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1896rif. 168071896. China 1896 Chinese Imperial Gov. GBP 25 Gold loan with coupon / 14 x hole punched. Chinese Imperial Government. 5% Gold Loan of 1896 - Original bond with 25 coupons no. 35 10/1/1913 - 72. Coupons and bond hole punched bond with 14 holes . Ser No. 10817 / Certificate in two languages/ German tax stamp. Issued in Berlin on 04/01/1896 / Countersigned by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank. This was a Anglo-German Loan to the Chinese Imperial Government. After it became clear to the Qing government that their finances weren't going to remain self-sufficient in light of the two Opium Wars and the First Sino-Japanese Warthe imperial Chinese court decided that it would have to raise capital through the foreign banking corporations operating in China. The Chinese defeats during these wars threw it into a state of turmoil the Qing imperial government was plunged deeply into debt to pay for war indemnities making the need for foreign capital great. These foreign banking corporations had been established in the preceding decades then saw the opportunity to quickly expand their business in China to meet the Chinese government's demands. As a result Imperial China had to issue these Loans. unknown books
1969rif. 60958bdBurslem Stoke-on-Trent: Doulton Fine China Limited 1969. Octavo spiral-bound white metal spirals blue covers illus. in full-color 109 pp 15 pp price list. Very Good with speckling light chipping to upper cover. Doulton Fine China Limited, 1969. unknown books
1979rif. 388537London: Charisma 1979. Unbound. Near Fine. Original 12" 45 RPM vinyl record. Fine in a pictorial cardboard sleeve. Charisma unknown books
1980rif. 380841Los Angeles: No Publisher 1980. Unbound. Fine. Photomechanically reproduced flyer on 8.5" x 11" blue paper. Slight creasing else fine. An original flyer promoting a gig at Monte Carlo II featuring China White Anti and Ill Will. "Are you prepared for global annihilation [No Publisher] unknown books
1999rif. 1418671New York: Tor A Tom Doherty Associates Book 1999. First Tor edition. Hardcover. Octavo 318 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Price unclipped: "$23.95". Boards in black paper. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F ND-F . 1418671. FP New Rockville Stock. Tor, A Tom Doherty Associates Book hardcover books
2009rif. 1417195Burton Mi: Subterranean Press 2009. Limited Edition #365/500. Hardcover. Octavo 325 pages. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper. Boards are bound in blue cloth. Spine has metallic blue lettering. Corners and spine ends are sharp. Text block is clean. Signed on the limitation page by China Miéville number 365 of 500 numbered copies. Shelved in Room Z. 1417195. Special Collections - Downstairs. Subterranean Press hardcover books
1932rif. 010837Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh Limited 1932. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition. 21 cm.; 8 129 pp. Includes 15 photographic plates. Bound in original green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and blind-stamped title on cover. Light shelf wear. Bump at top edge of rear board. Foxing to edges and rear endpapers. Condition: Very Good. With the original dust jacket in Very Good condition. Toned with worn edges. Chipped spine head. Some damp staining and pencil marks present on the spine and rear panel. Presentation CopySIGNED AND INSCRIBED in ink by the author on front endpaper "With very best wishes to our friends Mr. & Mrs. Monion. From - Lillie S. Bousfield. China 1893 to 1937. Woolwich. Nov. 1st 1943." A scarce locally published narrative documenting the lives hardships and social structures of the Hakka population in the Sun-Wu district of Southern Jiangxi. Authored by medical missionary Lillie Snowden Bousfield who spent approximately 16 years stationed in Sun-Wu with her husband who was a Baptist physician. Through a missionary perspective Bousfield offers a distinct lens on the experiences of a rural marginalized demographic. Amidst chapters on the Hakka frontier and the Communist Revolution Bousfield focuses on the lived realities of the Hakka women such as domestic struggles bodily autonomy female agency and the educational shifts for women in rural China. . Kelly and Walsh, Limited hardcover books
1955rif. 6363Shanghai 1955. About very good. 416pp. In Chinese. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Minor wear and soiling extremities moderately rubbed. Faint crease minor scattered foxing. Program booklet for a Shanghai performance of Aubrey Pankey the first American to hold a concert in China following the 1949 revolution. The baritone was accompanied by a Czech pianist whose name was transliterated as Marie Kenuokewa. Hailed in the biographical introduction as a "progressive Negro-American" the Pennsylvania-born Pankey had spent much of the previous decade outside the United States performing around the world later settling in East Germany. The booklet includes the lyrics in Chinese translation of all the works performed in the concert as well as an overview of the traditions of African-American music. unknown books
