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193532469Beijing: Zhonghua ping min jiao yu cu jin hui 1935. Later printing. Paper wrappers. 62; 60; 60 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Sm. 8vo. Drawings on most rectos. Zhonghua ping min jiao yu cu jin hui unknown books
006911Chefoo China: Women's Bible School American Presbyterian Mission No Date circa 1930. Near Fine pages with light toning. Oblong folio 10" x 13 3/4". Bound in beautiful red pictorial embossed silk over limp boards string-tied 28 pp of cut-out illustrations in black and white many with colorful silk inlays with tissue guards publisher's 1 page explanatory leaf laid in also an original 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" cut-out with colorful silk inlays and string hanger readt-to-hang laid in. Cut-out chapter headings are Travel and Transportation Customs and Habits Chinese Birth-Year Cycle latest date 1935 Occupations The Eight Immortals Myths and Legends Chinese Recipes Chinese Children Chinese Junks and The Magician. Well over 100 cut-outs in all including the bonus laid in cut-out and SCARCE THUS. First Edition. String Tied. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Oblong Folio . Women's Bible School, American Presbyterian Mission Paperback books
197226108Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1972. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm.; original white pictorial card wrappers; 78pp.; 4 leaves of photographic plates text illus. throughout. Order form with integral envelope laid in. Fine. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
15503Foreign Languages Press Peking 1973. 8vo. 39pp. Colour illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations inside. The Red Detachment of Women Chinese: 红色娘å军; pinyin: Hóngsè niángzÇ jÅ«n is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964 and was made one of the Eight Model Operas which dominated the national stage during the Cultural Revolution. It is best known in the West as the ballet performed for U.S. President Richard Nixon on his visit to China in February 1972. In very good condition. unknown books
197830703Stanford: Stanford University Press. Near Fine. 1978. Paperback. 0804710074 . First paperback edition. About fine in illustrated wraps. . Stanford University Press paperback books
1952008522Tokyo: Privately Published by the Author 1952. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitation Page. #468 of 1000 copies SIGNED and sealed by the author. Original cloth with gilt lettering and central gilt decoration front cover. Very Good Plus corners with mild bumps scattered toning associated with tissue guards. Numerous tissue-guarded plates and photographs by Yoshitane Uchida. Two small importer's labels front paste down. An excellent scholarly source book. An oversize and heavy book additional shipping charges will be requested for priority and international mail. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Privately Published by the Author Hardcover books
197192041San Francisco: United Front Press 1971. Pamphlet. 22p. wraps very good condition. First appeared in the October 1971 US - China Friendship newsletter. Illustrated with cartoons and black and white photos. Utopian interpretation of the harmonious Chinese workplace versus the exploitative American factory setup. United Front Press unknown books
1958008982Manchester England: Manchester Univ Press 1958. Two volumes in red cloth gilt lettering at spine. Very Good Plus slight toning at end papers only prior owner name sticker and card laid in that of Ruth I. Meserve longtime Secretary of The Mongolian Society Bloomington Indiana. 2 pages noted with tidy red underlining. 3 fold-out maps at end of Vol. I the first with extra creases else all 3 are Fine. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manchester Univ Press hardcover books
18806512East Liverpool Ohio: the company; Simms Steam Print 1880. 16mo single sheet uncut & folded to form 10 pages; illustrated. Net price list of decorated ware with descriptions of Toilet Sets Tea Sets Decorated Ware Covered Jugs Molasses Cans Etc. Knowles Taylor and Knowles was formed in 1870 though its antecedents date to 1854. By the early 1870's the company specialized in Iron Stone China and operated four kilns. One horizontal fold light edgewear with some tiny losses slightly foxed & soiled. Still very good. OCLC locates no copies. [the company]; Simms Steam Print unknown books
