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Best.-Nr. 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
1963Best.-Nr. 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
1810Best.-Nr. 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
1914Best.-Nr. 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
1788Best.-Nr. 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
1803Best.-Nr. 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
1928Best.-Nr. 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
1935Best.-Nr. 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
1880Best.-Nr. 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
1920Best.-Nr. 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
1998Best.-Nr. 32103New York: TOR. Fine. 1998. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket the author's first book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall 5 x 9" or 13.5 x 22.5cm; 318 pp . TOR hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 913569; 84; 102 folding leaves. 30 parts in three vols. Large 8vo 306 x 202 mm. orig. patterned yellow-brown wrappers new stitching. Korea: final volume with date 1903. A rare metal movable type edition printed at the Ministry of Justice in Seoul in 1903 using a font cut in 1816. The text was originally compiled in ChosÅn Korea on royal command in ca. 1440. The earliest edition that can be confidently dated was printed by woodblocks in KyÅngju in 1536. The text explains the descriptions of crimes and punishments contained in the Great Ming Code which was the penal code of the Chinese Ming empire 1368-1644. This book in the form in which we now have it is the result of a series of revisions in the late 14th century. It represents an important moment in Chinese legal history as a kind of legal Renaissance in that it was deliberately modeled on the centuries-old Tang code whereas the preceding Mongol Yuan empire had not had an official Chinese legal code. The Ming legal code was very influential in East Asia. In Korea the Ming code’s influence can be discerned already in the second half of the 15th century when we see references in the penal section in the official collection of statutes specifying that certain matters should be handled according to the Ming code. Even in the last Korean code issued before the advent of Japanese rule dated 1905 the influence of the Ming code is still discernable. Our edition of the book belongs to the uncertain period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the Korean leadership tried to navigate between the surrounding empires and establish the country as an independent state. The laws of Ming China which had collapsed more than two and a half centuries earlier were still being studied by prospective officials in the Korean judiciary on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War which made Korea a Japanese protectorate. Our edition was printed with metal movable type using the chÅnsaja å…¨å²å— set. This copper font of approximately 20000 characters was cast privately in 1816 by Pak ChonggyÅng 朴宗慶. Fine and handsome set. A seal states that this set belonged to the collection of the Institute for the Training of Officials for the Judiciary PÅpkwan YangsÅngso 法官養æˆæ‰€ in Seoul founded in 1895 as part of an attempt to modernize the civil service. It was intended as a textbook for the institute’s students. "At the end of the book is a double leaf of errata a novelty among Korean government publications" Fang The Asami Library 18.45 References Fang Chaoying. The Asami Library: A Descriptive Catalog. Edited by Elizabeth Huff. Berkeley: University of California Press 1969. Jiang Yonglin trans. The Great Ming Code. Seattle: University of Washington Press 2014. Tanaka Toshimitsu 田中俊光. “ChÅsen kan Daiminritsu kÅkai” æœé®®åˆŠã€Žå¤§æ˜Žå¾‹è¬›è§£ã€ã«ã¤ã„㦠TÅyÅ hÅseishi kenkyūkai tsūshin æ±æ´‹æ³•åˆ¶å²ç ”究会通信 no. 28 2015. unknown books
1945Best.-Nr. 292750New York: the Committee 1945. Handbill. 5.5x8.5 inch sheet printed both sides year penciled in corner faint crease very good. Argues that US policies "have often tended to throttle rather than encourage democratic self-government in the Pacific countries" including through support of the KMT which "has denied basic civil rights to the Chinese people. the Committee unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 238237Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1964. Pamphlet. 14p. staplebound pamphlet light handling wear. Polemics from the Sino-Soviet split. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
