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[China] Hung ch`i
More on the Differences Between Comrade Togliatti and Us Some Important Problems of Leninism in the Contemporary World
Peking: Foreign Language Press 1963. Paperback. Sml 8vo 199pp. Tan wraps with title in red at front cover; no title at spine. Covers slt chipped spine repaired with adhesive tape and lib number to base of spine. Internally pages toned o/w very good. HKD350. Foreign Language Press paperback
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[China] Linebarger, Paul Myron
La Chine et la Judee. trop vieilles pour mourir. Une esquisse des revolutions de Sun Yat-Sen
Washington DC: Editions Mid-Nation 1937. Pamphlet 64pp ex-lib with perforated stamp on title bound with original wrappers in brown stiff card boards. The author's father had close ties to the leaders of the Chinese revolution of 1911. His godfather was Sun Yat-sen. While at Duke University from 1937 to 1946 he became an expert in Far Eastern affairs. In 1943 while with the newly formed Office of War Information and Intelligence Board he was sent to China and became a confidant of Chang Kai-shek. He was the author of "Psychological Warfare" considered a classic text. HKD735. Editions Mid-Nation unknown
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[China] Linebarger, Paul Myron
Livret-Questionnaire pour les Etudiants sur Les Doctrines Politiques de Sun Yat-Sen
Washington DC: Editions Mid-Nation 1937. Pamphlet 30pp ex-lib with perforated stamp on title bound with original wrappers in brown stiff card boards. The author's father had close ties to the leaders of the Chinese revolution of 1911. His godfather was Sun Yat-sen. While at Duke University from 1937 to 1946 he became an expert in Far Eastern affairs. In 1943 while with the newly formed Office of War Information and Intelligence Board he was sent to China and became a confidant of Chang Kai-shek. He was the author of "Psychological Warfare" considered a classic text. HKD735. Editions Mid-Nation unknown
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[China] Lin-Le (Lindley, Augustus F)
Ti-Ping Tiem-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution Including A Narrative of the Author's Personal Adventures
London: London Day & Son 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition. An account of Augustus F. Lindley 1840 -1873 British officer writer and adventurer who fought for the Taiping insurgents in their rebellion against the Manchu dynasty one of the largest and bloodiest civil wars in history. The Taiping Rebellion 1850-64 was instigated by Hong Xiuquan and his followers whose goal was to create a "Heavenly Kingdom" in China with Christianity as the official religion. Lindley was a Royal Navy officer stationed in Hong Kong who resigned his commission in 1860 to work for a Taiping general as an artillery instructor. He also became a spokesperson for the cause courting Western support and procuring weapons and supplies. His wife Maria the daughter of the Portuguese consul at Macau served in the rebellion as a sniper and was killed in an ambush. Lindley remained in China until the fall of the Heavenly Kingdom in 1864. Two years later he wrote this work the only detailed account written of the Taiping Rebellion from the rebels' perspective.<br /> <br /> Two volumes royal 8vo: Vol I xvii iii 424pp; Vol II: vii i 425-842 complete. Folding color frontispiece 20 chromolithographs 9 wood engravings two folding maps. Original publisher's maroon pictorial gilt cloth covers with blind stamped borders gilt illustrations at upper covers. An ex-library copy with bookplates library stamps to plates only on versos. Archivally restored with the original spines laid down. OCLC: 3467844. London Day & Son hardcover
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[China] Manetti, Saviero
Cucule celeste della China Plate LXXX engraving from "Storia naturale degli uccelli trattata con metodo e adornata di figure intagliate in rame e miniate al naturale"
Florence Italy: Giuseppe Vanni 1766. Print. Very good condition. Period hand-colored copper engraving from the Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations in Miniature and Life-Size 1766-1777. <br /> <br /> The work carries some interesting historical importance according to Peter Dance: "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Florence. Begun in 1767 and based on birds taken from the collection of Giovanni Gerini it was completed ten years later. It was larger better engraved and more vividly coloured than any previous work on birds but these are not its only claim to fame. The attitudes of the birds themselves give this book its unique character. Strutting parading posturing and occasionally flying.are birds whose real-life counterparts would surely disown them and not without reason for Manetti seems in these pictures to be depicting the human comedy the habits and mannerisms of contemporary Italian society. His book may still be rated among the very greatest bird books if only for its magnificent comicality" S. Peter Dance The Art of Natural History: Animal Illustrators and their Work. London 1978.<br /> <br /> Approx. 10 5/8 x 13 1/2" platemark on watermarked paper measuring 14 1/2 x 18". The original images were drawn by Lorenzo Lorenzi Violante Vanni or Manetti himself. HKD3680. Giuseppe Vanni unknown
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[CHINA] MACKERRAS, Colin [ED.]
The Uighur Empire; According to the T'ang Dynastic Histories
Columbia South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press 1972. First Limited Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Unnumbered copy from a limitation of 999. Publisher's black cloth spine over red marbled paper boards titled in gilt and red to spine. 226pp. 1. Very light wear a little scuffing to the spine housed in a matching marbled slipcase; internally clean and fresh from the library of noted translater oand poet Nathaniel Tarn bearing his bookplate; page edges stained red; in a strong clean slipcase with a little light edgewear. A very good copy indeed. <br /> <br /> An academic history of the Uighur Empire and its relations with larger Chinese cultures between the 8th and 9th centuries. University of South Carolina Press unknown
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[China] McCulloch, H.
Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a copy of certain regulations orders and decrees issued by the Commissioner of the United States at China
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1856. Paperback. Doc. No. 125 34th Congress 1st Session. Dated July 15 1856. Regulations pertaining to American citizens' assets & debts in China by Robert M. McLane U. S. Commissioner to China. 11 page document without covers very good. HKD350. Government Printing Office paperback
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[China] Meyer, Vilhelm; Ferguson, Charles J., ed; Li, Guangzhao
Andersen Meyer & Company Limited of China. Its History: its Organization Today Historical and Descriptive Sketches Contributed by Some of the Manufacturers it Represents. March 31 1906 to March 31 1931
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh 1931. Hardcover. Very good condition. A presentation copy of a scarce volume celebrating the 25th anniversary of a Danish engineering company that brought western technology to the industrial development of 1900s China and secured the exclusive right to represent General Electric in China. <br /> <br /> Andersen Meyer first worked on a joint basis with an American import export firm based in Shanghai named Fearon Daniel & Company to set up an engineering firm in China. In 1907 it won the right to represent G. E. in China and in 1908 secured its first large contract with the Mukden Electric Light Works. <br /> <br /> The firm quickly diversified from the construction and engineering fields to partner with American makers of textile machinery and equipment selling the first cotton mill entirely equipped with American machinery. It also expanded into power plant machinery electrical machinery including Xray equipment plumbing and heating equipment agricultural machinery and drugs and chemicals. Offices were located in Tientsin Peiping Harbin Mukden Hankow Tsingtao Tsinan Hong Kong and Canton. Meyer Andersen represented the major American manufacturers of the day from G. E. American Radiator International Harvester Masonite Parke Davis once America's oldest and largest drug maker Sherwin Williams and more.<br /> <br /> This is a signed presentation copy to a long term business associate who was the principal of a company acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Co. from the founder Vilhelm Meyer and signed below Meyer's frontispiece portrait: "F. L. Robbins with thanks for your long and loyal cooperation. From your old friend Vilhelm Meyer. March 1931".<br /> <br /> The first section is written in English; the second section in Chinese translated and prepared by Kuang Chao Lee with a special title page and separate pagination with Chinese numerals. The volume is impressive for its wide array of b&w photographic illustrations in all the areas in which the company operated including staff portraits showrooms of the various departments interior views of factories including cotton & silk mills power plants lighting of Shanghai buildings railway and locomotive equipment and workshops and bridge construction. There is an unusual double spread photograph of the Bund in Shanghai with 29 numbered buildings and a chart below listing all the heating supplies provided by Andersen Meyer to the prominent landmark buildings all along the waterfront! pp92-93. The many images in a broad range of fields provide a vivid sense of the tremendous impact of western technology on China's industrial growth.<br /> <br /> In 1934 Vilhelm Meyer died and the ownership of the company passed to its main American partner General Electric. In 1949 following the founding of the People's Republic of China many international firms in Shanghai were nationalized including Andersen Meyer. By 1950 it was completely Chinese controlled.<br /> <br /> Large 4to 247pp; 134pp frontispiece b&w photographic illustrations including portraits of staff maps. With the book plate of F. L. Robbins at the front paste down. Dark blue stamped buckram covers title in English at front cover in Chinese at rear cover original titles in yellow somewhat dulled.<br /> <br /> We located four copies at the National Library of Singapore National Library of Australia the University of Hong Kong and Stanford. OCLC: 123199443. Libraries Australia ID 5041194. Kelly and Walsh hardcover
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[China] Merwin, Samuel
On Taku Bar
New York: The Ridgway Company 1913. Paperback. Very good. A story which takes place on the steamer 'Admiral von Tirpzen' traveling in the early 1900's from Tientsin to Shanghai when it runs aground at Taku Bar. Sml 8vo pamphlet tan paper wraps with orange decorative borders 27pp very good. HKD350. The Ridgway Company paperback
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[China] Mudge, Hannah
Ivory coated Embossed Coated Calling Card of Hannah B. Mudge with Chinese characters
Boston: Dickinson 1840. Good condition. The embossed coated calling card of an American woman in China possibly a medical missionary as the caduceus is embossed at each side of her calling card. There is a vignette within an oval at the bottom of the card showing goods packed in crates at the dock tall-masted sailing ships and a locomotive in the distance. With Mudge's name in elaborate contemporary ink with Chinese characters below. "Dickinson" embossed at lower left corner. 3 3/4 x 2 1/2". Small chip at left edge of card. Dickinson unknown
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[China] Nevius, John L.
