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18806512East Liverpool Ohio: the company; Simms Steam Print 1880. 16mo single sheet uncut & folded to form 10 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. 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
1873206134London.: The Illustrated London News. April1873. Two full page black and white wood-engravings on sequential newspaper leaves with related text on the verso of one leaf 23.8 x 34 cms images; 27.7 x 39.8 cms sheets slightly age-toned but in very good condition. Engraving in six panels of a ceremonial Chinese Imperial wedding procession. The text on the verso notes: <br>"The long procession attending a Chinese bride in her sedan chair to the hymeneal altar followed by her parents or closest relatives on horseback and escorted by several bands of musicians standard-bearers and liveried servants carrying the pieces of ornamental furniture presented to her as marriage gifts is copied from a pretty book of pictures drawn in colours on reice-paper by a Chinese artist". . The Illustrated London News. unknown
1857179688London.: Illustrated London News. January 101857. Two half-page engravings 14.5 x 23 cms incomplete descriptive text on a single newspaper leaf marginal spotting and edge-wear but in very good condition. Tranquil views of Canton Guangzhou months prior to the attack on and four year occupation of the city by allied British and French troops during the time of the Second Opium War. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue note lower right. . Illustrated London News unknown
1887221447Paris. Circa1887. Engraving with later colouring signed lower left 10.9 x 16.1 cms; 15.2 x 18.8 cms including caption preserved in a modern window mount 32 x 37.5 cms the sheet a little age toned but the engraving in very good condition. Finely detailed engraving of 1880s Shanghai showing the now demolished Suzhou Creek or Garden Bridge from the International Settlement looking towards the Bund published in "L'Extrême Orient" by traveller writer and later colonial administrator Paul Bonnetain. . unknown
1887221448Paris. Circa1887. Engraving with later colouring signed lower left 7.5 x 13.3 cms; 9.8 x 16.3 cms including caption preserved in a modern window mount 31 x 37.5 cms the sheet a little age toned but the engraving in very good condition. Tranquil engraving of 1880s Shanghai showing the banks of the Suzhou Creek looking back towards the Bund published in "L'Extrême Orient" by traveller writer and later colonial administrator Paul Bonnetain. . unknown
1887221449Paris. Circa1887. Engraving with later colouring signed lower right 12.9 x 16.6 cms; 16 x 19.4 cms including caption preserved in a modern window mount 31 x 37.4 cms the sheet a little age toned but the engraving in very good condition. Finely detailed engraving of 1880s Shanghai showing the just opened "Public Garden" looking towards the Bund. Established in 1886 the "Public Garden" was the first park in China open to the public and was designed in European style. Published in "L'Extrême Orient" by traveller writer and later colonial administrator Paul Bonnetain. . unknown
189264093London: Chapman and Hall 1892. 8vo. 12 365 1 pp. Frontisp. numerous plates 1 map. Tan cloth decorative motif and border on front over in red & black gilt lettering on spine shelfwear slightly cocked rubbing to spine minor bumping offset toning to endpapers from brown claysized flyleaves still a G copy. Second edition 1 of 750 copies of this wonderfully inspiring account of the author’s trek through from Peking Beijing China Russia across the Gobi Desert through Central Asia Russia and into Europe in the 19th-Century. He would later backtrack across the trans-Siberian Railway to Alaska head to the gold fields during the Klondike Gold Rush and then onto New York. Chapman and Hall, hardcover
189618069New York: Underwood and Underwood 1896. Very good condition. A crowded street scene near the harbour in Hong Kong with street vendors and coolie workers. Very bright. Stereoscopic photo card on tan card stock curved mounts with printed caption. The image shows a congested street scene with men working with bricks in the foreground many workers in the distance. The number 49 is handwritten above the images. The caption is translated on verso into various languages. Approx. 7x3 1/2". Image copyrighted 1896 to Strohmeyer and Wyman. Underwood and Underwood unknown
187625962London: The Graphic 1876. Print. A full page woodcut print from The Graphic published in 1876. An image of a cricket game being played by Westerners with the harbour full of ships and mountainous area on the far side of the harbour. In the foreground some Chinese and Westerners pass by the game some in sedan chairs with one sedan chair dodging a ball that has flown off field. 12 3/4 x 9 1/2". Margins ample but slightly trimmed. Black & white as issued. The Graphic unknown
