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19972381997. Lin Jian. <p><br /> ABOUT THE ART <br /> <br /> Acclaimed and immensely talented Chinese artist renowned and collected all over the world for his Realism and Hyperrealism masterpieces. This is one of the finest examples of his celebrated work.</p> <br /> <p>Painted circa 1990-2000. Oil on canvas. Provenance: This was a commissioned piece by an American fine art collector so he signed his name in English versus the traditional Chinese characters he traditionally employs when selling to the Chinese market.</p> <br /> <p>The painting is the finest landscape I’ve ever had the pleasure to own and sell: The attention to detail technical mastery of scale perspective detail use of space balanced aesthetic of the composition use of both light and shadow and realistic portrayal of rocky mountaintops and snow the latter extraordinarily hard to achieve is masterful.</p> <br /> <p>The art is in excellent condition - just a few areas of natural craquelure. NOTE: the painting was up against a chair when I took a picture of the back of the canvas. There is no dent. The frame is in excellent as-new condition.</p> <br /> <p>I recently commissioned for this custom Italian brown-gilt wood frame to be hand-constructed for this spectacular painting to complement and augment the colors of the mountains and the shimmering sun reflecting off the craggy mountains and wind-swept snow.<br /> <br /> ABOUT THE ARTIST</p> <br /> <p>Lin Jian was born in 1973 in Fujian Province located in the Southeastern part of China. He began to paint when he was only four years old and graduated from Xu Beihong Fine Arts Institute. For many years he has devoted himself to oil painting the Yellow River - his most revered and sought work in China. With each of these works of art through the beautiful scenery of Yellow River Lin Jian displays the Chinese spirits and history and expresses his devotion for the mother river. His paintings are warmly welcomed and highly collected throughout the soles particularly in mainland China Taiwan Hong Kong and the United States.</p> <br /> <p>In 1996 Lin travelled throughout the US and took many photographs of the places he wanted to paint. He enjoys painting in large sizes on a grandiose scale. I do not know if this is of a mountain range he encountered on his trip to the US or of a famous mountain/mountain range in China.</p> <br /> <p>Frame: 54†x 42â€</p> <br /> <p>Art: 48†h x 36†w</p> <br /> <p>Your new work of art will be packed with the utmost care and fully insured with signature required upon delivery for your protection.</p> . unknown
1967151615Beijing: Beijing mangwen chubanshe 1967. A scarce Braille edition of the revolutionary wisdom of Mao's "closest comrade in arms" First edition in Braille first printing one of 500 copies of this collection of sayings by Lin published to ensure nobody was exempt from his burgeoning cult of personality. Editions of Lin's writings transformed him into China's number two fountain of ideological wisdom with a power base that would eventually rival that of Mao himself. Scarce with no copies recorded institutionally. The Chinese government had introduced a uniform Chinese Braille system in 1953 and by the mid-1970s there were over 170 organisations in China catering to the blind which all required copies of the latest propaganda publications. At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution Beijing mangwen chubanshe Beijing Braille Press was one of just two publishers in the country with the facilities to produce Braille books and it shouldered the task of producing the majority of translations including the present work. The high cost of production for works in Braille due to the large quantity of paper required was subsidized by the state rather than passed on to customers through the retail price demonstrating the state's determination to ensure that the Cultural Revolution's cult of personality touched all state subjects. This selection of quotations from Lin was first published in Chinese the preceding year. As the driving force behind the growth of the Mao cult Lin Biao inevitably accrued a level of political power and influence that left him in day-to-day control of a large swathe of China's government and party bureaucracy. His policy statements and speeches received extensive coverage in state media while at rallies and political meetings he wielded political legitimacy flowing from his unique association with Mao. As Lin's status as Mao's chosen successor grew so did his cult with collections of his speeches and utterances printed to further study of his contribution to the Cultural Revolution's various ideological "breakthroughs". Eventually Lin's personal prestige became too much for Mao. In 1971 he mysteriously died in a plane crash while fleeing with his family to the Soviet Union. Overnight he vanished from the history books. 2 vols quarto. Original brown card wrappers title and five-pointed star to spines and front covers in red. Housed in custom red cloth folding cases. Wrappers marked and with some paste-staining stain to margins of first and last few leaves in vol. II contents otherwise clean. Overall a very good copy of this poorly produced book. hardcover
