The American Club in China. Collectible - Good. The American Club in China 1980. 8vo. 229pp. B/W illustrations. Near Very Good book. Light soiling to the spine and covers. Covers and pages toned. Light foxing to the top-edge. Otherwise inside clean. 'A Few Uses for Herbs' letter laid-in. Inquire if you need further information. The American Club in China unknown
Pan MacMillan. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. . Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support the African Children's Educational Trust A-CET. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Through our work with A-CET we have helped give hundreds of young people in Africa the vital chance to get an education. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Pan MacMillan unknown
xliii269 pages with 15 color plates 4 maps glossary bibliography and indexes. Octavo 8 3/4" x 5 1/2" issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship <i>Victoria</i> to front cover in original jacket. Translated by Liudmila Gilmore Colin Thomas and Marcus Wheeler. Second Series volume 189. First edition.<br /><br />In the mid-nineteenth century the eyes of western European explorers were firmly fixed on advancing inland from former maritime colonies in the Americas Africa the Indian sub-continent and Australasia their motives often being inextricably bound up with concerns of imperial politics and commerce. Simultaneously further east Russians resumed their perceived mission to civilize Asia following their own country's humiliation during the Crimean War. From a springboard of Siberian territories acquired gradually over the previous three centuries discovery and expansion radiated from the Imperial Russian Geographical Society founded in 1845 and incorporating initiatives drawn from descendants of immigrant French and German scientists who themselves inspired a new generation of liberal intellectuals. A key personality in that movement was the Society's library and secretary of it physical geography section P P Semenov 1827-1914 a member of a minor gentry family who had been tutored by a pupil of Linnaeus and who had studied under Titter and von Humboldt at Berlin during a tour of Europe in 1853-4. From them he conceived the notion of traveling to the virtually unknown lands of Central Asia ostensibly to verify opinions on the existence there of active volcanoes and glaciers. In reality his ambition was to penetrate beyond the Kazakh steppe and to reach the fabled Celestial Mountains the Tian'-Shan' range which constituted the politically sensitive border between Russia and China and the equally hostile buffer zone of Muslim khanates. Accompanied only by a serf servant in May 1856 Semenov embarked on an 18-month journey from St Petersburg through Kazan' to Semipalatinsk and thence via the Altai to the newly established Russian settlement of Vernoe later Alma-Ata now Almaty. Subsequently he received a Cossack escort on his trek into the high plateaus and ridges surround Issyk-kul' to "the very hear of Asia;. Throughout his travels his collection of geological and botanical specimens together with topographical and meteorological observations and sketches made by the artist Pavel Kosharov provided a cornucopia of primary data on hitherto sparsely documented environments alongside ethnographic information and unique insights into the social and economic life of rival nomadic pastoral clans of the Kirgiz. While presenting a European view of Central Asia before the large-scale influx of Russian peasant settlers that followed the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 a process in which Semenov was also instrumental his journal of 1856-7 explicitly set out a strategy for imperial expansion that was accomplished within the next three decades and which in turn laid the foundations for the multi-ethnic agricultural and industrial developments in the region during the Soviet period.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />A fine copy in like jacket. Hakluyt Society hardcover
China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Press 2019-07-01. hardcover. New. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.HardCover. Pub Date: 2019-07-01 Pages: 161 Language: English Publisher: China Water Power Press 2018 was the opening year for the overall implementahon of the spirit of th . Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. <br/><br/> China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Press hardcover
People Post Press 2019-01-01. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pub Date: 2019-01-01 Pages: 329 Language: English Publisher: People Post Press This report. consisting of 6 chapters and 13 topics. discusses the developmen . Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. <br/><br/> People Post Press paperback
