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2026réf. LRB6009708Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 662 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1900. A substantial Chinese-English dictionary compiled for the China Inland Mission a reference work of interest to students of classical and practical Chinese missionaries translators and collectors of Sinological scholarship. The volume is notable for its analytical approach to Chinese lexicography and its usefulness as a historical tool for the study of language pronunciation and interpretation at the turn of the twentieth century. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB10004330Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 658 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1900. Dictionary of Chinese and English designed for practical use in study and reference with an analytical arrangement intended to help readers navigate Chinese characters and meanings. The work is of bibliographic interest for the history of lexicography missionary scholarship and early Chinese-English reference tools. A table comparing the spelling systems of Giles Williams and this dictionary is included. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
8vo, hardcover vin dj, 364pp. During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to ?smash the four olds?: old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted ?We want to see Chairman Mao,? they unknowingly used a classical rhythm that dates back to the Han period and is the very embodiment of the four olds. An Anatomy of Chinese reveals how rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey time-honored meanings of which Chinese speakers themselves may not be consciously aware, and contributes to the ongoing debate over whether language shapes thought, or vice versa. Perry Link?s inquiry into the workings of Chinese reveals convergences and divergences with English, most strikingly in the area of conceptual metaphor. Different spatial metaphors for consciousness, for instance, mean that English speakers wake up while speakers of Chinese wake across. Other underlying metaphors in the two languages are similar, lending support to theories that locate the origins of language in the brain. The distinction between daily-life language and official language has been unusually significant in contemporary China, and Link explores how ordinary citizens learn to play language games, artfully wielding officialese to advance their interests or defend themselves from others. Particularly provocative is Link?s consideration of how Indo-European languages, with their preference for abstract nouns, generate philosophical puzzles that Chinese, with its preference for verbs, avoids. The mind-body problem that has plagued Western culture may be fundamentally less problematic for speakers of Chinese.
1950Crown quarto. Pp. x, 326. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, plasticized, some annotations to first free endpaper. In a very good condition, fine, clean interior. ~ Revised Edition. Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies, II.
4 Vols., 4to, 317; 274; 256; 230pp., orig. cloth-backed boards. Volume I: The Netherlands and British East Indies and the Philippine Islands. Volume II: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Micronesia. Volume III: Malaya, Thailand, Indo China, the China Coast and the Japanese Empire. Volume IV: Supplement to volumes 1, 2 & 3.
1970ii + 563pp., original 1970-edition, hardcover (green editor's with gilt lettering), 22cm., small sttain on blanco endpapers, else in very good condition, rare, X81815
1931réf. 12462(Dairen, Manchuria Daily News)/ Manchuria Young Men`s Federation, (1931). Mit zahlreichen Fotoabbildungen auf Tafeln. 4°. 4 S., 24 S. Abb., 34 S. OBroschur. Minimal gebraucht.
1997réf. 34584Beijing : Cultural Relics Publishing House, 1997. 35.6 x 26.7 x 2.8 cm, Foreward: 34 pages / 212 farbige Abbildungen auf Tafeln // 188 pages Text gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen, Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
