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‎Mieville China‎

‎Embassytown‎

‎Ballantine Books. Mieville China. Embassytown. New York: Ballantine Books 2011. 1st edition. 346pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. In protective cover. . Fine. 2011. Ballantine Books hardcover‎

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‎Galland China‎

‎Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna A Ten-Year Journey‎

‎Penguin Books. PAPERBACK. 0140121846 Galland China. Longing For Darkness : Tara and the Black Madonna : A Ten-year Journey. New York: Penguin Books 1991 c1990. xx 392pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Edges bumped. Top corner of back cover bent. . Very Good. 1991 c1990. Penguin Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : UGALLON00JKN ISBN : 0140121846 9780140121841

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‎North China Herald‎

‎The Anti-Foreign Riots In China In 1891‎

‎Kessinger Publishing LLC 2007-04-10. Paperback. Good. Kessinger Publishing, LLC paperback‎

Bookseller reference : SONG1432545892 ISBN : 1432545892 9781432545895

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‎China Mieville‎

‎Embassytown‎

‎Subterranean 2011-09-30. Signed Limited. Hardcover. Used:Good. Subterranean hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : DADAX1596064102 ISBN : 1596064102 9781596064102

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‎Editors China Christian Council‎

‎Holy Bible - New Revised Standard Version - Chinese Union Verson with simplified Chinese characters‎

‎US: National TSPM & CCC 1995. National TSPM & CCC 1995 Fine/Very Good DJ Minimal wear to bright glossy jacket. LARGE HEAVY ITEM. Imitation Leather. Fine/Very Good DJ. No Exp. National TSPM & CCC Hardcover‎

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‎Mieville China‎

‎The Apology Chapbook‎

‎United Kingdom: n.p. 2013. Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition and First Printing. As new unread copy a paperback original published as an apology to the attendees at The World Fantasy Convention of 2013 as an apology for China Mieville canceling his appearance. [n.p.] Paperback‎

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‎China. De Gaston Paul text & illustrations from photographs.‎

‎China: Chinese Natives Caught by the Camera of De Gaston Show you China Centuries-old Land of Turmoil as it is. Cover title.‎

‎<p>Racine Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company 1935. First Edition. Folio 13" x 9.5" 28 pages plus covers providing 15 full page illustrations from photographs with descriptive text adjacent. Original pictorial paper wraps stapled. Edge wear including small losses front cover spotted & briefly rubbed corners creased age browned Good or better.</p><p> Poignant photographs accompanied by rather opinionated text by a man described as <b><i>"a figure untroubled by the niceties of the law who engaged in the trade of illegal Asian antiquities and ran an abortion clinic"</i></b> Shields/ Still: American Silent picture Photography p. 377. </p><p>A particularly striking image of a merchant in Shanghai smoking a cigarette is described as <b><i>"Chinese through and through though traces of Jew or Arab are visible in his face."</i></b></p><p>Quite uncommon OCLC finds 13 copies only.</p> Whitman Publishing Company‎

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‎China. Jagendorf M.‎

‎In The DAYS Of The HAN‎

‎New York: Messner 1945. 1st printing of the 2nd edition. 1st issued in 1936. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page. Linen cloth spine with stamped red lettering. Dust jacket. VG/Gd edgewear/a largish chip at each end of the spine panel. 168pp. Illustrated by Erwin R. F. Neumann. 8vo. <br/><br/> Messner hardcover‎

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‎China. De Poncins Gontran‎

‎From A CHINESE CITY‎

‎Garden City: Doubleday 1957. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF prior owner sig on ffep/VG some soiling & wear/pc. 252 pp illustrated with drawings 8vo. <br/><br/>A look at the city of Cholon Indo-China before the Communists changed the scenes. Doubleday hardcover‎

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‎Scarberry Ralph C. International Conference on Advances in Structural Dynamics 2000 : Hong Kong China‎

‎Corrosion of Nickel-Base Alloys: Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Corrosion of Nickel-Base Alloys 23-25 October 1984‎

‎Asm Intl 1985-12-01. Hardcover. VeryGood. 9.1300 inches 6.5700 inches. Asm Intl hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : mon0001518603 ISBN : 0871702061 9780871702067

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‎China Lake Ridgecrest Branch of the American Association of University Women Beatrice Smith Editor‎

‎Indian Wells Valley and Northern Mojave Desert Handbook‎

‎Seagull Press 2002-01-01. 7th. Paperback. Used:Good. Seagull Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : DADAX0964957817 ISBN : 0964957817 9780964957817

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‎HG. Wells; Editor Steve McLean; Introduction China Mieville; Introduction Patrick Parrinder H. G.‎

‎The First Men in the Moon Penguin Classics‎

‎Penguin Classics 2005-09-27. Paperback. Good. Penguin Classics paperback‎

Bookseller reference : SONG0141441089 ISBN : 0141441089 9780141441085

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‎CHINA MIEVILLE‎

‎THE SCAR‎

‎LONDON: MACMILLAN. First printing. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear/creasing on DJ edges. A small scar on the back of the DJ. Not price clipped. Black boards. Lightly tanned pages. Lengthy previous owner gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Otherwise clean tight pages. Strong binding. The author's third novel. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2002. MACMILLAN hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 012014 ISBN : 0333781740 9780333781746

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‎Spence Jonathan D.‎

‎Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi‎

‎Vintage 1988. Nice copy with just minor shelfwear to covers. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Vintage Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 227036 ISBN : 067972074x 9780679720744