1908rif. 318531London: Fisher Unwin 1908. Second Edition. Illus. xv i 304pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters maroon morocco and marbled boards blue leather title label. Fine. Second Edition. Illus. xv i 304pp. 8vo. The authoress tries to outline the conditions in China before the Boxer Rebellion esp. in relation to foreigners. Fisher Unwin unknown books
1844rif. 317009London: John Murray 1844. First edition. Coloured frontispiece laid down 160pp. 12mo. Bound in three quarters modern brown polished calf red leather label. Fine. First edition. Coloured frontispiece laid down 160pp. 12mo. John Murray unknown books
1901rif. 316993London: Morgan & Scott 1901. Eighteenth Thousand. Third edition Re-cast and freshly Illustrated. Illus. xv 180 2 adspp. 4to. Bound in three quarters modern green morocco and marbled boards. Fine. Eighteenth Thousand. Third edition Re-cast and freshly Illustrated. Illus. xv 180 2 adspp. 4to. Morgan & Scott unknown books
1890rif. 312761London: Printed at the Army-Navy Cooperative Society Limited 1890. 3 mounted albumen photographs of the shooting party with their trophies head- and tailpieces. xii 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 5 -3/8 inches; 196 x 137 mm. Contemporary full black morocco over stiff card covers ruled in silver upper cover with text in blindstamp edges silvered decorative endpapers. Finely rebacked to style; edges rubbed. Black morocco backed slipcase and chemise. 3 mounted albumen photographs of the shooting party with their trophies head- and tailpieces. xii 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 5 -3/8 inches; 196 x 137 mm. A signed presentation copy from the author John Bell-Irving to Douglas Jones. Bell-Irving was a Scottish businessman and partner in the Hong Kong trading firm Jardine Matheson and a director of the Hong Kong Electric Company. Jones was Secretary of the Union Insurance Society of Canton of Shanghai. "The greatest pleasure in up-country shooting trips" Bell-Irving claims "is the idea of perfect freedom far removed from business cares and beyond the reach of letters and telegrams." Succinct account of many hunting trips after pheasant waterfowl deer and other game with observations on weather and conditions and game bag. Bell-Irving and Jones are quoted frequently in Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley 2nd ed. 1910. A SUSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF SPORT ALONG THE YANGTZE OVER THREE DECADES. EXCEEDINGLY RARE. OCLC 42241800 Princeton Printed at the Army-Navy Cooperative Society Limited unknown books
1873rif. 312749Shanghai: Printed at The "North China Herald" Office 1873. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed from the author to Douglas Jones on first blank. Title-page printed preface and text with holograph manuscript by Jones on the Index and Game Register. Pp. vii 116 Diary & Game Register accomplished in ink 4 pages unused; 1-50. 1 vols. 4to 10-1/8 x 8 inches; 257 x 203 mm. Contemporary full brown roan upper cover titled in gilt. Spine neatly rebacked notes on front endsheets. Quarter black morocco slipcase and cloth chemises. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed from the author to Douglas Jones on first blank. Title-page printed preface and text with holograph manuscript by Jones on the Index and Game Register. Pp. vii 116 Diary & Game Register accomplished in ink 4 pages unused; 1-50. 1 vols. 4to 10-1/8 x 8 inches; 257 x 203 mm. "The immense tracts of country available for purposes of sport and well stocked with game the entire absence of game laws and the friendly disposition of the natives combine to render Keang-soo and the adjoining provinces a very Paradise for sportsmen ." Groom from the Preface. Early work on hunting in China with a partly printed dairy and "Register of Game Bagged" here accomplished with an extensive and detailed manuscript of expeditions from 1878 to 1892 recounting trips on the Merlin and other boats after deer waterfowl and other game listing participants names of dogs and game bags. The manuscript is followed by the printed text with notes on boats guns and kit "The Medicine Chest" cookery and chapters on various types of game pheasant snipe wild pig and a printed Vocabulary with Chinese/English translations and phonetic transcriptions. Among the hunting companions of Jones in the 1885 season was Bell-Irving author of Diary of the Ewo Party 1890. Both Jones and Bell-Irving are quoted frequently in Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley 2nd ed. 1910. Some interesting ephemera has been preserved including printed Chinese broadside shooting permits for Jones for the years 1884 and 1885 a shooting permit for Hong Kong and the New Territories 1894; fivee sketch maps of Kiang Su Le Yang and Kashing; four small photographs of Hong Kong mounted on the verso of a Victorian photographic portrait of Douglas Jones; a manuscript translations of Chinese verse by one of Jones' companions and four autograph letters on sporting topics or introductions and requests to assist Jones in his up country trips; and a stray sheet of printed letterhead of the Union Insurance Society of Canton Shanghai where Jones was Secretary. A UNIQUE AND SUBSTANTIAL RECORD OF SPORT IN CHINA. Czech Asia p. 93. Not in OCLC Printed at The "North China Herald" Office unknown books