1879068TR1Walden and Stowe; Phillips & Hunt Cincinnati; New York: 1879. 1879 548p. Frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page engravings. Title page ruled in red and printed in red and black. Paper beginning to brown at edges. Some soiling. A few leaves torn without loss. Inner hinges cracked. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding decorated and lettered in gold and black. Binding very worn. Hardbound. The author Isaac W. Wiley was a pastor medical and educational missionary and influential bishop of the former Methodist Episcopal Church. Wiley College founded in 1873 by the Freemen's Aid Society to educate newly freed slaves was named for him. He served as a missionary for some years in China and returned to organize missionary activity in the Far East. This account of his travels makes interesting reading. He visited and describes many places customs sights religions. In China: Shanghai; Peking; Kiukiang; Foochow; Hong Kong; Canton - in Japan: Yokohama; Nagasaki; Tokio Tokyo; among other places. Scarce. PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/3 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Good. Walden and Stowe; Phillips & Hunt, Cincinnati; New York: (1879). hardcover
1873204562New York.: Harper's Weekly. July 261873. Seven captioned wood engravings on two newspaper leaves from Harper's Weekly: six on one page each approx 10 x 11cms and one three-quarter page 30 x 22.5cms with related commentary sheet size 40 x 28cms small edge tear too the inner margin of the larger engraving no loss in all very good condition. The three-quarter page engraving "The Feast of Lanterns" includes a brief text article describing all the engravings in the lower margin which continues on the verso of sheet. The six vignette illustrations are: “Death in the Cage” “Conveying Prisoners to the Lock-up” “Coolies” “A Mendicant” “The Rain-coat” and “Convicts”. . Harper's Weekly. unknown
1818165209京都.Kyoto.: 五車楼.Gosharō. 明治18 1885. 6 volumes of 7 volume-set missing volume one bound in Japanese 5 hole stab binding woodblock printed on double leaves oriental style. Paper title labels laid down on yellow embossed upper covers some rubbing and light soiling in good condition. Text in Chinese with Japanese reading marks. 26 x 18.5cm. A Japanese Meiji edition of Jūhasshiryaku 十八史略 Shibashilue in pinyin with extra notes added by a Kyoto resident 奧野精一 Okuno Seiichi. The Summary of the Eighteen Histories is an introductory Chinese history for children compiled by Zeng Xianzhi 曾先之 in the Yuan period. Complete in 7 volumes. . 五車楼.[Gosharō]. unknown
1873179980London.: The Illustrated London News. May 241873. Full-page engraving: 23.4 x 31.3 cm image only explanatory text overleaf minor edge wear very good condition. Atmospheric and detailed composition engraved by the firm of Joseph Swain Oxford 1820 - Ealing 1908. Swain was one of the finest wood engravers and interpreters of artists' work of the Victorian era noted for his contributions to "Punch" and wood engravings after designs by some of the most distinguished English artists of the time. He is noted for his swirling lines and tonal effects rendering the modulation of light. See Simon Cooke "A Clever Man: Joseph Swain as an Engraver and Interpreter" online at The Victorian Web. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News unknown
1858178655London.: The Illustrated London News. May 81858. Two half-page engravings each 11.5 x 34 cm on a single newspaper leaf the leaf with marginal edge wear and occasional toning but very good dark impressions. Two river views of Canton Guangzhou from "The Illustrated London News" months before the Treaty of Tientsin was signed following the Battle of Canton in December 1857. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News unknown
1870178194London.: The Illustrated London News. May 281870. Engraving 23.5 x 34 cm image; 28 x 40.4 cm sheet lower edge a little ragged in very good condition Fine full page engraving of the Great Gorge from "The Illustrated London News". <br> <br>From the estate of the late scholar and collector Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News. unknown
