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[CHINA.
The Cemetery Hong Kong.
c.1880. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition printed label.<br /> <br /> c.1880]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 81700
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[CHINA.
Watercolour Album. Sixty-four illustrations of Chinese cultural life its flora and avian fauna.
Circa 1800. . Watercolour album; folio 55 x 37.5 cm; 64 watercolour illustrations heightened in white featuring tradesmen 23 flowers 17 and bird and flower 24 subjects on pith paper sheet size: approx. 41 x 31.5 cm each laid down on thick grey paper tissue guards endpapers watermarked 'B E & S 1815'; an exceptional green morocco binding by George Mullen of Dublin with his ticket the panels elaborately tooled in gilt and blind in a Celtic Cross design spine gilt in six compartments all edges gilt inside dentelles gilt endpapers with gilt vine borders minor rubbing to joints and extremities internally clean throughout.<br /> A remarkable collection of sixty-four fine large-format Chinese watercolours with subjects depicting tradesmen flowers and images combining both birds and flowers in an exceptional green morocco binding elaborately tooled in gilt and blind with a Celtic Cross design by the Irish bookbinder George Mullen. <br /><br />Designed for the export market the watercolours offer a fascinating glimpse into Chinese cultural life during the Imperial Qing Dynasty. Trades and occupations depicted include wok mender fortune teller fishmonger tailor woman and monkey performer tobacco cutter meat vendor clog maker silk spinner puppet show metal worker lantern maker medicine vendor rice grinder umbrella maker toy maker grocer and embroiderer. <br /><br />Similar paintings by the Canton Guangzhou artist Pu-Qúa fl.1780-1810 formed the basis of the 60 engravings illustrating George Henry Mason's The Costume of China published in 1804 and John Dadley produced stipple engravings after Pu-Qúa's originals which were published by William Miller in 1799. The remainder of the album is given over to the flora and avian fauna of the far east including Chinese golden pheasants framed within a naturalistic setting blossom-headed parakeets woodcocks varieties of orchid rose and jasmine. <br /><br />In an exceptional green morocco binding by George Mullen fl.1800-1850 who was one of the most pre-eminent booksellers publishers and binders operating in Ireland at the turn of the nineteenth century. From his Dublin studio he experimented with a variety of styles using gilt and blind tooling to great effect on morocco russia and calf. Records show he ran a business of considerable size counting the Marquess of Sligo among his clients. His work is identifiable here by his ticket which is neatly pasted to the upper left corner of the front free endpaper verso. Later he was joined in business by his son George and John and Thomas Mullen are also listed as Dublin bookbinders in the directories of the time.<br /> Circa 1800]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107536
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[CHINA.
Watercolour Album depicting deities and immortals from Chinese folk religion.
Early nineteenth century. . Album 24.5 x 13.5 cm; 70 watercolours on paper many heightened with gold MS inscriptions to each watercolour MS title in Traditional Chinese to endpaper ownership inscription in pen to pastedown; orange endpapers cloth boards cover detached ff coming detached from spine housed in a modern green calf-backed solander box spine lettered in gilt.<br /> A fine collection of Qing dynasty watercolours depicting deities and immortals from Chinese folk religion incorporating elements from Confucianism Buddhism and Taoism. Each image caption in manuscript in Traditional Chinese.<br /> Early nineteenth century]. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 86939
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14634
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[China; Chiang, Mei-ling Soong (Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek)]
I Confess My Faith. Pamphlet
New York: Joint Division of Education and Cultivation Board of Missions and Church Extension The Methodist Church 1943. Paperback. Printed pamphlet issued by the Methodist Church in New York in 1943 most likely in conjunction with Madame Chiang's triumphant speaking tour of the United States which was informally coordinated by the White House. The preface reviews the history of the Soong family from "Charles" Soong a cabin boy on a ship and later Methodist preacher and missionary and biographies of his six children. 3 1/2 x 6 1/4" 12pp pamphlet with printed card covers in gray red blue and black with an image of Mme. Chiang and the flag of Taiwan. Some light marking at top of wrapper otherwise very good condition. Joint Division of Education and Cultivation Board of Missions and Church Extension, The Methodist Church paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 22014
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27355
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[China; Japan; Asano, M.]
