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1880198061880. Very good condition. An albumen photograph of an ancient Canton Guangzhou landmark known as the Five Storey pagoda once part of the city wall which still stands today in the city's largest park Yue Xiu Park. The pagoda also known as Zhenhai Tower was built in 1380 by Zhu Liangzu during the Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 and stands on the Yuexiu Hill. It is 92 feet high and has been destroyed and rebuilt five times. The building now houses the City Museum which exhibits the history of Canton from Neolithic times. 5 1/2 x 4". Printed on lightweight paper very small mark upper right not on the image. unknown
14640Bogue's die cut soap advertising card in the shape of dog wearing pink ribbon with large bell attached. With advertising text on the verso: "How to obtain one of these Cats or Dogs: Purchase 3 cakes of Bogue's Soap for 25 cents. Lookee No Boilee! Washee Washee Wellee Quickee!" with an illustration of a Chinese man in pig tails holding a bar of the soap. Not dated. 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. Colors bright and fresh slt toning on verso o/w very good. HKD580. unknown
14626Corset clasp advertising card with illustration of three Chinese pig tail wearing laundry workers comparing a corset without the new corset clasps and one with the new product. With text at the top: "Side & dress steels guaranteed not to rust". With additional advertising text on the verso. Not dated. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Upper right corner of front of card slt creased slt toning to lower edge of verso of card o/w very good. unknown
14643This stone has the mythical significance of the Sun Stone of the Incas and the Zodiac of pre-historic time. The forces of imagination make it a veritable Garden of the God - Edenic and Adamick Dr. D. Evelyn President Geographical Society". Card advertising this "natural stone tablet" with b&w illustration of Chinese man with pointer gesturing to the circular stone which is labeled with such elements as dragon tiger snake phoenix etc. No text at verso slt crease and mark at lower left edge of verso o/w very good. HKD580. unknown
193816704New York: Foreign Policy Association 1938. Paperback. A critique of contemporary Far Eastern policy in regards to China written by the editor of the Foreign Policy Association's Headline Books series. Fry later was later honored as the first American to be named "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem Israel's Holocaust Heroes and Martyrs Remembrance Authority for his rescue work in 1940 & 1941 in France in which he succeeded through his American Relief Center in helping many escape from death including intellectuals who settled in the United States. <br /> This is Headline Books No. 13. Contents include: The Manchus Lose an Empire; Commodore Perry Rouses Japan; We Hold the Door Open; China Becomes a Republic; Ten Years of Friendship; The Manchurian Crisis; War in China; and Which Way America. Sml 8vo 95pp. Yellow paper wraps title in red at front cover. Staple bound. Very good. Foreign Policy Association paperback
16223Otherwise very good condition. French advertising card with color illustration of a two young Chinese gilrs working on a Chinese geometric paper puzzle and instructions on how to do the puzzle printed below in French. With advertising text for the Parisian tailor on the verso. Not dated. 2 1/2 x 4 1/4" two small ares of text missing on verso. HK581. unknown
195615139Peking: L'Edition Ouvriere 1956. Paperback. Sports magazine folio unpaginated in French and Chinese; with a color photo of Chairman Mao Tse-toung sic. A magazine promoting sports and health published six years after the establishment of the Republique Populaire de Chine; with a goal of preparing the athletes for the Olympic games in Melbourne in 1956. Photographs of ping pong basket ball soccer crew swimming ice hockey skiing bicycling etc; and with a list of athletes who achieved new records. In French. Many photos b&w and color. Slight damage at right hand page edges early o/w very good. HKD580. L'Edition Ouvriere paperback
193715045Washington DC: Editions Mid-Nation 1937. Pamphlet 64pp ex-lib with perforated stamp on title bound with original wrappers in brown stiff card boards. The author's father had close ties to the leaders of the Chinese revolution of 1911. His godfather was Sun Yat-sen. While at Duke University from 1937 to 1946 he became an expert in Far Eastern affairs. In 1943 while with the newly formed Office of War Information and Intelligence Board he was sent to China and became a confidant of Chang Kai-shek. He was the author of "Psychological Warfare" considered a classic text. HKD735. Editions Mid-Nation unknown