Shanghai. No date. Ca. 1930s. Color poster 23 3/4 x 17 inches on sheet 30 1/2 x 21 inches. Dampstain spot to middle of the upper edge well outside image area a few short repaired edge tears faint soiling to lower left edge single pinhole to upper and lower edge soft creasing to outer right edge all well outside image area. Single pin sized hole to lower left image. Overall good to very good condition with wide margins and clean bright image. This vintage poster is of the "Shanghai beauty" tradition from the 1920s-1930s. It features an attractive young Chinese woman in stylish bathing attire sitting with her legs dipped in a river. She is surrounded by a verdant landscape filled with flowers with a large majestic stag a symbol of virility and happiness. "No. 15" is printed below image. Text in lower margin in Chinese. The printing technique seems to be a mixture of lithography with possibly some more mechanical processes. A strikingly appealing image. . unknown
Lloyd Friedgen and Rajkamal Kalamandir Studio. No date. Ca. 1955. Lobby card 11 x 14 inches. Very good condition. Lobby card for the 1955 film the English version of an Indian film produced at the height of anti-Communism in the West. An Indian aids a band of anti-Communist guerillas in China and works against the development of germ warfare by Communist doctors. . Lloyd Friedgen and Rajkamal Kalamandir Studio. unknown
Circa 1967. Two color poster on tan colored paper sheet size 29 3/4 x 21 inches. 1/2 inch tear at upper edge not entering the image; published folded overall very good condition. A dramatic image with the face of Mao at upper right within a sunburst design the armed proletariat below and images of tanks and fighter jets to the left. . unknown
Shanghai. No date. Ca. 1930s. Color lithographic poster image 23 x 16 1/2 inches on sheet 30 1/2 x 21 inches. Faint abrasions to upper edge insect damage; dampstain spot to mid upper edge upper and lower left corner; repaired 1 inch tear to upper right corner chip and 1/2 inch area of paper loss to upper left corner faint soiling to upper right edge single pinhole to mid upper and lower edge registration lines in right margin all outside image area. A few soft creases to paper and a few pin sized holes in mid upper image. Overall good to very good condition with wide margins and bright clean image. This vintage poster appears to be from the 1920s-1930s and features a young Chinese woman in stylish bathing attire sitting on rocky beach with the ocean and setting sun behind her. "No. 1" is printed below image. Text in lower margin in Chinese. . unknown
New York.: Army Information Branch. Volume III No. 51B. 1944. Poster color map sheet 35 x 47 inches 89x120cm folded to approximately 9 x 12 inches. Short split/tear at four fold intersections and at three fold ends; no paper loss. Blank verso. Large color map "China Southeast Coast" from Shanghai to French Indochina with the islands of Formosa and Hainan. At right edge are inset maps of the vicinities of Shanghai Wenchow Foochow Swatow Canton and Hong Kong. Scale of the main map is 7 inches to 200 miles. While this is identified as a Newsmap Volume III No. 51B there is no informational text on the verso as they were usually issued. . Army Information Branch. unknown
Lonely Planet. Used - Very Good. Ships from Reno NV. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! Lonely Planet unknown
No date. Ca. 1940. Color poster 31 x 21 1/2 inches. Very good condition. The rich color printing distinguishes this vintage Chinese poster promoting Health Wealth and Happiness in the home. Text in Chinese. . unknown
Shanghai.: Jin-Hing Printing Co. No date. Ca. 1911. Chromolithograph / chromotypographic poster image size 16 x 22 1/2 inches on sheet 20 3/4 x 30 3/4 inches. Light toning and wear to edges toning to verso slightest hint of creasing from rolling virtually mint condition this poster was stored and never displayed. This is a richly colored view of the Summer Palace complex. Text in the image is in Chinese. . Jin-Hing Printing Co. unknown
Beijing.: Zhaohua Publishing House. 1981. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w 64pp 8vo 10 inches color pictorial stiff card wrappers softbound. Good condition: light rubbing to cover extremities light soiling to title page generally clean and tight. Includes a profile of the artist two articles and synopses of 36 operas. . Zhaohua Publishing House. paperback
Boston.: World Peace Foundation. 1938. 2 black and white foldout maps 353 pp index 8vo pictorial wrappers softbound. Creasing to corners of cover and first several interior pages cover starting to detach otherwise good condition. Strikingly designed color cover with map of China Manchoukuo US.S.R. and Japan. . World Peace Foundation. paperback
