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196716838Urumqi XinJiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi / Xinjiang Army Divisioni 1967/8. Two extraordinary hand-crafted parade banners ca. 110" x 84" 9 feet x 7 feet one slightly smaller. Each entirely composed of hook-work with colored yarns on white muslin backing. Slight age-toning and soil; a few threads loose but no significant losses; Near Fine condition overall. Folded and stored in original velvet draw-string carrying bags as found. Both banners bear the inscription "Chairman Mao Reviewing the Great Army of the Cultural Revolution" and depict the August 1966 mass rally at Tiananmen Gate where more than 10 million Red Guards from all over China converged to express their solidarity with Mao and his second-in-command Lin Biao. Additional text on the lower banner reads "Long Live Chairman Mao for ten thousand years" and "Sailing in the ocean requires a helmsman" -- both quotes from Lin Biao. The agencies responsible for the banners are identified in lower right of each: "Cultural Revolution Committee of Xinjiang Army Division 1968" upper banner and "Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi 1967" lower. <br/><br/>The presence of Biao the figure to the right of Mao holding the Little Red Book in the top banner is of particular interest. Biao compiler of The Quotations of Chairman Mao popularly known as the "Little Red Book" and coiner of the phrase "Maoism" was probably more responsible than any other figure for creating the cult of personality around Mao particularly at the time of the Cultural Revolution. He quickly ascended Party ranks and was widely seen as Mao's obvious successor. But in 1971 Biao was exposed in the process of an apparent coup attempt the details of the event have never been made public. He died in an airplane crash attempting to leave China and from this point forward was officially condemned as a traitor by the Communist Party; any record of his achievements on behalf of the Revolution was expunged from the official record and any positive image of Biao would have been confiscated and destroyed as a matter of course -- suggesting either that these banners left China prior to 1971 or that they remained out of sight until some later date. The second possibility is plausible given whence the banners issued - both were created by Red Guard branches in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region an extremely remote province in China's northwest corner and for many years the center of a militant independence movement for Uyghur and other Turkic minorities. In any case the precise manner in which these banners left China will likely never be known; they surfaced at a New England antiques show in 2011. Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi / Xinjiang Army Divisioni unknown books
1936318267N.p. China 1936. illustrated from photographs. 50 pp. 1 vols. Square 12mo. Green cloth titled in gilt. Very good plus minor wear and soiling to cloth. Chinese bookseller's ticket at back. illustrated from photographs. 50 pp. 1 vols. Square 12mo. Only known copy. Only known copy of this engaging account of the month-long cruise of the Lark in the Woosung mudflats in November and December 1935. The party comprised four sportsmen Len Biggs the chronicler Bob Biggs Bob Whitmore and Dick Martin and a crew of four and their bag was more than 200 birds shot and retrieved chiefly duck and teal. The party travelled on the motor cruiser Lark with a sailing sampan Victor and converted lifeboat Marion in tow. The book takes the form of a diary with notes on expenses and other practical aspects of organizing the outing. Biggs acknowledges H.T. Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley 1895; 2nd ed. 1910: "Although the enormous flocks of geese swan and duck that used to be a really wonderful sight seem to have decreased in numbers considerably there are still ideal spots for the wildfowler to shoot from still so many bird ." <br/>The typesetting and paper points to a local Chinese production and a handful of typographical errors are lightly corrected in pencil.<br/>RARE and interesting. Not in OCLC unknown books
1940008960Tientsin China: Reprinted in China 1940. Four volumes bound in blue/grey cloth Good the cloth worn and soiled one hinge each in Vols. I and II and both in Vol. IV broken the bindings still holding well. Faint damping bottom edges Vol. III. Interiors clean and unmarked. Prior owner name stamp of Richard W. Powell noted University of Hawaii anthropologist. From the collection of noted East Asian scholar Ruth Meserve her business card for The Mongolian Society which she served as Secretary laid in. The 1940 Chinese reprint of the original 1834 first edition SCARCE in either edition. The first serious study of Genghis Khan. Three folding genealogical charts one in Vol.I and two in Vol. IV; large 1824 folding map of Asia in the13thcentury in pocket at rear of Vol. IV. The charts and the map are Fine. A sturdy and usable set of this important history. . Reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Small 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Reprinted in China Hardcover books
