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Hollywood and Africa: Recycling the 'Dark Continent' Myth from 1908-2020
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1762ref. ABC_508791762. Various sizes. Ad 1-3: Contemporary sturdy paper wrappers sewn on 3 vellum supports; ad 4: the 12 documents are held together by a narrow paper wrapper with the text: "Onafgedaane Indiësche zaaken concentreerende de Amphioen Societeyt" and a string. With 12 manuscript documents and a manuscript on paper in 2 different hands. 15 1 blank; 3 ll. Collection of thirteen Dutch manuscripts concerning the Amfioensociëteit Amfioen Society documenting both its establishment in 1745 and its dissolution half a century later. Founded by the Dutch East India Company VOC to maintain its monopoly on the opium trade in the Dutch East Indies the Amfioensociëteit controlled one of the colony's most profitable monopolies until its liquidation in 1794.The earliest manuscript ads 1-3 contains the charter octrooi granted to the society for the period 1745-1755 together with its renewal for 1755-1765. Although the original charter was printed in Batavia in 1745 and survives in a single known copy that edition does not include the renewal. The present manuscript further contains a third text added in a different hand and dated November 1762 concerning the management of the society's outstanding affairs. Written on paper bearing the watermark of the VOC Chamber of Amsterdam it was probably intended for official administrative use.The remaining twelve documents relate to the financial settlement following the dissolution of the society in 1794. Most date from 1793 1794 and 1797 with one document dated 1807 reflecting the prolonged liquidation process. They concern the distribution of assets among shareholders outstanding debts and other administrative matters arising from the winding up of the company. Several documents are signed by Pieter van de Weert dates unknown cashier of the Amfioensociëteit while others mention Jacob Mossel 1704-1761 governor-general of the Dutch East Indies and the society's first director and Gerard Maximiliaan Taets van Amerongen 1727-1788 who was married to Mossel's daughter. Although several documents are headed "Copie" they are contemporary manuscript records rather than later transcripts many containing calculations annotations and other traces of active administrative use. Together they document the final years of the Amfioen Sociëteit and the administration of its dissolution.The wrappers of ads 1-3 are somewhat water stained with worm holes in the back wrapper and final leaf. The leaves are somewhat water stained especially the 3 final leaves an ink stain on leaf 12; the remaining 12 documents are folded several with small tears in the margins without loss of text occasional mild soiling. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Landwehr VOC 1449 printed copy of ad 1; STCN 240022416 1 copy; Wit Herman de 2012. Aandeelhouders van de opgeheven Amfioensociëteit in 1801. hardcover
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1849ref. 56871Edo Tokyo: n.p. Kaei 2 1849. Five vols. Tall 8vo. 40; 44; 48; 42; 34 pp. With 1 double-page colour woodblock map 18 double-page woodblocks 7 w/ colour 1 single-page woodblock plate. Uniformly bound in textured embossed pattern limp softcovers manuscript titles punch-sewn at gutter margins wear soiling some worming through fore-edges text in portions thumbing to fore-edges soiling lower 2/3 of front title leaf stating “Forbidden from Sale” torn away still a G- reference set of this noted rarity. First edition of the author’s “second series” recounting further events in the First Opium War fought between Great Britain and China in 1839-1842. The text and illustrations vividly stressed the terrible effects of opium on Qing Dynasty China and the brave Chinese resisting the British military. Buttressed with striking illustrations by Utagawa Sadahide 1807-1879/79 which depict such incidents as Chinese fire-boats approaching a British warship; a captured spy; Chenshi the Monk putting up a valiant fight; a Chinese Woman warrior fighting the British; a Taiwanese fort sinking a British Warship; the fall of Zhenhai; French diplomatic ships arriving on the Yangtze and even an omen appearing in the heavens. In addition there are a number of woodblock prints depicting British cannons mortars and firearms employed during the Opium Wars. The Kaigai Shinwa printed on Mino paper was written in a sensationalistic and simple style with Japanese syllabaries attached to all Chinese characters and intended as a cautionary tale advising Japan and other Asian countries of the pitfalls of foreign invaders and intervention just four years before the appearance of Perry’s squadron in Tokyo Bay. Mineta Fuko 1817-1883 was thrown into prison for having published the work without official consent and later after he was released was deprived of the right to live in Edo Kyoto or Osaka -- the santo kamae tri-urban banishment and many of the volumes were seized and others were censored or removed. See: Timothy Brook & Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi Opium Regimes: China Britain and Japan 1839-1952 2000 pp. 60-65; Masuda Wataru Seigaku tozen to Chukoku jijo: zassho sakki The Eastern Spread of Western Learning and Conditions in China: Notes on Various Books 14. Kaigai Shinwa. . . Tokyo 1979 Translated by Joshua A. Fogel UCSB pp. 27-39. n.p., paperback
1866ref. BK0123Smyrna Turkey 1866. Autograph commercial letter signed by Cousinery & Fils to Lanman & Kemp New York. Stampless folded letter carried by the Messageries Maritimes steamer Volga departing Smyrna November 9 and arriving at Marseille November 14. Blue oval Cousinery & Fils handstamp and circular "MARSEILLE À LYON" traveling-post-office transit mark dated November 16 on the reverse; black circular "NEW YORK / 45 / DEC / 61 / NOTES" December 3 arrival marking on the front assessing forty-five cents in depreciated United States notes equivalent to the thirty-cent gold rate; manuscript "18" debit marking also apparently miscalculated. 1 pp. 8 x 10 ¼ inches. Old folds; light wear; fine to very fine. A commercial letter documenting the export of Ottoman opium from Smyrna to the United States. Cousinery & Fils confirm the purchase and shipment of five cases for the New York drug firm Lanman & Kemp invoiced at 84360 piastres and balanced through a £671 draft on London. The merchants describe the Smyrna opium market as being in a "state of dullness" with little demand and only limited sales of old and new drugs. They nevertheless report rumors that a Dutch company had ordered another 150 baskets which might strengthen prices. Responding to instructions from New York they agree to suspend purchases for one month and cancel two intended November shipments. A memorandum on the reverse records recent shipments aboard the steamers Sardis and Sidore and calculates a total of 380 cases of opium sent to the United States during 1866. A concise record of the nineteenth-century opium trade connecting Ottoman producers European financial intermediaries and the American pharmaceutical market. . unknown
