[China] Du Halde, Jean BaptisteBiblio.com
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1738réf. 16701London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Very good overall. Copper engraving 8 3/4 x 15" very good condition. A series of walled cities. Plan from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. The book: Cordier BS 50; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
1840réf. 23526Boston: 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. Dickinson unknown
1880réf. 15064Paris 1880. Very good. French meat extract 'Veritable Extrait de Viande Liebig' chromolithographic trading card collection with illustrations of Chinese city scenes and with the meat extract pictured in the lower right corner. Paris not dated ca. 1880 4 x 2 1/2" with advertising copy on the back. Colors bright and fresh; matted very good. unknown
1922réf. 64142Boston MA: Little Brown & Company 1922. 8vo. xvi 245 1 pp. Illustrated title page photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Pictorial blue publisher’s cloth gilt red illustration on front cover by Decorative Designers wear to spine minor scuffing rubbing very minor rubbing to front cover still a VG- copy from the library of David Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. First edition of this travelogue through early 20th-Century Republican Era China with descriptions of Shanghai Buddhist temples street scenes and experiences in Tientsin Tjanjin China Beijing and then onto India. Little, Brown & Company, hardcover
1911réf. 56113Berkeley: Lederer Street & Zeus Co. 1911. 8vo. 128 pp. Photo frontisp. 29 photo plates. Mustard-yellow publisher’s cloth black lettering & decoration on front cover minor soiling & thumbing to covers minor tear at gutter margin of ffep. slight wear & bumping to corners still G copy. First edition of this relatively scarce and frank memoir by a Berkeley graduate teacher at Miss Horton’s Girl’s School in Berkeley CA and later professor at UC Berkeley. He details traveling through China by sedan chair the often appalling poverty in cities such as Shanghai his experiences sailing by Chinese Junk up the Yangtze River the disappearance of planted poppy fields driving the opium trade in 1909 as well as the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion in China. Lederer, Street & Zeus Co., hardcover
1701réf. 20655London: Churchill 1701. Very good condition. An engraved frontispiece portrait of Johann Nieuhoff an official of the VOC and important writer and illustrator of contemporary China whose study of China was produced in 1665 by his brother Hendrick and titled 'An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham emperor of China: . at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities towns villages ports rivers &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; '. The work was essential to European understanding of China as it was the only reliable source along with the reports of the Jesuits of information and images available at the time. The work was translated into French German Latin and English and was the first to include 150 true to life illustrations drawn by Nieuhoff himself. In 1649 he joined the East India Company first in Batavia and then in China as steward at the embassy which aspired to gain trading rights with China's southern coast. His specific duties were to observe all "farms towns palaces rivers . and other buildings" that he might encounter drawing them "in straight form and figure" as well as remains of the historical victory of the "Tartars" Manchus that brought an end to the reign of the Ming dynasty. He remained in China until 1657. Nieuhoff wears an elaborate costume and holds a rolled sketch in his right hand; in the background is a sailing ship. 7 x 11 1/4" on paper 7 3/4 x 12" Churchill unknown
1791réf. 21955Glasgow 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" unknown
1775réf. 21532Paris 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. unknown
1986réf. 22949London: Sotheby's 1986. 1st. Soft cover. Near Fine. 10.6x8.3x0.6in. price list laid-in; small peeling of laminate at foot of spine. 323 lots are described and illustrated some in color. An additional 8 lots of books on porcelain. 221pp 1.73lb 10.6x8.3x0.6in Sotheby's paperback
réf. 12073ARTS AND CRAFTS OF CHINA. Peking: The All-China Federation of Handicraftsmen's Co-operatives 1959. 4to. Cloth dust jacket. 258 plates and text. First edition. With text in Russian French and English. Inner front hinge strengthened dust jacket worn. With many plates in color and some folding. unknown
2016réf. 47571Wolters Kluwer. VG/NONE. 2016. Hardcover. 9789881395511 . Hardcover in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Clean bright volume with scant evidence of handling. Not library discard. ; . Wolters Kluwer, hardcover
2008réf. 30200Mexico: Scotiabank 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 11.5x10.6x1.1in. dust jacket with light crimping to top edge of front panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. 114 spectacular porcelain objects from around the world are described and illustrated in color. Text in Spanish. 311pp 4.63lb 11.5x10.6x1.1in Scotiabank hardcover
