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ref. 11140177 leaves. 8vo 234 x 158 mm. later wrappers. Japan & China: ca. 1925-26. In the mid-1920s a group of 28 students at the Agricultural School of the then-named Tokyo Imperial University led by Prof. Takaishi Hajime 高石発 made a tour of northeastern China to study the state of agriculture. They departed from the port of Kobe and arrived at Tianjin. Thereafter they visited Beijing Dalian Fushan Mukden today’s Shenyang and finally Harbin before travelling by land through Korea to Japan. At that time there was a considerable Japanese presence both military and industrial in this area of the country. The Japanese-owned South Manchuria Railway Co. was a large conglomerate involved in every aspect of the economic cultural and political life of Manchuria. This highly legible manuscript is an illustrated journal of the tour kept by one of the students. He records his impressions of each city its landmarks and local customs. In the countryside he describes the agricultural research stations agricultural activities of the farmers and their crops local industries such as salt-making and fisheries various large industrial activities including manufacturing vegetable oils and fertilizers electrical power generation etc. The student has tipped-in a number of maps city plans and newspaper clippings. Fine copy preserved in a chitsu. unknown books
ref. 000788Putnam 1988 Book. As New. F. As New. First Edition. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. Putnam, 1988 unknown books
1911ref. 5251London: March 29 1911. Very good. 1p. Previously folded. Contemporary manuscript annotation is left margin. Light toning. A brief but interesting letter dated March 29 1911 from Marshall Broomhall Editorial Secretary of England's China Inland Mission to the Rev. Arthur H. Smail a prominent American Missionary in China. Broomhall had recently published a book Islam in China in which he promoted the use of Arabic-speaking missionaries to proselytize Chinese Muslims. The book used information received from Smail about the Chinese Muslim population but Broomhall at certain points managed to confuse Beijing Peking and nearby Tongzhou Tungchow while apparently attempting to criticize Smail's statements. This letter apologizes to Smail for his error though the American seems to have still been cross -- having received the letter Smail noted in the left margin "Two pages gives to demolishing what I never said! March 29 unknown books
1928ref. 6054Shanghai China: February 24 1928. Very good. 1p. plus colored woodblock print 21.5 x 12.5 inches. With original envelope. Old folds minor wear. Mimeographed fundraising letter sent by Reverend H.G.C. Hallock to a supporter in Vermont. Henry Galloway Comingo Hallock 1870-1951 was a West Virginia native who studied at Princeton Theological Seminary. He moved to China as a Presbyterian missionary and teacher in 1905 where he taught Sunday School served as a pastor and also taught theology at St. John's University in Shanghai. He survived war disease famine and a Japanese prison during World War II; he died in China in 1951. One thing that set Hallock apart was his inclusion of local Chinese woodblock prints with his fundraising letters which today have become desirable collectibles. Such a print is present here showing the God of War Wu-ti. His letter opens discussing the print: "Wars in China suggest sending you 'Wu-ti' the Chinese god-of-war. . The general idea about Wu-ti is that he delights in war. That is not the Chinese idea of him. . Officials and scholars worship him as the ideal of loyalty soldiers do it to make them brave and protect them in battle and the people worship him to protect them from war's horrors. He's called 'Peace Bringer Protector Great God of Loyalty.' But he makes not peace nor protects nor makes loyal so is a failure. He's also called 'Warrior Prince.' As to that name he's a great success! There are lots of wars." He goes on to discuss the many conflicts which are like "a real Chinese puzzle" noting that it's not the people of China who are at issue or fault. "Recently I have received letters from America suggesting that since 'China has altogether gone to the bad and the Chinese are absolutely impossible' and since our 'work among them has gone for nothing' then I should 'quit and come home.' I hope you don't think thus. The masses of Chinese tho reminding me of 'dumb driven cattle' are still friendly as ever. The war-lords the Nationalists the Reds the bandits wars and evil propaganda are disturbing elements; but they are NOT China nor the Chinese. . The troubles in China have come from a fiercely aggressive and 'noisy minority' who make the great mass of Chinese suffer untold hardships." He goes on to defend the Christian work being done in China as of great benefit to the people. February 24 unknown books
