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[China] Bellin, Nicolas
Carte De l'Isle de Cheu-Chan ou Isle de Chusan de la Province de Che-kiang Avec les Cotes et Isles Voisines
Paris 1750. Ca. 1750. Eighteenth century map of the eastern Chinese province of Chekiang with the island of Chusan and the islands of the Chusan archipelago. From Tome VI of Abbe Prevost's Historie Generale des Voyages. Includes 'Kimp-tong' island with the following note "Isles ou les Mandarins disgracies se retirent" island where disgraced Mandarins withdraw and the 'Ning-po' River. With north oriented to the right. Uncolored with compass rose. Size: 13 x 9". Very good. HK1300. unknown
Bookseller reference : 16021
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[China] Bellin, Nicolas
Carte Des Isles Qui Sont a l'Embouchure de la Riviere de Canton
1750. Bellin's chart of the islands "at the mouth of the Canton River" Pearl River Delta. From the atlas Histoire Generale des Voyages. <br /> <br /> Showing parts of Lantau island Macao Isle de Macao and Ville de Macao both shown and the southeast coast of Guangdong Province Province de Quang Tong to Shangchuan and Xiachuan Islands with names of villages fresh water supplies and the tomb of St. Francis Xavier shown on the Isle de Sanciam sic. To the east are islands "Yong Ngao "que l'on appelle Les Isles des Voleurs" 'Islands of Thieves' or present day Mariana Islands. <br /> <br /> With a compass rose and an elaborate title cartouche at the lower right. 13 x 8 1/2" HK2300. unknown
Bookseller reference : 16020
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[Hawaii; North West Coast; China]
The Glasgow Mercury 1791: British trade with Northwest Coast of America and China
Glasgow 1791. Very good condition. Tuesday June 7 to Tuesday June 14 1791 issue of the Scottish newspaper Vol. XIV No. 702; pp 185 - 192. <br /> <br /> 'Sunday's Post' concerning the troubled state of trade and relations with China and the Northwest Coast of America: "Our countrymen have found a very considerable loss from the trade between China and the North West Coast of America having been so abruptly stopped by the ill conduct of the Spaniards. The latter have since formed a most advantageous intercourse between the two countries which is likely to be carried on to a very great extent." <br /> <br /> The article goes on to note trouble in Hawaii: "A small ship had been taken possession of by the Sandwich Islanders at Owhyee and every person on board killed. Her name is unknown. Several ships are equipping in India for this trade to the North West coast of America". p189. Original folds a bit of minor splitting. A small rectangle of text 3 x 1 1/2" excised at the rear page. 9 1/2 x 11 1/2" unknown
Bookseller reference : 21955
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[Tartary; China] Bellin, Nicolas
Carte de la Tartarie Orientale
Paris 1775. Very good condition. Detailed copper engraved map of northeast Asia and Manchuria showing the island "Sagallan Anga Hata" or "Isle de Bouche Noire". From Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages".<br /> <br /> Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King.<br /> <br /> 12 1/2 x 8 3/4" original center fold. Strong impression very clean. unknown
Bookseller reference : 21532
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[Russia; China] Bellin, Nicolas
Carte de la Tartarie Occidentale
Paris 1775. Very good condition. Detailed copper engraved map of northeast Asia and Siberia from Lake Baykal sic Partie du Siberie in the north Pays des Kalkas at the center as well as Desert de Sable and down to Chine and the Golphe de Lyau-tong. From Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages".<br /> <br /> Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King. <br /> <br /> 12 3/4 x 9 1/4" original center fold. Strong impression very clean. unknown
Bookseller reference : 21534
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Dutch East India Company; China
The Effigies of Mr. Jno. Nieuhoff. Portrait
London: Churchill 1701. Very good condition. An engraved frontispiece portrait of Johann Nieuhoff an official of the VOC and important writer and illustrator of contemporary China whose study of China was produced in 1665 by his brother Hendrick and titled 'An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham emperor of China: . at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities towns villages ports rivers &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; '. <br /> <br /> The work was essential to European understanding of China as it was the only reliable source along with the reports of the Jesuits of information and images available at the time. The work was translated into French German Latin and English and was the first to include 150 true to life illustrations drawn by Nieuhoff himself. In 1649 he joined the East India Company first in Batavia and then in China as steward at the embassy which aspired to gain trading rights with China's southern coast. His specific duties were to<br /> observe all "farms towns palaces rivers . and other buildings" that he might encounter drawing them "in straight form and figure" as well as remains of the historical victory of the "Tartars" Manchus that brought an end to the reign of the Ming dynasty. He remained in China until 1657. <br /> <br /> Nieuhoff wears an elaborate costume and holds a rolled sketch in his right hand; in the background is a sailing ship. 7 x 11 1/4" on paper 7 3/4 x 12" Churchill unknown
