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Deng Jia De
CD Xin Xu ethnic customs painting Chinese Edition
China: Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House 1998 Beautiful paintings of ethnic minorities of China with details of some of the paintings. Mainly Tibetans Ouighours and Muslims. Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House paperback
Bookseller reference : R1098 ISBN : 7541014575 9787541014574
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Li Leyi
�volution de l'�criture chinoise. 500 exemples
Chine: Institut des Langues de Beijing 1993 500 caract�res chinois class�s selon l'ordre alphab�tique du pinyin alphabet phon�tique chinois sont r�unis dans ce livre. Chaque caract�re est pr�sent�. suivant son �volution. Ce livre au contenu riche et abondamment illustr� est facile � comprendre. Institut des Langues de Beijing paperback
Bookseller reference : 001658 ISBN : 7561902050 9787561902059
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Freches Jose
Les merveilles du Palais d'Et�
France: Le grand livre du mois 2006 � Un voyage � travers l'histoire de cet extraordinaire palais d'�t� pr�s de P�kin o� toute la cour imp�riale se transportait pour passer la belle saison. Consid�r� par les Chinois comme un v�ritable paradis terrestre en raison de sa beaut� et de son raffinement ce fabuleux jardin aux essences les plus rares de lacs artificiels parsem�s d'�les de collines sculpt�es par les jardiniers et de b�timents de style occidental entendait rivaliser avec le ch�teau de Versailles.� Le grand livre du mois paperback
Bookseller reference : R702 ISBN : 2286025304 9782286025304
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Collectif
Shanghai tourist album
Hong Kong: Tai Dao Publishing 1986 English Chinese japanese. Full color. ISBN:962-7084-23-6 Tai Dao Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001583
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David Neel Alexandra
Sod�tch�n l'invisible
France: Atelier Protege de l'Isop 1990 Conte Tib�tain avec illustrations n/b. C'est au profit des orphelins tib�tains exil�s � Dharamsala au nord de l'Inde que ce conte a �t� publi�. Atelier Protege de l'Isop paperback
Bookseller reference : 001668 ISBN : 2907389092 9782907389099
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Lin Xi
Les aventuriers de Tianjin
�ditions litt�rature chinoise collection Panda 1995 Le lecteur d�couvrira dans ce livre l'histoire de deux personnages hauts en couleur du Milieu de Tianjin � cette �poque d�termin�e. 235 pages. �ditions litt�rature chinoise (collection Panda) paperback
Bookseller reference : ABE-11407618776 ISBN : 7507103145 9787507103144
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Ben She
Copybook of Common Characters-5 Chinese Edition
China: Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Press 1998 Every word commonly used in post 5 Chinese Edition by SHANGHAI SHU HUA CHU BAN SHE. Spots of ink on the end cover. Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 001758 ISBN : 780512406X 9787805124063
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Wong Grace
Urban Life in the Song Yuan & Ming
Empress Place Museum 1994 This exhibiiton captures the vibrant life of China's large cities between 960 and 1644 AD using celadons whitewear glazed temple tiles carved figures jade jewellery etc. / editor Lesley Yeow. Empress Place Museum paperback
Bookseller reference : R1579 ISBN : 9813002808 9789813002807
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Ji Mu Geng
Hail Letter Notation Chinese Edition
Chine: Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House 2000 Ancient chinese pictographic letters. Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House paperback
Bookseller reference : R1433 ISBN : 7539406224 9787539406220
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Cheng Francois; Verdier Fabienne
Po�sie chinoise Les carnets du calligraphe
France: �ditions Albin Michel Les carnets du calligraphe 2000 � Les po�mes propos�s dans ce Carnet du calligraphe illustrent une tradition qui correspond � l'�ge d'or de la po�sie classique chinoise. Les po�tes de la dynastie des Tang ont su continuer en la magnifiant une culture litt�raire dont l'origine remonte � presque mille ans avant notre �re." Fran�ois Cheng Dans ce Carnet du calligraphe Fran�ois Cheng donne sa traduction d'un h�ritage po�tique qu'il conna�t par coeur en lui insufflant une vie nouvelle. Par la magie du pinceau et des couleurs les calligraphies de Fabienne Verdier participent de ce m�me �lan cr�ateur.� �ditions Albin Michel (Les carnets du calligraphe) paperback
Bookseller reference : R1395 ISBN : 2226112375 9782226112378
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Delachat Christophe
