‎Porcelaine chinoise‎

‎[CHINA -- SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR]. [JIANG, Wenxin] 江文新.‎

‎In Chinese 列強è»å‚™ - Lie qiang jun bei Military readiness of the great powers.‎

‎Changsha: 商務å°æ›¸é¤¨ - Shangqu yinshuguan Commercial Press Minguo 26 1937. 8vo. 362 18 pp. With photo illustrations throughout tables charts several large folding tables at rear. Printed softcovers as issued minor chipping head & foot of spine old dampstain ring front cover chipping edgewear uniform toning some scuffing & wear to a couple fore-edge creases of folding tables at rear still a 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 very scarce Chinese analysis of the military build-up by the major powers around the World with a focus on aviation developments by Allied powers Nazi Germany and more importantly the Imperial Japanese Army air forces. There are references to the 1931 Mukden incident the Japanese occupation of Manchuria and the following events leading to the Second Sino-Japanese War leading to events such as the Rape of Nanking and World War II. Worldcat locates 3 copies National Lib. of China - Beijing Wuhan Univ. U of Hong Kong. 商務å°æ›¸é¤¨ - Shangqu yinshuguan, [Commercial Press], paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 63311

‎[CHINA -- SINO-JAPANESE WAR NAVAL HISTORY]. [SINO-JAPANESE WAR COMMEMORATIVE NAVY PHOTO ALBUM PUBLICATION COMMITTEE].‎

‎In Japanese. å ±é“写真海è»ä½œæˆ¦è¨˜éŒ„ HÅdÅ shashin kaigun sakusen kiroku Report photographs: Navy strategic record: the continent.‎

‎Tokyo: å›½éš›å ±é“ Kokusai hodo 昭和 Showa 19 1944. Tall 8vo. 232 pp inpaginated. With 100’s of photo illustrations two-colour maps sections chapter titles in green & black. Blue publisher’s cloth white lettering on spine turquoise-coloured lettering front cover some scuffing & rubbing edgewear minor sunning to spine 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 very scarce photographic history of the Imperial Japanese movements battles and actions in the Sino-Japanese War and across China later in World War II. Many of the photos and text focus on the impact of the Japanese Naval Air Force with photos of amphibious aircraft aerial bombing campaigns and continued action across Japanese- and Chinese-controlled areas. Worldcat locates 2 copies TX A&M National Diet Library. å›½éš›å ±é“ Kokusai hodo, hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 63313

‎[CHINA -- ART]. [ZHANG, Zeduan].‎

‎In Japanese. Qingming shang he tu Along the river during the Qingming Festival.‎

‎Kyoto: n.p. ca. Taisho 1-15 1912-1926. 4to. 20 pp unnumbered illustrated throughout and printed in red & black on gold silk bound in accordion-style format w/ embossed gray silk covers printed label mounted on front cover rounded corners minor shelfwear slight rubbing very minor bowing to covers slight soiling to couple leaves at lower fore-edge imperceptible on image still an excellent copy. First edition thus of this exceedingly scarce and deluxe Japanese production of the famed Song Dynasty painting by Zhang Zeduan 1085-1145 capturing daily life street and river scenes during the Qingming Festival in Bianjing Kaifeng. This painting is considered one of the great treasures of China and the Song Dynasty original and the Qing dynasty originals are preserved as national treasures in Beijing and Taipei respectively. The long sprawling work includes 100s of human figures period boats sedan chairs temples merchants working peddlers jugglers monks and a boat nearly crashing into the central bridge. No copies located in Worldcat; National Library of Australia has an exemplar 6333308. n.p., unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 51698

‎[CHINA -- XI SHENG MO]. TAYLOR, Mrs. Howard (nee Geraldine Guinness).‎

‎One of Chinas scholars. The early life & conversion of Pastor Hsi; Pastor Hsi of North China. One of Chinas Christians. With illustrations. . .‎

‎Shanghai London Philadelphia: China Inland Mission The Religious Tract Society 1920. Two vols. in one. Thick 12mo. xi 1 196 2; xxii 400 2 pp. Gray ribbed cloth black lettering on front cover gilt lettering on spine very minor shelfwear slight bumping rubbing VG copy w/ former ownership signature on ffep. Later omnibus edition of these biographies of Pastor Hsi a recovering Opium addict. Of interest are the substantial sections devoted to the Opium trade and implements as well as the Boxer Rebellion. China Inland Mission, The Religious Tract Society, hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 52482

‎[CHINA -- SINO-JAPANESE WAR].‎

‎Shanghai under fire. July -- September 1937. A pictorial record of Shanghai’s undeclared war as photographed by Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury Staff photographers.‎

‎Shanghai China: Post-Mercury Co. 17-21 Avenue Edward VII Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury 1937. 4to. 9 x 12 in. xv 1 88 pp. With 100s of text photo illustrations on gray-blue tinted paper. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art photo of red & black tinted smoking skyline of Shanghai w/ bomb bursts illustrated on front cover “Shanghai Area War Maps†on endpapers -- surprisingly light interior toning to the XV pp. of text on light-gray tinted paper bumping & wear at covers some dustsoiling chipping head & foot of spine still G copy stapled as issued. First edition 1st printing of this scarce illustrated pro-China work documenting the opening campaigns by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force and Navy during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Hostilities had increased throughout the 1930s following the first Sino-Japanese War in which Japan had conquered and absorbed Manchuria into the Japanese Empire. Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalist forces joined with the warlords of Hunan and Szechwan provinces to fight the Japanese after a number of provocations in the summer of 1937. Chiang Kai-shek believed that by initially attacking and bombing Japanese naval installations and troops in and around Shanghai he would force the foreign powers to ally with China to fight against Japan to protect their enormous investments in southern China. The Nationalist Chinese armies held out for three months against ferocious bombardment and shelling by the Japanese from planes based in Taiwan and ships on the Huangpu River inflicting huge numbers of casualties on the Chinese and eventually forcing the Chinese to retreat from Shanghai to Nanking with Japanese reinforcements constantly decimating them. These images show victims at the South Station bombings caring for Chinese wounded Chinese women training as soldiers and nurses in the aftermath of the North Station Area shelling and bombing bitter retreat by Chinese soldiers the advances and marching of Japanese forces in Shanghai and beyond. This would later be revised and reissued in March 1938; See: Dorothy Perkins Japan Goes to War: A Chronology of Japanese Military Expansion 1997 pp. 127-135; Crittall in Shanghai -- Some Photos Unearthed December 22 2008. Post-Mercury, Co., 17-21 Avenue Edward VII, Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury, paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 60087

‎[CHINA -- FAIRY TALES]. CARPENTER, Frances [Aretta].‎

‎Tales of a Chinese grandmother. Illustrated by Malthe Hasselriis.‎

‎Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc. 1945. Tall 8vo. xii 2 261 pp. Colour frontisp. numerous colour plates black & white text illustrations. Yellow cloth red lettering on spine butterfly illust. on front cover illust. endpapers w/ d.j. cover art by Hasselriis chipping & tears to upper fore-edge of front & back cover still NF/G- copy from the library of Alice Brown Powell 1882-1971 who was responsible for naming the historic “Deepwood†home in Salem OR named after a favorite children’s book by Albert Bigelow Paine. Early printing of this title in the author’s “Grandmother†fairy tale series companion volume to Tales of a Korean Grandmother and Tales of a Russian Grandmother. Hasselriis 1888-1970 noted Danish miniaturist known for his paintings of Pearl S. Buck Madame Chiang Kai-shekc and President Kennedy. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 53732

‎[CHINA -- ART]. HO, Wai-Kam, & SMITH, Judith G. (Eds.)‎

‎The century of Tung Chi-chang 1555-1636: Vol. 1‎

‎University of Washington Press. Used - Like New. Text block wraps and binding are in like new condition without markings of any kind. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010. University of Washington Press paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : BAY_10_SH_020760 ISBN : 029597138x 9780295971384

‎[CHINA -- ART]. HO, Wai-Kam, & SMITH, Judith G. (Eds.)‎

‎The century of Tung Ch’i-ch’ang 1555-1636. Volume I. . . .‎

‎Kansas City MO & Seattle WA: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Univ. of Washington Press 1992. Folio. 475 1 pp. 100s of colour and blk & wht text illusts. many full page some double-page. Colour-illust. softcvrs mnr shlfwr slght rubbng still a VG copy. First softcover edition of this massive catalogue of the works of the famed 16th-Century Chinese painter calligrapher and art theorist. This exhibition catalogue draws heavily from the Beijing Palace Museum. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Univ. of Washington Press, paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 44607 ISBN : 029597138x 9780295971384

‎[CHINA -- HART]. HART, Robert.‎

‎The I.G. in Peking. Letters of Robert Hart. Chinese Maritime Customs 1868-1907. Edited by John King Fairbank Katherine Frost Bruner Elizabeth MacLeod Matheson. With an introduction by L.K. Little. . . .‎

‎Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press 1975. Two vols. Tall thick 8vo. xxvi 4 825 1; vi 2 827-1625 1 pp. Frntsps. both vols. numerous maps plates. Green cloth gilt lettrng slght shlfwr lbl residue on frnt pstdns w/ d.j.s. still VG/NF set. First edition of this remarkable record of China under the late Qing court of the Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi Cixi. Hart built up an international staff of 1000s facilitated foreign trade with China gave the late-Qing court its new revenue fostered China’s modernizing of schools administration naval development postal service and many other lines. He settled the Sino-French war changed Macao’s status managed to get borders drawn with Burma and India and more. Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 45022 ISBN : 0674443209 9780674443204

‎[CHINA -- ART]. WU TAO-TZE [WU DAOZI] & [LI LUNG MIN (MIEN)]. MARTIN F.[redrik] R.[obert] (Ed.)‎

‎Zeichnungen nach Wu Tao-Tze aus der Gotter- und Sagenwelt Chinas. . . In Chinese on front cover of portfolio & slipcase: “Precious things in ink by Wu Tao-Tzeâ€.‎

‎Munich: Verlag von F. Bruckmann A.G. 1913. Oblong Atlas folio. 20.75 x 19.5 in. 4 12 pp. w/ 51 tipped-in collotype plates 1 partially coloured all retaining their original tissue guards. Loose portfolio held in folding covers minor bumping to corners of textblock some very light toning 1st couple leaves w/ very slight closed tear at upper left corner w/ open-backed slipcase w/ printed labels on covers wear toning some scuffing minor dampstaining soiling still a VG/G- exemplar. First edition thus of this remarkable group of collotypes reproducing drawings made from the famed frescoes of the renowned Tang Dynasty artist Wu Tao-Tze -- Godoshi in Japanese 680-760. Believed to have painted hundreds of frescoes on Temples representing the Buddhist purgatory or inferno they were of such dramatic power many on viewing them repented of their sins and nearly all were destroyed through the Cultural Revolution and development. All his artworks have either been preserved by being incised on stone as woodcuts or as Chinese brush drawings. These drawings taken from Dr. Martin’s Collection were rendered originally by Li Lung Mien 1070-1106 a Sung master painter and superb draftsman who has been often considered the Leonardo da Vinci of China. He was renowned for his paintings of horses and also adept at painting landscapes as well as works with Buddhist and Taoist themes. Each collotype reproduction within this portfolio has been printed on a tinted background to simulate the originals and then mounted on thick laid paper along with a critique by Anders Zorn and notes were by Dr. Haenisch. See: Reviews & Notices The International Studio Vol. LII 1914 pp. 255-256; Recent Publications of Chinese Subjects Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. LIV Issue 1 1922 p. 99. Verlag von F. Bruckmann A.G., unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 56870

