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China Chambers William and Robert
Chambers's Information for the People Number 25 China and the Tea Trade
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers 1841. Paperback. Very good overall. Monthly issue with much tea content; with subheadings: Geographical Position - Boundaries and Divisions; Internal Appearance and Climate; History; Government; Laws; Revenues; Royal Family; Classes of Population - Occupations; Production - Agriculture - Tea Crop; Arts and Sciences; Language and Literature; Religion; and Intercourse with Foreign Nations - British Tea-Trade. Disbound article pp 385 - 400 with in text illustration of Buddha statue "The Chinese Boodh" <br/><br/> William and Robert Chambers paperback
Référence libraire : 15758
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China
Chinese New Year Calendar for 1903 with coins
1903. Good overall. Calendar for 1903 with monthly calendar printed on red card attached at the left with black tie b&w photographic illustration of small Chinese girl in costume laid down and Chinese characters at the right. With a bamboo chop stick and two coins tied with black cord at the top edge. A bit sunned some loss to calendar some faint damp marking on two edges corners a little rubbed. 10 1/2 x 9 1/4" <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 19998
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China
Chiou Fon Silk Co 739 Nanking Road Shanghai
Shanghai 1930. Otherwise very good condition. Broadside advertising the Shanghai silk company with text in Chinese and English illustrated with woodcut of the silk company at the upper right. Chinese silk production for foreign markets had benefited from the near collapse of the European silk industry caused by the silkworm disease pebrine during the 1850s and 1860s; Nanjing Road became the earliest shipping street in Shanghai and over time the premier shopping street in China. Text and border printed in red on thin brown paper. Paper size: 10 1/2" x 16. Original folds cracked on fold lines tears to the left edge with some marginal loss ruffled. Image complete. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 19840
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China; Bank Note Printing
Compagnie Generale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine. . Capital Social: 3000000 de Francs . Action de Deux Cent Cinquante Francs au Porteur
Bruxelles: J. Verschueren 1900. Very good condition. An early Chinese railroad bond with attractive bank-note engraving and with three Chinese vignettes: a Chinese village a Chinese temple and a railway bridge spanning a large river. Printed in red & black with multiple tax stamps at top of page. Number 05219 with coupon sheet attached dated 1936 through 1944 with the 1936 coupon removed. Complete with statutes printed in red on verso. 14 x 15" <br/><br/> J. Verschueren unknown
Référence libraire : 19838
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Shanghai China
Postcard. Shanghai City Tea House
Shanghai: Toyo Murakami. Ephemera. Very good overall. B&w Chinese finely printed picture postcard showing pagoda like structure of the City Tea House in Shanghai built over water with a bridge leading to it. On verso 'Work of Art and Curio Dealer Palace Hotel Building Shanghai'. Postcard not mailed very good. <br/><br/> Toyo Murakami unknown
Référence libraire : 19750
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Hangchow China
Postcard. Lakeside View of Grand Hotel Westlake Hangchow China
Ephemera. Very good overall. B&w Chinese printed picture postcard showing lake and covered boat with oars in foreground with the tiered eaves of the Grand Hotel Westlake Hangchow China in background. Also written in Chinese characters. Postcard not mailed very good. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 19749
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China; Stained Glass Clayton and Bell
Clayton and Bell Stained Glass template of Chinese saints for the west window of St. John the Evangelist Friern Barnet
1902. Very good overall. A large sketch for a stained glass window most likely martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion in which many Chinese Christians were executed in 1900. The design by Clayton and Bell one of the preeminent Victorian stained glass workshops was founded by John Clayton and Alfred Bell in 1855. The two developed glass of remarkable luminosity. The illustration consists of four Chinese figures standing on clouds the foremost a woman in flowing robes; behind her are a woman and two men wearing hats. The window was designed for St. John the Evangelist in Friern Barnet in North London UK. Pencil drawing highlighted with color 39 1/2 x 18" period folds. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 19579
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China Australia P. Anselm Desing
Asia Nach der Religion
1730. Very good condition. An early copper plate engraved b&w map extending from Egypt and the Middle East to southeast Asia with Australia at the extreme lower right "New Holland" and below that "Incognita". To the northeast is Nova Guinea drawn attached to Carpentaria. A rather crude general map of southeast Asia. Heraldic shields with author and title at the lower left. Desing was a Benedictine monk from Ensdorff & member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 5 1/4 x 4 1/2" <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 17131
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China
A La Porte Chinoise Rue de la Bourse 3 Paris. Magasin de Thes Marchandises de Chine et des Indes. Objets d'Art etc.
