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1849réf. 56871Edo Tokyo: n.p. Kaei 2 1849. Five vols. Tall 8vo. 40; 44; 48; 42; 34 pp. With 1 double-page colour woodblock map 18 double-page woodblocks 7 w/ colour 1 single-page woodblock plate. Uniformly bound in textured embossed pattern limp softcovers manuscript titles punch-sewn at gutter margins wear soiling some worming through fore-edges text in portions thumbing to fore-edges soiling lower 2/3 of front title leaf stating “Forbidden from Sale” torn away still a G- reference set of this noted rarity. First edition of the author’s “second series” recounting further events in the First Opium War fought between Great Britain and China in 1839-1842. The text and illustrations vividly stressed the terrible effects of opium on Qing Dynasty China and the brave Chinese resisting the British military. Buttressed with striking illustrations by Utagawa Sadahide 1807-1879/79 which depict such incidents as Chinese fire-boats approaching a British warship; a captured spy; Chenshi the Monk putting up a valiant fight; a Chinese Woman warrior fighting the British; a Taiwanese fort sinking a British Warship; the fall of Zhenhai; French diplomatic ships arriving on the Yangtze and even an omen appearing in the heavens. In addition there are a number of woodblock prints depicting British cannons mortars and firearms employed during the Opium Wars. The Kaigai Shinwa printed on Mino paper was written in a sensationalistic and simple style with Japanese syllabaries attached to all Chinese characters and intended as a cautionary tale advising Japan and other Asian countries of the pitfalls of foreign invaders and intervention just four years before the appearance of Perry’s squadron in Tokyo Bay. Mineta Fuko 1817-1883 was thrown into prison for having published the work without official consent and later after he was released was deprived of the right to live in Edo Kyoto or Osaka -- the santo kamae tri-urban banishment and many of the volumes were seized and others were censored or removed. See: Timothy Brook & Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi Opium Regimes: China Britain and Japan 1839-1952 2000 pp. 60-65; Masuda Wataru Seigaku tozen to Chukoku jijo: zassho sakki The Eastern Spread of Western Learning and Conditions in China: Notes on Various Books 14. Kaigai Shinwa. . . Tokyo 1979 Translated by Joshua A. Fogel UCSB pp. 27-39. n.p., paperback

[CHINA -- PHOTOGRAPHS]. MENNIE, DonaldBiblio.com

The pageant of Peking: comprising . . . Vandyck photogravures of Peking and environs from photographs . . .

1921réf. 53107Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co. Ltd. Printed & Bound by Kelly & Walsh Ltd. 1921. Folio. 6 40 pp. Title in red & black rubricated decorated initial with 66 tipped-in sepia- and aqua-tinted photogravures each w/ printed border explanatory text on facing page. Publisher’s decorated blue silk over beveled boards gilt lettering stamped on front cover rebacked in blue silk gilt lettering on spine in equivalent font wear to fore-edges of boards w/ minor loss at fore-edges on front & back covers minor bumping & wear to corners still VG- copy w/ interior in excellent condition from the library of Dr. Leonard William Buck 1891-1953 scion of the famed Buck family in Vacaville CA whose holdings included Bucktown and the ranch where the California Medical Facility is located. Dr. Buck traveled to Asia on behalf of the California Grower’s and Shipper’s protective League at the behest of his brother Frank in 1921. Second edition of this large and beautiful photographic souvenir portraying the ancient Chinese capital and surrounding countryside. The striking images by Mennie portray Chinese temples palaces peddlers laborers ancient walled cities Chinese shops and Chinese eating at outdoor tables at the beginning of the 20th century. Mennie 1875/6-1941 trained as a chemist and worked as an amateur photographer in Scotland. He initially began working in China as an assistant in the firm of Mactavish & Lehman & Co. in Beijing later working for the Mactavish Photo Shop in Shanghai as one of the first producers in China of picture postcards. He later joined the A.S. Watson & Co. -- chemists druggists wine spirits & cigar Merchants who also dealt in all kinds of photographic chemicals and equipment later becoming their managing director the firm still flourishes to this day as one of the largest health and beauty retailers in the world. Mennie contributed photographic images for numerous works and published several of his own images. He died in the Japanese Lungwha internment camp near Shanghai in 1941. See: Worswick & Spence Imperial China: Photographs 1850-1912 1979. A.S. Watson & Co., Ltd., Printed & Bound by Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., hardcover

Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 118,87 €

ASIA – VIETNAM, CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREABiblio.com

Historically Interesting Album of Ca. Two Hundred Fifteen Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Five Real Photo Postcards and Six Printed Postcards Taken and Collected During a 1934–1935 Trans-Pacific Voyage from Vancouver to the Orient Showing Vietnam Ethnic Locals First Tea Factory of East-South Asia and the Bank of Indochina in Saigon China Harbor Scenes and Shopfronts with Chinese Signs and British Flags in Hong Kong; Locals Hauling Baskets across the Great Wall and Major Landmarks of Beijing Japan Buddhist Temples and Shrines in Kyoto and Nikko and South Korea the Temple of Heaven in Seoul; also with the Photos of Honolulu and Printed Postcards of New York. Ca. 1934-1935.

réf. PE29Oblong Quarto album ca. 268x364 cm. 30 card stock leaves. With ca. 215 mounted original gelatin silver photographs from ca. 87x144 cm 3 ½ x 5 ¾ in to ca. 69x67 cm 2 ¾ x 2 ½ in five real photo postcards ca. 108x139 cm 4 ¼ x 5 ½ in and six printed postcards ca. 137x87 cm 5 ½ x 3 ½ in. Most photos with period white pencil captions in French on the mounts at least seven photos including one real photo postcard with captions in negatives. Full ornamented cloth album fastened with a string. Several photos with mild silvering but otherwise a very good album with strong interesting photographs. Historically interesting album of lively vernacular photographs apparently taken by a French resident of Canada during his trans-Pacific voyage from Vancouver to the Orient in the late 1934 and early 1935. The compiler and his travel companions left Vancouver aboard the “RMS Empress of Canada” and sailed to Hong Kong with a stopover in Saigon Vietnam. From there they traveled overland to Beijing and Seoul and then continued to Japan visiting Kyoto and Nikko. On the return journey they stopped in Honolulu and New York. The album contains 215 well executed photographs from the voyage and opens with over sixty images of Saigon showing rare views of the first tea factory in the East-South Asia the Bank of Vietnam and candid street scenes of native huts boutiques and restaurants. Especially interesting is a striking image of half-naked ethnic locals sitting on the ground beside a bicycle and posing for the camera. The other photos from the region capture topographical views riverside fishing gear on the Huong River and snapshots of the compiler and his companions throughout their journey by cars in canoes along the Mekong River etc. Among twenty-five photographs of Hong Kong a standout image illustrates a bustling street scene filled with residents in traditional attire shopfronts with Chinese signs and flags of the Wang Jingwei regime flying alongside the British Union Jack. The rest of the images show the city’s port waterfront glowing night views and moments of the travel group golfing. In Beijing the focus shifts to historical landmarks documenting the Summer Palace Nine Dragon Screen Ming Tombs Temple and Altar of Heaven and the iconic Chinese guardian lions. A dozen photographs of the Great Wall offer a rare glimpse of life along its slopes with locals carrying goods in baskets and leading donkeys through the rugged terrain. The Japanese portion of the journey includes evocative views of Kyoto’s Chion-in Temple the historic Yaami Hotel and a Buddhist temple with a monk standing solemnly at the gate. The group also visited Nikko capturing sites such as the Toshogu Shrine the ornate Yomeimon Gate a stone basin and tranquil views of Lake Chuzenji. The album closes with about forty photos of Seoul Temple of Heaven Honolulu views of the waterfront photos on deck and Arizona Grand Canyon. Overall historically interesting album of lively vernacular photographs apparently taken by a French resident of Canada during his trans-Pacific voyage from Vancouver to the Orient in the late 1934 and early 1935. hardcover

Globus Rare Books & Archives · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 118,87 €

CHINA STATIONBiblio.com

Naval officer's photographs from a tour of duty.