193715057Washington DC: Editions Mid-Nation 1937. Pamphlet 30pp ex-lib with perforated stamp on title bound with original wrappers in brown stiff card boards. The author's father had close ties to the leaders of the Chinese revolution of 1911. His godfather was Sun Yat-sen. While at Duke University from 1937 to 1946 he became an expert in Far Eastern affairs. In 1943 while with the newly formed Office of War Information and Intelligence Board he was sent to China and became a confidant of Chang Kai-shek. He was the author of "Psychological Warfare" considered a classic text. HKD735. Editions Mid-Nation unknown
197286272Columbia South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press 1972. First Limited Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Unnumbered copy from a limitation of 999. Publisher's black cloth spine over red marbled paper boards titled in gilt and red to spine. 226pp. 1. Very light wear a little scuffing to the spine housed in a matching marbled slipcase; internally clean and fresh from the library of noted translater oand poet Nathaniel Tarn bearing his bookplate; page edges stained red; in a strong clean slipcase with a little light edgewear. A very good copy indeed. <br /> <br /> An academic history of the Uighur Empire and its relations with larger Chinese cultures between the 8th and 9th centuries. University of South Carolina Press unknown
186915361New York: Harper & Brothers 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. The important work of an American Protestant missionary with much material on missionaries in China: "Missionary Life in China" Different Methods and Agencies Employed in Missionary Work" "Results of Missionary Work" "Character and Experiences of Native Christian and Inquirers" "Roman Catholic Missions in China" and "Influence of the Chinese in California" this is just before the Exclusion Act. Much discussion of missionaries and the Bible. <br /> <br /> Sml 8vo 456pp 8 printed pp of woodblock illustrations along with decorations within text folding map. Stamped blue cloth with gilt title at spine. Covers slt rubbed and marked. Internally sml previous owner name at ffep Moore Butlers Bay. and Contents o/w very good. OCLC: 562019862. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1920162221920. Otherwise very good condition. Hand made color post card with charming collage illustration of a Chinese junk made of strips of postage stamps. Not mailed with 'Made in China' at the lower edge verso of card. Verso of card evenly toned. unknown
16217Otherwise very good condition. Color post card with charming illustration of a man leading three camels along a very twisting road with a Chinese walled city in the distance. Not mailed with 'China' at the upper left corner verso of card. Verso of card toned with traces of sticky tape at edges. HK581. unknown
190520259Sydney: The Rose Stereographs 1905. Very good condition. A fascinating large image of the train and the bustle on the platform. Number 6209 with the additional text "this railway extends to Peking and belongs to a European company. Travelling on this line is quite up to date". Text at verso explains "this railway which connects Tientsin with Peking was made use of by the Japanese Government to convey soldiers to the front during the war with Russia in 1904 but the Chinese authorities apparently yielding to outside pressure temporarily closed the line to prevent trouble". Visible in the crowd awaiting departure are commission agents "touts" for the various hotels and Japanese soldiers. Card measures 7 x 4" The Rose Stereographs unknown
194216725Webster Publishing Company 1942. Paperback. Very good overall. A cooperative project between American Council Institute of Pacific Relations and Webster Publishing. Contents include: China and the Chinese; Old China; A Century of Imperialism; and The New China. Sml 8vo 94pp b&w ills maps. Webster Publishing Company paperback
193656738Shanghai China: China Journal Printed by The Mercury Press Dec. 1936. Tall 8vo. A32 4 311-354 A33-60 pp. With photo plates 1 colour plate photo text illustrations illustrated ads including index. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art of pink & yellow blossoms on black background lettering in green & black minor soiling minor chipping head & foot of spine minor tear & creasing to lower corner still G copy. First edition of this installment in the storied journal founded by Sowerby 1885-1954 the naturalist and explorer. Of particular interest in this installment is the first published announcement of Ruth Harkness’ d. 1947 as the first person to bring a living Giant Panda out of China a female named Su Lin. Her husband William Harkness zoologist and adventurer had headed an expedition to capture Giant Pandas but died before he even entered the habitat. Ruth traveled into Wenchuang County of Sichuan Province then onto Baoxing County where she discovered the cub less then 2 kilometers from Jiajin Mountain and was later donated to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. China Journal, Printed by The Mercury Press, paperback