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‎L. F. Eng Albert C. H. Yu China Stanford International Neuroscience Symposium 1993 Beijing‎

‎105: Gene Expression in the Central Nervous System Progress in Brain Research‎

‎Elsevier Science. Used - Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Elsevier Science unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP61758600 ISBN : 0444818529 9780444818522

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‎CHINA THEATRE Johnston RF. Winzer CF. illus. R. F. C. F.‎

‎The Chinese Drama.‎

‎Shanghai Hong Kong Singapore.: Kelly and Walsh Limited. 1921. Six tipped-in color plates 36 pp 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches octavo gilt lettered red cloth-covered boards with black cloth spine hardbound. Light wear to extremities light foxing to title page and prelims overall very good condition. Beautiful illustrations by C.F. Winzer. The text covers the span of Chinese drama from "The Village Theatre" to "The Drama under the Republic." . Kelly and Walsh, Limited. hardcover‎

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‎Decorator The China‎

‎The China Decorator November 1986 Vol 31 No. 11‎

‎Magazine: NEttie E Pillet. Very Good. 1986. Magazine. All orders ship with in 24 hours except Sundays & Holidays with a tracking #. Items ship from the US. International orders may take longer for you to receive because of customs. Contact us if you have more questions before your purchase we will get back to you within 24 hours. ; Binding is tight pages are unmarked some wear. . NEttie E Pillet unknown‎

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‎Decorator The China‎

‎The China Decorator November 1984 Vol 29 No. 11‎

‎Magazine: NEttie E Pillet. Very Good. 1984. Magazine. All orders ship with in 24 hours except Sundays & Holidays with a tracking #. Items ship from the US. International orders may take longer for you to receive because of customs. Contact us if you have more questions before your purchase we will get back to you within 24 hours. ; Binding is tight pages are unmarked slight wear. . NEttie E Pillet unknown‎

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‎China Williams Aaron Anderson Brett Atkinson Tim Bewer Becca Blond Virginia Jealous Lisa Steer‎

‎Lonely Planet Thailand‎

‎Lonely Planet Publications. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Lonely Planet Publications unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP11439528 ISBN : 1741043077 9781741043075

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‎China; Photography‎

‎Shanghai 3 postcards sent by a photographer in Shanghai to his family in Scotland‎

‎Shanghai: Brewer & Co. Booksellers 1902. Good overall. Three full back postcards of Shanghai published in Shanghai with blue images entitled "Honan Road Shanghai" "Tea House Native City Shanghai" and "Loong Hwa Pagoda near Shanghai". Brewer & Co are recorded in a 1904 edition of "The Directory and Chronicle for China ." as being located at 31 Nanking Road. The author who signs his postcards "D" is evidently a Shanghai photographer: he writes that he worked until 10 o'clock the previous night on the photographs but worries that there is something wrong with the plates. "There are a great many little holes in them -- some not so little. But I think there ought to be a few good results." There is a D. MacLennan listed as in the employ of Chinese Maritime Customs Service Index first appointed in July 1891 as a Watcher and retired in Apr 1928 as Chief Tide Surveyor and Harbour Master in Ningpo. Ancestry.com. Two are signed with the initial "D" the third signed "L. Ross". All are addressed to a Miss MacLennan at 2 addresses in Scotland: 11 Thirlestane Road Edinburgh and at Eglinton Wellington Road Nairn. 5 1/2 x 3 3/4" a few corner defects a diagonal crack in the Honan Road postcard extending a small distance into the image. Postally used undivided backs green King Edward VII half penny stamps canceled Edinburgh 02. <br/><br/> Brewer & Co. Booksellers unknown‎

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‎China Crow Carl‎

‎The Travelers' Handbook for China Including Hong Kong‎

‎New York: Dodd Mead 1921. Third edition revised. Hardcover. Good overall. Carl Crow 1884 - 1945 an American newspaperman author and traveler moved to Shanghai in 1911; he was one of the most successful Americans in the city opening the first western advertising agency in Shanghai and founding the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury. Crow's Handbook was enormously popular; this edition includes the color folding map of the settlements or municipalities of Shanghai the French the "Chinese City" and the International Settlement. Crow lived in the city for a quarter of a century a period which began with the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. He departed in 1937 as the city was being bombed by the Japanese. Large 12mo v 314pp Index x pp 9 maps of which 6 are folding. Original blue gilt cloth title in English and Chinese in gilt at front cover; rear cover with yin yang device within gilt boarder. English title at spine gilt slightly faded. Binding separated from text block front end papers torn & marked at bottom edges three of folding maps loosely inserted. <br/><br/> Dodd Mead hardcover‎

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‎China Oberlin Shansi Memorial Schools J'aiku Shansi China‎

‎A Chinese student's accordion book "Made in China by the students of the Self Help Club" Shansi China‎

‎China 1930. Very good overall. An example of student's work from the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Schools an accordion book with the label "Made in China By the students of the Self Help Club of the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Schools J'aiku Shansi China" inside the front board at the back. In 1881 the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology decided to form "The Oberlin Band" to do mission work in China's then remote Shansi Province now romanized as "Shanxi" under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ABCFM. In 1900 thirteen of them and many Chinese Christians were killed in the Taiyuan Massacre during the Boxer Uprising. The school continues to this day. Accordion book 4 1/4 x 6 3/4" with yellow & red tassel marker and slipcase with yellow & red applied design on the front. A child has illustrated the word "Animal" inside the back page. A rather undeveloped attempt at making a book and case but one must start somewhere. Most likely a fund raising effort. The date of 1930 is a guesstimate which could be wildly incorrect. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎Mieville China Moorcock Michael Di Filippo Paul Ryman Geoff‎