Photograph album of the Manchukuo Imperial Army by M. Asano
1950. Photography. Good overall. An unusual photo album filled with b&w pre-WWII Manchukuo Imperial Army photographs most likely from Northern China or Manchuria to 1950 shots in Japan. Images are primarily casual snapshots of army buddies with their dogs military groups at attention and in formation some formal photos of military leaders some of a Japanese home a 4 shot series of Geisha girls posing outside with 'bubble captions' overhead in Japanese a splitback postcard of Public Park Ohmotodani Itsukushima a studio photo of a woman and two children in formal Japanese dress a snapshot of a young Japanese woman in Western clothing then the same woman in Japanese dress a used postcard of an Asian female dance troupe in coordinating dress holding hands with a sign 'go MACUS.SHOW" behind them. Interestingly the album cover is titled in pen in English "Photographs. Belongs to M. Asano" There was a Col. Asano Takashi part of the Manchukuo Imperial Army in 1936 so possibly this was a relation. <br /> <br /> 7 x 9 3/4" paper board covers taped at one long edge as binding. Paper pages with primarily tipped in casual snapshots postcards a few formal photos varying in size 3.25 x 2.5" 8 4.25 x 3" 5 5.75 x 4.5" 14 6.25 x 4.5 1. Covers dusty spine chipped but holding interior pages some torn some photos detached but present. Photos in very good condition. Front cover has printed WWI German battle scene illustration laid down last interior page has a similar illustration. 25 photo pages out of 44 pp total. An interesting perspective of the Japanese military in Northern China. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23952
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[China; Macao] Heine, Wilhelm
Chinese Temple Macao
Philadelphia: P. S. Duval 1856. Very good condition. A view of the important Chinese Temple in Macao taken from the water with a junk in the foreground and many sampans & junks moored in front of it with visitors and temple flags waving. This lithograph 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 1/2" P. S. Duval unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26326
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23520
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[China; Photography] Young, R. Y.
Canton: American Stereoscopic Company view of Canton
New York: American Stereoscopic Co 1900. Good condition. Fascinating sepia stereo card showing many small boats and junks in a Canton canal working their way toward the harbor. Entitled "Wilderness of floating houses Shameen Canal China". <br /> <br /> Shameen is an island in Canton which was an important trade port divided into concessions for the French and British and home to thousands of boat people.<br /> <br /> Images on pale pink card stock. American Stereoscopic Co unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24735
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19996
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[China; Photography]
Primitive Lumber Sawing in Peiping China
Meadville PA: Keystone View Company 1937. Fine. Stereoview card Image # 23980 of two men sawing lumber by hand. Full description on verso. Also identified by number T539 on front center.<br /> <br /> Stereoview card with two real photographs mounted on gray stock curved mounts with captions and text on verso the images are dark and sharp. The Keystone View Company which became the major worldwide publisher of stereoviews after 1920 was founded in 1892 and created an "Education Department" which produced instructive cards with images and text pertaining to industry commerce politics and cultures around the world.<br /> <br /> 7 x 3 1/2 Keystone View Company unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28266
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[China; Photographs]
Real photo postcards of the Xinhà i Gémìng Xinhai Revolution of 1911 Taken by an American
1911. Photography. A group of 13 vernacular photographs printed on postcards taken in 1911 by an American who was involved in supporting the Xinhai Revolution of 1911. The postcards are all annotated on the verso and give a picture of US involvement in San Francisco Yokohama and Canton. <br /> <br /> Two postcards illustrate the ties with Japan. One is a photo of a group of six Japanese in Western clothing including a young woman in a large open touring car with the annotation "This picture was taken in front of the Clift sic House Aug. 20 1911. " Cliff house was a prominent hotel in San Francisco. At this time the U.S. Navy was entertaining the Japanese training squadron in San Francisco. Another card shows two American men in rickshaws "Jinrikshas in Yokohama Japan". We presume that these men were the American naval attachés or diplomats. <br /> <br /> The other 11 images are taken in Canton and two are related to the "72 Martyrs" that were beheaded. The annotations on the verso read:<br /> "Martyrs" who were beheaded by orders of Imperial Government for part they took in destroying the Viceroy's office 4/27/11. Soldiers are lined up on opposite side of pond just below people standing on embankment.; <br /> 11/19/11 Soldiers Rebels & sympathizers holding religious services at the graves of 72 "martyrs" buried in Canton cemetery. These were beheaded by orders of Imperial Govt. for party they took in destroying the Viceroy's office - 4/27/11. <br /> The rest are views of Canton-<br /> Canton River sampans & S. S. Wilmington in the distance American Gun boat;<br /> English Bridge Shameen to Canton a sign advertising "Yuen Hang Boulanger Canton" hangs to the right of the bridge; <br /> French Bridge Shameen to Canton this rather poor film; <br /> "One of the Bravest" on Shameen - looking up Central Ave. a soldier with a white domed hat and white puttees; <br /> Another view of the English Bridge Shameen to Canton; <br /> The American Consul's residence & office; <br /> Rear entrance to American consul's office - building on right used by the consul's coolies. Dr. Swan of Canton Hospital in his private sedan chair; <br /> along the Bund of Kook Four a suburb of Canton; <br /> View from the French Concession of Shameen looking towards Canton & near "French" Bridge.