Nepemak� : Voyage extraordinaire au Tibet et sur le fleuve gel� du Zanskar
France: Infolio �ditions 2011 � N�p�mak� : un paradis tib�tain invisible ou une terre promise aux coeurs purs et � l'abri de l'envahisseur chinois Louis Galion jeune aventurier n�ophyte choisit le rude hiver himalayen pour remonter le fleuve gel� du Zanskar � la fronti�re de l'Inde et de la Chine. Son but : d�couvrir les secrets de N�p�mak�. De nombreuses �preuves mais aussi de curieuses et insolites rencontres attendent Louis Galion tout au long d'un parcours initiatique et pittoresque. Un moine-m�decin tib�tain et un aventurier europ�en vont se joindre � lui pour sauver une source aux vertus miraculeuses garante de l'�cosyst�me de la Terre face � la folie des hommes.� Infolio �ditions paperback
Bookseller reference : R1438 ISBN : 2884748954 9782884748957
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Zhou Jiamo; Yang Shiguang
Naxi Dongba Pictographic Calligraphy
Yunnan People's Publishing House 1999 Front flap binding with a sepia photography of the city of Lijiang in Yunnan province on front and back covers. Caligraphies of Naxi Dongba minority pictographic scripture in Yunnan. A Mandarin/English book. Yunnan People's Publishing House paperback
Bookseller reference : R1431 ISBN : 7222028730 9787222028739
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Ridley Michael
Far Eastern Antiquities. A book for Collectors
U.S.A.: Henry Regnery Company 1972 113 color plates 19 b./w. plates. about painting Japanese prints lacquer bronzes sculpture pottery sculpture miniature sculpture and carving � Some of the greatest art created by man were produced in the Orient. At the center of this artistic flowering was China the fountain of artistic inspiration from which the Korean and Japanese artists drank.� Henry Regnery Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : R1597
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Yang Yisun; Mo Guoquan
Calligraphy of Famous Masters. Yang Yisun. Essay on Aspiration
Chine: Cultural Relics Publishing House/Han Mo Xuan Publishing Co. Ltd 1997 A Mandarin/English book. Famous calligraphies by Master Yang Yisun 1813-1881. Cultural Relics Publishing House/Han Mo Xuan Publishing Co., Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : R1430 ISBN : 7501009805 9787501009800
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Feng Xiao Min
Porte-bonheur : Les voeux traditionnels chinois
France: �ditions Alternatives 2002 � Pour marquer les grands moments qui ponctuent leur existence les Chinois ont coutume d'offrir ou de s'offrir des souhaits calligraphi�s paroles de bonne augure que l'on accroche aux portes ou � l'int�rieur des maisons. Fengxiao Min a choisi d'illustrer ici par des calligraphies et des peintures certains de ces voeux prononc�s � l'occasion du nouvel an d'une naissance d'un mariage ou tout simplement pour avoir du succ�s en affaires. . . Bien loin de nos traditionnels "Bonne ann�e !" "Joyeux anniversaire" et autres f�licitations en tous genres PORTE-BONHEUR d�cline la palette subtile et po�tique de l'art chinois de faire des voeux.� �ditions Alternatives paperback
Bookseller reference : R1402 ISBN : 2862273325 9782862273327
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Wang Guo Xun
Changshuo Seal repair zhenze Xu Tong Kee
Xiling Pub./ Xi ling yin she chu ban she/ 1997 Wu Changshuo zhuan shu xiu zhen ze xu tang ji Xiling Pub./ Xi ling yin she chu ban she/ paperback
Bookseller reference : R1463 ISBN : 7805171416 9787805171418
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Eberhard Wolfram
Dictionnaire des symboles chinois : Symboles secrets dans l'art la litt�rature la vie et la pens�e des Chinois
�ditions Seghers 1984 � D'Abeille � Zodiaque quelque 500 termes touchant tous les domaines de la vie sont d�crits et comment�s. Ouvrage destin� au public cultiv� et dot� d'une br�ve mais �clairante introduction.� Traces d'usures sur la couverture. �ditions Seghers hardcover
Bookseller reference : R1471 ISBN : 2221012720 9782221012727
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Miklos Pal
L'Oeil du Dragon
Hongrie: Corvina 1986 Reliure d'�diteur en toile europ�enne rouge ; jaquette illustr�e et restaur�e.Seize illustrations en couleurs et 142 en noir et blanc � L'oeil dont le peintre n'ose doter son dragon de peur que celui-ci ne prenne vie et ne s'envoles est le symbole d'une conception tr�s �loign�e de celle de l'art europ�en et qui a pourtant pr�sid� � la naissance d'une peinture que nous ne pouvons qu'admirer. Une peinture chinoise surtout si c'est un paysage nous inqui�te par son apparente pauvret� qui rec�le le myst�re.� Corvina hardcover
Bookseller reference : R1426
