Cable, A. Mildred; French, Francesca L.MareMagnum
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192573 pages including black and white photographic plates. Recounts adventures of Christian missionaries in north-west China. Usual library markings. Only external library indications are mild discolorations where labels removed from spine. Red illustrated cloth covered boards. Title page loose but present. Prior owner's name atop illustrated front endpaper. Somewhat above-average wear. Hinges intact. Undated but appears to be circa 1925. Book
197481 pages in binder. "In writing this book I have tried to use a very simple approach so that the beginner of China Painting might understand and enjoy working from it." Chapters include: Three-Dimensional Form; Color; Facts about Birds; Basic Instructions for Painting Birds; Bird Studies in Color. Prior owner's details inside front cover. Average wear. Illustrated with line drawings and colour plates. Solid copy. Book
197585 pages. Written for china painters that have had at least some basic instruction in painting and wish to advance in their work. Illustrated. Duo-tang binding. Prior owner's name else clean and unmarked with moderate to average wear. Nice clean copy. Book
1976235 pages. The definitive guide to the art of china painting. Covers the subject so completely as to make it suitable for beginners as well as advanced china painters. Prior owner's details upon front endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with light wear to book. Binding tight and square. Heavy wear to dust jacket. Book
1978188 pages. Sequel to "The Basics of China Painting". A collection of china painting projects which will be enjoyed by beginning and advanced painters. Includes full-colour illustrations. Light wear to book. Prior owner's details atop front endpaper. Dust jacket heavily worn. Book
197916 pages. Topics include: enamel decorations; quality of the China; The Mixing of the Enamels; Outlining; Firing; Mediums; Application with Brushes; White Enamal Mixture; Illustrated in black and white. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Clean. Nice copy. Book
1974112 pages including index. A primer for china painters. Provides ideas to stimulate your imagination, and encourage the development of your free and personal style. An abundance of illustrations, many of which are in colour. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
195530 pages. Shows how the Chinese People's Republic came into existence; how the life of the country has been remodelled on Communist lines; how its armed forces have been built up; and what appear to be the aims of Red China in Asia. Includes several maps. Author went on to become a prominent Canadian politician and (we believe) a member of the Trilateral Commission. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1989204 pages including selected bibliography and index. "Considers two major aspects of China's economic reform: the new 'open policy' towards the west, aimed at attracting technology and skills into the country, and the new emphasis on 'regionalization', which has established market-orientated rather than bureaucratically-controlled patterns of economic development. Provides a detailed and comprehensive survey of the prospects for China's regional development in the future." - from dust jacket. Minimal wear. Tight and square. Red cloth-covered boards. Ink underlining and marginalia. Light wear to dust jacket with one inch opening at top of front fore-edge. Solid attractive copy. Book
1992440 pages including references and index. A unique and thorough study of China and its people and culture. The Chinese Stepping-Stone Syndrome is presented as a social-psychological complex which characterizes the Chinese and helps to explain their behaviour and the socio-political problems of China. Regards Hong Kong as the original geopolitical and psychological stepping-stone. "It awes me how Professor Albert Yee has given me within one book such graphic and gripping insight and immensely greater perception of both the historical roots and the evolved enormous complexities of the ancient and indelible Chinese culture." - Alex Haley, author or Roots. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Nice copy. Book
200140 pages. Features include: Seaspan's China Tow; St. Roch II - Voyage of Rediscovery; Takaya - Multi-Purpose Patrol Vessel for Vancouver Port; Understanding Cycloidal Propulsion; Osprey 2000 - Ferry with the Kootenay Spirit; 2001 Directory lifts, ways and drydocks; Rough ride on Green Cove. Average wear. Usual library markings. Book
