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Helwig, David
The Hundred Old Names
83 pages. "David Helwig visited China last year and this book is the result: pungent, perceptive, illuminating." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Art Journey of Far Eastern Plaza Hotel / A Passage to China: Complete with Slipcase
139 pages. Lavishly illustrated with colour plates. Text in Chinese and English. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear and closed three inch tear to dust jacket. Moderate wear to illustrated slipcase. A quality copy of this magnificent work. Book
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Huang Po-Nien (Translated By Chow Hon Huen)
Hsing-i Fist and Weapon Instruction
112 pages. Reprint of the 1928 first Chinese edition. "Here, for the first time, martial artists were encouraging and openly teaching the Chinese people how to stand on their own and regain pride in their country... Huang's book is often quoted in martial arts literature. This is due, for the most part, to its significance as a manual for training military personel in unarmed and armed combat applications of hsing-i ch'uan. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound reference copy. Book
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Blakemore, Trevor
China Clay
Unpaginated. Approximately 3/8" thick. Contains short poems on Chinese topics, accompanied by handsome black and white illustrations. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Hwuy-Ung; Makepeace, J.A. (Translator)
A Chinaman's Opinion of Us and of His Own People (as Expressed in Letters from Australia to His Friend in China)
322 pages. "The following letters were written by Hwuy-ung, one of the class of literati and a social reformer, to his (and my) friend Tseng between the years 1899 and 1912. They came into my possession through Tseng-Ching, a scholar, who urged me (and helped me) to translate them into English, so that the reforms suggested by his enlightened countryman might meet with due recognition and support from abroad. It was also his intention to have the Chinese version published and distributed among his countrymen, in order (under God's gracious will) that their eyes might be opened to their shortcomings and the race strengthened and rejuvenated." - from Introduction. Red front board attractively decorated in yellow and black. Card pocket inside back board. Library bookplate inside front board. No other markings. Minor lean to spine. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this interesting work. Book
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Alford, William P.
To Steal a Book is an Elegant Offense
222 pages. Index. Bibliography. Extensive footnotes. Intellectual property law in Chinese civilization. Occasional marginalia throughout text. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
National Doll World, August, 1981
Special Features: Riding Dolls; More about Baby Wendy; Revlon Dolls; China Shoulder Head Dolls; Home Gnomes; Party Outfit for 10" doll; Posable Porcelain People; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Marsh, James Reid
The Charm of the Middle Kingdom
245 pages. Decorated front board. Numerous good quality reproductions of black and white photos. A Vivid and intimate record of Chinese life, revealing its glamour and fascination, its callousness and disregard of human values. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy of this engaging account. Book
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Perckhammer, Heinz Von; Schaeffer, Dr. Emil (Herausgeber)
Von China Und Chinesen - Schaubucher (SB) 28
16 pages of text and descriptions of 63 full-page sepia-tone reproductions of photos. All text in German. Illustrated front board. Small prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Moderate age-related tanning to some pages. Moderate external wear. Original binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful von Perckhammer compilation. Book
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Snow, Edgar
War and Peace in Vietnam
32 pages. Reprinted from "The Other Side of the River" with a new introduction by the author. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound working copy. Book
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Bland, J.O.P.; Backhouse, E.; Rauch, F. (Translator)
China Unter Der Kaiserin Witwe
503 pages. Text in German. Black and white photographic plates. Average wear and soiling. Moisture marks to upper corner of pages - nothing major. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Wu, Guoguang; Lansdowne, Helen
China Turns to Multilateralism: Foreign Policy and Regional Security
303 pages. "Records, analyzes, and attempts to conceptualize the phenomenal development of Chinese foreign policy and its impact on international relations, with the emphasis on China's active participation in multilaterally oriented regional security regimes." - from Introduction. Prior owner's name neatly clipped from first page otherwise like new. A excellent copy. Book
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Richthofen, Ferdinand Freiherr Von; Tiessen, E. (Editor)
Ferdinand Von Richthofen's Tagebucher Aus China: Volumes I and II (One and Two)
588 + 375 pages. Index. Colour fold-out map at back of volume I. All plates present. Text in German. Contents unmarked and moderately age-toned. Foxing to plates and some pages. Average overall wear. Narrow openings along both hinges of volume I. Documents von Richthofen's important travel and research in China. Book
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Loesser, Frank
On a Slow Boat to China - Sheet Music for Piano and Voice
4 pages. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Nordmo, J.M.