1875180155London.: The Graphic. October 231875. Four engravings together 22.5 x 30 cms captions and margins occupying a single newspaper leaf edges a little rough and chipped with a few creases scant spotting and toning the images in very good condition. Four engravings prepared for "The Graphic" illlustrated newspaper by the noted engraver and photographer Horace Harral 1817-1905. Prominent in the mosaic layout is the portrait of Li Hongzhang then Viceroy of Zhili. The murder of the British diplomat Augustus Raymond Margary and his staff in February 1875 whilst scoping potential overland trade routes between British India and China's provinces provoked a diplomatic crisis with China. It handed the British authorities an excuse to put pressure on the Qing government and hastened the build up of Chinese troops and armaments. War was averted with the negotiaton of the Yantai Treaty Chefoo Convention signed by Li and British diplomat Sir Thomas Wade. <br> <br>The four captioned engravings: <br> <br>1. Chinese soldiers; <br>2. Chinese gunboat on the Upper Yangtse-Kiang River; <br>3. Li-Hung-Chang Governor-General of Peichihli Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army; <br>4. Interior of a Workshop Nanking Arsenal. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Graphic. unknown
1853179541London.: Illustrated London News. November 5.1853. Eight engravings the two largest 12 and 13.5 x 23 cms complete descriptive text running oveleaf on two consecutive newspaper leaves the leaves spotted with a few small edge tears but in very good condition. Detailed coverage of the visit of the British vessel H.M.S. Hermes at the time of the Taiping rebellion by a sailor on board. The lengthy commentary includes excerpts of his diary notes and the engravings are after sketches by him. The two main engravings are of "Nankin Chiefs and insurgents" and "H.M.S. Hermes shelling the heights of Chin-Kiang-Foo". <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated London News unknown
1895162826London.: Charles H. Kelly. 1895. Coloured frontispiece with tissue-guard lacks the second coloured plate. Numerous black and white facsimiles of Chinese art and penmanship throughout. Name of prior owner dated 1925 Chefoo and a tipped in letter to her - handwritten by J.L. Smith of the H.B.M Consulate Chefoo on the rear of the frontis. Rebacked in quarter leather presumably by the Chefoo club with their name printed on the lower spine fading. Head & tail of spine starting boards decorated and stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. A discard label on the front paste-down from the Chefoo Club Library dated 1925. Some age toning but a good firm copy. Series of character sketches reflecting village life in mid 19th century Central China and describing some events in the Taiping Rebellion. . Charles H. Kelly. hardcover
1888149204Paris.: Maisonneuve et Charles Leclerc. 1888. 48pp paperback paper on spine torn with subsequent loss to some letters upper wrapper a little chipped. Scarce work on the Chinese language. . Maisonneuve et Charles Leclerc. paperback
190019838Bruxelles: J. Verschueren 1900. Very good condition. An early Chinese railroad bond with attractive bank-note engraving and with three Chinese vignettes: a Chinese village a Chinese temple and a railway bridge spanning a large river. Printed in red & black with multiple tax stamps at top of page. Number 05219 with coupon sheet attached dated 1936 through 1944 with the 1936 coupon removed. Complete with statutes printed in red on verso. 14 x 15" J. Verschueren unknown
187323348Hong Kong 1873. Ephemera. Very good condition. A three page manuscript letter dated March 12 1873 from 'Charles' in Hong Kong to his sister 'Anna' in the United States. The letter was sent via San Francisco and the SS Colorado. Charles seems to be a young bachelor making his way in the Orient and he paints a detailed picture of daily events from a Westerners perspective but no real indication of why he is there.<br /> <br /> Charles and Anna were avid letter writers this one "No. 6" for the year. He refers to Anna's letters of Dec. 29 Jan. 5 19 that were just received. He talks of his lack of a Christmas and that most people who live in Hong Kong celebrate by getting "boozy" a sport he did not relish. He "would give more for 1 pound of good tobacco than 1 barrel of the best liquor."<br /> <br /> "For a young man who has not much determination this is the worse sic place in the world. There is nothing for him to do but play billiards & drink." <br /> <br /> He responds to Anna's questions about paper suits which were made in Japan a Joss house and the custom to accept an offer of tea 'you will have one of these little cups 7 saucers handed to you.' that he will send the 'Ivory letters to you for Miss Harrington' and refers to Anna's husband George other family and an acquaintance Wiliam Blanchard a pilot who lived in Shanghai as well as the 'great fire'. "The only thing I can say of the great fire is that it is too bad - but it may improve Boston by having different planned building and streets." The Great Boston fire of 1872 was Boston's largest and one of the most costly fire-related property losses is American history. He ends by sending his love to other family members and a request for a letter from George.