<br /> <br /> The Xinhai Revolution pinyin: Xinhà i Gémìng also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911 was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty the Qing dynasty and established the Republic of China ROC. The revolution consisted of many revolts and uprisings. The turning point was the Wuchang uprising on 10 October 1911 which was the result of the mishandling of the Railway Protection Movement. The revolution ended with the abdication of the six-year-old Last Emperor Puyi on 12 February 1912 that marked the end of 2000 years of imperial rule and the beginning of China's early republican era. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen led the Xinhai Revolution to victory in 1911. <br /> <br /> The Republic of China in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China on the mainland both consider themselves the legitimate successors to the Xinhai Revolution and honor the ideals of the revolution including nationalism republicanism modernization of China and national unity. 10 October is commemorated in Taiwan as Double Ten Day the National Day of the ROC. In mainland China Hong Kong and Macau the day is celebrated as the Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. Wikipedia. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24937
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25959
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25847
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15037
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[CHINA]
Album of 12 Gouaches on Chinese professions and life
<p>1 vol 4to 250 x 205 mm of: 14 ff including 2 blanks and 12 ink and gouache paintings on paper rare soiling or stains very fresh colors.<br />Vintage accordion-fold boards covered with blue red and white japon dominoté paper with geometric and floral motifs. Wear and tear.<br />Pretty album containing 12 gouaches on paper depicting various trades and scenes of life in China towards the end of the Qing period the imperial dynasty that ruled the country for nearly three centuries from 1644 to 1912. This type of album produced in Canton was destined for export to Europe where it was particularly appreciated. Scenes depicted: waiter masseur water carrier potter fish merchant blind musicians horticulturist buffalo riders travelers taking their meals portraitist.<br />Perfectly preserved in its original condition.</p>
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6162
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24472
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[China]
Anglo-Chinese Chemical Dictionary.
Printed in Hong Kong. 1981 Reprint. 8vo 1222pp. Hardcover green publisher's cloth gilt ex cond. Alphabetical English listing with equivalent Chinese characters. Printed in Hong Kong. 1981 (Reprint) hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 32023
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[China]
Chinese Calligraphy. China and the Chinese
Taipei: China Publishing Co. 1976. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good copy. 6 pp. on 1 folded sheet. Illus. with b/w reproductions. Sm. 4to. China and the Chinese. Part o a series of small brochures on aspects of Chinese art and culture. China Publishing Co. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 39274
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19941
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19943
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19940
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19840
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[China]
Greetings from Tientsin. N. China". New Year's card with silvertone photograph of Zhiyuan Pagoda in Beining Park
1906. Very good condition. English language New Year's card from Tientsin or Tianjin a northern Chinese city one of the five "national central cities" of the People's Republic of China. The card features a black and white photograph of the botanical garden known as Beining Park built in 1906 and located to the east of the North Railway station. Twenty nine arched bridges link ponds and pavilions throughout the park whose main feature is the 244 foot tall Zhiyuan Pagoda. <br /> Message in green embossed font at front cover of card; greeting message in green font and signed from "Geo. Yurasko". White embossed floral patterned card stock; internally traces of green ribbon originally used to attach card to its cover. 4 x 6" unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17852
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18192
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23348
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[China]
Merrill's Toys A Peep at the Old World. Primer