19206138San Francisco: Danner & Baker Inc 1920. Oblong stapled booklet 23 x 27 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION of this number. A trade catalogue of glassware porcelain and Satsuma pottery from this long running San Francisco dealer in crockery and glassware. Near fine in green- and gilt-titled tan wrappers. Previous owner's inscription to the from wrapper panel. OCLC locates one record for Catalogue no. 4 but the location is lacking; one copy each of Catalogues no. 3 & 5. Danner & Baker, Inc unknown books
1962235926Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1962. Second. paperback. very good-. Illustrated with 13 fold-out maps. 134pp. 8vo paper wrappers. Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1962. Enlarged second edition. Edge worn with sunned spine but still a very good- copy of this uncommon book.<br/><br/> Foreign Languages Press unknown books
12912THE CHINA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE & ARTS. 1926. Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald 1926. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece ii 314 14 pages plates. First edition. With articles on Chinese industry agriculture and cultural arts with many photographs on plates. Occasional foxing on some leaves else very good. unknown books
14110Keystone View Co. Stereoview of The Great Wall of China. unknown books
200123143NY: Viking. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0670892920 . First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Viking hardcover books
92110001Edo 1750 Suharaya Mohei. Large folding map 170 x 200 cm. old mended worming rebackedpastel colors Japanese reprint of a map printed in Henan in 1679 folds down to be 21.5 x 25.5 cm. woodblock printed hand color. V E R Y R A R E ! . . AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE WALL-SIZE MAP OF CHINA . . EXECTED BY A SHAOLIN ZEN MASTER The Shaolin Xi Monastery/Temple is a Chán Zen Buddhist temple at Song Shan near Zheng Zhou City Henan Province in Dengfeng China. It was led by Venerable abbot Shi Yongxìn. founded in the 5th century the monastery has been famous for centuries its association with Chinese martial arts and particularly with Shaolin Kung Fu. It is also a Mahayana Buddhist monastery perhaps best known to the Western world. . The Shaolin Monastery and its famed Pagoda Forest were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010 as part of the Historic Monuments of Dengfeng. Extracted from Wikipedia. . A RARE EDITION: Reprinted and published in Japan by Katsuragawa Hosan in 1750 reproduced from the Chinese original of Kangxi 27 1679. The original Chinese edition has been exceptionally obscure and impossible to come by for over the last two-hundred years and is believed now to be lost to posterity. . PRINTING TECHNIQUE AND THE PAPER: The work is woodblock printed by hand on hand-made Washi paper then hand-colored in delicate pastels. . CHINESE VIEW OF ANCIENT CHINA: This grand scale work covers a very large space and is quite handsome suitable for framing and display. The map shows a full view of all of China from the Great Wall in the North Shanghai the East coast down to the oceans in the South and Hainan Island and the coasts along he Eastern shores. This is a spectacular work showing each province in pastel colors with outlines large numbers of place names rivers & the major waterways mountains named and located. By and large inspired to show all of the known lands considered a part of China delineating the country and its exterior boundaries. . Japan and other islands are not shown but boxes with notes in Chinese as to their existence and location are well documented. The lower portion has text discussing the population of the various provinces and other notes. Areas beyond the traditional lines of China i.e.: North of the Great Wall and to . RARITY OF THE MAP AND ITS MAKERS: This grand-scale and truly spectacular work is virtually never found on the market. The Shaolin Monastery monks were the original founders of the celebrated and now famous Kung-fu martial art school located in Henan province. The priests were legendary and the most feared for their martial art prowess. They were also covert with their powerful political force in China. . SHAOLIN SI TEMPLE/MONASTERY LEGENDARY CUSTOMS: Priests who passed the highest level of Kung-fu martial art were invited to participate in a recognition ceremony. They were allowed to self-brand themselves by picking up a red-hot iron brazier that had long temple dragon decorations on the sides. The branding was accomplished by clamping the brazier between their forearms until the dragon image was branded on them. These brazier dragons are identical to the long dragon found at the top of this historic map. Another ancient practices used was the Jieba. It is an ancient