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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
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
168642700Londres, Moses Pitt, 1686. In-folio de (10)-349-(5) pp., veau havane marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
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
238613Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Delalain, Lacombe, novembre 1769 in-8, 288 pp., manque le feuillet d'errata, veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre verte, pointillé doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Un mors supérieur légèrement fendu.
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
179942902Paris, F. Buisson, 1799. 5 vol. in-8 de (4)-VIII-515 ; (4)-412 pp.; (4)-399 pp. ; (4)-326 pp. ; (4)-II-402 pp., demi-veau marbré, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en veau blond et de tomaison en veau vert et 1 atlas in-4, veau porphyre, dos lisse orné pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, frise dorée d'encadrement sur les plats, fleurettes en écoinçon (reliure de l'époque).
229059Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1766 fort vol. in-4, [2] ff. n. ch., 579 pp., 138 pp., 51 pp. [pièces justificatives], interversion des cahiers Iii (pp. 465-472) et Jjj (pp. 473-480), sans manque, veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre cerise, encadrement de triple filet à froid sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Deux coins inférieurs abîmés, coiffes un peu frottées.
224897Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Buisson, 1788 2 vol. in-8, [4]-XXVIII-311-[9]-331 pp., avec une grande carte dépliante, basane fauve racinée, dos lisse orné, tranches jaunes (rel. de l'époque). Petit manque à la coiffe inférieure du tome 2.
237515London, printed for Longman, 1819 2 volumes in-8, XXIV-512 pp. et XII-495 pp., cartonnage papier gris (reliure de l'époque).
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
1933116623Paris, Librairie Plon 1933 In-4 28,5 x 25 cm. Broché, titre en noir & rouge sur le dos et le premier plat, XLI-344 pp., 62 planches contenant 123 photographies et dessins de Iacovleff et 6 cartes dont 3 hors texte, table des illustrations, table des matières. édition originale tirée à 2350 exemplaires. Celui-ci, un des 2000 exemplaires sur papier d’Alfa, réservé à Monsieur Vernazza et dédicacé par André Citroën.
225183S.l., s.d. (vers 1905) in-8 oblong (16 x 22 cm), [27] ff. n. ch. de papier fort, regroupant 88 petits tirages photographiques contrecollés et légendés en français, 3 tirages volants, toile chagrinée cerise, dos lisse muet, encadrements à froid sur les plats (reliure de l'époque). Exemplaire déboîté. Certaines photos passées.
244271Paris, Dentu, an XI 2 tomes en 1 vol. in-8, 6-316 pp. et 304 pp., 4 pl. dépliantes, demi-fauve marbré, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque). Petit accroc à la coiffe supérieure, coins usés, épid. sur le plat supérieur.
214498Pais, chez Bossange, Masson et Besson, 1806 in-8, [8]-XIX-[1]-302-[1] pp., plan replié, grande carte repliée, 3 planches repliées, 3 tableaux repliés, fig. in-t., index, demi-veau fauve, dos lisse, filets dorés (reliure pastiche). Bon exemplaire.
8 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, coloured endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: The Furnace and the Cup 1914-30 (1974); Vol. II: The Open Door 1930-1935 (1975); Vol. III: The Growth of Danger 1935-1939 (1976); Vol. IV: Bridge of the Levant 1940-1943 (1977); Vol. V: New Worlds for Old 1943-1946 (1978); Vol. VI: The Broken Road 1947-1952 (1981); Volume VII: Some Talk of Alexander 1952-1959 (1982); Vol. VIII: Traveller's Epilogue 1960-1980 (1982). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE NOW EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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
185940531Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1859. In-8 de (4)-526-(2) pp., demi-chagrin rouge, dos orné à nerfs, ex praemio "Lycée de Nevers" sur le plat supérieur (reliure de l'époque).
195387Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1878 grand in-8, [6]-V-186 pp., avec des illustrations dans le texte et 27 planches hors-texte (dont un portrait-frontispice, deux lithographies, 5 cartes, 17 tableaux dont 16 de relevés anthropologiques "in fine"), demi-basane brune à coins, dos à nerfs muet, couverture conservée (reliure moderne). Dos muet.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, title lightly age-soiled; handsomely bound in full burgundy morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, uncut, laid endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
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
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
212894Paris, H. Fournier, 1833 2 vol. in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., 388 pp. ; [2] ff. n. ch., 374 pp., avec une grande carte dépliante "in fine", demi-veau havane, dos lisses cloisonnés et ornés de pointillés en long, coins en vélin vert, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
168184Paris, H. Fournier, 1833 2 vol. in-8, 388 pp. et 374 pp., carte dépliante, demi-basane verte maroquinée, dos lisse, filets dorés, tranches jaunes (rel. de l'époque). Discret petit travail de ver dans deux mors.
224845Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1898 in-4, [4]-442 pp., avec un frontispice, de nombreuses illustrations en noir dans le texte (dont 17 à pleine page), et 5 cartes dépliantes en couleurs hors-texte, demi-chagrin cerise à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée (reliure de l'époque). Rousseurs. Coins usés. Bon exemplaire.