China and the Chinese: A general description of the country and its inhabitants; its civilization and form of government; its religious and social institutions; its intercourse with other nations; and its present condition and prospects
New York: Harper & Brothers 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. The important work of an American Protestant missionary with much material on missionaries in China: "Missionary Life in China" Different Methods and Agencies Employed in Missionary Work" "Results of Missionary Work" "Character and Experiences of Native Christian and Inquirers" "Roman Catholic Missions in China" and "Influence of the Chinese in California" this is just before the Exclusion Act. Much discussion of missionaries and the Bible. <br /> <br /> Sml 8vo 456pp 8 printed pp of woodblock illustrations along with decorations within text folding map. Stamped blue cloth with gilt title at spine. Covers slt rubbed and marked. Internally sml previous owner name at ffep Moore Butlers Bay. and Contents o/w very good. OCLC: 562019862. Harper & Brothers hardcover
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[China] Oberlin Shansi Memorial Schools J'aiku, Shansi, China
A Chinese student's accordion book "Made in China by the students of the Self Help Club" Shansi China
China 1930. Very good overall. An example of student's work from the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Schools an accordion book with the label "Made in China By the students of the Self Help Club of the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Schools J'aiku Shansi China" inside the front board at the back. <br /> <br /> In 1881 the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology decided to form “The Oberlin Band†to do mission work in China’s then remote Shansi Province now romanized as “Shanxi†under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ABCFM. In 1900 thirteen of them and many Chinese Christians were killed in the Taiyuan Massacre during the Boxer Uprising. The school continues to this day. <br /> <br /> Accordion book 4 1/4 x 6 3/4" with yellow & red tassel marker and slipcase with yellow & red applied design on the front. A child has illustrated the word "Animal" inside the back page. A rather undeveloped attempt at making a book and case but one must start somewhere. Most likely a fund raising effort. The date of 1930 is a guesstimate which could be wildly incorrect. unknown
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[China] ORTELIUS, A. / BARBUDA, Luis Jorge de.
A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN MAP OF CHINA IN ENGLISH<br>IN RICH ORIGINAL HANDCOLOR<br>Chinae olim Sinarum regionis nova descriptio. London 1606.
14 3/8 x 18 3/8 inches. Fine original hand color; slight split at centerfold fine condition. <br /><br /><p>A brilliant example in rich original hand color of the rare and only English language edition of the earliest printed folio-size western map specifically of China and "the first to show the Great Wall"Nebenzahl. "This map remained the standard type for the interior of China for over sixty years" Tooley. Although 2 pocket-sized English language editions of an abbreviated version of Ortelius' <i>Theatrum</i> entitled <i>Epitome</i> were published previously in 1601 and 1603 with brief texts in English the English text in the present edition runs to 2 large folio pages printed on the back of the map giving an extensive description of China drawn from recent publications of observations by European travelers to the area particularly Jesuits. With its three lushly designed cartouches and many illustrations of indigenous shelters modes of transportation i.e. the famous wind wagons and animals this is one of Ortelius's richest engravings and among his rarest. </p><p>Nebenzahl <i>Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond </i>4.6; van der Krogt 8410:31:051; Tooley <i>Maps and Mapmakers</i> p. 106 pl. 78 p. 108; Walter <i>Japan: A Cartographic Vision</i> 11F p. 186.</p>
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[China] Peabody Museum
China 's Inner Asian Frontier: Photographs of the Wulsin Expedition to Northwest China in 1923 from The Archives of The Peabody Museum Harvard University and The National Geographic Society
Cambridge: Peabody Museum 1979. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. A very good copy. 107 pp. Sq. 8vo. M.E. Alonso. Historical text by Joseph Fletcher. Peabody Museum unknown
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[CHINA] PERRY, Elizabeth J.
Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor
Stanford: Stanford University Press 1993. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards dustjacket;187pp. Includes bibliography. Fine copy free of markings or wear in crisp unworn dustwrapper. Stanford University Press unknown
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[China] Post card
Chinese Junk
1920. Otherwise very good condition. Hand made color post card with charming collage illustration of a Chinese junk made of strips of postage stamps. Not mailed with 'Made in China' at the lower edge verso of card. Verso of card evenly toned. unknown
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[China] Post card
Chinese Sunday School Children
Color post card of large group of Chinese children dressed in Sunday best clothes the little girls in charming dresses of red blue yellow and pink and with the number 1-119 at the upper right corner of the card. Not mailed with sword logo of Pacific Novelty Co. San Francisco on the verso of the card. Very good. HKD155. hardcover
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[China] Post card
Landscape with Camel Caravan
Otherwise very good condition. Color post card with charming illustration of a man leading three camels along a very twisting road with a Chinese walled city in the distance. Not mailed with 'China' at the upper left corner verso of card. Verso of card toned with traces of sticky tape at edges. HK581. unknown
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[China] Quarterly Review
Art. II. Voyages ê Peking Manille Et L'Isle De France Faits Dans L'Intervalle Des Annäes 1784 ê 1801. Par M. De Guignes Resident De France ê La Chine Attachä Au Ministåre Des Relations Extärieurs. . - Disbound from the Quarterly Review 1809
