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1902CAT0007271902. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Purple string tied softcover collection of pochoir plates of Japanese confectionary designs; modest wear rear wrapper lacking foxing to covers. Measures 7 x 9 1/2. Finely rendered depictions of sweets. Date Meiji 35 1902. Intriguing collection that includes a number of European and American confections. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000727. unknown books
191541758Shanghai 1915. 8vo. 18 pp. text and 13 pp. pamphlet. Folding color map. Accordion-fold b/w lithograph plates. <br /><br />First edition. Each of the 85 pagoda images has a description in Chinese and English with a detailed Index on pastedowns. Laid in as issued is a 13 page pamphlet in English titled "Chinese Pagodas." The images were taken from models made by Chinese boys in Shanghai's Tushanwan orphanage. No copies online and none at auction for the past 30 years. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Very good condition. hardcover books
19102810881910. Map. Original color lithograph. 25.5 x 34 inches. In very good condition. Paper mounted on linen.<br/><br/> Outstanding bird's-eye view of New York Harbor one of the largest natural harbors in the world. Includes the East River Bridge which was formally re-named the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915. The top of the Buttermilk channel is shown with wonderful detail on Governors Island including Fort Jay and Castle Williams which are considered among the best remaining examples of First System Fort Jay and Second System Castle Williams American coastal fortification. Jersey City and Hoboken are included as well as the beginning of the Long Island Sound labelled in the upper right of the East River. Atmospheric printing of this sophistication indicates the map was printed in Germany as well as the word 'und' included in the title runner below the image. Attributed to M. Molitor based in Leipzig who made school maps. Hard to find.<br/><br/> unknown books
19083046031908. Photographs measuring 2-3/4 x 3-3/4 in. some a little faded. Manuscript captions in white ink in an album with 12 leaves. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary black cloth album. Photographs measuring 2-3/4 x 3-3/4 in. some a little faded. Manuscript captions in white ink in an album with 12 leaves. 1 vols. 8vo. RARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF NORTH CHINA. An excellent group of images documenting a tour though the little known and rarely photographed mining districts of northern China. The photographer was likely attached to the Anglo-French Quicksilver and Mining Concession which had claims in the Guizhou province. Among the photographs is an image of Henry Brelich who was the chief engineer of the Concession.<br/><br/>Commencing at Kainsk the photographer travelled on the Trans-Siberian Railway to Lake Baikal Harbin then via Mukden to the coal mining towns of Fushun the coal capital Kang-shan and Tung-Hwa. There are shots of mines at Ta-miao-erh-kou Tung-hua Ta-maio-kou and Fushun as well as "Korean Miners at Chi-tao-kou" "Ta-miao-erh-kou Placer Washing Gold" and "Ssu-tao-chiang coal pits"<br/><br/>There are shots of the expedition in action: "Crossing the Hun - tributary of the Yalu" "The Expedition en route outside Mukden." "An accident en route" a group shot of the servants. Then some images of local interest such as street scenes at Mukden and Tung-hwa the "Shrine outside Ling-kai" "Inn at Kwei-tai-mao-tze" a Manchurian farm. Other images include the floating dock at Lake Baikal views of the Hun Valley the Kao-li-mutze-ling pass and the Loh chuen valley.<br/><br/>The group provides a fascinating insight into this remote part of China at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Anglo-Chinese Treaty of 1902 paved the way for English developers as it included a revision of existing mining regulations. However the new regulations which didn't come into effect until the end of 1907 were such that it proved nearly impossible for any foreign firm to gain a foothold making this expedition one of the very few to gain a concession. unknown books
