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1936049673Shanghai: 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 40 Pp. Covers. Color And B/W Illustrations Text. First Printing Of The December 15 1936 Issue. Light Wear No Marks.This 1936-1937 Satirical Journal Targeting The Political Left Right And Center Is Quite Scarce It Had No Political Friends Worldcat Showing Only A Few Institutional Holdings. From Wikipedia: Among The Artists Who Established The Original Shanghai Manhua / Shanghai Sketch In 1928 Several Had Worked Together On The Small Short-Lived Journal Sanri Huabao Three Day Pictorial Including Ye Qianyu And The Brothers Zhang Guangyu And Zhang Zhenyu. The Journal Was Shut Down When Chiang Kai-Shek's Northern Expedition Reached Shanghai In April 1927. Out Of Work Cartoonists Ye Qianyu Huang Wennong And Lu Shaofei Published A Dedicated Publication For Manhua Named Shanghai Manhua Shanghai Sketch. The First Effort Resembled A Propaganda Poster And Was A Failure. Undeterred The Original Three Joined By Eight More Artists Including The Zhang Brothers Ding Song And Wang Dunqing Formed The Shanghai Sketch Society Also Translated As Shanghai Manhua Society In The Autumn Of 1927. It Was China's First Association Dedicated To Manhua And A Major Event In The History Of Chinese Comics.Shanghai Manhua Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Shànghai Mànhuà Originally Titled Shanghai Sketch Was A Weekly Pictorial Magazine Published In Shanghai From 21 April 1928 Until 7 June 1930. Considered The First Successful Manhua Magazine In China And One Of The Most Influential. In May 1936 Zhang Guangyu Re-Established Shanghai Manhua While Many Of The Original Members Were Then Working With Modern Sketch. Together They Organized The Highly Successful First National Cartoon Exhibition In September And Formed The National Association Of Chinese Cartoonists In The Spring Of 1937. The Blossoming Movement However Was Brought To A Halt By The Japanese Invasion A Few Months Later. <br/> <br/> ????? paperback
1921050580London Uk: John Murray 1921. 3rd Edition Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Maps Illustrations Some In Color. Cii 462 Plate And Folding Map At Rear; Xxii 662 Pp. Two Volumes. Green Cloth Stamped In Dark Green Morocco Spine Labels Gilt. Third Edition Of 1902 1921 Printing. Wear; Beginning To Fray At Ends Of Spine With Small Fray Near Center Of Spine Of Volume I; Front Hinge Of Volume I Just Beginning To Crack. With The Publisher's Publicity Sheet For Ser Marco Polo By Henri Cordier A Supplementary Volume Of Addenda To This Work But The Supplementary Work Itself Not Included Here. Ownership Signatures Of The Late Roger W. Jelliffe Usc Professor Of Medicine. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1977RO20024993Nathan. 1977. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 206 p., nombreuses photos couleur hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
1944049447Calcutta India: The Book Emporium / Sasadhar Chakravarty / Kalika Press 1944. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 51 Pp. White Boards. First Printing 1944. Very Scarce Worldcat Shows Only Four Institutional Holdings. Light Usage. Dust Jacket Priced Rs 6/- 7S6d. Dust Jacket Worn Small Chips At Edges. Book Inscribed At Length By Yeh Chien-Yu And Dated April 1947 In New York City Ny With Much Additional Text In Chinese And The Artist's Red Stamp. Also With An Extra Set Of Pp. Iii-Vi The Foreword And Introduction Which Apparently Were Used As A Prospectus For The Book.Ye Qianyu Or Yeh Ch'ien-Yü; Born Ye Lunqi ; 1907 -1995 Was A Chinese Painter And Pioneering Manhua Artist. In April 1927Ye Qianyu Together With Fellow Cartoonists Huang Wennong And Lu Shaofei Released A Publication Dedicated To Manhua Called Shanghai Manhua Or Shanghai Sketch. The Original Three Joined By Eight More Artists Including Zhang Guangyu Ding Song And Wang Dunqing Formed The Shanghai Sketch Society Also Translated As Shanghai Cartoon Association In The Autumn Of 1927 China's First Association Dedicated To Manhua. The Association Successfully Relaunched The Shanghai Manhua On 21 April 1928. Ye Drew Several Covers For