London: John Murray. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1809. First Edition; First Edition. Disbound. Pages 255-275. Light wear. This is an original book review from the 19th century. ; Octavo standard book size . John Murray unknown
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[China] Quarterly Review
Art. VIII. - 1. Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy . by Henry Ellis Third Commissioner of the Embassy. . - Disbound from the Quarterly Review 1817
London: John Murray. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1817. First Edition; First Edition. Disbound. Pages 463-506. Light wear. A few spots of foxing. This is an original book review from the 19th century. ; Octavo standard book size; Full Title: Art. VIII. - 1. Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China; comprising a correct narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy of the Voyage to and from China and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton &c. Illustrated by Maps and Drawings. By Henry Ellis Third Commissioner of the Embassy. 4to. Pp. 526. London. 1817 . John Murray unknown
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[China] Queen Anne Bouquet trade card
Queen Anne Bouquet handkerchief extract
Queen Anne Bouquet advertising card "a fragrant and lasting extract for the handkerchief" with an illustration of a Chinese woman holding a lantern with the logo price and manufacturing information printed at the top of the card. Not dated. 2 1/2 x 5 in. Colors bright and fresh; no text on verso o/w very good. HKD270. unknown
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[China] Rose Series
Stereoscopic view: Railway Station Tientsin China
Sydney: The Rose Stereographs 1905. Very good condition. A fascinating large image of the train and the bustle on the platform. Number 6209 with the additional text "this railway extends to Peking and belongs to a European company. Travelling on this line is quite up to date". Text at verso explains "this railway which connects Tientsin with Peking was made use of by the Japanese Government to convey soldiers to the front during the war with Russia in 1904 but the Chinese authorities apparently yielding to outside pressure temporarily closed the line to prevent trouble". Visible in the crowd awaiting departure are commission agents "touts" for the various hotels and Japanese soldiers. Card measures 7 x 4" The Rose Stereographs unknown
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[CHINA] RUSSELL, Maud (ed)
Far East Reporter: How the Chinese are Conquering the Food Problem
New York: Maud Russell Publisher 1961. First Edition. Octavo. Staple bound pamphlet; 16pp; Publisher's addendum laid in. Light rubbing; else a very good or better copy with no interior markings. Maud Russell Publisher unknown
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[China] Scourene trade card
Scourene scouring soap
Five Points NY: Donaldson Brothers. Scourene soap advertising card with illustration of smiling Chinese man with fan holding box of Scourene with "5 cents a cake" across the bottom and advertising text at the top. With additional advertising text on the verso. Not dated. 3 x 4 1/2 in. Colors bright and fresh very good. HKD350. Donaldson Brothers unknown
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[China] sewing machine trade card
The "Household" Sewing Machine
Sewing machine manufactured by Providence Tool Co. Boston advertising card with illustration of a small Chinese boy in straw hat playing a violin to a small dog standing on its hind legs; on a gilt background. Without text at verso but with name and address of agents at lower margin of card. Not dated. 3 x 4 1/4 in. Very sml mark upper right corner of card o/w very good. HKD270. unknown
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[China] Shanghai
Collection of 26 miniature photographs of Shanghai
1930. Very good overall. 26 small photographs of the city of Shanghai in a paper envelope stamped 'Good Luck Book Shop - S'Hai Victory Photo' with Chinese characters. Some of the photographs are titled for example: Broadway Mansions North Station Shanghai; Bubblind sic Well of Shanghai; Post's Head Office; Soochow Creek; The Sun Company; Platforms of Three Companies; Yu Ya China Road; Bund Garden; Garden Bridge; Lungmen Road; Willow Tea House; and Race Course. 3 1/4 x 2 1/4" HK1744. unknown
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[China] Stereoscopic view
No. 374 Superstitious Chinese Children Covering their Faces to Avoid Being Photographed
1893. Very good overall. Printed color photograph with several small Chinese children seated on stools on a raised platform covering their faces as their photograph is taken. With text on the verso describing the children "little Chinese children were shrewdly employed at the entrance to the concession . and attracted great crowds of people. . The children are under government inspection . each child was under a bond of $500 to secure their safe return to China after the exposition. Possibly from an exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago 1893. unknown
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[China] Taylor, George; Stewart, Maxwell, ed
Changing China
Webster Publishing Company 1942. Paperback. Very good overall. A cooperative project between American Council Institute of Pacific Relations and Webster Publishing. Contents include: China and the Chinese; Old China; A Century of Imperialism; and The New China. Sml 8vo 94pp b&w ills maps. Webster Publishing Company paperback
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[China] Veritable Extrait de Viande trading cards
French trading card collection China: Temple de Ha-Ha-Men a Pekin; Porte du port de Takou sur le Pei-Ho; Pont sur un canal a Tien-tsin; Une rue a Chang-Hai; Troupes imperiales chinoises et boxers dans l'arsenal de Tien-tsin; Pai-Lo Porte triomphale a Pekin entre les villes chinoise et tartare
Paris 1880. Very good. French meat extract 'Veritable Extrait de Viande Liebig' chromolithographic trading card collection with illustrations of Chinese city scenes and with the meat extract pictured in the lower right corner. Paris not dated ca. 1880 4 x 2 1/2" with advertising copy on the back. Colors bright and fresh; matted very good. unknown
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[China] Yu, T. F, Yih, H. T.
