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1936318267N.p. China 1936. illustrated from photographs. 50 pp. 1 vols. Square 12mo. Green cloth titled in gilt. Very good plus minor wear and soiling to cloth. Chinese bookseller's ticket at back. illustrated from photographs. 50 pp. 1 vols. Square 12mo. Only known copy. Only known copy of this engaging account of the month-long cruise of the Lark in the Woosung mudflats in November and December 1935. The party comprised four sportsmen Len Biggs the chronicler Bob Biggs Bob Whitmore and Dick Martin and a crew of four and their bag was more than 200 birds shot and retrieved chiefly duck and teal. The party travelled on the motor cruiser Lark with a sailing sampan Victor and converted lifeboat Marion in tow. The book takes the form of a diary with notes on expenses and other practical aspects of organizing the outing. Biggs acknowledges H.T. Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley 1895; 2nd ed. 1910: "Although the enormous flocks of geese swan and duck that used to be a really wonderful sight seem to have decreased in numbers considerably there are still ideal spots for the wildfowler to shoot from still so many bird ." <br/>The typesetting and paper points to a local Chinese production and a handful of typographical errors are lightly corrected in pencil.<br/>RARE and interesting. Not in OCLC unknown books
200230879Woodbridge:: Antique Collectors' Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1851493905 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Antique Collectors' Club, hardcover books
197825687Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1978. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial paper wrappers; 237pp. Mild external wear and soil; internally clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
1890312761London: Printed at the Army-Navy Cooperative Society Limited 1890. 3Â mounted albumen photographs of the shooting party with their trophies head- and tailpieces. xii 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 5 -3/8 inches; 196 x 137 mm. Contemporary full black morocco over stiff card covers ruled in silver upper cover with text in blindstamp edges silvered decorative endpapers. Finely rebacked to style; edges rubbed. Black morocco backed slipcase and chemise. 3Â mounted albumen photographs of the shooting party with their trophies head- and tailpieces. xii 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 5 -3/8 inches; 196 x 137 mm. Presentation Copy. A signed presentation copy from the author John Bell-Irving to Douglas Jones. <br/>Bell-Irving was a Scottish businessman and partner in the Hong Kong trading firm Jardine Matheson and a director of the Hong Kong Electric Company. Jones was Secretary of the Union Insurance Society of Canton of Shanghai. <br/>"The greatest pleasure in up-country shooting trips"Â Bell-Irving claims "is the idea of perfect freedom far removed from business cares and beyond the reach of letters and telegrams." Succinct account of many hunting trips after pheasant waterfowl deer and other game with observations on weather and conditions and game bag. Bell-Irving and Jones are quoted frequently in Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley 2nd ed. 1910.<br/><br/>A SUSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF SPORT ALONG THE YANGTZE OVER THREE DECADES.<br/><br/>EXCEEDINGLY RARE. OCLC 42241800 Princeton Printed at the Army-Navy Cooperative Society Limited unknown books
199630023Paducah: Collector Books. Near Fine. 1996. Paperback. 0891453644 . Color photographs throughout. First edition thus - updated values paperback. About fine in oversized pictorial wraps. . Collector Books paperback books
196546051Peking: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1965. Fourth Edition. Slim octavo 18.5cm; illustrated wrappers; 88pp; illus. Light wear and dustiness to wrappers with a small tear at upper spine; Very Good. Graphic novel dealing with "an episode in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It describes a group of Young Pioneers composed of Chinese and Korean children like their fathers and elder brothers waged a courageous relentless struggle against the enemy during the occupation of northeastern China by the Japanese imperialists" from introduction. Foreign Languages Publishing House unknown books
199630028Paducah: Collector Books. Near Fine. 1996. Paperback. 089145702X . Color photographs throughout. First edition paperback. Near fine in oversized pictorial wraps. . Collector Books paperback books
190925743Hong Kong: M. Sternberg 1909. Color printed postcard. Not dated; circa 1909. An unused postcard; light wear; in very good condition. . Postcard. Not Bound. Very Good. M. Sternberg paperback books
197329880Taipei 1973. hardcover. fine. Profusely illustrated with color photos. 320pp. Folio cloth d.w. Taipei 1973. A fine copy in a good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Pictorial survey of all aspects of Chinese arts & culture. Text in Chinese and English.<br/><br/> unknown books
16885Mao Tse-tung .Press Photo Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung in various occasions in China. 1949 Press Photo Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung in various occasions in China. This is an original press photo. Caption on lower margin reads: The French national radio speculated Tuesday that Mao Tse-tung may have died or is gravely ill. He is pictured above on various occasions in the past from left: greeting an Indian delegation in Peking in 1954; in Moscow in 1950; a radio speech in Peking in 1949 and again in 1949 during a tour of Peking.Photo measures 10 x 8.25inches. Photo is dated --1949. Very good condition. unknown books