1936ref. 4569Peiping China: June 4 1936. About very good. 2pp. Folio. Old fold lines minor wear a few contemporary annotations. Letter written by a nurse visiting China relating her itinerary in China which includes numerous trips to local hospitals and leper colonies. Minnie Goodnow was a registered nurse who served in France during the Great War. After her return to the U.S. she was a nursing administrator in several hospitals before embarking on this journey. She writes: "I am having a trip that is no less than wonderful. I had three objectives in mind for it -- to see the world or some bits of it; to see hospitals and learn something of what was being done in nursing education in several lands; and to see something of missions at first hand. I'm doing all three of them -- superficially but with great profit to myself. . I went up to Chiengmai with some of the mission people staid with Dr. and Mrs. Cort saw the wonderful leper colony and had a marvellous time. Here in China I have had a steady diet of missions and hospitals and done sight-seeing too." She goes on to relate her itinerary which includes trips to Shanghai Nanking Hankow and Changsha as well as a stay at a Buddhist monastery -- "Can you fancy the thrill I got from spending the night on top of a sacred mountain in a Buddhist monastery in the heart of China!" She continues: "Miss Stephenson went with me to two 'country' hospitals -- to complete -- or add to -- my education! They were those at Siaokan and Tiean and were most interesting. I also saw the old-fashioned leper asylum at Tiean which is on the way to becoming new-fashioned. Then I came here to Peiping where I have been for nearly four weeks. I am giving a short course in History of Nursing and doing sight-seeing also meeting people." She tells her reader that after China she plans to travel on to Indian with a similar mission. An interesting look into the culture of American travel and mission work in China in the 1930s. June 4 unknown books
1880ref. 2592Havana: September 8 1880. Very good. Partially-printed broadside 6.5 x 8.25 inches completed in manuscript in Spanish and Chinese. Small marginal wormhole mild edge wear light toning. Ink stamp of the Consulado General at bottom-center. A scarce certificate issued in 1880 by the Chinese Consulate in Havana authenticating the registration and details of a Chinese laborer in Cuba. The printed form is completed in manuscript with the name of the recipient his age place of origin occupation and place of residence. The present examples were completed for a sixty-year-old laborer from Canton being called Pedro Pulido who was going to work and/or live at 48 Calle Figueroa in Havana. The printed text states that "El Cónsul General de China en la Habana certifica que blank ha hecho constar en este Consulado General ser súbdito de S.M. el Emperador de la China y como tal se halla inscrito en el Registro de dicho Consulado General segun número y filiacion anotados al márgen." The certificate is dated September 8 1880 and is stamped with the seal of the consulate in red and with the rubberstamped signature of the Consul General Lin Liang Yuan. The form are also bears two ink signatures in Chinese in the left margin a rare occurrence. An excellent document of the bureaucracy surrounding imported Chinese labor to Cuba in the last quarter of the 19th century. September 8 unknown books
1961ref. 14476Taipei Taiwan : Directorate General of Posts 1961. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. Variously paginated. 6 x 8 1/4 inches. Tan printed wrappers. A good working copy in the original wraps base of spine perished minor soiling and warping of covers. Wraps. "Three systems for the romanization of Chinese characters prevail in this country viz. the 1 Inland Mission System 2 the Wade-Giles System and 3 The National Language Romanization System. Such systems though good for phonetic purpose are not applicable to the romanization of places in China in which respect the Postal Romanization is the only one enjoying a wide circulation in various circles as may be seen in newspapers periodicals maps charts books writings dictionaries etc.With such a book in hand one will have no difficulty to find out the standard romanization for 1 names of people 2 names of places and 3 the accurate sound of every character." from the preface. This edition published in 1000 copies. Less than a dozen copies in OCLC. Directorate General of Posts unknown books