Notes on the Storage and Market Diseases of Fruits -- III. Bitter Rot of Pear
Nanking China: University of Nanking 1934. Paperback. Contribution No. 30 from Plant Pathology Laboratory Botany Department University of Nanking. Pamphlet self wraps 16pp b&w ills. Sml lib stamps at top of first page o/w very good. University of Nanking paperback
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[China], [CHINESE Women]
Women's Liberation: A Communist View
China WOMEN October League Marxist-Leninist. Chicago: October League 1976. 16 pages. 5.5" x 8.5" illustrated with black and white photos of Women's Day marches the woman are all performing tasks at work on the image. The Liberation of Women in China. Printed by Highland Park: Internationals Socialists n.d. 49 pages. 5.5" x 8.5" inches. Original wrappers Pamphlet. Argues that the liberation of women in China had become subordinate to the needs of the state and industrialization. Highland Park: International Socialists n.d. circa 1970s. Original printed wrappers 49 pages. 5.5 × 8.5 inches. Tables footnotes.<br /> <br /> A scarce radical pamphlet issued by the International Socialists examining the gender politics of post-revolutionary China. The work critiques the Chinese Communist Party’s claims to women’s emancipation contending that the liberation of women had been made subordinate to the demands of state-building and industrial growth. In opposition to official party rhetoric the pamphlet situates women’s issues within the broader political economy arguing that while the Communist revolution opened limited avenues for women’s participation in the labor force and public life genuine equality was sacrificed to the state’s overriding needs of production modernization and social control. Tables and statistical data are included to support its argument with footnotes directing readers to both Chinese sources and Western Marxist analysis. Pamphlets from the International Socialists are relatively uncommon especially those with sustained attention to global feminist and socialist struggles. This text is significant in documenting how New Left and Trotskyist organizations in the United States attempted to reframe Chinese Communism through a feminist lens situating women’s emancipation not as a fulfilled revolutionary promise but as a deferred and compromised project. For institutional collections it offers an important perspective on the intersections of gender Marxism and internationalism in the mid-20th century while also reflecting the intellectual currents of American socialist critique. Mild wear to wrappers otherwise well-preserved. Overall Very Good. unknown
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[CHINA].
China Reconstructs.
Beijing.: China Welfare Institute. Vol. XXIX No. 6 Vol XXX No. 2. 1980 -1981. Two issues profusely illustrated throughout in black and white and some colour photographic illustrations to accompany articles both 72pp. Original coloured pictorial wrappers in very good condition. Text in English 26 x 19.5cm. Articles include: Chinese Medicine The Old Summer Palace The Yangtze River Dam Taiwan's Archaeological Past Justice for Liushaoqi Legends and Tales from History Language Corner. . China Welfare Institute. unknown
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[CHINA].
City of Nanking.
Liverpool Jabez Vale n.d. circa 1840. . Broadside 31 x 29.5 cm. approx printed in blue ink with a large pictorial vignette surrounded by an ornamental border.<br /> Rare Liverpool printed broadside. The text consists of a quote from Lord Byron followed by a nineteen-line text praising the city and giving details of its topography and features of interest.<br /><br />Nanking porcelain was a major export item and the city would have been of great interest to people in the West. The blue on white of the broadside presumably reflects the distinctive blue-and-white porcelain itself.<br /> Liverpool, Jabez Vale, n.d. circa 1840. unknown
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[CHINA].
The six horses of Tang Tai Tsung; Tai Chi Shang Yuan -- The Chinese astrological theory of creation; The inscribed bones of Shang; Agricultural rites in the religion of Old China; Old problems concerning the Nestorian monument; Geophysical prospecting for gold metallic ores and petroleum and its possible application in China. . . . In: Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Volume LXVII . . .
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh Ltd. 1936. 8vo. 6 xvi 251 1 pp. Photo frntsp. numerous plates maps tables text illustrations. Yellow-tinted softcovers minor creasing & wear to spine VG copy. First edition of this installment of the famed journal on Chinese history and culture. The list of Royal Asiatic Society Members provides an invaluable reference. Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., paperback
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[CHINA]. [HELMER, Frederic F. (Ed.)].
A long journey to the Coast; The waiting harvest fields of Kweichow; China -- the world’s problem; On the roof of the world describing the work of Mr. Hunter and Mr. Mather of the China Inland Mission; Sinkiang or Chinese Turkistan; First baptisms among the Lahu; Back at Yangchow. . . In: China’s Millions The Organ of the China Inland Mission Vol. XXXVI Nos. 2 4 6.
Philadelphia & Toronto: China Inland Mission Feb.-June 1928. Three vols. 4to. 17-31 1; 47-63 1; 81-95 1 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations maps self-printed softcovers minor creasing edgewear couple leaves w/ corners worn folded still VG set. First editions of these very scarce China Inland Mission periodicals published for supporters and as fundraiser during the 1920s for the noted interdenominational missionary society originally founded by Hudson Taylor in 1865. The 1920s were a period of great unrest famine and ongoing conflicts between various warlords as reflected in these contemporary missionary accounts. The China Inland Mission actively recruited women missionaries who in turn often proselytized to Chinese women to promote Christianity public health measures increased education and more. These issues have a number of letters and first-hand accounts of the ongoing internal battles between the Nationalist forces of Chiang-kai Shek and Mao-tse-tung’s Communists. China Inland Mission, paperback
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[CHINA]. [EROTICA].
