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1973Best.-Nr. 2111902154606690full iron society 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. full iron society paperback
1984Best.-Nr. 2091502133905972Kokusho Publishing Association 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kokusho Publishing Association paperback
1952Best.-Nr. vh3901Payot Bibliothèque Géographique Broché 1952 In-8 (14 x 22,2 cm), broché, 254 pages, illustrations en noir inet hors texte ; pliures au dos, quelques rousseurs éparses, bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1917Best.-Nr. 156891Dalian: Minami manshu tetsudo 1917. A rare guide to the South Manchuria Railway with 13 well-preserved maps First edition first printing of this scarce and profusely illustrated handbook for business and tourist travellers on the South Manchuria Railway the economic powerhouse of Japan's East Asian empire. WorldCat records only three copies all in Japanese institutions. The South Manchuria Railway Company was founded in 1906 under the direction of Goto Shinpei 1857-1929 to manage railway lines seized from Russia in the wake of the Russo-Japanese War. By the end of 1907 it already had 9000 Japanese and 4000 Chinese employees and during its first decade of operations the company invested in a range of industries including coal mining including the major mine at Fushun natural gas extraction shipping and hotels and hospitality. In 1917 the company took over management of the entire railway network in Japanese-controlled Korea cementing its position as the backbone of Japan's imperial expansion between the wars. This guide focuses on major stops along the railway including Dalian Fengtian Changchun and Yingkou together with descriptions of and directions to notable visiting spots. The maps and plans show the extent of the network the layout of important destination cities and the course of key battles in the Russo-Japanese war. A selection of the plates stress the vibrancy of Japanese economic development. Octavo. With 54 plates 11 colour 13 folding maps and plans 6 colour folding table of fares colour pagoda vignette on title page vignettes in text. Original illustrated green stiff card wrappers spine and front cover lettered in white pictorial endpapers. Covers bright extremities rubbed small closed tear to penultimate map professionally repaired with Japanese tissue maps otherwise exceptionally well-preserved small loss to p. 7 of table of contents slightly affecting text contents clean. A near-fine copy. Institutional holdings: National Diet Library Waseda and International Research Center for Japanese Studies. unknown
1930Best.-Nr. 2091502135419796South Manchuria Railway KK 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 South Manchuria Railway KK paperback
1895Best.-Nr. 788961895 Paris, Tequi, 1895, grand in 8° broché, III-446 pages ; portrait en frontispice ; illustrations et cartes.
1895Best.-Nr. 93781895 Paris, Téqui, 1895. Un fort volume in-8 broché, couverture beige imprimée, 446 pages, cartes, illustrations hors-texte, une carte dép. in fine. Mouillure en marge aux premiers feuillets, couverture tâchée, rousseurs éparses.
1895Best.-Nr. 93791895 Paris, Téqui, 1895. Un fort volume in-8 broché, couverture beige imprimée, 446 pages, cartes, illustrations hors-texte, une carte dép. in fine. Petite déchirure au dos, rousseurs éparses.
19118vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous plates and plans, and large folding maps; original cloth, gilt back, covers mildly age-marked else a very good,bright, firm copy. First appearance in English of an important account, originally published in Russian in 1909. VERY SCARCE.
Best.-Nr. 9008In 8 broché, couverture illustrée, faux-titre, titre, 230 pages, 7 pages de catalogue Payot Paris 1935. Traduction par Eva MEYEROVITCH
1923Best.-Nr. 188890Perhaps Tokyo: Mantetsu tetsudobu c. 1923. The backbone of Japan's overseas empire A large and colourful tourist map of the mainline running from Jilin and Changchun to Lushun Port Arthur recording stations branchlines rivers and the belt of mountains skirting the mainline's south side. The text on the verso provides essential information on major destinations along the route. This map was issued during a period when Japan both consolidated its economic and political hold over South Manchuria but also faced heightened Chinese opposition in the form of strikes and protests. Tourist traffic however flowed unabated. Colour map formed from 2 joined sheets each 750 x 250 mm text and tipped-on errata slip on verso. Folding away into original illustrated wrappers. General creasing 55 mm split at head of first fold archival tape repair to wrappers: very good. unknown
Best.-Nr. 2081402109700370Yamato shoten N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 296 Size: 19cm Yamato shoten paperback
