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[CHINA -- TEXTILES]. LEITCH, Gordon B
Chinese rugs. With illustrations collected by the author.
New York: Tudor Publishing Co. 1935. Tall 8vo. xii 171 1 pp. Colour frontisp. numerous photo plates text illustrations. Blue cloth elaborate gilt decoration & lettering on front cover slight ghosting from old scotch tape at fore-edges of pastedowns w/ d.j. colour plate mounted front cover minor shelfwear rubbing VG/VG copy. Second edition revised & expanded of this invaluable reference on Chinese rugs weaving dyes dyeing weavers symbolism types religious influences and more. Tudor Publishing Co., hardcover
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[CHINA]. ROWE, William T
Hankow: conflict and community in a Chinese city 1796-1895.
Stanford CA: Stanford Univ. Press 1989. 8vo. xiv 2 440 pp. Numerous photos maps diagrams. Red cloth gilt lettering minor bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. slight shelfwear minor scuffing to fore-edges very minor bumping to couple corners VG/VG copy. First edition of this groundbreaking and dynamic social history examining the ethnic diversity occupations and mobility of Hankow Hankou China during the waning decades of the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century. Stanford Univ. Press, hardcover
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[CHINA]. MORRISON, Hedda
A photographer in old Peking. With a foreword by Wang Gungwu.
Oxford Hong Kong & New York: Oxford Univ. Press 1985. 4to. ix 1 266 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates throughout. Gray boards gilt lettering on spine maps on endpapers minor shelfwear w/ d.j. NF/NF copy. First edition of this striking photographic memoir of northern China from 1933 to 1946 by a photographer who had escaped Nazi Germany in 1933 to take charge of a German-owned photographic studio in Peking. She is considered to have been one of the finest photographers who has ever worked in Asia. Oxford Univ. Press, hardcover
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[CHINA -- ART]. CAHILL, James
Hills beyond a river. Chinese painting of the Yuan Dynasty 1279-1368; Parting at the shore Chinese painting of the Early and Middle Ming Dynasty 1368-1580; The distant mountains. Chinese painting of the Late Ming Dynasty 1570-1640.
New York: Weatherhill 1976-1982. Three vols. Folio. xv 3 198; xiv 2 281 1; xvi 302 2 pp. Double-page illust. titles in each vol. with 393 plates 43 colour plates numerous maps. Publisher’s blue brown and red cloth respectively all with d.j.s slight shelfwear NF/NF set. First editions of the first three volumes of Cahill’s “A History of Chinese Painting.†These lavishly illustrated works provide an invaluable reference to the texture breadth and achievements of Chinese art in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Weatherhill, hardcover
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[CHINA -- XI SHENG MO]. TAYLOR, Mrs Howard (nee Geraldine Guinness).
One of Chinas scholars. The early life & conversion of Pastor Hsi; Pastor Hsi of North China. One of Chinas Christians. With illustrations. . .
Shanghai London Philadelphia: China Inland Mission The Religious Tract Society 1920. Two vols. in one. Thick 12mo. xi 1 196 2; xxii 400 2 pp. Gray ribbed cloth black lettering on front cover gilt lettering on spine very minor shelfwear slight bumping rubbing VG copy w/ former ownership signature on ffep. Later omnibus edition of these biographies of Pastor Hsi a recovering Opium addict. Of interest are the substantial sections devoted to the Opium trade and implements as well as the Boxer Rebellion. China Inland Mission, The Religious Tract Society, hardcover
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[CHINA -- PHOTOGRAPHS]. MENNIE, Donald
The pageant of Peking: comprising . . . Vandyck photogravures of Peking and environs from photographs . . .
Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co. Ltd. Printed & Bound by Kelly & Walsh Ltd. 1921. Folio. 6 40 pp. Title in red & black rubricated decorated initial with 66 tipped-in sepia- and aqua-tinted photogravures each w/ printed border explanatory text on facing page. Publisher’s decorated blue silk over beveled boards gilt lettering stamped on front cover rebacked in blue silk gilt lettering on spine in equivalent font wear to fore-edges of boards w/ minor loss at fore-edges on front & back covers minor bumping & wear to corners still VG- copy w/ interior in excellent condition from the library of Dr. Leonard William Buck 1891-1953 scion of the famed Buck family in Vacaville CA whose holdings included Bucktown and the ranch where the California Medical Facility is located. Dr. Buck traveled to Asia on behalf of the California Grower’s and Shipper’s protective League at the behest of his brother Frank in 1921. Second edition of this large and beautiful photographic souvenir portraying the ancient Chinese capital and surrounding countryside. The striking images by Mennie portray Chinese temples palaces peddlers laborers ancient walled cities Chinese shops and Chinese eating at outdoor tables at the beginning of the 20th century. Mennie 1875/6-1941 trained as a chemist and worked as an amateur photographer in Scotland. He initially began working in China as an assistant in the firm of Mactavish & Lehman & Co. in Beijing later working for the Mactavish Photo Shop in Shanghai as one of the first producers in China of picture postcards. He later joined the A.S. Watson & Co. -- chemists druggists wine spirits & cigar Merchants who also dealt in all kinds of photographic chemicals and equipment later becoming their managing director the firm still flourishes to this day as one of the largest health and beauty retailers in the world. Mennie contributed photographic images for numerous works and published several of his own images. He died in the Japanese Lungwha internment camp near Shanghai in 1941. See: Worswick & Spence Imperial China: Photographs 1850-1912 1979. A.S. Watson & Co., Ltd., Printed & Bound by Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., hardcover
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[CHINA -- PHOTOGRAPHS].
