinese trades people; Peking scenes; Yan Chow scenes; and more. <br /> <br /> Oblong 4to 14 x 11" album albumen and silvertone photographs. Black lacquer album cover decorated with inlays of bone and mother of pearl in the form of a rooster 1909 was the year of the rooster. Edges rubbed spine lacking first 5 leaves are loose otherwise all fascicles are bound in. The photographs and postcards bright and clean. Newspapers loosely inserted chipped at edges. Ink manuscript inscription "From Andy" at the front end paper. hardcover
Référence libraire : 26122
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[China; Photography]
Stone warriors at the tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang founding emperor of the Ming dynasty Nanking Kiangsu province photograph
Nanking 1900. Otherwise very good condition. A b&w photograph of stone warriors and a Chinese man standing behind mountains in the background. Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ruled for 30 years and was buried at Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum on the Purple Mountain in the east of Nanjing. <br /> <br /> Zhu Yuanzhang ended the Mongol led Yuan dynasty. He is known for rebuilding a country ravaged by war supporting agriculture reducing taxes and establishing laws protecting the property of peasants.<br /> <br /> 4 x 5 5/6" b&w corners/edges slt. rubbed. unknown
Référence libraire : 25847
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[China; Shanghai]
Collection of real photo views of Shanghai with captions in Chinese and English
1920. Very good condition. 17 b&w real photographs highlighting Shanghai views. Most are captioned in Chinese & English some Chinese only. English captions read; Sampan Boat S'hai Canton Junk Lung Wha Pagoda The Wing On Co. S'hai Bird's Eye View of the Nanking Road S'hai The Bund Soochow Creek Willow Tea House Nanking Road Sedan Chair Shanghai Chinese Post Office Park Hotel Shanghai Race Course.<br /> <br /> B&w photographs 4 3/8 x 2 3/4 unknown
Référence libraire : 27117
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[China; Taiwan] Kai-Shek, Chiang
A Brief Summary of the New Life Movement Chiang Kai Shek strategy to defeat Communism
Nanchang Kiangsi China: The Association for the Advancement of New Life Movement 1934. Good condition. Pamphlet touting the benefits of the Chinese government led civic education program known as the New Life Movement established by General Chiang Kai-shek to promote cultural reform combat corruption and unite China under a centralized ideology.<br /> <br /> China at the time had been threatened by Western imperialism as well as rising Japanese militarism and communism. <br /> <br /> The New Life Movement stressed traditional Confucian morality and the Methodist notion of self-cultivation as the solution to the perceived degeneration of the Chinese people and was considered by the Kuomintang to be key element of Sun Yat Sen's Three Principles of the People. In China the New Life Movement ended in 1949. <br /> <br /> Chiang launched this movement from his Nanjing headquarters when he was the leader of the Republic of China. He expelled Chinese communists from the party and led a successful unification of China. Despite a professed focus on reform Chiang's government concentrated on battling Communism within China as well as confronting Japanese aggression. When the Allies declared war on Japan in 1941 China took its place among the Big Four. Civil war broke out in 1946 ending in a victory by Mao Zedong's Communist forces and the creation of the People's Republic of China. From 1949 until his death Chiang led the KMT government in exile in Taiwan which many countries continued to recognize as China's legitimate government. <br /> <br /> The 'Contents' include the Beginning of the New Life Movement NLM; The Unification and Promotion of the NLM; the Future of the NLM; The Important Speeches of General Chiang Kai-Shek; The Slogans Rules and Emblem of the NLM; Outline of the NLM; Appendix: The Staff of the General Association for the Promotion of the NLM. The Appendix last 2p comprises a list of the organizations staff; President Chiang Kai Sheh 32 Directors a Director-in-Chief a General Secretary Secretary and Head of the First Second & Third Departments and 18 Secretaries. The lengthy list of slogans and rules runs to 95 items including #40. Do not smoke opium.<br /> <br /> We were not able to find this title on OCLC. However a similar pamphlet "Outline of the New Life Movement" was found OCLC: 3976888 14pp pamphlet color plates. <br /> <br /> Pamphlet small 4to 2 pp 18pp plus one color plate of the symbol for the organization. Blue paper wrappers stitch bound with pale blue ribbon. Blue paper wrappers marked & ruffled at spine with 1 1/2" split lower spine fox spotting on lower edge of cover. The Association for the Advancement of New Life Movement unknown