Album of paintings.
20th century. . 8 erotic paintings and 2 calligraphies. Dimensions of the paintings: 31 x 31.5 cm. <br />Bound between two large grey cardboards 37.5 x 39 cm.<br /> <br /> [20th century]. hardcover
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[CHINA]. [HELMER, Frederic F. (Ed.)].
China’s need; Toil and conflict on the Honan plain; A visit to Peking; New Year Feasts writing from Szechwan; Reaching China; Through Anhwei Province; Headquarters at Shanghai; Faithful believers among head-hunters and Lisu; Kansu and the great beyond; The witness of Wenchow women; A journey Further Northwest outside the Great Wall; To the tribes work in Szechwan. . . In: China’s Millions The Organ of the China Inland Mission Vol. XXXIV Nos. 1-3 5 9-10.
Philadelphia & Toronto: China Inland Mission Jan.-Oct. 1926. Six vols. 4to. 15 1; 17-31 1; 33-47 1; 65-79 1; 129-143 1; 145-159 1 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations maps self-printed softcovers minor creasing edgewear couple leaves w/ corners worn folded still VG set. First editions of these very scarce China Inland Mission periodicals published for supporters and as fundraiser during the 1920s for the noted interdenominational missionary society originally founded by Hudson Taylor in 1865. The 1920s were a period of great unrest famine and ongoing conflicts between various warlords as reflected in these contemporary missionary accounts. The China Inland Mission actively recruited women missionaries who in turn often proselytized to Chinese women to promote Christianity public health measures increased education and more. China Inland Mission, paperback
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[CHINA]. [YANG, Dr. YC.] Y. C.
Guide to “Pekingâ€. . . .
Peking China: The Peiping Chronicle Sept. 1935. 8vo. 6 v 3 193 3 pp. With 3 maps 2 large folding numerous photo illustrations photo plates text illustrations. Beige illustrated softcovers cover art illust. of the City Tower near Hsi Pien Men on front cover very slight creasing to 1 lower corner light uniform toning throughout still a NF copy from library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment company owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. Revised edition over double the size of the 88 pp. 1933 1st ed. of this very uncommon guidebook to travel in and around Peking Beijing China on the eve of the Second Sino-Japanese War and while Japan controlled Manchuria. This guidebook includes not only sections on the Outer and Inner City of Peking but also the Diplomatic Quarter the Imperial city and Forbidden City. In addition there are sections on Chinese Theatre shops Chinese foods the traditional Hutungs Hutongs now largely replaced in the last 50 years and even Chinese festivals. The Peiping Chronicle, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 59166
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[CHINA]. [HELMER, Frederic F. (Ed.)].
On the Tibetan border; Under the red flag; A hospital waiting for its staff. . . Luan Hospital; The occupation of Hankow; Down the Yellow River from Kangsu; Strenuous times in Anhwei; Panghai after six years; A brigand raid; Contending armies in Anhwei . . . In: China’s Millions The Organ of the China Inland Mission Vol. XXXV Nos. 2-3; 9-12.
Philadelphia & Toronto: China Inland Mission Feb.-Dec. 1927. Six vols. 4to. 17-51 1; 153-231 1 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations maps self-printed softcovers minor creasing edgewear couple leaves w/ corners worn folded still VG set. First editions of these very scarce China Inland Mission periodicals published for supporters and as fundraiser during the 1920s for the noted interdenominational missionary society originally founded by Hudson Taylor in 1865. The 1920s were a period of great unrest famine and ongoing conflicts between various warlords as reflected in these contemporary missionary accounts. The China Inland Mission actively recruited women missionaries who in turn often proselytized to Chinese women to promote Christianity public health measures increased education and more. These issues have a number of letters and first-hand accounts of the ongoing internal battles between the Nationalist forces of Chiang-kai Shek and Mao-tse-tung’s Communists. In addition there are a few special mentions that the “Christian†Chinese are the most resistant to the Communists forces. Of special interest are the inclusion and special centerfold supplements of the Young China magazine which was issued for children in the China Inland Mission and young children in China. China Inland Mission, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 53914
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[CHINA]. [HELMER, Frederic F. (Ed.)].
Preaching the gospel in forty-nine villages; Witch-Doctor’s books; A river journey in Inland China; Opium persecutions; Our Christmas as seen by a government school students; Mohammedan treatment of apostates; Tibetans and prayers; The earthquake at Tali; The good news proclaimed in a Tibetan lamasary; A girl’s school re-opened; A Mongolian Prince; How the bandits held Shenkiu; On the edge of Tibet; Removal of ladies frmo Chungking; Among Manchurian women. . . In: China’s Millions The Organ of the China Inland Mission Vol. XXXIII Nos. 5-12.