In Chinese & English. Views of China. Volume 1; Volume 2 Cover title.
Shanghai China: Commercial Press Ltd. Minguo 9 1920. Oblong 8vo. 44; 44 pp. With 89 photographic plates & illustrations all identified in Chinese & English. Original printed softcovers black lettering on front covers of both vols. Commercial Press company logo on back covers minor dustsoiling creasing small Merry Xmas labels on left fore-edge of front covers still a VG- set. First edition of this scarce photographic souvenir of China soon while Sun Yat-Sen was attempting to establish the Chinese Republican Party as the ruler of China during the Guandong-Guangxi War which resulted in the Military Government in Guangzhou 1921-1925 and then the National Government 1925-1927. This fascinating photographic survey of China depicts the cities towns villages rivers temples including the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang Hubei the Iron Bridge over the Yellow River which was finished in 1907 at the end of the Qing Dynasty the famed railway tunnel of Man-shan on the Peking-Hankow Railway in Hunan Province historic sites as well as images of the Tibetan Himalayas including Mt. Everest as the last photo. Commercial Press in Shanghai printed a number of these “Views of China†from about 1910 to 1925 most with different photo images from each other and varying number of pages and formats. No copies located in Worldcat 1 copy of a 1915 edition with similar pagination located at Univ. of London. Commercial Press, Ltd., paperback
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[CHINA -- XINJIANG]. SHIPTON, Diana
The antique land. Decorations by Jill Davis.
London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. 1950. 8vo. ix 1 xi-219 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates text illustrations. Blue-green publisher’s cloth gilt illust. on front cover gilt lettering on spine map endpapers edgewear rubbing rubbing to corners minor bumping w/ d.j. cover art by Jean Maln chipping tears w/ minor loss to spine closed tears to fore-edges old tape repairs still G/Fair copy w/ former ownership signature on ffep. First edition stated of this memoir of the novelty and dangers faced by the author and her husband Eric Shipton noted British Himalayan mountaineer who participated in many of the Mt. Everest expeditions in the 1930s and later in 1951. This fascinating account of China during and after World War II provides an engaging narrative of his years as British Consul-General at Kashgar. Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd., hardcover
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[CHINA]. WORCESTER, G[eorge] R[aleigh] G[ray].
The junks & sampans of the Yangtze. . . .
Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press 1971. Thick 4to. 9.5 x 12.25 in. 20 626 pp. Illustrated title in brown & black with over 900 illustrations plates some folding diagrams. White cloth embossed lettering front cover gilt & red lettering on spine w/ d.j. price-clipped old tape repair 1 corner NF/VG copy. First edition of this comprehensive and authoritative record of the vessels which for centuries provided practically the sole means of communication and transportation along the waterways of China. Worcester 1890-1969 served as a River Inspector for the Chinese Maritime Customs during the first decades of the 20th century and spent 30 years wandering up and down the coast and rivers of China surveying marking and opening the Yangtze to steam navigation and during the 1930s carried out field research culminating in a three-year internment in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. Naval Institute Press, hardcover
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[CHINA]. [HELMER, Frederic F (Ed)].
On the Tibetan border; Under the red flag; A hospital waiting for its staff. . . Luan Hospital; The occupation of Hankow; Down the Yellow River from Kangsu; Strenuous times in Anhwei; Panghai after six years; A brigand raid; Contending armies in Anhwei . . . In: China’s Millions The Organ of the China Inland Mission Vol. XXXV Nos. 2-3; 9-12.
