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1718ref. 179261London.: Illustrated London News. November 171860. Half page engravings 8.8 x 34.4 cm and 12.7 x 34.4 cm on a single newspaper leaf edge wear and creasing lower edge trimmed but in very good condition. A pair of engravings prepared for the Illustrated London News depicting the Third Battle of Taku Forts near Tianjin: an allied French and British assault part of the Second Opium War and an attempt to compel the Chinese government to observe the trade treaties signed between their governments in 1858 which included allowing the British to continue the opium trade in China. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled notation. . Illustrated London News. unknown
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ref. 42112501China ca 1875-80's.Chinese opium scale contained in a hand made Bamboo clam-shell case end pivot the inside matches the exact form of the scale & bone measure barcase:27 x 6.5 cm.brass bowl:5.6 cm. bone bar 24.5 cm. RARE & COMPLETE . . . SIMA CHINESE SCALE . . . AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF VINTAGE NATIVE . . . CREATIVITY & WORKMANSHIP . . . USING BONE BRASS COPPER & BAMBOO WOOD MATERIAL . . A lovely piece of native workmanship. The "violin-shaped" wooden top and bottom cases was carved to match the scales quite precisely with a grooves to accommodate the scale bone measurement bar the brass counter weight and copper ring lock. . To unlock & open one simply slides the copper ring to the far end. Then pivot the top side up or down to open. . The whole case is kept tightly closed by sliding the copper ring back to the left to lock the covers closed. . At one end of the bone measurement bar is a brass pointer & hook to measure accuracy the bar has many graduations to indicate various weights in ten's. . The brass bowl is held fast with buff colored strings carefully tied to the bone measure bar. . The counter balance is an oval brass piece with a hole and tie thread to adjust along the bone measure bar. . The square brass counter balance is slid along the bone bar until the scale is balanced rendering the weight reading. Simple but accurate ! One holds the bone bar by use of the black thread. . This practical object has been used for centuries throughout Asia and S.E. Asia in most all cultures. . This example made from two matching Bamboo parts is quite quaint and unusual. The patina is quite fine showing a nice color after more than a century of use nicely polished and smooth. . The scale is contained in a crimson velvet bag with draw strings. . Color photos are posted to our website. . CONDITION: The scale is contained in a hand-made Bamboo wooden case with typical signs of use age and wear. It is complete intact and a good working example. . The inside also shows normal use age and dustiness typical of a vintage and genuine item. . In original condition still easily used as it has been for more than a century. . Nicely done work. . REFERENCES: . The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library: CHINESE MEDICINE AN EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATING THE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE OF CHINA exhibit text & photo numbers 233. This text describes the photo item as a "violin-shaped" hand-carved wooden case with brass opium scales. This example is exactly the shape and format of our item. We quote: ".the ivory beams are not uncommon." An unusual and fascinating piece ! . . unknown
ref. 80102N.p. no date 19th c. Creased where folded; small voids at the center fold not affecting text. 12-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. Dr. Horwitz regrets relying on memory; describes the collection preparation appearance consistency and odor of "good fresh" opium. He discusses the preparation and use of infusions tinctures brown powder and beneficial effects in small doses. Despite his opening remarks it seems Dr. Horwitz has considerable experience in the use of opium along and in combination with calomel in connection with numerous ailmetns. unknown
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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
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ref. 5575Charpentier 1886. Fort in-12 relié. Modeste reliure, demi toile avec plats papiers. Couvertures non conservées. Roman qui décrit les ravages de la " noire idole " chez les Français d' Indochine, au travers de l'histoire d'un jeune poète accablé par le mal de vivre. Superbe état. Rare édition originale
ref. 12080Taipei, SMC Publishing, 2009. 1 thick volume, in-4, 426 pp., illustrated with hundreds of b.& w. and colour plates, hard bound with a colourful dust jacket, new book.
ref. 12958Taipei, SMC Publishing, 2009. 1 thick volume, in-4, 426 pp., illustrated with hundreds of b.& w. and colour plates, hard bound with a colourful dust jacket, new book.
ref. 384338374X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
1952Features: The Vengeance Trail - A murder-mystery from Ecuador, with photos; Our New Guinea Cruise - curious sights and scenes, with photos; Northland Mountaineering - interesting climbs in Arctic Norway - photos; Carlson's Mermaid - a fantastic story from the Niger delta; The 'Hidden Gold" Murders - a German case; Ghulam Haidar - Opium Peddler; Two Bad Men - murderers are eventually captured in America's rugged North-West; A Weird Quest - seances are held to help locate 'lost' gold-mines; Behind the Door - a tale from a Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy; Bush Nightmare - an experience in the wilds of Queensland; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
1952Features: The Vengeance Trial - An unusual murder in Ecuador; Our New Guinea Cruise - the natives of New Guinea have acquired a certain level of sophistication, with photos; Northland Mountaineering - ascending some difficult peaks in Norway, with nice photos; Carlson's Mermaid - a fantastic story from the Niger delta; The Hidden Gold Murders; Ghulam Haidar - Opium Peddler; Two Bad Men - tracking down two killers in America's wild North-West; A Wierd Quest - seances are held to help prospectors find gold in the U.S.; Behind the Door - a curious story from a Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy; Bush Nightmare - tough luck for a wanderer in the wilds of Queensland; Forewarned - a puzzling affair in Nigeria; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
1945ref. 17881945 Couverture souple Paris, La Mandragore, 1945. Un volume in-4 (33,5 x 26 cm), en feuilles sous chemise titrée et rempliée, dans son emboîtage, quelques accrocs à l'emboîtage. 124 (3) pages, illustrées de compositions en couleurs de Léon Masson. Tirage à 170 exemplaires, le nôtre un des 134 exemplaires sur vélin de Rives à la forme (n°162). Dans ce texte extrait des "paradis artificiels", Baudelaire dépeint l'opium comme une porte vers un monde onirique et décadent, mais aussi comme un miroir des abîmes de l'âme, entre extase et désespoir. L'ouvrage s'inscrit dans la tradition du romantisme noir et annonce les thèmes de la modernité littéraire. Bel état des planches et du texte, bon exemplaire de édition illustrée.
