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1916007165New York: A.A. Vantine & Co. Inc. 1916. A RARE catalogue and in lovely condition of the major importer of Oriental goods into America from 1866 to 1921. Very Good Plus in original full color pictorial wrappers 120 pp. plus 2 order pages at rear pre-addressed envelope tipped at page 106. numerous black and white and color photographs throughout small tears at spine ends small spot rear wrapper else Near Fine. In 1916 Vantine's was located at Fifth Avenue and 39th Street. Clothing furniture housewares fabric toys and other merchandise imported from China and Japan are described in the catalogue and merchandise from Vantine's has been avidly collected over the years. Worldcat locates no copies of the 1916 edition. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc. Paperback books
199323798Taiwan China: Lifescape Sculpture Museum 1993. 56 pages; color black and white illustrations of these Taiwan Chinese sculptural artworks; Chinese & English texts; essay by artist Yuyu Yang "My Lifescape Sculptures" and with artist chronology; printed for the 2nd International Contemporary Art Fair Japan NICAF Yokohama; primarily a vehicle for the Museum & Mr. Yang's works; approx. 8 1/4" x 11 1/2" size; light wear & some rubbing to the printed paper covers; in very good condition; an interesting overview of Taiwanese modern sculptural works especially of Yuyu Yang of this period. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Lifescape Sculpture Museum Paperback books
19222222169<p>Second edition revised and enlarged. Thick octavo. With six maps & plans and 24 illustrations from photographs by Mr. A. J. Waller Original orange silk cloth stamped gold and black. Dust jacket unclipped; chips; nicks. Very good. 523 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Printed and published by Kelly & Walsh Ltd. Shanghai China.</p> Kelly & Walsh. Limited hardcover books
199228706Canberra:: Australian National University. Near Fine. 1992. Paperback. 0731514386 . First edition paperback. About fine in black printed wraps. . Australian National University, paperback books
197639274Taipei: China Publishing Co. 1976. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good copy. 6 pp. on 1 folded sheet. Illus. with b/w reproductions. Sm. 4to. China and the Chinese. Part o a series of small brochures on aspects of Chinese art and culture. China Publishing Co. unknown books
1965505521965. CHINA. CHINESE JOURNEY. Photographs by Gun Kessle. Text by Jan Myrdal. New York: Pantheon Books 1965. First edition. Small 4to. red and black cloth stamped in gilt spine in gilt. 160 pp. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A very good copy; clean and bright in an edgeworn dust jacket. unknown books
197329880Taipei 1973. hardcover. fine. Profusely illustrated with color photos. 320pp. Folio cloth d.w. Taipei 1973. A fine copy in a good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Pictorial survey of all aspects of Chinese arts & culture. Text in Chinese and English.<br/><br/> unknown books
1931BB095CHINA -- Guide Book for Beijing. Guide to Peking. Beijing: The Leader 1931. Illustrated with folding map in the front and numerous photographs throughout. 8vo ii v vi 88pp 4 adverts; printed paper wrappers top and bottom of spine chipped still intact. End pages a little curled first leaf torn at top right corner only affecting a few words at top of verso advertisement pencil scribbling over a few adverts overall a very good copy of an obviously fragile book. <br />NEWLY EXPANDED VERSION compared to 1930 edition with only 77pp. Historical introduction by Dr Y C Chang. Chapters include sections on Chinese Theatres chinese food Industries Churches Hutungs Festivals &c. Index for folding map in sections: city gates legation quarter forbidden city imperial city Tartar divisions East half and West half beyond the walls. OCLC records eight copies Hawaii Salem MA Reno NV Ohio State Alberta SOAS London Melbourne National Library of China. The Leader paperback books
193672673Shanghai China: The Commercial Press Limited 1936. Hardcover. Very good. This code "applies in the Shanghai First Special Area District Court and the Kiangsu High Court Second Branch only insofar as it does not conflict with the terms of the Court Agreement. A memorandum will be found in the back of the book which points out the salient differences between the procedure in ordinary Chinese Courts and the Chinese Courts in the Settlement." Translated by The Legal Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council with the English translation opposite the Chinese text. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding with gilt titles. Ink stamp to the front flyleaf with some mild dust staining to the top edge. Minor wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. The Commercial Press, Limited hardcover books
1987513521987. China. The Laws of the People's Republic of China 1979-1982. Compiled by the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press 1987. Two volumes. Hardbound light shelfwear internally clean. $40. unknown books
