1984ref. 159934Cambridge MA: WGBH 1984. Vintage one-color poster for a Premiere WGBH Jazz Concert of The Mingus Dynasty at the Berklee Performance Center Saturday September 15 circa 1984 with the supporting act of the Jay Brandford Septet. The Mingus Dynasty jazz ensemble formed in 1979 following the death of legendary jazz musician and composer Charles Mingus taking their name from Mingus' classic 1959 album. The ensemble expanded to a big band format in 1988 the Mingus Big Band. The are currently three Mingus repertory groups The Mingus Dynasty the Mingus Big Band and the Mingus Orchestra all of which currently tour extensively worldwide. The Mingus Dynasty ensemble found on the poster offered here includes George Adams Craig Handy Jack Walrath John Hicks Ray Drummond and Ronnie Burrage. Among the ensembles' alumni are Jimmy Owens Randy Brecker Jon Faddis Jimmy Knepper and John Handy among many many others. 10.5 x 16 inches on pink card stock. Near Fine. WGBH unknown books
1910ref. 235921910. Peking and North China travel photo archive circa 1912 to 1918 documenting the former imperial capital during the turbulent opening years of the Republic of China when centuries of Qing imperial rule had only recently ended and Beijing remained the political and cultural heart of northern China. The photographs record a landscape where imperial monuments Buddhist temples ancient roads and rural villages continued to define daily life despite the collapse of the dynasty in 1912. Produced during the era that followed the Xinhai Revolution and preceded the consolidation of the warlord period the archive preserves a city and surrounding countryside poised between imperial tradition and an uncertain republican future. Photo archive of 40 original silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 2 × 3 inches to 4 × 6 inches Peking Beijing and North China circa 1912 to 1918. The photographs depict the Temple of Heaven the Summer Palace Pei Hai Beihai Park the Forbidden City and its surrounding walls the White Dagoba at Miaoying Temple monumental ceremonial gateways pagodas temple courtyards the Great Wall north of Peking the Western Hills stone bridges lakes canals and mountain landscapes. Other photographs show Buddhist monks walking through temple precincts camel caravans crossing rocky valleys mule carts on country roads grazing livestock village architecture and rural agricultural scenes beyond the capital. Contemporary manuscript captions identify numerous locations including "The Great Wall of China" "Temple of Heaven Peking" "Pei Hai Grounds Peking" "Bridge over stream between Jade Fountain & Summer Palace" "The 3rd Green Golf at Paomachang Peking" "Western Hills near Peking" "Camel Drive at the Great Wall Nankow Pass north of Peking" and "Temple in the Western Hills near Peking Golden Roof." One inscription notes that several views "were taken by the younger Miss Dunne last summer" preserving a small but meaningful record of the archive's contemporary provenance. This photo archive belong to one of the most consequential transitions in modern Chinese history. The Qing dynasty collapsed in 1912 after more than two and a half centuries of rule ending the imperial system that had governed China since 221 BCE. Although the Republic of China replaced the monarchy Beijing remained filled with imperial architecture ceremonial spaces and religious institutions whose daily rhythms changed only gradually. The Forbidden City was still occupied by the abdicated emperor Puyi until 1924 Buddhist monasteries continued to function throughout the Western Hills and camel caravans remained an essential means of transporting goods across northern China's mountain passes. Foreign travelers could still move through monuments that only a generation earlier had been closely associated with imperial authority while political power increasingly shifted among competing republican governments and regional military leaders during the emerging Warlord Era. Rather than emphasizing political upheaval directly the archive records the remarkable continuity of Beijing's monumental landscape and traditional patterns of travel religion and commerce immediately after the fall of the last Chinese dynasty. Light surface wear occasional corner creasing and scattered silvering consistent with age; manuscript identifications on many versos. Overall in very good condition. A concentrated visual record of Peking and North China at the moment imperial China gave way to the Republic preserving both the enduring ceremonial landscape of the Qing capital and the traditional life that continued beneath profound political change. unknown books
1985ref. 2737671985. hardcover. very good/very good-. 104 color plates. Thin square 4to brown boards d.w. lightly soiled and slightly chipped. N.p. 1985. A very good copy in a very good- dust wrapper. Most of the text is in Chinese with some English translation and the plates are described in Chinese and English. The book was published in China. unknown books
