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1891BB009<p> CHINA: Propaganda against Western Missionaries<br /></p><p>The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A "Complete Picture Gallery" by CHOU HAN. Hankow China 1891. With 32 full=page woodblock plates printed in color. Oblong 4to original printed wrappers sewn spine soiling minor repairs.</p><p>The author Chou Han is described by the translator Griffith John 1831-1912 as 'a gentleman of high official rank Taotai in Hunan' and was part of an orchestrated propaganda campaign aimed at discouraging Western Christian missionaries from working and traveling in China. This volume was perhaps his most significant and horrific attack on western culture managing a "reptile press" in Hunan creating unrest and distrust amongst the Chinese people see John's "A Voice from China" 1907 p. 220. Chou Han himself is probably represented in plates IX XIII XXVI and XXIX; the images are virulently anti-foreigner and specifically anti-Christian. John translated and circulated the present work to draw attention to the British authorities of the problems faced by missionaries in Asia. </p><p>Very Rare. ONLY 3 COPIES CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS ABPC & RBH. </p><br /> paperback books
1966WRCLIT78312New Haven: College & University Press 1966. 224pp. Cloth. First edition. A very good or better copy in lightly shelfworn dust jacket. College & University Press hardcover books
197519455EPhoenix AZ: Phoenix Art Museum 1975. First Edition. Paperbound 7†x 10â€. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of Western art works from Kennedy Galleries collection. Fine copy in printed wrappers. Phoenix Art Museum unknown books
197214185Apia Samoa 1972. Softcover. Very good. 8.5 x 11 in 138 pp printed wrappers. Yearbook of the Western Samoa Teachers' Training College illustrated with many b/w photographs. Light soiling to covers title handwritten in pen on spine; otherwise unmarked clean and sound. Includes staff photos and bios list and photos of all graduates list of trophies and awards messages from various school dignitaties letters to the editor student writing most describing what their school experience has meant to them poetry in both English and Samoan and typical yearbook photos of campus life sports clubs and other activities identifying students who participated in each. An interesting and scarce record of this educational institution which was merged into the National University of Samoa in 1997. paperback books
1920224Denver: The Great Western Sugar Company 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 324pp with b/w illustrations and diagrams. Very good condition with light wear to spine ends. The Great Western Sugar Company hardcover books
1957WRCLIT73592Np: Republic Pictures 1957. 4pp. Folio 18 x 12". Pictorial leaflet. Illustrations. Folded across middle date in crayon on last page very good. A pressbook for promoting this 1957 B western. Buster Crabbe starred in a screen adaptation by Gamet of a book by Alson Jesse Smith under the direction of Joe Kane. Released in Republic's trademarked "Naturama." Republic Pictures unknown books
198416n.p.: the Coalition 199-. Pinback button slightly over 2 inches in diameter very good. the Coalition unknown books
014559Chicago IL: Poole Bros. Chicago. Fair. Pamphlet. Illustrated wrapper showing a collection of anthropomorphic animals gathered around a book. A delicate little pamphlet 5 1/4 x 5 1/16 inches with a fragile string-tied binding. Wrappers are soiled and chipped; some minor tearing to pages at binding but booklet remains intact; first leaf sticking at binding. Half inch triangular chip missing from back wrapper. Toning and soiling inside. What at first glance seems to be a typical child's ABC book is in reality a land promotional piece for the Chicago & North-Western Railway. "R is for Railroad train with equipment the best; Which on the North -Western Will take you out West." Includes a small inset map of the Chicago North-Western Railway and 8 pages of text extolling the virtues of the million acres of land the railway owns ready to sell in southern Minnesota and southeastern Dakota. An alphabet book in rhyme that includes text describing the benefits of moving to Dakota Minnesota and other places served by the Chicago and North Western Railway Company. 4 copies found on OCLC which lists the date as 1889. Fun piece of Americana. ; 16 pp . Poole Bros. Chicago unknown books