Philadelphia & Toronto: China Inland Mission May-Dec. 1925. Eight vols. 4to. 65-191 1 each issue paginated continuously pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations maps self-printed softcovers minor creasing edgewear couple leaves w/ corners worn folded still VG set. First editions of these very scarce China Inland Mission periodicals published for supporters and as fundraiser during the 1920s for the noted interdenominational missionary society originally founded by Hudson Taylor in 1865. The 1920s were a period of great unrest famine and ongoing conflicts between various warlords as reflected in these contemporary missionary accounts. The China Inland Mission actively recruited women missionaries who in turn often proselytized to Chinese women to promote Christianity public health measures increased education and more. These issues encompass a range of topics including depredations by Chinese bandits working to keep girl’s schools open expanding the missionary efforts into Tibet and southeast Asia and much more. Of special interest is the article on the persecutions and killings of Chinese Christians who refuse to cultivate opium poppies. China Inland Mission, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 53913
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[CHINA]. [SOWERBY, Arthur de Carle (Ed.) & MOISE, Clariece S. (Manager)].
Ten thousand ages gone in a night; Celebrating the ancient Dragon Boat Festival; Lin Yen Shan; Travel and Exploration Notes; When China goes to press; The Mermaid. . . In: The China Journal Vol. XXVII No. 1.
Shanghai China: China Journal Printed by The Mercury Press July 1937. Tall 8vo. A32 4 52 A33-52 pp. With photo plates photo text illustrations illustrated ads including index. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art of bamboo fronds lettering in orange & black minor soiling foxing still VG copy. First edition of this installment in the storied journal founded by Sowerby 1885-1954 the naturalist and explorer who had originally accompanied Robert S. Clark on his 1908-09 Expedition to the Shaanxi & Gansu provinces in northern China and remained in China afterwords collecting specimens. He was interned by the Japanese during World War II and returned to the US in 1949. China Journal, Printed by The Mercury Press, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 56734
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[CHINA]. [SOWERBY, Arthur de Carle (Ed.) & MOISE, Clariece S. (Manager) & HARKNESS, Ruth].
The grandeur of the Yun Kang Caves Kin-Ka-San; A winter journey from Shanghai to North Anhuei; Reclaiming China’s great North-West; A baby Panda comes to town. . . In: The China Journal Vol. XXV No. 6.
Shanghai China: China Journal Printed by The Mercury Press Dec. 1936. Tall 8vo. A32 4 311-354 A33-60 pp. With photo plates 1 colour plate photo text illustrations illustrated ads including index. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art of pink & yellow blossoms on black background lettering in green & black minor soiling minor chipping head & foot of spine minor tear & creasing to lower corner still G copy. First edition of this installment in the storied journal founded by Sowerby 1885-1954 the naturalist and explorer. Of particular interest in this installment is the first published announcement of Ruth Harkness’ d. 1947 as the first person to bring a living Giant Panda out of China a female named Su Lin. Her husband William Harkness zoologist and adventurer had headed an expedition to capture Giant Pandas but died before he even entered the habitat. Ruth traveled into Wenchuang County of Sichuan Province then onto Baoxing County where she discovered the cub less then 2 kilometers from Jiajin Mountain and was later donated to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. China Journal, Printed by The Mercury Press, paperback
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[CHINA]. [JOHNSON, C.]
The Yangtse Gorge: a photographic souvenir Cover title.
Shanghai China: C. Johnson ca. 1915. Small 4to. 6.5 x 8 in. 30 pp unpaginated. on thick paper stock with 14 silver gelatin photographs tipped-in each sized 4 x 4.1 in. all w/ printed captions below black printed borders and textured tissue guards between each image and facing explanatory text 1 large folding map at rear “Ichang to Chungking†indicating the sailing root. Textured maroon-coloured cloth stapled at gutter margin title in silver on front cover pulling & minor tearing to ffep. at gutter margin minor crease fold to front border minor bumping to corners still VG- copy w/ all images crisp & bright. First and only edition of this surprisingly uncommon photographic souvenir of cruising down the magnificent Three Gorges of the Yangtze River which traditionally sailed from Nanjiang in Jiangsu Province to Chongqing. Originally these cruises were begun by the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 emperors to inspect their territory cruising along in opulent wooden ships. Despite the first Sino-Japanese War 1895 the 1911 Chinese Revolution and other disruptions by 1915 the Yangtze River had become a popular tourist excursion riding paddle steamers in the early 20th Century. The photographs depict San Yu Tung Shooting a Rapid The Hsintan rapids Granary Gorge Patung Pagoda Kuantukou Wushan Gorge Wind Box Gorge False Gorge Shihpaochai Sampan Man A Casualty depicting a beached steamship and others. The folding map carefully shows the route and the distances quoted in the tables occasionally facing the respective photos representing the sights to be seen offer “a fair average speed of 7.5 knots for the upbound vessel the time of passing the various places can easily be calculated.†No copies in Worldcat. C. Johnson, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 61508
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[CHINA]. [HAO CHUNYI (ED.)]
The Yellow River in photographs. Compiled by The Yellow River Water Conservancy Committee.
