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Mieville, China
The City & The City Signed Ltd Ed
Michigan: Subterranean Press 2009. Limited Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Fine. Small press limited printing signed by Miéville. Limited Edition Subterranean Press Michigan 2009; tipped-in limitation leaf 324 4 - author bio 3 blank pages; blue cloth bright blue titling to spine dusted foxing to top block else fine; in fine illustrated dustjacket. Limited to 526 copies this copy out of sequence. Signed by China Miéville on limitation page. ISBN: 978-1-59606-278-8 / 9781596062788. <br/> <br/> Subterranean Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4498 ISBN : 1596062789 9781596062788
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Mieville, China
Railsea
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0230765106.G ISBN : 0230765106 9780230765108
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US. China Economic and Security Review Commission U. S.
China's New Leadership and Implications for the United States
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1490955976.G ISBN : 1490955976 9781490955971
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Foundation, China Development Research,
China's Exchange Rate Regime
like new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 30498618 ISBN : 1138481599 9781138481596
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FOREIGN OFFICE
China. Diplomatic and Consular Reports. Foreign Trade of China for the year 1913 with 4 regional Trade Reports for HankowTachienlu and two for 1914 Shanghai Pakhoi.
London.: H.M.S.O. 1914 19151916. Five House of Commons Command Papers two sketch maps in the reports for Hankow and Pakhoi based on ordnance surveys numerous tables in all 118 pp blanks original plain stab-sewn title wrappers 24.5 x 15.5 cm edge wear and discolouration the wrapper to one Report Tachienlu with tidemark to the upper edge and that for Shanghai a little creased and chipped at the foot several unopened leaves in the Report for China neat inked stamp of the University of Hull Library to the front wrappers but an interesting group in very good condition. Including analysis of trade and commentary on customs and society by the serving British Consuls or their agents. De-accessioned from the University of Hull Library sold with their permission. . H.M.S.O. unknown
Bookseller reference : 177160
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[HONG KONG - ANTIQUE ENGRAVING] LEITCH, RICHARD PRINICPAL.
The Harbour of Hong Kong. -- From an original sketch. Caption title
London.: The Illustrated London News. December 271856. Engraving 23.5 x 34.5 cm plus caption from "The Illustrated London News" uncoloured as issued marginal staining and browning paper adhesions at the lower edge small edge tears and a few chips but an uncommon image in good condition. View towards Hong Kong Harbour published in "The Illustrated London News" by Richard Principal Leitch signed by him lower left. A most interesting composition overlooking Government House the formal gardens with a gardener at work the officers’ quarters with officers on parade the town of Victoria and a view across the harbour to Kowloon. <br> <br>From the estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News. unknown
Bookseller reference : 177303
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(CHINA - BEIJING).
Tourist Map of Peking.
Peking.: Peking Publishing House. 1959. Broadside 63 x 53cm folding to 18 x 14cm a total of ten coloured maps. An interesting collection of maps of Peking dating to tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the year following the launch of the economic and social policies of the Great Leap Forward. On one side is a nine panel map "Sketch Map of Peking Streets" plus three smaller transportation maps 'Communications in Peking's Outskirts' plus City Bus Lines and Tram and Trolley Bus Routes; on the other side are maps of: the Imperial Palace Museum Chungshan Park & Working People's Cultural Palace'; Peihai Park; Yi Ho Yuan the Summer Palace; Tien Tan 9the Temple of Heaven; Hsiangshan; and the Peking Zoo. . Peking Publishing House. unknown
Bookseller reference : 177506
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SIU, HELEN F.
Furrows: Peasants Intellectuals and the State Stories and Histories from Modern China.
Stanford University Press. 1990. xii 341pp glossary of Chinese terms list of Chinese Characters notes references very good in dustjacket. "A collection of 24 stories and personal histories illustrating the relationship between Chinese intellectuals and peasants this anthology focuses on the changing images of peasants created by writers who consciously used the peasantry to condemn or support the political authorities". William Tay. . Stanford University Press. unknown
Bookseller reference : 168044
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[CHINA - MAP].
China.
circa1900. Map printed in colour text in English provinces shaded in colour 28.3 x 23.2 cm central fold paper toned a small edge tear confined to the outer margin but in good condition. . unknown
Bookseller reference : 174904
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ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS AIMED AT WOMEN TRAVELLING TO CHINA.
China for Women. Travel and Culture.
New York.: Feminist Press. 1995. Black and white photographic illustrations xv 357pp suggested readings chronology slight bumping upper extremities spine a little sunned good paperback copy. A really interesting anthology of writings on China with a particular focus on the history and place of women in China aimed at the intelligent traveller to China. Includes a short critical bibliography of suggested reading and some dos and don'ts for travellers. . Feminist Press. paperback
Bookseller reference : 168563 ISBN : 187555940x 9781875559404
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DESERTS IN CHINA.
Challenging the Deserts.
Beijing.: Foreign Language Press. 2006. Colour illustrations and figures 115pp appendices a very good paperback copy. 18.5 x 12cm. Stories of China series. . Foreign Language Press. paperback
Bookseller reference : 168561
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(FOREIGN OFFICE).
China. Diplomatic and Consular Reports.
