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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
25054401China n.d. ca. 1927-1928. Brown simulated alligator cloth covers 37 x 27.5 cm. black pages spine ribbon-tied ca. 400 b.w. photos corner mounted images very good sharp and clear images NOT fadedsolidnicely done. V E R Y R A R E ! . . SUPERB PHOTO ALBUM OF THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR: . . Beginning of The Communist Party led led by Mao Tse-tung . . V.S. the Kuomintang KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party . Led by Chiang Kai Shek. . The United States Supported the KMT. In this album we see how the KMT soldiers hosted the American Army in China using their trains and military bases throughout China. This unusual album contains 400 original b. w. photographs & and is an historic photographic record of American military deployment showing Dough-boys in China probably from the U.S. Army's 2nd. Battalion 15th. infantry per the flag and insignia found on a group formation photograph. A minority are with written captions by and large taken by the person who made the album also enhanced with a small percent of professional Chinese photos some of which have in-negative captions. There are ca. 3 or so photos missing else completely filling 32 pages or 64 sides one on the inside back cover. The inside of the front cover has five attractive period color luggage type adverts from various hotels: Hotel Lankershim & Coast Line Military & Naval Hotel San Francisco Cal; The Court Hotel Tientsin North China; Grand Hotel des Wagons Litz; Astor House Hotel Ltd. Tientsin. The album begins with photos of a Chinese playing a Pi-pa snake skin banjo then there are three other photos: first two show a Chinese military camouflage train engine from which a Yank soldier in his campaign hat descends and a long train of cars with a large howitzer mounted upon one last shows French troops at parade rest with their rifles and white gloves and crested helmets with anchors naval or marines with others in the background with some officers. The next two pages show Chinese coolies swing a basket from the creek top water a field a mother suckling her baby with her family at the farm a large water tower in the wet slums and a group of Doughboys at attention in formation they wear boots leggings chrome World War I type dress helmets a rifle back pack with bayonet cartridge pouch belts with green wool hip-length jackets. The opposite page shows another view of the Chinese military train a pair of large mounted guns on an armored train car. To the right is a Chinese officer pointing to a large pierced hole in the train with a foreign engineer peering out from the small window. The train sports the Republic of China flag with a Chinese military unit flag painted on the side. Another view shows a group of abandoned Chinese coffins that went to the dogs; a group of soldiers in garrison caps at attention with fixed bayonets as the officers salute someone near the person taking the photo some Chinese officers also present. Next 2 pages show Chinese on a wheel barrow some Japanese women by a pond in Kimono and a group of British troops from their colonial Empire: blacks Indians white trumpeter Chinese and others with musical instruments all wear white cork-type pith helmets. A group of Japanese officers mugging for the camera. Photos of the railhead and large number of Chinese troops with rifles and kit at the railway station some on march carrying their flags others in open box cars with touring cars that are on the move another of camouflaged armored train cars one shows a number of foreign soldiers looking out of a train car window some are with tiny embossed stamp at right corner: "Mei Lee Tien Tsin." The album continues with a mixture of images of civilian Chinese Chinese military their trains moving air planes weapons war refugees in tents military views of barbed wire fortifications trenches machine gunners Russian soldiers Chinese officers Chinese air force funerals rickshaw pullers camel trains captured & wounded prisoners foreign soldiers at their sand-bagged posts. Photos of the great wall magnificent Chinese architectural monuments buildings and pagodas religious icons coffins more coffins mortars & Chinese junks and a plethora of others. The American Consulate General's compound in Tientsin American military band welcoming the newly arrived replacement troops. A large photo group shot of the American officers seated for a memorial photograph with their Battalion flag proudly posted on the wall where they pose source of our citation at the top of the unit name; two buglers are at each outside position the commander is ram-rod straight and taller than all others seated in the front & center; he and only two others on his sides wear full leather knee boots probably indicating the highest ranking officers; others are in boots & leggings. Photos of Doughboys aboard a ship showing the Naval officers with one stunning photo of an American high officer with his Japanese & Chinese counter parts posing for the camera. And a photo of the "Mail Boat Gazun Panama" and a few others of Panama giving credence to the fact that some of these soldiers came from the American East coast via Panama to San Francisco then on to China. Nice photo of semi-nude Panamanian family men women children. Doughboys at target practice photos of Chinese poverty coolies pulling great loads and street vendors. More showing Chinese life style street life horse & bullock carts and yet more caskets left in the open unburied and abandoned train cars full of horses Chinese troops smoke rising from a burning city another with "Tian jin" written in Chinese catholic church more parading of American soldiers within the Tientsin American Consulate parade grounds trooping of the