1973réf. 23252London: Faber & Faber 1973. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10.0x7.7x1.2in. rubbing to tips dust jacket with small abrasion at bottom of front flap front sticker removal. Dust jacket in clear protector. Painted tin-glaze pottery is perhaps the most thoroughly European ware the western world has produced. And yet it was an Islamic invention. The author traces the development of the tradition from the beginning to the present day with great precision. Illustrated with 24 color plates 189 monochrome plates 33 figures and 9 maps. 236pp 2.65lb 10.0x7.7x1.2in Faber & Faber hardcover
réf. 8554China. FINE PORCELAIN COFFEE SERVICE FROM GUMP'S. Service for six incldes Coffee Pot Sugar Creamer six 5 oz. Cups & Saucers and six 8 inch Dessert Plates. Simply and elegantly designed in white porcelain with a gold band each piece is marked "GUMPS" and is in perfect condition with no cracks chips crazing or staining. There is no indication of its age or origin but this is a very lovely set from one of San Francisco's most prestigious stores. unknown
réf. 11647Ceramics China and Porcelain. WOOD & SONS "COSY" TEAPOT. Porcelain teapot England circa 1892. c. 7 inches tall. Blue speckled glaze with Arts and Crafts/Art Nouveau rose and trellis design in white green tan and black in the manner of Margaret Macdonald. The inside "scoop" of the cover repaired else in very good condition. This pattern is rare. unknown
réf. 11261China. PORCELAIN COFFEE SERVICE - EUROPEAN 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY. Coffee service in shapes suggseting Art Newveau or Vienna Secession comprising Coffee Pot Creamer Covered Sugar Bowl and six cups and saucers. All with gold handles and rims and with green/gray striped design. In excellent condition. unknown
2017réf. signed-nonfiction-126Verso New York 2017 First edition first printing with full number sequence including the 1. Hardbound. Brand new! Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. A tight clean copy new and unread. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. NOT price clipped. Shipped in well padded box. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page--the author's name only with no other marks or writing. Purchased new and opened only for author signature. You cannot find a better copy. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Verso (New York) hardcover
2000réf. 1049Macmillan London 2000. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Book has light bump to spine heel and back bottom corner. Light spotting to page edges. Pictures available upon request. Please contact seller with any questions about item/condition. Macmillan hardcover
2002réf. 50149Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2002. Fine. Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2002. First Edition Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 250. Octavo 24cm; publisher's full decorative brown leather stamped in gilt all edges gilt moire silk endpapers; 638pp.; color frontispiece. Just About Fine. Signed by the author on limitation page bound in at head of volume. With a note about the book and publisher's Certificate of Authenticity laid in. Easton Press unknown
1976réf. 545186New York: ERA Publishing Company 1976. Softcover. Very Good. First edition paperback original. Octavo. 64pp. Perfectbound glossy wrappers. Very good with moderate edgewear and soiling to the rear cover. Two original plays written by Clark in 1975: In Sorrow's Room first performed at the Africa Total Theater; and Neffie first performed at Frank Salvera's Writers Workshop. Clark wrote more than 30 plays with several produced internationally was a writer on Bill Cosby's sketch comedy show and currently teaches screenwriting. An uncommon book. ERA Publishing Company unknown
1895réf. 6708London: Charles H. Kelly. Very Good. Hardcover. Hinges not tight. Endpapers first and last few pages darkened. Small open tear to top right corner of front free endpaper. Former owner's name on front free endpaper which has also bled through to the half title page; Black boards with gilt lettering and gilt design. Numerous b&w illustrations and two tissue guarded drawings in bold colors; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 479 pages . 1895. Charles H. Kelly hardcover
réf. 55-1547Mexico 1972. Mexican movie poster. 94 cm. x 69 cm. Folded with signs of use mainly on the edges. Se trata de un cartel de mostrar real de la película. Se doble con signos de uso principalmente en los bordes. Mexico, 1972. unknown
1983réf. 2080202102501974Minomi Co. Ltd. 1983. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Minomi Co., Ltd. paperback
1983réf. 26148London: Granada 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12.3x10.2x2.0in. Signed by Authors. signed by author on bookplate; dust jacket with light scratches. Dust jacket in clear protector. Illustrated with 737 black and white photographs 24 pages of color. 593pp 6.90lb 12.3x10.2x2.0in EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY Granada hardcover
1936réf. 7019Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards and edges a bit browned. Extremely light foxing to first few pages; Ex-lib from German Military Library with minimal markings: Small stamp on title page and rear fold-out map reading "Abteilungs-Bücherei swastika Schw. Art. Abt. 43 Landshut". The profusely illustrated classic; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages . 1936. F. A. Brockhaus hardcover