Beijing: China Water Resources and Electric Power Press 1987. Folio. 232 pp. 100s of colour photos maps some double-page. Simulated burgundy calf gilt lettrng w/ d.j. NF/NF preserved in open-backd slipcase w/ scarce original promotional contents slip still wrapped around. First edition stated 1 of 3000 copies printed of this lavish photographic travelogue down the Yellow River describing the projects harnessing the river and historical & archaeological sites in the Valley. China Water Resources and Electric Power Press, unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 40653 ISBN : 7120002511 9787120002510
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[China]. [Travel]. Goodnow, Minnie
Typed Letter Signed Written to Missionary Friends Reporting on Travels in China Including Visits to Hospitals
Peiping China: June 4 1936. About very good. 2pp. Folio. Old fold lines minor wear a few contemporary annotations. Letter written by a nurse visiting China relating her itinerary in China which includes numerous trips to local hospitals and leper colonies. Minnie Goodnow was a registered nurse who served in France during the Great War. After her return to the U.S. she was a nursing administrator in several hospitals before embarking on this journey. She writes: "I am having a trip that is no less than wonderful. I had three objectives in mind for it -- to see the world or some bits of it; to see hospitals and learn something of what was being done in nursing education in several lands; and to see something of missions at first hand. I'm doing all three of them -- superficially but with great profit to myself. . I went up to Chiengmai with some of the mission people staid with Dr. and Mrs. Cort saw the wonderful leper colony and had a marvellous time. Here in China I have had a steady diet of missions and hospitals and done sight-seeing too." She goes on to relate her itinerary which includes trips to Shanghai Nanking Hankow and Changsha as well as a stay at a Buddhist monastery -- "Can you fancy the thrill I got from spending the night on top of a sacred mountain in a Buddhist monastery in the heart of China!"<br /> <br /> She continues: "Miss Stephenson went with me to two 'country' hospitals -- to complete -- or add to -- my education! They were those at Siaokan and Tiean and were most interesting. I also saw the old-fashioned leper asylum at Tiean which is on the way to becoming new-fashioned. Then I came here to Peiping where I have been for nearly four weeks. I am giving a short course in History of Nursing and doing sight-seeing also meeting people." She tells her reader that after China she plans to travel on to Indian with a similar mission. An interesting look into the culture of American travel and mission work in China in the 1930s. June 4 unknown
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[China]. BARROW, John
A Sketch of a Journey from Zhe-Hol in Tartary by Land to Pekin and from thence by Water to Hang-Tchoo-Foo in China
London: George Nicol 1796. Very Good. London George Nicol April 12th 1796. A large engraved map printed surface 640 × 451 mm sheet size 812 × 557 mm. Engraved by B. Baker. Horizontal centrefold crease as issued; occasional spots of foxing mainly in the margins; two small faint stains to the left-hand margin well clear of the printed surface; old guard on the verso with some light associated tanning on the recto about the fold; in excellent condition with wide margins. John Barrow later first Baronet was attached to the first British diplomatic mission to China led by George Macartney in 1792-94. The map is plate 9 from the atlas to the official account of the embassy George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China .'. <p>The journey shown here was from Chengde formerly Jehol to Beijing and then south to Hangzhou along the Grand Canal. While Macartney failed to secure any concessions from the Qianlong Emperor the expedition nevertheless collected important information about the geography culture population and politics of the Chinese Empire. George Nicol unknown
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[CHINA]. BLAND, J.[ohn] O.[tway] P.[ercy]. & BACKHOUSE, E.
Recent events and present policies in China. . . .
Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Co. William Heinemann 1912. Tall thick 8vo. xi 1 481 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates 2 large folding maps 1 colour map of China & Japan with Corea Korea. Gold cloth red lettering on front cover & spine t.e.g. slightly shaken front hinge starting minor foxing to fore-edges of textblock still G copy. First edition of this scarce and informative work describing the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion the impact of western education on the Chinese the efforts of the Dowager Empress comparison of China & Turkey political reforms land reform and the policies of the British and Americans in China the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War the impact of Opium and even a strong rebuttal of the persistent Yellow Peril myth. J.B. Lippincott Co., William Heinemann, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 48262
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[CHINA]. CAPA, Cornell (Ed.).
Behind the Great Wall of China. Photographs from 1870 to the present. With an introduction by Weston J. Naef. . . .
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 0870991205.G ISBN : 0870991205 9780870991202
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[CHINA]. COLQUHOUN, Archibald R.
Overland to China. . . .
New York & London: Harper & Brothers 1900. 8vo. xi 1 464 2 pp. plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Photo frntsp. numerous photos text illusts. plates 4 large folding colour maps 1 w/ repairs to hinges. Blue cloth gilt lettrng mnr rubbng mnr soilng to ffep couple sml clsd tears still a G copy. First edition of this excellent history and travelogue through Siberia Manchuria Eastern Mongolia and down the Yangtze Valley. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 38995
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[CHINA]. DARDESS, John W.
A Ming society. T’ai-ho County Kiangsi fourteenth to seventeenth centuries.
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press 1996. 8vo. xi 1 316 pp. Maps. Half-blue cloth over blue boards silver lettrng w/ d.j. NF/Nf. First edition of this excellent work revealing the influence of major figures during Ming China native to T’ai-ho. Univ. of California Press, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 40539 ISBN : 0520204255 9780520204256
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