Wood engraved broadsheet for Parisian purveyor of teas illustrated with engraving of Chinese temple with tea workers tea chests and junk on the river in the distance. 6 x 9 3/8". Some light fox spotting o/w very good. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 17130
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Cities of the Province of Hu-Quang from "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 8 1/2 x 14 1/4" very good condition. A series of walled cities. Plan from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16717
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China Ming Wan; Sin Kang
13th Plenum Executive Committee Communist International: Revolutionary China Today speeches by Wan Ming and Kang Sin December 1933
New York: Workers Library Publishers 1934. Paperback. Booklet containing text of two speeches. The first by Wan Ming titled "Revolution War and Intervention in China and the Tasks of the Communist Party" in three parts: I. China- An arena of Revolution War and Intervention; II. The Communist Party of China the Only Leader of the Chinese Revolution. III The Immediate Perspectives and Difficulties of the Soviet Revolution in China and the Tasks of the C. P. C. and the Fraternal Parties. The second speech by Kang Sin titled "The Development of the Revolutionary Movement in Non-Soviet China and the Work of the Communist Party" in two parts: I. The anti-imperialist Struggle II. The Revolutionary Struggle of the Workers in non-Soviet China. Small 8vo 96pp. Pale pink paper wraps with red banners; title in dark blue; staple bound. Slt foxed base of cover o/w very good. <br/><br/> Workers Library Publishers paperback
Référence libraire : 16700
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Province VI Hu-Quang Drawn on the Spot by the Peres Fridelli and Regis in the Year 1716. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving period folds. 15 1/4 x 18 3/4" with margins. Map from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. One small section of fold separated and repaired archivally. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16707
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China
Collection of Chinese propaganda illustrations
1950. Paperback. Very good condition. A collection of nine color illustrations depicting happy Chinese people at work including: a smiling grandmother making a bed; a teacher explaining a sculpted monument to a group of children; workers with machinery; smiling women collecting water; a landscape of terraced agricultural fields; a woman spinning yarn; a group of workers at a forge; happy family in the snow; and a happy family with young girl on bicycle. All captioned in Chinese. In a folding cardboard sleeve. Sml 8vo red title in Chinese characters on front of sleeve. <br/><br/> paperback
Référence libraire : 16722
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Cities of the Province of Pe-Che-Li from "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 8 1/2 x 14 1/4" very good condition period folds. A series of walled cities. Plan from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16723
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
The Procession at a Chinese Funeral .from "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 11 x 8 3 3/4" with margins. From the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16726
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Architectural plan of the Ti vang myau and the Que tse Kyen Halls of Ceremony from "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 8 1/2 x 13 1/4". Floorplans of two temples from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16720
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Province VII Ho-Nan Drawn on the Spot by the Peres Regis de Mailla and Henderer in the Year 1714. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving period folds. 11 1/2 x 13" with margins. Map from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. One small section of fold separated and repaired archivally. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16708
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Province I Pe-Che-Li Che-Li or Li-Pa-Fu Drawn on the Spot by the Peres Regis Jartoux & Fridelli in the Year 1710. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving period folds. 111/4 x 14 1/2" with margins & period folds. Map from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16721
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Province VIII Shan-Tong Drawn on the Spot by the Peres Regis and Cordoso in the Year 1710. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving period folds. 14 1/4 x 9" with margins printed slightly askew on the sheet with loss to top rule line. Map from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16709
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Province II Kyang-nan. Drawn on the Spot by the Peres de Mailla and Henderer in the Year 1711. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving period folds. 13 3/4 x 13 1/4" with margins. Map including Shanghai area from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16699