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Keswick Maggie; Oberlander Judy; Wai Joe
In a Chinese Garden: The Art and Architecture of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Canada: Raincoast Book Dist Ltd 1990 � In this book the garden comes to life in Vancouver B.-C. The only full-sized classical chinese garden outside China and though in was built in the 1980's it employed the ancient techniques of the original. For the architect the botanist the student of history the lover of beauty.� Raincoast Book Dist Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : R1594 ISBN : 0969457308 9780969457305
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Chen Zhen Lian
Calligraphy Future Academic Calligraphy Set Chinese Edition
Chine: Zhejiang U.S. Publications 1998 Mandarin language book. Full colour calligraphies from page 33 to end of book. Black/white calligraphies in first pages. Zhejiang U.S. Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : R1432 ISBN : 7534008557 9787534008559
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Capon Edmund
La Peinture chinoise
France: �ditions Baudouin et L'Asiath�que 1979 � 64 oeuvres particuli�rement repr�sentatives de cet art tr�s riche et subtil. Le th�me de pr�dilection des peintres chinois c'est le paysage et � travers lui la relation de l'homme avec la nature. Les oeuvres ont �t� reproduites dans des dimensions qui permettent au lecteur de les appr�cier � leur juste valeur en noir et en couleurs et parcourent diff�rentes �poques jusqu'au XXe si�cle. Couverture illustr�e. Couverture : un peu de mati�re arrach�e probablement par un papier collant assez discret. Mouillure au bas de la couverture arri�re et en bas de pages n'affectant pas les images.� �ditions Baudouin et L'Asiath�que paperback
Bookseller reference : R1481 ISBN : 2863960261 9782863960264
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Seiboth David; Symonds Martin; Yuan Ping Wang Sun
PRACTICAL CHINESE
Taipei Language Institute Press 1992. 454pp. Over sized heavy softback VG corner tips slightly bumped and creased name and ink note on title page text is free of markings Practical Chinese . Soft Cover. Very Good. Taipei Language Institute Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : w161222515
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Koustrup; Birthe
Le Style Kellinghusen
Paris France: Dessain & Tolra 1995. Reprint. Hardbound. FINE. As new except for owner's name inside cover. No dust jacket. "peintre sur porcelaine" Illustrations of her naturalistic painting of porcelain in full color indicating repeat spacing of edges and listing exact shades of color used in each design. Text in French. 45 pages ISBN: 2249277877. Dessain & Tolra hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0NT027 ISBN : 2249277877 9782249277870
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Dun zhen Liu China Architecture and Building Press; Chen Lixian transl.; Joseph C. Wang editor
Chinese Classical Gardens of Suzhou China Architecture and Building Press
New York: McGraw-Hill 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Dark gray cloth-effect paper covered boards lettered in silver foil. Gift inscription on front flyleaf otherwise essentially as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows very slight shelf wear nearly as issued now in archival mylar. iv460 pp. fully illus. w/ b&w photographs. McGraw-Hill Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035073 ISBN : 0070108765 9780070108769
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Organization Committee of the Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China
The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China: Official and Authentic Introduction and Catalogue
Ontario Canada: Chinese Exhibition Council of the Royal Ontario Museum 1974. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. ii 36 pp. Yellow wraps lightly rubbed. Key to catalogue numbers corrigenda laid in. Chinese Exhibition Council of the Royal Ontario Museum Paperback
Bookseller reference : 006088
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Richard C. Otter
Anderson County Twentieth Century Memories & Reflections
Anderson County South Carolina Friends of the Library 2004. Paperback. Good. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has some wear along the edges scratches on front and a crease in upper and lower right front corners. Approximately 70 consecutive pages in middle have a slight crease about one-third of the way down the page. The first half of the pages approximately have a small crease in upper right corner. Approximately five pages in the middle have a slight crease in lower right corner. Gift inscription in upper right corner of title page. Anderson County, South Carolina Friends of the Library paperback