The Magazine And The Back Page Of The Publication Carried His Comic Strip Mr. Wang. Inspired By The American Strip Bringing Up Father And Portraying The Daily Life Of The Middle And Lower Classes Of Shanghai Mr. Wang Became One Of China's Most Famous Cartoons Eventually Being Made Into 11 Films In The 1930S And 40S. In June 1930 Shanghai Manhua Was Merged Into Modern Pictorial Of Which Ye Became An Editor While Continuing His Mr. Wang Series. When Japan Invaded China And Occupied Shanghai In 1937 Ye Qianyu Together With A Group Of Fellow Shanghai Cartoonists Formed The "National Salvation Cartoon Propaganda Corps" Which Included Well-Known Artists Zhang Leping Lu Zhixiang Te Wei And Hu Kao. Ye's Lover Liang Baibo Was The Only Female Member. It Was Funded By The Kuomintang Government. Ye Went To Hong Kong Prior To Its Fall To The Japanese In December 1941. In 1943 He Temporarily Worked For The Us General Joseph Stilwell As A War Correspondent In India. Throughout His Travels He Drew Many Sketches Of Wartime Scenes Including A Series Entitled Escape From Hong Kong. After The Surrender Of Japan In 1945 Ye Qianyu Went To The United States Where He Held A Series Of Exhibitions To Show And Sell His Artworks. In 1947 Ye Became A Professor At The Beijing Art Academy. When The Cultural Revolution Began In 1966 Ye Qianyu Was Accused Of Being A Kuomintang Kmt Agent And Was Imprisoned For Seven Years. Ye Qianyu Was Politically Rehabilitated In 1979. Ye Qianyu Was Married Three Times. In 1940 Ye Qianyu Met The Dancer Dai Ailian In Hong Kong. Dai Ailian Lived Until 2006 And Is Now Known As The "Mother Of Chinese Ballet". Ye's Last Wife Was Wang Renmei A Famous Actress Who Had Been Previously Married To The "Film Emperor" Jin Yan. Amiya Chandra Chakravarty 1901-1986 Was Literary Secretary To Rabindranath Tagore From 1924 To 1933. He Was Also A Close Associate Of Mahatma Gandhi Walking With Gandhi In The Salt March Of 1930. Following His 1933 Journey With Tagore He Left India To Study At Oxford University And In 1937 Earned A D.Phil. He Moved Back To India In 1940 To Become A Professor Of English At The University Of Calcutta. In 1948 Chakravarty Moved To The Us To Join The Department Of English In Howard University Became A Fellow Of The Institute For Advanced Study In Princeton During 1950-51 And A Professor At Many Universities. He Wrote Both Poetry And Prose And A Number Of Articles In Journals. He Wrote Many Verse Collections In Bengali. His Poetry Reflects Idealism Humanism And A Great Love Of Nature And Beauty. He Served As A Delegate To The United Nations For India Chakaravarty Edited A Number Of English Translations Of Tagore's Works. <br/> <br/> The Book Emporium / Sasadhar Chakravarty / Kalika Press hardcover
1963042143Taipei: Institute For Advanced Chinese Studies For The American Association Of Teachers Of Chinese Languages And Culture 1963 1964 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Iv 50 Pp English Text 46 Pp Chinese Text 1963; Iv64 Pp English Text 42 Pp Chinese Text 1964. First Printings Taipei. The English Text Is Largely Translations Of And Comments On Specific Words Phrases And Sentences From Chinese Literature Placing Them In The Context Of Chinese Linguistic Tradition. Very Good Condition. <br/> <br/> Institute For Advanced Chinese Studies, For The American Association Of Teachers Of Chinese Languages And Culture, 1963, 1964 paperback
1952048288Springfield Oh: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company 1952. First Edition . Wrappers. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 16 3/8" Tall. 86 Pages Lightly Used Bright And Clean. <br/> <br/> The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company unknown
2000RO80047139GRUND. 2000. In-4. Cartonné. Parfait état, Couv. fraîche, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais. 144 pages. Frontispice en couleurs. Nombreuses photos en couleurs, dans le texte et hors-texte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
Octavo in pale yellow glossy paper wraps illus in color; 223 p. ; 22 cm. Uncommon. Philippines -- Social conditions -- 1986- . Journalism. Americans in the Philippines. Filipinos. Pinoy. Pilipina.