20212081502111906751Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House paperback
1942129765Gallery. As New. 1942. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - - DISCOUNT APPLIED AT CHECKOUT Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - Corresponds to ASIN: B000MVRN8Y. Xvi 536 pages color frontis 118 monochrome plates 123 text illus. ; large 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . Gallery hardcover
1989102432Yale University Press. New. 1989. Hardcover. 0300042221 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 310 pages; 281 illustrations in black and white. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Yale University Press hardcover
199991108Odana / Gallery. New. 1999. Hardcover. 0908154461 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 400 pages more than 375 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Odana / Gallery hardcover
185343554Tacubaya 1853. First edition. Loose leaves disbound from a later made-up volume. Overall very good. 77 pp. on 43 leaves some folded. Folio. Beginning on June 1 1853 shortly after Santa Anna's return to Mexico as dictator and ending December 29 1853 just two weeks after he extended his rule indefinitely and had himself given the title of "most serene highness" these documents cover a period of three leaders in the Ministry of War and Navy: Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil Juan Suárez y Navarro and Lino J. Alcorta; all prominent santannistas. Eight are issued by Tornel the most federalist of Santa Anna's advisors who fell ill and died in September 1853; ten are issued by Juan Suárez y Navarro chief administrator of the Ministry of War -the first document noting "por enfermedad de su S. E. J. Suarez Navarro" on September 10th- who coveted the position as Minster of War and Navy but broke with Santa Anna just three weeks later when Lino J. Alcorta was appointed minister in his stead and who issued the remaining twenty- nine documents. Thirteen of the documents are printed; 34 are in manuscript either originals or perhaps manuscripts reproduced by an early form heliography. Similar documents were described by Dr. W. Michael Mathes in a 2004 auction catalogue as "an early form of holography i.e. heliography using a concentrated beam of sunlight to transfer text a process employed in Mexico during a brief period between 1850 and 1856 for short runs and to avoid printing delays and costs. Lithography was impractical for such short-run imprints as it was extraordinarily costly took weeks and presented difficulties in reproducing the writer’s hand." In a few instances the date on the manuscript documents differs from that of the later publication. The documents are primarily concerned with bringing professionalism and discipline to the army and the nation stemming desertions and bolstering the draft though exempting indigenous peoples punishing theft and corruption building fortifications and other public works increasing weaponry and creating militias. OCLC locates no copies of any of these individual documents though some of the printed items are held at Berkeley and except for the auction noted above we could find no listings catalogue holdings or auction records for items reproduced in a similar fashion to those included. Detailed listing upon request. unknown
199261Very fine. 4 big maps 1:1000000 Has not been used new. With envelop/With instruction book. Maps and instruction book are new. Envelop wears. Beijing
62Very fine. 4 big maps 1:1000000 Has not been used new. With envelop/With instruction book. Maps and instruction book are new. Envelop wears. Beijing
1989C102432Yale University Press. As New. 1989. Hardcover. 0300042221 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 310 pages; 281 illustrations in black and white. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Yale University Press hardcover
1999C91108Odana / Gallery. As New. 1999. Hardcover. 0908154461 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 400 pages more than 375 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Odana / Gallery hardcover
20142081502111906742old books in shanghai 2014. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 hardcover book old books in shanghai paperback
179<p>Collection of seven pieces of incoming correspondence on thirteen sheets primarily related to the missionary career of Alonzo Eugene Austin 1837-1915 in Sitka Alaska including a letter from a young Tlingit woman and former pupil Olinda James Bailey along with a remarkable letter entirely in Chinese related to the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church apparently composed by two Chinese Christians at the time of their departure from New York in 1899 and likely retained as a curio by the Austin family.