Bookseller reference : 20655
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China National Sundries Corporation
Advertising broadsheet for Chinese and English Playing Cards: "Ostrich" "Heaven's Temple" "Golden Calf" and "Cultural Entertainment"
Tientsin China: China National Sundries Corporation 1935. Very good condition. offset Colour printed advertisment flyer for a Chinese playing card maker showing the four games each card pack illustrated in color and with text in English and Chinese. 7 1/2 x 10". A lovely period graphic with the company name in gold at the base. No printing on verso. China National Sundries Corporation unknown
Bookseller reference : 19762
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China
Postcard. "Horse Car of China"
Tokyo: Tokyo Design Printing Co. 1932. Ephemera. Very good overall. B&w Chinese printed picture postcard showing a horse in harness pulling a covered car with 2 wheels with driver. Also written in Chinese characters. Postcard not mailed very good. Tokyo Design Printing Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : 19748
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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. unknown
Bookseller reference : 19840
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China Stereoscopic view
Stereoscopic view The Great Wall of 10000 Li - in the Rugged Hills near Nankow Pass China
Meadville Pa.: Keystone View Company 1935. Very good condition. Single card dark gray stock curved mounts Keystone View Company 23842 set number 963 above the images. View of the Great Wall with man in foreground; with explanatory text on verso. The Keystone View Company which became the major worldwide publisher of stereographs after 1920 was founded in 1892 and created an "Education Department" which produced instructive cards with images and text pertaining to industry commerce politics and culture around the world. Card measures 7 x 3 3/8" Keystone View Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 18068
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China Stereoscopic view
Stereoscopic view The Canal between Canton and the Island of Shameen China
Meadville Pa.: Keystone View Company 1935. Very good condition. Single card dark gray stock curved mounts Keystone View Company 23870 set number 995 above the images. View of Chinese junks in the canal buildings in the distance; with explanatory text on verso. The Keystone View Company which became the major worldwide publisher of stereographs after 1920 was founded in 1892 and created an "Education Department" which produced instructive cards with images and text pertaining to industry commerce politics and culture around the world. Card measures 7 x 3 3/8" Keystone View Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 18061
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China Stereoscopic view
Stereoscopic view The Chien Mein Gate from the Tartar City Peiping China
Meadville Pa.: Keystone View Company 1935. Very good condition. Beijing with a non-military parade passing people in rickshaws and on bicycles. Single card dark gray stock curved mounts Keystone View Company 33940 set number 965 above the images. View of gate with procession and vehicles in the street; with explanatory text on verso. The Keystone View Company which became the major worldwide publisher of stereographs after 1920 was founded in 1892 and created an "Education Department" which produced instructive cards with images and text pertaining to industry commerce politics and culture around the world. Card measures 7 x 3 3/8" Keystone View Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 18066
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China Stereoscopic view
Stereoscopic view Picturesque Chinese Junk under Full Sail on the Yellow Sea coast of Manchukuo in Distance
Meadville Pa.: Keystone View Company 1935. Very good condition. Single card dark gray stock curved mounts Keystone View Company V23933 set number 956 above the images. View of Chinese junk in full sail; with explanatory text on verso. The Keystone View Company which became the major worldwide publisher of stereographs after 1920 was founded in 1892 and created an "Education Department" which produced instructive cards with images and text pertaining to industry commerce politics and culture around the world. Card measures 7 x 3 3/8" Keystone View Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 18064
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[China]
Illustrated and die cut Whitney Made free standing 1924 calendar with little Chinese girl in costume