colors. And a nice photo of the "U.S. Army Transport Thomas" Chinese junk &c. A U.S. soldier in a necktie his rifle at fixed bayonet at parade-rest before the Consulate General compound with sand bags inside a photo of a U.S. soldier with his Colt-45 on his hip with canteen looking at some communications connections another photo of two mini U.S. tanks and a very long bridge over the water. Photo of the Tientsin downtown with a Sikh Indian policeman directing traffic. Next page shows a public Chinese street execution: the guilty on his knees with the executioner ready to swing a very large sword and another headless corpse is before him the Tientsin YMCA compound opposite which is likely the inside of the American Consulate offices showing very ancient typewriters and three women staff and one other female Navy person. They all mug for the camera with a good number of U.S. Army or Marine officers behind three desks. Chinese hauling "magnum gold" brand ammunition on hand- trucks a U.S. Army band performing before the Consulate's office. At this point we find a few photos with penned captions: "One of China's Department Stores it shows a bird vendor; Peanut Gambler a mountain of P-nuts; Chinese Shimboo photo of the office and maker of the album and his Chinese officer friend ; "A Chinese Taxi" shows him in a Rickshaw "Me and the boy friend 11/3/28" shows a tiny goat cart carrying a child's coffin with a Chinese man. This penned date gives substantial proof of the date range of the entire album which was placed about the center of the whole work. The next page shows two more penned captions: "Chinese cavalry" and "Note mud house and fence" shows two Chinese officers on horse-back and a very very poor house with very starved animals. The next shows six Chinese undercover men two each holding a Chinese being readied for execution; and a very grizzly photo of a Chinese officer actually executing a Chinese man with his pistol who is seated on a rock: the photo captures the action as the shot blows away the mans brains. Behind the execution scene is a crowd of American soldiers in campaign hats and Chinese military officers who are witness to the event. More views of Chinese street life vendors pullers haulers & horse carts religious icons and a stunning Chinese roofed gate more Chinese troops on the move via train with a very horrible view of a large number of dead Chinese in the muddy filthy waters by a bridge. Homeless Chinese at a "soup kitchen" war refugees hauling their belongings house boat street barbers a group of 7 photos by the ocean. They show American soldiers at leisure looking at Chinese fishermen nets naked fishermen hauling in a net of fish to the beach a burning waterfront village the jetty where several large American transport ships are at anchor and a great assembly of Yankee soldiers on the beach with duffel bags and their gear at the railhead. The last photo shows a great number of various whisky bottles lined up for display. More photos show a coffin maker large coffin basket seller and "chow" sellers on the street. A military formation of 100's of either Scottish or Irish soldiers with fixed bayonets marching down the main street before the "RNC Electricity Dept." below which is a very long line of British soldiers on one side of the street opposite from a good number of American soldiers who are on the side of the street a British Union Jack flies over a castle-like structure this is clearly some kind of grand military parade. More photos of the Great Wall the military parade and army chaplains with an Australia flag flying over another castle tower. Chinese river scene with large numbers of native boats in a canal a beggar's camp with straw -mat tents a canal crossing ferry for people a photo of a U.S. officer stand on top a wooden coffin for a closer look. More poverty-stricken Chinese haulers fortune tellers graves tethered horses log sawyers rice haulers electric trolley with English and Chinese language sign on the roof panorama post card of Shanghai's Bund. The album now shifts to photos of the Peking area. Shows the Ming tombs and the camel-lined road; military train the Americans were transported by that train a large bivouac and tent city where the U. S. military troops camped some Chinese "house boys" proudly holding the American troop's unit flag. More photos of two U.S. soldiers posing near Chinese coffins in a wet ditch. A group of very young Chinese boys posed near the railroad; one is so poor that he has no clothes at all and is in nude. A large group of Nationalist Chinese soldiers marching along a street one classic photo of a single American soldier on guard standing at attention as stands vigil on a barbed-wire barrier his rifle at fixed bayonet. A group of five Chinese young "ladies" who pose for the camera who seemed NOT to be bewildered by the photographer they look like "Sing-song girls" hookers who entertained the U.S. troops. Chinese Buddhist priests in white robes with shaved heads a great gate to Peking Shanghai harbor views shanty huts captured Chinese criminal or traitor guarded by Chinese soldiers train car full of rifles more Chinese soldiers on trains marching in formation on the road. And a good photo of several American officers: one with a whip posing for the camera in garrison hat. Chinese bivouac and American soldiers with bullet and pouches for ammo with rifles at parade rest. More barbed-wire barricades Chinese & British soldiers armored train-mounted gun. More Chinese prisoners traitors being executed heads hoisted on power poles in baskets as a form of public warning and display for other would-be traitors. An American tent bivouac camp at the train yard two more public exec executions by beheading at the moment of loosing one's head an executed dead man lying in the street. Photos of Peking's