1940006910Helsinki Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura 1940. Two volumes in original dustjackets. Both volumes are Fine Vol.I dustjacket Very Good 1 1/2" triangular chip bottom edge at spine tears at spine folds and 2 tears horizontally at spine Vol. II jacket Near Fine small chips bottom edge of spine. List of donors laid in. One folding plate map index 15 folding maps at rear Vol. II. Numerous black and white photographs in text. A classic scholarly text ''In the spring of 1906 I received orders from the Russian General Staff to undertake a journey from Russian Turkestan through Chinese Turkestan and Western China and the provinces of Kan Su Shensi and Shansi to Peiping as the final goal. The object of this expedition was to study the conditions in the interior of Northern China collect statistical materials and perform various tasks of a military nature'' Preface. Mannerheim also collected archaeological and ethnographic materials and manuscripts and studied little-known peoples and tribes in Norther China. Mannerheim later became the 6th President of Finland after serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish armed forces during WWII. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura Hardcover books
19184224Shanghai: Presbyterian Mission Press 1918. First edition. Near Fine. Quarter cloth over pictorial drab boards. Early ownership signature to upper front board and some faint soiling mostly to spine and edges. Textblock firm and square measuring 210 x 130mm. Internally a surprisingly fresh copy collating complete with adverts to front and rear: 12 138 16. Introducing a range of "native products" to Americans living in the region the cookery reflects a growing need for nutritious recipes and supply chain substitutions in wartime. The sole copy on the market OCLC reports only 7 copies.<br/><br/>The only Chinese-published cookbook "to deal only with native products and recipes that could be made from them." In their preface to this new cookery the committee for the Women's Auxiliary explains in clear terms what sets their cookery apart. "This book was definitely war product. It was prepared with two ideas in view: that of utilizing local products as substitutes for the home imported foodstuffs and secondly that of reducing the cost of living. It was different from all other cook books that had been published in China for foreigners' use in that it dealt only with native products and recipes that could be made from them." While some recipes are titles in English only the compilers included Cantonese translations wherever possible in addition to including a glossary at the rear called Hints for the Housekeeper as well as a List of Terms Necessary in Food Preparation which both provide translations and pronunciations for Cantonese words related to food and household cleaning products. During and after WWI Shanghai had become a space of rich and problematic interactions between cultures. In addition to rising Western military forces its reputation as the "Paris of the East" drove in American and British tourists while later large residential areas were being built in the north due to war concessions. Opium smuggling prostitution and a spreading wealth gap caused friction. The Women's Auxiliary composed of intelligent and educated members with a cultural appreciation for these fluctuations as well as for the culture into which they had migrated sought to use the kitchen as a positive space for the exchange of food language and ideas. Near Fine. Presbyterian Mission Press unknown books
1974006070No Place: China Painting Association 1974. Both volumes Near Fine small marginal stains first 3 pages of No. 1. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. China Painting Association Paperback books
1933709351933. Macau: Imprensa Nacional 1933. Macau: Imprensa Nacional 1933. Rare 1933 Digest of Laws Regulating Macau's Sex Trade Macau. China. Prostitution. Regulamento das Meretrizes Aprovado pelo Portaria Provincial No. 1:093 De 7 de Abril de 1933. Macau: Imprensa Nacional 1933. 22 pp. Text in Portuguese and Chinese. Stitched pamphlet in printed paper wrappers. Some edgewear a few chips and minor tears to wrappers early annotations to front wrapper light toning to interior. $950. Only edition located. Laws governing prostitution in the Portuguese colony of Macau 1557-1999 were first enacted in the mid-nineteenth century. By the 1930s the government administered the trade directly through the Regulamento das Meretrizes. No copies located on OCLC. unknown books
1932304062Shanghai: North-Daily News & Herald Ltd 1932. Sole edition. Cartographic endpapers 138 photographic illustrations and 12 cartoons. 48 pp. Oblong 4to. Publisher's cloth backed boards a little dusty some minor edgewear. Very good. Sole edition. Cartographic endpapers 138 photographic illustrations and 12 cartoons. 48 pp. Oblong 4to. "This album of views of the Sino-Japanese conflict at Shanghai consists principally of views taken in the field by Chinese Japanese and British photographers. Generally speaking few restrictions were placed on the free movement of accredited photographers during the operations and in this sense it is a unique record of modern war at close quarters."<br/><br/>This volume serves as a sort of companion volume to the work Sino-Japanese Disturbances published in Shanghai in the same year. Both works commemorate the First Battle of Shanghai which was the culmination of events beginning with the Mukden Incident the previous year. North-Daily News & Herald, Ltd unknown books