1998R100059826Olizane. 1998. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 512 pages - quelques cartes, plans en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
R200087388OLIZANE. NON DATE. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 512 pages.1 étiquette en 1er plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
17-4H031227727X<p>BRAND NEW. Excellent condition. Never read or opened. No remainder mark. 17-4H031227727X</p> Thomas Dunne Books
8vo, br. ed. brochure Catalogue of an exhbition held at The British Library in 2004, depicting the stories and finds of four major expeditions undertaken by Aurel Stein along the trade routes from Europe to central China. 47pp, illustrated profusely throughout, mainly in colour.
220374Calcutta & Simla, Thacker, Spink, 1914 petit in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., iv pp., un f. n. ch., 232 pp., un f. n. ch. de réclame, percaline azur (reliure de l'éditeur).
220833Londres, T. Fisher Unwin, 1898 in-8, xiv pp., 440 pp., avec un portrait-frontispice sous serpente et 76 illustrations en noir dans le texte (dont 25 à pleine page), sans les 4 cartes volantes, toile Bradel illustrée (reliure de l'éditeur). Exemplaire un peu déboîté, toile frottée. Etiquette au dos.
pbk, pp. 160, vg.
2001R160181324ROBERT LAFFONT. 2001. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 262 Pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
2001RO40224885Robert Laffont. 2001. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 262 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
ISBN : 2221093135. Robert Laffont. 2001. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 262 pages. L'Afghanistan d'aujourd'hui: délirant et attachant, objet de scandale à nos yeux, un pays où règne l'absurde.
2001134364Robert Laffont 2001 In-8 broché 21,5 cm sur 13,5. 262 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
217158Paris, Comptoir des Imprimeurs-unis [imprimé par Paul Renouard], 1845 3 vol. in-8, XIX-416, [4]-388 et [4]-411 pp., demi-basane rouge, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque). Fortes rousseurs et brunissures, manque en pied du tome 3 avec début de fente au mors supérieur.
237415Paris, Comptoir des Imprimeurs-Unis, 1844 2 vol. in-8, [4]-VIII-440-[3] et [4]-408-[8] pp., demi-veau violine, dos lisse, pointillés et roulettes dorés (reliure de l'époque).
1982036324New York: Harry N Abrams 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 319 Pp. 13 3/4" X 10 3/4". Black Cloth. Fine In Fine Dj No Wear But Tiny Tear At Top Of Spine Of Dj. International Shipping At Much Higher Than Stated Rate. <br/> <br/> Harry N Abrams hardcover
044498Beijing: Publishing House Of Beijing Daily Circa 1970-2000 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Box. Four Volumes Of Plates Of Ancient Calligraphy. Four Volumes Bound In Brown Linen Gilt In Folding Box Ivory Clasps Ornate Cloth Paper Spine Label. No Date Circa 1970/2000. Also With A Brochure Folded Card To Make Eight Pages With Descriptive Text In Chinese And English Color Illustrations. All Four Volumes Consist Of Reproductions Of Classic Chinese Calligraphic Text No English Letters Or Numbers Within The Volumes. Apparently The First Printing And The First Modern Reproduction Of This Important And Ancient Archive. We Cannot Locate Any Reference To This Book In Worldcat Or Anywhere Else On The Internet. From The Library Of Professional And Academic Musicians Alice And Eleanore Schoenfeld Who Notably Performed And Taught In China. In The 1980S Both Alice And Eleonore Were Among The First Internationally Recognised Musicians To Visit Communist China After Formal Diplomatic Relations Had Been Established Between The Chinese And American Governments. On Their Recommendation More Than A Hundred Chinese String Students Studying Abroad Received Scholarship Support. The Schoenfeld International String Competition Continuing In Harbin China <br/> <br/> Publishing House Of Beijing Daily (Circa 1970-2000) hardcover
1989121306Tynron Press (Facsimile of 1869 ed) 1989 Livre en anglais. In-8 broché 20,5 cm sur 13,8. 516 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
1981RO20033881EDITA. 1981. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 104 pages. Nombreuses planches de photos en couleur, hors-texte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale