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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
1845151091845. Very good. Steel engraving of Hong Kong Harbour showing Chinese junks and small coastal fishing boats in foreground sailing ships in middle ground and city & mountains in back ground. 6 1/2 x 5 in. Matted very good. HKD1500. unknown
189816321London: Royal Geographic Society 1898. Hardcover. Important material on China Central India the Yangtse Chiang Tibet and Mt. Everest including: The Fourth Centenary of Vasco da Gama's Voyage to India by Sir Clements Markham; The Yangtse Chiang by W. R. Charles; Through Tibet to China by Captain H. S. Wellby; Tirah by Colonel T. H. Holdich; The Environs and Native Names of Mount Everest by Major L. A. Waddell. All folding maps present. Three quarter black leather and black boards gilt title to red spine label spine rubbed and chipped front and rear boards loose but holding. Royal Geographic Society hardcover
1894001928PHILADELPHIA PA: GLOBE BIBLE PUBLISHING CO. 1894 NICE LOOKING TAN RED AND GOLD COVER. SPINE OUTSIDE MISSING FRONT AND BACK COVERS LOOSE. CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE WITH HEAVY PAGES.FRONTISPIECE MAP OF CHINA CONTAINS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS ENORMOUS RESOURCES WEALTH EMPERORS AND COURTS GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS HOW THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT NATIONS LIVE AND DIE AND MAINTAIN IN ORIENTAL SPLENDOR THE CHINA AND JAPAN OF TODAY. A SKETCH OF COREA AND THE COREANS AND THE CAUSES LEADING TO THE CONFLICT OF 1894.20 CHAPTERS LARGE NUMBER ILLUSTRATIONS.WONDERFUL BOOK HELPING UNDERSTAND THE GREAT NATIONS AND THE CONFLICT.China Chinese officially the People's Republic of China PRC is a country in East Asia. It is the world's second-most populous country with a population exceeding 1.4 billion. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land tied with Russia as having the most of any country in the world. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN WHERE HISTORY LIVES. GLOBE BIBLE PUBLISHING CO. hardcover
1883193706Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour and gilt 29 x 35 cms; 45.4 x 63.7 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle soiled with scant spotting and minor edgewear the images in very good condition. Richly coloured illuminated plate from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. This work was a seminal influence on the introduction of Chinoiserie and Islamic decorative art to French artists and craftsmen. In 1863 the authors Eugène Collinot and Adalbert de Beaumont founded their own faience factory in the Bois de Boulogne specializing in wares inspired by Persian and Iznik pottery. see "Grove Dictionary of Art". . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
187415078Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie 1874. Paperback. Very good. Chinese fable concerning the sufferings of a monk and his stalwart wife in French. Sml 8vo 16pp. Gray paper wraps title in black at front cover ad at back cover. Covers detached short tear to front cover; internally very good. HKD1750. Maisonneuve et Cie paperback
1883193704Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour and gilt 26 x 29.5 cms; 63.7 x 45 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle soiled with scant spotting and minor edgewear the image in very good condition. Richly coloured illuminated plate from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. This work was a seminal influence on the introduction of Chinoiserie and Islamic decorative art to French artists and craftsmen. In 1863 the authors Eugène Collinot and Adalbert de Beaumont founded their own faience factory in the Bois de Boulogne specializing in wares inspired by Persian and Iznik pottery. see "Grove Dictionary of Art". . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
188064107New York: Harper & Brothers 1880. Tall 8vo. 421 1 pp. plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Colour chromolithograph frontisp. reproducing a Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut swimming scene over 300 text engravings & woodcut engraved plates most with tissue guards. Pictorial red publisher’s cloth illustrated & decorated in black silver gilt & red illustrated gray clay-sized endpapers minor rubbing dustsoiling slight rubbing to lower fore-edge front cover still VG bright copy. First edition of this title in the Boy Travellers series. Of particular interest are the historically accurate descriptions of social customs history and travel details including overland trip to California participating in a whaling voyage climbing Mt. Fuji studying the culture and habits of Japanese women before trekking onto China. After surviving a Typhoon the pair experience the Tai-Ping Rebellion and travel to Shanghai Peking the Great Wall of China Hong Kong Canton and beyond. Knox 1835-1896 famed Civil War correspondent for the New York Herald later worked for the Russo-American Telegraph Company which inspired his Boy Travellers series featuring an industrialist father and two sons traveling the world. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