Bookseller reference : 847
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State Statistical Bureau of the People's Republic of China
Report on the Fulfilment of the National Economic Plan of the People's Republic of China in 1955
Peking: Foreign Languages Press. Lightly rubbed at the corners clean pages solid 57pp. Text in English. . Very Good. Stapled Spine. 1956. Foreign Languages Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 020315
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State Statistical Bureau of the People's Republic of China
Report on National Economic Development and Fulfilment of the State Plan in 1954
Peking: Foreign Languages Press. Clean pages lightly bumped at the corners 48pp. Text in English. . Very Good. Stapled Spine. 1956. Foreign Languages Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 020316
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Yani Wang; Shufen Li editor
YANI'S MONKEYS
Foreign Language Press 1987. c.100pp. Tall hardback with illustrated cover DJ has chips andtears along edges Second Printing color illustrations fold out Examples of drawings of monkey's by a young Chinese girl these examples are from her at age 4 through 6 . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Foreign Language Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w161222425 ISBN : 0835111792 9780835111799
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china
SHANTUNG TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS
Washington 1921 Published by the Endowment. Sm.4to. 120pp. hardcover. Library name stamp on top of title page and beginning text page. Good light wear. . hardcover
Bookseller reference : a48218
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WINCHESTER SIMON
MAN WHO LOVED CHINA: FANTASTIC STORY OF THE ECCENTRIC SCIENTIST WHO UNLOCKED THE MYSTERIES OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
NEW YORK: HARPER-COLLINS PUBLISHERS. VG/VG. Pages: 316. . 2008. 1ST PRINTING. HARDCOVER. HARPER-COLLINS PUBLISHERS hardcover
Bookseller reference : MASTER277336I
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People's Republic Of China
New Archaeological Finds in China
Foreign Languages Press Peking 1974. 1974. 12 mo softcover art album of historical relics. 72 pp. French pictorial green and white wraps. Revised 2nd ed. 2nd printing. Presented here are 217 photographs of objects of high cultural value from archaeological work dating from earliest man to the Ming Dynasty. 92 photos are in color. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1974. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 2077
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Miville China
Embassytown
Macmillan London 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. minimal shelf wear dust jacket not price clipped in protective cover a very nice copy for year published Size: Octavo . 432 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction; Space Opera; ISBN: 0230750761. ISBN/EAN: 9780230750760. Dewey Code: 823.92. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 104078. . 9780230750760 Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 104078 ISBN : 0230750761 9780230750760
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Carter Lonnie; Kimball Kathleen; Clark China; Harris Neil; et al
SCRIPTS. A Monthly of Plays and Theater Pieces. Volume I Number 7 May 1972. Editor: Erika Munk
New York: New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater 1972. 1972. Good. - Octavo printed green wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped with some creasing to the lower half of the rear wrap. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. 98 pages plus ads. The bottom page corners are bumped with creasing to the bottom corners of the last few leaves. The top edge is lightly foxed. Good. <p>This issue includes: "The Meat Rack" by Kathleen Kimball "The Service for Joseph Axminster by George Dennison "Izzy" by Lonnie Carter "Cop and Blow" by Neil Harris "Perfection in Black" by China Clark "Helliocentric World" by Sebastian Clarke "The Wall" by Ben Caldwell and "One the Two of Us" by William Adell Stevenson III. New York: New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, 1972. paperback
Bookseller reference : 15836
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McNeil Carol
Kirkcaldy Potteries
<p>Very good throughout with minimal signs of use. No inscriptions or markings and not price clipped.</p> Fife Publicity paperback
Bookseller reference : biblio1224 ISBN : 0953468607 9780953468607
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China
The Child's Bethel Flag Magazine Volume V.