190925743Hong Kong: M. Sternberg 1909. Color printed postcard. Not dated; circa 1909. An unused postcard; light wear; in very good condition. . Postcard. Not Bound. Very Good. M. Sternberg paperback books
197625991New York: The Seabury Press 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 502 pp. With an inked inscription on the front endpaper possibly by the author but it is not fully clear to us. Text translated into English by Michael Shaw. A very good copy in dustwrapper. The Seabury Press hardcover books
199521917China & Colorado: Not Published 1995. Group of materials includes: "Baldy Mountain Resort" 2 copies development project brochure 54 pgs of very professional-appearing computer-generated color photographs of proposals for development of this skiing resort some folding information on the Asian sports market including Olympic aspirations site overview demand for skiing and golfing facilities in China resort infrastructure the 'villages' of the resort; with a "Private Placement Memorandum" of 12 illustration pages essentially the stock offering for the resort; several typed letters signed from the Colorado-based resort marketer regarding developments in the project travel by the investors to the site more; and a shorter booklet titled "Grand Opening 1995-1996 Ski Season Baldy Mountain Resort Mongolian Yurt Skiing Village" with objectives strategies tactics budget for the set-up of this possible phase of the operation; all these materials clear-covered spiral or side-post bound standard 8 1/2" x 11" size; light wear; in very good condition; interesting glimpse at the proposed development of sporting activities in China by Western venture capitalist investors. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
196716838Urumqi XinJiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi / Xinjiang Army Divisioni 1967/8. Two extraordinary hand-crafted parade banners ca. 110" x 84" 9 feet x 7 feet one slightly smaller. Each entirely composed of hook-work with colored yarns on white muslin backing. Slight age-toning and soil; a few threads loose but no significant losses; Near Fine condition overall. Folded and stored in original velvet draw-string carrying bags as found. Both banners bear the inscription "Chairman Mao Reviewing the Great Army of the Cultural Revolution" and depict the August 1966 mass rally at Tiananmen Gate where more than 10 million Red Guards from all over China converged to express their solidarity with Mao and his second-in-command Lin Biao. Additional text on the lower banner reads "Long Live Chairman Mao for ten thousand years" and "Sailing in the ocean requires a helmsman" -- both quotes from Lin Biao. The agencies responsible for the banners are identified in lower right of each: "Cultural Revolution Committee of Xinjiang Army Division 1968" upper banner and "Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi 1967" lower. <br/><br/>The presence of Biao the figure to the right of Mao holding the Little Red Book in the top banner is of particular interest. Biao compiler of The Quotations of Chairman Mao popularly known as the "Little Red Book" and coiner of the phrase "Maoism" was probably more responsible than any other figure for creating the cult of personality around Mao particularly at the time of the Cultural Revolution. He quickly ascended Party ranks and was widely seen as Mao's obvious successor. But in 1971 Biao was exposed in the process of an apparent coup attempt the details of the event have never been made public. He died in an airplane crash attempting to leave China and from this point forward was officially condemned as a traitor by the Communist Party; any record of his achievements on behalf of the Revolution was expunged from the official record and any positive image of Biao would have been confiscated and destroyed as a matter of course -- suggesting either that these banners left China prior to 1971 or that they remained out of sight until some later date. The second possibility is plausible given whence the banners issued - both were created by Red Guard branches in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region an extremely remote province in China's northwest corner and for many years the center of a militant independence movement for Uyghur and other Turkic minorities. In any case the precise manner in which these banners left China will likely never be known; they surfaced at a New England antiques show in 2011. Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi / Xinjiang Army Divisioni unknown books
197353374Millbrae CA: Celestial Arts 1973. First Edition. Small square quarto. Pictorial card wrappers; 64pp; illus with 7" LP record in rear pocket as issued. Mild cover wear and soil; internally fine; vinyl record apparently unplayed NM. Illustrates a series of eight basic exercises approved by Mao to "Promote Physical Culture and Improve the People's Health." With LP record of original cadences and music performed by the Central China Philharmonic Society. Celestial Arts unknown books