199640539Berkeley: Univ. of California Press 1996. 8vo. xi 1 316 pp. Maps. Half-blue cloth over blue boards silver lettrng w/ d.j. NF/Nf. First edition of this excellent work revealing the influence of major figures during Ming China native to T’ai-ho. Univ. of California Press, hardcover
196745570Stanford CA: Stanford Univ. Press 1967. 8vo. viii 6 257 1 pp. Numerous maps. Green cloth black lettering NF copy. First Stanford Press edition of this scarce work examining the history of the Wu-tai period between the T’ang and Sung dynasties in China. The author examines the military governors and the T’ang Court; the growth of central power; The Liang court; the control of the provinces; and finally the emergence of a new power structure 926-947 A.D. Stanford Univ. Press, hardcover
198552228Oxford Hong Kong & New York: Oxford Univ. Press 1985. 4to. ix 1 266 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates throughout. Gray boards gilt lettering on spine maps on endpapers minor shelfwear w/ d.j. NF/NF copy. First edition of this striking photographic memoir of northern China from 1933 to 1946 by a photographer who had escaped Nazi Germany in 1933 to take charge of a German-owned photographic studio in Peking. She is considered to have been one of the finest photographers who has ever worked in Asia. Oxford Univ. Press, hardcover
19662211Tainan : Hong Ying ChuBan She ; 1966 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth with gold decorations and lettering ; 53 738 pp. ; illustrations in black & white ; an exhaustive aircraft dictionary with military and engineering terms and several exploded views of various types of aircraft including the Boeing 707 727 and YS-11A a twin-engine Beechcraft the C-46 C-117 C-121 C-123 and the DC-54 ; detailed schematics and drawings of cables struts assemblies etc ; each page of the dictionary will contain up to six graphic figures with English label s to illustrate the Chinese definitions to the English entries ; foxing ; water stain to fore-edge of textblock does not affect the text ; front corner bumped ; VG This listing contains text in Chinese GB Fonts <br/> <br/> (Tainan : Hong Ying ChuBan She) ; 1966 hardcover
2003156448Hong Kong: South China Morning Post 2003. As New. Laminated card box 100 postcards 100 postcards in 5 sections: Life 20 cards; Headlines 20 cards; Leisure 20 cards; Challenge 20 cards; Evolution 20 cards. All cards mint & presented in a nice decorated laminated box.ÊScarce South China Morning Post unknown
199312546London: Bonhams 1993. 1st. Soft cover. Fine. 10.4x8.3x0.2in. The catalogue of an important sale of Minton held at Bonhams London in the bicentenary of Minton's founding. 233 lots are described with most illustrated in color or black and white. <br>73pp 0.62lb 10.4x8.3x0.2in Bonhams paperback
2008005213District Heights MD: ACB Publishing LLC 2008. Stated First Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 9" X 6 . Rodrick Long cover design and illustrations. March 2008. Ball's first novel is about a woman stationed in Greece and her life experiences. 330 pp. Book has very slight edge /shelf wear ow it is as new. Dedication: To: John Hamilton II Thank you for such a nice interview ! Enjoy! China Ball. SIGNED by author. Bookseller's Inventory # 165213. <br/> <br/> ACB Publishing , LLC paperback
22081Rutland VT: Tuttle 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 11.4x10.1x1.0in. 2nd printing; in publisher's cardboard slipcase lightly stained and discolored. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>Illustrated with 24 tipped-in color plates and 100 monochrome figures in the text. 236 objects in the catalogue are described and illustrated in monochrome. <br>220pp 3.79lb 11.4x10.1x1.0in Tuttle hardcover
198319136Athens GA: University of Georgia Press 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 10.3x8.5x1.1in. light foxing to top edge of text block and top of half-title page. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>With 154 illustrations. <br>326pp 2.88lb 10.3x8.5x1.1in University of Georgia Press hardcover