1797réf. 035987London: G. Nicol 1797. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 11 1/8" Tall. Frontispieces Plates And Illustrations. Ii Xxxiv518; Ii Xx 626. The Two Complete Text Volumes In Full Size Text Blocks 10 5/8" Tall; The Plates Were Issued 1796 In A Separate Volume Not Present Here; But The Plate Of The Camellia Sesanqua Is Present Between Pp 466 And 467. Original Quarter Morocco Binding Five Bands Morocco Spine Labels Over Boards Covered With Marbled Paper Original Off-White Endpapers Preliminary And Final Blank In Each Volume. Bindings With Old Wear But Nicely Furbished Morocco Labels Clean With Brilliant Gilt A Little Loss Of Leather At Tops Of Spines And At Top Right Front Spine Edge Paper Frayed Along All Edges Of Boards Hinges Tight Contents Clean Just A Few Tiny Foxing Spots. Small Very Old Booksellers' Label Of The China Times Bookseller 94 Consular Road Tientsin. And Another From Sydney. Former Owner's Signature Dated 1894 Erased In Volume 1 Of George Ernest Morrison And A Few Marginalia Which Appear To Be His; George Ernest "G. E." Morrison 1862 - 1920 Also Known As Morrison Of Peking Or Chinese Morrison Was An Australian Adventurer Appointed In February 1897 As The Times Correspondent In Peking Despite His Lack Of Knowledge In The Chinese Language. He Traveled To Vladivostok And Reported To The Times That Russian Engineers Were Making Preliminary Surveys From Kirin Towards Port Arthur Then Sent A Telegram To Say That Russia Had Presented A Five-Day Ultimatum To China Demanding The Right To Construct A Railway To Port Arthur. This Was A Triumph For The Times And Its Correspondent But He Had Also Shown Prophetic Insight In Another Phrase Of His Dispatch When He Stated That "The Importance Of Japan In Relation To The Future Of Manchuria Cannot Be Disregarded". After A Visit To Siam And England Then To Australia 1899-1900 He Returned To Peking. When The Boxer Uprising Broke Out And During The Siege Of The Legations From June To August Morrison As An Acting-Lieutenant Showed Great Courage Always Ready To Volunteer For Every Service Of Danger. After A Siege Of 55 Days The Legations Were Relieved By A Multinational Force Which Then Ransacked Much Of The Palaces In Peking With Morrison Taking Part In The Looting. There Was Great Uncertainty Regarding The Future Of China In The Following Months And Through The Times Morrison Managed To Depict A Skewed Picture Before The British Public. While Russia And Japan United In Opposing Any Dismemberment Of China The Country Was Nevertheless Punished By The Imposition Of A Heavy Indemnity. In 1904 Morrison Became A Correspondent With The Japanese Army. He Was Present At The Entry Of The Japanese Into Port Arthur Early In 1905 And Represented The Times At The Usa Peace Conference. In 1907 He Crossed China From Peking To The French Border Of Tonkin And In 1910 Rode From Honan Across Asia To Russian Turkestan. From Andijan He Took A Train To St Petersburg And Then Traveled To London Arriving On 29 July 1910. A Great Chinese Physician Dr. Wu Lien-Teh Succeeded In Staying The Spread Of This Mortal Sickness Which Seemed To Threaten The Whole World. Morrison Published A Series Of Articles Advocating The Launching Of A Modern Scientific Public Health Service In China. When The Chinese Revolution Began In 1911 Morrison Took The Side Of The Revolutionaries. In August Morrison Resigned His Position On The Times To Become Political Adviser To The Chinese Government And Immediately Went To London To Assist In Floating A Chinese Loan Of £10 Million. In China During The Following Years He Had An Anxious Time Advising And Endeavoring To Deal With The Political Intrigues That Were Continually Going On. He Visited Australia Again In December 1917 And Returned To Peking In February 1918. He Represented China During The Peace Discussions At Versailles In 1919 But His Health Began To Give Way And He Retired To England Well Aware That He Had Only A Short Time To Live. He Died On 30 May 1920 . A Nice Historical Association. Later Ownership Signatures Of G B Wilson. G. Nicol hardcover
Large 8vo. 368pp. original green cloth. Portrait, and other plates from photographs. Endpaper maps, and fldg map in perfect condition. Slight sunning to spine, Account of the third Citroën expedition, 1931-32 .from Damascus to Peking, baghdad, persia, afghanistan, khyber, nankow, the gobi, suchow, sinkiang, himalayas, urumqi, bamian, christian oases.
réf. BOOKS073578IMenston Yorkshire England: Scolar Press Limited n.d. of reprint. HC. good light green cloth discolored spine hardcover. B&W illustrations. ISBN 085417821X NOTE - no slipcase spine discolored. Shipping weight 12 pounds - extra post may be requested. Scolar Press Limited unknown
1998Royal octavo. Pp. ix, 434. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth. In mint condition, practically new. ~ First edition.