London: T. Ward and Co. Paternoster Row 1845. Hardcover. Very good. With content on China tea South Australia the sea elephant and pearl diving. With a chapter at p67 "Notices of China and the Chinese" with an engraved and illustrated table "Emblems of Trade and Religion in China" stating "Tea first brought to England in 1610. Tea brought to England in 1755 about 4000000 lbs. Tea brought to England in 1844 about 40000000 lbs." A chapter entitled "The First College in South Australia" states "South Australia is a new British colony not ten years old . its population already amounts to 18000 souls" p251. The sea elephant description includes an engraving based on an illustration in Charles Medyett Goodridge's volume of 1820 describing his shipwreck in the South Seas. With a four page article on pearl diving p311. 24mo viii 376pp b&w engravings throughout. Three quarter red leather and marbled boards gilt title at red spine. Covers rubbed esp at marbled boards. Internally child's signature and date 1845 at ffep o/w very good. <br/><br/> T. Ward and Co., Paternoster Row hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15596
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China Downing C. Toogood
The Stranger in China: or the Fan-Qui's Visit to the Celestial Empire in 1836-7 Volumes I & II
Philadelphia: Lew & Blanchard 1838. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. The Fan-Qui is described as the "barbarian wanderer" or "outlandish demon"; contents include Canton Macao opium rice agriculture tea drinking and tea boats. Two vols sml 8vo 248pp. Half leather and marbled boards gilt title to spine. Covers rubbed and spine of Vol. I chipped at head. Internally Vol. I lacks front and rear free end papers title page marked and chipped some early pages marked; Vol. II front inner hinge tender but holding. As is. HKD2900. <br/><br/> Lew & Blanchard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15044
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Unknown
Guide to Peking
<p>Slight wear at corners condition is amazing for age. Pristine fold-out map after page 12 shows "Bird's Eye View of Peking and Environs". 130 pages plus many advertisments in front and back. Separate folded 1 page "How to See Peking as suggested by the college of Chinese Studies Hostel Peking" is included.</p> Peking Chronicle Press paperback
Bookseller reference : biblio302box6
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China Chambers William and Robert
Chambers's Information for the People Number 25 China and the Tea Trade
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers 1841. Paperback. Very good overall. Monthly issue with much tea content; with subheadings: Geographical Position - Boundaries and Divisions; Internal Appearance and Climate; History; Government; Laws; Revenues; Royal Family; Classes of Population - Occupations; Production - Agriculture - Tea Crop; Arts and Sciences; Language and Literature; Religion; and Intercourse with Foreign Nations - British Tea-Trade. Disbound article pp 385 - 400 with in text illustration of Buddha statue "The Chinese Boodh" <br/><br/> William and Robert Chambers paperback
Bookseller reference : 15758
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China; Press Bureau of the Chinese Delegation
Japanese Aggression and the League of Nations 1939 VII
Geneva: Press Bureau of the Chinese Delegation 1939. Paperback. Good overall. Diplomatic publication to the League of Nations by China. Chapter heads include: Statements by Dr. V.K. Wellington Koo Representatives of New Zealand France Great Britain Bolivia USSR; Chinese Delegation to the League of Nations concerning Japanese air raids on non-combatants; . concerning the recognition by Hungary of the puppet regime in Manchuria; China's fight agains opium and dangerous drugs and Japan's narcotic policy. 8vo 6 1/4 x 9 1/2" 91 pp plain beige wrappers ex-lib interior clean and unmarked covers dusty split at spine but holding chipped at edges binding tight. <br/><br/> Press Bureau of the Chinese Delegation paperback
Bookseller reference : 21333
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China
Chinese New Year Calendar for 1903 with coins
1903. Good overall. Calendar for 1903 with monthly calendar printed on red card attached at the left with black tie b&w photographic illustration of small Chinese girl in costume laid down and Chinese characters at the right. With a bamboo chop stick and two coins tied with black cord at the top edge. A bit sunned some loss to calendar some faint damp marking on two edges corners a little rubbed. 10 1/2 x 9 1/4" <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 19998
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China
Chiou Fon Silk Co 739 Nanking Road Shanghai
Shanghai 1930. Otherwise very good condition. Broadside advertising the Shanghai silk company with text in Chinese and English illustrated with woodcut of the silk company at the upper right. Chinese silk production for foreign markets had benefited from the near collapse of the European silk industry caused by the silkworm disease pebrine during the 1850s and 1860s; Nanjing Road became the earliest shipping street in Shanghai and over time the premier shopping street in China. Text and border printed in red on thin brown paper. Paper size: 10 1/2" x 16. Original folds cracked on fold lines tears to the left edge with some marginal loss ruffled. Image complete. <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 19840