‎Cities: The Very Best of Fantasy Comes to Town‎

‎Four Walls Eight Windows. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Four Walls Eight Windows unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP9523995 ISBN : 1568583044 9781568583044

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‎China Hayes E. Pearce‎

‎"Seven Pertinent Questions. Centennial of China Methodism". Foochow broadside‎

‎Foochow China 1947. Very good condition. American missionary broadside from Foochow Fukien celebrating 100 years of Methodism in China and printed in question and answer format with pointed questions and blunt answers pertaining to the Communist threat & other issues affecting the future of the church in China. The first question "Is There Any Answer to Communism" is answered "Spray their cells with DDT"; it then relates the story of a Chinese Methodist pastor who in compassion for a Chinese agitator held in a bug infested jail has the cell sprayed with DDT which act of mercy elicits a confession from the agitator of the plot to kill the pastor & burn down his church. The author was a member of the Baltimore Conference who served in China for years and whose father was pastor of Douglas Memorial in Washington DC. Additional questions include: Can the Church Stand Will Confusion in China Soon Cease Shall the Starving Live Have the 100 Years Been Worth It and Why Not Quit Printed signature E. Pearce Hayes. Printed around edges in red "Centennial of China Methodism 1847 - 1947 Foochow Fukien. 2 sheets printed on recto only 8 1/4 x 10 1/2" period folds flattened. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China; Photographs‎

‎Real photo postcards of the Xinh�i G�m�ng Xinhai Revolution of 1911 Taken by an American‎

‎1911. A group of 13 vernacular photographs printed on postcards taken in 1911 by an American who was involved in supporting the Xinhai Revolution of 1911. The postcards are all annotated on the verso and give a picture of US involvement in San Francisco Yokohama and Canton. Two postcards illustrate the ties with Japan. One is a photo of a group of six Japanese in Western clothing including a young woman in a large open touring car with the annotation "This picture was taken in front of the Clift sic House Aug. 20 1911. " Cliff house was a prominent hotel in San Francisco. At this time the U.S. Navy was entertaining the Japanese training squadron in San Francisco. Another card shows two American men in rickshaws "Jinrikshas in Yokohama Japan". We presume that these men were the American naval attach�s or diplomats. The other 11 images are taken in Canton and two are related to the "72 Martyrs" that were beheaded. The annotations on the verso read: "Martyrs" who were beheaded by orders of Imperial Government for part they took in destroying the Viceroy's office 4/27/11. Soldiers are lined up on opposite side of pond just below people standing on embankment.; 11/19/11 Soldiers Rebels & sympathizers holding religious services at the graves of 72 "martyrs" buried in Canton cemetery. These were beheaded by orders of Imperial Govt. for party they took in destroying the Viceroy's office - 4/27/11. The rest are views of Canton- Canton River sampans & S. S. Wilmington in the distance American Gun boat; English Bridge Shameen to Canton a sign advertising "Yuen Hang Boulanger Canton" hangs to the right of the bridge; French Bridge Shameen to Canton this rather poor film; "One of the Bravest" on Shameen - looking up Central Ave. a soldier with a white domed hat and white puttees; Another view of the English Bridge Shameen to Canton; The American Consul's residence & office; Rear entrance to American consul's office - building on right used by the consul's coolies. Dr. Swan of Canton Hospital in his private sedan chair; along the Bund of Kook Four a suburb of Canton; View from the French Concession of Shameen looking towards Canton & near "French" Bridge. The Xinhai Revolution pinyin: Xinh�i G�m�ng also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911 was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty the Qing dynasty and established the Republic of China ROC. The revolution consisted of many revolts and uprisings. The turning point was the Wuchang uprising on 10 October 1911 which was the result of the mishandling of the Railway Protection Movement. The revolution ended with the abdication of the six-year-old Last Emperor Puyi on 12 February 1912 that marked the end of 2000 years of imperial rule and the beginning of China's early republican era. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen led the Xinhai Revolution to victory in 1911. The Republic of China in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China on the mainland both consider themselves the legitimate successors to the Xinhai Revolution and honor the ideals of the revolution including nationalism republicanism modernization of China and national unity. 10 October is commemorated in Taiwan as Double Ten Day the National Day of the ROC. In mainland China Hong Kong and Macau the day is celebrated as the Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. Wikipedia. <br/><br/> hardcover‎

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‎China; Photography Young R. Y.‎

‎Canton: American Stereoscopic Company view of Canton‎

‎New York: American Stereoscopic Co 1900. Good condition. Fascinating sepia stereo card showing many small boats and junks in a Canton canal working their way toward the harbor. Entitled "Wilderness of floating houses Shameen Canal China". Shameen is an island in Canton which was an important trade port divided into concessions for the French and British and home to thousands of boat people. Images on pale pink card stock. <br/><br/> American Stereoscopic Co unknown‎

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‎China; Tea A Beckett Gilbert Abbott‎