2005Best.-Nr. 229939Beijing: China Intercontinental Press 五洲传播出版社 2005. Paperback. 224p. profuse b&w captioned period photography and some contemporary color photos scattered texts in Chinese and English well-organized production in a sewn textblock on alkaline clay-coated paperstock throughout. Softbound a substantial 11.5x9 inch paperback in photo-decorated wraps some abrasion to lower joint with clear tape repair mild general edgewear perfectly clean and sound within. A very good copy. Minimal atrocity shots many portrait photos much journalistic photography from trialrooms and other sites photos of groups of the prisoners enjoying recreation periods photos of repentant confessions being made following acceptance of guilt. The Management Center was formerly the detention facility for 982 Japanese prisoners those considered to be the worst offenders against the Chinese people in World War II. This book traces their later paths after release including many who expressed atonement. China Intercontinental Press 五洲传播出版社 paperback books
2004Best.-Nr. 209112San Francisco: Self-published by the author 2004. Six-panel folded brochure 3.75x8.5 inches China's statement and statistics two color photos very good blue yellow and black on white thin light stock. Imperial Court of SF campaign brochure. Self-published by the author unknown books
2004Best.-Nr. 209111San Francisco: Self-published by the author 2004. Six-panel folded brochure 3.75x8.5 inches China's statement and statistics two color photos very good blue yellow and black on white heavy stock. Imperial Court of SF campaign brochure. Self-published by the author unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 194808n.p.: Self-published by the author 1971. 14 8.5x11 inch multi-color sheets printed recto-only with poems with red cover sheet in a plastic envelope very good condition. African/Irish American poet and playwright educator and filmmaker. Self-published by the author unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 168387Beijing: New World Press 1992. 331p. profuse captioned color exhibit photography in 14x10 inch folio boards and dust jacket and decorated cardstock slipcase. A very good copy in every respect. New World Press unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 159801Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1976. Paperback. 188p. very good paperback. Official Chinese Communist Party position as of 1976 on the Taiping rebellion viewing it as a precursor to the communist revolution. Foreign Languages Press paperback books
1976Best.-Nr. 133805Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1976. Paperback. 136p. paperback very good. Four pages of B&W photos. Official Chinese Communist Party position as of 1976 on the major reforms that were initiated and subsequently crushed near the end of the Qing dynasty. Foreign Languages Press paperback books
1971Best.-Nr. 92041San Francisco: United Front Press 1971. Pamphlet. 22p. wraps very good condition. First appeared in the October 1971 US - China Friendship newsletter. Illustrated with cartoons and black and white photos. Utopian interpretation of the harmonious Chinese workplace versus the exploitative American factory setup. United Front Press unknown books
2004Best.-Nr. 6166NY: Ballantine Books 2004. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Mieville on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Mieville's fourth novel and the third of his Bas-Lag novels. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ballantine Books hardcover books
1946Best.-Nr. AG-10067CHINA - Defense Fighting Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region: Published by the Commander of Eighth Route Left-Behind Corps in December 1945 reprinted by Commander of Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region June 1946 volume 2 of 2 with red Chinese characters on front cover: General Staff. This book illustrated techniques of defense and fighting back one on one in many different combat situations and warfare chiefly directed for military use. 12mo ii 69 pp. started from 37 to 105 8 large folded picture maps many images on each folded sheet minor wear occasionally strengthened at folds cello-tape repair to spine and right top of front cover good. å•ä¸ªæˆ˜æ–—教练 晋冀é²è±«å†›åŒºï¼š1945年12月八路军留守军团å¸ä»¤éƒ¨å‡ºç‰ˆï¼Œ1946年晋冀é²è±«å†›åŒºå¸ä»¤éƒ¨ç¿»å°ã€‚下册，书å°çš®çº¢è‰²å—体为"å‚谋处"字样。书内部带有8处粘贴的注释折å 图。共68页（从37页到105页）， 书脊处和å°çš®å³ä¸Šè§’有胶带粘贴修补。其他å“相很好。 Commander of Eighth Route Left-Behind Corps paperback books
1978Best.-Nr. 30703Stanford: Stanford University Press. Near Fine. 1978. Paperback. 0804710074 . First paperback edition. About fine in illustrated wraps. . Stanford University Press paperback books