Demons Despoiled
95 pages. "Years lived on the north China plain have given the author an intimate acquaintance with demonic power and its manifestations, along with the superstitions of popular Buddhism." - from front flap. Average wear and soiling. A sound copy. Book
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Utley, Freda
China at War
310 pages. Index. Fold-out map. Several black and white photographic plates, including graphic scenes of victims of the Japanese. "A naturally straightforward writer, Miss Utley is able to make her penetrating discussions of Chinese politics as deeply interesting and moving as her descriptions of air raids and hospital tours." - from dust jacket flap which is affixed to first blank leaf. Library binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this interesting work. Book
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Till, Barry; Swart, Paula; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Chinese Jade: Stone for the Emperors
144 pages. Exhibition catalogue. Extensively illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Usual library markings. Heavily worn. Reading copy only. Book
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Jansen, G.H. (Signed)
Zionism, Israel and Asian Nationalism
347 pages. Index. Signed and inscribed by author upon half-title page. Chapters include: The Motivation of Zionism; Zionism in Action; The Process of Rejection; China and India Turn their backs; The Alien almost at Home; Asia draws back; Israel - a colony or a coloniser. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Junshan, Zhu; MacIlquham, W. Lloyd: Editors
Outstanding Chinese Canadian Artists Paintings - Vol. 1
95 pages. Text primarily in Chinese. Colour plates throughout. "Documents the works of 25 artists who have built a remarkable career before leaving China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. They have created many outstanding works of traditional Chinese art since coming to Canada in the 1990's... Provides art research and information for the public who are interested in Chinese art with its distinctive characteristics of traditional expression." - from page 6. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Tight and square. An excellent copy. Book
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Forbes, Robert B.
Personal Reminiscences - American Maritime History: To Which is Added Rambling Recollections Connected with China
412 pages. Four black and white illustrations including frontis portrait of author. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Tight and square. A sound copy. Book
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Keguan, Bi; Ruifu, Peng - Translator
Chinese Folk Painting on Porcelain
192 pages. Index. Vivid colour photography throughout. "The author's in-depth study of thousands of ancient porcelain shards has produced information and conclusions valuable to research in the history of fine arts, and the history of pottery and porcelain, aesthetics and archaeology. His views, corroborated by abundant evidence, challenge some of the established conclusions in the domain of fine arts." - from dust jacket. Book fresh, clean and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now handsomely preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high quality of this important work. Book
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Remer, C.F.; Et al
Readings in Economics for China: Selected Materials with Explanatory Introductions
685 pages. Index. Text in English. Reprint of the 1922 first edition. "Information about economic conditions in China is furnished and, in addition, an attempt has been made to provide material that will make possible constant comparison of the East with the West and of one Eastern country with another." - from Preface. Contains chapters by a multitude of contributors on topics such as The Gold Exchange Standard, A Chinese Corporation, The Story of the Jade Industry, The Bank of China; and many more. Above-average wear and soiling. A library label appears to have been removed from backstrip, otherwise unmarked. Binding aging but intact. Small Chinese-language label inside back board may be original price sticker. A worthy copy of this fascinating and informative work from a time before China reached her modern-day industrial might. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Time Magazine, January 13, 1967 - Chairman Mao Cover
Contents: Articles on LBJ and Ronald Reagan; Death of Jack Ruby; Major article on Red China; Super colour photo Cadillac ad; Colour photos of Canada's new Scarborough (Centennial) College; Death of powerboat racer Donald Campbell; Boeing SST; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