‎"The Magic Mirror! Or the Hall of Statues". Theatre broadsheet‎

‎London 1844. Very good overall. Princess's Theatre double broadsheet featuring a Chinese themed "New Musical Burlesque Spectacle" with a principal character by the name of "Sloe Leaf the spirit of English Tea" reflecting the English obsession with China tea and the exotic in the period just after the First Opium War. Sloe Leaf and the Congou are two main characters with Congou being pinyin: gongfu h�ngch� a black Chinese tea variety used by 19th-century tea importers in America and Europe. It was the base of the 19th-century English Breakfast tea blend. Wikipedia The two act spectacle is billed as a "Musical Burlesque Spectacle" written by Gilbert Abbott a Beckett first published on January 1 1843 immediately at the conclusion of the First Opium War which ended August 29 1842. It features characters such as Sing Song "Prince of China" Poo Poo "his Prime Minister" Congou "the great original Teetotaller" and Paperpate "King of the Butterfly Dominions". It is set in the "Gardens and Summer Palace near Pekin" in apartments of the King's Palace and at the cave of Congou. The spectacle includes a musical interlude "Singing for the Million with a new lesson for the Chinese written and arranged by Mr. Reynoldson." The broadsheet also features the "Maid Of Judah" dramatised from Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe by Rophino Lacy and with music by Rossini. Its cast of characters includes Saxons Normans and two Jews "Isaac of York" and Rebecca "the maid of Judah". The new tragic opera of "Lucrezia Borgia" is also in the repertoire. The spectacle measures 17" on a super wide sheet 19 x 19 1/2" text printed in 2 columns. Old folds flattened. Title printed lower left side column in heavy black type with some loss of the black within the letters strengthened from behind with tissue visually not distracting. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China; Missionary; Boxer Rebellion Pierson Isaac‎

‎A Familiar Letter to Personal Friends. China mission appeal letter‎

‎Boston 1879. Very good condition. An appeal from an American Congregational mission at Pao Ting Fu China now Baoding in the period leading up to the Boxer Rebellion in which Rev. Pierson introduces a new colleague whose actions following the Rebellion ignited a major debate in the United States. William S. Ament 1859 - 1909 the new colleague was vilified by Mark Twain as part of the imperialist action to seize Chinese assets when he sought indemnities for destroyed mission property from the local Chinese people. Twain believed the missionaries in China served as a front for American imperialism; Ament had in fact been arrested by French and German troops in China and charged with attempting to extort money from the local villagers. However during the Rebellion itself and the attacks on foreigners Ament acted bravely: he personally travelled alone and unarmed to Tungchow rescuing the missionaries and Chinese staff there. In Beijing he moved provisions from the Methodist compound to the British legation which enabled the people there to survive the long siege. 8vo 4pp. Printed in Boston and distributed September 6 1879. Period folds; Faint tide mark lower corner. OCLC: 31344495 3 copies. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China Mudge Hannah‎

‎Embossed Coated Calling Card of Hannah B. Mudge with Chinese characters‎

‎Boston: Dickinson 1840. Good condition. The embossed coated calling card of an American woman in China possibly a medical missionary as the caduceus is embossed at each side of her calling card. There is a vignette within an oval at the bottom of the card showing goods packed in crates at the dock tall-masted sailing ships and a locomotive in the distance. With Mudge's name in elaborate contemporary ink with Chinese characters below. "Dickinson" embossed at lower left corner. 3 3/4 x 2 1/2". Small chip at left edge of card. <br/><br/> Dickinson unknown‎

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‎China; Photographs‎

‎2 China snapshot photos: Peking View & Chinese Troops in Tientsin‎

‎1930. Very good condition. A pair of real photo snapshots with contemporary annotation on the verso one "Pekin sic China" in pencil the second "Chinese troop Tiensen" sic. The Peking view is a bird's eye view showing a main thoroughfare with rickshaw and pedestrian traffic and many store fronts including one with a series of minarets at the top of the building. The second snap shot showing two rows of very young Chinese soldiers standing at attention in front of a military building with stucco facade with tents visible in the distance. 5 1/2 x 3 1/4" <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China Coltman Robert‎

‎The Yellow Crime. Beleaguered In Peking The Boxer's War Against the Foreigner‎

‎Philadelphia: F. A. Davis 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. An eyewitness account of the 1900 Boxer rebels siege of Peking and the struggle to survive inside the foreign legations by an American doctor who was the personal physician to the Chinese royal household. Robert Coltman Jr. 1862 - 1931 was an American physician and medical professor who sent out the first report of the siege of the city under siege by the Boxers to the outside world. The book includes descriptions of the mounting anti foreign sentiment the Boxers and their tenets Coltman's diary entries desperate cables to America describing the Boxer movement and American British Russian and Imperial Customs efforts and struggles during the siege. Madame Chamot an American woman "the heroine of the siege" p218 who personally defended the hotel she and her husband owned the Hotel de Peking while other women were hiding in the British legation is vividly described. 8vo iv 2 pp 248pp 77 photo engravings. Illustrated green cloth boards "The Yellow Crime" in gold gilt lettering with Chinese lettering printed in green at the front board. The spine with gilt title "Beleaguered in Peking". Very slight rubbing at head and tail of spine. OCLC: 558406163. <br/><br/> F. A. Davis hardcover‎