1906WRCLIT65343New York: The Grafton Press 1906. Black cloth decorated in red lettered in gilt t.e.g. Illustrated with photogravures after drawings by F.T. Wood. Bookplate on pastedown light scattered foxing trace of sunning to spine but a very good copy. First edition. A collection of fictional sketches based on some of the legendary figures of the west designed and printed at the Merrymount Press. SMITH B1180. SIX-GUNS 320. The Grafton Press hardcover books
19331962Long Beach Ca 1933. Very good plus. Forty silver gelatin photographs. Twenty-six mounted on leaves with typed captions the remainder loose but captioned in negative. Images 3.5 x 5.75 inches and 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Images crisp and clean mounting leaves a bit rumpled with light wear. Small collection of images documenting the Long Beach Earthquake of May 10 1933. The images mounted to sheets are numbered and captioned in typescript with the heading "Earthquake Damage - Long Beach and Vicinity. March 14 1933". They provide a visual survey of the damage to major sites around Los Angeles and Compton such as the Masonic Temple the Dominguez Sub-station the Security First National Bank in Compton buildings along East Compton Boulevard and several of the local schools. The loose photos all show damage in Long Beach itself including the Seaside Hospital the Catholic Church the Imperial Theatre schools and an image captioned "Feeding refugees at Lincoln Park - Long Beach Cal."<br/><br/>The Long Beach Earthquake occurred just before 6 o'clock in the morning and was a magnitude 6.4 killing more than 100 people. The epicenter was offshore south of Los Angeles with much of the damage limited to Long Beach but also spreading north into southern L.A. It is notable that many of the images here document school buildings as more than 200 schools were damaged in the event. This highlighted a need for earthquake-proof construction in school buildings where the death toll would have been much higher had the earthquake struck during school hours and the legislature passed the Field Act on April 10th as a result. An altogether interesting set of images. unknown books
1915901Portland 1915. Very good. Sixteen cyanotypes approximately 5 x 7 inches. Minor wear and toning at edges images generally sharp with nice contrast. Sixteen cyanotypes depicting the activities of the lumber industry in Oregon taken by an unidentified photographer. The images include scenes of the premises of the Oregon Planing Mill in Portland Globe Mills and a more rural lumber yard and timber camp in the Pacific Northwest. The Oregon Planing Mill was located at 224 2nd Street in Portland and was active in the 1910s and 1920s leading us to a date for the group of images. Two photographs are of the planing mill one showing the outside and the other the interior. Another set of images shows the exterior and interior works of the Globe Mill. Two images show tidy rows of houses which may be a logging camp or an early rural development. The remaining ten images are industrial in nature depicting large buildings and lumber yards full of cut timber planks. All the images have good contrast and are quite sharp with an eye for composition and detail. An interesting group of particularly fine cyanotypes. unknown books
1910156South Dakota 1910. Very good. Eighteen glass plates eight measuring 3 x 4 inches four colored and ten of them 4 x 5 inches. With photographs printed from the plates. No cracking minimal chipping at edges. Two small sets of images depicting life in South Dakota at the turn of the century. The first consists of ten images of settlers and scenes on the prairie. There are two plates of women with tents and covered wagons a nice image of a woman and several girls playing what appears to be Ring Around the Rosie an image which is captioned on the photographic print "steam driven water well drilling rig" an early airplane and some settlers outside a homestead. The second series would seem to be from Pine Ridge Indian Agency. These include two photographs which are clearly of Native American children one of them depicting boys with short hair and "civilized" clothes three plates which depict a rodeo in the area an image of someone in a feathered headdress near a teepee and plates of people with horses. unknown books
18718352Oxford: Powell 1871. Printed wraps front cover loose 8vo Pp. 29. Powell unknown books
1994318151994. WESTERN Johnny. Signed Photograph. An 8- by 10-inch black-and-white photograph of Western standing in front of a microphone with a cowboy hat on inscribed along lower border: "To Joe- The Best from Johnny Western `94." $25.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