London.: H.M.S.O. 1911. Twenty three House of Commons Command Papers fifteen folding maps one of Kiangsu with original shading tables 24.5 x 15.5 original stab sewn title-wrappers in all 381 pp blanks and wrappers with the neat the ink stamp of the University of Hull Library to most of the front wrappers edge wear and marginal staining ink stain to one wrapper a tear to the back wrapper of the Report for Changsha but the set in very good condition. Accompanied by an official letter of the de-acquisition of these reports. Annual report for the year 1910 on the foreign trade of China together with regional reports for: <br>Amoy Changsha Chefoo Chinkiang Chungking Foochow Hangchow Hankow Ichang and Shasi Kiaochow Kiukiang Kiungchow Mengtsz and Ssŭmao Nanking Newchwang Pakhoi Shanghai Swatow a.k.a. Shantou or Santow Teng Yueh Tientsin Wuchow and Wuhu. <br> <br>The lengthy opening report includes a brief summary of the trade for the Treaty Ports. The Report for Shanghai notes the effect of speculation on the market for rubber the exponential rise in the price of opium and the lack of regulation in the local Chinese banking system. <br> <br>De-accessioned from the University of Hull Library sold with their letter of consent. . H.M.S.O. unknown
Bookseller reference : 175106
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FOREIGN OFFICE
Trade of China for the year 1904. Diplomatic and Consular Reports.
London.: H.M.S.O. 1905. Twelve House of Commons Command Papers tables in all 193pp 24.3 x 15.5 cm edge wear and discolouration a couple of the corners creased neat inked stamp of the Unversity of Hull Library to the front wrapper of each of the Reports in very good condition. Supplied with official letter confirming deaccquistion. Annual Trade Reports for: Amoy Chinkiang Foochow Hankow Ichang Kiungchow Kiukiang Newchwang Ningpo Pakhoi Swatow Teng Yueh Wuchow and Wuhu. The most lengthy that for Wuchow Wuzhou reports that "In spite of a serious outbreak of disturbance in the north of Kuangsi which during the latter half of 1904 brought trade over a considerable section of the province to a complete standstill the customs returns for the year under review again show a large increase.mainly due to the unusually good rice and opium crops." A fascinating group of rare reports. . H.M.S.O. unknown
Bookseller reference : 174799
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FOREIGN OFFICE
China. Diplomatic and Consular Reports. Trade of Chefoo Chinkiang Chungking Foochow Kiukiang Kiungchow Hoihow Nanking Newchwang Ningpo Pakhoi Swatow Wenchow Wuchow for the year 1902.
London.: H.M.S.O. 1903. Thirteen House of Commons Command Papers numerous tables one folding map of Hai-Nan in the Report for Kiungchow in all 182 pp blanks original blue stab-sewn title wrappers 24.3 x 15.5 cm edge wear and discolouration with neat inked stamp of the University of Hull Library to the front wrappers the Report for Chinkiang with the date stamp of the Board to Trade Commercial Department and pencilled in a contemporary clerk's hand "B. of T." in very good condition. Scarce broad-ranging run of Reports including analysis of trade and commentary on customs and society by the serving British Consuls or their agents. The reports included are: Chefoo; Chinkiang; Chungking; Foochow; Kiukiang; Kiungchow Hoihow; Nanking; Newchwang; Ningpo; Pakhoi; Swatow; Wenchow; Wuchow - all for the year 1902. Kiukiang report covers 1902 - 03. . H.M.S.O. unknown
Bookseller reference : 174797
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
China. Diplomatic and Consular Reports. Trade.for the year 1906.
London.: H.M.S.O. 1907. Nineteen House of Commons Command Papers folding sketch map of Amoy numerous tables in all 259 pp blanks original blue stab-sewn title wrappers 24.3 x 15.5 cm edge wear and discolouration neat inked stamp of the University of Hull Library to the front wrappers but an extensive scarce group in very good condition. Supplied with official letter confirming deaccquistion. Scarce broad-ranging run of Reports including analysis of trade and commentary on customs and society by the serving British Consuls or their agents. The Report for Chungking notes the impact of "successive calamities": drought and famine followed by floods in northern Szechuan.The Trade Reports are: Amoy Changsha Chinkiang Chungking Foochow Hangchow Hankow Ichang Kiukiang Nanking Newchang Ningpo Pakhoi Shasi Teng Yueh Tientsin Wenchow Wuchow and Wuhu. . H.M.S.O. unknown
Bookseller reference : 174802
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FOREIGN OFFICE
China. Diplomatic and Consular Reports.
London.: H.M.S.O. 1915-1916. Eighteen House of Commons Command Papers maps three folding tables 24.5 x 15.5 original stab sewn title-wrappers in all 231 pp with the neat the ink stamp of the University of Hull Library to most of the front wrappers slight edge wear and discolouration but in very good condition. Accompanied by official letter of the de-acquisition of these reports. Scarce Trade Reports for: <br>Amoy Changsha Chefoo Chinkiang Foochow Hangchow Hankow Ichang Kiukiang Mengtzu Nanking Shasi Swatow a.k.a. Shantou or Santow Teng Yueh Tientsin Tsinan and Tsingtau Kiungchow Wuchow and Wuhu. <br>De-accessioned from the University of Hull Library sold with their letter of consent. . H.M.S.O. unknown
Bookseller reference : 174791
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FOREIGN OFFICE
Foreign Trade of China for the year 1903. together with Trade of Amoy Foochow Chungking.
London.: H.M.S.O. 1904. Four House of Commons Command Papers one large folding chart tables 74 15 19 20 pp 24.3 x 15.5 cm edge wear and discolouration neat inked stamp of the Unversity of Hull Library to the front wrapper of each of the Reports in very good condition. Accompanied by official letter confirming the de-acquisition of these reports. The main Report by J.W. Jamieson Attaché to the British Legation notes that "Disappointment is writ large all over the industrial and financial record of 1903" and attributes this to "unforeseen.fluctuations in sterling exchange a falling off in the volume of her exports and the inevitable contraction of business.". The Report includes a large folding chart detailing the fluctuations of currency exchange of sterling as against the Shanghai Tael. Sold with Reports for Amoy Xiamen Chungking Chongqing and Foochow Fuzhou. . H.M.S.O. unknown
Bookseller reference : 174798
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DONNELLY, IVON A.