</p><p>Alonzo E. Austin served as Presbyterian missionary in Sitka Alaska from between 1879 to 1898 before returning to New York. While in Sitka Austin and his daughter Olinda became the first teachers at a local school in Sitka which became the predecessor to the Sitka Industrial and Training School having first instructed Russian children before reopening the school for Alaska Natives. The present archive is largely related to Austin's work in Sitka and includes an 1893 letter from The Board of Home Missions related to the church an 1898 three page letter from Selma Peterson a Scandinavian missionary in Alaska and a 1915 letter from the Woman's Board of Home Missions with a partial list of names of Austin's students from Sitka related to a photograph taken there which has been added to by Austin's daughter Charlotte Hall.</p><p>The most significant piece related to Austin's work in Sitka is a letter sent to him in 1910 by a former Alaska Native student Olinda James 1890-1978 who was likely named for Austin's daughter and fellow teacher Olinda Austin Ayers. James' letter is a striking testament to the continued closeness between a former missionary educator and a young Tlingit woman. James writes of having just received a photograph sent to her by the Austins: "I got the picture you send me I am more than glad to get get it I thought it was only a dream when I got it." She goes on to briefly reminisce about having spent "five years four months" in school and asks Austin if he remembers a fellow student Lizzie Kadashan who recently married Olinda's brother Ray James.</p><p>Included in this collection is the aforementioned letter entirely in Chinese by Lin Dezhi Lin Lianfang æž—å¾·æ¤ èŽ²èŠ³ å—付 written in February 1899 apparently to members of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church on their departure from New York. A translation of the letter is as follows:</p><p><em>May God grant us grace and blessings. Gentlemen as leaders of our church brethren may you guide us to do more good deeds bear more good fruit and receive the Lord's favor. During each prayer please pray on my behalf for a safe journey. Here I bid farewell to my dear elder brothers. May you also receive God's protection and have a safe journey when you return to your hometowns. Wherever you may be may you do more good deeds receive the Lord's blessings prosper in wealth thrive in business and soon welcome better times. This is my heartfelt wish. I kindly request that you brothers pass this letter on to Mr. Dao. I would be most grateful. I plan to set sail on the twelfth day of the second month of the Tang calendar which is Thursday. After receiving this letter please pray to the Lord for blessings on my behalf. This is my greatest hope. At the same time I wish you all well. To the brothers of the Presbyterian Church on 55th Street please also take note. </em><br /><em>February 10 1899 </em><br /><em>Your brother </em><br /><em>Lin Dezhi Lin Lianfang</em></p><p>This bookseller has been unable to trace any record of the author or the Mr. Dao referred to in the letter. Given that the letter is addressed in such a way that he would have then been staying with the recipients of the letter before his departure it is likeliest that these recipients would have been in New York and related to Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church which is mentioned at the end especially as the letter was retained in a New York family collection. The recipients could well have been other Chinese Christians then staying in New York or the letter could also have been a ceremonial present to given before departure to non-Chinese missionary hosts.</p><p>In all the collection represents an important record of one missionary's life and his connections to the Pacific world both indigenous and East Asian. Letters by Alaska Natives from this period are scarce both in commerce and in public archives as are letters in Chinese by Chinese Christians while in the United States.</p>
1936047126Easton Pa: Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences 1936 1937 1936. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Complete Volume Numbers 1-12 Bound Without Wrappers Black Cloth Spine Gilt Over Boards Ownership Stamps Of Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau; M. O. D. Adastral Library; And Central School Of Aircraft Recognition / 11 Jan 1955 / Royal Air Force Ownership Paper Label Of British Air Staff Intelligence Headquarters. Millikan And Von Karman Are Among The Most Famous American Aeronautical Engineers. Tung Hua Lin 1911 - 2007 Was A Chinese-American Aerospace And Structural Engineer Best Known For Designing China's First Twin Engine Aircraft During World War Ii. Lin Was Born In Chungking In May 1911. His Grandfather Was Head Of The Local Telegraph Agency. In 1914 His Family Moved To Beijing. He Enrolled In Huiwen High School In 1924 Graduating In 1928. After Graduation He Entered Yenching University Majoring In Physics But The Following Year Transferred To Chiaotung University's Tangshan Hebei Campus Present-Day Southwest Jiaotong University Graduating With A Bachelor Of Science Degree In 1933. He Then Won A Chinese National Fellowship To Study In The United States In 1933. He Completed His Master Of Science Degree At The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology In 1936. He Returned To Teach At Tsing Hua University In 1937. Lin Was Asked To Design Aircraft During World War Ii. His Production Team Worked In A Cave To Protect Against Bombing By The Japanese. He Lacked Modern Design Tools Such As Wind Tunnels To Test The Aircraft. The