Concord NH: Merriam and Merrill 1853. Wraps. Children's primer with wood block illustrations and descriptions of the peoples of the world including 'Chinese Flower Seller' 'People of Siam' 'People of Japan' and 'Hindoo sic Idols'. Verso of title page has an illustration of Chinese children with their toys. and the first story describing China as where 'we obtain tea silk and fine muslin.' 16mo 24pp b&w ills throughout. Yellow decorative and printed paper wraps with title in black within ornately decorated black border with sewn binding. Covers slt dusty and worn. Internally some signs of child's scribbles inside front and rear covers light fox spotting internally split at spine repaired with archival tape o/w good . OCLC: 80291556. Merriam and Merrill paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14254
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[China]
Mountaineering in China
Foreign Languages Press 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1965 presumed first edition. Oversized paperback in VG- condition; color fade lower corner of front cover minor edge wear. 9 x 10.25 in. unpaginated. Well-illustrated accounts of climbs on Minya Konka Mustagh Ata Shule Mountain Jolmo Lungma Everest Amne Machin & Shisha Pangma. Foreign Languages Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5527
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[CHINA]
Pair of Chinese export watercolours of architectural "Views of China
Canton Guangzhou workshop 1810. Watercolour and opaque body-colour with ink on thick chinese paper depicitng 1. A Temple Compound and 2. An Imperial Pleasure Garden. Sheet size: 16 1/8 x 22 inches. An exceptional pair of Chinese export watercolours rich in architectural detail exemplifying the pictorial conventions developed to frame China for European eyes.<br/> <br/> A fine pair of large-scale architectural fantasy views produced in a Canton workshop for the export trade at the height of the China Trade period. The compositions exemplify the hybrid artistic language developed for Western patrons by Chinese painters trained in native techniques yet attuned to foreign tastes for picturesque and monumental subjects. The first painting depicts a two-courtyard Buddhist or Taoist temple approached through a three-bay shan-men ceremonial gateway flanked symmetrically by drum and bell towers. A painted screen wall in the inner court displays guardian deities in brilliant red while the gilded Buddha presides from an elevated rear hall. The temples architecture is stylized but evocative of southern Chinese religious compounds. Above the gateway a plaque bears brush-written characters reading "Beautiful Hall of Profound Reverence" a fictive name likely invented by the workshop for decorative effect rather than to identify a specific site. The second painting shows a walled palace complex centered around a multi-tiered pavilion rising from a lotus pond filled with sculptural rocks and pleasure boats. Dragon grottoes stone causeways and ornamental bridges evoke the fantastical terrain of imperial parks such as the Yuanmingyuan rendered here in a compressed stage-set perspective. White elephants bearing crimson banners guard the main gate signaling a courtly or ceremonial setting. While reminiscent of northern gardens the details are compositional inventions rather than topographical records. The palette vermilion malachite green gamboge and carbon black and the use of crisp ink outlines are typical of late 18th-century Canton export workshops. Unlike smaller pith-paper images destined for albums these works were painted on thick laid paper of generous dimensions. Loose drawings such as these were often compiled into custom albums in British India where Chinese watercolours were often combined with Indian and Persian material to appeal to the tastes of British collectors. The Persian-Urdu foliation on the verso indicates their inclusion in such a collection likely assembled in Calcutta or Lucknow in the early 19th century. While drawing upon recognizable architectural forms and cultural symbols the views are best understood as imaginary or composite constructions designed to satisfy European curiosity about China. The temple compound reflects generic southern typologies while the palace garden borrows selectively from northern models such as the Yuanmingyuan. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38599
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[China]
Single Wheel Cart and Drivers
China 1920. Ephemera. Very good overall. B&w Chinese real picture postcard showing 2 drivers sitting on their rickshaws on a quiet street one little boy in background. One carry cart operator smokes the other has traditional split toe shoe-boots. Postcard not mailed very good. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19751
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[China]
Tabletop Candle Screen Depicting the Eight Immortals
Hong Kong: s.i. 1950. Very Good. Octagonal collapsible tabletop candle screen composed of white cloth over stiff card stock to which is mounted to each folding panel a 3-D cloth silk and hand-colored paper rendering of the Eight Immortals accompanied by a separate octagonal card paper base. Cloth slightly foxed at extremities perished tape repair visible on the interior but not externally abrasion from removed sticker to base piece significantly affecting the "Made in Hong Kong" rubber-stamp else a Very Good example.<br /> <br /> Attractive example of a popular theme for a tabletop candle screen the Eight Immortals holding the power to banish evil. s.i. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14585
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[China]
The Child's Bethel Flag Magazine Volume V.