ceremony where nine marks are burned onto the head with sticks of incense. In 2007 the Chinese government partially lifted the 300-year ban of the Jieba allowing the the mentally and physically prepared to participate in the ancient tradition. Incense or moxa was used on top of the shaved head and burned in a ceremony of dedication to the Shaolin Si temple/monastery by the most skilled of martial artists. WHY THE DRAGON SYMBOL WAS USED BY SHAOLIN MONKS: The top of the map show the dragon as a symbol of the Shaolin Si. In China the dragon is the first of twelve zodiac animals and is the most powerful of all and represents the ultimate and greatest of all powers known. It is also the one and only legendary animal in the zodiac the rest are actual animals. Because this map was conceived of carved and printed at the Shaolin Xi monastery or temple by these very priests they put the most powerful symbol at the top a dragon. The symbolic meaning indicated that China was superior to all other nations. It was also a private pun by the Shaolin priests indicating for all to see and know that the Shaolin temple and its priests were above all others. Additionally it reminded and indicated that the Shaolin priest were the most powerful martial artists and covert political force in all China. . RARITY: The original Chinese edition has been exceptionally obscure and impossible to come by for over the last two-hundred years and is believed now to be lost to posterity. Shaolin Si temple/monastery imprints are very R A R E ! Few references or examples exist of their woodblock printed works. This edition was a copy of the original re-carved by the Japanese and reissued. Not only is this map of great interest to Chan Zen Buddhists Shaolin Kung-fu collectors martial artists and historians but to students of Chinese cartography collectors and museums. . CONDITION: The map has been professionally re-backed in its distant past due to the large amount of old worming. It is now solid and stable. Because of the rarity of this work a complete map found in any condition would be now considered exceptionally R A R E ! Please review images posted to our website to observe the restored condition. . THE COVERS: The map has been rebound in non-original paper covers perhaps about 100 years ago. It is contained in a brown cloth Chuan Chitsu folding slipcase with ivory clasps cloth a bit faded one edge a bit worn else clean & solid. . THE SCANS: While we have made efforts to take good digital photographs and scans of our copy due to the exceptionally large size of the map these photos are not of the highest quality. We therefore are additionally using copies of this map from the Oda reference book illustrations as samples of what the map is like. Please note the following digital images are from Oda: cover.jpg illus08.jpg & illus12.jpg the balance are from our digital camera. . Any client who purchases this map may be interested in the Japanese text found in Oda. Upon request we are happy to provide a copy of his entry. . BIBLIOGRAPHY: G. Beans: A LIST OF JAPANESE MAPS OF THE TOKUGAWA ERA Supplement A on p.14 as #1750.1 with confirmation date of 1750. Beans gives this the title: "THE BEST COLLECTION OF ANCIENT AND MODERN WORKS CONCERNING THE HISTORICAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE DYNASTIES BY THE MONASTERY OF SHAO-LIN." T. Oda: THE WORLD IN JAPANESE MAPS UNTIL THE MID-19TH CENTURY p.52-53 item #24 for 2 excellent color examples. Oda shows the Japanese title: REKIDAI JISEKI ZU: HISTORICAL MAP OF CHINA reproduced from the Chinese original of 1679 by Katsuragawa Hosan 1750. Beautifully reproduced here in full color. Meir Shahar: The Xiaolin Monastery: History Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery Color scans of this and most items are posted to our web site. . hardcover books
1991008979Austrlian Natl Univ Faculty of Asian Studies 1991. "The Urga text transcribed and edited by M. Go I de Rachewitz J.R. Krueger and B. Ulaan. With Word-Index to the Urga text prepared by I de Rachewitz and J.R. Krueger". Two volumes Fine as issued. Additions and Corrections sheet and Corrigenda slip laid in to Vol. I. Business card of Ruth I Meserve longtime Secretary of The Mongolian Society of Bloomington Indiana laid in to Vol. II SCARCE as complete 2 volume set. . First Thus. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Austrlian Natl Univ Faculty of Asian Studies paperback books
200230879Woodbridge:: Antique Collectors' Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1851493905 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Antique Collectors' Club, hardcover books