The China Coast. with Verse by Joan Power.
Tientsin.: Tientsin Press. 1931. Five coloured plates and a colour illustrated frontispiece with tissue-guards nine full-page sketch maps throughout the text. 27 x 21cm. Original blue cloth boards stamped in gilt with a Chinese device on the front board and lettered in gilt. 71pp. Some light age toning to text block edges and endpapers but an extremely good clean and bright copy. Chapter headings: The Gulf of Pechili; The Yellow Sea; The Yangtsze Estuary; The Chusan Archipelago; The China Sea; The South China Sea. . Tientsin Press. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 174493
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GRANTHAM A. ALEXANDRA E. ETHELREDA
Hills of Blue. A Picture-roll of Chinese History from Far Beginnings to the death of Ch'ien Lung A.D. 1799
London.: Methuen. 1st Edition. 1927. Map on the front endpapers black and white frontispiece and 18 black and white plates xi 643pp tables of dynasties index 9 pages of publisher advertising. Original tan cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Rear inner hinge split and with slight insect damage some light foxing but a very good firm copy in the very good original dustwrapper. 22 x 13.5cm. Cultural historian of the Orient and protest poet Alexandra Ethelreda Grantham was born in Germany in 1870 and settled in Britain in the early 1890's. . Methuen. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 174509
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MATHEWS, FRANCES AYMAR.
A Little Tragedy at Tien-Tsin.
New York.: G.W. Dillingham Company. Reprint. c1906. Colour frontispiece 426pp 2 adverts neat pencilled inscription front free endpaper dated 1910spine sunned with light rubbing to head and tail. Very good copy A curious collection of short stories set in China or amongst the Chinese community in the US by American author Frances Aymar Mathews. The story from which the book takes its title was first published in Harper's Monthly. While another journal well known for its coverage of Asian affairs at the time The Overland largely ignored the disasterous fighting deaths looting and destruction going on in China during the Boxer Rebellion Harper's Monthly published this "peculiar story" alongside political essays of the time. Set in Tien-Tsin a city which had suffered terribly this is the story of "an illicit intimacy" between an American writer and a young Chinese housewife which not surprisingly ends in tragedy. A story which strongly reflects the attitudes of its time. Yu-Fang describes it: "This story evokes the colonial trope of "enslaved" Chinese women's liberation through Christianity and heterosexual love while displacing violent colonial encounters into a domestic tragedy of illicit inter-racial intimacy." Cultural Politics of Deviance and Unequal Difference 1890-1910 - Yu-Fang Cho. SUNY. 2013. . G.W. Dillingham Company. unknown
Bookseller reference : 168928
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WOODHEAD, H. G. W.
The Truth About the Chinese Republic
London.: Hurst and Blackett. circa1925. Portrait frontispiece 287pp appendix first and last leaves are faintly foxed neat written name of a prior owner on the half-title spine a little sunned but a firm and tight copy. "In the following pages an attempt is made to reveal the facts regarding the more important issues which have arisen between China and the Treaty Powers as a result of the recent disturbances in that country. It seems to be the fashion nowadays in some circles to regard every claim made or right exercised by the foreign Powers in China as "imperialistic" or unreasonable. It does not seem to be generally understood that the so-called "unequal Treaties" constituted the only means at the time at which they were imposed of securing for foreign residents in China reasonable security for their persons their property and their trade. . . . This work was written with no feeling of hostility towards the Chinese among whom the writer is proud to number many close friends. He believes that it is essential that the truth about the more important of China's international problems should be widely known and that no real service would be done to China by ignoring stubborn and irrefutable facts when the question of treaty-revision is seriously taken up. The labour expended upon writing this volume during a brief furlough will be amply rewarded if it contributes to the discussion of China's problems on a basis of reality. It is easy enough for the arm-chair critic or the sentimentalist at home to urge the scrapping of existing Treaties and the relinquishment of the privileges certain foreigners at present enjoy. These people would probably take a very different view if they had lived for any length of time in China and acquired a first-hand knowledge of the actual situation in that country. And I cannot believe that they are doing any real service to China or to their own countrymen by creating the impression that the British and American publics have completely succumbed to Chinese nationalist and Bolshevik propaganda." From the preface. . Hurst and Blackett. unknown
Bookseller reference : 168389
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HENRY B. BENJAMIN C. COUCH.
Ling-Nam or Interior Views of Southern China Including Explorations in the Hitherto Untraversed Island of Hainan.
London.: S.W. Partridge & Co. 1st Edition. 1886. 3 double-page black & white maps prepared from the author's notes showing Central Canton Northern Canton and Hainan. Black and white frontispiece and 18 text illustrations two plates 511pp. 19 x 13.2cm. A little light foxing text generally clean and sound. Original grey cloth covered boards a little discoloured cloth rubbed at extremities spine dull and a little worn and faint prior owner name dated November 24/ '86 resewn with the original and new endpapers. An attractive pictorial cover. Interesting commentary on the then little known areas to Europeans in Southern China and the island of Hainan. . S.W. Partridge & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 167266
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REMER, CF. C. F.
Readings in Economics for China: Selected Materials with Explanatory Introductions.