Science Publishing House. 1976. Book. Good. Hardcover. IN CHINESE; ORIGINAL 1976 PUBLICATION; hardcovers; Inscribed by L. Liu to paleontologist Dr. E. G. Kauffman; corners bumped; creasing of upper corner of several pages; o/w in good condition. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping might be required for priority mail or international orders. . Science Publishing House. Hardcover
London: Ithaca Press for the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies Oxford University 1978. Oxford Oriental monographs. 128 pp. Crown lightly bumped erased pencil marks faintly visible in margins of a few pages. Jacket priceclipped lightly dustsoiled bumped at edges with small chips and tears mainly at head and heel of spine and folds. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Ithaca Press for the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford University Hardcover
London U.K.: MACMILLAN 2012. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. HB - Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase - New in New Slipcase / No DJ as issued - Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap - On board the moletrain Medes Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt. The giant mole bursting from the earth the harpoonists targeting their prey the battle resulting in one's death and the other's glory are extraordinary. But no matter how spectacular it is travelling the endless rails of the railsea Sham can't shake the sense that there is more to life. Even if his philosophy-seeking captain can think only of the hunt for the ivory-coloured mole she's been chasing ever since it took her arm all those years ago. When they come across a wrecked train at first it's a welcome distraction. But the impossible salvage Sham finds in the derelict leads to considerably more than he'd bargained for. Soon he's hunted on all sides: by pirates trainsfolk monsters and salvage-scrabblers. And it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea. MACMILLAN Hardcover
New York.: Young People's Missionary Movement. First Edition. 1907. Hardcover volume 7 1/2 x 5 inches 274 pp. including Index; folded Appendix on Statistics of Protestant Missions and folded Political Map of China at rear. Two color maps at front of volume: Geographical Features and Density of Population plus two in-text maps Transportation and Areas of Coal and Iron. Covers and spine faded and lightly soiled; corners bumped; front free end paper missing; free edge of two pages at rear abraded. Exterior of book in fair condition only. Contents in overall good condition. In the Editorial Statement on p. ix the Editorial Committee expresses its "ernest regrets" for what appears to have been their disembowelment of the author's original Chapters III and V and for the less drastic changes made to Chapters I II and IV basically the whole book. Table of Contents records Chapter III: The Defects of the Social System and Chapter V: Uplifting Leaders. "The absence of Dr. Smith in China" the Editorial Committee reports prevented the author from participating in the revisionist project. Other chapters focus on A General View of China; A Great Race with a Great Inheritance; Missionary Work etc. Smith writes in his forward "it is important that the rising generation should have a large funded knowledge of the part which the Far East has played in the history of the world hitherto and a clear perception of the much larger part which it is to take in the immediate future…." An first-hand report intended to further Smith's stated agenda as revised by others. . Young People's Missionary Movement. hardcover
London: Martyn Gregory. Various paginations. Color and b/w illustrations. <br /><br />Catalog titles are: "China - by British and Chinese artists working in the 18th and 19th centuries" "China Trade Paintings - and other pictures relating to the Far East" "China Trade Pictures" "Paintings of the China Coast" "Genius of the China Coast - George Chinnery and China Trade painting" "Paintings of the China Trade 1770 - 1870" "Paintings of the China Trade - Historical pictures by Chinese and Western artists 1780 - 1880" and "George Chinnery - Legend of the China Coast and his followers." An excellent source of information about paintings and artists of the China Trade with bibliographies biographies lengthy descriptions and scholarly notes. All in very good condition. Martyn Gregory
Beijing: Women of China 1983. Paperback - first edition - with negligible exterior wear and a few minor marks on rear cover. Text and illustrations are clear on sound clean pages. TS. Paperback. Very Good. Used. Women of China Paperback
Washington DC: C.I.A./GPO 1971. 1st wraps. Paperback. Very Good/None. 82 pages. Color maps black & white photos charts Record # 52629 C.I.A./GPO paperback
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