Référence libraire : 20978
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[China; Trade Card]
Nanking trade card "Jams & Co." Butchers & Bakers
1890. Very good overall. Card printed in English and Chinese with the name of the establishment in an elaborate type font. The company had locations in Chinkiang Nanking Wuhu and Kiukiang. It records "Bum Boat General Store Keepers Butcher & Bakers Commission Agents & c and Coal Merchants". <br /> <br /> This card hails from the period following the Treaty of Tianjin which ended the Second Opium War opened more Chinese ports to foreign trade and allowed foreign legations in the Chinese capital. "Bum boats" were small water taxis and boats used for short trips.<br /> <br /> Chinese text in 2 vertical columns to left and right of English text. Removed from an album with black paper adhering to verso. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" unknown
Référence libraire : 23402
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[China; Travel brochure] China Travel Service
Romance of Transportation in China
1932. Ephemera. Very good condition. Travel brochure with color map of China on back fold showing steamship routes. Folded 3 1/2 x 7 1/2" opens to 10 1/2 x 7 1/2". Color illustrated wrappers with illustrations of Great Wall and Yangtze Gorges. B&w photographs by Chung Hwa Studio include modes of transportation Yangtze River Steamer The Bund Wagon-Lits interior shots interior shots of river steamers hotels. unknown
Référence libraire : 18912
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[China; Yunnan]; Little Archibald
ACROSS YUNNAN: A JOURNEY OF SURPRISES Including an Account of the Remarkable French Railway Line now completed to Yunnan-fu
London: Sampson Low Marston & Co. Ltd. 1910. Very Rare First Edition. No Copies Currently Exist in Commerce. This copy with excellent provenance having come from the War Office marked received on 22 Apr 1910. Illustrated with many full-page plates from period photographs and a large folding map. 8vo publisher's original red cloth the spine lettered in gilt the upper cover decorated with Chinese bordrs in gilt and a central calligraphic ornament in black. 164 pp. A very fine copy as close to pristine as one could hope already unusually rare this copy is also extremely well preserved. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS IN ENGLISH TO DESCRIBE THE PROVINCE OF YUNNAN. Archibald Little wrote a number of books on China as did his wife Alicia who called herself Mrs. Archibald Little. Little was a merchant scholar and later travel writer who'd spent many years in China. With his wife they moved to Chungking an isolated city to the far west of the country. Impossibly hot in the summer the couple had planned to build a holiday home in the cooler countryside but the authorities blocked the idea after concern that the locals would not take kindly to foreigners. An idea was then hatched for the Littles to move onto a local farm by the Yangtse River for a few months with the hope that it might get the locals used to their presence.<br> Published posthumously in 1910 Archibald Little's memoir of his journey across the Yunnan Province in Southwest China was one of the first comprehensive accounts of the region to be published in English. Little a skilled linguist worked as a merchant in China for over fifty years and opened up the Upper Yangtze area to steam-powered commerce. He was well known for his intrepid travels into territories not yet explored by Westerners and his record of this journey was originally published as a series of letters to the North China Herald. This book also contains Little's account of the building of the French Railway Line to Yunnan-Fu which provided a trade route from India to the Upper Yangtze region. Across Yunnan was completed and edited by Little's wife after his death in 1908. The book includes a detailed map of the area and several photographs. Research Gate<br> Mrs. Archibald Little began a prolific two decade literary career in London focused primarily on highlighting the plight of women. During this time she was also active politically in the feminist movement penning pamphlets lecturing and campaigning around women's property rights suffrage. Both she and her husband traveled around China although Mrs. Little had to dress as a male to avoid attracting attention which had on occasion resulted in items being thrown at her.<br> The book offered here is very rare. At the present time no copies appear in the marketplace or in commerce. Additionally this copy comes with very fine provenance having been owned by the British War Office. The War Office has referred to several British government organizations in history all relating to the army. It was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964 when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence MoD. It was at that time equivalent to the Admiralty responsible for the Royal Navy RN and much later the Air Ministry which oversaw the Royal Air Force RAF. The name 'War Office' is also given to the former home of the department located at the junction of Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall in central London. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. hardcover
