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1936SB8699Tientsin China: Peiyang Press Ltd. 1936. Faint foxing to endpapers else textblock is very clean and tight rear pocket with pristine folded map and other maps bound in with the text; Small dent at front edge lightly bumped head and foot of spine. Unclipped very worn dust jacket large chip on head and foot of spine chipped corners several chips/tears on edges large chip on back top corner. 71pp. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good in mylar. Illus. by Nine Maps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Peiyang Press, Ltd. Hardcover
1974050290Random House Inc 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Xxv 218 Viii. Red Cloth Gilt Square. First Edition Stated. Lightly Used Book In A Lightly Used Dust Jacket Priced $8.95. Light Damp Staining Visible On Small Areas Of Upper Edges Of Inside Of Dust Jacket Endpapers And A Few Pages At Front And Rear Of Book. Former Owner's Name Label.Scholarly Readable Landmark History. "A Masterpiece"- Theodore H. White. "It May Be A Permanent Literary Achievement"- Harold Bloom. Irt Puts To Shame Most Werstern Official's Memoirs. <br/> <br/> Random House Inc hardcover
1904045972Dublin: Dublin Review / Luzac & Co 1904. First Separate Edition . Soft cover. Good. 40 Pp. Stapled Soft Covers. First Separate Printing. Light Wear But Clear Tape Reinforcement To Lower Half Of Spine And Fraying Along Spine Edge Above The Tape. Extensive Penciled Marginalia. <br/> <br/> Dublin Review / Luzac & Co paperback
1800039011Circa 1800 1800. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Original Silk Embroideries Circa 1800 Embellished With Gold Leaf-Wrapped Yarn Mounted On Old Paper Framed Under Glass. From The Collection Of Los Angeles Architectural Decorator Herman Sachs Bullock's Wilshire Los Angeles City Hall Etc. <br/> <br/> unknown
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
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
a71670London 1968-1999. Journal published 3 times a year. 27 issues during this period not a run. Octavo original red printed red wraps. Many important and interesting articles including: Balance of Power in Asia after Vietnam by Alastair Buchan 1969; Report from Bhutan by E. Burke Inlow 1978; Islam in Central Asia Since Gorbachev by Marie Broxup; 1987; Kashmir the Past 10 Years by Alexander Evans 1999. VG-Fine. Group of 27 issues. . paperback
1921biblio179<p><i>Second edition. Macmillan. London. 1921. 2 volumes. Crown 8vo. xxvii 563pp. Frontis. 87 further plates of which 3 are colour 3 folding maps in text a further large folding map in rear pocket; xix 1 594pp adverts frontis. 97 further plates one of which is coloured folding folding map in text two further folding maps in rear pocket. Original publisher's decorative cloth gilt rubbed and worn to extremities. Toning to eps. Teg. Heffer & Sons booksellers plates to fep of each volume. </i></p><p><b><i>Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes</i></b><i> KCIE CB CMG RGS Patron's Gold Medal 1867-1945 soldier diplomat explorer eminent orientalist and author. </i></p><p><i>"It describes in considerable detail the geography legends and history of Persia from the earliest times of Elam and Babylon. A Persian bibliophile has described it as "probably the best history of the country we have today in any language other than Persian" Ghani p. 363." Encyclopaedia Iranica. </i></p><p><i>From the Preface to this Second Edition: "During the six years that have elapsed since the first edition of this work was published much has happened in Persia…this history is thereby brought up to date. But the new chapters constitute only one part of the work. The other has been to revise the entire text of the first edition in the light of subsequent exploration and study."</i></p> Macmillan hardcover