‎[CHINA CARTOGRAPHIC PUBLISHING HOUSE]. 地图出版社.‎

‎中國交通旅行圖. Zhongguo jiao tong lü xing tu. Transportation Tourist Map of China.‎

‎北京. Beijing.: 地图出版社.Di tu chu ban she. 1963. Large folding tourist map of Chinese transportation in colour four inset maps scale 1: 8000000 printed both sides with travel information on reverse. Stamp of a prior dealer in Guangzhou on reverse. Creases on corners occasional small holes along folds very lignt browning lower margin generally good. Text in Chinese. Sheet measures 53.8x 76.4cm. It was first published in 1957 and this map is the 2nd Edition 20th print published in 1963. The four inset maps feature regions of Hainan and surrounding islands Beijing and Tianjin region Shanghai Ningbo and Hangzhou Region and the national commercial airline route. <br>Transportation mileage tables including roads railways and inland waterways alongside general knowledge for travel via railways coaches commercial aeroplanes and cruisers. . 地图出版社.[Di tu chu ban she]. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 137007

‎[CHINA EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].‎

‎A Group of 6 Watercolours of Courtly Ladies at Leisure.‎

‎Canton 2nd half of 19th century. . Six watercolour and gouache studies on pith paper edged in turquoise silk ribbon and laid on paper; framed glazed and overall size: 27 x 39.4 x 2 cm.<br /> An exquisite group of interior scenes exclusively of noblewomen and ladies in waiting engaging in various genteel activities such as flower arranging painting poetry reading and writing surrounded by elegant Qing dynasty furniture and ornaments including unusual asymmetrical display cabinets exotic bird swings and porcelain vases all standing or sitting on elaborately patterned silk carpets.<br /><br />Pith seems not to have been adopted for painting until about 1820. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith often erroneously called 'rice paper' or 'mulberry pith' come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s.<br /><br />Pith presumably came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small inexpensive and easily transported souvenirs following the massive growth in the China Trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Paintings in oils on board and canvas were costly and difficult to carry home. Earlier and more prestigious export water-colours had often been on a larger scale and painted on fine Chinese paper or on paper imported from Europe. The albums of pith paintings and later the little glass-fronted boxes were inexpensive light easy to pack and gave the pictures some protection on the long voyage home. Because many were sold in albums and hence protected from the light they retain their bright colours to this day.<br /><br />Pith comes from the central column of spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera native to south-west China. It has had a variety of uses some going back many centuries. At the imperial court both men and women wore coloured flowers made from pith in their hair. For use in painting it is cut by hand with a knife into thin sheets from short lengths of the spongy tissue. Cutting is highly skilled and the constraints of the process mean that the finished sheets for painting seldom if ever measure more than about 30 by 20 cm. The sheets are dried trimmed and used for painting without any further processing.<br /><br />Because of the nature of pith and its cellular structure the gouache used by the Chinese sat on the surface and produced a bright and even sparkling effect. Very fine detail could be achieved but pith did not lend itself to the flat wash of colour favoured for European watercolours. <br /><br />Carl Crossman in his book The Decorative Arts of the China Trade originally published under the title The China Trade gives an excellent list of export painters with a note of those known to have painted on pith. These include Tingqua Sunqua and Youqua. From 1757 until 1842 Canton was the only Chinese port open to trade with the west and it is no surprise that of the eight studios identified by Crossman as producing works on pith six were in Canton. <br /><br />It seems that the 1830s and 1840s may have been the heyday of pith painting. The international trading bases the waterfront 'factories' on the 'Hongs' in Canton where they were produced were partially burnt during the First Opium War 1839-41 and totally destroyed in a fire of 1856. The foreign trading companies then moved to Honan and subsequently put up splendid new offices on reclaimed land at Shamian Island a little up river. As the result of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 additional Chinese ports were opened up for foreign trade and Hong Kong was established as a major trading centre. <br /><br />By 1860 references to China in the Illustrated London News plentiful three years earlier were few and far between. That is not to say that painting on pith ceased. Nicholas the second was given paintings on pith when he visited Canton in 1891 and the last Emperor is said to have sent him a gift which included pith paintings in 1907 though these could have been examples of much earlier work. <br /><br />Painters on pith did not in general sign their work the sole exception is Sunqua whose name can be found on the face of three paintings on pith. <br /><br />There are collections of paintings on pith in the Ashmolean the British Museum the Fitzwilliam the Hermitage the Peabody/Essex Museum in Massachusetts and the Hong Kong Museum of Art. However because paintings on pith are not in general regarded as fine art they are usually to be found in ethnographic or specialised collections.<br /> [Canton, 2nd half of 19th century]. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 94512

