‎China‎

‎China Trade Bureau‎

‎China Review Volume I no. 2 to Volume VI no. 5‎

‎New York: China Trade Bureau August 1921 to June 1924. 2 volumes large 4to lacking vol. I no. 1 and volume VI no. 6 but otherwise complete from volume I no 2 to volume VI no. 5 - 34 issues in all and contained in a library binding of blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; ex-Purdue University lightly marked. Issues range from 24 to 56 pages. Illustrated throughout. Publication was suspended during June July and August 1924 and finally folded withg the publication of volume VI no. 6 in September 1924. The China Review "is the only magazine published in the United States and edited by Chinese that deals exclusively with all phases of China political social industrial etc." Regular features include: book reviews China's Business Barometer; Finance Industry and Commerce; Foreign Press Comments; The Month in the East; Trans-Pacific Sailings; and Home and General News; together with feature articles by Nathaniel Peffer Cornelius Vanderbilt Charles Hodges Charles W. Mason Nora Waln Loretta Shaw Chungshu Kwei Dr. P. W. Kuo Genevieve Wimsatt K. H. Li Ma Soo James D. Bush and Robert Harris among others writing on various topics relating to China including Chinese Pagodas The Modern Chinese Girl The Future of American Trade in China China's Mathematics - The Oldest Approach and Development of Chinese Markets The Mongolian Situation Selling to the Chinese Millions China's Silk Industry China and the Four Power Treaty Tibet - The Closed Country The Part Birds Play in Chinese Life and many others of interesting content. China Trade Bureau, August, 1921 to June unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 64072

‎Flora of China Editorial Committee‎

‎Flora of China Illustrations Volume 12 – Hippocastanaceae through Theaceae‎

‎Missouri Botanical Garden Press 2008. Hardcover. New. 475 pages. 11.20x8.80x1.30 inches. Missouri Botanical Garden Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1-1930723792 ISBN : 1930723792 9781930723795

‎[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

Bookseller reference : 107536

‎China Mieville‎

‎Perdido Street Station‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0739416847.G ISBN : 0739416847 9780739416846

‎China Institute in America‎

‎Treasures of the Last Emperor : Selections from the Palace Museum Beijing‎

‎China Institute In America 1992-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. New York 1992; illustrated blue paper covers; mild edge and corner wear; 8vo 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; not paginated China Institute In America paperback‎

Bookseller reference : SKU1150923

‎Keitetsi, China‎

‎Sie nahmen mir die Mutter und gaben mir ein Gewehr: Mein Leben als Kindersoldatin‎

‎Ullstein Taschenbuch 2003. paperback. gebraucht gut Alterbedingte Gebrauchsspuren evtl. auch gutes Mängelexemlar --- Hersteller: Ullstein Frankfurt am Main/Berlin/Wien info@ullstein.de. 1760 x 1160 x 260 Ullstein Taschenbuch paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 152886 ISBN : 3548364810 9783548364810

‎Permanent Forum of China Construction Law‎

‎The Belt and Road Initiative: Legal Risks and Opportunities Facing Chinese Engineering Contractors Operating Overseas‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 940351440X.G ISBN : 940351440X 9789403514406

‎Mieville, China‎

‎La estación de la calle Perdido/ Perdido Street Station‎

‎Ediciones B 2017. Hardcover. New. 817 pages. Spanish language. 9.25x6.25x2.25 inches. Ediciones B hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 2-8466660852 ISBN : 8466660852 9788466660853

‎China Williams‎

‎Southeast Asia on a Shoestring‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 174179854X.G ISBN : 174179854X 9781741798548

‎China Miville‎

‎Scar‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 0330534319.G ISBN : 0330534319 9780330534314

‎China Scherz‎

‎Having People Having Heart : Charity Sustainable Development and Problems of Dependence in Central Uganda‎

‎University of Chicago Press 2014. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. University of Chicago Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : G022611967XI3N00 ISBN : 022611967X 9780226119670

‎MiA©ville, China‎

‎Embassytown : A Novel‎

‎Random House Worlds. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Random House Worlds unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 9750058-6 ISBN : 0345524500 9780345524508

‎MiA©ville, China‎

‎Railsea‎

‎Paperback. Acceptable. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : GOR011146453 ISBN : 144721367X 9781447213673

