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1989177398Taibei Shi: Guo li li shi bo wu guan 1989. Hardcover. VG/VG. Tan boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine tan illustrated dust jacket with black lettering purple spine with black lettering 92 pp illustrated in color and bw. Text in Chinese and English. At head of title: The graphic ballet of the writer:s brush = Fei yue ling dong huan hua wan qian di. Guo li li shi bo wu guan hardcover books
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
2005229939Beijing: China Intercontinental Press 五洲传æ’Â出版社 2005. Paperback. 224p. profuse b&w captioned period photography and some contemporary color photos scattered texts in Chinese and English well-organized production in a sewn textblock on alkaline clay-coated paperstock throughout. Softbound a substantial 11.5x9 inch paperback in photo-decorated wraps some abrasion to lower joint with clear tape repair mild general edgewear perfectly clean and sound within. A very good copy. Minimal atrocity shots many portrait photos much journalistic photography from trialrooms and other sites photos of groups of the prisoners enjoying recreation periods photos of repentant confessions being made following acceptance of guilt. The Management Center was formerly the detention facility for 982 Japanese prisoners those considered to be the worst offenders against the Chinese people in World War II. This book traces their later paths after release including many who expressed atonement. China Intercontinental Press 五洲传æ’Â出版社 paperback books
20046166NY: Ballantine Books 2004. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Mieville on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Mieville's fourth novel and the third of his Bas-Lag novels. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ballantine Books Hardcover books
199323798Taiwan China: Lifescape Sculpture Museum 1993. 56 pages; color black and white illustrations of these Taiwan Chinese sculptural artworks; Chinese & English texts; essay by artist Yuyu Yang "My Lifescape Sculptures" and with artist chronology; printed for the 2nd International Contemporary Art Fair Japan NICAF Yokohama; primarily a vehicle for the Museum & Mr. Yang's works; approx. 8 1/4" x 11 1/2" size; light wear & some rubbing to the printed paper covers; in very good condition; an interesting overview of Taiwanese modern sculptural works especially of Yuyu Yang of this period. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Lifescape Sculpture Museum Paperback 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
198933267Beijing: Foreign Languages Press 1989. First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. xx 1126 pp. 4to. Text in Chinese and English. Short biographies of 2185 senior officials in central and local governments the communist party and the army. Foreign Languages Press hardcover books
028143Syracuse Nd 1960: The Everson Museum of Art. First Edition. Small Quarto. The Everson Museum of Art hosted the Cermaic Nationals from 1933 to 1993. The major exhibit this year had three stoneware heads by Kenneth John Dirck Ernie Kim's branch bottle which the museum acquired; along with many others nicely photographed in black and white with three in full color. An important catalog of work done in the period 1959-1960. staple bound in pictorial stiff paper wraps lettering black and green. Newr fine. The Everson Museum of Art unknown books
200441435Woodbridge:: Antique Collectors Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1851494634 . Some color mostly black and white photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. ; 438 pages . Antique Collectors Club, hardcover books
2001121470NY: Ballantine Books/Del Rey 2001. First US edition first prnt. Pbk. Original edition. Perfect-bound illustrated wraps with French-fold flaps. Inscribed by Mieville on the title page."to Dave Play safe use mirrors. Very best China Mieville." Cleverly Mieville has written "Play safe use mirrors. " backwards so that the inscription reads correctly with a mirror. Spine bottom end corner and rear wrap corners just touched. Tight unread copy in Near Fine condition. The first of Mieville's Bas-Lag novels. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ballantine Books/Del Rey Paperback books
9022828National Art Museum of China. 2010. Hardcover. Fine. Introduction by Achille Bonito Oliva. Text in Chinese English and Italian <br/><br/> National Art Museum of China hardcover books
197353374Millbrae CA: Celestial Arts 1973. First Edition. Small square quarto. Pictorial card wrappers; 64pp; illus with 7" LP record in rear pocket as issued. Mild cover wear and soil; internally fine; vinyl record apparently unplayed NM. Illustrates a series of eight basic exercises approved by Mao to "Promote Physical Culture and Improve the People's Health." With LP record of original cadences and music performed by the Central China Philharmonic Society. Celestial Arts unknown books