1982ref. 322305Hong Kong: South China Morning Post 1982. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated in black and white and in color. 231 pages. Oblong 4to red cloth with gold lettering d.w. sunned on and around spine. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. South China Morning Post unknown books
2010ref. 306610Minsheng Art Museum 2010. First. hardcover. fine. Numerous illustrations thick 4to white cloth box with red lettering and a wrap around paper band red edges. Minsheng Art Museum 2010. A fine copy as new in the original shrinkwrap. Bi-lingual Chinese and English. Minsheng Art Museum unknown books
1928ref. 291920New York: Manger Hughes & Manger 1928. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 14 black & white portraits. Printed on double leaves in Japanese style and measuring 12 x 9 inches bound in original pictorial printed boards lightly rubbed a base of spine. New York: Manger Hughes & Manger 1928. Number 411 of a privately printed edition. A very good copy. Manger, Hughes & Manger unknown books
1987ref. 279722San Francisco: Chronicle 1987. hardcover. Frontispiece and profuse illustrations in color and black & white. 4to brown cloth dust wrapper. San Francisco: Chronicle 1987. Fine. Chronicle unknown books
1920ref. 218778China Late 19th or early 20th century. 34 scenes on paper each featuring several figures in traditional dress disporting themselves amid landscapes and in a few instances houses all done by the same artist. Each picture is a separate scene; subjects include fishing visiting boating farming wrestling courting harvesting rice and hunting--a particularly effective image shows a tiger hunt and several scenes include wild and domestic animals. 1 vols. Images measure 8-3/4 x 7 inches plus margins bringing the overall page size to 11 x 8 inches. The mounted leaves are linked in the Oriental accordion fashion and contained within two substantial wood covers. Fine condition. 34 scenes on paper each featuring several figures in traditional dress disporting themselves amid landscapes and in a few instances houses all done by the same artist. Each picture is a separate scene; subjects include fishing visiting boating farming wrestling courting harvesting rice and hunting--a particularly effective image shows a tiger hunt and several scenes include wild and domestic animals. 1 vols. Images measure 8-3/4 x 7 inches plus margins bringing the overall page size to 11 x 8 inches. A very interesting and engaging collection of genre scenes. The trees rocks and landscapes are particularly well rendered and the figures are full of life. unknown books
1976ref. 176579Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1976. Paperback. 131p. 8p. pages of B&W photos wraps old price sticker on rear wrap spine sunned else very good condition. Official Chinese Communist Party position as of 1976 on the conflict with England. Foreign Languages Press paperback books
1976ref. 133806Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1976. 174p. 8p. of B&W photos wraps old price sticker on rear wrap otherwise very good. Official Chinese Communist Party position as of 1976 on the revolution that brought an end to the Qing dynasty. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
2000ref. 28680Honolulu:: University of Hawaii Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0824820762 . Illustrated. First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . University of Hawaii Press, hardcover books
ref. 9032919. DRAMA - CHINA. SCENES FROM CHINESE PLAYS SERIES I. N.p. n.d. circa 1920. Painted manuscript volume of traditional Chinese plays with 12 illustrations. Chinese and English language title on the cover and English language captions under the illustrations. 12 ff. Traditionally bound: paper wrappers with a blue cloth backstrip sewn with red string. 16 x 16.5 cm. Some of the scenes illustrated include are "A Fisherman Catches a Golden Tortoise" "A Spendthrift Son" "General T'sao Tsao Nearly Being Killed in an Inn" and "A Boy Sweeps Snow." Colorful scenes from dramas in very good condition. unknown books