1965505521965. CHINA. CHINESE JOURNEY. Photographs by Gun Kessle. Text by Jan Myrdal. New York: Pantheon Books 1965. First edition. Small 4to. red and black cloth stamped in gilt spine in gilt. 160 pp. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A very good copy; clean and bright in an edgeworn dust jacket. unknown books
198333224New York: Vantage Press 1983. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new. xix 305 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Vantage Press hardcover books
1899006605Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh Limited 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker 1849-1926 was a barrister and noted China scholar and although not a trained linguist his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kelly and Walsh, Limited Paperback books
1989177398Taibei Shi: Guo li li shi bo wu guan 1989. Hardcover. VG/VG. Tan boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine tan illustrated dust jacket with black lettering purple spine with black lettering 92 pp illustrated in color and bw. Text in Chinese and English. At head of title: The graphic ballet of the writer:s brush = Fei yue ling dong huan hua wan qian di. Guo li li shi bo wu guan hardcover books
197639274Taipei: China Publishing Co. 1976. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good copy. 6 pp. on 1 folded sheet. Illus. with b/w reproductions. Sm. 4to. China and the Chinese. Part o a series of small brochures on aspects of Chinese art and culture. China Publishing Co. unknown books
196925668Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1969. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound printed paper wrappers; 32pp. Faint corner-creasing mild external soil; Very Good. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
19754870Stanford: Stanford University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0804708878 . First edition. Light foxing along top edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Stanford University Press hardcover books
130596Washington DC: Meridian International Center. Softcover. NF. White wraps with color illustration. 74 pp. Color illustrations throughout. In English and Chinese. Held from September 23 2011 to Jan. 15 2012 this exhibition introduces American audiences to developments taking place in Jingdezhen and shows how Chinese porcelain is transcending the classical blue-and-white decorative motifs for which it had become famous. The thirteen artists featured here are at the forefront of this modern movement and together with their colleagues will continue to produce ceramic paintings that advance this art form. Meridian International Center paperback books
19206138San Francisco: Danner & Baker Inc 1920. Oblong stapled booklet 23 x 27 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION of this number. A trade catalogue of glassware porcelain and Satsuma pottery from this long running San Francisco dealer in crockery and glassware. Near fine in green- and gilt-titled tan wrappers. Previous owner's inscription to the from wrapper panel. OCLC locates one record for Catalogue no. 4 but the location is lacking; one copy each of Catalogues no. 3 & 5. Danner & Baker, Inc unknown books
197625991New York: The Seabury Press 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 502 pp. With an inked inscription on the front endpaper possibly by the author but it is not fully clear to us. Text translated into English by Michael Shaw. A very good copy in dustwrapper. The Seabury Press hardcover books
198886708Zao Ying lu Chaoyang District Beijing: Agricultural Publishing House 1988. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. color photos 328p. Original cloth. dj. 26cm. These annual English editions began publication with the year 1985. <br/><br/> Agricultural Publishing House hardcover books
198786707Zao Ying lu Chaoyang District Beijing: Agricultural Publishing House 1987. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. color photos 328p. Original cloth. dj. 26cm. These annual English editions began publication with the year 1985. <br/><br/> Agricultural Publishing House hardcover books
16807China 1896 Chinese Imperial Gov. GBP 25 Gold loan with coupon / 14 x hole punched. Chinese Imperial Government. 5% Gold Loan of 1896 - Original bond with 25 coupons no. 35 10/1/1913 - 72. Coupons and bond hole punched bond with 14 holes . Ser No. 10817 / Certificate in two languages/ German tax stamp. Issued in Berlin on 04/01/1896 / Countersigned by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank. This was a Anglo-German Loan to the Chinese Imperial Government. After it became clear to the Qing government that their finances weren't going to remain self-sufficient in light of the two Opium Wars and the First Sino-Japanese Warthe imperial Chinese court decided that it would have to raise capital through the foreign banking corporations operating in China. The Chinese defeats during these wars threw it into a state of turmoil the Qing imperial government was plunged deeply into debt to pay for war indemnities making the need for foreign capital great. These foreign banking corporations had been established in the preceding decades then saw the opportunity to quickly expand their business in China to meet the Chinese government's demands. As a result Imperial China had to issue these Loans. unknown books
197353374Millbrae CA: Celestial Arts 1973. First Edition. Small square quarto. Pictorial card wrappers; 64pp; illus with 7" LP record in rear pocket as issued. Mild cover wear and soil; internally fine; vinyl record apparently unplayed NM. Illustrates a series of eight basic exercises approved by Mao to "Promote Physical Culture and Improve the People's Health." With LP record of original cadences and music performed by the Central China Philharmonic Society. Celestial Arts unknown books
1863303391Paris 1863. 98pp. 274 items priced. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound. 98pp. 274 items priced. 1 vols. 8vo. unknown books