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Cities of the Province of Che-Kyang from "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 9 x 15" very good condition with slt. loss on lower left corner as inserted in the book. A series of walled cities. Plan from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16718
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Province IX Shan-Si Drawn on the Spot by the Peres de Tartre & Cordoso in the Year 1712. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving period folds. 9 3/4 x 13 3/4" with margins. Map from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16712
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Chinese Barks & Vessels of Burden. A Kind of Galley Two uncommon ways of catching Fish; the manner of taking Wild Ducks described.from "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 11 x 8 3 3/4" with margins. Map from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. Sml. closed tear repaired into print at top. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16698
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Province XV Quey-Chew Drawn on the Spot by the Peres Fridelli and Regis in the Year 1716. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving period folds. 11 1/4 x 10" with margins. Map from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. Clean loss to bottom left corner where the map was tabbed into book. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16714
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Cities of the Province of Shen-si from "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 8 1/2 x 14 1/4" very good condition. A series of walled cities. Plan from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16716
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Cities of the Province of Kyang-si Fo-kyen Shan-si & Yun-nan from "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 8 1/2 x 14 1/4" very good condition. A series of walled cities. Plan from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16715
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Cities of the Province of Quey-Chew from "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 8 1/2 x 14 1/4" very good condition overall with slt loss to title at top due to plate positioning on paper. A series of walled cities. Plan from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16719
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Province IV Fo-kyen Drawn on the Spot by ye Peres Regis de Mailla and Henderer in the Year 1713. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving period folds. 12 1/ x 14 1/4" with margins. Closed semi-circular tear repaired archivally. Map from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16705
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Province V Che-Kyang Drawn on the Spot by ye Peres Regis de Mailla & Henderer in the Year 1714. From "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving period folds. 9 1/4 x 9 3/4" with margins. Map from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16706
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
A Chart of the entrance into Kanton from the Sea. Humbly Inscribed to the Rt. Honourable Lord Vere Beauclerk
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good condition. A map of the entrance to Canton with Macau Ma-kau and the islands on the approach pictured with depth soundings and an inset "Plan of Quang-Chew Fu commonly called Kanton". Copper engraved map 9 3/8 x 14 1/2" with sml margins a little ruffled with slt. margin loss. The map is from the Edward Cave folio edition of Du Halde's important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary Together with the Kingdoms of Korea and Tibet" by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The Du Halde book is referred to in Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16232
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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. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 16217
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Province XII. Quang-Tong drawn on the Spot by the Peres de Tartre & Cordoso in the Year 1714 with Improvements by the Editor.
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good condition. A map of the China coast from Behai to Shantou centering on the Pearl River Canton Macau & the islands of Hong Kong. Copper engraved map 20 3/4 x 16 1/2" with sml margins. The map is from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary Together with the Kingdoms of Korea and Tibet" by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The Du Halde book is referred to in Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Référence libraire : 16233
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China Royal Geographical Society Markham Clements; Charles W. R.