1963ref. 1008621 issues Beijing Review Chinese: 北京周報; pinyin: Běijīng ZhÅubào; Wade–Giles: Pei-ching Yu-pao previously Peking Review is China's only national news magazine in English published by the Chinese Communist Party-owned China International Publishing Group. In 2006 it claimed a per-issue circulation of 70000 and distribution "throughout China and 150 countries and regions worldwide." Founded in March 1958 as the weekly Peking Review it was an important tool for the Chinese government to communicate to the rest of world. The first issue included an editor's note explaining that the magazine was meant to "provide timely accurate first-hand information on economic political and cultural developments in China and her relations with the rest of the world." The U.S. Postal Service initially restricted distribution of the magazine but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned this policy in Lamont v. Postmaster General. In October 2020 the United States Department of State designated Beijing Review as a "foreign mission" of China. An important time period covering the entire Cultural Revolution through the death of Chairman Mao the policies of Deng Xiaoping and the establishment of modern China. Each issue in original printed wrappers: 1963: No. 10 11 13 15 25 30 32-36 38 41-45 52; 1964: No. 1-52; 1965: No. 1-19 21-22 24-52; 1966: No. 5-30; 1970: No. special issue 8 May 21 31; 1972: No. 1-33 35-52; 1973: No. 1-52; 1974: No. 1-35 37-49 51-52; 1975: No. 1-52; 1976: No. 1-52; 1977: No. 1-52; 1978: No. 1-52; 1979: No. 1-43; 1980 No. 10 12-15 21 33 38 40 47 48; 1981: No. 1 2 5 23 27 28 37 42 44 51; 1982: No. 31 33 35 37 38 48 50-52; 1984: No. 36 40 42 1985: No. 9 11 12; 1986: No. 1 3 13 14 30 36 43 46; 1987: No. 8 9 27 28 37 42 44-46; 1988: No. 10; 1989: No. 3 5 6 9 19 21-23 27-29 41; 1995: No. 4 8 The name change of this journal under President Deng presaged a new direction. From being a revolutionary magazine presenting the ideas and aspirations of a young and relatively weak Socialist state struggling along the road to the construction of Communism it was now displaying its open statement of aims of an outright capitalist and imperialist state – with global ambitions. From the very beginning the new Socialist state had to face many obstacles. There was opposition from within and without the country from within and without the Party. Those who might have played an important role in the past in the fight for liberation were not necessarily the ones who were needed to build a radically new society. All revolutions bring with it old baggage from the past but some leaders found it more difficult than others to throw it away and start fresh. 《北京周报》创刊于1958年3月1，最åˆè‹±æ–‡å为"Peking Review"，在ä¸å›½å…¨é¢æ”¹ç”¨æ±‰è¯æ‹¼éŸ³ä½œä¸ºè¯‘åæ ‡å‡†åŽæ”¹ä¸ºçŽ°å。æ‚志主è¦æŠ¥é“ä¸å›½çš„政治ç»æµŽçŽ°çŠ¶ï¼Œä»‹ç»ä¸å›½æ”¿åºœå¯¹å†…对外的é‡å¤§æ–¹é’ˆæ”¿ç–ç‰2。《北京周报》也曾出版过法文ã€è¥¿ç牙文ã€æ—¥æ–‡åŠå¾·æ–‡ç‰ˆå®žä½“刊，ä¸è¿‡é™¤è‹±æ–‡ç‰ˆä»ä¿ç•™å®žä½“刊外，其他è¯è¨€ç‰ˆæœ¬å‡å·²äºŽ2000年12月åœåˆŠï¼Œä»…ä¿ç•™ç½‘络版。 Published by Guozi Shudian for the Foreign Language Press, paperback books
1810ref. 38599Canton Guangzhou workshop 1810. Watercolour and opaque body-colour with ink on thick chinese paper depicitng 1. A Temple Compound and 2. An Imperial Pleasure Garden. Sheet size: 16 1/8 x 22 inches. An exceptional pair of Chinese export watercolours rich in architectural detail exemplifying the pictorial conventions developed to frame China for European eyes. A fine pair of large-scale architectural fantasy views produced in a Canton workshop for the export trade at the height of the China Trade period. The compositions exemplify the hybrid artistic language developed for Western patrons by Chinese painters trained in native techniques yet attuned to foreign tastes for picturesque and monumental subjects. The first painting depicts a two-courtyard Buddhist or Taoist temple approached through a three-bay shan-men ceremonial gateway flanked symmetrically by drum and bell towers. A painted screen wall in the inner court displays guardian deities in brilliant red while the gilded Buddha presides from an elevated rear hall. The temples architecture is stylized but evocative of southern Chinese religious compounds. Above the gateway a plaque bears brush-written characters reading "Beautiful Hall of Profound Reverence" a fictive name likely invented by the workshop for decorative effect rather than to identify a specific site. The second painting shows a walled palace complex centered around a multi-tiered pavilion rising from a lotus pond filled with sculptural rocks and pleasure boats. Dragon grottoes stone causeways and ornamental bridges evoke the fantastical terrain of imperial parks such as the Yuanmingyuan rendered here in a compressed stage-set perspective. White elephants bearing crimson banners guard the main gate signaling a courtly or ceremonial setting. While reminiscent of northern gardens