Forbidden City a Chinese hung to death from a tree a Yank soldier in overalls carries a Chinese bamboo "yoke" with two baskets and smokes a pipe while Chinese look on and laugh. Two photos of lines of Rickshaws waiting for passengers. One comic photo with negative caption: "Find the Chinaman;" it shows two American soldiers sitting among Chinese. Nice shot of the Summer Palace Peking and a U.S. soldier riding in a Rickshaw. The very last photo inside the back cover shows the whole battalion dressed up wearing their chrome helmets standing at attention in formation for a classic and most historic memorial photograph. Their commanding officer is front and center; all have their rifles ammo belts and very polished boots with back packs. They could be standing in the Tientsin American Consulate compound grounds. Followed by a few other photos of Chinese a Chinese soldier et al. This work shows the typical things seen in China during this period of political and military chaos. The feuding war lords and political parties at war; the landing of American military to protect American diplomatic interests. Support & assistance given to the Americans and other foreign military groups by the Nationalist Chinese army. The desperate situation of the tragic Chinese people caught in the grips of upheaval and the summary punishment of traitors in a public display of the swift and ruthless law of China. A riveting and most compelling true record of a U.S. military officer's sojourn to and deployment in China. THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE SIZE OF PHOTOGRAPHS: This is not a professional group of photographs but there a very small amount which were obviously purchased by the maker of the album and inserted. The vast majority are his personal photographs these again are obvious to anyone who looks at the album. This is an excellent example of private work of an unknown American Army officer stationed in China during a very chaotic period. He was interested in recording for posterity his experiences and the sights that he saw while on duty. We thank him for giving us privy to this slice of American and Chinese military history. SIZE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: The size varies considerably sizes in cm.: the smallest are 8 x 5 most are 14 x 9 3 larger photos 24.5 x 18 and the last 30 x 10. CONDITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: These are original period photos they are all very clear sharp images no fading and in excellent condition. They have been corner mounted. RARITY: Photographic albums of this period in China are NOT commonly found; one made by an American Army officer stationed in China at this time is exceptionally unusual and RARE ! This is a charming primary source with a large number of clean & sharp images taken by an actual participant in this historic period of China. The officer and photographer of these photographs shared for posterity his keen insight and view of these events. We thank him for giving us privy to this slice of American & Chinese military history. . hardcover 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
12073ARTS AND CRAFTS OF CHINA. Peking: The All-China Federation of Handicraftsmen's Co-operatives 1959. 4t Cloth dust jacket. 258 plates and text. First edition. With text in Russian French and English. Inner front hinge strengthened du jacket worn. With many plates in color and some folding. unknown books
15382Printed by Highland Park: Internationals Socialists n.d. 49 pages. 5.5" x 8.5" inches. Tables footnotes mildly worn wraps else very good condition. Original wrappers Pamphlet. Argues that the liberation of women in China had become subordinate to the needs of the state and industrialization. unknown books
16807China 1896 Chinese Imperial Gov. GBP 25 Gold loan with coupon / 14 x hole punched. Chinese Imperial Government. 5% Gold Loan of 1896 - Original bond with 25 coupons no. 35 10/1/1913 - 72. Coupons and bond hole punched bond with 14 holes . Ser No. 10817 / Certificate in two languages/ German tax stamp. Issued in Berlin on 04/01/1896 / Countersigned by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank. This was a Anglo-German Loan to the Chinese Imperial Government. After it became clear to the Qing government that their finances weren't going to remain self-sufficient in light of the two Opium Wars and the First Sino-Japanese Warthe imperial Chinese court decided that it would have to raise capital through the foreign banking corporations operating in China. The Chinese defeats during these wars threw it into a state of turmoil the Qing imperial government was plunged deeply into debt to pay for war indemnities making the need for foreign capital great. These foreign banking corporations had been established in the preceding decades then saw the opportunity to quickly expand their business in China to meet the Chinese government's demands. As a result Imperial China had to issue these Loans. unknown books
16889This is a reprint of a 1936 Antique Map Poster History Peiping Beijing animals and human activities. size 17 x 19.5" of the Old illustrated map of Peking now Beijing from 1936 by Col. Frank Dorn. The city of Beijing had different names during its history: Peiping Beiping Peking Beijing. This is a very complex map with lots of sights human activities animals and historical scenes. The map author Col. Frank Dorn was Commanding General of China Training and Combat Command 1944-1945. He created this Illustrated color map with vignettes of sights animals human activities and historic scenes with labels. The original is very rare and has sold for over $10000 but this reprint has a white border around the image. Like new in very good condition. unknown books