‎Mieville, China‎

‎Railsea‎

‎Pan Macmillan. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Pan Macmillan unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 6506585-6 ISBN : 144721367x 9781447213673

‎Mieville, China‎

‎Octubre : la historia de la Revolución rusa‎

‎Ediciones Akal 2017. Hardcover. New. Spanish language. 9.06x6.30x1.18 inches. Ediciones Akal hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 2-8446044870 ISBN : 8446044870 9788446044871

‎Doulton Fine China.‎

‎Royal Doulton Figures Animal Models Character & Toby Jugs Flambe Veined Sung Rock Plates. Collectors’ Book No. 11 Issued January 1969. With Suggested Standard Retail Prices Subject to Change Without Notice Royal Doulton Figurines Champion Dog Models Sundry Animals Birds Character Jugs Specialties Bunnykins Nursery Ware: January 1 1969 laid-in.‎

‎Burslem Stoke-on-Trent: Doulton Fine China Limited 1969. Octavo spiral-bound white metal spirals blue covers illus. in full-color 109 pp 15 pp price list. Very Good with speckling light chipping to upper cover. Doulton Fine China Limited, 1969. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 60958bd

‎[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

Bookseller reference : 86939

‎[MONGOLIA and CHINA].‎

‎The Angus Ivan Ward Collection of Russian accounts of Mongolia and China.‎

‎Various places 1764-1914. . Collection of 15 titles in 18 vols.<br /> Extensive collection of Russian works focusing mostly on Northern China and Mongolia including important and rare travel trade and exploration accounts.<br /> <br />Assembled by Angus Ivan Ward us consul in China and Russia during troubled times and ambassador in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Ward 1893-1969 served in the U.S. Army during World War I and then became U.S. Vice Consul in Mukden China in 1926; then in Tientsin in 1927-29 and again in 1932. He was sent to Moscow in 1938 and served as U.S. Consul General in Vladivostok during WWII in 1943. Before becoming U.S. Ambassador in Afghanistan in 1952-56 he was back in Mukden as Consul in 1948 where he became the subject of the Ward Incident 1948-49. During the final years of the Chinese Civil War Ward and the consulate staff were imprisoned and held under house arrest by Mao Zedong's People's Liberation Army for almost a year creating a diplomatic rift with the United States.<br /><br />Ward's collection is remarkable for its wide range comprising 150 years of Russian approach to China and their neighbouring region Mongolia before the Russian revolution. Including important as well as lesser works most in first editions and all rarely found on the market the collection not only presents an excellent panorama of Russian exploration of the region but also allows a rare understanding of the commercial and diplomatic relations between these two giant states. It is completed by scholarly works on local languages and cultures.<br /><br />Although Russian envoys and merchants were visiting and residing in Mongolia and China in the 17th century printed accounts of the relations between these countries became available to Russian readers only in the mid 18th century. At first they were Russian translations of works by Chinese authors such as An Account of the Chinese Mission to the Kalmyk Khan on the Volga in 1714 and Their Journey through Russia by Tulishen 1667–1741 which describes in detail the first official diplomatic mission of China to a European State. This early and important work later published in English by Staunton himself is represented here by a fine example of the first edition in Russian. <br /><br />One of the first Russian scholars of China is the celebrated and prolific monk Iakinf Bichurin 1777-1853. Leader of the 9th Russian Mission to Peking he spent 14 years in China learning the language and exploring the region. His Notes on Mongolia 1828 illustrated with fine hand-coloured plates is the first fundamental study of Mongolia by a Russian sinologist. When Bichurin's mission left Beijing the smooth transition with the new mission was under the control of the diplomat Egor Timkovskiy 1790-1875. His 3-volume Travels through Mongolia to China in the years 1820 and 1821 1824 became the first significant travel account of a Russian to China collecting material on Eastern Turkestan Mongolia Tibet China and Korea.<br />The 1860 Beijing agreement ending the Second Opium War brought a new turn to the Russian exploration of the region. It was the result of Russian diplomatic efforts to facilitate negotiations between China on one side and Britain and France on the other and it allowed the establishment of a permanent Russian diplomatic presence in Beijing. The negotiations and Russia's role are described in detail in Baron Buksgevden's Russian China 1902.