16783Republic of China 1927 Nationalist Government Lottery Loan Five Dollars. 1927 China 5 Dollar Lottery Loan. The History of the Republic of China begins after the Qing dynasty in 1912 This was a crucial year. In early 1927 the Kuomintang-CCP rivalry led to a split in the revolutionary ranks. The CCP and the left wing of the Kuomintang decided to move the seat of the Nationalist government from Guangzhou to Wuhan. There now were three capitals in China: the internationally recognized warlord regime in Beijing; the Communist in Wuhan; and the right-wing civilian-military regime at Nanjing The Comintern cause appeared bankrupt. A new policy was instituted calling on the CCP to foment armed insurrections in both urban and rural areas in preparation for an expected rising tide of revolution. That year an insurrection was led by Mao Zedong who would later become chairman of the CCP and head of state of the People's Republic of China. unknown books
196114476Taipei Taiwan : Directorate General of Posts 1961. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. Variously paginated. 6 x 8 1/4 inches. Tan printed wrappers. A good working copy in the original wraps base of spine perished minor soiling and warping of covers. Wraps. "Three systems for the romanization of Chinese characters prevail in this country viz. the 1 Inland Mission System 2 the Wade-Giles System and 3 The National Language Romanization System. Such systems though good for phonetic purpose are not applicable to the romanization of places in China in which respect the Postal Romanization is the only one enjoying a wide circulation in various circles as may be seen in newspapers periodicals maps charts books writings dictionaries etc.With such a book in hand one will have no difficulty to find out the standard romanization for 1 names of people 2 names of places and 3 the accurate sound of every character." from the preface. <br/><br/>This edition published in 1000 copies. Less than a dozen copies in OCLC. Directorate General of Posts unknown books
195814929Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1958. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed wrappers; 73pp. Near Fine. Lengthy essay on the creative imperatives of Party-sponsored literature. Includes appendix by Shao Chuan-Lin "Clear the Road and Advance Boldly! Foreign Languages Press unknown books
197916393Beijing: Foreign Languages Press 1979. First English Language Edition. 12mo. Original pictorial card wrappers; 64pp 10 leaves of photographic plates halftones. Covers slightly rubbed with spot of sticker residue at head of front wrapper else Near Fine. Collection of poems produced during the first state-sponsored Tiananmen Incident in April 1976 when hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens rallied to commemorate the late premier Zhou Enlai and to effect the state-ordained downfall of the Gang of Four. Includes ten leaves 20 pages of photographic illustrations. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
1930008986Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften 1930. RARE. Published 1930-32. "On the Medicine of the Uighurs". Text in German.Two volumes bound in contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards gilt lettering back beige end papers original wrappers bound in at rear. 2 25 2 plates 2 50 pp. 3 plates wrappers. From the collection of noted Inner Asian Studies scholar Denis Sinor 1916-2011 his bookplate front paste down and his signature at each title page. Sinor founded and directed the Asian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University and served as editor of the Journal of Asian History. Near Fine light wear at head of spine. . First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften Hardcover books
B23329-MTChina International Press. Collectible - Like New. 2002 Hardback. ISBN 7508501217. Signed on dedication page by Anna Chennault Ted Stevens late Senator of Alaska and another signature which is indecipherable. No inscription. Grey cloth w/embossed title. Book is in very nice condition clean and sound. Dust jacket has minimal edgewear. China International Press hardcover books
196025686Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1960. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound printed paper wrappers; 44pp. Mild external wear and soil; internally clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
196925668Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1969. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound printed paper wrappers; 32pp. Faint corner-creasing mild external soil; Very Good. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