Shanghai.: Commercial Press Limited. First edition. 1922. Blue cloth covered boards lettered in gilt spine very slightly sunned. x 685pp index and appendix top edge a little dusty endpapers faint foxing but a very good clean and firm copy of the first edition. . Commercial Press Limited. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 165763
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CORNABY W. ARTHUR.
A String of Chinese Peach-Stones.
London.: Charles H. Kelly. 1895. Coloured frontispiece with tissue-guard lacks the second coloured plate. Numerous black and white facsimiles of Chinese art and penmanship throughout. Name of prior owner dated 1925 Chefoo and a tipped in letter to her - handwritten by J.L. Smith of the H.B.M Consulate Chefoo on the rear of the frontis. Rebacked in quarter leather presumably by the Chefoo club with their name printed on the lower spine fading. Head & tail of spine starting boards decorated and stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. A discard label on the front paste-down from the Chefoo Club Library dated 1925. Some age toning but a good firm copy. Series of character sketches reflecting village life in mid 19th century Central China and describing some events in the Taiping Rebellion. . Charles H. Kelly. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 162826
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GEORGE, MARIAN M. (EDITOR)
A Little Journey to China & Japan For Intermediate and Upper Grades TOGETHER WITH 1931 Edition.
Chicago.: A. Flanagan Company. 1900. Coloured map of China Indochina and Korea and a coloured map of Japan containing insert maps of Formosa Ryukyu Island Ezo and Chishima and an Outline map of Japan. Coloured frontispiece and one other colour illustration together with black & white photographic illustrations engravings and line drawings throughout the text. Original green decorated cloth stamped & lettered in black. 90pp 79pp and 6 pages of book advertisements. Prior owner signature on front free endpaper. A particularly good copy offered together with the 1931 edition which omits any mention of the Boxer Rebellion. <br>The 1931 edition was published by A. Flanagan Company Chicago. 166pp Original tan cloth covered boards with a prior owner bookplate on the front pastedown. Written for intermediate and upper grade American schoolchildren the earlier of these two editions of this textbook published in 1900 contains a description of the Boxer rebellion that has been removed from later editions: <br> <br>" How we have longed to visit this wonderful country! A few months ago such a visit would not have been possible for China was at war with our nation and many of the nations of Europe. Our lives would have been in danger and the journey to China might have been the last we should ever have taken. <br> <br>You have heard of the Boxers of China who killed many foreigners and also many Christianized Chinese in the late revolution in that country. Do you know who these Boxers are They are members of a secret patriotic society. They love their country and want to prevent it from falling into the possession of foreigners. They believe that these foreigners have come to overthrow their government and to destroy their religion. They are opposed to the ruling family in China who are Manchus. These Manchus came from a territory outside of China Proper and Chinese Boxers have always disliked to have the rulers of their country chosen from Manchuria." There is a particularly gruesome illustration of Boxer heads in cages exposed as a warning to passers-by. <br> <br>The 1931 edition omits any reference to the Boxers and the illustration described above has also been removed. . A. Flanagan Company. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 166942
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[TEACHING AND RESEARCH OFFICE OF ANCIENT HISTORY OF CHINA, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, LIAONING UNIVERSITY]. 辽宁大学历史系 中国古代史教研室 编.
陈胜吴广起义.Chen Sheng Wu Guang qi yi. Uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.
沈阳.Shenyang.: 辽宁人民出版社.Liaoning ren min chu ban she. 1st edition. 1973. Folding map titled "Situation Map of the Peasant War during the Late Qin Dynasty" black and white illustrations 48pp ex-library with two neat labels light signs of wear good in paperback. Text in Chinese. 18.4 x 13.1cm. The peasant movement 209 B.C. was regarded as the very first peasant rebellion on written record in the Chinese history. Due to the very harsh Qin law the army officers Chen Sheng and Wu Guang would had been executed for just being late for their official duties. Instead of facing the death penalty the pair organised an army of 900 peasants to fight against the Qin government. . 辽宁人民出版社.[Liaoning ren min chu ban she]. paperback
Bookseller reference : 172734
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LITTLE, ARCHIBALD JOHN.
Through the Yang-Tse Gorges or Trade and Travel in Western China.
London.: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. First Edition. 1888. Folding map at the rear xvi 316pp index. Original boards re-backed with cloth new head & tail bands spine and new endpapers. The original black cloth covered boards stamped in red & gilt are faded and marked edges worn and corners bumped. The top edge of the title page has a 1.3cm strip removed but the text is clean and sound. Rough cut page edges are slightly dusty. A firm and clean copy of the first edition. Journal written on the 2 month journey up the Yangtse River from Shanghai to Chung-king. . Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. hardcover
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DAVIS JOHN FRANCIS. TRANSLATOR.
The Fortunate Union A Romance translated from the Chinese Original with Notes and Illustrations to which is added The Sorrows of Han: A Chinese Tragedy.