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‎China; Trade Card‎

‎Nanking trade card "Jams & Co." Butchers & Bakers‎

‎1890. Very good overall. Card printed in English and Chinese with the name of the establishment in an elaborate type font. The company had locations in Chinkiang Nanking Wuhu and Kiukiang. It records "Bum Boat General Store Keepers Butcher & Bakers Commission Agents & c and Coal Merchants". This card hails from the period following the Treaty of Tianjin which ended the Second Opium War opened more Chinese ports to foreign trade and allowed foreign legations in the Chinese capital. "Bum boats" were small water taxis and boats used for short trips. Chinese text in 2 vertical columns to left and right of English text. Removed from an album with black paper adhering to verso. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China‎

‎Manuscript letter from Charles in Hong Kong to his sister Anna in the United States‎

‎Hong Kong 1873. Ephemera. Very good condition. A three page manuscript letter dated March 12 1873 from 'Charles' in Hong Kong to his sister 'Anna' in the United States. The letter was sent via San Francisco and the SS Colorado. Charles seems to be a young bachelor making his way in the Orient and he paints a detailed picture of daily events from a Westerners perspective but no real indication of why he is there. Charles and Anna were avid letter writers this one "No. 6" for the year. He refers to Anna's letters of Dec. 29 Jan. 5 19 that were just received. He talks of his lack of a Christmas and that most people who live in Hong Kong celebrate by getting "boozy" a sport he did not relish. He "would give more for 1 pound of good tobacco than 1 barrel of the best liquor." "For a young man who has not much determination this is the worse sic place in the world. There is nothing for him to do but play billiards & drink." He responds to Anna's questions about paper suits which were made in Japan a Joss house and the custom to accept an offer of tea 'you will have one of these little cups 7 saucers handed to you.' that he will send the 'Ivory letters to you for Miss Harrington' and refers to Anna's husband George other family and an acquaintance Wiliam Blanchard a pilot who lived in Shanghai as well as the 'great fire'. "The only thing I can say of the great fire is that it is too bad - but it may improve Boston by having different planned building and streets." The Great Boston fire of 1872 was Boston's largest and one of the most costly fire-related property losses is American history. He ends by sending his love to other family members and a request for a letter from George. The SS Colorado was the largest San Francisco-Panama route liner ever to sail the Pacific. She was originally brig-rigged but was altered in San Francisco in 1866 to enter the China service. In 1867 the Pacific Mail founded the first regular steamship service across the Pacific Ocean and the Colorado became the first American liner to carry mail across the Pacific to the Orient which helped pave the way for a rapid expansion of trade between California and the Orient. 4 page folded letter on watermarked paper "Hodgkinson & Co" with writing on 3 sides 8 3/8 x 10 1/8" with original fold marks. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China Meyer Vilhelm; Ferguson Charles J. ed; Li Guangzhao‎

‎Andersen Meyer & Company Limited of China. Its History: its Organization Today Historical and Descriptive Sketches Contributed by Some of the Manufacturers it Represents. March 31 1906 to March 31 1931‎

‎Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh 1931. Hardcover. Very good condition. A presentation copy of a scarce volume celebrating the 25th anniversary of a Danish engineering company that brought western technology to the industrial development of 1900s China and secured the exclusive right to represent General Electric in China. Andersen Meyer first worked on a joint basis with an American import export firm based in Shanghai named Fearon Daniel & Company to set up an engineering firm in China. In 1907 it won the right to represent G. E. in China and in 1908 secured its first large contract with the Mukden Electric Light Works. The firm quickly diversified from the construction and engineering fields to partner with American makers of textile machinery and equipment selling the first cotton mill entirely equipped with American machinery. It also expanded into power plant machinery electrical machinery including Xray equipment plumbing and heating equipment agricultural machinery and drugs and chemicals. Offices were located in Tientsin Peiping Harbin Mukden Hankow Tsingtao Tsinan Hong Kong and Canton. Meyer Andersen represented the major American manufacturers of the day from G. E. American Radiator International Harvester Masonite Parke Davis once America's oldest and largest drug maker Sherwin Williams and more. This is a signed presentation copy to a long term business associate who was the principal of a company acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Co. from the founder Vilhelm Meyer and signed below Meyer's frontispiece portrait: "F. L. Robbins with thanks for your long and loyal cooperation. From your old friend Vilhelm Meyer. March 1931". The first section is written in English; the second section in Chinese translated and prepared by Kuang Chao Lee with a special title page and separate pagination with Chinese numerals. The volume is impressive for its wide array of b&w photographic illustrations in all the areas in which the company operated including staff portraits showrooms of the various departments interior views of factories including cotton & silk mills power plants lighting of Shanghai buildings railway and locomotive equipment and workshops and bridge construction. There is an unusual double spread photograph of the Bund in Shanghai with 29 numbered buildings and a chart below listing all the heating supplies provided by Andersen Meyer to the prominent landmark buildings all along the waterfront! pp92-93. The many images in a broad range of fields provide a vivid sense of the tremendous impact of western technology on China's industrial growth. In 1934 Vilhelm Meyer died and the ownership of the company passed to its main American partner General Electric. In 1949 following the founding of the People's Republic of China many international firms in Shanghai were nationalized including Andersen Meyer. By 1950 it was completely Chinese controlled. Large 4to 247pp; 134pp frontispiece b&w photographic illustrations including portraits of staff maps. With the book plate of F. L. Robbins at the front paste down. Dark blue stamped buckram covers title in English at front cover in Chinese at rear cover original titles in yellow somewhat dulled. We located four copies at the National Library of Singapore National Library of Australia the University of Hong Kong and Stanford. OCLC: 123199443. Libraries Australia ID 5041194. <br/><br/> Kelly and Walsh hardcover‎