Philadelphia & Toronto: China Inland Mission Feb.-Dec. 1927. Six vols. 4to. 17-51 1; 153-231 1 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations maps self-printed softcovers minor creasing edgewear couple leaves w/ corners worn folded still VG set. First editions of these very scarce China Inland Mission periodicals published for supporters and as fundraiser during the 1920s for the noted interdenominational missionary society originally founded by Hudson Taylor in 1865. The 1920s were a period of great unrest famine and ongoing conflicts between various warlords as reflected in these contemporary missionary accounts. The China Inland Mission actively recruited women missionaries who in turn often proselytized to Chinese women to promote Christianity public health measures increased education and more. These issues have a number of letters and first-hand accounts of the ongoing internal battles between the Nationalist forces of Chiang-kai Shek and Mao-tse-tung’s Communists. In addition there are a few special mentions that the “Christian†Chinese are the most resistant to the Communists forces. Of special interest are the inclusion and special centerfold supplements of the Young China magazine which was issued for children in the China Inland Mission and young children in China. China Inland Mission, paperback
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[CHINA]. [HELMER, Frederic F (Ed)].
A long journey to the Coast; The waiting harvest fields of Kweichow; China -- the world’s problem; On the roof of the world describing the work of Mr. Hunter and Mr. Mather of the China Inland Mission; Sinkiang or Chinese Turkistan; First baptisms among the Lahu; Back at Yangchow. . . In: China’s Millions The Organ of the China Inland Mission Vol. XXXVI Nos. 2 4 6.
Philadelphia & Toronto: China Inland Mission Feb.-June 1928. Three vols. 4to. 17-31 1; 47-63 1; 81-95 1 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations maps self-printed softcovers minor creasing edgewear couple leaves w/ corners worn folded still VG set. First editions of these very scarce China Inland Mission periodicals published for supporters and as fundraiser during the 1920s for the noted interdenominational missionary society originally founded by Hudson Taylor in 1865. The 1920s were a period of great unrest famine and ongoing conflicts between various warlords as reflected in these contemporary missionary accounts. The China Inland Mission actively recruited women missionaries who in turn often proselytized to Chinese women to promote Christianity public health measures increased education and more. These issues have a number of letters and first-hand accounts of the ongoing internal battles between the Nationalist forces of Chiang-kai Shek and Mao-tse-tung’s Communists. China Inland Mission, paperback
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[CHINA]. [HELMER, Frederic F (Ed)].
China’s need; Toil and conflict on the Honan plain; A visit to Peking; New Year Feasts writing from Szechwan; Reaching China; Through Anhwei Province; Headquarters at Shanghai; Faithful believers among head-hunters and Lisu; Kansu and the great beyond; The witness of Wenchow women; A journey Further Northwest outside the Great Wall; To the tribes work in Szechwan. . . In: China’s Millions The Organ of the China Inland Mission Vol. XXXIV Nos. 1-3 5 9-10.
Philadelphia & Toronto: China Inland Mission Jan.-Oct. 1926. Six vols. 4to. 15 1; 17-31 1; 33-47 1; 65-79 1; 129-143 1; 145-159 1 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations maps self-printed softcovers minor creasing edgewear couple leaves w/ corners worn folded still VG set. First editions of these very scarce China Inland Mission periodicals published for supporters and as fundraiser during the 1920s for the noted interdenominational missionary society originally founded by Hudson Taylor in 1865. The 1920s were a period of great unrest famine and ongoing conflicts between various warlords as reflected in these contemporary missionary accounts. The China Inland Mission actively recruited women missionaries who in turn often proselytized to Chinese women to promote Christianity public health measures increased education and more. China Inland Mission, paperback
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[CHINA]. [HELMER, Frederic F (Ed)].
Preaching the gospel in forty-nine villages; Witch-Doctor’s books; A river journey in Inland China; Opium persecutions; Our Christmas as seen by a government school students; Mohammedan treatment of apostates; Tibetans and prayers; The earthquake at Tali; The good news proclaimed in a Tibetan lamasary; A girl’s school re-opened; A Mongolian Prince; How the bandits held Shenkiu; On the edge of Tibet; Removal of ladies frmo Chungking; Among Manchurian women. . . In: China’s Millions The Organ of the China Inland Mission Vol. XXXIII Nos. 5-12.
Philadelphia & Toronto: China Inland Mission May-Dec. 1925. Eight vols. 4to. 65-191 1 each issue paginated continuously pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations maps self-printed softcovers minor creasing edgewear couple leaves w/ corners worn folded still VG set. First editions of these very scarce China Inland Mission periodicals published for supporters and as fundraiser during the 1920s for the noted interdenominational missionary society originally founded by Hudson Taylor in 1865. The 1920s were a period of great unrest famine and ongoing conflicts between various warlords as reflected in these contemporary missionary accounts. The China Inland Mission actively recruited women missionaries who in turn often proselytized to Chinese women to promote Christianity public health measures increased education and more. These issues encompass a range of topics including depredations by Chinese bandits working to keep girl’s schools open expanding the missionary efforts into Tibet and southeast Asia and much more. Of special interest is the article on the persecutions and killings of Chinese Christians who refuse to cultivate opium poppies. China Inland Mission, paperback
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[CHINA]. BLAND, J[ohn] O[tway] P[ercy]. & BACKHOUSE, E
Recent events and present policies in China. . . .
Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Co. William Heinemann 1912. Tall thick 8vo. xi 1 481 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates 2 large folding maps 1 colour map of China & Japan with Corea Korea. Gold cloth red lettering on front cover & spine t.e.g. slightly shaken front hinge starting minor foxing to fore-edges of textblock still G copy. First edition of this scarce and informative work describing the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion the impact of western education on the Chinese the efforts of the Dowager Empress comparison of China & Turkey political reforms land reform and the policies of the British and Americans in China the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War the impact of Opium and even a strong rebuttal of the persistent Yellow Peril myth. J.B. Lippincott Co., William Heinemann, hardcover
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[CHINA]. TYAU, Min-Ch'ien TZ T Z
China awakened. Illustrated.
New York: The Macmillan Co. 1922. 8vo. xv 3 475 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates 1 double-page map. Orange cloth black lettering on front cover in Chinese and spine in English toning to first few leaves minor shelfwear rubbing still a VG copy w/ former ownership signature on ffep. First edition of this well-illustrated work detailing the social and economic changes in China at the beginning of the 20th century against the backdrop of many foreign-educated students returning to China to set up new educational institutions the reforms to the opium trade encouraging of Western Medical practices and new sanitation and hygiene movements the rising opposition to slavery and concubines and more. Still there was tremendous unrest during this period with much of China subject to regional warlords fighting for power the May 4th movement in which Chinese students boycotted foreign goods and more. Tyau was a British-educated adviser to the League of Nations and the Chinese President at the time who believed that China was making great strides after World War I. See: Harlan P. Beach A Chinese Discusses China International Review of Missions Vol. 11 pp. 597-598. The Macmillan Co., hardcover
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[CHINA]. MILLARD, Thomas F
China: where it is today and why.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Co. 1928. 8vo. vi 2 356 pp. Red ribbed cloth gilt lettering on spine slight shelfwear very slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art of Chinese pennants flying slight shelfwear rubbing VG/NF copy w/ bookseller’s label on rear pastedown for Woodward & Lothrop Washington D.C. ownership signature on ffep. First edition of this work describing the results of the Chinese Revolution from 1925 through 1927including the anti-foreignism aspirations and plans of the new Chinese nationalism the anti-Christian movement and the emergence of the Chinese Communist party. Scarce in original dustjacket. Harcourt, Brace and Co., hardcover
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[CHINA -- ART].
The forest of stone tablets. . . Text in Chinese.
JiangSu China: Beilin Museum 1993. 4to. 211 1 pp. Numerous illustrations photo illustrations. Colour-illustrated softcovers NF. First edition thus of this exhibition catalogue for the Xian Forest of Stone Tables Steles Museum located inside the Xian City Wall based on a Confucian temple. The collection preserves over 3000 stone epigraphs in separate exhibition rooms. Beilin Museum], paperback
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[CHINA & KOREA -- TRAVEL]. COOK, Thomas
Peking and the overland route. With maps plans and illustrations.
London: Thos. Cook & Son 1917. 8vo. 181 xxiii pp. 3 large folding maps numerous maps numerous photo illusts. Green cloth blk lettrng & insignia on frnt cvr blk lettrng on spine mnr rubbng edgewear still a VG copy. Third edition revised & expanded of this excellent Cook travel guide for travel through China Manchuria and Korea during World War I. There are detailed sightseeing instructions for Peking visiting the Great Wall Tientsin Tianjin Port Arthur in Manchuria and more. Of particular interest is the extensive section on Chosen Korea nice folding map of Seoul photo illustrations etc. Thos. Cook & Son, hardcover
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[CHINA -- ART]. HO, Wai-Kam, & SMITH, Judith G (Eds)
The century of Tung Ch’i-ch’ang 1555-1636. Volume I. . . .
Kansas City MO & Seattle WA: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Univ. of Washington Press 1992. Folio. 475 1 pp. 100s of colour and blk & wht text illusts. many full page some double-page. Colour-illust. softcvrs mnr shlfwr slght rubbng still a VG copy. First softcover edition of this massive catalogue of the works of the famed 16th-Century Chinese painter calligrapher and art theorist. This exhibition catalogue draws heavily from the Beijing Palace Museum. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Univ. of Washington Press, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 44607 ISBN : 029597138x 9780295971384
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[CHINA]. GUNGWU, Wang
The structure of power in North China during the five dynasties.