London.: Oriental Translation Fund. 1st thus. 1829. 2 volumes. Volume I: black & white frontispiece "Fac-simile of the Title-Page to Haoukewchuen or the Fortunate Union". A further page with borders decorated and printed in blue announce: Oriental Translation Fund Instituted 1828 under the patronage of His Most Gracious Majesty George the Fourth and states that 'This copy was printed for the Most Noble the Marquess of Anglesey A subscriber to the Oriental Translation Fund.' Some foxing preliminary leaves one gathering loosening. xxiv 258pp and errata. <br> <br>Volume II: Frontispiece map showing "the Route of the Embassy in 1816 from Peking to Tengchang Foo along the Grand Canal" vi 262pp appendix and bound together with 31pp 'Report of the Proceedings of the Second General Meeting of the Subscribers to the Oriental Translation Fund with the Prospectus A list of the Oriental Translation Committee a Report of the Committee and Regulations and a List of Works in the Press. <br> <br>Generally very clean and sound. Contemporary dark green cloth expertly rebacked with the original cases repaired and new endpapers of Bemboka hand-made paper. The original spines have been re-laid together with the original paper title label. A very pleasing copy of a scarce set. 25.5 x 16cm. Hao-ch'iu chuan "The pleasing history" or "The fortunate union" is a Chinese "caizi jiaren" talent and beauty novel published in the 17th Century. The author is known only under the name "Man of the Teaching of Names" The identity of the author and exact date of publishing are not known. According to Philippe Postel author of "Les Traductions Françaises du Haoqiu Zhuan" the most commonly stated date of authorship is 1683 at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. <br> <br>The translator John Francis Davis was Governor of Hong Kong in the period 1844 - 48. At the beginning of his career he served on Lord Amherst's Mission to China and after spending the best part of his career in the service of the East India Company he succeeded Lord Pottinger as Governor of Hong Kong. A scholarly man he did not fit into this role his knowledge and appreciation of Chinese culture and life being very unpopular with the European community. The frostiness was such that when he finally departed Hong Kong the European community showed their displeasure by not acknowledging his departure in any way. . Oriental Translation Fund. hardcover
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DAVIS, JOHN A.
The Young Mandarin.
Boston.: Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society. 1st Edition. 1896. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard and 2 further illustrations by H. Winthrop Peirce. Attractive grey cloth covered boards illustrated in blue and green. 396pp. Some light soiling mainly to the rear board and spine. Head and tail of spine tender rear inner hinge split but secure corners rubbed and a neat prior owner signature on the front free endpaper dated 3/23/'97. Much better than it sounds this is a very pleasing copy of a scarce item. "The author states that ' the story - though not all fact is not fiction. Its incidents are either real occurrences or like them. The official corruption presented may be less in other localities; yet it is to be feared that it is general and great. The customs described may differ in other parts of China; the author has presented what he knew prevailed in the vicinity of Amoy his home for a time. <br> <br>The facts regarding the famine were gathered from published reports of missionaries and from statements made by missionaries to the author. At least one of those stated that sixty-three per cent of government appropriations were taken for their own use by mandarins instead of being applied for the relief of suffering. <br> <br>The Tai Ping Rebellion is of course a matter of history: but the facts relating to the capture of Amoy were obtained from him whose name Rev. J.V.N. Talmage D.D. for more than 40 years a missionary in China appears on the page of dedication." . Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society hardcover
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KULP, DANIEL HARRISON.
Country Life in South China. The Sociology of Familism. Volume I. Phenix Village Kwantung China.
New York.: Teachers' College Columbia University. 1925. Colour frontispiece - the Mystic Symbol of Familism Plan 16 black and white photo illustrations 4 maps within the text numerous tables xxx 367pp index endpapers lightly browned. Original dark blue cloth covered boards red & black title label with Yin-Yang symbol on the spine edges rough cut. An extremely clean and firm copy in exceptionally good order. 20.5 x 13.4cm. Scarce in this condition. "A detailed analysis of social structure and relations in a rural village of Kwangtung province emphasising the importance of the family as the primary social unit." 2078 Hucker. Complete in itself Volume II it seems never eventuated. . Teachers' College Columbia University. hardcover
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WEALE, PUTNAM.
The Eternal Priestess: A Novel of China Manners.
London.: Methuen & Co Ltd. 1st UK Edition. 1914. 404pp 31 3 publisher's catalogues Strikingly decorated blue cloth covers lettered in gilt head of spine has a closed tear that has been reinforced small puncture hole to the gutter on the front board prior owner name in pencil on the front free endpaper but a very attractive copy of the first edition. The author states in the prologue that the people living in these pages are not real but they are essential parts of a picture painted to portray facts - that is the impact of the East upon the West the disarray which collisions bring and the ensuing irony. <br> <br>At first glance this novel may appear unremarkable however it is of considerable interest in the 20th century history of Chinese-European relations as it includes on page 26 what is believed to be the earliest published reference to the infamous sign in Shanghai's Public Garden which purportedly stated "Dogs and Chinese not Admitted". The sign has now been conclusively shown not to have stated this however references to the racist wording still appear to this day and the reporting of its existence has caused and continues to cause a great deal of ill feeling. <br> <br>Reginald Johnston former tutor to Pu Yi the last emperor of China wrote in a 1927 pamphlet issued by the Tianjin British Committee of Information that the anti-Chinese wording "it is a kind of slander which takes a lot of killing and survives even the most authoritative denials". Shanghai's Dogs and Chinese Not Admitted" Sign: Legend History and Contemporary Symbol - Robert A. Bickers and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom. The China Quarterly No 142. June 1995. <br> <br>Putnam Weale was the name under which Bertram Lenox Simpson 1877- 1930 wrote many books about China. Born in England Bertram Simpson followed his father into the Chinese Maritime Customs Service leaving the service in 1901. He wrote a great deal about China in the years that followed and became deeply involved in Chinese politics. He was murdered in 1930 and it seems quite likely that his murder was of a political nature though neither motive nor killer was ever found. . Methuen & Co Ltd. hardcover
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GEE, N. GIST
Commercial Press Science Readers Fifth Book.
