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1606602014 3/8 x 18 3/8 inches. Fine original hand color; slight split at centerfold fine condition. <br /><br /><p>A brilliant example in rich original hand color of the rare and only English language edition of the earliest printed folio-size western map specifically of China and "the first to show the Great Wall"Nebenzahl. "This map remained the standard type for the interior of China for over sixty years" Tooley. Although 2 pocket-sized English language editions of an abbreviated version of Ortelius' <i>Theatrum</i> entitled <i>Epitome</i> were published previously in 1601 and 1603 with brief texts in English the English text in the present edition runs to 2 large folio pages printed on the back of the map giving an extensive description of China drawn from recent publications of observations by European travelers to the area particularly Jesuits. With its three lushly designed cartouches and many illustrations of indigenous shelters modes of transportation i.e. the famous wind wagons and animals this is one of Ortelius's richest engravings and among his rarest. </p><p>Nebenzahl <i>Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond </i>4.6; van der Krogt 8410:31:051; Tooley <i>Maps and Mapmakers</i> p. 106 pl. 78 p. 108; Walter <i>Japan: A Cartographic Vision</i> 11F p. 186.</p> books
1836257805Paris: B. Warée Ainé Libraire. Rignoux Imprimeur - Founder 1836. vi pp. premlims 20 ff. text surrounded by engraved decorative border. 12mo. Later hand-lettered wrappers lacking original pink wrappers light soiling to title page else fine. vi pp. premlims 20 ff. text surrounded by engraved decorative border. 12mo. A catalogue of 20 works mostly on China paper printed by Rignoux and offered for sale by Warée. 18 of the titles had been displayed at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française in 1834. Most of the works are marked "unique."<br/>Rare; only a handful of copies located on OCLC. B. Warée Ainé, Libraire. Rignoux, Imprimeur - Founder unknown books
199315846Stanford: Stanford University Press 1993. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards dustjacket;187pp. Includes bibliography. Fine copy free of markings or wear in crisp unworn dustwrapper. Stanford University Press unknown books
1844317009London: John Murray 1844. First edition. Coloured frontispiece laid down 160pp. 12mo. Bound in three quarters modern brown polished calf red leather label. Fine. First edition. Coloured frontispiece laid down 160pp. 12mo. John Murray unknown books
196115621New York: Maud Russell Publisher 1961. First Edition. Octavo. Staple bound pamphlet; 16pp; Publisher's addendum laid in. Light rubbing; else a very good or better copy with no interior markings. Maud Russell Publisher unknown books
2004209112San Francisco: Self-published by the author 2004. Six-panel folded brochure 3.75x8.5 inches China's statement and statistics two color photos very good blue yellow and black on white thin light stock. Imperial Court of SF campaign brochure. Self-published by the author unknown books
2004209111San Francisco: Self-published by the author 2004. Six-panel folded brochure 3.75x8.5 inches China's statement and statistics two color photos very good blue yellow and black on white heavy stock. Imperial Court of SF campaign brochure. Self-published by the author unknown books
1991130717Beijing: China Science & Technology Press ä¸Â國科å¸技術出版社 1991. 166p. wraps; text in Chinese and English. Collection of scientific articles with many illustrations. China Science & Technology Press ä¸Â國科å¸技術出版社 unknown books
1917311708Tientsin: The Tientsin Press 1917. First edition. Frontispiece and 44 plates. xii 226 2 vii pp. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Green pictorial cloth stamped in black top edge green. Spine rubbed slightly shaken paper toned. Very good copy of an uncommon title. First edition. Frontispiece and 44 plates. xii 226 2 vii pp. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Collection of well written hunting and natural history articles by the widely travelled Sowerby who hunted goral in the Manchu Imperial hunting grounds bear in Manchuria wild sheep takin river deer leopard and other game. Czech Asia p. 195 The Tientsin Press unknown books
190841275London.: The China Inland Mission. 1908. Color lithographed maps xii index map plus 22 single and double page maps 16pp 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches gilt lettered red cloth covered boards hardbound. The Index Map of China has a stain with a small piece of paper adhered to it from the facing page which is the Alphabetical List of Protestant Missions with resultant damage to that page; neat marginal notes to the Index Map only; the first several sheets of the atlas are beginning to split along the lower gutter from the tight binding. The binding is worn with splits to the tail of the spine and marking to the front cover. The maps with the exception of the Index Map are clean and bright. Very attractive color maps covering the whole of the Chinese Empire including maps of Tibet and Mongolia. This is the first edition of this important atlas of China: "in view of the fact that 1907 would be the Centenary of Protestant Missionary effort in China it was decided by the China Inland Mission toward the close of 1905 to publish a new Atlas of the Chinese Empire this Atlas to be accompanied by a book giving a geographical historical and missionary survey of each province and dependency of that Empire. It was hoped that these companion volumes would be ready for the Centenary Conference which was to take place in Shanghai during the spring of 1907. Through unexpected delays it was however found impossible without serious loss to the Atlas to have the maps ready in time so the book entitled The Chinese Empire was published first. The Atlas which is now sent forth to the public has taken about two and a half years to prepare and is in every respect an entirely new work." The atlas includes maps of Tibet Manchuria and Mongolia. The maps of the provinces are on the scale of 1:3000000 and of the great dependencies on the scale of 1:7500000. . The China Inland Mission. hardcover books
194444761Boston: Little Brown and Company 1944. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22.25cm; red cloth with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x3313pp. Contemporary ink name to upper front pastedown touch of dust-soil to upper edge of textblock else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $3.00 gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn with a few tiny tears and a small stain to upper spine panel; Very Good. An appraisal of conflicting currents in China by the Polish author and former official within the Kuomintang Government based on her observations of those in the upper crust of Chinese society and those at the lowest levels. Little, Brown and Company unknown books