the details are compositional inventions rather than topographical records. The palette vermilion malachite green gamboge and carbon black and the use of crisp ink outlines are typical of late 18th-century Canton export workshops. Unlike smaller pith-paper images destined for albums these works were painted on thick laid paper of generous dimensions. Loose drawings such as these were often compiled into custom albums in British India where Chinese watercolours were often combined with Indian and Persian material to appeal to the tastes of British collectors. The Persian-Urdu foliation on the verso indicates their inclusion in such a collection likely assembled in Calcutta or Lucknow in the early 19th century. While drawing upon recognizable architectural forms and cultural symbols the views are best understood as imaginary or composite constructions designed to satisfy European curiosity about China. The temple compound reflects generic southern typologies while the palace garden borrows selectively from northern models such as the Yuanmingyuan. unknown books
1914ref. 1404751London: William Heinemann 1914. New and revised chapter edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxvi 322 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is green with black print. Boards in green cloth black and red print; light wear to spine caps and corners toning to spine. Text block has light spotting to edges and endpapers name in ink on front endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates photographs. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column W. 1404751. FP New Rockville Stock. William Heinemann hardcover books
1788ref. 314738Paris: chez l'auteur . et chez Ponce 1788. First editions. Vol 1: Title 24 plates and 24 leaves of text; vol 2: title dedication 24 plates and 24 leaves of text. 4to. Contemporary green morocco with gilt Greek key borders pink silk endpapers a.e.g. Corners rubbed spine a touch browned marginal foxing in first volume and to a few leaves in second. First editions. Vol 1: Title 24 plates and 24 leaves of text; vol 2: title dedication 24 plates and 24 leaves of text. 4to. First editions beautifully and fully engraved. The first volume is on the life of Confucius the second details notable events in the reigns of various Chinese emperors. The plates were made after a series of drawings by the Jesuit missionary Joseph Marie Amiot. Cohen-De Ricci 479; Lust 729 1133. Provenance: Francis John Hughes bookplate chez l'auteur ... et chez Ponce unknown books
1803ref. ST15927London: Cadell and Davies 1803. ONE OF 60 LARGE PAPER COPIES of the "considerably enlarged" Fourth Edition ours a variant retaining the date of 1803 on the title-page rather than 1804. 330 x 252 mm. 13 x 9 7/8". xviii 4 xix 1 380 pp. Two leaves usually bound at the end and containing the "List of Principle Books Referred to in this Work" and "Works by the same Author" bound between pp. xvii and xix here. VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY SPRINKLED CALF raised bands flanked by plain and decorative gilt rules and chain roll spine panels with star centerpiece red morocco label marbled endpapers. With six engravings: five maps two folding and one view. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Marcus Gage; title page with ink inscription at head: "M. Gage's Book got from Mr. Asperne London April 15th 1805." Lada-Mocarski 29 note; Howes C-834; Sabin 17309; Streeter VI 3501; Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica pp. 2447-48. ◆Small chip to tail of spine corners a bit rubbed flyleaves somewhat foxed the usual minor foxing to plates and a bit of offsetting to adjacent pages otherwise A VERY FINE COPY OF AN ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE EDITION clean and fresh internally with vast margins and the binding firm lustrous and with only very minor wear to the joints. This is an extremely well-preserved copy in an elegant contemporary binding of the most sought-after edition of a key source on Russian exploration and that country's efforts to expand trade with China and Alaska. Eminent historian William Coxe 1747-1828 studied the voyages and exploration by Bering and others to the regions of Kamchatka the Aleutian Islands and Siberia to prepare this overview of the geography and cultures of the lands between Russia and North America and to analyze the economic potential of trade--particularly in furs--with the region. According to Sabin "Mr. Coxe's book contains many curious and important facts with respect to the various attempts of the Russians to open a