<br /> <br /> The SS Colorado was the largest San Francisco-Panama route liner ever to sail the Pacific. She was originally brig-rigged but was altered in San Francisco in 1866 to enter the China service. In 1867 the Pacific Mail founded the first regular steamship service across the Pacific Ocean and the Colorado became the first American liner to carry mail across the Pacific to the Orient which helped pave the way for a rapid expansion of trade between California and the Orient. <br /> <br /> 4 page folded letter on watermarked paper "Hodgkinson & Co" with writing on 3 sides 8 3/8 x 10 1/8" with original fold marks. unknown
184023526Boston: Dickinson 1840. Good condition. The embossed coated calling card of an American woman in China possibly a medical missionary as the caduceus is embossed at each side of her calling card. There is a vignette within an oval at the bottom of the card showing goods packed in crates at the dock tall-masted sailing ships and a locomotive in the distance. With Mudge's name in elaborate contemporary ink with Chinese characters below. "Dickinson" embossed at lower left corner. 3 3/4 x 2 1/2". Small chip at left edge of card. Dickinson unknown
188015064Paris 1880. Very good. French meat extract 'Veritable Extrait de Viande Liebig' chromolithographic trading card collection with illustrations of Chinese city scenes and with the meat extract pictured in the lower right corner. Paris not dated ca. 1880 4 x 2 1/2" with advertising copy on the back. Colors bright and fresh; matted very good. unknown
18956708London: Charles H. Kelly. 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Hinges not tight. Endpapers first and last few pages darkened. Small open tear to top right corner of front free endpaper. Former owner's name on front free endpaper which has also bled through to the half title page; Black boards with gilt lettering and gilt design. Numerous b&w illustrations and two tissue guarded drawings in bold colors; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 479 pages . Charles H. Kelly hardcover
18963932New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons ; The Knickerbocker Press 1896 ©1889. 1896. Hardcover. Fair. 3rd edition ; viii 456 pp. ; 20 cm. ; similar to OCLC: 18708885 ; LC: PS3525.P268 ; red-brown cloth with black and gold lettering and designs ; covers much faded and worn ; shaken ; penciled name on front ep ; "In 1875 when I was in the service o f the Japanese Government at Tokio it chanced that my place of residence was located north of the old Yedo castle grounds while my office lay to the south of them thus rendering it necessary for me to pass twice each day through the centre of tha t vast system of feudal fortification. One stormy day as I was trudging homeward in company with an inveterate pedestrian--a young Englishman who persisted in taking 'constitutional exercise' in all kinds of weather--he suddenly halted at the brid ge that crossed the broad moat before the Sakurada gateway and exclaimed: 'Here is the spot where was enacted the most thrilling episode in modern Japanese history. On a day like this about fourteen years ago the de facto ruler of the Japanese empire was attacked at the head of this bridge in the very midst of his guards by a band of seventeen Mito romins and was ignominously beheaded.'.Being deeply interested in his graphic account of the tragedy I eagerly read up all the narratives. .and came to the conclusion that the affair was worthy to be woven into the warp and aoof of a romance."--preface ; stamps of the Department of the Navy and bookplate of the Crew's Library of the U.S.S. New York at this time a CA-2 class armored cruiser laid down in 1893 seeing action in the Spanish American War renamed the Saratoga in 1911 then the Rochester in 1917 decommissioned in 1937 and scuttled in 1941 to prevent capture by Japanese forces; a second U.S.S. New York BB-37 was commissioned in 1914 and after World War I was sent to the Yangtze River as a part of the American patrols which were featured in McKenna's Sand Pebbles novel decommissioned in 1941 and later sunk in 1948. ; an unusual naval and China Service collectible ; FAIR <br/> <br/> New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons ; The Knickerbocker Press, 1896, ©1889. hardcover