1982228 pages plus appendices. The story of the Scarboro Mission to China. Black and white illustrations. "A sober but nevertheless moving account of the people who, at their best, had an awesome respect for the tradition and potential of an amazing country and a remarkable people. Prior owner's name atop title page else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1980152 pages including bibliography, references, further reading and glossary of artist's names plus fold-out map of Japan. Black and white illustrations throughout. "The Art Gallery of Victoria is best known perhaps for its Asian Collection which is, to an overwhelming extent, the Fred and Isobel Pollard Collection of Japanese art. This group boasts one of the earliest collections of nanga paintings outside Japan. Nanga means Southern Painting, or Painting of the Southern School, a name later affixed to the idealist painting of scholar officials in China." - from Introduction. Contents include: Early Japanese Masters; Flowering of a National Style - Ikeno Taiga and His Followers; An Individualist in Kyoto; A Follower of Buson and Founder of the Shijo School; Eclectics in Edo and the Kanto Region; Progressives in the Kansai Region; Conservatives in Kyoto; Conservatives from Kyushu; Nineteenth-Century Progressives in Kyoto; The Last Great Flourish. Tight and square. Clean and unmarked. Attractive light-blue cloth-covered boards. Mild sunning at and near spine. Slight warp to front board. Negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
1980152 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Two widely different cultures are irresistibly entwined in this fascinating story - often humorous - sometimes tragic - of the author's life in China and Canada." - from back cover. Prior owner's name atop half-title page. Above-average wear. Tear to base of spine. Decent reading copy. Book
1992659 pages plus advertisements. Includes index and references. "Here are the details - frightening, gory, hilarious - the background and life of the President: How the Bush family made its money promoting Adolph Hitler and the Nazi war machine; Jupiter Island, Skull and Bones, and other bases of power; the 'war hero' story; George Bush and the secret government - from population control, to Zapata's Watergate burglars, to Iran-Contra; Kissinger, China and genocide in the Third World; Bush's Leveraged Buyout Mob, or the theft of a nation.... Breaks the code of silence which Anglo-American financial oligarchs have imposed around their conduct of U.S. Affairs... A vivid x-ray of the private forces dominating both Republican and Democratic parties - and of the man who occupies the highest seat of power in the nation." - from back cover. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. Book
1992245 pages. "Her story is a graphic account of the Cultural Revolution's impact on China's youth." - Edmonton Journal. Prior owner's name and occasional markings. Light wear. Clean solid copy. Book
1997312 pages. Author's signature and inscription, dated 1997, upon title page. "The story of my adventurous life in the Far East - Japan (briefly), China, Hong Kong, and India." - from Preface. Small address label remnant inside front cover. Average wear externally. Contents clean, tight and unmarked. Book
199551 pages. Hudson arrived in China with an impossible task... yet he won the world's greatest nation through prayer. Juvenile literature. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
1961373 pages. "A stirring account of what the author saw during his travels in China in 1956 and 1959. Tells how China is forging ahead in socialist construction. Gives a vivid description of the rapid industrialization of China's hinterland, the building of the gigantic Yangtse and Yellow River bridges, the Sanmen Gorge and the Chingkiang water conservancy systems." - from dust jacket. Some yellowing to pages. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice copy. Book
1959Features: Hindlea torn to pieces on the Anglesely Rocks; Guardi canvases found in shed; Lunik III Lunar photography technology; Why is it Dark at Night - Part II of a series; fine Assyrian Reliefs; Border areas disputed by India and China; Mexican Cyclone; The Gordon Boys' School; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1959Features: Khrushchev at the U.N.; Princess Alexandra's tour; Khrushchev's American Tour; Labour Party Election Posters; The Sacred Bull of Tchoga Zanbil - destroyed in 640 B.C. and now repaired; Cutaway diagram of H.M. Cruiser Tiger; Nylon rifle needs no lubrication; The Royal Grammar School, Guildford; Attractive Spode China colour advertisement; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1975Over 240 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Superbly written. Holds your interest from the moment you begin until you lay it down with reluctance." - Mrs. Billy Graham. Above-average wear and some waviness due to past moisture exposure. Worthy reference copy. Book
1993332 pages. References. Index. "... Brings to life what it was like to be a woman in Sung times, from having a marriage arranged, serving parents-in-law, rearing children, and coping with concubines to facing widowhood." - from back cover. Moderate quantity of markings to contents. Average wear. Solid working copy. Book
1987176 pages. "This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of the most exciting underwater adventure of the decade - the finding and raising of the Nanking Cargo." - from dust jacket. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy. Book
1973368 pages. Index. 530 illustrations, 160 in colour. 370 Photographs, engravings, drawings and maps. "Here East Asia, past and present, comes to life wiht a vividness and authenticity that has no precedent." - from dust jacket. Light to moderate wear. Library discard stamp upon decorated front endpaper else unmarked. Minor dampstains to rust coloured cloth upon front board. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice copy. Book