Shanghai.: Commercial Press Limited. Seventh Edition. 1922. 173 line drawings wood-block illustrations and photographic illustrations in black & white. xii 186 39 pages In the original flexible pictorial yellow cloth. Some pencil markings on the front free endpaper with prior owner name and dated 1925. Covers lightly soiled corners a little rubbed. A good clean copy. 19 x 12.5cm This science reader is one of five volumes approved by the Board of Education at Peking. Volume five takes up Chemistry and Physics with many applications to the industries as well as the theoretical side of the subjects. There is a 39-page section in the rear with notes in English and Chinese . Commercial Press Limited. hardcover
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JULIEN STANISLAS. TRANS..
Le Livre des Recompenses et des Peines en Chinois et en Francais; accompagne de quatre cents Legendes Anecdotes et Histoires qui font connaitre les doctrines les croyances et les moeurs de la secte des Tao-Sse The Book of Rewards and Punishments in Chinese and French accompanied by four hundred legends anecdotes and stories that promote the doctrine the beliefs and customs of the sect of the Tao - sse.
Paris.: Oriental Translation Fund. 1st Edition. 1835. Black and white engraved vignette on the title page. Green stippled cloth covered boards with paper title label lettered in black on the spine. Yellow endpapers with some slight buckling on the front fixed endpaper and a small chip from the lower corner corners bumped and faint age discolouration to edges but a very good firm and clean copy of the first edition. 480pp. 24.5 x 14.5cm. The chapter headings are in traditional Chinese underlining the point of these morality stories that have been taken from Chinese classic literature but the stories and comments are entirely in French. . Oriental Translation Fund. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 170206
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EDITORIAL UNIT OF WAR DISPATCHES OF MAP WORKERS' REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY OF CHINA CARTOGRAPHIC PUBLISHING HOUSE REVOLUTIONARY C
地图戰報: 第6期. Di tu zhan bao: di liu qi. Chinese Cultural Revolution Maps - War Dispatches of Maps. Issue no. 6.
Beijing.: 地图戰報.Di tu zhan bao. September1967. Maps printed in red and black single sheet printed on both sides folded scale not given photographic image of Mao Zedong. Some light browning at edges with tears and losses on left edge still good. Text in Chinese. Sheet measures 26.5 x 38.4cm. Includes a map of Autumn Harvest Uprising and also shows the routes of the military advancing towards Jinggangshan between September and October 1927. On reverse left section a map shows the route along which Chairman Mao led the Fourth Army of the Chinese Red Army marching towards south of Anhui and Jiangxi Provinces in 1929. On reverse right section a map titled "The Long March of The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army October 1934-October 1935". Quotations of Chairman Mao about the Long March insert on corners of the map. <br> <br>Issue no. 6 of a series of maps with text issued by the Red Guards organisations in the form of Cultural Revolution tabloid-sized newspaper. This issue is designed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Autumn Harvest Uprising which was one of the earliest armed uprisings organised by the Chinese Communist Party. . 地图戰報.[Di tu zhan bao]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 169746
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[RED CROSS SOCIETY OF CHINA]. 中国红十字会.
防空和战伤救护知识.Fang kong he zhan shang jiu hu zhi shi. Knowledge of Air Defence and Combat Casualty Care.
科学普及出版社.Ke xue pu ji chu ban she. 1965. Black and white illustrations 60pp library stamps on covers very light browning at edges overall good in wrappers. Text in Chinese. 18.5 x 13cm. This booklet is designed for training the general public with potential warfare in the future. . 科学普及出版社.[Ke xue pu ji chu ban she]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 169616
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[RED CROSS SOCIETY OF CHINA]. 中国红十字总会.
红十字与我国.Hong shi zi yu wo guo. Red Cross Society and Our Nation.
北京.Beijing.: 中国红十字总会.Zhongguo hong shi zi zong hui. 1981. Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations with the Red Cross insignia in red making a striking contrast. Illustrations are accompanied by explanatory text. 70pp a little shelf worn but generally very good in wrappers. Text in Chinese.18.5 x 16.9cm. This pictorial booklet includes chapters on the origin of the Red Cross; International Committee of Red Cross; the logo of the Red Cross; Red Cross Society of China; tasks and activities for members of Red Cross Society of China; the Red Cross Youth. . 中国红十字总会.[Zhongguo hong shi zi zong hui]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 169601
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[RED CROSS SOCIETY OF CHINA].
中国红十字会会员证. 【Zhongguo hong shi zi hui hui yuan zheng. Collection of Three Chinese Red Cross Membership Certificates.
No place of publication.: No details of publisher. 1964 -2007. Three Chinese Red Cross membership certificates issued in 1964 1989 2007 respectively page numbers vary from 2 to 6 one in plain paper covers one in red vinyl plastic covers one in green card covers in different sizes. Two certificates in Chinese and one is bilingual Chinese and Mongolian. One certificate is accompanied by a Red Cross metal pin. All in very good condition. . No details of publisher. unknown
Bookseller reference : 169809
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RED CROSS SOCIETY OF CHINA. .
家庭護理. Jia ting hu li. Family Medical Care.
北京.Beijing.: 中國紅十字會總會.Zhongguo hong shi zi zong hui. 1st Edition. 1953. Black and white illustrations 100pp browned throughout lower corners bumped and creased a little loss to paper on spine but still sound. Text in Chinese. 17.1 x 12cm. It includes useful instructions on how to maintain personal hygiene public health and common diseases treatment. The second volume in a series of health booklets edited by the Red Cross Society of China. . 中國紅十字會總會.[Zhongguo hong shi zi zong hui]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 169613
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CHARTER OF RED CROSS SOCIETY OF CHINA. .
红十字会章程.Hong shi zi hui zhang cheng. Charter of Red Cross Society of China.