<br /><br />The last quarter of the 19th century was the most fruitful period for Russian exploration and the Ward collection includes some of the most important accounts published at that time. Due to an extension of the Great Game to the East many scientific Russian expeditions to Tibet and China were subsidized by the Russian Imperial Geographical Society with often a hidden agenda focusing on mapping the region and gathering intelligence data. <br /><br />An excellent example is given by Mikhail Pevtsov 1843-1902 a Russian army officer and student of Nikolay Przhevalskiy. His Account of a Travel around Mongolia and Northern Provinces of Continental China 1883 mapped unknown parts of Mongolia and Inner China which he discovered during his 1878-79 exploration. Similarly a generation later another military Vasiliy Novitskiy published an account on central Mongolia 1911 accompanied by fifteen accurate and detailed maps of the region. <br /><br />One of the most famous Russian explorers of the region is Grigoriy Potanin 1835-1920 who conducted eight expeditions to Mongolia Tibet and China with some of them lasting up to two years. The present collection includes his rare and fundamental 2-volume study of Central Mongolia and the Eastern border of China published in 1893 to which Ward added a scarce volume of articles by Alexandra Potanina 1843-93 Potanin's wife and the first woman to be accepted as a member of the Russian Geographical Society. <br />A diplomat himself Ward extended his interest to the economic and diplomatic relations between Russia China and Mongolia. Exploration missions were indeed often useful to trade missions organized by the largest Russian trading companies trying to find new routes to the East and to understand the legal and economic aspects of trading in the region. Fascinating accounts were published including for example an Expedition to China in 1874-75 by Yu. Sosnovskiy 1883 Notes the Russian-Mongolian Trade by M. Bogolepov 1911 and Moscow Trade Mission to Mongolia by V. Popov 1912.<br /><br />Ward was a bibliophile and took great care of his purchases. All books are in excellent fresh condition and except the very rare Timkovskiy they are all complete with maps and illustrations. They have been bound in the mid 20th century in a uniform dark burgundy or brown colour in full cloth or in a quality half calf for the most important works except a couple of books such as the Tulishen which is in contemporary Russian half calf. During the binding work the maps were usually professionally laid on linen and carefully stored at the back of each volume in a pocket specially made. Most of the books bear Angus Ward's bookplate on the upper pastedown; some have supplementary earlier provenances.<br />The full collection comprises the following titles. A detailed description of each with notes is available on request.<br /><br />1. - - . TULIŠEN Larion Kalinovich ROSSOKHIN translator Gerhard Friedrich MILLER publisher. <br /> 1714 . ' '. An Account of the Chinese Mission to the Kalmyk Khan Ayuk on the Volga in 1714 and their Journey through Russia. Published in 'Monthly Essays on Scientific Affairs'. Imper. Akad. Nauk Skt. Peterburg 1764.<br /><br />A lovely fresh example of this early account of the Chinese mission to the Kalmyk Khanate - the first Russian edition of the first diplomatic mission to China to a European state according to the sinologist Mikhail Kapitsa. In the beginning of the 18th century the Kalmyk khanate situated in the South-East of the Russian Empire enjoyed autonomy in managing its domestic and foreign affairs. Ayuka Khan had a considerable authority both within the khanate and abroad and the Russian government relied on his military support to protect the borders of the Empire and make allies with the Asian states. The Tulišen's mission was pre-approved by Peter the Great and aimed at forming a military union against the Dzungar Khanate. <br /><br />Originally published in Beijing in 1723 in Chinese and Manchurian this account became known in Europe thanks to the French translation issued in 1729. In 1732 a scientist of a German origin based in Saint Petersburg and the publisher of the "Ezhemesiachnye sochineniya" "Monthly essays" Gerard Miller issued his German translation of the account. Miller however didn't fully trust the accuracy of the French text on which he based his German translation; he wished to use a Russian translation based directly on the Chinese or Manchurian original. Miller's goal was achieved when he discovered a Russian translation of the travel account done by Larion Rossokhin a knowledgeable translator from Chinese and Manchurian and a resident at the Imperial Academy of Sciences. He resided in China for many years and had a chance to work with the original Manchurian text. Before passing away in 1761 Rossokhin left all his documents and translations to the Academy of Sciences including the unpublished translation of the Tulišen's work which Miller tracked down. For clarity Miller supplied his own notes and comments in addition to those of Rossokhin.<br /><br />Description and Bibliographical references: July 1764: title 96 pp.; August 1764: title 99–192 pp.; September 1764: title 195-288 pp.; October 1764: title 291-384 pp.; November 1764: title 387-480 pp.; December 1764: title 481-576 pp. An account of the Chinese mission: pp. 3-48; 99-150; 195-234; 291-353; 387-427; missing upper fly leaf and small part of title page with no loss of text light spotting throughout. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards two red calf labels to spines; corners slightly bumped. <br /><br />2. TIMKOVSKIY EGOR. 1820 1821 Travels through Mongolia to China in the years 1820 and 1821. Tip. meditsinskogo dep. Ministerstva vnutrennikh del Sankt Peterburg 1824. <br /><br />First edition very rare. For several decades after its publication this account remained the most comprehensive and reliable source of information about the region and was subsequently translated into English German and French. In 1820 Egor Timkovskiy 1790-1785 writer diplomat and a Privy Councillor was entrusted to accompany a new Russian mission to Beijing led by Archimandrite Petr Kamenskiy. On the way back to Russia he was to ensure a safe return of the 9th mission headed by Iakinf Bichurin who spent 12 years fulfilling his duties in Beijing. Timkovskiy set off from Kiakhta in August 1820 and returned a year later having stayed in Beijing for 9 months. He used this time to explore geography history and culture of the region and subsequently published his findings in 1824 upon the Imperial order. <br />The first volume of his work follows the caravan route between Kiakhta and Beijing; the second one provides an overview of China Eastern Turkistan Tibet and Korea; and the third one is dedicated entirely to the description of history geography religion as well as political and economical organization of Mongolia. <br /><br />3 vols 8vo 22.3 x 14.5 cm. Half-title engr. title letterpress title XVIII 388 pp. with 1 folding plan and a map laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear ; Half-title frontispiece letterpress title 8pp. 409 pp. with 2 facsimile 1 plate and a folding plan plan laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; Title 6 433 2 37 4pp. with 3 plates; lacking pp. 159-160 frontispiece and a plate in vol 3 small light marginal waterstain to some ll. in vol. 1 and 2 title and p. IX in vol. 1 with neat marginal repair not affecting text. Later half calf over maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper covers and spine exlibris of Ward to upper pastedowns. <br /><br />Provenance: Nikolay Kolchin owner's inscription to half-title in vol. II Rayskiy's library at the theologival seminary of Tambov ink stamp to title of vol. II.<br /><br />3. FAR EAST – BICHURIN Monakh Iakinf. Notes on Mongolia. Skt. Peterburg 1828.<br /><br />A lovely fresh copy of a rare book illustrated with hand-coloured plates by one of the major Russian scholars on China. Bichurin 1777-1853 was named in 1805 leader of the 9th Russian Mission to Peking and head of the Sretenskiy monastery in this town. During his 14-year stay he learnt Chinese compiled his own dictionary and prepared other scholar works for later publication. The first volume of the present work gives an account of the journey and the second volume a detailed examination of the geographical and political condition of the Mongols and their life and customs.<br /><br />2 vols in one 8vo 20.5 x 13.2 cm. xii 231pp. with 5 hand-coloured lithographed plates; vi 339 pp. folding engraved map with hand-coloured outlines laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; occasional marginal notes in pencil. Later half calf over maroon cloth boards gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown.<br />Obolyaninov 1027. <br /><br />4. . ORLOV A. - Mongolian-Buryat grammar. Gladysheva Kazan 1878.<br /><br />8vo 25 x 16 cm. Title X 265 VI pp; light marginal waterstain to several pages at rear traces of removed label on title. Later calf over maroon cloth boards gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. <br /><br />5. PEVTSOV M.V. . Account of the Travel around Mongolia and the Northern Provinces of the Inner China. Omsk 1883.<br /><br />First edition of this travel account describing unknown parts of Mongolia and inner China. Mikhail Pevtsov 1843-1902 a young Russian army officer devoted traveler and student of Nikolay Przhevalskiy went with a caravan of merchants from Bijsk to Kalgan and back through the Southern Altai Mongolia and Gobi Desert thoroughly mapping the territory of altogether about four thousand kilometers. His detailed account covers the region's terrain rivers lakes brief history of its settlements; and characterizes local trade and animal productions. The large folding map of Mongolia clearly delineates the main geographical points of the territory between Irkutsk in the north Peking in the south and Lake Zaysan modern Kazakhstan in the west.<br /><br />A 20-pp. extract was published earlier in Izvestija Imperatorskogo Russkogo Geograficheskogo Obschesctva 1880 Vol 16. issue 5 pp. 435-457.<br /><br />Provenance: E.I. Yakushkin important historian and ethnographer with a library of about 15000 volumes 1826-1905 stamps to wrapper and title; Library of Shanyavskiy University Moscow stamps to wrapper and title.<br /><br />Title 2 IV 354 2 pp. with folding map of Mongolia laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; library stamps to title and upper wrapper. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine original wrappers bound in ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. Cf. for Yakushkin: Ivask IIp. 96.<br /><br />6. SOSNOVSKIY Y.A. 1874-75 . Expedition to China in the years 1874-75. Ivanov Moskva 1883. <br /><br />An account compiled by the Ukrainian born Colonel Sosnovskiy 1842-1895 who headed the 1874-75 expedition to China aimed at finding new land routes to Chinese trade markets. Among other tasks set by the Russian government the expedition was to evaluate opportunities for expanding trade with China find most favourable locations for Russian consulates and fabrics and also collect intelligence information on the Dungan revolt taking place in the Eastern regions of the country. The expedition resulted in establishing a new route to China which was 1600 versts shorter than the one used before. <br />In the mid 1870s still weakened after Russo-Japanese war the Russian Empire concentrated its geopolitical interests in Asia. Its activity in Central Asia and attempts to create spheres of influence in Tibet and China brought Russia on the brick of war with England which was itself aiming to dominate in the region. Both countries were actively conducting military intelligence in China considering it a possible future war arena. At that point Russian Empire sent multiple missions to Mongolia China and Tibet with most of them being headed by officers of the General headquarters. Sosnovskiy headed two such expeditions. <br />His account of the 1874-75 mission first appeared in the Izvestia Russkogo Imperatorskogo Obshchestva 1876 vol 12 issues 1 2 3 5 6 with the offered example being the first edition in the book form. <br /><br />Title V 894 II pp. with large folding map of China laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; lacking pp. 141-2 instead bound duplicate of pp. 189-190 ink stamp and inventory number to title light occasional spotting. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown.<br /><br />7. POTANIN Grigoriy Nikolaevich. - Tangut-Tibetan border of China and Central Mongolia. Skt. Peterburg Suvorin 1893.<br /><br />An account of the two years expedition led by the famous Russian explorer and scientist Potanin 1835 - 1920 to the territories on the border of China and Tibet. Apart from Potanin himself the expedition of 1884-6 included his wife ethnographer Alexandra topographer A. Skassi and zoologist M. Berezovskiy. The group travelled from Beijing through two northern Chinese provinces to arrive in Gansu in 1884. Having spent a year researching the territories on the Eastern border of Tibet they travelled back to Russia in 1886 through Nanshan district and Central Mongolia. This work presents richly illustrated material collected during the expedition including geography ethnography and zoology of the region.<br /><br />2 vols 4to 29 x 22.5 cm. Title XVIII 657 XVIII 2 pp. with 42 photogravures and 3 maps incl. 2 large folding laid on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; Frontispiece title XII 437 XIX pp. Later half calf over maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedowns; very slightly rubbed. <br /><br />8. DEKEN Constant de. A Travers l'Asie. Polleunis et Ceuterick Bruxelles 1894. <br /><br />8vo 22.6 x 16.4 cm. XI including title 367 pp. with 30 plates and 1 folding map; some light occasional spotting. Contemporary brown cloth gilt lettering to spine; traces of a removed label on upper pastedown.<br /><br />9. POTANINA A.V. : . Travels around Eastren Siberia Mongolia Tibet and China: collection of articles. Moskva Gerbek 1895.<br /><br />A posthumous publication of the complete collection of articles including the unpublished ones by Potanina 1843 - 1893 a famous explorer of Asia and the first women to be accepted as a member of the Russian Geographical Society. Along with her husband Grigoriy Potanin who made a very significant contribution to the research of Central Asia she took part in four expeditions to the region researching ethnography geography and economy of Mongolia Tibet and Inner China. <br /><br />8vo 24.5 x 17 cm. Frontispiece title 4 XLII 296 pp. 5 lithographed plates incl. 3 in colour. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine and upper cover ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown; extremities of spine slightly rubbed. <br /><br />10. . BUKSGEVDEN Baron A. : 1860 . Russian China: notes on the diplomatic relations between Russia and China The Convention of Peking of 1860. Noviy Kray Port Artur 1902.<br /><br />The publication of this work was triggered by the events in China in 1900 when the massive rebellion against foreign intervention in Chinese provinces resulted in extensive violent attacks on foreigners official missions and Christian monuments. To protect their interests German American British and Russian forces advanced on Beijing and put an end to the rebellion which was supported by the Chinese government. <br /><br />The author found the developments of 1900 to have direct connection to the ones that took place 40 years before when at the culmination of the Second Opium War the British and French troops entered the Forbidden City in Beijing. Reflecting on these events Baron Buksgevden describes the diplomatic efforts of the Russian representative Ignatiev in 1860 to facilitate the negotiations between China on one side and Britain and France on the other and their successful outcome for the Russian Empire. <br /><br />The editor was planning to continue the work with description of the events of 1900 in China but the second part was never published. <br /><br />Small 4to 21.5 x 15.5 cm. Title 2 II 2 III 239 pp. Later maroon cloth binding gilt lettering to spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown.<br /><br /><br />11. TSYBIKOV G.Ts. - - : Guide to the stages of the Path to Awakening. Vostochniy institut Vladivostok 1910 1913.<br /><br />The first translation into a European language of the first part of this important text on Indian Buddhism in a scholar edition with text in Mongolian and in Russian with many linguistic notes. The 'Guide to the stages of the Path to Awakening' is the main work of the great Tibetan religious leader Tsongkhapa 1357-1419 which outlines the ideas of Buddhism in the form of a guide and describes the stages of the path of spiritual development up to the achievement of full awakening. <br /><br />Tsybikov 1873-1930 an explorer ethnographer and orientalist was one of the first foreigners to travel in Tibet where he secretly conducted research and recorded his journey in photographs. During his travels he obtained Mongolian texts of Lam-Rim from which he wrote a translation into Russian. According to Tsybikov only the first part of Tsongkhapa's work was available in Mongolian at that time.<br /><br />Two issues bound in 1 vol. 8vo 22.8 x 16.3 cm. 8 pp. incl. title XLVIII 312 pp. 2; 10 pp. incl. title XLI 294 II pp. Later half calf over maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown; spine very slightly rubbed. <br /><br />12. . . . BOGOLEPOV M.I. and M.N. SOBOLEV. - Notes on the Russian-Mongolian Trade. Sibirskoe tov. pechatnogo dela Tomsk 1911.<br /><br />An account of the expedition organized by Tomsk Society of the Siberia Research independently of the Moscow Trade Mission that was initiated in 1910. The expedition was subsidized by the three largest companies trading with Mongolia and aimed at researching all aspects of the Mongolian trade system including its legal and economic aspects.<br /><br />8vo 26.6 x 18 cm. Title VII 498 2 pp. with 20 photoengravings on 10 plates and 1 folding map pasted on linen and inserted in pocket at rear. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. <br /><br />13. NOVITSKIY V.F. - - - 1906 Travels around Mongolia in 1906. Voenneya tipografiya Skt.Peterburg 1911. <br /><br />After the end of the Russo-Japanese war the Russian troops in Manchuria where Colonel Novitskiy served where awaiting relocation that was not promising to take place soon. Therefore it was not difficult for Novitskiy to receive a permission to explore the neighbouring Mongolia in the meantime. During his expedition which was partly sponsored by the Imperial Geographical Society Novitskiy meticulously recorded his geographical and meteorological observations as well as specimens of flora and fauna that he encountered. The account also greatly benefits from the enclosed fifteen accurate maps of the region and expedition routes compiled by Novitskiy. <br /><br />Large 8vo 27.7 x 17.6 cm. IV including title 400 pp. with 15 folding maps all pasted on linen and inserted in pocket at rear; traces of old tape to inner margin of several leaves small marginal loss to the general map of expedition route in Mongolia. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine and upper cover ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown; extremities of spine slightly rubbed. <br /><br />14. . . . – POPOV V.L. and others. Mo Moscow Trade Mission to Mongolia. Riabushinskiy Moskva 1912.<br /><br />An account compiled by the participants of the trade mission initiated at the meeting of the Russian industrialists and entrepreneurs in 1910. The expedition was headed by the colonel Popov and included representatives of the biggest trade companies such as V. Shkarin K. Koliadov I. Morozov and others. In Mongolia the group studied stock raising production of fur local banking and trade systems as well as the country's geographical political and administrative characteristics. <br /><br />Large 8vo 27 x 18.8 cm.Title 2 353 pp. with 35 photoengr. and lith. plates and folding map pasted on linen. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown. <br /><br />15. RUDNEV A.D. - : 1 2 3 Khori-Buryat dialect: issues 1 2 and 3. Petrograd 1913 – 1914. <br /><br />8vo. 10 pp incl. title CXX; title 128 2 pp.; title 135 2pp. 4 pp. advert. Later maroon cloth gilt lettering to upper cover and spine ex libris of Ward to upper pastedown original upper wrappers of three issues bound in extremities of spine slightly rubbed. <br /><br />Provenance: Library of the Oriental Institute stamps to upper wrapper and titles.<br /> [Various places, 1764-1914]. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 90438