‎[CHINA EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].‎

‎Ceremonies with fantastic animals.‎

‎Canton 2nd half of 19th century. . A set of 10 watercolour and gouache studies on pith paper; one with a long horizontal closed tear. Contemporary red patterned silk binding; upper hinge broken and upper cover detached.<br /> <br />Pith seems not to have been adopted for painting until about 1820. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith often erroneously called "rice paper" or "mulberry pith" come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s.<br /><br />Pith presumably came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small inexpensive and easily transported souvenirs following the massive growth in the China Trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Paintings in oils on board and canvas were costly and difficult to carry home. Earlier and more prestigious export water-colours had often been on a larger scale and painted on fine Chinese paper or on paper imported from Europe. The albums of pith paintings and later the little glass-fronted boxes were inexpensive light easy to pack and gave the pictures some protection on the long voyage home. Because many were sold in albums and hence protected from the light they retain their bright colours to this day.<br /><br />Pith comes from the central column of spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera native to south-west China. It has had a variety of uses some going back many centuries. At the imperial court both men and women wore coloured flowers made from pith in their hair. For use in painting it is cut by hand with a knife into thin sheets from short lengths of the spongy tissue. Cutting is highly skilled and the constraints of the process mean that the finished sheets for painting seldom if ever measure more than about 30cms by 20cms. The sheets are dried trimmed and used for painting without any further processing.<br /><br />Because of the nature of pith and its cellular structure the gouache used by the Chinese sat on the surface and produced a bright and even sparkling effect. Very fine detail could be achieved but pith did not lend itself to the flat wash of colour favoured for European watercolours. <br /><br />Carl Crossman in his book The Decorative Arts of the China Trade originally published under the title The China Trade gives an excellent list of export painters with a note of those known to have painted on pith. These include Tingqua Sunqua and Youqua. From 1757 until 1842 Canton was the only Chinese port open to trade with the west and it is no surprise that of the eight studios identified by Crossman as producing works on pith six were in Canton. <br /><br />It seems that the 1830s and 1840s may have been the heyday of pith painting. The international trading bases the waterfront 'factories' on the 'Hongs' in Canton where they were produced were partially burnt during the First Opium War 1839-41 and totally destroyed in a fire of 1856. The foreign trading companies then moved to Honan and subsequently put up splendid new offices on reclaimed land at Shamian Island a little up river. As the result of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 additional Chinese ports were opened up for foreign trade and Hong Kong was established as a major trading centre. <br /><br />By 1860 references to China in the Illustrated London News plentiful three years earlier were few and far between. That is not to say that painting on pith ceased. Nicholas the second was given paintings on pith when he visited Canton in 1891 and the last Emperor is said to have sent him a gift which included pith paintings in 1907 though these could have been examples of much earlier work. <br /><br />Painters on pith did not in general sign their work the sole exception is Sunqua whose name can be found on the face of three paintings on pith. <br /><br />There are collections of paintings on pith in the Ashmolean the British Museum the Fitzwilliam the Hermitage the Peabody/Essex Museum in Massachusetts and the Hong Kong Museum of Art. However because paintings on pith are not in general regarded as fine art they are usually to be found in ethnographic or specialised collections.<br /> Canton, 2nd half of 19th century]. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 91713

‎[CHINA EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].‎

‎Nobility in Costumes.‎

‎Canton ca. 1860. . Album 29.5 x 21.5 cm with 12 watercolour and gouache on pith paper each laid on paper with a light blue ribbon; one a bit stained in brown. Contemporary binding of patterned brown paper; very rubbed.<br /> A lovely variety of Chinese official costumes in fine condition and bright colours.<br /><br />Pith seems not to have been adopted for painting until about 1820. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith often erroneously called "rice paper" or "mulberry pith" come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s.<br /><br />Pith presumably came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small inexpensive and easily transported souvenirs following the massive growth in the China Trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Paintings in oils on board and canvas were costly and difficult to carry home. Earlier and more prestigious export water-colours had often been on a larger scale and painted on fine Chinese paper or on paper imported from Europe. The albums of pith paintings and later the little glass-fronted boxes were inexpensive light easy to pack and gave the pictures some protection on the long voyage home. Because many were sold in albums and hence protected from the light they retain their bright colours to this day.<br /><br />Pith comes from the central column of spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera native to south-west China. It has had a variety of uses some going back many centuries. At the imperial court both men and women wore coloured flowers made from pith in their hair. For use in painting it is cut by hand with a knife into thin sheets from short lengths of the spongy tissue. Cutting is highly skilled and the constraints of the process mean that the finished sheets for painting seldom if ever measure more than about 30cms by 20cms. The sheets are dried trimmed and used for painting without any further processing.<br /><br />Because of the nature of pith and its cellular structure the gouache used by the Chinese sat on the surface and produced a bright and even sparkling effect. Very fine detail could be achieved but pith did not lend itself to the flat wash of colour favoured for European watercolours. <br /><br />Carl Crossman in his book The Decorative Arts of the China Trade originally published under the title The China Trade gives an excellent list of export painters with a note of those known to have painted on pith. These include Tingqua Sunqua and Youqua. From 1757 until 1842 Canton was the only Chinese port open to trade with the west and it is no surprise that of the eight studios identified by Crossman as producing works on pith six were in Canton. <br /><br />It seems that the 1830s and 1840s may have been the heyday of pith painting. The international trading bases the waterfront 'factories' on the 'Hongs' in Canton where they were produced were partially burnt during the First Opium War 1839-41 and totally destroyed in a fire of 1856. The foreign trading companies then moved to Honan and subsequently put up splendid new offices on reclaimed land at Shamian Island a little up river. As the result of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 additional Chinese ports were opened up for foreign trade and Hong Kong was established as a major trading centre. <br /><br />By 1860 references to China in the Illustrated London News plentiful three years earlier were few and far between. That is not to say that painting on pith ceased. Nicholas the second was given paintings on pith when he visited Canton in 1891 and the last Emperor is said to have sent him a gift which included pith paintings in 1907 though these could have been examples of much earlier work. <br /><br />Painters on pith did not in general sign their work the sole exception is Sunqua whose name can be found on the face of three paintings on pith. <br /><br />There are collections of paintings on pith in the Ashmolean the British Museum the Fitzwilliam the Hermitage the Peabody/Essex Museum in Massachusetts and the Hong Kong Museum of Art. However because paintings on pith are not in general regarded as fine art they are usually to be found in ethnographic or specialised collections.<br /> Canton, ca. 1860]. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 90282

‎[CHINA HISTORY MUSEUM]. 中国历史博物馆 (EDITOR).‎

‎第二次鸦片战争形势图. Di er yapian zhanzheng xingshi tu. Situational Map of the Second Opium War.‎