communication to the New World." The 1780 first edition of this work covered Russian voyages of discovery between 1740 and 1769; the 1787 third edition added a supplement comparing these explorations to those of Captains Cook and Clerke. Our much-expanded fourth edition gives in the words of the Preface "a complete series of voyages from 1711 to 1792 comprising all that is known on the subject." Some of this supplementary information was gleaned from earlier accounts by German historians G. F. Muller and P. S. Pallas and some from Coxe's own travels in Russia. According to Lada-Mocarski Coxe "also succeeded in securing additional material: for instance the narrative and maps of Krenitzin and Levashev's 'secret' expedition the first official Russian government expedition since Bering's 2nd expedition of 1741. He was able to secure this particular information not widely known at the time even in Russia from Dr. Wm. Robertson who in turn obtained it through his friend Dr. Rogerson first physician to the Empress Catherine II. . . . In view of the above additions one should consider the fourth edition of 1803 as the most desirable." He concludes: "Coxe's work particularly the fourth edition is a result of contemporary and authoritative sources translated into English not to be overlooked by scholars and collectors alike." There are also distinct aesthetic advantages to the present Large Paper version over the octavo printing. Not only is the type beautifully re-set and laid out as well as surrounded by vast margins but as Streeter notes there are two charts here that are not included in the octavo issue of 1803. The original owner of this volume Marcus Gage is known to have assembled a substantial library of beautifully cared-for books on travel and discovery see for example "Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939 Books from the Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching" passim. Gage notes that he got the book from "Mr. Asperne"—no doubt the London publisher and bookseller James Asperne 1757-1820. ABPC and RBH find just four other Large Paper copies at auction in the past 45 years two of which had condition issues. One could wait a considerable time to find a copy as attractive and desirable as the present one. Cadell and Davies unknown books
1928ref. 1403438New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1928. Hardcover. Octavo xviii 347 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is yellow with black print. Boards in yellow cloth with black and red print; light wear to spine caps and corners toning to spine light shelf wear. Text block has cracked front hinge. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates photographs. Signed in ink by the author on front endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1403438. FP New Rockville Stock. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1935ref. 1403439New York: D. Appleton-Century Company 1935. Hardcover. Octavo xi 248 pages. In Good condition with a Fair dust jacket. In clear plastic sleeve. Spine is silver with grey print. Dust jacket has edgewear with short tears at spine ends and flap corners creasing shelf wear. Price unclipped: “$3.00”. Boards in blue cloth; wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates photographs. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1403439. FP New Rockville Stock. D. Appleton-Century Company hardcover books
1880ref. 6512East Liverpool Ohio: the company; Simms Steam Print 1880. 16mo single sheet uncut & folded to form 10 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. Net price list of decorated ware with descriptions of Toilet Sets Tea Sets Decorated Ware Covered Jugs Molasses Cans Etc. Knowles Taylor and Knowles was formed in 1870 though its antecedents date to 1854. By the early 1870's the company specialized in Iron Stone China and operated four kilns. One horizontal fold light edgewear with some tiny losses slightly foxed & soiled. Still very good. OCLC locates no copies. [the company]; Simms Steam Print unknown books
1920ref. 6138San Francisco: Danner & Baker Inc 1920. Oblong stapled booklet 23 x 27 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION of this number. A trade catalogue of glassware porcelain and Satsuma pottery from this long running San Francisco dealer in crockery and glassware. Near fine in green- and gilt-titled tan wrappers. Previous owner’s inscription to the from wrapper panel. OCLC locates one record for Catalogue no. 4 but the location is lacking; one copy each of Catalogues no. 3 & 5. Danner & Baker, Inc unknown books