1875réf. 64770Yokohama & Tokyo Japan Hong Kong Canton China Saigon Vietnam: No Compiler ca. 1875-1893. Thick Oblong folio. 14.5 x 10.75 x 2.25 in. 50 pp unpaginated on thick cream-coloured boards each mounted with white silk hinge at gutter margin w/ 41 tipped-in albumen photos sixed from 6 x 8 in. up to 8.5 x 11 in. 5 of which are hand-coloured many w/ photographer’s annotated caption w/in the negative at lower fore-edge frequently with image inventory number many w/ manuscript in pencil captions. Beautiful beveled lacquer boards Mother-of-Pearl & bone inset panel on black laccquer on front cover depicting Rickshaw drive pulling Japanese Geisha w/ Mount Fuji in background a.e.g. rebacked w/ maroon-coloured calf minor edgewear minor curving to textblock a couple images w/ minor creasing from mounting 1 w/ very minor tear still an excellent exemplar with the nearly all the photographs retaining bright strong contrast. This superb Asian Souvenir Export photo album filled with large albumen prints offers a vivid representation of people life and the architectural landscape of Victorian-Era Hong Kong Saigon in French Indochina Vietnam Canton Guangzhou China and Meiji-era Japan. Fifteen of the photographs depict scenes and life in and around Hong Kong with several of the photos by famed Chinese photographer Lai Afong 1839-1890 including a view of Happy Valley the Public Gardens the Peak Hill District with 55 houses at the Peak Cemetery and another view of the public gardens with harbour in the background by William Pryor Floyd 1834-c.1900 a prolific British Commercial Photographer. One of the Hong Kong photographs depicts the Mount Austin Hotel which was built above the Victoria Gap opened in 1891 and was named after Colonial Secretary John Gardiner Austin and operated for just a short time converted by 1897 into the Mount Austin Barracks. Another Hong Kong photo depicts the six-story expansion completed in 1893 to the Hong Kong Hotel facing Victoria Harbor on Queen’s Road which included a private ferry launch for guests. The last Hong Kong photo is a striking street scene by Lai Afong. Of particular interest are the several original albumen photos capturing Saigon French Indochina or Cochin China and surrounding areas with images shot by Emile Gsell 1838-1879 noted French military photographer and his successor Otto Wegener 1849-1922 noted Swedish photographer who continued to sell Gsell’s prints as well as Vidal/Salin-Vidal. These images include views of a “Native House Saigon” “Native Street Saigon” French “Military Hospital Ship” docked in Saigon “Monkey Palms Saigon” “French Settlement Saigon” along some railroad tracks and traditional sampans boats along a canal in Cholon Saigon. In our experience this many French Indochina Vietnam photographs included for travel in and around Saigon are quite uncommon. Nine of the original albumen photographs capture such scenes in and around Canton Guangzhou China such as the 500 Mages or interior shot of the 500 Lohan disciples of the Buddha inside the Hualin Temple in the western suburb of Canton the “Execution Yard” in Canton Pagoda near Cantonas well as two very nice images of the “Flower Boats” in Canton possibly by Lai Afong or Emil Rumsfield visually capturing these multi-tiered wooden houseboats or pleasure boats operating as exclusive floating brothels featuring music dining and socializing and essential to the Pearl River’s social economy into the 20th Century. A couple others include prisoners in wooden stocks in Canton China taken from a cracked glass negative and well-dressed Mandarin Chinese official.The remainder of the albumen photographs sprinkled through the album encompass a hand-coloured albumen of Japanese rickshaw pulling kimono-clad Japanese women; the Yokohama Hataba or English/French treaty pier; Yokohama Park with cherry blossoms viewing & rickshaws; the famed view of the staged seppuku scene with nearby kaishakunin Samurai assistant standing with drawn sword for beheading and beautiful Kamakura Temple shot by Felice Beato. Other Beato photos include a fine Palanquin photo of young geisha and porters; and a very nice “Setting Silk-Worm-Eggs to the Paper” with young silkworm women workers carefully extracting the threads. Adolfo Farsari 1841-1898 photos include one of the No. 9 House in Yokohama Japan as well as two shots of the Grand Hotel in Yokohama. See: Terry Bennett History of Photography in China Chinese Photographers 1844-1879; Metadata Database of Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period Nagasaki University Library Collection 2006; Early Photography of Japan Harvard College Library; Bennett Photography in Japan 1853-1912 2006; Old Photos of Japan. A Photo Blog of Japan in the Meiji Laisho and Showa Periods. [No Compiler], hardcover