1922réf. 174979Hong Kong Weihaiwei Canton and at sea: 1922-27. An album compiled by an officer likely involved with the maintenance and testing of battleships and submarines interspersing photographs taken while on duty with his tourist snapshots and shots of friends. Nine images show vessels from the China Station's fleet of L-Class submarines being put through their paces. The photographs are arranged roughly chronologically and although many are captioned and some show the officer he is unidentified. It commences in 1922 and seven photographs taken onboard the battlecruiser HMS Repulse in the Mediterranean show Repulse and HMS Hood the largest ship in the Royal Navy undergoing full power trials. Photographs taken in China a few years later continue the theme. During the 1920s L-Class submarines served on the station as the Fourth Submarine Flotilla and the album contains photographs of HMS L3 and L4 during trials at Hong Kong in 1926 as well as diving trials for HMS L5. Two photographs taken atop the main body of HMS L2 show it forging ahead at full power. He also records the process of changing the submarine's propellor. A range of images document life in Weihaiwei the base from which British naval power radiated in north China. He has the chance to visit HMS Titania a submarine depot ship and he relaxes at the United Services Club recording the appearance of the grounds and the view from the club out to sea. There is time to play some golf on nearby Liugong Island and visit the Temple of the Four Winds and the Beehive Tombs. He captures for posterity the naval boat race including the "veteran officers' skiff" pulled by Captain later Admiral Robert Henry Taunton Raikes 1885-1953 commander of the Fourth Submarine Flotilla. The sights and sounds of south China similarly beckon. In Canton he visits the waterfront and temples and photographs goods being taken to market and images show him holidaying with friends at Repulse Bay in Hong Kong. Interspersed are other glimpses onto life at sea: Hood's quarterdeck rigged for dancing; a group of pirates captured after they seized and torched the steamship SS Sunning near Hong Kong in late 1926; and cricket on the deck of a cruise ship. Landscape quarto album buff card covers tied with light brown cord through punch holes front cover with black embossed letters within blind-stamped panel 18 stiff card leaves full with 181 tipped-in gelatin silver photographs most c. 85 x 60 mm to 115 x 160 mm short pencil and ink captions. Covers worn couple of old adhesive tape repairs some photographs rather yellowed and aged but still with distinct tones: a very good album. unknown

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni950,00 £GB≈ 1 139,36 €

Nauchno-issledovatel skii institut po Kitai u (Kommunisticheskai a akademii a ). (Communist Academy China Research Institute)Biblio.com

Sovety v Kitae: Sbornik materialov i domukumentov "Soviets in China: A Collection of Materials and Documents".

1933réf. 144201Moscow: Parti noe izd-vo 1933. First edition first printing uncommon institutionally of this widely cited Russian research publication on the soviets controlled by the Chinese Communist Party in the early 1930s. It reflects the Kremlin's keen paternalistic interest in the development of China's communist movement and stamping Comintern authority on Mao and other party leaders. Worldcat records just ten copies. After the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party's CCP First United Front with the Kuomintang in 1927 the remnants of the CCP retreated to rural areas and formed a number of soviets as experiments in cultivating a socialist revolution in the countryside. These base areas including Jingangshan and Jiangxi-Fujian became the birthplaces of the rurally-focused ideology that would eventually deliver the whole of China for the CCP. Historical research continues to reveal the Soviet Union's extensive involvement in the CCP's early growth. In 1930 Stalin and other Comintern figures had been instrumental in convincing a wing of the CCP leadership to abandon hopes of forming urban soviets and instead focus on cultivating support among the peasantry. By 1933 having grown to distrust Mao's leadership Moscow again altered the shape of the party by sending Bo Gu one of the "28 Bolsheviks" and Otto Braun to take charge of the Jiangxi soviet and manage military operations against Kuomintang encirclement campaigns. Moscow needed access to the most up-to-date information on the base areas. The present work contains a 100-page introduction to the Chinese soviets co-authored by the Russian Sinologist Evgenii Sigismundovich Iolk 1900-1937 who was ideally qualified on account of having been in China in 1926-27 as a member of Borodin's staff specialising in agrarian issues. During this period Iolk had had a front row seat to Mao's early attempts to organise the peasantry. In 1932 he began working in the intelligence section of the General Staff of the Red Army in which role he undoubtedly enjoyed access to the latest information on developments in China. Octavo. With 5 folding maps 1 with colour. Original red cloth title to spine and front board reverse outlined in silver block silver hammer and sickle device to spine. With the errata slip tipped in. A few marks and faint stains to cloth extremities a little rubbed textblock and upper margin of maps lightly browned. A very good copy. hardcover