Worcester Mass 1924. Very good condition. Scarce die cut miniature calendar for 1924 with an embossed chromolithograph illustration of child placing Christmas wreath on door and the year 1924 in gilt. The miniature calendar is complete; the calendar with the word "China" printed below it. The larger illustration of a small Chinese girl in with butterfly patterned jacket white cap and long pigtail. Whitney Made Worcester Mass printed on verso. 3 1/4 x 5" unknown
Bookseller reference : 18192
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China Stereoscopic view
Stereoscopic view Chinese Toddler Manchuria
Meadville Pa.: Keystone View Company 1935. Very good condition. Single card dark gray stock curved mounts Keystone View Company 6579 set number 194 above the images. View of Chinese family with smiling toddler; with explanatory text on verso. The Keystone View Company which became the major worldwide publisher of stereographs after 1920 was founded in 1892 and created an "Education Department" which produced instructive cards with images and text pertaining to industry commerce politics and culture around the world. Card measures 7 x 3 3/8" Keystone View Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 18062
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China Stereoscopic view
Stereoscopic view Royal Tombs of the Manchu Kings near Mukden Manchukuo
Meadville Pa.: Keystone View Company 1935. Very good condition. Chinese in wonderful traditional garb. Single card dark gray stock curved mounts Keystone View Company 6593 set number 961 above the images. View of Chinese man standing next to large tusked elephant sculpture tombs in background; with explanatory text on verso. The Keystone View Company which became the major worldwide publisher of stereographs after 1920 was founded in 1892 and created an "Education Department" which produced instructive cards with images and text pertaining to industry commerce politics and culture around the world. Card measures 7 x 3 3/8" Keystone View Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 18063
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China Stereoscopic view
Stereoscopic view The Famous Marble Boat of the Empress Dowager the last Empress to Occupy the Throne near Peiping China
Meadville Pa.: Keystone View Company 1935. Very good condition. Single card dark gray stock curved mounts Keystone View Company 33945 set number 972 above the images. View of the amazing vessel in the water; with explanatory text on verso. The Keystone View Company which became the major worldwide publisher of stereographs after 1920 was founded in 1892 and created an "Education Department" which produced instructive cards with images and text pertaining to industry commerce politics and culture around the world. Card measures 7 x 3 3/8" Keystone View Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 18067
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China Stereoscopic view
Stereoscopic view A Home Scene in Manchukuo - Grinding Beans for the Day's Meal
Meadville Pa.: Keystone View Company 1935. Very good condition. Rural Chinese home life. Single card dark gray stock curved mounts Keystone View Company W23878 set number 958 above the images. View of Chinese girl turning mill pulled by donkey; with explanatory text on verso. The Keystone View Company which became the major worldwide publisher of stereographs after 1920 was founded in 1892 and created an "Education Department" which produced instructive cards with images and text pertaining to industry commerce politics and culture around the world. Card measures 7 x 3 3/8" Keystone View Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 18065
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China Stereoscopic view
Stereoscopic view Chinaman with Pig and Baby
Meadville Pa.: Keystone View Company 1935. Very good condition. Single card dark gray stock curved mounts Keystone View Company 23822 set number 135 above the images. View of Chinese farmer carrying baby in one basket and small pig in another hanging from pole slung across his shoulders; with explanatory text on verso. The Keystone View Company which became the major worldwide publisher of stereographs after 1920 was founded in 1892 and created an "Education Department" which produced instructive cards with images and text pertaining to industry commerce politics and culture around the world. Card measures 7 x 3 3/8" Keystone View Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 18059
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China Stereoscopic view
Stereoscopic view Chinese Coolies Hong Kong China
New York: Underwood and Underwood 1896. Very good condition. A crowded street scene near the harbour in Hong Kong with street vendors and coolie workers. Very bright. Stereoscopic photo card on tan card stock curved mounts with printed caption. The image shows a congested street scene with men working with bricks in the foreground many workers in the distance. The number 49 is handwritten above the images. The caption is translated on verso into various languages. Approx. 7x3 1/2". Image copyrighted 1896 to Strohmeyer and Wyman. Underwood and Underwood unknown