C-0101 Which He Designed And Constructed Largely From Bamboo And Wood Was Test Flown From Chungking To Chengdu On November 18 1944. Lin Was Awarded A Medal By The Chinese Government For His Efforts. After The War Lin Was A Member Of A Mission To Design Jet Aircraft In China. They Approached The St. Louis Missouri-Based Mcdonnell Aircraft About Mass-Producing Their Aircraft But As The Price Quoted Was Too Expensive They Instead Chose Gloucester England's Gloster Aircraft Company; Lin Was Part Of A 20-Person Design Team Who Moved To England To Work With Them In 1947. However Due To A Lack Of Funding They Had To Halt Production In 1949 Whereupon Lin Moved To The United States. There He Taught At The University Of Detroit While Studying For His Doctorate At The University Of Michigan. He Became A Professor At The University Of California Los Angeles In 1955; While There He Published The Theory Of Inelastic Structure In 1968. Lin Was Awarded The Theodore Von Kármán Medal By The American Society Of Civil Engineers In 1988. His Research On Earthquake Stress In Construction Materials Led To A Fellowship In The National Academy Of Engineering In 1990. Taiwan's Academia Sinica Named Him As A Member In 1996. His Cousin Tung-Yen Lin Was Also One Of The Outstanding Structural Engineers Of The 20Th Century. <br/> <br/> Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences 1936 1937 paperback
19932083002115803780National Palace Museum 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 8 National Palace Museum paperback
1935150072New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1935. First edition of the sequel to Mary Poppins. Octavo original cloth illustrated endpapers illustrated by Mary Shepard. Boldly signed by Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor Lin-Manuel Miranda on the half-title page. Miranda starred alongside Emily Blunt in the sequel Mary Poppins Returns to the 1964 film Mary Poppins and stars Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins with supporting roles from Ben Whishaw Emily Mortimer Julie Walters Dick Van Dyke Angela Lansbury Colin Firth Meryl Streep and David Warner in his final film appearance. Set in London during the Great Depression the film sees Mary Poppins the former nanny of Jane and Michael Banks return to them in the wake of the death of Michael's wife. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Rare in this condition and signed. "The first Mary Poppins stories were written when Travers was recovering from an illness and were told to two children of her acquaintance. Mary Poppins appeared in 1934 and was an immediate success" Carpenter & Prichard 540. It centers on magical English nanny of the same name. She is blown by the east wind to Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane London and into the Banks's household to care for their children. It was adapted by Walt Disney in 1964 into a musical film titled Mary Poppins starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. It received a total of thirteen Academy Award nominations including Best Picture – an unsurpassed record for any other film released by Walt Disney Studios – and won five; Best Actress for Andrews Best Film Editing Best Original Music Score Best Visual Effects and Best Original Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee". In 2013 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally historically or aesthetically significant". Mary Poppins is widely considered to be Walt Disney's "crowning achievement" being his only film to garner a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars in his lifetime. In 2004 Disney Theatrical in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh produced a stage musical also called Mary Poppins in London's West End theatre. The stage musical was transferred to Broadway. In 2013 the film Saving Mr. Banks depicted the making of the 1964 film. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover
200672414Yale University Press. New. 2006. Hardcover. 0300121202 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 112 pp. With 105 ills. 73 col. . 28 x 28 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Yale University Press hardcover
201088061Hatje Cantz. New. 2010. 377572429X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 200 pages; over 150 illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . Hatje Cantz unknown
197363363Neri Pozza Editore. As New. 1973. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in Italian. 232 pp. With 105 ills. On 80 pls. 22 x 18 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Neri Pozza Editore paperback
2009122952Foundation. New. 2009. Hardcover. 8885295606 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened with a bonus offer-- . Foundation hardcover
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201198061Cambridge University Press. New. 2011. Paperback. 0521186633 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 174 pages; 112 illus. -- with a bonus offer-- . Cambridge University Press paperback
2016116754Hatje Cantz. New. 2016. Hardcover. 3775740635 .IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer; 9.5 X 0.9 X 11.2 inches; 304 pages . Hatje Cantz hardcover