‎Shanghai.: 地图出版社.Map Press. First Edition. 1980. Colourful folding educational wall map of China during the Second Opium War October 1956 - November 1860. Includes an inset at top left of the route that French and British invaders took in 1860 and a key at bottom right explains the dates of different invasion routes. Text boxes explain key events. Original wrapper repaired with cellotape and washi paper. Bottom right corner of map very slightly worn else in excellent bright crisp condition. 106 x 76cm. Text in simplified Chinese characters. . 地图出版社.[Map Press]. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 216702

‎[CHINA PHOTO ALBUM].‎

‎CHINA TRAVEL 1891-1903: USA PORT ARTHUR TIENTSIN SUZHOUHSI-KU CHEFOO HONO‎

‎China 1891-1903. Leather spine & corners over green cloth oblong: 33 x 24 cm.249 b.w. & 3 hand-colored photos firm clean & solidly bound all photos laid downmost with pencil captions & date. STUNNING COLLECTION OF EARLY IMAGES . . . ORIGINAL DATED 1891-1903 PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM . . . PLACES IN MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK U.S. EAST COAST HAWAII . . . CHINA MANCHURIA &c. . THE PHOTOS: The album contains various sizes & types of photos for the most part they are either silver-gelatin types or glossy finish most are black & white finish with a few hand-colored. All photos are laid down. Size in centimeters range from the smallest: 2.8 x 4.2 cm to the largest: 28 x 21 cm. There are 249 various kinds of photo processed black & whites and 3 hand-colored Japanese photos in all. . PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS BY PAGE NUMBERS PENCILED IN UPPER CORNERS 52 PAGES IN ALL: . Most with pencil captions & some with dates: . 1. 1 Photo: THE "STARS & STRIPES" photo of the U.S. Flag . 8 x 8 cm. . 2. & 3. Pictures of 2 lions 2 horse not photos clips from . unknown source. . 4. 2 Photos: most likely around the Massachusetts area: a. Tipped over house. "After the storm Atlantic Coast U.S.A. b. Beached ship. "After the storm Atlantic coast U.S.A." . 16.5 x 11.5 cm. . 5. 2 Photos: a. U.S.A. General Putnam's house. Revolutionary War . Rutland Mass.16.5 x 11.5 cm. b. U.S.A. Birch grove in the Adirondacks New York 16.5 x . 11.5 cm. . 6. & 7. 2 Photos all the same size. a. PORT ARTHUR CHINA 1900 16.5 x 11.5 cm. b. ditto c. ditto d. ditto . 8. 4 Photos: oval square round a. Claude L. Hall Roxbury 1899 cutout portrait5.5 x 5.5 cm b. Douglas Huntington New York 1900 2.3 x 3.5 cm. oval c. Capt. Hatch U.S.S. New Orleans 3 x 4.2 cm. square d. Susie A. Nye Sugamore U.S.A. albumen type 9.5 cm. roun e. Gertrude E. Spurr 1899. Melrose 4.2 x 7.2 cm. square . 9. 4 Photos: all oval cut outs albumen types. a. Charles S. Fuller Cambridge 1891 8 x 11.2 cm. b. E. Gertrude Dymond 91 Roxbury size ditto c. Alice J. Raymond Cambridge 1891 size ditto d. Gertrude E. Spurr Boston 1891 size ditto . 10. 3 Photos: a. Mama at Leomuslir U.S.A. May 1903 5.4 x 8 cm. b. Mrs. Caleb Saundres of Lawrence U.S.A. and her tiny lap . dog 1903 10 x 18 cm. c. Massachusetts U.S.A. Shows 4 horse-team buggy with . riders. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. . 11. 9 Photos:Aboard Steamship Heading to China actually 3: a. Captain Patterson of the China Merchants Steamship . Navigation Company 4 & 4 photos per print 7 in all of . him 10.8 x 4.3 & 5.8 x 4/3 cm. b. Hsing Fung in Chinese waters: captions for each of the . 4 people: Mrs. Nye Mrs. Roller Captain Patterson . Captain Roller on board 1902 8.4 x 8.3 cm. c. 4 people: Captain Patterson Mrs. Roller Captain Roller . Dr. Nye China on board C.M. Hsing Fun 19028.4 x 8.3 cm . 12. 3 Tientsin Photos: a. Coolies carrying wool Tientsin. 1902 8.4 x 8.3 cm. . b. Hoisting sail on Chinese boat Island canal Tientsin . 1901 8.4 x 8.3 cm. c. Tientsin Posing for their picture 1903 8.4 x 8.3 cm. . 13. 4 Tientsin Photos: a. Chinese kids fishing Tientsin 1903 8.4 x 8.3 cm. b. Our tennis orator Tientsin 1902 10 x 14.2 cm. c. Chinese soldiers on Chinese ponies Tientsin 1903 10 x . 14.2 cm. d. Chinese kids Tientsin 1902 9 x 6 cm. . 14. 6 Photos: a. Harry S. Nye Los Angeles Ca. Sept.16 1900 11.8 x 2.4 . cm. 6 views. b. Edwin H. Jose Jr. 1898 Whiteface N.H. c. U.S.A. Horvace F. Cooks & Joto Leominster Mass. 1902 . 5.5 x 8.3 cm. d. Ellen R. Nye Sagamore Bach 1899 5.5 x 8.3 cm. e. Harold J. Cook Alice L Jose Grace P. Cook Susan C. . Will Leominster Mass U.S.A. 1898 8.5 x 8 cm. f. Jor Leominster Mass U.S.A. 1902 83 x 55 cm. . 15. 5 Tientsin Photos all the same size: a. 1902 Mrs. Daniel B. Nye Tientsin China riding . rickshaw 8.5 x 8 cm. cm. b. One corner of our home Tientsin China 1902 Rue de . France. c. 1902 Dr. Daniel B. Nye Tientsin China riding rickshaw. d. Rue de France 1902 our home Tientsin China. e. Rue de France 1902 our home Tientsin China. . 16. 4 Tientsin Photos: a. Mary Allen as "Old Lady who Lived in the shoe" at church . of England's fair Tientsin China 1902 13.7 x 9.3 cm. b. A typical Chinese temple pagoda 8.5 x 8 cm. cm. c. At the mouth of a pottery kiln China 1902 ditto size. d. Children who took part in the Church of England fair at . Tientsin China 1912 13.7 x 9.3 cm. . 17. 1 Large Tientsin photo: a. Tientsin China 1904 photo of 14 foreign women each . dressed in the same kind of dress similar to 15 a "old . lady who lived in a shoe" 27.5 x 21.5 cm. . 18. 5 Mass. Photos first 4 faded: a. Witch house Salem Mass. U.S.A. 11.5 x 9.2 cm. b. House in which was born a famous witch Ann Hutchinson . Dainero Mass U.S.A. 11.5 x 9.2 cm. c. Edwin H. Jose Jr. Cambridge Mass U.S.A. 4.5. x 10 cm. d. Old Fort Sewall Marblehead Mass. U.S.A. 9.7 x 9.5 cm. e. Cutout portrait Ellen Nye Crowell Sagamore Mass. . U.S.A. 5 x 4.5 cm. . 