16888Bellin Original Engraving China Jo Si Wo near Beijing - 1750. Original engraving from: Bellin/Prevost: Histoire gernerale des Voyages.approx. 1750. Sheet Size: 20 x 16 cm. Engraving with title on top area and image of China port area and houses near Beijing in the 1750's. This plate has been published in the First French edition of Abbè Presvost's "Histoire Générale des Voyages" published by Didot at Paris 1746-1758. Source: The Histoire Géneral des Voyages was a monumental eighteenth century general history divided according to geographic region. The original volumes were written by Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles Overall very good condition. unknown 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
218778China Ca. first half of 19th century. 34 scenes on paper each featuring several figures in traditional dress disporting themselves amid landscapes and in a few instances houses all done by the same artist. Each picture is a separate scene; subjects include fishing visiting boating farming wrestling courting harvesting rice and hunting--a particularly effective image shows a tiger hunt and several scenes include wild and domestic animals. 1 vols. Images measure 8-3/4 x 7 inches plus margins bringing the overall page size to 11 x 8 inches. The mounted leaves are linked in the Oriental accordion fashion and contained within two substantial wood covers. Fine condition. 34 scenes on paper each featuring several figures in traditional dress disporting themselves amid landscapes and in a few instances houses all done by the same artist. Each picture is a separate scene; subjects include fishing visiting boating farming wrestling courting harvesting rice and hunting--a particularly effective image shows a tiger hunt and several scenes include wild and domestic animals. 1 vols. Images measure 8-3/4 x 7 inches plus margins bringing the overall page size to 11 x 8 inches. Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors. A very interesting and engaging collection of genre scenes. The trees rocks and landscapes are particularly well rendered and the figures are full of life. The pictures in many such albums often follow a sequence of events going on a journey etc.; this one gains by having a variety of unconnected events and individuals and the whole production is a delight to behold. unknown books
1863303391Paris 1863. 98pp. 274 items priced. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound. 98pp. 274 items priced. 1 vols. 8vo. unknown 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
18451437829th Cong. 1st Sess.: SD17. 1845. 2pp Disbound. Very Good. SD17. unknown books
1879VBF09CHINA<br /><br /><i><b>PANORAMA OF PEKING</b> during the Celebrations of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Emperor Kang-He's birthday</i>.<br /><br />Shanghai: Tien-Shin-Chai 1879.<br /><br />Profusely illustrated throughout with 292 pages lithographed with images mostly captioned below in English script and on the side<br /><br />Small 8vo measures: 6 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches 155 x 96 mm original gilt pictorial purple silk wrappers front cover dulled.<br /><br />First edition thus.<br /><br />With 6 page Introduction in English explaining that the festivities being described date back to the western calendar year 1721. Six pages of text as introduction in English at the front and in Chinese at the back.<br /><br /><br /> Tien-Shin-Chai, 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
189924896China 1899. Colour-printed woodblock. Paper toned. Minor nicks to margin. Very good condition. A Chinese print depicting a battle during the Boxer Rebellion.<br/> <br/>During the Boxer Uprising one of the ways the Boxers spread their message throughout China was through widely circulated pictures known as nianhua or "New Years' pictures." These pictures were often used to illustrate celebrations and festivals but also current events such as military victories. Since there were many people in the countryside who were illiterate the Boxers used various examples of imagery including posters placards and flags to coordinate the mass peasant movement and communicate their message of heroism and resistance against imperial powers. This print gives a close look at the battle at Yangcun. Chinese commanders led by Dong Fuxiang and his Gansu Braves were gathered in an encampment which the Western forces planned to attack. They built a bridge in order to cross the river to the encampment but the Chinese had planted mines which caused the bridge to explode and the Western forces to retreat. The print shows the Chinese forces waving swords as well as the flags of their commanders surrounding the Western soldiers from many sides as they attempt to flee some jumping off the bridge and drowning. "On the 14th day of the 7th month the Western armies arrived at Yang village. Western officers ordered the foot soldiers to build a footbridge across the river to attack the encampment. They were hit by Commander-in-Chief Dong and General Lis secretly placed mines. Our armies attacked from different directions. The Western army was decisively defeated and half of them were killed. A picture by the Daoist of Mount Song" caption translated by the National Archives. The celebratory nature of the illustration shows that it was meant to evoke feelings of patriotism and increase morale amongst the Chinese people and not intended to depict a realistic and historically accurate military scene. The pictorial style combines elements of traditional Chinese woodblock printing with some Western details with the bright colors following the nianhua tradition of the colorful New Year pictures. The prominent red color splashed across the print draws attention to the fire and smoke blood and foreign uniforms.<br/> <br/>MIT Visualizing Cultures "The Boxer Uprising ll. unknown 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