1922050058Garden City Ny: Doubleday Page & Company 1922. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Xii 396 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt Top Edge Gilt. First Edition Stated 1922. Wear Gilt Clear Fraying At Corners. Paul Samuel Reinsch 1869 -1923 Was An American Political Scientist And Diplomat. Reinsch Was Born In Milwaukee Wisconsin Of German-American Parents. He Graduated From The University Of Wisconsin In 1892 Attended The School Of Law There And After Graduating In 1894 Was Admitted To The Bar And Practiced Law In Milwaukee For Some Time. He Returned To The University Of Wisconsin For Additional Schooling In 1895 Earning A Ph.D. In Political Science Under Frederick Jackson Turner In 1898. He Was Employed There As An Assistant Professor Of Political Science. He Became A Full Professor Of Political Science At The University Of Wisconsin In 1901 And Remained In This Position Until 1913. Reinsch Was One Of The Organizers Of The American Political Science Association Serving As Second Vice-President In 1904 And Becoming President In 1920. He Was One Of The First Educators To Offer Courses In World Politics. In 1911 And 1912 He Served As Roosevelt Exchange Professor At The Universities Of Berlin And Leipzig. Reinsch Was Introduced Into The World Of Practical Diplomacy By Serving On The United States Delegations To The Third Pan American Conference At Rio De Janeiro In 1906 The First Pan-American Scientific Conference At Santiago Chile In 1909 And The Fourth Pan-American Conference At Buenos Aires In 1910. This Experience In Addition To His Reputation As A Student Of Far Eastern Affairs Led To His Appointment As Minister To China By President Wilson On August 13 1913. While Minister Reinsch Encouraged Educational Industrial And Commercial Development In China. He Always Remained Sympathetic To The Democratic Movement Despite Civil War Political Intrigues And Two Attempts To Restore The Empire. His Greatest Fault As A Diplomat Was An Inclination To "Make Policy"-- That Is Act Without Concrete Instructions From Washington. The Most Serious Instance Of This Was His Promise To China That If The Chinese Would Enter World War I Against The Central Powers The United States Would Support China's Claim To Sovereignty In Shantung Province. When Because Of Circumstances Of Which Reinsch Had No Knowledge President Wilson Allowed Japanese Sovereignty Over Shantung To Be Written Into The Treaty Of Peace Reinsch Resigned His Position As Minister. After His Resignation In August 1919 He Accepted An Appointment As Legal Counselor To China. In This Capacity He Represented China At The Washington Conference And Continued To Lecture And Write Until His Death On The Evils Of Secret Diplomacy And The Value Of Better Sino-American Relations. Inasmuch As The Cardinal Rule Of Democrats Is To Never Criticize A Fellow Democrat Particularly A President Victorious In War Reinsch And Wilson'S Support Of Japanese Territorial Acquisition In China Is Largely Ignored By Modern Historians Making American Understanding Of Modern Chinese Attitudes Problematic. In 1920 After His Friend Joseph E. Davies Persuaded Him To Run For The Office Reinsch Won The Democratic Party Nomination For Senator From Wisconsin. His Campaign Was Not Very Actively Pursued However And He Was Defeated In The Election By Irvin Lenroot The Republican Candidate. Reinsch Continued To Work For China And Was In Shanghai Working On Fiscal Reform For The Chinese Government When He Died On January 24 1923. His Publications Included 1899. The Common Law In The Early American Colonies 1900. World Politics At The End Of The Nineteenth Century 1902. Colonial Government 1905. Colonial Administration 1907. American Legislatures And Legislative Methods1909. Readings On American Federal Government1909 Civil Government 1911. Readings On American State Government1911. Intellectual And Political Currents In The Far East 1911. Public International Unions 1922. An American Diplomat In China. He Also Wrote Many Articles. <br/> <br/> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1911050163Boston Ma: Houghton Mifflin Company 1911. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Ix 396 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt Top Edge Gilt. Scarce First Printing With 1911 Date On Title Page. A Fine Copy Unopened And Unread. Paul Samuel Reinsch 1869 -1923 Was An American Political Scientist And Diplomat. Reinsch Was Born In Milwaukee Wisconsin Of German-American Parents. He Graduated From The University Of Wisconsin In 1892 Attended The School Of Law There And After Graduating In 1894 Was Admitted To The Bar And Practiced Law In Milwaukee. He Returned To The University Of Wisconsin For Additional Schooling In 1895 Earning A Ph.D. In Political Science Under Frederick Jackson Turner In 1898. He Was Employed There As An Assistant Professor Of Political Science. He Became A Full Professor Of Political Science At The