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réf. 24046701Burma Siam ca 1900-1920s. A set of copper & brass scales hand made contained in a two-part wooden case with three elephants carved in the top 16.5 x 7.5 cm. closed with a brass ring scale bowls 4.5 cm. diameter balance bar 11 cm. . . . HAND-MADE . . A lovely period piece entirely hand-made. This charming and unique ethnic piece came from the Golden Triangle area. . The case has a pivot point at the elephant's tail end. It opens by separating the two halves as if a clam-shell. Contained within the box is a matching carved form exactly matching the whole scale and its two brass bowls. . The bowls are tied with four purple dyed strings attached to each end of the copper balance bar. Held in the center by another string the pointer will balance to the exact center done with great & fine precision and accuracy. . One simply puts opium in one side and a counter balance in the other to get an exact weight measurement. . Likely the work of Karens or other Golden triangle tribes. Articles of this caliber and period are quite scarce. . Color photos are posted to our website. . . unknown
réf. 4542édition de la revue art et travail paris sans date (1910 ?) In 8 broché 286 pages couverture illustrée - très nombreuses illustrations de pendrell, hurd, charbonnet, camis, constant
196732 pages. Features: Bobby Gimby - The unabashedly patriotic bandleader and his runaway hit song "Ca-NaDa"; Bush Pilot Robert Gauchie holds the record for northern survival after spending 58 days alone just south of the Arctic Circle when he was forced to land his plane on Samantha Lake - Part 2 of 2; Ad for Sunbeam shavers featuring Johnny Bower in his goalie equipment; "Coffee, Tea or Cribbage?" - Lucille Grant was the first stewardess at Trans-Canada Airlines; Warlord for Hire - General Tuan Shih Wen makes his money protecting opium shipments - and he spends a lot of it fighting communists; Doug Wright's Family comic. Somewhat above-average wear. Was exposed to moisture years ago, resulting in minor undulations and light discolouration. A sound copy. Book
1989réf. 51180Beltsville MD: Sea Island Information Group 1989. Pamphlet. 19p. second edition first printing wraps. African American poet. Sea Island Information Group unknown books
1846réf. 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
réf. 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
1928réf. ABE-1205535502416 PAGES FORMAT 24 CM X 34 CM-EN COUVERTURE RACHEL DEVIRYS DANS "L'EMPRISE"-LES GRANDES ENQUETES DE CINE-MIROIR BRUNE OU BLONDE?.,PHOTO ANDREE BRABANT,RAQUEL MELLER,PIERRE BATCHEFF-"AU TEMPS DES GROGNARDS",2P,7 PHOTOS-LE COEUR DE LILIAN GISH CONFIDENCES ET SOUVENIRS DE LA GRANDE VEDETTE AMERICAINE,1P,2 PHOTOS-BATAILLE DE TITANS,2P,8 PHOTOS-MA VIE ET MES FILMS,PAR JAQUE CATELAIN,1P,4 PHOTOS-"AU TEMPLE DE NARA",DE GEORGES JACOBY,2P,8 PHOTOS,FUMEUR D'OPIUM-VEDETTE EXOTIQUE,PHOTO RAQUEL TORRES-EN 4 DE COUVERTURE SUZANNE BIANCHETTI DANS "VERDUN,VISIONS D'HISTOIRE"-1 AUREOLE DISCRETE EN MARGE DROITE DE UNE
1762réf. 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. AUTOGRAPHS DOCUMENTS & MANUSCRIPTS ECONOMY TRADE & NUMISMATICS LOW COUNTRIES Autographs & Letters Economic History & Trade Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Manuscripts & Documents VOC hardcover
1841réf. 192022September 1840-February 1841. Noble fragments A moving and historically significant record of companionship in confinement Anne Noble being one of the few Western women to see the interior of China before the opening of the treaty ports. These notes sent surreptitiously by two British officers detained in nearby cells are the most important surviving artefacts of her extraordinary five-month imprisonment. An experienced seafarer and traveller Noble née Watson 1814-1877 ventured to China in the late 1830s onboard the Kite a trading ship captained by her husband James Smith Noble. Following the outbreak of the First Opium War the ship was requisitioned as a transport ship but ran aground on 15 September off the Chinese coast near Zhenhai. The survivors - Noble's husband and infant son both drowned - were carried in cages to Ningbo where Noble and the ship's military commander Lieutenant Charles Douglas were incarcerated in separate lice-ridden cells at the residence of the city's ranking mandarin. Douglas was soon joined by Captain Philip Anstruther known to contemporaries as "the life of every party he joined" quoted in D'Arcy-Brown p. 92 who was captured in mid-September while reconnoitring near Dinghai. The captives met only when they were carried in cages to meet Chinese officials and they were not released until 21 February 1841. By bribing jailers and locals with money received from Chinese officials and British forces Noble and