1873168911873. Original Map Asia: China Korea Thailand India Taiwan Malaisia Kuwait Arabia 1873 With The Title "Asia" in the left corner. Origin of the Map is from the "Stieler's Hand-Atlas." continent-based upon von Stulpnagel published in Gotha by Justus Perthes. Germany. Beautifully Hand Colored. Date of issue: 1873. Size: The sheet measures aprox 18 in x 15 in or 45 x 37 cm. Overall very good condition. unknown
1883197075Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour 26 x 29.5 cms; 63.7 x 45 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle toned and spotted but the image in very good condition. Delicately coloured plate with detailed line work from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
1856177303London.: The Illustrated London News. December 271856. Engraving 23.5 x 34.5 cm plus caption from "The Illustrated London News" uncoloured as issued marginal staining and browning paper adhesions at the lower edge small edge tears and a few chips but an uncommon image in good condition. View towards Hong Kong Harbour published in "The Illustrated London News" by Richard Principal Leitch signed by him lower left. A most interesting composition overlooking Government House the formal gardens with a gardener at work the officers’ quarters with officers on parade the town of Victoria and a view across the harbour to Kowloon. <br> <br>From the estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Illustrated London News. unknown
1900166942Chicago.: A. Flanagan Company. 1900. Coloured map of China Indochina and Korea and a coloured map of Japan containing insert maps of Formosa Ryukyu Island Ezo and Chishima and an Outline map of Japan. Coloured frontispiece and one other colour illustration together with black & white photographic illustrations engravings and line drawings throughout the text. Original green decorated cloth stamped & lettered in black. 90pp 79pp and 6 pages of book advertisements. Prior owner signature on front free endpaper. A particularly good copy offered together with the 1931 edition which omits any mention of the Boxer Rebellion. <br>The 1931 edition was published by A. Flanagan Company Chicago. 166pp Original tan cloth covered boards with a prior owner bookplate on the front pastedown. Written for intermediate and upper grade American schoolchildren the earlier of these two editions of this textbook published in 1900 contains a description of the Boxer rebellion that has been removed from later editions: <br> <br>" How we have longed to visit this wonderful country! A few months ago such a visit would not have been possible for China was at war with our nation and many of the nations of Europe. Our lives would have been in danger and the journey to China might have been the last we should ever have taken. <br> <br>You have heard of the Boxers of China who killed many foreigners and also many Christianized Chinese in the late revolution in that country. Do you know who these Boxers are They are members of a secret patriotic society. They love their country and want to prevent it from falling into the possession of foreigners. They believe that these foreigners have come to overthrow their government and to destroy their religion. They are opposed to the ruling family in China who are Manchus. These Manchus came from a territory outside of China Proper and Chinese Boxers have always disliked to have the rulers of their country chosen from Manchuria." There is a particularly gruesome illustration of Boxer heads in cages exposed as a warning to passers-by. <br> <br>The 1931 edition omits any reference to the Boxers and the illustration described above has also been removed. . A. Flanagan Company. hardcover
184515596London: T. Ward and Co. Paternoster Row 1845. Hardcover. Very good. With content on China tea South Australia the sea elephant and pearl diving. With a chapter at p67 "Notices of China and the Chinese" with an engraved and illustrated table "Emblems of Trade and Religion in China" stating "Tea first brought to England in 1610. Tea brought to England in 1755 about 4000000 lbs. Tea brought to England in 1844 about 40000000 lbs." A chapter entitled "The First College in South Australia" states "South Australia is a new British colony not ten years old . its population already amounts to 18000 souls" p251. The sea elephant description includes an engraving based on an illustration in Charles Medyett Goodridge's volume of 1820 describing his shipwreck in the South Seas. With a four page article on pearl diving p311. 24mo viii 376pp b&w engravings throughout. Three quarter red leather and marbled boards gilt title at red spine. Covers rubbed esp at marbled boards. Internally child's signature and date 1845 at ffep o/w very good. T. Ward and Co., Paternoster Row hardcover