Stanford CA: Stanford Univ. Press 1967. 8vo. viii 6 257 1 pp. Numerous maps. Green cloth black lettering NF copy. First Stanford Press edition of this scarce work examining the history of the Wu-tai period between the T’ang and Sung dynasties in China. The author examines the military governors and the T’ang Court; the growth of central power; The Liang court; the control of the provinces; and finally the emergence of a new power structure 926-947 A.D. Stanford Univ. Press, hardcover
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[CHINA]. MILLARD, Thomas F
The end of exterritoriality in China.
Shanghai: The A.B.C. Press 1931. 8vo. 8 278 pp. Burgundy-coloured cloth gilt lettering chipping head & foot of spine rubbing to spine some edgewear front hinge starting still G copy. First edition of this analysis and appeal to end extraterritoriality in China by foreign powers mostly the United Kingdom the United States and Japan who operated their own courts their own trade systems and zones in Shanghai and other protected enclaves in China. The author points out that the Chinese Parliament had voted to abolish the treaty obligations imposed upon China in the Treaty of Nanking after the First Opium War and that there had been progress in China’s legal system a new constitution and other changes. The A.B.C. Press, hardcover
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[CHINA]. MANNERHEIM, C[arl] G[ustav].
Across Asia from West to East in 1906-1908. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura -- Sociee Finno-Ougrtienne. Kansatieteelliia Julkaisuja VIII Travaux Ethnographiques.
Oosterhout The Netherlands: Anthropological Publications 1969. Two vols. 4to. 741 1; 246 pp 9 sections separately paginated. Photos text illustrations diagrams 15 maps 14 large folding. Blue linen gilt & blue spine labels NF set. Facsimile edition sponsored by the Fenno-Ugrian Society describing the extensive expedition on a 14000 mile trek across 1906-1908 by the Finnish author through Russian Turkestan Chinese Turkestan Western China the provinces of Kan Su Shensi and Shansi to Beijing. The initial objective had been to make military assessments by Mannerheim and his unit but it quickly extended to an extensive archaeological ethnological and geographical study. The second volume includes descriptions of manuscripts from Eastern Turkestan physical anthropology Buddhist manuscript fragments in Sanskrit and Khotanese Uigur documents fragment of Mongolian script and more. Anthropological Publications, unknown
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[CHINA & VIETNAM-- YUNNAN -- PALAEONTOLOGY & GEOLOGY]. DEPRAT, J[acques] & MANSUY, H[enri].
Etude geologique du Yun-nan Oriental. Fascicule I. 1re Partie. Geologie generale; Atlas; Fascicule II. IIe Partie. Paleontologie; Fascicule III. IIIe Partie. Etude des Fusulinides de Chine et d’Indochine et classification des calcaires a Fusulines. Memoires du service geologique de l’Indochine. Volume I. . . .
Hanoi-Haiphong Vietnam: Imprimerie d’Extreme-Orient 1912. Four vols. Folio. xiii 1 370 pp. 20 plates some maps photos each with facing explanatory leaf numerous tables several large folding; Atlas unpaginated w/ 178 diagrams maps geological sections relief maps 2 very large folding colour maps some geological formation plates in colour; 4 146 2 pp. plus 25 plates each with facing explanatory leaf numerous text illustrations diagrams; 8 76 4 pp. plus 9 plates each with facing explanatory leaf numerous text illustrations diagrams. Uniformly bound in original printed wrappers some scuffing soiling edgewear occasional light foxing still a VG- uncut & unopened presentation set inscribed and presented by Honore Lantenois & Henri Mansuy to Prof. Marcellin Boule 1861-1942 French geologist palaeontologist and physical anthropologist who reconstructed the first complete Neanderthal skeleton in France. First edition presentation set of this massive first installment in the Geological Survey of Southeast Asia begun in 1908 documenting the biostratigraphy of the Yunnan Region which was awarded the Tchihatchef Prize of the French Academy of Sciences. Much of this survey work was done during the building of the Hanoi to Yunnan-fou Kunming railroad which was built by the French to exploit the tremendous mineral wealth of Yunnan. The Director of the Department of Natural Resources for France in Vietnam was Honore Lantenois 1863-1940 who worked for years with Henri Mansuy 1857-1937 and sent him back to France several times to study palaeontology at the School of Natural Resources Ecole des Mines. Lantenois recruited Jacques Deprat 1880-1935 in 1908 -- at the time a brilliant palaeontologist -- to conduct an ambitious program mapping the geology of Indochina and neighboring areas. All three men became involved in the notorious Deprat Affair which resulted in Mansuy accusing Deprat to Lantenois in 1917 that Deprat had used a few European-sources trilobites among his fossil specimens from Indochina and Yunnan. This accusation rested on the distinction that the suspect trilobites were not just similar in nature to others found in Europe but the matrix they were embedded may have originated from Europe. Although nearly 90 years later it would be determined that the trilobite fauna discovered by Deprat indicated that the Yunnan had occupied a location adjacent to Bohemia originally in the early Palaeozoic period; the French scientific community condemned Deprat at the time stripped him of his degrees and posts and forced him to leave the field. A complete set including the Atlas is quite scarce. See: Genovese Madeleine Colani and the Deprat Scandal at the Geological Survey of Indochina Journal of the Siam Society Vol. 99 pp. 269-290 2011; Osborne The Deprat Affair: Ambition revenge and deceit in French Indo-China 1999; Stokes Deprat’s trilobites and the position of the Indochina Terrane in the Early Palaeozoic Proceedings of the International Symposia on Geoscience Resources and Environments of Asian Terranes 2008 pp. 201-207. Imprimerie d’Extreme-Orient, unknown
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[CHINA -- LITERATURE]. SHAPIRO, Sidney (Ed)
A sampler of Chinese literature from the Ming Dynasty to Mao Zedong. Translated compiled and edited by. . . .