Anstruther & Douglas could exchange notes hastily written on whatever paper they had to hand. The 40 here - the only that appear to have survived - convey the camaraderie and close bond shared by the prisoners their hopes and uncertainty concerning their detention and their experiences of isolation. The two cells frequently shared suggestions and snippets of gossip concerning the prospects of their release; Anstruther & Douglas could communicate with British forces by letter and pass on to Noble morale-boosting reassurances "They dare not keep us longer" - Douglas 15 November 1840; "do not give way to doubt and fear" - Anstruther undated. Noble occupied her time mending clothes sent by the men while they advised on how to deal with the corruptible jailers. They sent money and soup; she provided needle and thread in return. During the five months they were assisted by the enterprising Bu Dingbang - known as "the comprador" - who had been arrested for treason while assisting the British fleet near Chusan. Despite being a convict Bu appears to have had regular access to the outside world and to the Westerners including to cook them food and Noble acted as an indispensable conduit of information between Bu and the men. Some of these concerned the matter of their release but the officers were equally concerned with their health and the well-being of the rank-and-file British soldiers and sailors held in the city jail. Anstruther was seemingly often preoccupied with the state of Bu's cooking "a little less garlic and more chilly sic" - undated but likely mid-October 1840. Unfortunately for him the beer wine and cheroots ran out by mid-November. The final firmly dated note in this collection was sent on 18 February 1841. The preceding month British ships sacked the forts at Canton which forced Ningbo's officials to release their hostages on 21 February. Noble and her ordeal became a sensation in China and back home and her account of her confinement was rushed into print in the Chinese Repository "Loss of the ship Kite and Mrs. Noble's narrative of her captivity and sufferings in prison in China in 1840-41; in a letter to a friend". The British community around Canton raised $8000 for her passage back to England and her prison cage was displayed in London. In 1844 she emigrated to the United States. This collection surfaced in the early 21st century as part of a broader group of papers from the Noble family sold at a New Hampshire auction. They were bought from the purchaser a member of the American trade by an American private collector in 2015. The contents of the notes are discussed on pages 108-110 and in Chapter VI of "A White Barbarian Lady" by Liam D'Arcy-Brown who used a rough transcription made when the material was offered for sale in the early 2010s. The notes are accompanied by five letters sent to Noble shortly after her release including one from Douglas as well as 44 letters and documents associated with Noble and her family. Together 40 sheets or bifolia ranging in size up to 210 x 260 mm many on fragile paper. Written in ink or pencil ink annotations in a different hand perhaps Noble's. Full listing available on request. Old folds 5 split into two or more fragments and with small losses slightly affecting sense 1 seemingly a fragment of a much longer note: a well-preserved collection of delicate material. Liam D'Arcy-Brown "A White Barbarian Lady": The Story of Anne Noble a Victorian Woman Imprisoned in China 2016. hardcover
réf. 8577La Haye, Imprimerie Nationale, 1912 - Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. 1 volume in-4, 262 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir, couvertures imprimées conservées, 2 discrets tampons sur la page de titre, enrichi de quelques planches photographiques, très bon exemplaire.
réf. 8578La Haye, Imprimerie Nationale, 1912 - Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. 1 volume in-4, 262-195 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir, couvertures imprimées conservées, enrichi de quelques planches photographiques, discrets tampons sur la page de titre, très bon exemplaire.
réf. 13145P., Calmann-Lévy 1922, in-12, 288 pp., reliure demi-veau, dos orné, couverture conservée.-rognure bord 1er plat,Roman publié pour la première fois en 1906, tournant autour du thème des petites prostituées et de l'opium. La première moitié du roman se déroule à Toulon, et la seconde moitié se passe en Chine (Liedekerke 174-176).
réf. 20474P., Calmann-Lévy 1910 ?, in-12, 288 pp., broché,couverture de titre et dos manquants,dans l’etat - Roman publié pour la première fois en 1906, tournant autour du thème des petites prostituées et de l'opium. La première moitié du roman se déroule à Toulon, et la seconde moitié se passe en Chine (Liedekerke 174-176).