19. 4 China Photos all the same size.: a. Dr. Drake rowing Major O'Brian washing boat Grand . Canal China 1902 8.5 x 8 cm. b. Speaks for itself. c. Mrs. D.B. Nye Grand Canal China sampan 1902 d. A yard of roses Hsi-Ku China 1902. . 20. 1 Large Chefoo photo: a. Chefoo China from Temple hill. Panoramic view of the . city 1903 20 x 14.7 cm. . 21. 4 Galesburg Il. Photos all same size; a. Uncle Alpheus' house at Galesburg Illinois 12 x 9.5 cm. b. Willard Dean New years' Day 1902 Galesburg U.S.A. c. At aunt Lizzie's Galesburg Aug. 1901. d. Uncle Alpheus & Aunt Lizzie in the library 1901 . 22. 2 Chefoo China Photos: a. Chow time at Deaf & Dup school Chefoo China9.7 x 7 cm. b. Mrs. Mills teaching sound to the deaf & dumb children . Chefoo China 1902 size ditto. . 23. 4 PHOTOS; HONOLULU & MT. PLEASANT MASS.: a. Leaving Honolulu H.T.on Hong Kong Maru 19018.5 x 8 cm b. Mama. Mt Pleasant St. Cambridge Mass 1903 12 x 9.5 cm. c. Mamma Mt Pleasant St. Cambridge Mass 1903 12 x 9.5 cm. d. Leaving Honolulu H.T.8.5 x 8 cm. cm. . H.T. means Hawaiian Territory now commonly called "T.H. . 24. 1 China Photo: a. The old Cedar Grove at the Ming Tombs Trees 300 years . old June 1903. China 9.7 x 7 cm. . 25. Three Naukow Pass China photos all same size: a. A laden camel caravan passing through Naukow Pass to . Kalgan June 1903 9.7 x 7 cm. b. Mr. Westerdorf and a caravan at rest at a hamlet in the . Naukow Pass June 1903. c. A difficult road Through Naukow Pass June 1903 Boy on a . Donkey. . 26. 4 Photos of Japan all same size: a. Japan 1901 Hakone Lake 13.3 x 9 cm. b. Japan 1901 Yumoto hand colored. c. Fujiya Miyanoshita hand colored c. Miyanoshita Japan 1901 hand colored 2 left corners . torn away. . 27. 6 Photos of Chefoo China: a. En route to Temple Hill Chefoo China 1903 she is . being carried by two coolies ca. 8 x 6 cm. b. Qu Lieuws Ryukyu Mud World 1902 4.5 x 5.8 cm. c. Same caption as b ca. 8 x 6 cm. d. Same caption as a ca. 8 x 6 cm. e. Chefoo Harbor in the background 1903 ca. 8 x 6 cm. d. same caption as e ca. 8 x 6 cm. . 28. 5 Peking & near Peking China photos: a. Mr. Westerdorf ready to start from the inn at . Tschong-ping-Jir June 1903 9.7 x 7 cm. b. Peking from drum tower looking toward the Forbidden City . ditto size c. Mr. Westerdorf on Rice Road Techong-ping-jir June 1903 . ditto size. d. Queen's Hotel at Wei-hai-Wei August 1903 oval 6.2 x . 6.8 cm. e. The main street and South Gate with bell in it . Tschong-ping-Jir June 1903 9.7 x 7 cm. . 29. 4 Peking China Photos 1903. all same size 9.7 x 7 cm.: a. A whole in the Great Wall at Pa li-ling June. b. Native bridge near Sehah-ho-chow on the way to the Great . Wall from Peking June. c. The main entrance to the largest Ming Tombs June. d. 3000 years old stones at Confucius Temple Peking 1903. . 30-38 A series of 10 RARE original photos of the YAO people and other views of northwestern "Kwangtung Guangdong area 9 of 10 are large size: 19 x 14 cm. dated 1903. . The American visitors go to see the native Yao people in their primitive villages and environs. . Excellent ethnographic examples clear fine RARE images. . a. Family scene in primitive mud-brick hut thatched roof dirt poor but in native home-spun embroidered & stitched clothing. Grandma & another woman wears the traditional "Bow" elaborate hair dress. With a long caption: "A group of Yao people Kwantung province." . b. "Dwelling house of the Yao people made of bamboo & grass." Thatched hut in the rocky hillside wilderness. . c. Terraced cultivated hillsides in the Yao peoples country." d. Yao woman and her son working in the tea fields." . c. "Rain clothing worn by the Chinese in Kwantung.bamboo hats grass capes and skirts." Shows two river craft. . 36. "Wall washed away at time of cloud burst at Chefoo-China July 1903" 8.5 x 6.5 cm. . Continue with large format photos 19 x 14 cm. dated 1903 of northwest northern part of Kwangtung: . 37. "In the northern part of Kwantung province nearly every village has a large house beside the village which is intended as a place of retreat for the villages in attack by robbers. fort house." . 38. "Temple Dr. Drake lived in for a short time." . 39. Return to the first format: 4 China photos 1903: a. "Chinese beggar at Chefoo" 7 x 9 cm. b. "Typical entrance to Chinese Temples" Peking 14.5 x 10 . cm. c. "View of Chefoo North China" ditto size. d. "Temple built to the Gods by a young Chinese who vowed to . built of if the Gods would cure him of sickness 100 mile . from Peking" 7 x 9 cm. . 40. 4 Photos of USA: a. The U.S.S. Olympia going down the Hudson River to . anchor after saluting at Grant's tomb During the Dewey . celebrations. The U.S.S. Chicago behind her. USA. Compose . of 2 separate but adjoining photostogether:16.8 x 12 cm . b. Blanch Jewel Boston U.S.A. 1891 outline photo 3 x 8 . cm. 1891. c. Mr. ad Mrs. Caleb Saunders Laurence Mass. 7 x 12.5 cm. . An elaborately dressed couple. . 41. 3 Famous Forbidden city Peking China photos all the . same size: 9.8 x 8 cm.: a. Dr. Westerdorf at one of the gates to Confucius Temple. b. Sacred stone dragon Confucius Temple c. Mr. Westerdorf and 'boy" under the Marble Arch of Llama . Temple Peking. . 42. 6 Photos Sagamore Mass. & Honolulu 1901: a. "Our Home" Sagamore Mass. 8.5 x 7.5 cm. b. 1900 Falls at Newton Mass. round photo: 7.8 x 8 cm. c. Honolulu Hawaii 1901 8 x 5 cm. d. Our barn Sagamore Mass. 8 x 5 cm. e. "Winchester U.S.A. duds" shows 3 kids 1 in American . Indian dress the others cowboy "duds" 4.5 x 6 cm. f. Mr. Stowell leaving 1901 Honolulu 8.5 x 6.5 cm. . 43. 3 Photos Tientsin China 1902 all 8.5 x 6.5 cm.: a. "Rue de France: Dr. Nye in his Tientsin office Mr. . Roding in the dental chair." b. Daniel Butler Nye DDS in his office at Tientsin. c. Dest in Rue de France office. . 