Bookseller reference : 18069
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16717
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Sml. closed tear repaired into print at top. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16698
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. One small section of fold separated and repaired archivally. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16707
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16709
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16721
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[China] Du Halde, Jean Baptiste
Province III Kyang-Si Drawn on ye Spot by ye Peres de Tartre & Cordoso 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. 10 1/4 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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16702
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[China] Du Halde, Jean Baptiste
Cities of the Province of Kyang-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 3/4 x 15" 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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16701
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16705
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16712
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Clean loss to bottom left corner where the map was tabbed into book. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16714
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[China] Du Halde, Jean Baptiste
Province XIII Quang-Si Drawn on the Spot by the Peres de Tartre & Cordoso 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. 15 1/2 x 10 1/4" 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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Clean loss to bottom left corner where the map was tabbed into book. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16713
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16706
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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. paperback
Bookseller reference : 16722
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. One small section of fold separated and repaired archivally. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16708
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[China] Taylor, George; Stewart, Maxwell, ed
Changing China
Webster Publishing Company 1942. Paperback. Very good overall. A cooperative project between American Council Institute of Pacific Relations and Webster Publishing. Contents include: China and the Chinese; Old China; A Century of Imperialism; and The New China. Sml 8vo 94pp b&w ills maps. Webster Publishing Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 16725
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16718
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[China] Fry, Varian
War in China. America's Role in the Far East
New York: Foreign Policy Association 1938. Paperback. A critique of contemporary Far Eastern policy in regards to China written by the editor of the Foreign Policy Association's Headline Books series. Fry later was later honored as the first American to be named "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem Israel's Holocaust Heroes and Martyrs Remembrance Authority for his rescue work in 1940 & 1941 in France in which he succeeded through his American Relief Center in helping many escape from death including intellectuals who settled in the United States. <br /> This is Headline Books No. 13. Contents include: The Manchus Lose an Empire; Commodore Perry Rouses Japan; We Hold the Door Open; China Becomes a Republic; Ten Years of Friendship; The Manchurian Crisis; War in China; and Which Way America. Sml 8vo 95pp. Yellow paper wraps title in red at front cover. Staple bound. Very good. Foreign Policy Association paperback
Bookseller reference : 16704
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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; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16233
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[China] Post card
Landscape with Camel Caravan
Otherwise very good condition. Color post card with charming illustration of a man leading three camels along a very twisting road with a Chinese walled city in the distance. Not mailed with 'China' at the upper left corner verso of card. Verso of card toned with traces of sticky tape at edges. HK581. unknown
Bookseller reference : 16217
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[China] Shanghai
Collection of 26 miniature photographs of Shanghai
1930. Very good overall. 26 small photographs of the city of Shanghai in a paper envelope stamped 'Good Luck Book Shop - S'Hai Victory Photo' with Chinese characters. Some of the photographs are titled for example: Broadway Mansions North Station Shanghai; Bubblind sic Well of Shanghai; Post's Head Office; Soochow Creek; The Sun Company; Platforms of Three Companies; Yu Ya China Road; Bund Garden; Garden Bridge; Lungmen Road; Willow Tea House; and Race Course. 3 1/4 x 2 1/4" HK1744. unknown
