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1925SB1943NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1925. Illustrated end pages. Textblock is clean and tight. Pink top edge. Moderately to heavily sunned edges and spine bumped corners overall light shelf wear. 370p. including appendix. Illustrated Gilt Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Harper & Brothers Publishers Hardcover
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
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
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
1899C415NY: A.S. Barnes and Co. 1899. Ex-library with usual stamps and labels. Clean and sound with moderate wear. Binding protected in clear five-mil mylar. 244p. including index. Sienna Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by B & W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover Ex-Library. A.S. Barnes and Co. 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
1996049815University of California Press 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Color And B/W Illustrations Throughout. Xxx 354 Pp. Teal Cloth Lettered In Red. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. With A Printed Generic Presentation Letter Discussing The Book And Author From Principals Of The Russell Company / Russell 20-20 Who Helped Publish The Volume. <br/> <br/> University of California Press 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
196922949NY: AMS Press 1969. reprinted from the London edition of 1912; Probstain's Oriental Series Vol VI; at least a dozen pages are underlined or have marginalia in light pencil otherwise the textblock is very clean and tight; binding is lightly bumped at the corners and spine ends with overall light extremity wear; No dust jacket; 175p. including index. . First AMS Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Hard Cover. AMS Press Hardcover
1982049200Berkeley Ca: Institute Of East Asian Studies Center For Chinese Studies University Of California At Berkeley 1982. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 71 Pp 2 Pp Catalog At End. First Printing. Near Fine No Marks. <br/> <br/> Institute Of East Asian Studies, Center For Chinese Studies, University Of California At Berkeley paperback
1832SB9675Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1832. A fragile aged copy of the probable First Edition; Pages are intact and sewn in. Moderately to heavily foxed stereotyped textblock; Former owner's inked signatures/places/inscription on fep else clean and tight. Moderately worn cloth spine crack down the middle of the entire spine; Chipped and frayed spine head and foot; Character-soiled covers rubbed and worn edges and corners; Protected by a Robert Wang custom slip case with a finger hole at the fore-edge to facilitate easy removal; 276pp. including index.This is an excellent example of very early English-made publisher's bookcloth very plain and rather thin with a paper spine label. Embossed decorative bindings would come later. . Cloth Spine w/paper Boards. Good. Illus. by Drawings and Engravings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Carey & Lea Hardcover
1986SB8871Taipei Taiwan: National Palace Museum 1986. Stunning copy in Chinese and English; Light brown endpapers immaculate textblock. Grey cloth binding black stamped title in Chinese on front cover with gilt stamped Chinese writing on front cover pristine condition. Unclipped illustrated and mylar sleeved dust jacket. Beautiful slip case with illustrated paper boards top and bottom black cloth minor shelf wear; 197p. including Table of Related Historical Materials. Cloth. Fine/Fine in mylar. Illus. by Color Photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. National Palace Museum 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
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
1961051759Cambridge Ma: Harvard University Press 1961. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Xxv 287 Pp.Red Cloth Tape Spine Gray Covers Printed In Red As Issued. First Edition And First Printing 1961. A Monument Of Modern Bibliographic Historical Scholarship. No Corresponding Studies Of Other Countries' Contemporary Histories Thus There Is No Possibility Of Studying The Perversions Of Contemporary Histories In All Countries As A Phenomenon In Itself With Many Non-Country-Specific Characteristics A Characteristic Of Harvard Studies. Albert Feuerwerker 1927 -2013 Was A Historian Of Modern China One Of The Generation Of Cold War Scholars Who Established The Field Of Area Studies. At The University Of Michigan Feuerwerker Was A Key Organizer Of The Field Of Chinese Studies And Served As First Director Of The Center For Chinese Studies 1961-1967 And 1972 To 1983. Among His National Positions Was The Presidency Of The Association For Asian Studies 1991-1992. He Served As A Member Chair Or Co-Chair Of Many National Organizations Including The Joint Committee On Contemporary China Of The American Council Of Learned Societies And The Social Science Research Council 1966-1978 And 1980-1983; National Committee On United States-China Relations; Member And Later