ref. 8663Trans. by Xuanzang 玄奘 in 650 CE. 70 pages six columns per page 30 columns per sheet 17 characters per column. 14 sheets average sheet length: 570 mm. five pages per sheet. Accordion format 305 x 7980 mm. print surface from top border to bottom border: 245–250 mm. Single woodcut borders at top & bottom of text. Orig. sutra binding of semi-stiff paper wrappers. Woodblocks carved by Ge Fang & Ma Qing & others in Sixi present day Huzhou printed between 1110s/40s–1276. This fascicle in its original sutra binding was printed in the 12th or 13th century in northern Zhejiang China as part of an extremely rare edition of the Buddhist canon variously known as the Yuanjue Canon Zifu Canon or Sixi Canon. Examples very rarely appear on the market. This edition of the Buddhist canon was for a long time largely unknown in China until the famous Chinese book collector and scholar Yang Shoujing 1839-1915 brought a set back from Japan in the late 19th century. Now in a Chinese library this is the only near-complete set as far as we know the rest being single sutras. Yuanjue Zifu or Sixi Canon: The three names refer to some or all of the imprints of the Chinese Tripitaka made from a set of blocks that were carved in a place called Sixi present-day Huzhou in what was then Songting township Guian county Hu prefecture part of the Circuit of the eastern and western Zhe of the Southern Song. Sixi one of the names retrospectively used for this edition was the location of Yuanjue Meditation Hall founded in 1119-25 where the printing blocks were housed and perhaps carved. Sometime after 1239 the hall’s name may have changed to Fabao Zifu lit. “Dharma jewel supplying happiness” Meditation Temple whence Zifu Canon. Bibliographic scholarship has dated certain imprints of this canon to either the period of Yuanjue Meditation Hall or that of Fabao Zifu Meditation Temple calling imprints dating from the earlier period Yuanjue Canon or “first Sixi canon” qian Sixi jing and imprints from the later period Zifu Canon or “second Sixi canon” hou Sixi jing. On the basis of a comparison of two catalogues of the canon — one claiming to be of the Yuanjue Canon and one of the Zifu Canon — it was believed that a substantial amount of re-carving had taken place between the Yuanjue and Zifu canons. However the catalogue purportedly of the Zifu Canon has been shown in fact to have been based not on an inventory of a set of the Zifu Canon but on another unrelated catalogue. Thus there is no reason to assume that a substantial amount of re-carving of the blocks took place after the temple changed its name and ipso facto there is no reason to posit the existence of two Sixi canons. Printings ascribed to the Yuanjue and Zifu canons belong to the same edition of the Chinese Tripitaka printed at various times during a period that stretched over a century. Blocks were repaired and replaced during this period but not to the extent that would justify calling them two editions. The Timing of Carving and Printing: The sources are ambiguous as to when carving of the blocks began. Li Fuhua and He Mei state that the carving began in 1126 whereas Wang Chonglong says it began before 1110 and thus not at the Yuanjue Hall which had not yet been founded and agrees with others that it likely had finished in 1132. It has also been proposed however that carving only began in 1132. Finally 1140 has been proposed as another completion date. Therefore we can say with confidence that the initial set of blocks was carved sometime between the 1110s and 1140s. Once the blocks were carved they were used for printing for a long time. Some printings can be dated because they contain colophons. Liu Yuantang has documented three instances of blocks being mended buban: in 1238 1248 and 1250. The blocks were burned by the invading Mongols in 1276 which is thus the terminus ante quem for prints from the Yuanjue Canon. Our Copy and the Yuanjue / Zifu Canon: Benshi jing is marked with the ordinal character shen 甚 in five editions of the Chinese Tripitaka. Of these five only the Yuanjue Canon also known as the Zifu or Sixi Canon is a possible candidate. More precisely our copy appears to be from a late printing of the Zifu Canon dating from sometime in the latter portion of the period 1110s/1140s-1276. The vast majority of extant sutras from this edition of the canon are late printings. They have the following characteristics: 1. Sheets folded into five pages with six columns per page 30 per sheet and 17 characters per column. 2. Glosses appended to the end of the volume. 