1883197076Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour 26 x 29.5 cms; 63.7 x 45 cms sheet the generous margins a trifle soiled with scant spotting but the image in very good condition. Richly coloured plate with attractive botanicals from the French portfolio "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
190014305AB1900. Steyl Missionsdruckerei 1900. 25 : 19 cm. 729 pages with many b/w plates and illustrations and 4 coloured lithographed plates. Coloured illustrated original cloth. First edition richly illustrated. - Smal stamp on upper title-page otherwise a mint copy. hardcover
1857124314Philadelphia.: Lippincott. 1857. 29 full page black and white engravings including Bathing Scene in Japan and an engraved title page 507pp title page little creased and soiled upper hinge starting occasional light spotting professionally rebound in modern maroon cloth. The author Lieutenant A.W. Habersham of the US Navy was an officer on the North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition. This account of the expedition is a fascinating and pleasing read and full of detail of the people their customs and the sights seen. Includes chapters on Cape Town Singapore Hong Kong Shanghai including an encounter with pirates Japan Kamtschatka and the northern Russian shores. . Lippincott. hardcover
1883197079Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour 29.3 x 24 cms;63.5 x 45 cms sheet the large margins a little toned upper corner a little creased and spotted but in very good condition. A charming landscape delicately coloured from the influential French work "Ornements de la Chine Recueil de Dessins Pour l'Art et l'Industrie" A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry one of the most attractive 19th century books of design of which only 500 copies were issued. . . Canson, Libraire-Editeur. unknown
189815037Paris 1898. Hardcover. Very good. 53 issues bound in one volume. With much content on China and Japan such as Chinese and Japanese railways including: 'Le Chemin de Fer de Tientsin a Pekin' La Navigation du Mekong' La Coree & la Question d'Extreme-Orient' 'Les Positions navales de la Mer Jaune' 'Monographie d'un Chef de Pirates au Tonkin' 'Les Chemins de Fer Japonais' and 'Les Chemins de Fer de la Chine'. Sml folio 429pp ills throughout. Dark brown gilt leather raised gilt bands at spine. Covers gently rubbed. Internally sml school stamp at first page pages evenly toned o/w very good. HKD2700. hardcover
1900List1523N.p. 1900. 8vo wraps 16 pp. Some light foxing near fine. Near Fine. A memorial program for three American Presbyterian missionaries who were killed on June 30 1900 in Paotingfu at the newly established mission. Close to two hundred missionaries were killed as part of the uprising. This program is for three of them from the New Jersey and Philadelphia area George Yardley Taylor originally from Bucks County and Cortland Van Rensselaer Hodge and Elsie Campbell Sinclair who were married. Hodge was originally from Burlington NJ and Sinclair was from Iowa. They had been appointed to a mission in Peking in 1900 and were visiting Paotingfu when the mission station was attacked. The program consists of short biographies with accompanying photographs and hymns for each. Five copies in OCLC. unknown
190015050Paris: Felix Juven 1900. New Edition augmented. Hard Cover. Very good. Ca. 1900 not dated; first published in 1867. A signed presentation copy to Madame 'Vatsamachi' unclear by Judith Gautier the first woman elected to the Academie Goncourt and the daughter of the poet and dramatist Theophile Gautier. With the initials LV at the base of the spine. Judith Gautier was an artist poet novelist and orientalist the friend and collaborator of artists such as Wagner Hugo and Sargent who painted a full length portrait of her. She wrote poetry prose essays and articles; her creative work drew on Middle Eastern Japanese and Chinese sources. She studied Chinese at a young age from Tin Tun Ling a Chinese man brought to Paris by the bishop of Macao to work on a French-Chinese dictionary. <br /> This is an anthology of Chinese poetry translated into French one of the earliest translations of Chinese poetry published in a European language. Each page is decorated with varying Art Nouveau inspired designs around the borders with poems grouped by topic such as: 'Les Amoureux' 'La Lune' 'Les Voyageurs' 'La Cour' 'La Guerre' 'Le Vin' 'L'Automne' and 'Les Poetes'. Signed presentation copy. "Nouvelle edition considerablement augmentee et ornee de vignettes et de gravures hors texte d'apres les artistes chinois". <br /> 8vo 279pp with black & white illustrations after Chinese artists. Half dark red gilt decorated cloth and marbled boards gilt title to red spine label. Corners and head and tail of spine gently rubbed. The rear free end paper missing. HK2700. Felix Juven unknown