Beijing.: 中国红十字会.Zhongguo hong shi zi hui. 1985. 10pp in wrappers library label on spine even light foxing mainly on wrappers. Text in Chinese. 18.7 x 13cm. The Charter of Red Cross Society of China was passed by the 4th National Congress of Red Cross Society of China on 1 June 1985. It has a total of 5 chapters and 21 Articles. . 中国红十字会.[Zhongguo hong shi zi hui]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 169612
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FOORD JOHN & LOUIS D FROELICK
Asia: Journal of the American Asiatic Association Vol XIVIII January to December 1918. Nos. 1 - 7 9-12 Lacks the August issue.
New York.: Asia Publishing Co. 1918. Numerous maps and colour and black and white illustrations throughout all issues. Bound together in blue cloth covered boards Andover Newton Theological Library 1931 library label pasted down on the upper paste down. Lacks the original wrappers and the August issue but extremely clean and firm. 29 x 21cm. Very good. The Journal of the American Asiatic Association began in 1898 an American publication with the aim of promoting commerce and cultural exchange between the US and eastern Asia and Oceania. In 1917 Willard Straight who had been involved in promoting American trade and investment in Korea and China since the turn of the century and his wife Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight bought the magazine and renamed it Asia. <br> <br>An editorial in the Journal explained: "The ignorance of our people in regard to the countries of the Far East is unquestionably a serious obstacle to the legitimate extension of American influence." Unsurprisingly racist sentiments are prevalent throughout! <br> <br>The April issues features striking illustrations of Boat-Life in Kashmir from the original lithigraphs of Brunhilde Chesney. Other articles in this bound collection include: Beyond the Great Wall of China - Olive Gilbreath; What Asia Thinks of Missionaries - Tyler Dennett; Can the Filipinos Protect Themselves - Carl Crow; Why Japan's Army will Not Fight in Europe - Adachi Kinnosuke; Japan's Menacing Birth-rate - Walter E. Weyl; Eight page pictorial essays - "Some Men of East Asia: From the Original Water-Colors by Willard Straight; "Gardens of North India: From the Original Lithographs by Brunhilde Chesney; The Kirghiz of the Steppes - E. Nelson Fell; The Coolie Ship - Olive Gilbreath Chinese in France 1918; Emancipating the Women of Asia - Tyler Dennett. . Asia Publishing Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 170035
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RED CROSS SOCIETY OF CHINA..
中国红十字会救助工作有关文件.Zhongguo hong shi zi hui jiu zhu gong zuo yoguan wen jian. Relevant Documents on Assistance Works by Red Cross Society of China.
Beijing.: 中国红十字总会.Zhongguo hong shi zi zong hui. circa2001. 106pp small bump lower edge occasional light creasing light browning covers very good in paperback. Text in Chinese. 20.2 x 13.9cm. Includes the Chinese Red Cross regulations and procedures and also the laws governing charity activities in China. . 中国红十字总会.[Zhongguo hong shi zi zong hui]. paperback
Bookseller reference : 169609
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IMBAULT-HUART, CAMILLE.
Les Instructions Familieres du Dr. Tchou Po-Lou: Traite Morale Pratique Publie pour le Premiere Fois avec Deux Traductions Francaises L'Une Juxta-Lineaire L' Autre Litterale Accompagne d'Un Commentair Litteraire et Philologique de Notes ad Variorum et d'Un Vocbulaire de Tous Les Mots du Texte.
Peking.: Typographie du Pei-T'ang. 1881. xx 1 133pp. Original blue paper wrappers as published and inserted without the backstrip into a contemporary library binding with linen spine and marbled boards. A cancelled stamp from the University of Cape Town on the front free end-paper. The text block is loosley inserted having come away from the binding. A dedication copy signed on the half-title by the author. Text in French. 24 x 15.5cm. The familiar instructions of Dr. Tchou Pô-Lou treatise on practical ethics published for the first time with two French translations one juxta-linear the other literal accompanied by a literary and philological commentary ad variorum notes and a vocabulary of all the words in the text. Zhu Yongchu 1617-1689. . Typographie du Pei-T'ang. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 169948
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[COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA].
Quatrième Session Plénière du XIII CC du PCC. 中共十三届四中全会. Zhong gong zhong yang si zhong quan hui.
新星出版社. Nouvelle Etoile. Translated from Chinese into French 4pp plates showing Chinese top leaders Deng Xiaoping Li Peng and Jiang Zemin at the meetings of the Politburo and the Central Committee. 46pp light sign of wear good in wrappers. 18.4 x 12.8cm. Text in French. This meeting of the Central Committee was held between 23 and 24 June 1989 shortly after the Tiananmen Square protest. Zhao Ziyang the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China at the time was heavily critised and removed from all of his positions as a result. . 新星出版社. Nouvelle Etoile. unknown
Bookseller reference : 169651
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GILES HERBERT A. TRANSLATOR
Chuang Tzu Mystic Moralist and Social Reformer.
Shanghai.: Kelly & Walsh Limited. 2nd Edition revised. 1926. Red cloth covered boards with blind stamped motif on front board faint flecking to cloth endpapers and edges browned in the original dust wrapper with some chips and tears secured with archival quality mending tape and now protected in mylar. A firm and internally clean copy of an uncommon title. xxviii 466pp. 21.5 x 13cm. . Kelly & Walsh, Limited. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 169941
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JOINVILLE, PIERRE DE.
La Mission de la Cybele en Extreme-Orient 1817-1818 - Journal de Voyage du Capitaine A. de Kergariou. Societe de l'Histoire des Colonies Francaises.