University Of Wisconsin In 1901 And Remained In This Position Until 1913. Reinsch Was One Of The Organizers Of The American Political Science Association Serving As Second Vice-President In 1904 And Becoming President In 1920. He Was One Of The First Educators To Offer Courses In World Politics. In 1911 And 1912 He Served As Roosevelt Exchange Professor At The Universities Of Berlin And Leipzig. Reinsch Was Introduced Into The World Of Practical Diplomacy By Serving On The United States Delegations To The Third Pan American Conference At Rio De Janeiro In 1906 The First Pan-American Scientific Conference At Santiago Chile In 1909 And The Fourth Pan-American Conference At Buenos Aires In 1910. This Experience In Addition To His Reputation As A Student Of Far Eastern Affairs Led To His Appointment As Minister To China By President Wilson On August 13 1913. While Minister Reinsch Encouraged Educational Industrial And Commercial Development In China. He Always Remained Sympathetic To The Democratic Movement Despite Civil War Political Intrigues And Two Attempts To Restore The Empire. His Greatest Fault As A Diplomat Was An Inclination To "Make Policy"-- That Is Act Without Concrete Instructions From Washington. The Most Serious Instance Of This Was His Promise To China That If The Chinese Would Enter World War I Against The Central Powers The United States Would Support China's Claim To Sovereignty In Shantung Province. When Because Of Circumstances Of Which Reinsch Had No Knowledge President Wilson Allowed Japanese Sovereignty Over Shantung To Be Written Into The Treaty Of Peace Reinsch Resigned His Position As Minister. After His Resignation In August 1919 He Accepted An Appointment As Legal Counselor To China. In This Capacity He Represented China At The Washington Conference And Continued To Lecture And Write Until His Death On The Evils Of Secret Diplomacy And The Value Of Better Sino-American Relations. Inasmuch As The Cardinal Rule Of Democrats Is To Never Criticize A Fellow Democrat Particularly A President Victorious In War Reinsch And Wilson'S Support Of Japanese Territorial Acquisition In China Is Largely Ignored By Modern Historians Making American Understanding Of Modern Chinese Attitudes Problematic. In 1920 After His Friend Joseph E. Davies Persuaded Him To Run For The Office Reinsch Won The Democratic Party Nomination For Senator From Wisconsin. His Campaign Was Not Very Actively Pursued However And He Was Defeated In The Election By Irvin Lenroot The Republican Candidate. Reinsch Continued To Work For China And Was In Shanghai Working On Fiscal Reform For The Chinese Government When He Died On January 24 1923. His Publications Included 1899. The Common Law In The Early American Colonies 1900. World Politics At The End Of The Nineteenth Century 1902. Colonial Government 1905. Colonial Administration 1907. American Legislatures And Legislative Methods1909. Readings On American Federal Government1909 Civil Government 1911. Readings On American State Government1911. Intellectual And Political Currents In The Far East 1911. Public International Unions 1922. An American Diplomat In China. He Also Wrote Many Articles. <br/> <br/> Houghton, Mifflin Company hardcover
1947SB9709Punjab Chandigarh India: Qaumi Press Jullundur for the Controller of Printing and Stationery 1947. One of 300 copies of the First Edition; Former owner's bookplate on upper corner of fep stamped name along upper edge on ffep moderately aged endpapers otherwise the textblock is clean and mostly tight; Very sunned cloth spine and original printed character-soiled boards moderately edge-worn and frayed/scuffed; 267p. The district of Amritsar is in the Lahore division of the Punjab. First Edition. Cloth Spine w/paper Boards. Good. Illus. by Charts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Qaumi Press, Jullundur for the Controller of Printing and Stationery Hardcover