3. Single woodcut borders at top and bottom of text. For earlier printings of this edition one source specifies that the borders go around on all four sides but for the later printings the same source simply says “single-lined margin frame” danxian biankuang 單線邊框. This would appear to suggest borders also at the beginning and the end of each sheet. 4. No empty column before the beginning of the text on the first page. 5. Small-script numerals marking the number of the sheet are printed at the beginning of every sheet as opposed to in the crease between pages for example except for the first sheet. 6. Printed area of roughly 570 mm. long and 250 mm. wide. The sutra has a total of seven fascicles juan of which we have fascicle six. The upper cover and the first line of the first page both have the character shen in manuscript on the cover which is here used as an ordinal drawn from Qianzi wen åƒå—æ–‡ The Thousand Character Essay to arrange the sutras of the Chinese Tripitaka. Layout and Appearance of Our Copy: Unsurprisingly for a very large printing project that took many years not all the sutras of the Yuanjue Canon have the same appearance. Yet the dimensions of our copy agree with other known copies: five pages per woodblock six columns per page 17 characters per column. Other non-official Song editions of the Buddhist canon Chongning and Pilu have six pages per block but the same number of columns per page and characters per column. The measurements of our copy accord with copies of other sutras from the same edition of the canon held by the Gansu Provincial Library in Lanzhou the National Palace Museum in Taipei and the Gotoh Museum outside of Tokyo. The layout of our copy accords with that of a different sutra from the same canon that has been reprinted in facsimile in unknown books
1984ref. 159934Cambridge MA: WGBH 1984. Vintage one-color poster for a Premiere WGBH Jazz Concert of The Mingus Dynasty at the Berklee Performance Center Saturday September 15 circa 1984 with the supporting act of the Jay Brandford Septet. The Mingus Dynasty jazz ensemble formed in 1979 following the death of legendary jazz musician and composer Charles Mingus taking their name from Mingus' classic 1959 album. The ensemble expanded to a big band format in 1988 the Mingus Big Band. The are currently three Mingus repertory groups The Mingus Dynasty the Mingus Big Band and the Mingus Orchestra all of which currently tour extensively worldwide. The Mingus Dynasty ensemble found on the poster offered here includes George Adams Craig Handy Jack Walrath John Hicks Ray Drummond and Ronnie Burrage. Among the ensembles' alumni are Jimmy Owens Randy Brecker Jon Faddis Jimmy Knepper and John Handy among many many others. 10.5 x 16 inches on pink card stock. Near Fine. WGBH unknown
ref. 111676The Commercial Press. Peking. 1957. The Commercial Press. Peking. 1957. First edition. Large folio. Bound in coloured patterned brocade silk boards with fine silk cord. Housed in a folding clam shell box of cream water silk with ribbon and ivory closures. Silver sparkly endpapers. 15 mounted colour reproductions very gorgeous. text in Chinese and English. A very clean and fresh copy in original labelled cardboard box torn at corners. hardcover
1910ref. 235921910. Peking and North China travel photo archive circa 1912 to 1918 documenting the former imperial capital during the turbulent opening years of the Republic of China when centuries of Qing imperial rule had only recently ended and Beijing remained the political and cultural heart of northern China. The photographs record a landscape where imperial monuments Buddhist temples ancient roads and rural villages continued to define daily life despite the collapse of the dynasty in 1912. Produced during the era that followed the Xinhai Revolution and preceded the consolidation of the warlord period the archive preserves a city and surrounding countryside poised between imperial tradition and an uncertain republican future. Photo archive of 40 original silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 2 × 3 inches to 4 × 6 inches Peking Beijing and North China circa 1912 to 1918. The photographs depict the Temple of Heaven the Summer Palace Pei Hai Beihai Park the Forbidden City and its surrounding walls the White Dagoba at Miaoying Temple monumental ceremonial gateways pagodas temple courtyards the Great Wall north of Peking the Western Hills stone bridges lakes canals and mountain landscapes. Other photographs show Buddhist monks walking through temple precincts camel caravans crossing rocky valleys mule carts on country roads grazing livestock village architecture and rural agricultural scenes beyond the capital. Contemporary manuscript captions identify numerous locations including "The Great Wall of China" "Temple of Heaven Peking" "Pei Hai Grounds Peking" "Bridge over stream between Jade Fountain & Summer Palace" "The 3rd Green Golf at Paomachang Peking" "Western Hills near Peking" "Camel Drive at the Great Wall Nankow Pass north of Peking" and "Temple in the Western Hills near Peking Golden Roof." One inscription notes that several views "were taken by the younger Miss Dunne last summer" preserving a small but meaningful record of the archive's contemporary provenance. This photo archive belong to one of the most consequential transitions in modern Chinese history. The Qing dynasty collapsed in 1912 after more than two and a half centuries of rule ending the imperial system that had governed China since 221 BCE. Although the Republic of China replaced the monarchy Beijing remained filled with imperial architecture ceremonial spaces and religious institutions whose daily rhythms changed only gradually. The Forbidden City was still occupied by the abdicated emperor Puyi until 1924 Buddhist monasteries continued to function throughout the Western Hills and camel caravans remained an essential means of transporting goods across northern China's mountain passes. Foreign travelers could still move through monuments that only a generation earlier had been closely associated with imperial authority while political power increasingly shifted among competing republican governments and regional military leaders during the emerging Warlord Era. Rather than emphasizing political upheaval directly the archive records the remarkable continuity of Beijing's monumental landscape and traditional patterns of travel religion and commerce immediately after the fall of the last Chinese dynasty. Light surface wear occasional corner creasing and scattered silvering consistent with age; manuscript identifications on many versos. Overall in very good condition. A concentrated visual record of Peking and North China at the moment imperial China gave way to the Republic preserving both the enduring ceremonial landscape of the Qing capital and the traditional life that continued beneath profound political change. unknown
ref. B9781543461596Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ref. BN609682Edition Bergh in Europabuch-AG; WMP-Verlagsauslieferungsdienst in Komm. Sekhet-a-ra. Tochter des Pharao. Aus dem Ägypten der Ersten Dynastie Hardcover Sekhet-a-ra. Tochter des Pharao. Aus dem Ägypten der Ersten Dynastie Hardcover Sekhet-a-ra. Tochter des Pharao. Aus dem Ägypten der Ersten Dynastie Hardcover Edition Bergh in Europabuch-AG; WMP-Verlagsauslieferungsdienst in Komm. hardcover
ref. BN611001Ullstein. Die Rockefellers. Eine amerikanische Dynastie Peter Collier; David Horowitz and Erwin Duncker Die Rockefellers. Eine amerikanische Dynastie Peter Collier; David Horowitz and Erwin Duncker Die Rockefellers. Eine amerikanische Dynastie Peter Collier; David Horowitz and Erwin Duncker Ullstein unknown
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1870ref. 055223Kostantiniyye Constantinople - Istanbul: Matbaa-yi Âmire. AH 1287 1870. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary cloth bdg. marbled boards. Cr. 8vo. 19 x 14 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters. 2 130 p. Exceedingly rare first edition of the most comprehensive biographical book of the Crimean Khans and Khanate including 44 biographies starting from the founder of the khanate Hadji Geray 1397-1466 each khan period has been handled separately including narrations of the wars with Tsarist Russia and other important events. In the beginning the genealogy of the Crimean khans dating back to Genghis Khan is also given. In the book the dates of the expeditions of these rulers of Crimea their reigns and wars were tried to be determined meticulously. Some important events are mentioned albeit briefly like the Fire of Moscow occurred on May 24 1571 when the Crimean and Ottoman armies led by the khan of Crimea Devlet I Giray bypassed the Serpukhov defensive fortifications on the Oka River crossed the Ugra River and rounded the flank of the 60000-man Russian army. The last biography in the work was the author's father and Baht Geray Han d. 1801. Özege 6373.; TBTK 12314. Matbaa-yi Âmire., [AH 1287] hardcover
ref. 1939208009.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 51-6331Chez l'auteur . et Croullebois . A Paris 1792. 2 volumes in 8°. 12 x 19cm.Pleine reliure de l'époque en basane. Dos à nerfs orné de fers et de fleurons dorés. Le dos du premier tome légèrement insolé. Défauts à la coiffe du tome 2. Tome I : 14 pages Avertissement et Lettre de M. Fournier de Varennes Commandant à MM. les Administrateurs généraux de Saint Domingue 4 p. n. ch. pour la Table des matières et 460 pages. Mors un peu faible. Tome II : 478 pages et 4 pp. n. ch. Approbation et privilège. Réédition de cet ouvrage paru pour la première fois. en 1776. Jean Barthélemy DAZILLE Médecin du Roi à Saint Domingue Pensionnaire de Sa Majesté Ancien chirurgien - Major des Troupes de Cayenne des Hôpitaux de l'Isle de France etc .Peu fréquent. Provenance : Collection BOUCHARD-GUIARD—PIERRET-THERRE dynastie de médecins et chirurgiens militaires et civils de la fin du XVIIIème à la fin du XXè.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1503228295.The book is organized topically by disease and provides concrete recommendations including specific recipes for remedies. In general Dazille counseled better food especially more varied diets; better hospitals equipped with proper beds and a good deal of clean bedding; and better clothing designed to protect from the massive temperature swings that could be common in certain locales. The text shows how ideas of racial difference were hardening in the late 18th century but were not yet set. Within the chapters Dazille shifted readily from general discussions of diseases and bodies to the particular conditions of slavery which is to say not biological difference that resulted in the poor health of enslaved Africans. But at the same time he did make references to Africans’ “libertinage” “loose morals” which could potentially make them ill because they would “exhaust” themselves in seeking out their romantic partners even across long distances after a grueling day of work. This not only speaks to Dazille’s assumption that Africans had certain fixed characteristics but also his refusal to see them as fully human; as much recent scholarship on slavery has shown it was precisely these intimate relationships that enabled the enslaved to hold on to their humanity to forge affective ties that mattered enormously to them.13 But it is not just recent scholarship—many in the 18th century considered a highly affective family life to be one of life’s greatest consolations and indeed a fundamental driving force uniting human society. That Dazille did not consider the emotional needs of the enslaved when writing of their intimate relationships only underscores the limits of his own empathy. Chez l'auteur ... et Croullebois ..., A Paris, 1792 hardcover
ref. 19-5589Taiwan Republic Of China: Freedom Press in Taiwan circa 1968. 8vo. Red Cloth. 532 pages. Very Good. Text in Chinese. Taiwan, Republic Of China: Freedom Press in Taiwan, [circa 1968]. hardcover
ref. 19-5613Shanghai China: Shang Hai Chung Hua Book Company 1965. 12mo. 238 pages. Soft cover. Very Good. Chinese classic with annotation. Selections of Chinese Classic Poems in metaphors and analogies. Text in Chinese. Shanghai, China: Shang Hai Chung Hua Book Company, 1965. paperback
ref. 19-5242Taiwan PRC: Freedom Press in Taiwan circa 1968. 8vo. Red Cloth 398 pages. Very Good. Text in Chinese. Taiwan, PRC: Freedom Press in Taiwan, [circa 1968]. hardcover
ref. 19-5241Taiwan PRC: Freedom Press in Taiwan circa 1968. 8vo. Red Cloth 422 pages. Very Good. Former owner’s notes in Chinese & English penciled inside cover. Text in Chinese. Taiwan, PRC: Freedom Press in Taiwan, [circa 1968]. hardcover
ref. 19-1328Washington DC: Freer Gallery of Art ca. 1970. . 25.5 x 20.5cm. Black & White Photograph Very Good. Stamp and attached description note stick to the back by Freer Gallery of Art Washington DC. Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, [ca. 1970]. unknown
ref. 19-1327Washington DC: Freer Gallery of Art ca. 1970. . 25.5 x 20.5cm. Black & White Photograph Very Good. Stamp and attached description note stick to the back by Freer Gallery of Art Washington DC. Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, [ca. 1970]. unknown
2000ref. 0802696Phoenix Publishing House 2000-01-01. paperback. Used - Good. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Language: Chinese. This book is a well-known anthology of Tang Dynasty edit by Sun Zhu; it is finished in Qianlong twenty-eighth year 1763 in Qing Dynasty. including 77 poets 310 pieces of poems. This edition is commented and annotated by Prof. Zhou Xiaotian from Sichuan University. a famous connoisseur of Tang poems. absorb substantial achievements from people of our time. and make it more excellence. fit for the modern readers. Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. Phoenix Publishing House paperback
2000ref. 0700975New World Press 2000-01-01. paperback. Used - Good. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Number of Pages: 360 Pages. Language: Chinese-English bilingual in two volumes. The present book is a one of aphorisms written in essay form. mainly dealing with the topic of how to conduct ones life properly. Employing a wealth of quotations and elegant phrasing. its observations explain profound truths in simple terms and provide much food for thought. Aimed at helping the reader to mold his values and temper his will. it is a book for ordinary people who are prepared to make efforts t. Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. New World Press paperback
1900ref. 60-01735Dynasty Auction Company Hong Kong 1900-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Dynasty Auction Company, Hong Kong paperback