1996WN340291Mystic CN: Mystic Seaport Museum 1996. Original red paper over boards gilt on spine. Blind stamped upper cover. Book and pictorial dust jacket condition very good. Former owner name on last postliminary. The Canton-Boston correspondence of Robert Bennet Forbes from 1838 to 1840. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Mystic Seaport Museum Hardcover books
20117157London: Macmillan 2011. First edition first prnt. Signed by Mieville on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan Hardcover books
2004155433London: Macmillan 2004. Octavo boards. First edition. One of 1000 numbered and signed copies by Miéville. A novel set in and around New Crobuzon a sprawling realm under London aboard the Iron Council a perpetual train that moves through the desert gathering track from behind and laying it in whichever direction its citizens decide. Winner of the 2005 Arthur C. Clarke Award and 2005 Locus Award for best novel and a 2005 Hugo and World Fantasy nominee. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-763. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1986-2009. A fine copy in fine dust jacket and slipcase. #155433 Macmillan unknown books
2004152782New York: Ballantine Books 2004. Octavo pictorial wrappers. Advance readers copy of the first U.S. edition. A novel set in and around New Crobuzon a sprawling realm under London aboard the Iron Council a perpetual train that moves through the desert gathering track from behind and laying it in whichever direction its citizens decide. Winner of the 2005 Arthur C. Clarke Award and 2005 Locus Award for best novel and a 2005 Hugo and World Fantasy nominee. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-763. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1986-2009. A fine copy. #152782 Ballantine Books unknown books
2004111428NY: Ballantine Books 2004. First US edition first prnt. Inscribed with a quote of Thackeray by Mieville on the title page. "To David 'Your railroad starts a new era' - Thackeray To new eras & with thanks China Mieville." Spine ends pushed. Very Good condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Mieville's fourth novel and the third of his Bas-Lag novels. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ballantine Books Hardcover books
1999141317New York: Tor 1999. Octavo boards. First U.S. and first hardcover edition. The author's first novel. A urban fantasy that weds the folk tale to an "almost steampunk vision of an underground realm apparently governing London above." - John Clute SFE online. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #141317 Tor unknown books
14110Keystone View Co. Stereoview of The Great Wall of China. 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
16889This is a reprint of a 1936 Antique Map Poster History Peiping Beijing animals and human activities. size 17 x 19.5" of the Old illustrated map of Peking now Beijing from 1936 by Col. Frank Dorn. The city of Beijing had different names during its history: Peiping Beiping Peking Beijing. This is a very complex map with lots of sights human activities animals and historical scenes. The map author Col. Frank Dorn was Commanding General of China Training and Combat Command 1944-1945. He created this Illustrated color map with vignettes of sights animals human activities and historic scenes with labels. The original is very rare and has sold for over $10000 but this reprint has a white border around the image. Like new in very good condition. unknown books
2001152949New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group 2001. Octavo pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. A presentation copy with a nice inscription by Miéville to "David" on the title page. The author's well-received second novel preceded by KING RAT 1998 "the first of three independent works set in the fictional world of Bas-Lag a world where both magic referred to as 'thaumaturgy' and steampunk technology exist . In an interview Miéville described this book as 'basically a secondary world fantasy with Victorian era technology. So rather than being a feudal world it's an early industrial capitalist world of a fairly grubby police statey kind!'"- Wikipedia. "Extremely complex fantasy with strong surrealistic dystopian elements." - Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1986-2009. The novel won the British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award in 2000 and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2001. It was a Hugo and Nebula nominee. Large trade paperback format. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-763. Broderick and Di Filippo Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 #62. A fine copy. #152949 The Ballantine Publishing Group unknown books
000788Putnam 1988 Book. As New. F. As New. First Edition. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. Putnam, 1988 unknown 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
1978001490London: Cambridge University Press 1978. Prior owner name and chop mark front endpage that of noted China scholar Lynn Struve. Lacking the dustjacket the spine of the cloth boards is sun-fadedand a bit stained yet still quite legible. Contents are clean and tight with no markings. SCARCE in hardcover. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Cambridge University Press Hardcover books