194527050Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press 1945. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Cloth 8vo. 364 pp. Stated first edition. With illustrations by Harold D. Bugbee. A very good copy. This copy a bit odd in that the former owner tipped on the dustwrapper to the rear endpaper with another portion of it tipped on to the rear inside pastedown. Otherwise the book is quite clean and presentable. Humorously INSCRIBED by Edward Wentworth on the front endpaper. University of Oklahoma Press unknown books
1880279471880. Seven photographs: from Virginia City Denver and San Francisco of men and women. The bottom margins and the verso identify the studio. Very Good. unknown books
1936169316Chicago IL: Walter M. Hill 1936. First edition. Hardcover. 64 pages. A collection of poems by Chicago author Alfred Hamill writing under the pseudonym Hugh Western. A clean and tight near fine copy with a small gift inscription on the front free endpaper in a very good dust jacket with some minor wear and a tear to the top of the spine and rear panel that has been repaired with tape. Signed by Hamill/Western on the title page. Walter M. Hill unknown books
1926WRCLIT78525Chicago: Walter M. Hill 1926. Gilt cloth. Pictorial title by T.M. Cleland. A neatly and properly deaccessioned institutional duplicate with a bookplate on the front pastedown bearing a small withdrawal stamp otherwise a nice bright largely unopened copy in pictorial dust jacket with minor chips at top edge of front panel and some tears at top edge of rear panel. First edition. Prefatory note by Christopher Morley. A collection of verse by the friend and patron of the Art Institute of Chicago and President of the Newberry Library Trustees printed by the Lakeside Press and published under the imprint of the Chicago bookseller. Walter M. Hill hardcover books
1926WRCLIT54374Chicago: Walter M. Hill 1926. Gilt cloth. Pictorial title by T.M. Cleland. Prefatory note by Christopher Morley. First edition. A neatly and properly deaccessioned institutional duplicate with bookplates each bearing a small withdrawal stamp otherwise a nice bright copy without dust jacket. Walter M. Hill hardcover books
192656682Chicago: Walter M. Hill 1926. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards dust jacket top edge cut fore and bottom edges deckled. Morley Christopher. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards dust jacket top edge cut fore and bottom edges deckled. 64 4 pages. First edition. Lee C17. A collection of poems by Western including an introduction "A WORD IN PARENTHESIS" by Christopher Morley. Title page illustrated in gray and black by T.M. Cleland. Some pages unopened. Some color rubbed off jacket especially around edges. Walter M. Hill unknown books
289CLELAND WESTERN Hugh. SERENADE. Chicago: Walter M. Hill 1926. Large 8vo. Boards dust jacket. 67 pages. Fir edition. Dust jacket and title page designed by Thomas Maitland Cleland the book itse was printed at The Lakeside Press. The dust jacket has a noticeable round t in the front panel else a very good copy. unknown books
1964312201964. Softcover. VG small label on front cover. Light blue/grey ill. wraps. 30 pp. 11 color and bw plates. Includes brief essay by George Kubler. unknown books
19353857Chicago: Automobile Association of America 1935. Single yellow sheet 23 cm x 12 cm Printed on both sides. Very good. One side contains a route map and detailed directions from Salt Lake City to Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park on a loop U.S. 89 and U.S. 91. Reverse contains an advertisement for Auto-Lite Service<br/><br/>"Road conditions are comparable and motorists interested in making time will probably prefer U.S. 91 which is also very scenic but does not compare with the beauty of the route by way of Zion. On this route several side trips of outstanding interest can be made." From the library of Francis Farquhar. Automobile Association of America unknown books
19094239Paddington Station London: Great Western Railway Company 1909. 72pp. Profusely photo illustrated. Folding map at rear printed in 4 colors. Finely bound by Morrell in 1/2 dark blue calf brown calf spine label over marbled boards hinges lightly rubbed. An appendix includes a schedule of railway ticket prices. Great Western Railway Company hardcover books
1929021229Chicago and North Western. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo 180pp. 46pp. Supplment to Book of Rules 1935 bound in at front. Owner's name very good. . Chicago and North Western hardcover books