44. 5 Photos aboard ship in China all 8.5 x 6.5 cm.1901: . corners clipped: a. Lt. Morgan asleep in his bunk on U.S.S. Monocacy Tanku b. Drill aboard U.S.S. Monocacy Tangku c. U.S.S. Monocacy leaving dry dock Tongku d. " " ditto e. " " " . 45. 5 China Photos of the U.S.S. Moncacy Tongku 1901 a. Captain Roller of the U.S.S. Monocacy 8.5 x 6.5 cm. b. Mrs. Roller " " " ditto c. U.S.S. Monocacy leaving dry dockTongku faded7.5 x 6.5 d. ditto above e. ditto above not faded same size . 46. 6 China Tientsin & U.S.A. photos 1902-03: a. Part of front room at Rue de France 1902 8.5 x 6.5 cm. b. Mama on Amb. Emmuii's Piazzco Leominster Mass 1903 . 5.5 x 8 cm. c. "Ah Chin" in dining room Rue de France 6.6 x 4.8 cm. d. Corner of front room at Rue de France 19024.2 x 8.2 cm. e. Round photo "Enjoying Kipling 1902 4 x 4.5 cm. f. Side board in dining room at Rue de France 8.5 x 6.5 cm. . 47. 8 Blue pictures of photos of family & friends. . 48. 2 Photos of Peking & Shanghai China: a. Temple in which the Emperor was imprisoned . Empress Dowager Peking 1900 14.5 x 10 cm. by the b. Chinese pagoda Shanghai ca. 9 x 12 cm. . 49. blank . 50. 6 Photos of Tientsin China: a. Grand StandTientsin Race Club in Race Way 19027.8 x 5. b. Japanese Temple 8.5 x 11 cm. c. Hsi Shan Terrace Tongshan 1903 Residence of Me and . Mrs. G.B. Wikow 12 x 9.5 cm. d. French market Tientsin 1902 8.7 x 3 cm. e. Chinese children Tientsin 1902 2.5 x 4 cm. . 51. 3 Photos of China: a. Old tombs in interior of China. Where a man became old and useless he would have this tomb built around him with only small opening at top where his family put in food each day until he died. 15 x 10 cm.Korean penciled above this . b. Making pottery Tientsin 1902 9.7 x 7 cm. c. Blind musician Chefoo 1903 9 x 10.5 cm. . 52. 4 China Photos. a. God of Transmigration In Buddhist Hall breaking the bones of wicked Chinese on the Wheel of torture by the Monkey King 15 x 10.5 cm. . b. Rear view of the 'steam roller' making roads Tientsin . 1902 7.5 x 6 cm. c. Chinese prisoners going for trial British concession . Tientsin 1902 7 x 8.5 cm. d. Photo of Boxer placard 1900 15 x 10.5 cm. . End of photo album. . A rough list of names places dates &c. in order of appearance: . 1900 Los Angeles Sept. 151900: Harry S. Nye 1898 Whiteface N.H. Edwin H. Jose Jr. 1898 Mass. Horace F. cook Alice F. Jose Grace P. Cook Samuel C. Willard Leominster Mass. 1902 Horvath F. Cook and "Joe" dog Leominster Mass. 1902 "Joe" Leominster Mass. 1898 Ellen R. Ne Sagamore Beach Tientsin 1902-1903 . OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTEREST: PHOTOS OF YAO PEOPLE: . The album contains 5 superb images large size: 19.5 x 14 cm. illustrating the Yao minority in native costume their hand-made dwellings terraced rice paddy sea-worthy vessels tea fields &c. Each with lengthy pencil caption dated 1903 documenting Yao living in Kwantung province. Located in southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula near Port Arthur Manchuria. . About the Yao nationality its great majority branch is also known as Mien or Pinyin: Yáo zú; and as "Ngui Dao" in Vietnamese. They form one of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China where they reside in the mountainous terrain of the southwest and south. They also form one of the 54 ethnic groups officially recognized by Vietnam. In the last census in 2000 they numbered 2637421 in China and roughly 470000 in Vietnam. . Origins of the Yao Iu-Mien can be traced back 2000 years ago starting in Hunan Province. . The Yao people were among the rebels during the Miao Rebellions Ming Dynasty along with the Miao people against the Ming dynasty. . Around 1890 the Guangdong government started taking action against Yao in northwestern Guangdong. . Emigration from the late 1800s to early 19th century the Yao migrated into Thailand Vietnam and the highlands of Laos. The migration was agitated by the opium trade said by the Chinese government. But The Iu Mien say all the emigration was because of the Chinese taking their land. . A group of 61000 people on the island of Hainan speak the Yao language Kim Mun 139000 speakers of Kim Mun live in other parts of China Yunnan and Guangxi and 174500 live in Laos and Vietnam. . Color photos are posted to our website. . CONDITION: THE IMAGES: The photographs are for the most part very clear vivid most little or no fading saying that there are a few each noted that are faded. There are 3 hand-colored Japanese images. Naturally there is some of the typical fading of some of the photos depending on the process. By and large overall an excellent examples. . Prior to coming to us there was a small number of photos extracted from the album the above list and count are accurate for what is present. . The captions are original in pencil in some places for better understanding we added "." to capture the creator's affect or to separate our comments. . THE ALBUM: The album has red 3/4 leather binding the spine is neatly re-backed the corners also neatly replaced with matching leather with gold-stamped cover title: "PHOTOGRAPHIEN" & spine title: "CHINA 1900-1903." . The balance of the covers are in green cloth which has gold rule lines with cover title: "Photographien" most likely of German/Austrian origin ca. 1880-90's vintage. . Album pages are solidly cloth hinged firm and serviceable there are no stains or other obtrusive marks inside. . There are a few lower right page corners rubbed chipped a few broken away typical for an item 120 years old. . BIBLIOGRAPHY: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_people . . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 41046101