‎[CHINA EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].‎

‎Deities.‎

‎Canton c.1860. . A set of 6 watercolour and gouache studies on pith paper each surrounded by blue fabric borders.<br /> Pith seems not to have been adopted for painting until about 1820. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith often erroneously called "rice paper" or "mulberry pith" come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s.<br /><br />Pith presumably came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small inexpensive and easily transported souvenirs following the massive growth in the China Trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Paintings in oils on board and canvas were costly and difficult to carry home. Earlier and more prestigious export water-colours had often been on a larger scale and painted on fine Chinese paper or on paper imported from Europe. The albums of pith paintings and later the little glass-fronted boxes were inexpensive light easy to pack and gave the pictures some protection on the long voyage home. Because many were sold in albums and hence protected from the light they retain their bright colours to this day.<br /><br />Pith comes from the central column of spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera native to south-west China. It has had a variety of uses some going back many centuries. At the imperial court both men and women wore coloured flowers made from pith in their hair. For use in painting it is cut by hand with a knife into thin sheets from short lengths of the spongy tissue. Cutting is highly skilled and the constraints of the process mean that the finished sheets for painting seldom if ever measure more than about 30cms by 20cms. The sheets are dried trimmed and used for painting without any further processing.<br /><br />Because of the nature of pith and its cellular structure the gouache used by the Chinese sat on the surface and produced a bright and even sparkling effect. Very fine detail could be achieved but pith did not lend itself to the flat wash of colour favoured for European watercolours. <br /><br />Carl Crossman in his book The Decorative Arts of the China Trade originally published under the title The China Trade gives an excellent list of export painters with a note of those known to have painted on pith. These include Tingqua Sunqua and Youqua. From 1757 until 1842 Canton was the only Chinese port open to trade with the west and it is no surprise that of the eight studios identified by Crossman as producing works on pith six were in Canton. <br /><br />It seems that the 1830s and 1840s may have been the heyday of pith painting. The international trading bases the waterfront 'factories' on the 'Hongs' in Canton where they were produced were partially burnt during the First Opium War 1839-41 and totally destroyed in a fire of 1856. The foreign trading companies then moved to Honan and subsequently put up splendid new offices on reclaimed land at Shamian Island a little up river. As the result of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 additional Chinese ports were opened up for foreign trade and Hong Kong was established as a major trading centre. <br /><br />By 1860 references to China in the Illustrated London News plentiful three years earlier were few and far between. That is not to say that painting on pith ceased. Nicholas the second was given paintings on pith when he visited Canton in 1891 and the last Emperor is said to have sent him a gift which included pith paintings in 1907 though these could have been examples of much earlier work. <br /><br />Painters on pith did not in general sign their work the sole exception is Sunqua whose name can be found on the face of three paintings on pith. <br /><br />There are collections of paintings on pith in the Ashmolean the British Museum the Fitzwilliam the Hermitage the Peabody/Essex Museum in Massachusetts and the Hong Kong Museum of Art. However because paintings on pith are not in general regarded as fine art they are usually to be found in ethnographic or specialised collections.<br /> Canton, c.1860]. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 86239