London: T. Ward and Co. Paternoster Row 1845. Hardcover. Very good. With content on China tea South Australia the sea elephant and pearl diving. With a chapter at p67 "Notices of China and the Chinese" with an engraved and illustrated table "Emblems of Trade and Religion in China" stating "Tea first brought to England in 1610. Tea brought to England in 1755 about 4000000 lbs. Tea brought to England in 1844 about 40000000 lbs." A chapter entitled "The First College in South Australia" states "South Australia is a new British colony not ten years old . its population already amounts to 18000 souls" p251. The sea elephant description includes an engraving based on an illustration in Charles Medyett Goodridge's volume of 1820 describing his shipwreck in the South Seas. With a four page article on pearl diving p311. 24mo viii 376pp b&w engravings throughout. Three quarter red leather and marbled boards gilt title at red spine. Covers rubbed esp at marbled boards. Internally child's signature and date 1845 at ffep o/w very good. T. Ward and Co., Paternoster Row hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15596
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[China]
The Living Age published under the auspices of the Atlantic Monthly". Saturday Jan 19 1924. With 3 articles on China
Concord NH: The Living Age Company 1924. Wraps. Very good condition. Single issue of this weekly journal containing "American Designs in China" by Georges Dubarbier concerning US economic interests in China p108; "Abolishing the Yellow Streak" about the need for foreigners to understand "that we Chinese are not barbarians and will not adopt foreign civilization under compulsion" p117 by Ku Hung-Ming; and "On the Threshold of a Dissolving Empire An Italian Journalist Sees Manchuria" by Arnaldo Cipolla p118. Also includes an article by an Irish contributor "Ireland As It Is". <br /> <br /> 8vo pp 100- 144 complete advertisements. In the original salmon pink printed wrappers; wrappers slightly dusty text bright and clean. The Living Age Company paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25506
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[China]
The Quarterly Review. April & July 1815
London: John Murray 1815. Hardcover. Very good condition. Two issues bound in one volume with articles on a Chinese/French/Latin dictionary by M. de Guignes by the command of Napoleon pp56 - 76; A Statistical Account or Parochial Study of Ireland; 'Roderick the Last of the Goths' by Robert Southey English Romantic poet; The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the year 1805 by Mungo Park; article on descendants of the Bounty mutineers 'Journal of a Cruize made to the Pacific Ocean by Captain David Porter in the United States Frigate Essex in the Years 1812 1813 and 1814'; Life of Wellington; Official Accounts of the Battle of Waterloo; and Battle of Waterloo. <br /> <br /> Contemporary owner signature at ffep G. C. Talbot who was private secretary to the Lord Privy Seal. Spine slightly rubbed otherwise very good condition. John Murray hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19089
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[China]
Visit to the Circus. Circus Stories
New York: McLoughlin Bros 1904. Very good . Copyright 1894 - 1904. Charming children's volume with fine chromolithographic illustrations of circus acts all with horses and clowns some on stilts and scenes of juggling. Includes verses such as "Dancing Horses" and "The Chinese Juggler" illustrated with a Chinese man standing on a dark horse while spinning baskets on poles above his head. 4to 14pp. Illustrated paper wraps with title in gilt red and blue at front cover no title at spine. Front cover slt rubbed at spine; small inscription at upper right corner. McLoughlin stamp and No. 122 at lower right corner of verso. McLoughlin Bros paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15534
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[China]
Wu Chuan-ching Vice Chairman of the Drilling Command Revolutionary Committee is honored as a "driller of iron will" at the Taching Oilfield
1960. Photography. Very good. The Taching Oilfield now called Daqing is the largest oilfield in the Peoples Republic of China and is located between the Songhua river and Nunjiang river in Heilongjiang province; it was discovered in 1959 and is now the fourth most productive oilfield in the world. Ca. 1960 b&w poster size photograph of Wu Chuan-ching wearing helmet & drilling uniform taken at the oilfield. With text in English and Chinese on the verso describing Wu Chuan-ching's dedication: "Wu got wounded three times in protecting the state property and class brothers. After recovery he persists in working together with his mates at the well site". 20 x 15 in. Slt ruffled at corners o/w very good. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15110
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[CHINA] [ART] BARNHART, Richard M.
Along The Border of Heaven; Sung and Yuan Paintings from The C.C. Wang Family Collection
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1983. First American Edition. Folio. 34cm. Publisher's oatmeal colored cloth titled in dark grey to spine. Publisher's Slipcase as called for. 191pp. Sharp and bright very little wear light scuffing at the spine ends; internally clean and fresh lavishly illustrated throughout; in the original publisher's slipcase strong and clean with some light scudding and wear to corners and spine region. A very good clean copy indeed. <br /> <br /> A beautifully produced work on the history of Chinese landscape and nature painting with accounts of the artists and techniques which formed the genre produced to accompany to MMA exhibition. Metropolitan Museum of Art unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 87481
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