The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Vol. 12 1898 July - Dec
London: Royal Geographic Society 1898. Hardcover. Important material on China Central India the Yangtse Chiang Tibet and Mt. Everest including: The Fourth Centenary of Vasco da Gama's Voyage to India by Sir Clements Markham; The Yangtse Chiang by W. R. Charles; Through Tibet to China by Captain H. S. Wellby; Tirah by Colonel T. H. Holdich; The Environs and Native Names of Mount Everest by Major L. A. Waddell. All folding maps present. Three quarter black leather and black boards gilt title to red spine label spine rubbed and chipped front and rear boards loose but holding. <br/><br/> Royal Geographic Society hardcover
Référence libraire : 16321
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China
Chinese cigarette card collection
A lifetime's collection of cigarette cards a total of 180 cards. Full color with text on the verso. Some captioned in English some in Chinese some in English and Chinese and some without captions. Apparently printed in China. Manufacturers are: Karatzas Bros. & Co. Hatamen Cigarettes Ching Hwa Tobacco Co. Peacock Cigarettes Murai Bros. Co. Ltd and others. Scenes pictured include: beautiful women architecture proverbs battles martial arts figures birds interior scenes. Cards ranging in size from 1 1/2 x 2 1/2" to approx 2 x 2 1/2". Conditon good; some cards used nevertheless good. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 15932
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China
The Story of Aladdin
New York: Cupples and Leon 1905. Twilight Series. Hardcover. Ca. 1905. Charming tale of Aladdin the idle son of a Chinese tailor & the magician and his magic lamp. Sml 8vo 29 pp b&w and 2 color plates. Illustrations by David Brett. Color illustrated boards with title in white on black. Front cover with vertical crease o/w very good. HKD735. <br/><br/> Cupples and Leon hardcover
Référence libraire : 15198
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China Cheong Hong
Studio Portrait of Naval Officers
1886. Ca. 1886. A studio portrait by the Chinese photographer artist & portrait painter Hong Cheong noted for his large format hand colored albumen prints who operated a studio in Yokohama 1875-1885 and then in Hong Kong. Photographer imprint at base of card reads Hong Cheong No. 2 & 4 D'Aquila Street Hong Kong'. The card is slt chipped at lower right corner so that "Kong" is clipped. A studio portrait of three naval officers full length with white caps dark blazers and white trousers. One period hand-written inscription in pencil on the verso "From J. Barnetson". 4 x 5 1/2" photograph on 4 1/4 x 6 1/2" card. Very sml nicks at top edge and lower right corner of photograph itself o/w vgc. HKD970. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 15193
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China Celluloid Corset Clasp trade card
Celluloid Corset Clasps
Corset clasp advertising card with illustration of three Chinese pig tail wearing laundry workers comparing a corset without the new corset clasps and one with the new product. With text at the top: "Side & dress steels guaranteed not to rust". With additional advertising text on the verso. Not dated. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Upper right corner of front of card slt creased slt toning to lower edge of verso of card o/w very good. HKD580. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 14626
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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. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 14622
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China Empire laundry wringer trade card
Empire Wringer Co. Auburn NY
Empire laundry wringer advertising card with illustration of two Chinese laundry workers one with his pig tail trapped in the wringer along with a shirt as his oblivious co-worker reads a book. With advertising text on the verso "You can do twice the work! And No More Labor Required! . Cannot Soil or Grease the Clothes!" Not dated. 3 x 5 in. A few very light marks at verso of card o/w very good. HKD970. <br/><br/> hardcover
Référence libraire : 14627
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China De Rosny Leon
Extraits d'un Glossaire Bouddhique Sanscrit-Chinois
Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie 1890. Paperback. Very good. 8vo pp 129 - 192 unopened. Gray paper wraps title in black at front cover ad at back cover. Front cover detached sml lib stamp; internally very good. In French. HKD735. <br/><br/> Maisonneuve et Cie paperback
Référence libraire : 15079
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China Post card
Nanking Road Shanghai post card
Ca 1910 color post card busy street scene with many store fronts shoppers and store signs in Chinese and the number 41 at the title below. Mailed with date stamp of May 1910 and message concerning safe return to Newburgh NY. Slt rubbed at corners o/w very good. HKD115. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 14641