1950Book is very clean and completely unblemished except for the tiniest of corner wear, no bumps, but very light wear just at the very tips. The book is wrapped in the original semi-transparent paper as a protective jacket. The binding is tight and solid, pages and illustrations are very clean with no marking of any kind. Decorated green boards with oil on water image of swirls and bubbles on paper with black cloth spine. 77 pp., red colored page ends. Illustrated with twelve gravures by Zhenya Gay with an intro by William Bolitho. Four page Sunglass notes are laid in and in excellent condition. Slipcase is sunned with numerous edge and corner chips, no tears.
1950Book is in excellent condition with bright green marbled paper boards, dark black cloth at spine and 1/4 boards, gilt print. Very light sunning to part of spine not covered by original cover paper, now tattered at spine. This is the only flaw, otherwise Fine, as new. Slipcase has considerable edgewear, otherwise quite clean with no tears. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book features twelve gravures, b&w, full page, by Zhenya Gay in a glowering and sometimes surreal style. Very pretty piece.
1997réf. 12892CBHarmondsworth, England/New York, Penguin Books (= Penguin popular classics), 1997. 8°, 263 S. (Text: Englisch), illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), untere Ecke des Einbanddeckels mit Knickspur, Einband minimal berieben, sonst schönes, sauberes Exemplar (caleng)
1886276, (12) [Publisher's catalogue]. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Unopened. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 200mm. From Morley's Universal Library, uniformly bound with others in the series. Gilt lettered faux vellum spine over blue gray linen boards. Spine very slightly darkened. Head and tail of spine bumped. Second edition. Henry Morley (1822-1894) was a popular lecturer and prolific writer who did more to promote education and love of literature than any other person in the Victorian era. LOC W48/BAG 5
1950pp. ix, 77 + Plus Frontis and bold full page gravures by Zheny Gay. Title page and text printed in red and black. All edges red. Type designed by Bruce Rogers. Includes an insert of the Heritage Club Sandglass, Number 1P. Sm. 4to. Original cloth spine over marbled boards. Binding has some wear. Hardbound. Nice copy. A beautifully printed and affordable version of the original Limited Editions Club publication. THESE HERITAGE PRESS BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS. W83
1921réf. 195579London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1921. First edition the correspondence centring on Sir John Jordan and Sir Beilby Alston Jordan's successor as the British minister to the Republic of China. Jordan in particular had a strong aversion to the opium trade and exerted pressure on the Government of India to curtail exports. The collection begins in June with reports on efforts to limit cultivation in Zhejiang province. During the 1910s political instability set back the regulation and policing of the opium trade leaving Alston only able to report in spring 1921 "that the reports. from the various provinces received since the beginning of this year are uniformly bad. It is of course almost impossible to estimate how far China as a whole has receded from the position in 1917 when the country was officially recognised to have been purged of opium growing" pp. 113-14. Large quarto. Original blue wrappers spine and front cover lettered in black. Traces of old pencil ownership inscription at head of front cover. A few marks to wrappers small split at head of spine a little creasing internally: a very good copy indeed. unknown
1861réf. 195583London: Printed by Harrison and Sons 1861. First edition. The Treaty of Tianjin and its ratification at the 1860 Convention of Peking gave the British the right to trade along the Yangtse's lower and middle reaches as far as Hankow and opened several ports including Hankow and Zhenjiang to foreign vessels. The documents in this collection cover the first three months of 1861 during which Admiral Sir James Hope and Harry Parkes led a naval expedition up the river to enforce Britain's treaty privileges. Large quarto 322 x 200 mm. Disbound. Leaves foliated in contemporary hand. Old vertical crease spine folds repaired with archival paper: very good. unknown
réf. 7757Bruxelles, Des Presses de l'Imprimerie et Scientifique, 1930. 1 fascicule in-8 carré, couvertures souples imprimées, enrichi de IX planches hors texte, avec un vel envoi de l'auteur à Monsieur le Commandant Guéneron.
réf. 3087Paris, Bibliothèque des curiosités H. Daragon, Editeur, 1908. 1 volume in-12, 84 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir noir, couvertures d'origine conservées, quelques rousseurs sur le premier plat et la page de garde, sinon bon état.
réf. 542Paul Paclot et Charles Tallandier, Paris, s.d. circa 1903
1820réf. 35187ABLeipzig, Richter, 1820. Gr. 8° (23 x 20 cm). 25, (1) S. kräftiges Papier, Dreikantgoldschnitt. Grüner Wachspapierumschlag der Zeit.