Paris.: Edward Champion - Emile Larose . 1st Edition. 1914. xxi 248pp appendix and index. Recased in red cloth spine lettered in gilt with the original wrappers bound in. Uncut and a near fine copy with minor spotting to edges and lacking the map. In French. 24 x 15cm. Text in French. Account of the Campaign of Pierre de Kergariou in Indo-China whose goal was to support French shipowners within the Empire of Annam and establish a warmer relationship with the Emperor Gia-Long. On his return de Kergariou was able to supply very valuable geographical and hydrographical information on both Hainan and Vietnam. . Edward Champion - Emile Larose . hardcover
Bookseller reference : 165521
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LITTLE, ARCHIBALD JOHN.
Through the Yang-Tse Gorges or Trade and Travel in Western China.
London.: Sampson Low Marston. Third revised edition. 1898. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard numerous illustrations. Coloured folding map at the rear xxiv 316pp index. Original yellow cloth pictorial boards lettered in black Top edge gilt. The half-title has been partially glued to the front pastedown and has a 0.6cm loss to lower edge. The bright yellow cloth is lightly soiled the spine only faintly darkened. Chop to title-page. Text block is clean and sound. A very good copy. 19.5 x 13.5cm. Journal written on the 2 month journey up the Yangtse River from Shanghai to Chung-king. . Sampson Low, Marston. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 165360
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[ZENG, XIANZHI]. 曽先之.
立齋先生標題解註十八史畧讀本: 卷2 3 5-7. Rissai Sensei hyōdai kaichū onshaku jūhasshiryaku dokuhon. Kan 2 3 5-7. Reading Text of Summary of the Eighteen Histories with Added Notes. Volumes no. 2 3 5-7.
Tokyo.: 山中市兵衛.Yamanaka Ichibee. 1878. Volumes 2 3 5-7 of 7 volumes a Japanese edition of 18 Chinese histories classics spanning from pre-Qing to Song Dynasty. Originally edited by a Chinese scholar 曽先之 Zeng Xianzhi in Yuan Dynasty it was later annotated by another Chinese scholar 陳殷 Chen Yin in Ming Dynasty. This is Japanese edition compiled by 大賀富二 Ōga Tomoji has Japanese reading marks. Four-hole stab binding double leaves oriental style paper title label missing on volume 2 some marking covers particularly volumes 2 and 3 occasional worming string volume 3 split but still holding in good condition. 18.4 x 12.7cm. . [山中市兵衛?].[Yamanaka Ichibee?]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 165197
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[OOOKA, YUZURU]. 大岡譲.
十八史略譯語大全: 首書圖彙. 上.中. Jūhasshiryaku yakugo taizen : Shusho zui. 1. 2. Japanese Translation of Summary of the Eighteen Histories with Added Notes and Illustrations. Volumes 1 and 2.
大阪.Osaka.: 明善堂. Meizendō. 明治15 1882. Volumes 1 and 2 only lacks volume 3. Map in text showing Chinese ancient battlefield of Fei River in 383 A.D. black and white illustrations original yellow embossed card covers four hole Japanese stab binding double leaves in oriental style paper title labels laid down upper covers. Covers a little marked and lightly worn at edges otherwise very good. Vol 1: 75 leaves; Vol 2: 76 leaves. Text in Chinese with Japanese translation. 17.8 x 12.1cm. Accompanying the Chinese text these volumes provide Japanese translations and some illustrations for words and terms which appeared in the 18 histories. . 明善堂. [Meizendō]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 165201
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[ZENG, XIANZHI]. 曾先之.
増注十八史略定本: 卷3-7. Zōchū Jūhasshiryaku Teihon. Kan 3-7. Standard Text of Summary of the Eighteen Histories with Added Notes. Volumes no. 3-7.
Osaka.: 岡島眞七. Okajima Shinshichi. Meiji 19. 1886. 5 volumes only of 7 lacks volumes 1 and 2 bound in Japanese 5 hole stab binding double leaves oriental style. Paper title labels laid down upper covers of all but volume 3 covers marked and stained in places. Generally good. Text in Chinese with Japanese reading marks. 25.9 x 18.1cm. A Japanese edition of Jūhasshiryaku 十八史略 Shi ba shi lue in pinyin with extra notes added by Confucian scholar Fujisawa Nangaku 藤澤南岳 1842-1920. The Summary of the Eighteen Histories is an introductory Chinese history for children compiled by Zeng Xianzhi 曾先之 in the Yuan period. The complete set runs to 7 volumes. . 岡島眞七. [Okajima Shinshichi]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 165206
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[ZENG, XIANZHI]. 曽先之.
明治新刻備考標記十八史略: 卷2-7. Meiji shinkoku bikō hyōki Jūhasshiryaku. Kan 2-7. Meiji Edition of Summary of the Eighteen Histories with Added Notes for Exams. Volumes no.2-7.
京都.Kyoto.: 五車楼.Gosharō. 明治18 1885. 6 volumes of 7 volume-set missing volume one bound in Japanese 5 hole stab binding woodblock printed on double leaves oriental style. Paper title labels laid down on yellow embossed upper covers some rubbing and light soiling in good condition. Text in Chinese with Japanese reading marks. 26 x 18.5cm. A Japanese Meiji edition of Jūhasshiryaku 十八史略 Shibashilue in pinyin with extra notes added by a Kyoto resident 奧野精一 Okuno Seiichi. The Summary of the Eighteen Histories is an introductory Chinese history for children compiled by Zeng Xianzhi 曾先之 in the Yuan period. Complete in 7 volumes. . 五車楼.[Gosharō]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 165209
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