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1913ref. 1944London:: H.M.S.O. 1913. First separate issue 8vo original printed blue wrappers stitched in blue; pp. 219-224ii blank. Text in English and Portuguese With the neat ink stamp on cover of London County Council Library. In very fine condition. This agreement between the UK and Portugal regulated "the consumption sale & exportation of prepared opium and agreed on the repression of smuggling". It was signed shortly after the First International Opium Conference at The Hague 23 January 1912. There members of the League of Nations signed the first international drug control treaty. The UK and Portugal however set their own limits on opium imports to their colonies: 260 chests of opium per annum into Macao and 540 chests into Hong Kong for local consumption while the Government of India retained the right to purchase opium in the open market in Calcutta Bombay and elsewhere in India. H.M.S.O. unknown
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2011ref. DADAX384338374XLAP Lambert Academic Publishing 2011-01-31. paperback. New. 5.91x1.21x8.66. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing paperback
ref. ria9798325053788_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; For long the origins of Acholi and Lango have been formally documented and taught in schools as unrelated. However as spelt out in this book there are indisputable proofs that the two groups actually have a common origin. An analysis paperback
2003ref. DADAX1920033661Nisc Pty Ltd 2020-03-05. paperback. New. 6.50x0.75x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Nisc (Pty) Ltd paperback
1848ref. 6240St. Louis: W. H. Gray Ed 1848. First Thus. Loose sheet. Very Good. Published Saturday January 1 1848. Sheet folding to four pages each page measuring 9 x 11.25 inches. Printed sheet with autograph address and postal cancellation. With old mailing folds wax seal ghost some smudging and small stains. A well preserved copy. Commodities prices including Turkish opium and annual statement of the business in St. Louis. Now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. W. H. Gray, Ed unknown
1909ref. 173663London.: Printed for the HMSO by Darling & Son. February1909. Two Parliamentary Papers: Volume I: title contents 98pp final blank; Volume III. title Index three large folding charts one coloured showing the sales of opium between 1902-1905 Appendices Subject Index 280 pp; both 32.5 x 21.1cm original blue title wrappers slightly creased spines discoloued with wear and slight loss to the head and foot of each volume III with two blue ink library stamps but very good clean examples. Important and scarce primary material relating to the use of opium in the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. Volumes I and III were issued in the series of Parliamentary papers of Great Britain as Papers by command. Volume II containing the Minutes of Evidence was not published for sale. Volume I publishes 17 sections which include the effects and prevalence of opium use attempts at prohibition and restrictive measures including the registration of smokers reduction in the number of opium outlets and increasing price. Volume III includes analysis and evidence given by 74 witnesses on a range of issues relating to opium smoking followed by 99 short appendices. Both de-accessioned from the University of Hull Library sold with a copy of a letter of confirmation of de-accession. . Printed for the HMSO by Darling & Son. unknown
ref. ria9781920033668_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Hollywood and Africa - recycling the ‘Dark Continent’ myth from 1908–2020 is a study of over a century of stereotypical Hollywood film productions about Africa. It argues that the myth of the Dark Continent continues t paperback
1846ref. 030214New York: Homans & Ellis 1846. 90 pages 2 pages of publishers' announcements at back; title page with a woodcut China moon bridge scene. Contents with an overview of Chinese geography religion history culture trade manners and aspects of culture. This is a later edition of a British printing; those are noted as having 64 pages; this is longer by some 26 pages. Somewhat crudely and solidly side-sewn without covers. Approx. 3 3/4" x 6" size; some dustiness and tip-curling; in good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Homans & Ellis paperback
2026ref. LRB48054825Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 544 pages. Volume 4 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1894. Text in English. This comprehensive report presents the findings of the Royal Commission on Opium established to investigate the opium trade and its social and economic impacts. The volume includes detailed minutes of evidence from witnesses appendices and supplementary materials providing a thorough examination of the subject during the late 19th century. It reflects the perspectives of key figures such as the Maharajah of Darbhanga and Lord Brassey offering valuable insights into historical debates on opium regulation and international trade. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB48054829Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 688 pages. Volume 2 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1894. Text in English. This volume presents the first report of the Royal Commission on Opium including minutes of evidence and appendices. The commission examined the opium trade its economic and social impacts and related correspondence with the Straits Settlements and China. The report is structured in multiple parts covering evidence sessions appendices and historical analyses with an index of witnesses and a glossary of Indian terms used in the proceedings. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