Vice Chairman Of The Committee On Scholarly Communication With The People's Republic Of China Of The National Academy Of Sciences The American Council Of Learned Societies And The Social Science Research Council 1971-1978 And 1981-1983. He Served On The Editorial Boards Of Major Academic Journals Including The American Historical Review Journal Of Asian Studies And China Quarterly. Feuerwerker's Doctoral Dissertation Was Published As The First Volume In The Harvard University Press East Asian Series China's Early Industrialization; Sheng Hsuan-Huai 1844-1916 And Mandarin Enterprise Harvard 1958 Which Explored The Difficulties Of A Confucian Government In Taking On The Tasks Of Modernization. He Continued This Theme In "Handicraft And Manufactured Cotton Textiles In China 1871-1910." 1970 Among Other Articles. Along With Fairbank Students Joseph Levenson And Mary C. Wright Feuerwerker Argues In These Works That Traditional Chinese Values Were A Barrier To Modernity And Would Have To Be Dismantled Before China Could Make Progress. Paul A. Cohen's Discovering History In China Critiques Feuerwerker's Point Of View. Feuerwerker Returned To This Theme In His Presidential Address To The Association For Asian Studies "Presidential Address: Questions About China's Early Modern Economic History That I Wish I Could Answer" His Criticisms And Analysis Of Marxist Historiography Of China Are Represented In Articles Such As "China's History In Marxian Dress" And "The Ideology Of Scholarship: China's New Historiography" With Harold A Kahn. In His Edited Volume Of Articles History In Communist China Originally Published In China Quarterly Scholars Critically Analyzed The Work Of Historians In The People's Republic Of China On A Wide Range Of Topics. He Was Editor Or Co-Editor Of A Number Of Volumes Including Albert Feuerwerker Rhoads Murphey And Mary Wright Eds. Approaches To Modern Chinese History. Berkeley: University Of California Press 1967 A Collection Of Essays By Fellow Students Of Fairbank And Volumes Of "The Cambridge History Of China" A Series In Which He Published Several Chapters. <br/> <br/> Harvard University Press paperback
1939042307London: Country Life 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Color frontispiece. 73 Pp. Grey-Green Cloth. First Printing Stated. Lightly Used Tiny Tear In Spine Cloth No Marks. <br/> <br/> Country Life hardcover
1942049107South Pasadena Ca: P. D. And Ione Perkins 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 100 Illustrations From Chinese Sources. 192 Pp. Blue Cloth Lettered In Gold Light Blue Endpapers. First Printing. Lightly Used; Several Blindstamps Of Stephen Honer Statham. <br/> <br/> P. D. And Ione Perkins hardcover
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
1887SB7064NY: John B. Alden Publisher 1887. Original edition; Retired Colorado College Library copy with usual stamps stickers labels markings and pockets; Blind-embossed seal on title/copyright page. Spot marked top edge. Pocket glue stains on fep & ffep. Overall the aged and fragile textblock is clean and tight. Lightly frayed spine extremities bumped corners; 85p. Francois Joseph Dupleix and the Indian Empire . Illustrated Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover. John B. Alden, Publisher Hardcover
1927C536NY: Albert & Charles Boni 1927. Clean and sound with light wear to boards; spine faded. Corners and edges lightly bumped and worn; Binding protected in clear 5-mil. mylar. Bookshop label affixed to rear endpaper; 237p. First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good. 12mo over 6¾" 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Albert & Charles Boni 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
1976SJ8585New Delhi India: Orient Longman 1976. Textblock and binding is clean and tight; the dust jacket has been repaired with clear tape and white paper over a large rectangular chip at the top edge of the front panel; the jacket extremities are otherwise lightly to moderately worn torn and chipped; 280p. including bibliography and index. Cloth. Very Good/Fair in mylar. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Orient Longman Hardcover
1991043097San Francisco: Chronicle Books 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 135 Pp. Purple Cloth Gilt. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> Chronicle Books hardcover
1997047662Hong Kong: Sotheby's 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Color Photographs. 45 Pp Ads And Administrative Matter. Red Clothgilt. Original Catalog Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Gift / Archive Quality. <br/> <br/> Sotheby's hardcover
1897SB6915Edinburgh and London: Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier 1897. Aged textblock. Previous owner's inked name on ffep. Frontispiece is lightly loose at hinge but safely intact. Remainder of textblock clean and tight. Moderate edge and spine wear to binding with bumped and partially frayed corners and spine extremities. 218p. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Good. Illus. by Plates. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier Hardcover