Beijing: Panda Books 1996. 8vo. 10 312 2 pp. Blue boards gilt lettrng w/ d.j. mnr shlfwr NF/NF inscribed by Shapiro on half-title to Dr. Charles Grossman. First edition inscribed in English of this excellent anthology including such authors & works as Shi Nan an & Luo Guanzhong Outlaws of the Marsh; Mao Dun Epitome Wartime; Kao Yunlan Annals of a Provincial Town; Quo Bo Tracks in the Snowy Forest; Yuan Shuipo Soy Sauce and Prawns and many others. Panda Books, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 46702 ISBN : 0835131815 9780835131810
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[CHINA]. COLQUHOUN, Archibald R
Overland to China. . . .
New York & London: Harper & Brothers 1900. 8vo. xi 1 464 2 pp. plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Photo frntsp. numerous photos text illusts. plates 4 large folding colour maps 1 w/ repairs to hinges. Blue cloth gilt lettrng mnr rubbng mnr soilng to ffep couple sml clsd tears still a G copy. First edition of this excellent history and travelogue through Siberia Manchuria Eastern Mongolia and down the Yangtze Valley. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
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CHINA
Lankin.
Atlas Chinensis; Being a Second Part of a Relation of Remarkable Passages in two Embassies from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Vice-Roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi and to Konchi Emperor of China and East Tartary. John OGILBY. 1671. This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the account written by the diplomat Jan Nieuhoff who was the steward of the first Dutch trade Ambassadors to China. The Dutch East India Company was keen to persuade the Emperor to open up the Chinese ports to the Dutch and Nieuhoff joined Pieter van Goyer and Jacob de Keyser on the mission to visit the Emperor Chun-Chi. The work includes many remarks on Chinese manners and customs together with a second part comprising a general description of the Chinese Empire. The fine plates and illustrations show town views in China Tibet and Tartary together with subjects such as costumes and natural history. Atlas Chinensis is a superb work on China noteworthy not only for text bringing notice of the mysteries of the East to English readers but for the magnificent engraved illustrations and plates. Copper engraving. Very good condition; some light age toning of sheet and slight foxing not affecting the image; a crease along the centrefold and tear to the bottom margin. Uncoloured. Size: 36 x 29 cm. 14 x 11½ inches unknown
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CHINA
Paolinx Pagoda.
London 1671. This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the account written by the diplomat Jan Nieuhoff who was the steward of the first Dutch trade Ambassadors to China. The Dutch East India Company was keen to persuade the Emperor to open up the Chinese ports to the Dutch and Nieuhoff joined Pieter van Goyer and Jacob de Keyser on the mission to visit the Emperor Chun-Chi. The work includes many remarks on Chinese manners and customs together with a second part comprising a general description of the Chinese Empire. The fine plates and illustrations show town views in China Tibet and Tartary together with subjects such as costumes and natural history. Atlas Chinensis is a superb work on China noteworthy not only for text bringing notice of the mysteries of the East to English readers but for the magnificent engraved illustrations and plates. Copper engraving. Very good condition; some light age toning of sheet and slight foxing not affecting the image. Uncoloured. Size: 30 x 22 cm. 12 x 8½ inches unknown
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[CHINA]. DARDESS, John W
A Ming society. T’ai-ho County Kiangsi fourteenth to seventeenth centuries.
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press 1996. 8vo. xi 1 316 pp. Maps. Half-blue cloth over blue boards silver lettrng w/ d.j. NF/Nf. First edition of this excellent work revealing the influence of major figures during Ming China native to T’ai-ho. Univ. of California Press, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40539 ISBN : 0520204255 9780520204256
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[CHINA & JAPAN]. OLIPHANT, Laurence
Elgin’s mission to China and Japan. With an introduction by J.J. Gerson. . . .
Hong Kong: Oxford Univ. Press 1970. Two vols. 8vo. xii xiii 1 492; 2 xi 2 496 2 pp. Colour frntsps. some colour plates plates maps some large folding. Burgundy-coloured cloth gilt lettrng w/ d.j.s NF/NF set. Facsimile edition of this 19th-century account of when Sir James Bruce Earl of Elgin became High Commissioner to China and traveled to Asia to end the Second Opium War by signing the Treaties of Tianjin. Later he ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace outside Beijing in retaliation for the imprisonment torture and execution of 20 European and Indian prisoners. The surrender documents included ceding Hong Kong and part of the Kowloon Peninsula to Great Britain. He also signed a treaty of Commerce with Japan in between the trips. Oxford Univ. Press, hardcover
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[GREAT LEAP FORWARD PROPAGANDA]
Collection of Five "New" Nianhua Posters.
Circa1960s. Collection of five colour-printed Nianhua posters each of the central images onlaid within a stiff red paper border with a thin cream paper frame worn and discoloured and at the top of each a fine aqua paper border; the sheets a little creased two images with a visible tide-mark minor edge tears not affecting the images strengthened neatly on the verso with washi one with an early paper repair to the top margin all approx. 93 x 51.5cms sheet size in good condition. Five examples of "new" Nianhua posters dating from the Great Leap Forward all featuring babies and children symbolizing happiness prosperity and the promise of a thriving future. In one a sister braids her hair whilst minding her crawling toddler brother "Sweet Heart". On the wall a poster proclaiming the industrialisation of agriculture "Agriculture is the foundation of the national economy and grain is the foundation" caption; in another five toddlers dance in a circle their flags and lanterns captioned "The Great Leap Forward" and "Long Live Mao". Ephemeral examples of folk art and the use to which it was put for political purpose. . unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 217261
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Hamilton, China
Intimate Obsessions
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 393402047X.G ISBN : 393402047X 9783934020474
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[UTAGAWA, YOSHITORA]. 歌川芳虎.
外國人遊行之圖. 蒙古人. Gaikokujin yūkō no zu. Mōkojin. Outing Scene of a Foreigner with a Mongolian Boy.
Japan.: 山田屋庄次郎. Yamada Shōjirō. Bunkyu 1 1862. Colour woodblock print 37.2 x 25.3 cms the sheet a little age-toned a spot of browning at the foot and a pinhole in the upper margin but the image unaffected very good condition. This colour woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora is an excellent example of Yokohama-e Yokohama Prints which were very popular in Japan after the country was opened in the mid-19th century. Yokohama was one of the trading ports with the outside world and many foreigners were residing in the area. The Yokohama-e was very similar to the Nagasaki-e Nagasaki Prints and depicted people and cultures which were foreign to the Japanese. Utagawa Yoshitora was active between the end of Edo Period to the mid-Meiji Period and produced numerous Nishiki-e prints including Yokohama-e in his career. He was regarded as one of the top Nishiki-e artists around that time. <br> <br>In this print a Western man is strolling outside with his dog and a Mongolian boy who carries an umbrella for him. The man is observing something in the distance and about to jot down something in his notebook with a pen which he holds in his right hand. Behind him his young attendant plays with the dog unobserved by his pre-occupied master. . 山田屋庄次郎. [Yamada Shōjirō]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 220053
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BONNETAIN, PAUL (AUTHOR), P NAC(?) (ARTIST).
Bords de La Rivière de Shanghai.
Paris. Circa1887. Engraving with later colouring signed lower left 7.5 x 13.3 cms; 9.8 x 16.3 cms including caption preserved in a modern window mount 31 x 37.5 cms the sheet a little age toned but the engraving in very good condition. Tranquil engraving of 1880s Shanghai showing the banks of the Suzhou Creek looking back towards the Bund published in "L'Extrême Orient" by traveller writer and later colonial administrator Paul Bonnetain. . unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 221448
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[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] ALLOM, THOMAS AND GEORGE PATERSON (ENGRAVER).
Dyeing and Winding Silk. caption title
London.: Fisher Son & Co. 1843. Engraving 12.5 x 18.9 cms ; 19.9 x 26.4 cms sheet edge toning but the image in very good condition. From Allom's popular 19th Century series of views 'China Its Scenery Architecture Social Habits etc.' The caption to the finely detailed engraving is here printed in English with the French and German translation. . Fisher, Son & Co. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 182063
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HEINE, W (ARTIST); SARONY & CO (LITHOGRAPHERS).
Fish Market Canton.