réf. 52274N.p.: Yingxiang Oriental Culture Communication Companny n.y. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff blue wrappers with Chinese string binding and paper label. Ca. 100pp. Numerous small illustrations. Near fine. Housed in ornate small 8vo two-part presentation box and accompanied by 27" X 27" pictorial map on satin both box and map fine. This interesting text on faux vellum paper and every page bearing decorative borders printed dos-a-dos opening with text in Chinese followed by text in English takes the reader on a tour of the dozens of dense crowded sites depicted on pictorial map which depicts the old walled town and surrounding countryside mountains just visible along the upper border along which runs the "Great Wall." Black bordered and multi-colored though the background is a pleasing sepia tone. No history of the map per se is given and presumably it is a modern creation intended for historical education. Brief chapters discuss: "Urban Evolution" "Architecture & Gardens" "Seasons & Festivals" "Traditional Ceremonies and Folklore" "Folk Arts" "Commercial Culture" "Recreational Sports" and "Social Customs." Numerous brief descriptions feature tiny images from the map and explain specific sites: Palaces grand residences parks gardens theatres temples mosques churches altars bridges lakes gates shops restaurants galleries and much more as well as activities such as festivals birthday parties and weddings. From the collection of Adlai E. Stevenson III 1930-2021 U.S. Senator from Illinois 1969-81 and son of the Illinois governor and two-time Democratic presidential candidate. Among Senator Stevenson's Senate committees he served on the Banking Committee as Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Finance. In this capacity he often visited Asia primarily China. On these junkets long-standing diplomatic tradition dictated a ceremonial gift exchange in which the host - usually a local dignitary - presented the guest with a gift and the guest in turn presented the host with a gift. After leaving the Senate Stevenson continued high-level banking concerns with Asia co-founding SC & M Investment Management Corp. and the Asian mergers and acquisitions firm HuaMei Capital Co. Inc. He continued to visit China for many years regarding Chinese banking matters in which a gift exchange was likewise the tradition. This memento was presented to him on one such visit. o Beijing. Yingxiang Oriental Culture Communication Companny paperback
2000réf. 0803308Sichuan People's Publishing House 2000-01-01. paperback. Used - Good. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Language: Simplifed Chinese. The people of various nationalities and classes of Chinas mainland. Taiwan compatriots and overseas Chinese took an active part in the Anti-Japanese War. With beautiful pictures. rich content and authoritative materials. this book represents the heroic history of how the Chinese people resisted unyieldingly the foreign invaders. Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. Sichuan People's Publishing House paperback
réf. 9629370328.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1991Octavo in a blue DJ ; 362 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 23 cm Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Illustrated
SHENGJI TU. (Illustrated Scenes from the Life of the Sage, Confucius). 30x40 cm. chinese tex,t, maps, illustrations, portraits + 105 woodblock prints depicting the life of confucius, in the original chinese sewn binding. protected in later chinese style blue cloth box, with straps and ivory needles. a very good copy. scarce.A recent article by Chun Shum in the 'East Asian Library Journal' (Vol. 10, no. 1) provides a wealth of information on what amounts to an exemplary sub-genre of Chinese illustrated book production. In fact, scenes from the life of the Confucius are, arguably, at the fountainhead of book illustration in China. Illustrations of Confucius' life exist in three media: as paintings, engraved on stone (typically reproduced in collections of rubbings), and as woodblock printed editions. The earliest painted version were probably produced in during the Eastern Han period; three sets of stone engravings are said to exist; and there have been many woodcut editions of the Sage's illustrated life. The earliest printed versions are thought to date to the 13th century, but no such Song editions survive. There are several Ming editions. The quality of the illustrations and of the prints differ greatly. This one is taken fromt blocks that appear to be the best we have seeen.The present work is a late Qing edition, most likely a later printing from the blocks prepared by Kong Xianlan in 1874. This edition is noted and described in Chun Shum's article (pp. 153-55), and the sample illustration reproduced matches the corresponding images in the present work. All 105 images collated by Chun Shum are present, along with the introductory text taken from the biography of Confucius in the 'Shiji'. Quality of paper and printing indicate that this may be a somewhat later impression from Kong's blocks, impossible to date precisely. the impressions are clear and the book is a rich source of the visual imagery - based on earlier, Ming model - produced at the time. Scanned samples available on request. Confucius - Pictorial works.
1953réf. 015947Kyoto-shoni Co. Ltd., Kyoto 1953. Erstausgabe Klappkassetten Sehr Ordentlich, Solide
2010IN 4. BR [BE]. 36 PP. ENV 40 ILL EN COULEURS. [BE]