1799rif. 254690Paris: Chez F. Buisson Imprimeur-Librair rue Hautefeuille no. 20 1799. Seconde édition augmentée d'un Précis de l'Histoire de la Chine par le traducteur et du Voyage en Chine et en tartare de J. C. Huttner traduit de l'allemand par le même Traducteur. Vol.1 : with half-title portrait frontispiece of Macartney clxxxiv 311 pp. Plates 1-6. VOLUME II : half-title 408 pp. Plates 7-13. VOLUME 3 : Half title 414 2 Catalogue "Voyages" de la librairie chez Buisson pp. Plates 14-27. VOLUME 4 : half-title 380 pp. Plates 28-35. VOLUME. 5 : half-title. 350 pp 1 plate 36 and 2 folding maps Plates 37 & 38. 5 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century brown boards red paper labels some rubbing else Very Good. Seconde édition augmentée d'un Précis de l'Histoire de la Chine par le traducteur et du Voyage en Chine et en tartare de J. C. Huttner traduit de l'allemand par le même Traducteur. Vol.1 : with half-title portrait frontispiece of Macartney clxxxiv 311 pp. Plates 1-6. VOLUME II : half-title 408 pp. Plates 7-13. VOLUME 3 : Half title 414 2 Catalogue "Voyages" de la librairie chez Buisson pp. Plates 14-27. VOLUME 4 : half-title 380 pp. Plates 28-35. VOLUME. 5 : half-title. 350 pp 1 plate 36 and 2 folding maps Plates 37 & 38. 5 vols. 8vo. Cordier Biblioteca Sinica IV 2385 Chez F. Buisson, Imprimeur-Librair, rue Hautefeuille, no. 20 unknown books
1980rif. 260399Milano: Franco Maria Ricci 1980. First edition # 523 of 3000 copies signed by the Publisher. With tipped in colour plates 212 4 pp. 1 vols. Black silk paper onalys in drop box. Fine. First edition # 523 of 3000 copies signed by the Publisher. With tipped in colour plates 212 4 pp. 1 vols. Franco Maria Ricci unknown books
1836rif. 257805Paris: B. Warée Ainé Libraire. Rignoux Imprimeur - Founder 1836. vi pp. premlims 20 ff. text surrounded by engraved decorative border. 12mo. Later hand-lettered wrappers lacking original pink wrappers light soiling to title page else fine. vi pp. premlims 20 ff. text surrounded by engraved decorative border. 12mo. A catalogue of 20 works mostly on China paper printed by Rignoux and offered for sale by Warée. 18 of the titles had been displayed at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française in 1834. Most of the works are marked "unique." Rare; only a handful of copies located on OCLC. B. Warée Ainé, Libraire. Rignoux, Imprimeur - Founder unknown books
1999rif. 73076NY: St. Martin's Press 1999. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 160pp. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1972rif. 324204Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1972. hardcover. fine/very good-. 217 pages of full-page color and black-and-white photographs. 9 page text insert present short folio cloth d.w.; dust wrapper a little edgeworn with one tape repair. Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1972. A fine copy in a very good- dust wrapper. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
1977rif. CNJL2629Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Five volumes complete small quarto size approx. 2000 total pages in cardboard slipcases. The founder of the People's Republic of China Mao Zedong 1893-1976 while transforming China into a world power was the leader of a totalitarian regime which through its policies and actions "resulted in tens of millions of deaths mainly through famine as well as political persecution prison labor and executions" n.b. quote from Wiki. This set presents his writings ordered by historical periods and in its comprehensiveness will provide interesting insights into the thoughts of this man who had such an impact not only on his country but on the entire world. As of this writing this the only set online to offer all five volumes. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full faux maroon leather over boards with gilt lettering on the front and spine frontis of Zedong in Volumes I and V olive green ribbon markers; binding small quarto size 9" by 6 3/8"; Volume I the 3rd printing published in 1975 with 347 pp. Volume II also the 3rd printing 1975 with 468 pp. Volume III the 2nd printing published in 1967 with 290 pp. Volume IV the 4th printing published in 1975 with 459 pp. and Volume V the first printing published in 1977 with 518 pp. Note that all text is in English except the last page of each volume printer's statement and at the tail of the spine of the slipcases. Each volume in the original dust jacket the first four volumes uniformly designed the front panel with a reproduction of a bas-relief of Zedong in profile and with brown and red lettering the spine with brown lettering and the volume number in red the back panel and both flaps plain the jacket for the fifth volume with the same front panel but the spine with a different layout. All five volumes in their original heavy cardboard slipcases which have been assembled with heavy staples the spines stamped with the same information as the spines of the jackets. ___CONDITION: Volumes fine overall the boards clean straight corners without rubbing strong square text blocks with solid hinges the interiors clean and bright and the set entirely free of prior owner markings; Volume IV with an old bookseller ticket pasted onto the verso of the rear free endpaper. The jackets all near fine clean with truly minor wear including a few very short closed tears and light sunning to the spines. The slipcases better than very good remarkably free of wear but all with some degree of light soil the slipcase for Volume I with old pricing information in both heavy marker and pencil. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this set is unusuallly large and heavy and therefore additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. International customers please also note that any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Foreign Languages Press hardcover books
1908rif. 72951London & Oxford: A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd. New York: Thomas Whittaker 1908. First edition 12mo pp. xii 219 1; folding map frontispiece and 6 plates; spine a bit darkened else a near fine copy in original olive cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Issued as no. 3 in the publisher's Handbooks of English Church Expansion series. Includes chapters on Heathen China; The English Church Enters China; The English Church Enters Peking; The Church in South China; and Fuhkien; Chehkiang; The Yangtse Valley; Western China; Shantung; Chihli and others. A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd. New York: Thomas Whittaker unknown books
2010rif. 1416214Burton MI: Subterranean Press 2010. Limited Edition #334/500. Hardcover. Octavo 629 pages. Very Good Plus condition in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Bound in green cloth. Spine has gilt lettering. Corners and spine ends are sharp. Text block is clean. Signed on the limitation page by China Miéville. Numbered 334 of 500 copies. Shelved in Room Z. 1416214. Special Collections - Downstairs. Subterranean Press hardcover books
1953rif. 72696Beijing: Central Committee of the New Democratic Youth League of China 1953. 2 volumes small 8vo pp. 4 78; 2 34; 14 plates; both near fine in original printed wrappers. Central Committee of the New Democratic Youth League of China unknown books
2016rif. 71909Magadan: Oxotnik 2016. Square 8vo pp. 2 85 1; text in Russian; color text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; fine. "A Russian-language collection of Evenki fairy stories retold with a contemporary slant and illustrated with Evenki folk motifs." OCLC Cambridge only in OCLC. Oxotnik unknown books
2000rif. 65735Beijing: Zhongguo Chuban Gongzuo Zhe Xiehui; Zhongguo Chuban Nianjian She 2000. Large 8vo pp. 2 xviii 808; 62 pages of full-color inserts; text in Chinese; full red cloth; edges lightly foxed text clean near fine. Zhongguo Chuban Gongzuo Zhe Xiehui; Zhongguo Chuban Nianjian She unknown books
2004rif. 64060Beijing: Sinomaps Press distributed by Xinhua Bookstore 2004. Contains Explnatory Notes in English 4to pp. 4 iv 3 1 244; original printed wrappers; Attached Tables in English an envelope containing 21 double-page tables; plus a very large geological map of China on 8 sheets each sheet approx. 24" x 38" or slightly smaller; depths shown by gradient tints and contours. The entite contents in a publisher's pictorial folding clamshell box. Fine copy. The Geological Map of the People's Republic of China with Chinese and English versions was published by the SinoMaps Press in 2004 at the scale of 1:2 500 000 including 8 sheets. The chief compiler is Huang Chongke and the associate chief com pilers are Ye Tianzhu Chen Keqiang Wu Kuanlian Ji Xiaoyan Gao Zhenjia Qian Dadu Tian Yuying He Yongxiang Zhang Qinghe Cao Banggong Li Long Shao Heming Wang Yongqin Yang Minggui Zhang Zhongwei Yao Dongsheng and Zheng Jiankang. More than 100 geologists cartographers and members of computer mapping took part in the compilation of the map. OCLC locates 7 copies in the US: South Florida Illinois Harvard Ohio State St. Louis University the US Geological Society 2. Sinomaps Press, distributed by Xinhua Bookstore unknown books