Washington. 1856. Lithograph 16.3 x 23.5 cms image including caption; 19.6 x 27.5 cms sheet marginal toning and spot in lower corner but the image in very good condition. An interesting view of the architecture and activity in this important treaty port. From Perry's ''The Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852 1853 and 1854.'' by the expedition artist Wilhelm Heine. . unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 182054
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Mieville, China
King Rat
Concord: Earthling Publications 2005. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. #94 of 400cc signed and numbered by Mieville on the limitation page. Very good in publisher's black faux leather lettered in silver with matching cloth slipcase. Earthling Publications hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 71636
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Gum Saan Journal Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Volume 1 Through Vol 16
Los Angeles Etc: Chinese Historical Society Of Southern California 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 193 1977. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Photographs Etc. Near Complete Run From Vol 1 No. 1 August 1977 Through Volume 16 No. 1 June 1993 29 Issues. With Two 1977 Copies Of The Bulletin And The Brochure For The Society's 10Th Anniversary Dinner In 1985. Near Fine No Marks. <br/> <br/> Chinese Historical Society Of Southern California 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 19 paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006843
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Mieville, China
La cicatriz/ The Scar Bas-lag 2 Spanish Edition
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8466660976.G ISBN : 8466660976 9788466660976
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Chengyuan, Ma; Shifan, Peng
The Art of Bronze Unearthed at Xingan in Jiangxi: The Bronze Kingdom in Mid Yangtze
Jiangxi Museum 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. 98 color plates. Unclipped dust jacket. Text primarily in Chinese with some English. Measures 9x11.5 inches. Jiangxi Museum hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24211 ISBN : 9623210353 9789623210355
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China Imperial Maritime Customs
Illustrated Catalogue of the Chinese Collection of Exhibits for the International Health Exhibition London 1884 Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1330211014.G ISBN : 1330211014 9781330211014
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Mieville, China
The Apology Chapbook
No publisher given 2013. First edition & 1st printing. Card wrappers. Small-size 16cm x 11cm chapbook contain eight stories ''The 9th Technique'' and ''7 Microstories'' - ''a gift for all attendees of World Fantasy Convention 2013''. The author though a Guest of Honour at the 2013 World Fantasy Convention was not able to attend as explained in his short introduction. Fine as new copy. No publisher given unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 52665
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Mieville, China
Between Equal Rites: A Marxist Theory Of International Law inscribed by the author
Brill Academic Publishers: Leiden Boston 2005. First edition & 1st printing. Hardcover. 376 pages. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR/''to Neil Astonished to see this China Mieville''. Fine copy as issued without dustjacket as new but for 'Library of Congress' stamp on copyright page. Brill Academic Publishers: Leiden, Boston hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 55214
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Mieville, China
The Tain signed/numbered signed by artist
PS Publishing: UK 2002. First edition & 1st printing. Hardcover. SF novella. Introduction by M. John Harrison. LIMITED EDITION: 900 copies printed 500 paperback of which this is one of 400 numbered hardbound copies signed by both authors. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY DUSTJACKET ARTIST EDWARD MILLER ON TITLE PAGE. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket as new. PS Publishing: UK hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 09477 ISBN : 1902880641 9781902880648
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China Development Research Foundation
China's Rural Areas: Building a Moderately Prosperous Society
new. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38731613-n ISBN : 0367887320 9780367887322
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Foundation, China Development Research
Constructing a Social Welfare System for All in China Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
new. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11698637-n ISBN : 0415584701 9780415584708
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Foundation, China Development Research,
Reforming China's Healthcare System
like new. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28631520 ISBN : 1138738816 9781138738812
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MBR China 2006 (2006 Guangzhou, China)
Model-based reasoning in science technology and medicine
new. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5181591-n ISBN : 3540719857 9783540719854
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Tsang, Kwok Kuen (Beijing Normal University, China)
Teachers' Work and Emotions
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Focusing on teachers in Hong Kong Tsang investigates the social mechanisms that arouse such negative emotional experiences otherwise known as caam. He asserts that these feelings are socially constructed and it is only by understandi paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ria9780367583965_inp ISBN : 0367583968 9780367583965
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Tong, Wu (Professor, Institute of Science, Technology and Society, Tsinghua University, China)
Returning to Scientific Practice
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The authors believe that it is necessary for philosophy of scientific practice PSP to turn from the theory-dominant to the practice-dominant position. PSP has also put forward some possibility to reinterpret epistemic status of local paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ria9780367728984_inp ISBN : 0367728982 9780367728984
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Keanu Reeves; China Mieville
The Book of Elsewhere >>>> A SUPERB DOUBLE SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK <<<<
London: Del Rey. A fine UK first edition first printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched within 2-3 days - SIGNED BY KEANU REEVES & CHINA MIEVILLE TO THE TITLE PAGE - Pictures of the book are available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2024. Del Rey hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 010290 ISBN : 1529150531 9781529150537
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