1923042197Shanghai: The Republican Press 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Vi 524 Iv. Brown Cloth Gilt. Gilt Strong But Book Split In Two Near Center Pp 657-660 Partially Detached; Cloth And Text Complete Loss Of A Few Partial Words At Spine Edge Of Those Pages 657-660 Needs Repair. Quite Scarce If Not Rare Worldcat Shows No Copy Located In Western Libraries.A Fine Dictionary The Author A Graduate And Instructor Of St John's University Who Spent Five Years Preparing It. About 8000 Characters 200000 Phrases; Same Arrangement As The "Kang Hsi Dictionary"; Separate Definitions For Different Parts Of Speech; When A Character Has Several Equivalents They Are All Given; Idioms Phrases Proverbs Maxims Literary Quotations Technical Terms; English French And Latin Phrases Are Placed With Equivalent Chinese Phrases; Written With Romanization Of Wade's System; Based Upon A Large Number Of Reference Works Including Dictionaries Phrases Dictionaries Documentary Papers Translated Chinese Classics Etc. Those Who Will Not Put Their Own Language Into A World Perspective Will Likely Remain Immersed In Their Family Fables. <br/> <br/> The Republican Press hardcover
a82599Oxford 1953-1957. Published by the Central Asian Research Centre St. Antony's College Oxford. Fourteen issues of this scholarly journal on Central Asia. Almost an unbroken run lacks 4 issues: Volume I i No. 4 Volume III Nos. 3 4 Volume IV No. 1. 4to. about 10pp. per issue original printed stapled wraps. Included maps several of which are large foldout. Two additional index volumes. Good plus to VG. 14 issues plus 2 index issues. . paperback
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
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
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
1878128957Moscow: Stepanov 1878. Russian Great Game map from official intelligence First created in 1863 as Russia began its concerted expansion into the Central Asian khanates considerably upping the stakes in the Great Game this map covers an area bounded by Lake Urma Iran in the West into the Akmolinskaya Oblast in the North Tien-Shan in the East and as far as the Gulf of Oman and Balochistan in the South. It was updated through the following decades to include the latest conquests here Bukhara - reduced to vassal status in 1868 - and Khiva - a protectorate from 1873 - are included in Russian Turkestan. This map formed the basis of W. H. Allen's Russian Official Map of Central Asia of 1877 which was also reproduced in Demetrius Boulger's England and Russia in Central Asia 1879. Uncommon and highly attractive. Folding engraved map 1060 x 950 mm hand-coloured in outline 24 panels mounted on linen. Light browning two small library stamps verso some place-names underlined in pencil crayon. else very good. unknown
119914c. early 20th century. The dawn of cotton monoculture A rare insight into the cotton industry in Russian-occupied Central Asia seen through an intriguing collection of photographs. The images include three bustling bazar scenes in Khodzhakala flats for the personnel in Kokand and industrial scenes of factories and storage units in Tashkent and Bukhara. Russians arrived in Central Asia in the 1860s to a largely agrarian economy based on sedentary farming and livestock herding. During the following annexation which prompted the Great Game food crops were substituted with cotton. Even before the October Revolution "white gold" became the main cash crop in Central Asia. Under Russian control "the area under irrigation was expanded especially towards the end of the century when work on the Mirzachol Sahra Golodnaya Step' and the Murghab Imperial Domain schemes was virtually completed. The Fergana Valley cotton acreage also increased" Matley. American cotton varieties were introduced in the 1880s and one of the photographs shows Gwathmey carding machinery. The substitution of cotton for food crops became problematic when the region became completely cut off from grain supplies from Russia in 1918. "Unrest in the region due to the activities of anti-Communist partisans b sma caused the destruction of irrigation systems and a drop in food production. Between 1919 and 1923 there were severe famines and over one million people died" Matley. Harvesting was mechanized in earnest by Soviet central planners in the late 1950s and cotton remains one of the most significant crops in the area today. 16 matte silver prints approximately 120 x 170 mm mounted recto and verso on plain card approximately 235 x 305 mm captioned in Russian on mounts in black ink. Silver mirroring or fading to edges occasional very minor surface abrasions 3 with small areas of skinning; mounts toned edges a little worn and damp-stained remnants of glue from sometime being bound in album: very good examples. Ian Matley "Central Asia xii. Economy in the 19th-20th Centuries" Encyclopaedia Iranic. unknown