News-Week (Newsweek) Magazine, August 7, 1937 - Cover Photo of Stern Japanese Soldiers
36 pages. Cover: 'Friendly Feelings': Motorized Japanese Machine Gunners in China Contents: Far East: Japan Takes Center of Creation (Peiping), But Both Sides Strive to Avert Much-Feared War; Japan: Hills and Hardihood; Yugoslavia: Death Takes Patriarch (Varnarva) and Casts Shadow of a Religious War; Britain: Partition Troubles, Old and New, Plague the Empire; Spain: Planes Make History And So Does British Premier (Neville Chamberlain); Salvador: Dictator (General Maximiliano Martinez) Relaxes After Writing Note to League (of Nations); Siam: The Little King (Ananda Mahidol) Loses His Government, Doesn't Care; Congress: Wage-Hour Bill Survives Southern Oratory on Uses of Poverty; Labor: Steelworkers Refuse to Admit the Strike is Over; (Charles) Michelson: Rise of a Cynic From Sheepherder to Gadfly; Morning Post: Old Tory Daily Fears Night Will Fall; Syphilis: War on 12,000,000 Cases Progresses on 2 Fronts; Pyorrhea: Harvard Instructors Back a Three-Year-Old Theory; Davis Cup: Americans Win It and Worry About Keeping It; Headliner: A Rich Mixture of Beer, Baseball, Bachelorhood (Col. Jacob Ruppert); Screen: Queen of Burlesque (Gypsy Rose Lee) Changes Name and Profession; Band: Maestro (Edwin Franko) Goldman Seeks to Boost the Brasses' Standing; Stadium Leader (George King Raudenbush) Pays His Respects to the Poet (Shakespeare); Education: University (of Pennsylvania) To Help Solve Civic Problems; (Eugene) O'Neill: NBC Tries to Prove He Isn't Too Good for the Air; Earnings: Six-Months Statements Reveal Effects of Steel and Auto Strikes; Music: Pianos, Tubas, Kazoos Making Money for Their Makers; Investments: Counselors Get Together on House-cleaning; and Today in America: Reform Grows Cautious. Binding sound. Small mailing label bottom front cover. Clean, Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Pelcovits, Nathan A.
Old China Hands and the Foreign Office
349 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. "A study of the opinions and attitudes on Anglo-Chinese relations held by British merchants engaged in the China trade and of their relevance to the formation of British foreign policy toward China in the half-century between the Treaty of Tientsin and the Treaty of Portsmouth. It is, further, the story of that repeated clash between the Old China Hands and the British Foreign Office about the premises of Anglo-Chinese relations, despite their basic agreement on the aims of foreign policy in the Far East." - from dust jacket. Book unmarked with average wear and spine slant. Above-average wear to dust jacket. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Clairmonte, Eileen Davidson (Signed)
Rapids & Roses: The Fears & Fun of Living in China & Canada
294 pages. Index. Signed by author upon title page. Occasional reproductions of black and white photos in text. "The story of Kathleen's journey through her life in China and Canada... An interesting story of a young English lady who married into a Quaker missionary family and went to China with her husband... Get to know the kindness and loyalty of their many Chinese friends and servants in a country of untold beauty... Experience many civil uprisings, fighting, anti-foreign riots and evacuations leading to her return to Canada and a new life." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
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Cougar, John (Mellencamp)
John Cougar - American Fool: Songbook (Song Book) - Sheet Music for Piano and Voice with Guitar Chords
51 pages. Songs include: Can You Take It; China Girl; Close Enough; Danger List; Hant To Hold On To; Hurts So Good; Jack and Diane; Thundering Hearts; Weakest Moments. Average wear. Unmarked Binding intact. Crease to upper corner of front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Thomson, Sylvia (Signed)
Millennium Moments in China Painting (#6025)
26 pages. Signed by author upon first page. Subjects include: Pink Double Roses; Grapes & Morning Glories; Christmas Chickadees; Poppies; Dusky Pink Roses; Cherries & Roses; Christmas Rose with English Robins; Green Apples; Pink Double Roses. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Van Der Sprenkel, Sybille
Legal Institutions in Manchu China - A Sociological Analysis: London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology No. 24
178 pages. Bibliography. Character Index. General Index. Map. Diagram. Black and white frontisplate illustration depicts ancient courtroom scene. Appendix Three contains fascinating list of proverbial sayings. "Primarily a sociological study which does not pretend to deal fully with all the questions that would occur to sinologists." - from Introduction. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. Some ink underlining and marginalia to first portion of contents. A sound working copy. Book
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Till, Barry
Silk Splendour - Textiles of Late Imperial China 1644-1911
160 pages. Suggested Reading List. Printed upon glossy stock. Gloriously illustrated with colour photography. "Illustrates court garments reflecting the pomp and ceremony of Manchu court life and the Chinese aristocracy of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) from the Chinese textile collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A gift quality copy of this sumptuously presented work. Book
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Stanton, Edwin F. (Signed)
Brief Authority: Excursions of a Common Man in an Uncommon World / Recollections of China and Thailand
290 pages. Index. Signed and inscribed by author upon half-title page. First printed in the US by Harper & Brothers in 1956. "Author was born in 1901 and in 1921 was appointed to the American Legation in Peiping - although his actual diplomatic career began in 1923 when he was named Vice-Consul at Mukden. For the next eighteen years he held various posts in many parts of China, until December 1941 - while he was American Counsul at Shanghai - when the Japanese captured the city and he was interned for several months. Named Consul General at Vancouver in 1945, he left the next year to become Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, later American Ambassador to Thailand, a post he held until his retirement in 1953.... He saw China and Manchuria in chaos under the warlords. He witnessed the growth of Chinese nationalism, and China's suffering as first the Japanese and then the Communists struggled for ascendency." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Tanning to endpapers. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in mylar. An important account of these pivotal years in China, as witnessed by an American diplomat. Book
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Hill, Dennis S.; Corner, E. J. H. (Foreword)
Figs (FICUS SPP) of Hong Kong
138 pages followed by 65 black and white photographic plates. Index. Bibliography. From first printing of 1,000 copies. "There can be few more remarkable relationships than the thriving success of the giant fig-trees and the multitude of very small insects which sustain them... (the author's) discoveries reveal the incredible ability of natural evolution." - from dust jacket. Bookplate of prominent botanist Roy L. Taylor inside front board. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Light to moderate wear to pale green cloth-covered boards. Above-average wear and sunning to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important reference. Book
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Tan, Yeh; Shanghai Juvenile Publishing House (Editor)
It Happened in a Coconut Grove
30 pages. 7.25" x 5.6". Text in English. Each page charmingly illustrated in colour. Ten-year-old Ah-wu, his dog Blackie, and friend Ah-hsiao live on Hainan Island which has been occupied by the Japanese Army in 1939. Tells the dramatic tale of how the trio captures a Japanese soldier, then delivers him and his rifle to the guerrillas. Unmarked with light wear and soiling. A quality copy of this charming vintage work. Book
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Hannelore Heinemann Headley (Signed)
Blond China Doll: A Shanghai Interlude, 1939-1953
Signed by author upon title page. 224 pages. Recounts the fourteen years spent by the author as a refugee in Shanghai after she and her German Jewish family fled Europe in 1939. In later years she became a popular book dealer in Canada. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
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Thayer & Chandler
Thayer & Chandler Spring Supplement for 1928: Supplement to Yearbook 1928
32 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Products include: Lucas plastic art objects to be decorated; Plaited parchment shades to be decorated; Wood candlesticks; Fine quality black satin squares - ready to decorate; Designed black satin wall panels; Fine Quality Black Satin Mats - ready to decorate; Cone Painting; New handkerchiefs and Scarfs; Prof. Hibbard's French Fabric Paints, Magic Colors, Oriental Lacquers, and Wood-Painting lacquers; Colored transfer pictures; Wood novelties for lacquer decoration; Art furniture for lacquer decoration; Hooked rugcraft; Glass for plastic decoration; Iron novelties to be decorated; and Choice Artist's China Specials. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A charming vintage copy. Book
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Cramm, Geo. F.
1889 Color Map of China, With Inset Map of Japan
Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
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Stevens, David; Reeve, John
Sea Power Ashore and In the Air
320 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Leading historians look back over more than one hundred years to show how navies have often made a critical difference to the fighting ashore and the contest for mastery in the air. Topics treated in detail include: The naval air war over Galipoli, Japan's joint operation in China in 1895, Air defence of naval and amphibious forces in the Falklands, Australian naval pilots and air mobile helicopter operations in Vietnam, German Navy land campaigns of WWII, THe US Navy in the capture of Okinawa, Submarine operations in the Arctic, Naval peacekeeping in Somalia, Maritime blockades in Post-War China, and many others. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. An excellent copy. Book
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Endicott, Mary Austin
Five Stars Over China - The Story of Our Return to New China
464 pages. Numerous black and white reproductions of interesting photos. After spending twenty-two years as a missionary family in China, the author's family returned there for four months in 1952 to meet old friends and make new ones, including businessmen, government leaders, Christians, peasants, trade unionists, and teachers. - back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Alexie, Robert Arthur
Porcupines and China Dolls
306 pages. "A haunting story that explores with frank and honest words the dark legacy of the residential school system and its impact on individuals, families and communities." - dust jacket. Author was a member of the Gwich'in tribe. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade cover. A nice copy. Book
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Thornton, Frank; Everett, Don
China Moon: Sheet Music for Voice and Piano
A musical adaptation of the famous Drigo 'Serenade'. 6 pages. Sheet music for voice and piano. Nicely color-illustrated front cover. Pages separated but all present. Above-average wear with short tape repair to lower corner of front cover and handwritten name in top corner. A worthy and rare vintage copy. Book
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Pott, F.L. Hawks
A Short History of Shanghai: Being An Account of the Growth and Development of the International Settlement
xii, [4], 336 pages. Index. Bibliography. Appears to be an undated facsimile reprint of the 1928 first edition, perhaps printed circa 1970. Seven-panel fold-out black and white reproduction of a 1928 photo of waterfront view of "The Bund". Fold-out colour map of Shanghai in 1855. Six black and white reproductions of photos/illustrations. No dust jacket, apparently as issued. Unmarked with moderate wear to black boards lettered in silver. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative history. Book
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Eduard Kann; Arnold, Julean [Foreword]
The Currencies of China: An Investigation of Gold & Silver Transactions Affecting China, With a Section on Copper
xviii, 540, [1], xxii - xlviii pp. Glossary of banking terms. Subject Index. Corrigenda. Reprint of the 1926 first edition. "Records in minute detail the history and background of metallic currencies in the Middle Kingdom - gold, silver and copper - and examines their relationships with each other and with the currencies of other lands. Delves into such fascinating areas as regional gold mining, the Chinese mints, efforts to introduce a true gold standard, and the use of foreign trade dollars in China." - Foreward to this reprint edition. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear to publisher's brown leatherette covered boards. An excellent copy. Gift quality. Book
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Fenton, Roy; et al
Ships Monthly - The International Magazine for Shiplovers Ashore and Afloat: May 1996
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of passenger liner Chilka; On the Waterfront; Naval Review; Introducing the new ms 'Rotterdam'; Voyage Report - VIC 32 - Roy Fenton describes a five-day cruise aboard a veteran Scottish 'puffer'; Life at Sea - readers' reminiscences of their experiences as apprentices with four British shipping companies (continued from the May and October 1995 issues); European Ferry Commentary; Cruise Ships at Sydney - photofeature; London River Memories - photos of British cargo liners in the Thames in the 1960s (note: printing defect to two photos on page 29); A Commission of Contrasts - part 2 - patrols of the HMS Loch Alvie; Memories of the Fishguard Boats; China Clipper - a hectic period aboard the cargo vessel 'Golden Bear' in the Far East; A Captain and his Ship - Leif Rodahl and the Cunard liner Vistafjord; Ports of Call; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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RIPA MATTEO
Storia della Fondazione della Congregazione e del Collegio de' Cinesi, sotto il titolo della Sagra Famiglia di G. C. scritta dallo stesso fondatore Matteo Ripa e de' viaggi da lui fatti
Tre volumi di cm. 22; pp. (4), 504; (4), 507; 480. Bel ritratto litografico di Matteo Ripa in antiporta al primo volume. Legatura coeva in mezza tela, titoli e fregi in oro al dorso, piatti marmorizzati. Timbri di biblioteca francese. Qualche lieve fioritura, ottimo esemplare. Volume primo: "Dalla sua vocazione sino allo stabilimento della Scuola a Pekin"; volume secondo: "Dallo stabilimento della Scuola in Pekin fino alla solenne apertura di questa Congregazione e del Collegio in Napoli"; volume terzo: "Il quale contiene quel che avvenne dopo la solenne apertura della fondazione fino agli ultimi anni, in cui potei notare queste memorie". (29 / 203) 470 / P
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FERRERO CARLO GIACINTO
Lettere d'auviso d'un buon amico al Dottore di Sorbona. Autore d'un libro intitolato Difesa del Giudicio formato dalla S. Sede Apostolica nel dì 20 Novembre 1704 e pubblicato in Nankino dal Cardinale di Tournon alli 7 Febbraio 1707. Intorno a Riti, e Cerimonie Cinesi, contro un libello sedizioso intitolato: Alcune Riflessioni intorno alle cose presenti della Cina &.
Cm. 15; pp. (2), 95, (1). Cartonato rustico coevo. Qualche lieve difetto, ottimo esemplare. (Cina, China, Mission, History) 1278/P
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Lettera a' Signori del Seminario delle Missioni Straniere Su le accuse, che danno a Gesuiti, di non essersi sottomessi sinceramente al nuovo Decreto circa gli affari della Cina. Tradotta dal Francese
Cm. 15; pp. 95, (5). Unito a : "La voce della verità risvegliata dallo strepito delle Calunnie a favore dell'Innocenza. Risposte al un libro intitolato Difesa del Giudicio formato dalla Santa Sede Apostolica nel dì 20 Novembre 1704 &." pp. 95. Unito a: "Quarta lettera d'auviso d'un buon amico al Dottor di Sorbona…" pp. 45, (1). Unito a: "Quinta lettera al Dottor di Sorbona che serve di Risposta ad un libello intitolato…", pp. 72. Unito a: "Sesta Lettera al Dottor di Sorbona, in cui si prosegue la Risposta al Libello intitolato La Calunnia Convinta"; pp. 40. Cartonato rustico coevo, sguardie rinnovate. Ben conservato. (China, Cina, History, Mission) 1279/P
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JULIEN, Stanislas (traducteur)
Résumé des principaux traités chinois sur la culture des mûriers et l'éducation des vers à soie
XXII-[2]-224 pp., 2 tableaux dépliants, 10 pl demi-basane verte de l'époque, dos lisse et fileté 1837, 1837, in-8, XXII-[2]-224 pp, 2 tableaux dépliants, 10 pl, demi-basane verte de l'époque, dos lisse et fileté, Édition originale de cette traduction du sinologue Stanislas Julien (1799-1873) de deux traités concernant la sériciculture (Traité de la culture des mûriers et de l'Éducation des vers à soie), extraits d'une somme sur l'agriculture, rédigée en Chine en 1739 sur les ordres de l'empereur, l'Examen général de l'agriculture (King-ting-cheou-chi-thong-khao). L'ouvrage comporte 10 planches, reproduisant quelques-unes des illustrations originales et montrant les techniques et les matériaux propres à la sériciculture : feuilles de papier sur lesquelles on fait pondre les papillons, filets pour changer les vers à soie, paniers pour transporter les feuilles, conconnières, etc. Les deux tableaux dépliants reproduisent un spécimen du texte chinois et sa traduction littérale. Cachets annulés de l'Institut catholique de Paris et étiquette en pied du dos
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Hsin-hai, Chang
America e Cina
22 cm, brossura; pp. 217 Buono
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Sull, Donald N
Made in China: How China's Leading Entrepreneurs Survive and Thri ve in the World's Most Turbulent Market
Hard cover Very good in very good dust jacket. Light wear on cover. Pages al l clean with no writings and no tear. Sewn binding. Cloth over bo ards. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth (Oprah's Book Club) (Paperback)
8.1 x 5.4 x 1 inches 368 pages Used: Very Good with light wear on cover. Pages with light wear w ith no writings and no tear. Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Pri ze - winning novel of a China that was - - now in a Contemporary Cla ssics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained it s popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having alwa ys lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, clas sic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O - lan is must reading for those who would fully appreciate the swee ping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese peopl e during this century. Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck trace s the
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