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China Lamb Charles
A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig
Boston: D. Lothrop 1888. Hardcover. Very good. The story of how roast pig and crackling were "discovered" in China by swineherd "Ho-Ti and his son "Bo-Bo". Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman. 16mo unpaginated aeg. Quarter red gilt cloth and patterned paper boards; no title at spine. Covers gently rubbed with chipping to paper at rear cover. Internally front inner hinge tender but holding o/w very good. HKD580. <br/><br/> D. Lothrop hardcover
Référence libraire : 15040
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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. <br/><br/> The Ridgway Company paperback
Référence libraire : 15082
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China Old Process starch trade card
Old Process laundry starch
Old Process starch advertising card with an illustration of a Chinese man ironing a shirt with the words "Old Processee Starchee No Goodee. It Smellee Rots & Make Shirts Yellee" in a banner to the left. Not dated. 2 x 2 3/4 in. Colors bright and fresh; no text on verso as card has cardboard adhered to verso o/w very good. HKD270. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 14621
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China Celluloid shirt collar trade card
Celluloid waterproof linen collars cuffs and shirt bosoms
Celluloid collar advertising card with illustration of a small Chinese girl in Chinese attire but also wearing the advertised celluloid collar and cuffs and carrying an umbrella charmingly fashioned from a large celluloid cuff and walking on platform sandals also made of cuffs. Advertising text at verso not dated. 3 x 4 1/4 in very good. HKD350. <br/><br/> unknown
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China Sapanule trade card
Sapanule Cures Neuralgia Diptheria Rheumatism & c.
Sapanule "the Celebrated Glycerine Lotion" advertising card with an illustration of a troupe of Chinese acrobats and the registered trade mark of the product at the front. With advertising text on the verso. Not dated ca. 1878 4 x 2 1/2 in. Colors bright and fresh slt toning on verso o/w very good. HKD350. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 14623
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China
Wu Chuan-ching Vice Chairman of the Drilling Command Revolutionary Committee is honored as a "driller of iron will" at the Taching Oilfield
1960. Very good. The Taching Oilfield now called Daqing is the largest oilfield in the Peoples Republic of China and is located between the Songhua river and Nunjiang river in Heilongjiang province; it was discovered in 1959 and is now the fourth most productive oilfield in the world. Ca. 1960 b&w poster size photograph of Wu Chuan-ching wearing helmet & drilling uniform taken at the oilfield. With text in English and Chinese on the verso describing Wu Chuan-ching's dedication: "Wu got wounded three times in protecting the state property and class brothers. After recovery he persists in working together with his mates at the well site". 20 x 15 in. Slt ruffled at corners o/w very good. HKD3500. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 15110
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China Garnier Freres
Dame de Hong Kong Chine
Paris 1880. Very good. Ca. 1880 chromolithograph of upper class lady in maroon robe and dark green skirt holding fan & seated before an ornate screen. A tea service and tray are on the floor beside her chair. 6 1/2 x 9 in. Matted very good. HKD970. <br/><br/> unknown
Référence libraire : 15117
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China Aux Ecossais H. Bouts clothing trade card
Aux Ecossais
Paris 1890. French clothing company trading card with an illustration of two Chinese children playing with birds; with the title in French "Aux Ecossais" With the Scots in black in the lower right. Paris not dated ca. 1890. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" with advertising copy on the back. Colors bright and fresh; one small number noted in pen on verso o/w very good. HKD350. <br/><br/> hardcover
Référence libraire : 14620
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China Tse Tung Mao
Mao Tse-Tung On New Democracy
Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1960. Hard Cover. Very good. Contents include: 'Whither China' 'Bourgeois Dictatorship Impossible' '"Left" Phrase-Mongering Refuted' 'The Die-Hards Refuted' 'The Old and the New Three People's Principles' among others. 16mo frontis portrait 80pp. Quarter cream cloth and pictorial cream papered boards; no title at spine. Internally sml lib stamp at ffep o/w very good. HKD350. <br/><br/> Foreign Languages Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 15054
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