1906316985London: The Religous Tract Society 1906. First edition. With 2 photoigravures portraits and 16 other illus. 544pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters brown morocco and marbled boards. Fine. First edition. With 2 photoigravures portraits and 16 other illus. 544pp. 8vo. The Religous Tract Society unknown books
19891994China Tiananmen Square New Star Publishers. <b>The Beijing Riot--A Photo Record</b>. Beijing: New Star Publishers 1989. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 260 x 185 mm 32 pages in stapled wrappers.<br /><br />Chinese government booklet justifying the bloody crackdown in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. "Beijing experienced a horrifying counter-revolutionary rebellion on June 3 and 4 1989" according to the introduction. "The purpose of the rebellion was to overthrow the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and subvert the socialist People's Republic of China."<br /><br />Profusely illustrated with gruesome color photos of soldiers allegedly beaten or killed by "ruffians" and "thugs" as well as photos of burned-out vehicles; ordinary people supposedly thanking soldiers for ending the rebellion; scenes from Tiananmen Square and the surrounding streets; government and party leaders; and much more.<br /><br />This booklet is rare. OCLC lists only three institutional holdings: Harvard and Linfield College in the U.S. and the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands. An oddly fascinating -- if jarring -- attempt by the Chinese government to present its case to a foreign audience. <b>RARE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear rubbing to laminated wrappers internally clean bright and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. New Star Publishers books
198643970Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corp. Near Fine. 1986. Hardcover. Beijing: China Translation and Publishing Corp. 1986. First edition. No page numbers 82 beautiful color plate reproductions. Folio copy 15" x 10.5" in original pictorial slipcase. Interior is as new. Brown cloth binding is tight and unmarked. A near fine copy in a like DJ/slipcase. . China Translation & Publishing Corp hardcover books
1910257079London: Kegan Paul 1910. xii ii 358 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Bound in full green polished calf with the gilt stamp of the Shanghai Public School and the Shanghai municipal seal a motto in Latin "Juncta In Uno Omnia All Joined in One"and 12 national flags Great Britain America France Germany Russia Denmark Italy Portugal Norway and Sweden Austria Spain Holland in circular motif in front cover all edges marbled. With label for Prize from Shangahi Municipal Council on front pastedown for Hon. Mention awarded to J. Taylor Dec 1911 and signed by headmaster. Label is quite worn. Title and page opposite stained binding VG. xii ii 358 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Kegan Paul unknown books
41407Shanghai: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Two 8vo volumes variously paginated About 300 pp each Text in English and Chinese. <br /><br />Taxes criminal matters including murder property law sanitation harbor and pilotage regulations quarantines insurance and much more including such minutia as regulations for Russian-0Chinese settlements. Two volumes solidly bound in gray library buckram with leather spine labels. Ex-libris City of New York Association of the Bar library. Very good condition. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs hardcover books
19577422Garden City: Doubleday 1957. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF prior owner sig on ffep/VG some soiling & wear/pc. 252 pp illustrated with drawings 8vo. <br/><br/>A look at the city of Cholon Indo-China before the Communists changed the scenes. Doubleday hardcover books
194527793New York: Messner 1945. 1st printing of the 2nd edition. 1st issued in 1936. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page. Linen cloth spine with stamped red lettering. Dust jacket. VG/Gd edgewear/a largish chip at each end of the spine panel. 168pp. Illustrated by Erwin R. F. Neumann. 8vo. <br/><br/> Messner hardcover books
198670253Oxford: Oxford University Press 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 761p. dj. 26cm. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
197232624Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she 1972. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy. 60 pp. Illus. with 1 color & 29 b/w plates plus numerous in-text figures. 4to. Text in Chinese. Wen wu chu ban she unknown books
197532627Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she 1975. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with small chip at spine head. 94 pp. Illus. with 1 color & 24 b/w plates 1 folding map plus numerous in-text figures. 4to. Text in Chinese. Table of contents also in English. Wen wu chu ban she unknown books
197232625Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she 1972. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with tiny tear to spine head. 76 pp. Illus. with 4 color & 27 b/w plates plus numerous in-text figures. 4to. Text in Chinese. Wen wu chu ban she unknown books
197532628Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she 1975. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with nick to spine. 94 pp. Illus. with 2 color & 31 b/w plates plus numerous in-text figures. 4to. Text in Chinese. Table of contents also in English. Wen wu chu ban she unknown books
197232626Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she 1972. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with tiny tear to spine head. 66 pp. Illus. with 1 color & 23 b/w plates plus numerous in-text figures. 4to. Text in Chinese. Wen wu chu ban she unknown books
16885Mao Tse-tung .Press Photo Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung in various occasions in China. 1949 Press Photo Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung in various occasions in China. This is an original press photo. Caption on lower margin reads: The French national radio speculated Tuesday that Mao Tse-tung may have died or is gravely ill. He is pictured above on various occasions in the past from left: greeting an Indian delegation in Peking in 1954; in Moscow in 1950; a radio speech in Peking in 1949 and again in 1949 during a tour of Peking.Photo measures 10 x 8.25inches. Photo is dated --1949. Very good condition. unknown books