Référence libraire : 33716
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[China]
A Travers le Monde Le Tour du Monde January - December 1898 Volume I Numbers 1 - 53
Paris 1898. Hardcover. Very good. 53 issues bound in one volume. With much content on China and Japan such as Chinese and Japanese railways including: 'Le Chemin de Fer de Tientsin a Pekin' La Navigation du Mekong' La Coree & la Question d'Extreme-Orient' 'Les Positions navales de la Mer Jaune' 'Monographie d'un Chef de Pirates au Tonkin' 'Les Chemins de Fer Japonais' and 'Les Chemins de Fer de la Chine'. Sml folio 429pp ills throughout. Dark brown gilt leather raised gilt bands at spine. Covers gently rubbed. Internally sml school stamp at first page pages evenly toned o/w very good. HKD2700. hardcover
Référence libraire : 15037
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[China]
ALS from Shanghai during the Great Depression
Shanghai 1933. Very good condition. An amusing letter written by Adeline in Shanghai to her sister Dorothea back home in the United States describing Chinese celebrations and rituals and commenting on the Depression and its "direst calamities".<br /> <br /> Adeline vividly describes the Chinese "Mid Autumn Festival" including paying homage to the moon stories from the Tang Dynasty how the Emperor Tang Min-huang traveled to the moon the exchange of moon shaped cakes and moon viewing rituals.<br /> <br /> She also describes in great detail the important seventh week Buddhist memorial services for a deceased Chinese friend. She describes the elaborate Temple altar decorations of dwarf pine and evergreens tea ceremony attendant monks and priests and the burning of large gifts to the deceased made of paper and bamboo.<br /> <br /> Adeline concludes with a lament about the "business situation" and a wish that "Roosevelt will be able to swing things into line soon but think that he has bitten off almost more than he can chew". <br /> <br /> Three sheets writing paper 10 x 6 1/2" the first 2 written in ink on front and back. Original folds flattened. unknown
Référence libraire : 24472
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[China]
Boult English & Brandon's Freight Circular Per "Asia" Steamer From Liverpool August 6 1859
Liverpool England: Benson & Mallett 1859. Price list with shipping rates for coal railroad equipment & salt. Destination cities in the coal shipping table include Ceylon Bombay Calcutta Singapore Hong Kong Shanghai and Rangoon among others. Also a table for Railway Iron and Fittings to Calcutta Bombay and Ceylon; and Salt to Calcutta. Includes an "East India Freights" shipping price table. Two color printed circular on shaded background. Self folding mailing form with hand lettered address to Daniel W. Lord Esq. in Kennebunk Maine & canceled one penny stamp. Self mailing folds o/w very good. Benson & Mallett unknown
Référence libraire : 15140
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[China]
China Resists. Progressive Womens Council #33
New York: Board of Education City of New York 1946. Pamphlet. Very good. One page mimeographed flyer advertising public forum with text "Paul Maurice Youth Director of "China Today" Wed Jan 12 9:00 PM 'China Resists'. This is one of a series of forums held in cooperation with the forum division W. P. A. Adult Education Program of the Board of Education City of New York. Free Public Forum". 8 1/2 x 11" Board of Education, City of New York unknown
Référence libraire : 15182
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[China]
Chinese embossed Christmas card with cut stamp montage on a watercolor landscape
China 1914. Very good condition. Oblong 8vo. Folding card stock with printed Christmas greeting in both Chinese and English on inlaid sheet. The original cut stamp post card laid inside the open cut front cover. The stamps form Chinese junk with three sails with two men and mountains in distance. Ribbon tie. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4" unknown
Référence libraire : 19940
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[China]
Chinese embossed Christmas card with cut stamp montage on a watercolor landscape
China 1905. Very good condition. Oblong 8vo. Folding card stock with printed Christmas greeting in both Chinese and English on inlaid sheet. The original cut stamp post card laid inside the open cut front cover. The stamps form Chinese junk with three sails with two men and small mountain in distance. Ribbon tie. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4" unknown
Référence libraire : 19942
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[China]
Chinese embossed Christmas card with cut stamp montage on a watercolor landscape
China 1905. Very good condition. Oblong 8vo. Folding card stock with printed Christmas greeting in both Chinese and English on inlaid sheet. The original cut stamp full back post card laid inside the open cut front cover. The stamps form a Chinese fisherman standing on his boat pulling in a fish in his net. Ribbon tie. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4" unknown
Référence libraire : 19943
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[China]
Chinese embossed Christmas card with cut stamp montage on a watercolor landscape
China 1905. Very good condition. Oblong 8vo. Folding card stock with printed Christmas greeting in both Chinese and English on inlaid sheet. The original cut stamp post card laid inside the open cut front cover. The stamps form people and 2 junks sailing on a water colored water scene with hills in the distance. Post card with space for address only. Ribbon tie. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4" unknown
Référence libraire : 19939
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[China]
Chinese embossed Christmas card with cut stamp montage on a watercolor landscape
China 1905. Very good condition. Oblong 8vo. Folding card stock with printed Christmas greeting in both Chinese and English on inlaid sheet. The original cut stamp post card laid inside the open cut front cover. The stamps form Chinese junks with sails with two men and background outline of Hong Kong in distance. Ribbon tie. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4" unknown
Référence libraire : 19941
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[China]
Chinese Hand Colored miniatures of trades and scenes
1920. Twelve hand-colored cards depicting various Chinese trades and scenes. Not dated 20th century. Watercolors of indeterminate age with captions in English. Cards depict trades such as "Barber" "Knife and Scissor Sharpener" "Yellow Rice Cake Seller" "Dealer in Chicken and Ducks" "Waste Watter Arrier" sic & "Vegetable Vender" sic. Others show scenes or methods of transport including "Chinese Wedding Chair" "Peking Cart" "Transport Outside the Great Wall" "Chinese Donkey" "The harrier" & "Chinese Meal Grinding." These cards were certainly produced by amateur artists to be sold to tourists in China. Manila stock each approximately 3 3/4 x 2 1/4". Clean and fine. unknown
Référence libraire : 15929
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[China]
Chiou Fon Silk Co 739 Nanking Road Shanghai
Shanghai 1930. Otherwise very good condition. Broadside advertising the Shanghai silk company with text in Chinese and English illustrated with woodcut of the silk company at the upper right. Chinese silk production for foreign markets had benefited from the near collapse of the European silk industry caused by the silkworm disease pebrine during the 1850s and 1860s; Nanjing Road became the earliest shipping street in Shanghai and over time the premier shopping street in China. Text and border printed in red on thin brown paper. Paper size: 10 1/2" x 16. Original folds cracked on fold lines tears to the left edge with some marginal loss ruffled. Image complete. unknown
Référence libraire : 19840
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[China]
Collection of Chinese propaganda illustrations
1950. Paperback. Very good condition. A collection of nine color illustrations depicting happy Chinese people at work including: a smiling grandmother making a bed; a teacher explaining a sculpted monument to a group of children; workers with machinery; smiling women collecting water; a landscape of terraced agricultural fields; a woman spinning yarn; a group of workers at a forge; happy family in the snow; and a happy family with young girl on bicycle. All captioned in Chinese. In a folding cardboard sleeve. Sml 8vo red title in Chinese characters on front of sleeve. paperback
Référence libraire : 16722
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[China]
Illustrated and die cut Whitney Made free standing 1924 calendar with little Chinese girl in costume