Bookseller reference : 16227
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[China] Stereoscopic view
No. 374 Superstitious Chinese Children Covering their Faces to Avoid Being Photographed
1893. Very good overall. Printed color photograph with several small Chinese children seated on stools on a raised platform covering their faces as their photograph is taken. With text on the verso describing the children "little Chinese children were shrewdly employed at the entrance to the concession . and attracted great crowds of people. . The children are under government inspection . each child was under a bond of $500 to secure their safe return to China after the exposition. Possibly from an exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago 1893. unknown
Bookseller reference : 16301
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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. Royal Geographic Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16321
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[China] High Life Tailor Montmartre, Paris
Carre Casse-Tete
Otherwise very good condition. French advertising card with color illustration of a two young Chinese gilrs working on a Chinese geometric paper puzzle and instructions on how to do the puzzle printed below in French. With advertising text for the Parisian tailor on the verso. Not dated. 2 1/2 x 4 1/4" two small ares of text missing on verso. HK581. unknown
Bookseller reference : 16223
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[China] Post card
Chinese Junk
1920. Otherwise very good condition. Hand made color post card with charming collage illustration of a Chinese junk made of strips of postage stamps. Not mailed with 'Made in China' at the lower edge verso of card. Verso of card evenly toned. unknown
Bookseller reference : 16222
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China; Macao Heine W.
Macao From Penha Hill
Philadelphia: P. S. Duval 1856. Very good overall. Hand colored lithograph of Macao harbor after the artist Wilhelm Heine. With masted sailing vessels in the harbor church spires dwellings and flag flying from a hilltop fortress. From Francis Hawk's 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the years 1852 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry'. 6 x 8 3/4 inches on sheet 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. A few small marks at margins especially at right side which do not affect image. P. S. Duval unknown
Bookseller reference : 15764
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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" William and Robert Chambers paperback
Bookseller reference : 15758
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[China]
Merrill's Toys A Peep at the Old World. Primer
Concord NH: Merriam and Merrill 1853. Wraps. Children's primer with wood block illustrations and descriptions of the peoples of the world including 'Chinese Flower Seller' 'People of Siam' 'People of Japan' and 'Hindoo sic Idols'. Verso of title page has an illustration of Chinese children with their toys. and the first story describing China as where 'we obtain tea silk and fine muslin.' 16mo 24pp b&w ills throughout. Yellow decorative and printed paper wraps with title in black within ornately decorated black border with sewn binding. Covers slt dusty and worn. Internally some signs of child's scribbles inside front and rear covers light fox spotting internally split at spine repaired with archival tape o/w good . OCLC: 80291556. Merriam and Merrill paperback
Bookseller reference : 14254
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[China]
Visit to the Circus. Circus Stories
New York: McLoughlin Bros 1904. Very good . Copyright 1894 - 1904. Charming children's volume with fine chromolithographic illustrations of circus acts all with horses and clowns some on stilts and scenes of juggling. Includes verses such as "Dancing Horses" and "The Chinese Juggler" illustrated with a Chinese man standing on a dark horse while spinning baskets on poles above his head. 4to 14pp. Illustrated paper wraps with title in gilt red and blue at front cover no title at spine. Front cover slt rubbed at spine; small inscription at upper right corner. McLoughlin stamp and No. 122 at lower right corner of verso. McLoughlin Bros paperback
Bookseller reference : 15534
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[China] sewing machine trade card
The "Household" Sewing Machine
Sewing machine manufactured by Providence Tool Co. Boston advertising card with illustration of a small Chinese boy in straw hat playing a violin to a small dog standing on its hind legs; on a gilt background. Without text at verso but with name and address of agents at lower margin of card. Not dated. 3 x 4 1/4 in. Very sml mark upper right corner of card o/w very good. HKD270. unknown
Bookseller reference : 14629
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