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China; Bank Note Printing
Compagnie Generale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine. . Capital Social: 3000000 de Francs . Action de Deux Cent Cinquante Francs au Porteur
Bruxelles: J. Verschueren 1900. Very good condition. An early Chinese railroad bond with attractive bank-note engraving and with three Chinese vignettes: a Chinese village a Chinese temple and a railway bridge spanning a large river. Printed in red & black with multiple tax stamps at top of page. Number 05219 with coupon sheet attached dated 1936 through 1944 with the 1936 coupon removed. Complete with statutes printed in red on verso. 14 x 15" <br/><br/> J. Verschueren unknown
Bookseller reference : 19838
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Shanghai China
Postcard. Shanghai City Tea House
Shanghai: Toyo Murakami. Ephemera. Very good overall. B&w Chinese finely printed picture postcard showing pagoda like structure of the City Tea House in Shanghai built over water with a bridge leading to it. On verso 'Work of Art and Curio Dealer Palace Hotel Building Shanghai'. Postcard not mailed very good. <br/><br/> Toyo Murakami unknown
Bookseller reference : 19750
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Hangchow China
Postcard. Lakeside View of Grand Hotel Westlake Hangchow China
Ephemera. Very good overall. B&w Chinese printed picture postcard showing lake and covered boat with oars in foreground with the tiered eaves of the Grand Hotel Westlake Hangchow China in background. Also written in Chinese characters. Postcard not mailed very good. <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 19749
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China; Stained Glass Clayton and Bell
Clayton and Bell Stained Glass template of Chinese saints for the west window of St. John the Evangelist Friern Barnet
1902. Very good overall. A large sketch for a stained glass window most likely martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion in which many Chinese Christians were executed in 1900. The design by Clayton and Bell one of the preeminent Victorian stained glass workshops was founded by John Clayton and Alfred Bell in 1855. The two developed glass of remarkable luminosity. The illustration consists of four Chinese figures standing on clouds the foremost a woman in flowing robes; behind her are a woman and two men wearing hats. The window was designed for St. John the Evangelist in Friern Barnet in North London UK. Pencil drawing highlighted with color 39 1/2 x 18" period folds. <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 19579
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China Australia P. Anselm Desing
Asia Nach der Religion
1730. Very good condition. An early copper plate engraved b&w map extending from Egypt and the Middle East to southeast Asia with Australia at the extreme lower right "New Holland" and below that "Incognita". To the northeast is Nova Guinea drawn attached to Carpentaria. A rather crude general map of southeast Asia. Heraldic shields with author and title at the lower left. Desing was a Benedictine monk from Ensdorff & member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 5 1/4 x 4 1/2" <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 17131
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China
A La Porte Chinoise Rue de la Bourse 3 Paris. Magasin de Thes Marchandises de Chine et des Indes. Objets d'Art etc.
Wood engraved broadsheet for Parisian purveyor of teas illustrated with engraving of Chinese temple with tea workers tea chests and junk on the river in the distance. 6 x 9 3/8". Some light fox spotting o/w very good. <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 17130
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China Du Halde Jean Baptiste
Cities of the Province of Hu-Quang from "A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary."
London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 8 1/2 x 14 1/4" very good condition. A series of walled cities. Plan from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; L�wendahl 409; Lust 15. <br/><br/> Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
Bookseller reference : 16717
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China Ming Wan; Sin Kang
13th Plenum Executive Committee Communist International: Revolutionary China Today speeches by Wan Ming and Kang Sin December 1933
New York: Workers Library Publishers 1934. Paperback. Booklet containing text of two speeches. The first by Wan Ming titled "Revolution War and Intervention in China and the Tasks of the Communist Party" in three parts: I. China- An arena of Revolution War and Intervention; II. The Communist Party of China the Only Leader of the Chinese Revolution. III The Immediate Perspectives and Difficulties of the Soviet Revolution in China and the Tasks of the C. P. C. and the Fraternal Parties. The second speech by Kang Sin titled "The Development of the Revolutionary Movement in Non-Soviet China and the Work of the Communist Party" in two parts: I. The anti-imperialist Struggle II. The Revolutionary Struggle of the Workers in non-Soviet China. Small 8vo 96pp. Pale pink paper wraps with red banners; title in dark blue; staple bound. Slt foxed base of cover o/w very good. <br/><br/> Workers Library Publishers paperback
Bookseller reference : 16700
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