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‎Military; China‎

‎Surplus WWI and II Military Machine Gun and Service Rifles marketed for sale to China Photographic Collection‎

‎1950. Ephemera. Very good overall. A large grouping of original photographs of machine guns and service rifles circa WWII possibly part of a catalogue of weaponry for sale to Chinese speaking clients or illustrations for a book. The images are captioned in Chinese with a file number in the right corner i.e. "16074 16075 16069. On the verso of a couple are notations indicating page numbers between p. 329 and 462 and a percentage figure. Images include Danish Madsen machine guns; Russian MG 17 and variations; German MG 34 7.92mm; Browning M45 M2 Quad 50 the M2 still in use today; Browning 37 mm and 50 caliber naval mount anti aircraft gun which could be British Australian Allied; 8.0 mm machine gun unidentified; WWI 1914 machine gun possibly German; American aircraft mounted 50 caliber Browning machine guns with variations of mounts and barrel lengths; Japanese machine gun. Service rifles include Russian M1907 and 1898 7.92 mm Carbine possibly Russian Japanese service rifles in 6.5 mm. 29 images in all mounted with photo corners on 12 leaves of heavy gray paper with a pair of holes at top edge presumably for mounting in a binder. Chinese writing at top or bottom of each image. The images are approximately 6 x 2" and captions 6 x 1/2". 9 pages measure 6.75 x 9.75" and three are slightly larger at 10.5 x 7.5" with between 1-4 photographs & captions on each page. Pages are dusty at edges photographs clean. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China; Western Australia Andrew John editor‎

‎First issue of Hankow Daily News with Supplement‎

‎Hankow China 1906. Very good condition. The first issue of the English language newspaper published March 15 1906 for the important treaty port of Hankow situated on the Yangtze River. With contemporary note at upper left margin "My dear Margaret keep this paper as a memo. It is the first ever published here Gertrude". Many advertisements including an importer of West Australian wood with a separate large broadside listing sailings and advertisements for steamship lines. The newspaper was founded by John Andrew a well known merchant on the China coast and Otto Marx. It famously covered the First Chinese Revolution of October 1911. This first issue of the newspaper was published during the foreign concessions period of the city's history. In a notice to subscribers the editor explains the delays in publishing the first issue including the fact that new type and a large printing press had to be ordered from England. He promises that the newspaper will include the latest Reuters telegrams including the French and German ones. The paper will also collect news from "native sources in the Yangtze Valley" including missionaries. Special attention will be given to shipping with lists of sailings printed. The paper advocates one international settlement under one municipal council but doubts the likelihood of its happening. At the time there were 5 foreign concessions: Britain 1862 - 1917 France est. 1886 Russia est. 1886 Germany est. 1895 and Japan est. 1898. The front page with many advertisements including quite prominently Elie Bouchard at the Wan Shun Timber Depot Importers of Western Australian hardwood karri and jarrah: the Astor House Hotel storekeeper and wine merchant in the French Concession E. L. Mondon Ltd; Singer Sewing Machine Co. Second page with advertisements for banks and insurance companies auctions and help wanted. The back page includes the Terminus Hotel F. Venturi importer of Italian products; Pharmacie Centrale French concession; Albert Roeper "Artistic House Painter" with the ad copy in German French and English; ads for French Roederer cognac and champagne; tailors; the Hankow Printing Office; a German engine & iron works; and the closing date for mails under the Chinese Imperial Post Office. With the broadside Supplement printed on the same date listing the sailings in and out of the port along with vessels entering customs house and vessels cleared customs house. Advertisements for a variety of steamship lines including the Indo China Steam Navigation Co.; Canadian Pacific Co. Royal Mail Line; and Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Folio 15 1/2 x 21 1/2". 4pp. Original fold at center with some small cracks not affecting the text; a bit toned above the fold front page. The broadside Supplement bright and clean. Not recorded in OCLC. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China; Boxer Rebellion; Racism‎

‎Anti-Chinese caricature from the Boxer Rebellion: "Celebrating the Allied Victory"‎

‎1900. Very good overall. Pen and ink caricature depicting a Chinese man held aloft by his pigtail by an Allied soldier with the handwritten title above. The soldier likely an American Marine wears a uniform with jodhpurs. He grins at the much smaller and grimacing Chinese man who hangs in the air dressed in a robe and dangling slippers. The Boxers were Chinese displaced by natural disasters and angered by the interference of the West through their opium trade and Christian missionaries. Eventually supported by the Qing government army they proceeded to attack foreign settlements and Chinese Christians in Northern China including in Tientsin. An alliance of foreign troops including Russians Japanese Americans British French Germans and Austrians was formed to protect their countrymen. The Allies were able after a great struggle and approximately 800 casualties to successfully repel the much larger force of Boxers and Chinese troops at the Battle of Tientsin on July 13-14 1900. The pen and ink caricature is a spontaneous sketch made by an American soldier celebrating victory and playing to anti-Chinese stereotypes consistent with those of the Yellow Peril ideology which surfaced in the west in the late 1800s. 1/2 x 10 1/4" contemporary fold. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA‎