188731477New York Jan. 8 1887. 1887. Very good. - Over 75 words penned on both sides of an 8 inch high by 5 inch wide sheet of A.A. Low's personal 31 Burling Slip buff white stationery with attached blank leaf. In his letter addressed to Mr. Davenport at the Garfield Building which was also one of the buildings which A.A. Low developed in Brooklyn Low mentions the possibility of naming the building located at 186 Remsen Street which would house the Franklin Trust Company after that institution: "I have asked Mr. ____ if it would suit him or it will not to have the edifice called 'The Franklin Building'". Signed "Respectfully yours A.A. Low". Folded for mailing with some minor creases to the left edge. Remnants of paper adhere to the edge of the verso of the blank leaf. Very good. <p>The American entrepreneur businessman and philanthropist Abiel Abbot Low 1811-1893 made his fortune from the China trade. His company A.A. Low & Brothers imported teas porcelain and silks from China and Japan. His firm was originally housed on Fletcher Street in New York City. It moved to new quarters the A.A. Low building which he erected on John street in 1849-50. Once established in New York Low went on to invest in numerous other ventures including the first Atlantic cable and the Nickel Plate Railroad.<p>Among A.A. Low's speculative investments were the Garfield Building as well as financial institutions such as the Dime Savings Bank and the Title Guarantee & Trust Company. Another of his projects the Franklin Building is a seven and a half story Romanesque Revival Building. While most were later replaced by taller skyscrapers The Franklin Building which was completed in 1887 by the architectural firm of the Parfitt Brothers survives as one of the oldest buildings in the district. New York, Jan. 8, 1887. unknown
1881169948Peking.: Typographie du Pei-T'ang. 1881. xx 1 133pp. Original blue paper wrappers as published and inserted without the backstrip into a contemporary library binding with linen spine and marbled boards. A cancelled stamp from the University of Cape Town on the front free endpaper. The text block is loosley inserted having come away from the binding. A dedication copy signed on the half-title by the author. Text in French. 24 x 15.5cm. The familiar instructions of Dr. Tchou Pô-Lou treatise on practical ethics published for the first time with two French translations one juxta-linear the other literal accompanied by a literary and philological commentary ad variorum notes and a vocabulary of all the words in the text. Zhu Yongchu 1617-1689. . Typographie du Pei-T'ang. hardcover
1888172454London.: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. First Edition. 1888. Folding map at the rear xvi 316pp index. Original boards re-backed with cloth new head & tail bands spine and new endpapers. The original black cloth covered boards stamped in red & gilt are faded and marked edges worn and corners bumped. The top edge of the title page has a 1.3cm strip removed but the text is clean and sound. Rough cut page edges are slightly dusty. A firm and clean copy of the first edition. Journal written on the 2 month journey up the Yangtse River from Shanghai to Chung-king. . Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. hardcover
1898165360London.: Sampson Low Marston. Third revised edition. 1898. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard numerous illustrations. Coloured folding map at the rear xxiv 316pp index. Original yellow cloth pictorial boards lettered in black Top edge gilt. The half-title has been partially glued to the front pastedown and has a 0.6cm loss to lower edge. The bright yellow cloth is lightly soiled the spine only faintly darkened. Chop to title-page. Text block is clean and sound. A very good copy. 19.5 x 13.5cm. Journal written on the 2 month journey up the Yangtse River from Shanghai to Chung-king. . Sampson Low, Marston. hardcover
1835170206Paris.: Oriental Translation Fund. 1st Edition. 1835. Black and white engraved vignette on the title page. Green stippled cloth covered boards with paper title label lettered in black on the spine. Yellow endpapers with some slight buckling on the front fixed endpaper and a small chip from the lower corner corners bumped and faint age discolouration to edges but a very good firm and clean copy of the first edition. 480pp. 24.5 x 14.5cm. The chapter headings are in traditional Chinese underlining the point of these morality stories that have been taken from Chinese classic literature but the stories and comments are entirely in French. . Oriental Translation Fund. hardcover