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni950,00 £GB≈ 1 139,36 €

CHINABiblio.com

Historically Interesting Collection of Two Private Albums with 112 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Chinese Far East Including Mukden Badong and Yingkou complied by Russian officers traveling to Beijing and the Surrounding Areas Showing Russian Historical Mission and the Russian Orthodox Church on the Bell Tower Rockefeller Medical College Great Wall and other landmarks. Сa. 1890s-1910s.

réf. FRE25Oblong Quarto album ca. 15x19 cm. 12 card-stock leaves. Period black lacquered boards with elaborate inlaid motifs. 39 photographs from 75x7 cm to 9x135 cm. Almost all photos are captured in pre-revolutionary Russian. Front board of the album is detachable. Few photos faded rear cover slightly scuffed. otherwise good. Octavo album ca. 215x145 cm. 47 leaves 23 blank. Period green cloth binding. 73 photographs from 55x85 to 165x115 cm. Approximately half of the photos are captioned in Russian. The album is signed ’Sophie Stcherbakof. 26/1/1896 on the half-title’ the next page includes a deduction leaf from Alexei Fedorovich Vedernikov to Maria Fyodorovich and Nikolay Smirnov who got married on 26th of January 1896 in Verny now - Alma-Ata Kazakhstan next to the dedication is a song Vedernikov sang at their wedding on which he was the best man. Also album includes three pasted postcards a collage with three cloth stripes red-blue and white and a praise for ‘matouchka Rossia’ in mix of French and latinized Russian dated 1893 and a red piece of paper with printed in Chinese ‘Badong’ for the name of Badong province and three geographical names from the province in Russian. Few photos are faded and with tears but overall in good condition. The albums are coming from the families of the Russian officers who served in China Central Asia and the Far East in the last two decades of the existence of the Russian Empire. The album share provenance and have belonged together in the collection we acquired them from although it is unclear if the people on the photos are related. The first album is likely complied by lieutenant S.E.Bocharov of the South Manchurian Detachment of the Russian Army. This detachment operated in the Far East until the formation of the Manchurian Army in 1904 at the outset of the Russo-Japanese War. Its roots trace back to late summer and early autumn of 1901 when Russian troops in Northern Manchuria organized and executed operations to capture the last remaining leaders of the hunhuz movement who were still at large. The detachment was commanded by Lieutenant General Tserpitsky. The outcome of the detachment's operations was the capture of the Chinese General Sheu and the surrender of another hunhuz chieftain Fulango. In August 1901 Lieutenant General Tserpitsky relinquished command of the South Manchurian Detachment to Major General Fleischer who had previously commanded it at the beginning of the campaign during the advance on Haicheng. The creation of this album likely dates to this specific period; the photographs depict the detachment's headquarters in Mukden officers and their families a steam locomotive on the railway the Liaohe River in Yingkou a panoramic view of Yingkou and a barracks building under construction. The album also contains two studio photographs of Nagasaki—including a hand-colored image of the customs house—as well as two Japanese studio genre scenes. Individuals mentioned in the album include: Convoy Commander Anisimov Senior Adjutant Vlasenko Officer for Special Duties Vutman Colonel Glinsky and his wife Shura Glinskaya and Lieutenant Vlasenko. The second album is a keepsake album kept by Sophia Sherbakova Ð¡Ð¾Ñ„Ð¸Ñ Щербакова. The album starts in Kazakhstan then we see the couple vacating in Crimea Zeleny Mys and visiting Niagara Falls and New York. The second half of the album is dedicated to their life in China and Siberia: it starts with the street panorama in Badong an image of two Russian officers next to a buddhist temple group of four Russians on the horse-changing station the image of the house with a caption ‘our flat’ a group of Cossacks next to an entrance into a town street and nature views. The final section of the album shows Sophia in Irkutsk in 1914-1916 with one photo captured ‘Kazan’. Overall an interesting collection of photos of pre-1917 Russian activities in the Far East which are rare on the market. hardcover