1945Contents: Color ad for GM's Electro-Motive Division; Color ad for the new Pontiac (car); Color Kuppenheimer clothing ad; Moscow-London duel attests problems of Truman and Attlee in shaping policy on atomic bomb; Nice color military-themed Coke ad (in Leyte, Philippines); Nice color Camel cigarette ad; Stalin rumors kindled by failure to show up for Red celebrations; photo of tubby Col. Esao Tokunaga who abused Allied prisoners in Hong Kong; Evidence of Japanese war crimes in the Philippines; Blood over Manchuria; The idle GI and liberated France are mighty tired of each other; Dee Balla - Sweetheart of the Marines; Color ad for Pullman-Standard; Great color centerfold ad for the new 1946 Chevrolet; Two photos of a German weapon, the "Viper", a rocket-powered, piloted midget plane which was to be aimed at enemy bombers at 620 mph - the pilot would bail out pre-impact; Canada's arctic exercise Musk Ox; Lewis-Murray feud blurs start of labor-management meeting; Clarence Birdseye now holds 300 patents - his latest invention is a quick-dehydration method; nice color White truck ad; Edgar Bergen marries Frances Westerman; Prokofieff's voice is cosmopolitan - his theme is the spirit of Russia; Photo of German POWs at Fort Custer, Michigan; color ad for Philip Morris & Co. - Bond Street and Revelation; William Keighley; It's Pepsi's Money - Portrait of America Exhibition at Rockefeller Center; Color ad for Scheaffer's pens inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
1939Best.-Nr. 56037Osaka Japan.: Osaka Mainichi. 12-25- 1939. One original Japanese color woodblock print with tissue guard black and white illustrations throughout plus an additional seven color plates viii168 pp 15 x 10 inches color pictorial wrappers. Light creasing and wear to covers with one inch tear to upper left edge of front cover and to upper right edge short tears and little loss to spine and back cover. Interior in good condition. The woodblock print is in fine condition. The magazine features a colorful and intricately designed woodblock print by the artist Takahashi Hiroaki 1871-1945 depicting the Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo "one of Japan's three great festivals.Clad in 'tekomai' costume the two geisha in the forefront carry red lanterns bearing their names and jangle iron rods called 'kanabo'.clearing the way for the procession." Many interesting articles reflect the contemporary feeling in Japan already at war with China in the years leading up to World War II including "Mode of Living in Present Day Nippon" by Kichijiro Inoue: "The attitude of China was an insolent one for a neighbor to assume. It also lacked understanding and sympathy as regards Japan's racial requirements." The table of contents lists the following sections: Editorial Of General Interest Cultural Field China Emergency International Relations Finance and Industry Events of International Interest Sports. . Osaka Mainichi. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 2080202103705389Nankoshu Railway Coordination Department N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Page number: 374p 13 tables Size: 22cm Nankoshu Railway Coordination Department paperback
1891Best.-Nr. 25997Paris Sociéité D'éditions Scientifiques 1891 GRAND In-8 XII-397 pp et deux cartes dépliantes, papier jauni toutes tranches dorées
Best.-Nr. 10604Nanking, Issued by the International Relations Committee, printed by the Science Press, Shanghai, no date, 1932? 1 booklet, in-12, stapled soiled covers, internally clean, a good copy overall.
1924Best.-Nr. 2091502135501228South Manchuria Railway Co. Ltd. Harbin Office Investigation Section 1924. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 23 Standard size: 22x32cm South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd. Harbin Office Investigation Section paperback
Best.-Nr. 15156Gotha: Justus Perthes Geographical Institute. Adolf Stieler 1775-1836 was a German cartographer at the Justus Perthes Geographical Institute in Gotha. Color map includes Mongolia in the south and Japan to the east. Mounted on linen with damp stains to the linen which do not penetrate the map o/w very good. 19 x 15 1/2" Justus Perthes Geographical Institute unknown
Best.-Nr. 2081002109000762South Manzhou Railway N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 78p 10 illustrations Size: 19cm South Manzhou Railway paperback
Best.-Nr. 10506Paris, Editions A. Pedone, 1938. 1 volume in-12, 302 pp., broché, couvertures souples imprimées, non coupé, très bon état.
Best.-Nr. 11318Published and distributed by the East Asian Research Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, December 1963. 1 volume in-quarto, 252 pp., hard covers with cloth binding, typed text, a very good copy. Stamp of Irwin Hyatt Jr from the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
Best.-Nr. 9494Published and distributed by the East Asian Research Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, December 1963. 1 volume in-quarto, 252 pp., hard covers with cloth binding, typed text, a very good copy. Stamp of Irwin Hyatt Jr from the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
Best.-Nr. 9495Published and distributed by the East Asian Research Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, December 1965. 1 volume in-quarto, 201 pp., hard covers with cloth binding, title page soiled but content clean, typed text, a good copy. Stamp of Irwin Hyatt Jr from the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
2010Best.-Nr. LFA01305Un ouvrage de 375 pages, format 155 x 240 mm, illustré, broché, publié en 2010, XO Editions, bon état