196833417Taibei: Zhonghua xue shu yuan 1968. First edition. Blue vinyl boards loose leaf with ribbon ties. A few leaves ragged else very good. Sections individually numbered. Illus. with b/w photos. 4to. In Chinese and English. In addition to summaries short biographies and photos of the participants numbering about sixty. Zhonghua xue shu yuan hardcover books
1936318267N.p. China 1936. illustrated from photographs. 50 pp. 1 vols. Square 12mo. Green cloth titled in gilt. Very good plus minor wear and soiling to cloth. Chinese bookseller's ticket at back. illustrated from photographs. 50 pp. 1 vols. Square 12mo. Only known copy. Only known copy of this engaging account of the month-long cruise of the Lark in the Woosung mudflats in November and December 1935. The party comprised four sportsmen Len Biggs the chronicler Bob Biggs Bob Whitmore and Dick Martin and a crew of four and their bag was more than 200 birds shot and retrieved chiefly duck and teal. The party travelled on the motor cruiser Lark with a sailing sampan Victor and converted lifeboat Marion in tow. The book takes the form of a diary with notes on expenses and other practical aspects of organizing the outing. Biggs acknowledges H.T. Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley 1895; 2nd ed. 1910: "Although the enormous flocks of geese swan and duck that used to be a really wonderful sight seem to have decreased in numbers considerably there are still ideal spots for the wildfowler to shoot from still so many bird ." <br/>The typesetting and paper points to a local Chinese production and a handful of typographical errors are lightly corrected in pencil.<br/>RARE and interesting. Not in OCLC unknown books
1992289080Beijing: China Cartographic Publishing House 1992. Map. Lithograph. 29" x 41 1/2". Good condition with original cover<br/><br/> Detailed modern map of China from 1992. Shows the entirety of the country as well as Mongolia parts of Russia Korea Japan the Philippines Thailand Laos Vietnam India Bangladesh Bhutan Nepal Pakistan Afghanistan Tadzhikistan Uzbekistan Kirghizstan and Kazakhstan. There is an inset in the lower right corner showing the South China Sea with labeled islands. A legend in the lower left explains the icons and lines in the map showing roads borders cities highways rivers etc. Everything is labeled in both English and Chinese. Comes in a pamphlet very interesting.<br/><br/> China Cartographic Publishing House unknown books
1992168387Beijing: New World Press 1992. 331p. profuse captioned color exhibit photography in 14x10 inch folio boards and dust jacket and decorated cardstock slipcase. A very good copy in every respect. New World Press unknown books
197114367Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1971. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm. Staple-bound pamphlet. Original printed wrappers; 68pp. Minor wear; Near Fine. Appreciations by various contributors including Hung Cheng Tang Ho others of the revolutionary opera Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy one of the eight "Approved Plays" during China's Cultural Revolution. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
1980260399Milano: Franco Maria Ricci 1980. First edition # 523 of 3000 copies signed by the Publisher. With tipped in colour plates 212 4 pp. 1 vols. Black silk paper onalys in drop box. Fine. First edition # 523 of 3000 copies signed by the Publisher. With tipped in colour plates 212 4 pp. 1 vols. Franco Maria Ricci unknown books
1901316993London: Morgan & Scott 1901. Eighteenth Thousand. Third edition Re-cast and freshly Illustrated. Illus. xv 180 2 adspp. 4to. Bound in three quarters modern green morocco and marbled boards. Fine. Eighteenth Thousand. Third edition Re-cast and freshly Illustrated. Illus. xv 180 2 adspp. 4to. Morgan & Scott unknown books
198789045New York: China House Gallery / China Institute in America 1987. Paperback. Very Good. Illustrated mostly in black & white. 111p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Catalog for an exhibition at China House Gallery Oct. 18 1986--Jan. 4 1987. <br/><br/> China House Gallery / China Institute in America paperback books
196546051Peking: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1965. Fourth Edition. Slim octavo 18.5cm; illustrated wrappers; 88pp; illus. Light wear and dustiness to wrappers with a small tear at upper spine; Very Good. Graphic novel dealing with "an episode in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It describes a group of Young Pioneers composed of Chinese and Korean children like their fathers and elder brothers waged a courageous relentless struggle against the enemy during the occupation of northeastern China by the Japanese imperialists" from introduction. Foreign Languages Publishing House unknown books
1967181803New York: The Institute 1967. Paperback. VG. Cover shows age toning. Previous owners name written in pen on ffep. White paper wraps with color photograph and tan illistrations. 39 pages : chiefly illustrations. introduction by Fong Chow. The Institute paperback books