ref. 8781mangeurs,buveurs et fumeurs d’opium.Etude clinique et médico-littéraire. Préface de M. Le professeur Régis In 8 broché. Faux-titre, titre XII, 323 pages Librairie Félix Alcan 1912. Edition originale. (Pâles petites mouillures sur le premier plat, sans gravité) intérieur en très bon état
1925ref. 46404415Paris, Éditions du Monde Moderne, 1925 ; in-12, broché. 141 pp., 1 f.Introduction d’Albert de Pouvourville : “... il me faut me laver d’un reproche que vont me faire, très haut et très officiellement les Sociétés de tempérance qui exercent un contrôle sévère sur la vertu des contemporains, contrôle qui absout naturellement chacun de leurs membres des atteintes individuelles que, contre ladite vertu, ils ne manquent sans doute pas de commettre en leur privé. Mon ami chinois (l’auteur du livre) qui a la chance extraordinaire de vivre auprès du Jardin des Supplices, dans la récente République aux sept couleurs, ignorera toujours l’excommunication majeure des Sociétés en question, et de la S. D. N. qui en est le chef de file. El la connût-il, il ne ferait qu’en sourire, de ce sourire que mettent aux lèvres humaines cinq mille années de civilisation. Mais moi, citoyen de l’Europe infortunée, j’ai, de ces juges improvisés, une frayeur intense et justifiée. Car je sais leur austère intransigeance : je sais que, par eux, la libre et sèche Amérique, qui pratique le mariage en avion et le divorce au téléphone, a pudiquement réformé la Bible et déclaré que le Lord n’a jamais créé la vigne et que le patriarche Noé n’a jamais bu. (...) Nguyen-Te-Duc-Luat est médecin (...) Il est en outre Tongsang du rite Taoïste, ce qui équivaudrait chez nous à être docteur en théologie et superdocteur en philosophie. C’est un Sage. Son souverain qui honore les lettres, lui a jadis offert un poste de gouverneur. Il a refusé.” Pouvourville précise encore que l’auteur a eu 22 enfants et qu’il fume quotidiennement 30 pipes d’opium depuis le jour de sa puberté. Il a actuellement 74 ans. Le livre du docteur Nguyen est un manuel du fumeur d’opium : examen préparatoire, mécanisme et manipulation, art du fumeur, effets psychiques, théorie psychologique. Conclusion : “Les blancs, pour échapper à la tentation de la fée noire, n’ont qu’à rester paisiblement chez eux.”Un des 200 exemplaires sur beau papier.
1911ref. 5425Londres, P. S. King and Son, 1911 ; in-8, cartonnage de l'éditeur demi-toile verte, auteur et titre imprimés au dos et sur le premier plat ; XLVIII, 530, (2) pp.
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
1860ref. 178252London.: The Illustrated London News. June 231860. Black and white full-page engraving on a newspaper leaf 28 x 40 cm related text on the verso one small marginal edge-tear upper corner creased but the image in very good condition. Fine engraving of the combined Expeditionary Force at its encampment at Tsim Sha Tsui Kowloon nearing the culmination of the Second Opium War.The descriptive text notes on the verso : "The expeditionary force is arriving rapidly; every day troop-ships come into the harbour. Probyn's horse Sikhs to the number of five hundred are encamped on the mainland; Armstrong guns also are there. I never saw anything more picturesque than the camp: the scenery is beautiful." see detail in attached image. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News. unknown
1857ref. 178579London.: Illustrated Times. March 211857. Full-page engraving 23.5 x 33.6 cm including caption on a single newspaper leaf relevant text on the verso edge tears no loss and creasing in very good condition. Dramatic and scarce engraving depicting the destruction of the Canton Factories principal site of Western trade with China at the onset of the Second Opium War 1856-1860 by a 25 year old Gustave Doré. He contributed to the "Illustrated Times" a chief rival to the monopoly of "The Illustrated London News". Whilst the self-taught Doré did not enjoy initial success in France for Victorian Britons Doré's art was celebrated producing with Blanchard Jerrold his landmark account of mid Victorian London "London: a pilgrimage" over four years 1869-1872. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated Times. unknown
1858ref. 179429London.: Illustrated London News. March 131858. Three engravings on a double newspaper leaf the main image 16.5 x 51.3 cm with complete associated text central fold a few minor edge tears and two central fold splits neatly sealed on the verso but in very good condition. Engravings depicting the Battle of Canton Guangzhou 28-31 December 1857 led by joint British and French forces during the Second Opium War prepared for "The Illustrated London News". The main engraving shows the bombardment from the Harbour with the European Factories still in tact by artist and engraver Richard Principal Leitch his signature is reversed in the image who worked for "The Illustrated London News" for over 30 years from the 1840s. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled note in the lower corner. . Illustrated London News. unknown