‎The Sino-Indian boundary question. Enlarged edition‎

‎Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1962. Paperback. Good. Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1962. Good. The Sino-Indian boundary question<br /><br />1962 Foreign Language Press Peking 2nd Enlarged Edition Book is in good condition NOT EX-LIBRARY NO MARKINGS clean text There may be minor signs of visible wear which may include markings bookplate or authors name creases minimal markings small tears non-major spine or binding defects but book is still wholly intact SEE PICTURES for any wear or defects Condition based on age of book To ensure you receive the quality of book expected we provide pictures of NOTICEABLE WEAR for ALL books we sell with marked conditions of GOOD If you have any questions at all don't hesitate to send us an email Foreign Languages Press paperback‎

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‎China Koo Vi Kyuin Wellington‎

‎The Status of Aliens in China‎

‎New York: Columbia University 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. The author examines extraterritoriality and the protection it offered to aliens in China and its move towards a closed door policy although Koo maintains that the attitude to foreigners had always been favorable and that restrictions were imposed due to foreign abuse of generous immunities granted. Part of the Studies in History Economics and Public Law edited by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University Volume L Number 2. Contents include: the pre-conventional period up to 1842; the conventional period including extraterritorial jurisdiction in China; ports and foreign settlements; alien merchants in the interior of China; Christian missionaries; and protections for aliens and alien property. 8vo 7-359pp advertisements 5pp. Original brown gilt cloth title in gilt at spine. Spine ends bumped bookplate W. S. A. Pott at front paste down notes in pencil at rear end paper listing titles of works pertaining to Chinese law. OCLC: 493945427 records 3 copies. <br/><br/> Columbia University hardcover‎

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‎China; Boxer Rebellion‎

‎Albumen photograph of Shanghai with American Civil War gunboat USS Monocacy with the British P & O Parramatta‎

‎Shanghai 1898. Very good condition. A large albumen view of the Shanghai harbor with an American Civil War gunboat and a British steamer as well as numerous smaller Chinese boats. USS Monocacy a side wheel gunboat of the US Navy was built in Maryland during the Civil War commissioned in early 1866 and sent out to the Far East serving for four decades becoming the longest lived of the "double-enders" built by the U. S. Navy. In the late 1860s Monocacy worked surveying Japanese waters and protecting American commerce. In 1871 the gunboat participated in an expedition to Korea's Han River; for most of the next three decades she was in China patrolling rivers and coastal areas. During the Boxer Uprising of 1900 Monocacy took part in the allies' combat operations against the Chinese; in June of that year she captured seven small craft off Tongku China. Following the capture of Peking by the China Relief Expedition Monocacy was docked at Taku Bar China. She remained there during the razing of the Taku forts. In 1903 Monocacy was sold to Hashimoto and Son Nagasaki Japan. The vessel seen at the right is the British vessel the 'Parramatta' built by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company in 1882. She was designed for voyages between the United Kingdom Australia and the Far East and was equipped so that she could take up armed cruiser duty. In 1852 Parramatta made a bimonthly service from Singapore to Australia and in 1853 a Southampton to Australia via Capetown service began. 12 1/4 x 10". Laid on board with manuscript titles below. Light sunning at lower right corner. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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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. 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. With a compass rose and an elaborate title cartouche at the lower right. 13 x 8 1/2" HK2300. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China Henshaw John Prentiss Kewley‎

‎Embossed Cameo Calling Card of the Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island with Chinese characters‎

‎Boston: Dickinson. Very good condition. John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw 1792 - 1852 was elected the fourth Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island in 1843 and served as rector of Grace Church in Providence. He is listed as one of the Missionary Bishops elect for Chinese mission in church minutes dated October 23 1844. In 1845 he served as co-consecrator with William Jones Boone who was the first Anglican missionary bishop of Shanghai. While it is not clear that Henshaw served in China one would assume that he had sufficient Chinese connection to warrant a calling card with his name in Chinese. Bishop Henshaw seems to have been a slave holder. The Rhode Island Historical Society which holds his papers from 1813 - 1852 Catalog number: MSS 1133 lists a bill of sale for a female slave named Fanny who Henshaw purchased in May of 1835 in Baltimore from a man named Charles Harrison. The embossed or "cameo" card with two female allegorical figures garlands and dove. With the bishop's name in elaborate hand with Chinese characters below. Mitchell Sc. embossed at lower left corner and banner with "Be these your guides". 3 3/4 x 2 1/2" <br/><br/> Dickinson unknown‎

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‎China‎

‎"Greetings from Tientsin. N. China". New Year's card with b&w photograph of Zhiyuan Pagoda in Beining Park‎

‎1906. Very good condition. English language New Year's card from Tientsin or Tianjin a northern Chinese city one of the five "national central cities" of the People's Republic of China. The card features a black and white photograph of the botanical garden known as Beining Park built in 1906 and located to the east of the North Railway station. Twenty nine arched bridges link ponds and pavilions throughout the park whose main feature is the 244 foot tall Zhiyuan Pagoda. Message in green embossed font at front cover of card; greeting message in green font and signed from "Geo. Yurasko". White embossed floral patterned card stock; internally traces of green ribbon originally used to attach card to its cover. 4 x 6" <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China‎