‎[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

Bookseller reference : 94212

‎[CHINA EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].‎

‎Album of gouaches depicting the manufacture of tea.‎

‎c.1830 . 4to album 33 x 26 cml; 24 gouaches on pith paper each one 30.5 x 20.4 cm all mounted on paper and framed with a pale blue silk fabric border; bookplate 3 plates with small tears approx 2 cm length at margins; bound in contemporary patterned decorated silk boards some pencilling on front pastedown ; overall an attractive copy. <br /> An excellent example of rare Chinese album on pith paper on tea cultivation depicting each process in detail. <br /><br />Pith seems not to have been adopted for painting until about 1820. Some European museums claim that their paintings on pith often erroneously called 'rice paper' or 'mulberry pith' come from the end of the eighteenth century but there do not seem to be any dateable examples that are so early. There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s.<br /><br />Pith presumably came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small inexpensive and easily transported souvenirs following the massive growth in the China Trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Paintings in oils on board and canvas were costly and difficult to carry home. Earlier and more prestigious export water-colours had often been on a larger scale and painted on fine Chinese paper or on paper imported from Europe. The albums of pith paintings and later the little glass-fronted boxes were inexpensive light easy to pack and gave the pictures some protection on the long voyage home. Because many were sold in albums and hence protected from the light they retain their bright colours to this day.<br /><br />Pith comes from the central column of spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera native to south-west China. It has had a variety of uses some going back many centuries. At the imperial court both men and women wore coloured flowers made from pith in their hair. For use in painting it is cut by hand with a knife into thin sheets from short lengths of the spongy tissue. Cutting is highly skilled and the constraints of the process mean that the finished sheets for painting seldom if ever measure more than about 30 by 20 cm. The sheets are dried trimmed and used for painting without any further processing.<br /><br />Because of the nature of pith and its cellular structure the gouache used by the Chinese sat on the surface and produced a bright and even sparkling effect. Very fine detail could be achieved but pith did not lend itself to the flat wash of colour favoured for European watercolours. <br /><br />Carl Crossman in his book The Decorative Arts of the China Trade originally published under the title The China Trade gives an excellent list of export painters with a note of those known to have painted on pith. These include Tingqua Sunqua and Youqua. From 1757 until 1842 Canton was the only Chinese port open to trade with the west and it is no surprise that of the eight studios identified by Crossman as producing works on pith six were in Canton. <br /><br />It seems that the 1830s and 1840s may have been the heyday of pith painting. The international trading bases the waterfront 'factories' on the 'Hongs' in Canton where they were produced were partially burnt during the First Opium War 1839-41 and totally destroyed in a fire of 1856. The foreign trading companies then moved to Honan and subsequently put up splendid new offices on reclaimed land at Shamian Island a little up river. As the result of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 additional Chinese ports were opened up for foreign trade and Hong Kong was established as a major trading centre. <br /><br />By 1860 references to China in the Illustrated London News plentiful three years earlier were few and far between. That is not to say that painting on pith ceased. Nicholas the second was given paintings on pith when he visited Canton in 1891 and the last Emperor is said to have sent him a gift which included pith paintings in 1907 though these could have been examples of much earlier work. <br /><br />There are collections of paintings on pith in the Ashmolean the British Museum the Fitzwilliam the Hermitage the Peabody/Essex Museum in Massachusetts and the Hong Kong Museum of Art. However because paintings on pith are not in general regarded as fine art they are usually to be found in ethnographic or specialised collections.<br /> [c.1830] hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 100987

‎MiA©ville, China‎

‎The Scar Bas-Lag‎

‎Ballantine Books. New. Special order direct from the distributor Ballantine Books unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ING9780345444387 ISBN : 0345444388 9780345444387

‎Mieville, China‎

‎El consejo de hierro Bas-Lag 3‎

‎Nova 1900. Hardcover. New. 100 pages. Spanish language. 9.13x6.54x1.89 inches. Nova hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 2-8417347127 ISBN : 8417347127 9788417347123

‎Liu, Xiangjie/ China Science Publishing & Media (Contributor)‎

‎Systems Control Theory‎

‎De Gruyter 2018. Paperback. New. 210 pages. 9.45x6.69x0.40 inches. De Gruyter paperback‎

Bookseller reference : x-3110574942 ISBN : 3110574942 9783110574944

‎Zhang, David/ Jain, Anil K./ Icb 200 (2006 Hong Kong, China)‎

‎Advances in Biometrics: International Conference Icb 2006 Hong Kong China January 5-7 2006 Proceedings‎

‎Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 796 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches. Springer-Verlag New York Inc paperback‎

Bookseller reference : x-3540311114 ISBN : 3540311114 9783540311119