Globus Rare Books & Archives · États-Unis1 400,00 $US≈ 1 253,13 €

Peking; China; Street LifeBiblio.com

Chinese Street Commerce River Labor and Everyday Life in Peking and Northern China: Late Qing to Republican Era circa 1900-1920s

1900réf. 238871900. Peking and northern China photographic archive documenting everyday commerce informal labor transportation and waterfront life during the final Qing and early Republican periods circa 1900 to the 1920s. Rather than concentrating on monuments or official events the photographs turn repeatedly toward merchants barbers vendors boatmen fishermen cart drivers and working streets. French manuscript captions identify Peking Tien Tsin and other northern Chinese locations suggesting a Francophone traveler recording the commercial and social landscape encountered along the route. Early twentieth century photographs of China survive in substantial institutional collections but small groups centered on ordinary economic activity and working neighborhoods like this one are less frequently encountered than architectural military and tourist views. Photo archive of 23 sepia toned silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 2 x 3 to 3 x 4 inches Peking Tien Tsin and northern China circa 1900 to the 1920s. The photographs show merchants displaying wares in open air markets; a street barber attending a seated customer; vendors working from tables baskets and temporary stalls; men gathered around cooking vessels beneath makeshift shelters; horse and donkey carts carrying goods; fishermen and boatmen among crowded wooden craft; and waterfront workers loading or unloading vessels. River and harbor views record dense concentrations of sampans and other small boats beside wooden landings while street scenes show carts animals warehouses a water tower and commercial traffic moving through the same urban environment. French inscriptions on the versos identify subjects and places including "Pékin marché" "Pékin restaurant en plein air" "Tien Tsin" "Tien Tsin rue Dillon" "voiture chinoise" and "port de bateaux français." Other captions appear to identify Chin Van Tao possibly an early romanization of Qinhuangdao though that reading remains uncertain. Several photographs carry French captions written directly in the negative or along the lower edge providing contemporary identifications of the scenes and further associating the group with a Francophone traveler or photographer. The photographs span the final years of the Qing dynasty the 1911 Revolution the establishment of the Republic in 1912 and the subsequent Republican period when Peking remained a major political and commercial center. After the Qing abdication in February 1912 Peking became the seat of Yuan Shikai's government and remained the principal seat of the Beiyang government until 1928. The material culture recorded here changed more slowly than the political institutions around it: carts animal transport open air markets small trades river traffic and neighborhood commerce continued to structure daily life. The French captions also broaden the archive beyond Peking connecting the capital to Tien Tsin and northern Chinese waterways and ports. Light to moderate surface wear occasional spotting edge wear minor creasing and varying degrees of fading and toning; manuscript verso inscriptions remain generally legible. Overall in very good condition. A concentrated visual record of merchants boatmen barbers vendors transport workers markets and waterways sustaining everyday economic life in northern China across the late Qing and early Republican eras. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis1 450,00 $US≈ 1 297,89 €

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