‎Magic Lantern slide of Chinese interest‎

‎1880. Very good condition. A charming color panorama children's magic lantern glass slide showing a series of four scenes of Chinese people in traditional garb in natural settings. From a series of slides for children illustrating different peoples of the world. From left to right the first illustration is of a standing child holding a banner next to a seated gentleman holding a fan; two Chinese men holding Chinese umbrellas and rickshaw driver; Chinese gentleman with pipe and kneeling figure; and an elegant Chinese woman and rickshaw driver. A pagoda and Chinese buildings can be seen in the background with blue sky above. Edges of slide bound with pale blue paper. 11 3/4 x 4" <br/><br/> unknown‎

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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. '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." 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" <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China; Yale Kuan S. Peter‎

‎Chinese silk butterflies‎

‎1925. Very good overall. "This two butterflies came from China. Those are made by hand. I think those for the design of handbags or jackets." Mr. Kuan whose calling card is included was a foreign student in the United States during the mid 1920s. He is recorded in the Class of 1924 at the University of Northern Iowa and went on to Divinity School at Yale. He was active in the YMCA which continues to maintain a strong presence in Hong Kong today. "He completed his study at Yale in 1926 and returned to China with the aim of establishing a school. In 1929 he wrote to the student newspaper with an appeal. He had established an industrial school for poor girls. There he gave the girls a basic education in reading writing arithmetic and sewing skills. He asked his old Teachers College friends to support his efforts. Five dollars would pay the monthly salary of one of his teachers. It is now unclear what happened to Mr. Kuan's school but by 1938 he was head of the Social Education Division Bureau of Education in Tsengtao China." From the University of Northern Iowa website on early foreign students which includes his photograph. At one time he was the student secretary of Lingan University in Canton. Kwan Simon "Postcolonial Resistance and Asian Theology." Two cream silk butterflies decorated with maroon & orange thread green & yellow antennae bounded by gold thread in perfect condition. With Mr. Kuan's miniature calling card measuring 1 1/4 x 5/8" card printed "S. Peter Kuan YALE UNIVERSITY". Envelope 2 1/2 x 5" bit worn and marked. A remarkable survival of a Christian Chinese American-educated activist. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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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". 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. 12 1/2 x 8 3/4" original center fold. Strong impression very clean. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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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". 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. 12 3/4 x 9 1/4" original center fold. Strong impression very clean. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎China; Press Bureau of the Chinese Delegation‎

‎Japanese Aggression and the League of Nations 1938 V.‎

‎Geneva: Press Bureau of the Chinese Delegation 1938. Paperback. Good overall. Diplomatic publication to the League of Nations by China. Chapter heads include: Article 17 of the Covenant Article 16 Use of Poisonous gas by Japanese Troops in China Protection of Civilian Non-Combattant Population against air bombing in case of war Japan's Narcotic Invasion of China Technical Collaboration. 8vo 6 1/4 x 9 1/2" 120 pp plain beige wrappers ex-lib interior clean and unmarked covers: toned at edges split at spine chipped at edges binding tight. OCLC: 11079632. <br/><br/> Press Bureau of the Chinese Delegation paperback‎

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‎China; Taiwan Kai Shek Chiang‎

‎A Brief Summary of the New Life Movement Chiang Kai Shek strategy to defeat Communism‎

‎Nanchang Kiangsi China: The Association for the Advancement of New Life Movement 1934. Good condition. Pamphlet touting the benefits of the Chinese government led civic education program known as the New Life Movement established by General Chiang Kai-shek to promote cultural reform combat corruption and unite China under a centralized ideology. China at the time had been threatened by Western imperialism as well as rising Japanese militarism and communism. The New Life Movement stressed traditional Confucian morality and the Methodist notion of self-cultivation as the solution to the perceived degeneration of the Chinese people and was considered by the Kuomintang to be key element of Sun Yat Sen's Three Principles of the People. In China the New Life Movement ended in 1949. Chiang launched this movement from his Nanjing headquarters when he was the leader of the Republic of China. He expelled Chinese communists from the party and led a successful unification of China. Despite a professed focus on reform Chiang's government concentrated on battling Communism within China as well as confronting Japanese aggression. When the Allies declared war on Japan in 1941 China took its place among the Big Four. Civil war broke out in 1946 ending in a victory by Mao Zedong's Communist forces and the creation of the People's Republic of China. From 1949 until his death Chiang led the KMT government in exile in Taiwan which many countries continued to recognize as China's legitimate government. The 'Contents' include the Beginning of the New Life Movement NLM; The Unification and Promotion of the NLM; the Future of the NLM; The Important Speeches of General Chiang Kai-Shek; The Slogans Rules and Emblem of the NLM; Outline of the NLM; Appendix: The Staff of the General Association for the Promotion of the NLM. The Appendix last 2p comprises a list of the organizations staff; President Chiang Kai Sheh 32 Directors a Director-in-Chief a General Secretary Secretary and Head of the First Second & Third Departments and 18 Secretaries. The lengthy list of slogans and rules runs to 95 items including #40. Do not smoke opium. We were not able to find this title on OCLC. However a similar pamphlet "Outline of the New Life Movement" was found OCLC: 3976888 14pp pamphlet color plates. Pamphlet small 4to 2 pp 18pp plus one color plate of the symbol for the organization. Blue paper wrappers stitch bound with pale blue ribbon. Blue paper wrappers marked & ruffled at spine with 1 1/2" split lower spine fox spotting on lower edge of cover. <br/><br/> The Association for the Advancement of New Life Movement unknown‎

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