‎[CHINA PICTORIAL - REFORM AND OPENING UP].‎

‎China Pictorial.‎

‎Beijing.: China Pictorial. 1985. Six issues from 1985. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations throughout to accompany articles 44pp. Minor wear extremities pictorial wrappers all in very good condition. Text in English. 37 x 26cm. Includes issues numbers 1 2 3 6 7 and 8. <br> <br>Articles include: Ye Jianying - An Eminent Army Commander Takins in China Egrets and Herons Pelicans Xinjiang Pioneers A Town in the Gobi 'Life' - a Feature Film Important Discoveries at Xia Ruins Ancient Capital of the Shang Dynasty Tianshan Mountains Glacial Station China's First Research Base in Antarctica A Scientific Survey of the Southern Ocean Tianjin Matteo Ricci and His Autumn of Beijing Suburbs. . China Pictorial. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 217468

‎[China Publishing Workers Association]‎

‎中国出版年鉴 / Zhongguo chu ban nian jian = China publishing year book 2000‎

‎Beijing: Zhongguo Chuban Gongzuo Zhe Xiehui; Zhongguo Chuban Nianjian She 2000. Large 8vo pp. 2 xviii 808; 62 pages of full-color inserts; text in Chinese; full red cloth; edges lightly foxed text clean near fine. Zhongguo Chuban Gongzuo Zhe Xiehui; Zhongguo Chuban Nianjian She unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 65735

‎[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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 217587

‎[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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 217575

‎[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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 146680

‎[China Sports Magazine]‎

‎Simplified Ã’TaijoquanÓ‎

‎Beijing: Peoples' Sports Publishing House 1999. revised edition. New book. small octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 123pp. text ills. Peoples' Sports Publishing House unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 140284

‎[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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17131

‎[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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 218811

‎[CHINA.‎

‎Collection of photographs.‎

‎1908 - 14. . 102 photographs size range from 8 x 6 cm to 11 x 16 cm including 2 with stamps of Lai Chong studio on reverse some inscribed in German; margins chipped some with creases several images faded. <br /> A collection of photographs recording German presence in China and Japan in the years 1908 – 1914. <br /><br />Decades before WWI Germany competed with other industrialised nations to acquire colonies and create "spheres of influence" in the non-European areas interfering in the Chinese domestic affairs. <br />In the wake that followed the murder of two German missionaries in 1898 Chinese government agreed to lease the territory of Tsingtao to Germany as a colony for the period of 99 years in order to appease the German government. Consequently the Germans began to assert their influence across the rest of the province of Shandong. They built the city and port of Tsingtao which became the base of the German Navy's East Asia Squadron that operated in support of German territories in the Pacific.<br /><br />When the WWI erupted in summer 1914 Japan issued an ultimatum ordering the German government to withdraw their warships from Chinese and Japanese waters and transfer control over Tsingtao to Japan. When the ultimatum expired Japan began a bombardment of the port on 2 September 1914. Britain wary of Japanese intentions in the region decided to send troops to assist the Japanese and to keep a watchful eye upon proceedings. The Germany garrison held out for over two months before finally surrendering on 7 November 1914 and handing over the port three days later. The surrender of Tsingtao marked the end of the Germans in China and was a great morale booster to the Japanese.<br /><br />Several photographs show SS Patricia a passenger liner built in 1899 in Germany for the Hamburg-America Packet Steamship Company. In 1914 during WWI she was chartered to the German Government who used it as a troop transport to Tsingtao.<br /> 1908 - 14. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 88017