Worcester Mass 1924. Very good condition. Scarce die cut miniature calendar for 1924 with an embossed chromolithograph illustration of child placing Christmas wreath on door and the year 1924 in gilt. The miniature calendar is complete; the calendar with the word "China" printed below it. The larger illustration of a small Chinese girl in with butterfly patterned jacket white cap and long pigtail. Whitney Made Worcester Mass printed on verso. 3 1/4 x 5" unknown
Référence libraire : 18192
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[China]
Letter to family during a trip in Shanghai
1933. Very good condition. Adeline writes a newsy letter to "Dear Sister Anna and My Dorothea" from Shanghai commenting on the number of Catholics in China "there are two large convents and several churches." with the bulk of the letter describing Jessfield Park now Zhongshan Park the "Sukiyaki feeds' eating in the Japanese style and how the food is prepared. "I don't know how those B.C. eggs taste. they looked dark and the white looked mottled . I could not bring myself to taste them." She is clearly enjoying herself and asks for more letters from home "You see I'm so full of what I see I can't write fast enough to tell all I want to." <br /> <br /> 4pp on 2 folded sheets 9 x 7" written in ink on both sides short splits at some folds. unknown
Référence libraire : 25525
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[China]
Magic Lantern slide of Chinese interest
1880. Very good condition. A charming color panorama children's magic lantern glass slide showing a series of four scenes of Chinese people in traditional garb in natural settings. From a series of slides for children illustrating different peoples of the world. From left to right the first illustration is of a standing child holding a banner next to a seated gentleman holding a fan; two Chinese men holding Chinese umbrellas and rickshaw driver; Chinese gentleman with pipe and kneeling figure; and an elegant Chinese woman and rickshaw driver. A pagoda and Chinese buildings can be seen in the background with blue sky above. Edges of slide bound with pale blue paper. 11 3/4 x 4" unknown
Référence libraire : 17855
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[China]
Manuscript letter from Charles in Hong Kong to his sister Anna in the United States
Hong Kong 1873. Ephemera. Very good condition. A three page manuscript letter dated March 12 1873 from 'Charles' in Hong Kong to his sister 'Anna' in the United States. The letter was sent via San Francisco and the SS Colorado. Charles seems to be a young bachelor making his way in the Orient and he paints a detailed picture of daily events from a Westerners perspective but no real indication of why he is there.<br /> <br /> Charles and Anna were avid letter writers this one "No. 6" for the year. He refers to Anna's letters of Dec. 29 Jan. 5 19 that were just received. He talks of his lack of a Christmas and that most people who live in Hong Kong celebrate by getting "boozy" a sport he did not relish. He "would give more for 1 pound of good tobacco than 1 barrel of the best liquor."<br /> <br /> "For a young man who has not much determination this is the worse sic place in the world. There is nothing for him to do but play billiards & drink." <br /> <br /> He responds to Anna's questions about paper suits which were made in Japan a Joss house and the custom to accept an offer of tea 'you will have one of these little cups 7 saucers handed to you.' that he will send the 'Ivory letters to you for Miss Harrington' and refers to Anna's husband George other family and an acquaintance Wiliam Blanchard a pilot who lived in Shanghai as well as the 'great fire'. "The only thing I can say of the great fire is that it is too bad - but it may improve Boston by having different planned building and streets." The Great Boston fire of 1872 was Boston's largest and one of the most costly fire-related property losses is American history. He ends by sending his love to other family members and a request for a letter from George.<br /> <br /> The SS Colorado was the largest San Francisco-Panama route liner ever to sail the Pacific. She was originally brig-rigged but was altered in San Francisco in 1866 to enter the China service. In 1867 the Pacific Mail founded the first regular steamship service across the Pacific Ocean and the Colorado became the first American liner to carry mail across the Pacific to the Orient which helped pave the way for a rapid expansion of trade between California and the Orient. <br /> <br /> 4 page folded letter on watermarked paper "Hodgkinson & Co" with writing on 3 sides 8 3/8 x 10 1/8" with original fold marks. unknown
Référence libraire : 23348
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