1916007165New York: A.A. Vantine & Co. Inc. 1916. A RARE catalogue and in lovely condition of the major importer of Oriental goods into America from 1866 to 1921. Very Good Plus in original full color pictorial wrappers 120 pp. plus 2 order pages at rear pre-addressed envelope tipped at page 106. numerous black and white and color photographs throughout small tears at spine ends small spot rear wrapper else Near Fine. In 1916 Vantine's was located at Fifth Avenue and 39th Street. Clothing furniture housewares fabric toys and other merchandise imported from China and Japan are described in the catalogue and merchandise from Vantine's has been avidly collected over the years. Worldcat locates no copies of the 1916 edition. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc. Paperback books
190841275London.: The China Inland Mission. 1908. Color lithographed maps xii index map plus 22 single and double page maps 16pp 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches gilt lettered red cloth covered boards hardbound. The Index Map of China has a stain with a small piece of paper adhered to it from the facing page which is the Alphabetical List of Protestant Missions with resultant damage to that page; neat marginal notes to the Index Map only; the first several sheets of the atlas are beginning to split along the lower gutter from the tight binding. The binding is worn with splits to the tail of the spine and marking to the front cover. The maps with the exception of the Index Map are clean and bright. Very attractive color maps covering the whole of the Chinese Empire including maps of Tibet and Mongolia. This is the first edition of this important atlas of China: "in view of the fact that 1907 would be the Centenary of Protestant Missionary effort in China it was decided by the China Inland Mission toward the close of 1905 to publish a new Atlas of the Chinese Empire this Atlas to be accompanied by a book giving a geographical historical and missionary survey of each province and dependency of that Empire. It was hoped that these companion volumes would be ready for the Centenary Conference which was to take place in Shanghai during the spring of 1907. Through unexpected delays it was however found impossible without serious loss to the Atlas to have the maps ready in time so the book entitled The Chinese Empire was published first. The Atlas which is now sent forth to the public has taken about two and a half years to prepare and is in every respect an entirely new work." The atlas includes maps of Tibet Manchuria and Mongolia. The maps of the provinces are on the scale of 1:3000000 and of the great dependencies on the scale of 1:7500000. . The China Inland Mission. hardcover books
1917311708Tientsin: The Tientsin Press 1917. First edition. Frontispiece and 44 plates. xii 226 2 vii pp. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Green pictorial cloth stamped in black top edge green. Spine rubbed slightly shaken paper toned. Very good copy of an uncommon title. First edition. Frontispiece and 44 plates. xii 226 2 vii pp. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Collection of well written hunting and natural history articles by the widely travelled Sowerby who hunted goral in the Manchu Imperial hunting grounds bear in Manchuria wild sheep takin river deer leopard and other game. Czech Asia p. 195 The Tientsin Press unknown books
191246352Foochow: Foochow College Press 1912. First Edition. Small slim octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's pale pink decorative wrappers; 226pp.; photographic frontispiece 4 leaves of plates including one mounted facsimile printed on yellow handmade stock; additionally tipped in on p. 27 are five strips of colored paper to recreate the new Chinese flag "five broad band stripes -- Red - Yellow - Blue - White - Black--representing the five original parts of the Republic of China proper -- Mongolia - Manchuria - Thibet - Eastern Turkistan" p. 26. Faint vertical crease wrappers a bit dust-soiled and slightly faded along extremities tiny splits at spine ends else Very Good internally fine. Laid in fundraising leaflet calling for monetary donations together with a separate donation blank printed on pale green stock. The Foochow alt. spelling Fuzhou Hospital's annual report covering almost exclusively the overnight revolutionary uprising which took place in the city on November 9 and 10 1911. Includes a photograph of the Surgeon-in-Charge Dr. Kinnear with his first patient injured during the hositilities "a boy from the preparatory military school who had been throwing bombs at the 'Water Gate.' He was within the gallery of the gate and missing his aim threw the bomb against the side of the window through which he was attempting to throw it. His lip was badly torn and he had a flesh wound of his right leg" p. 7. Kinnear goes on to describe his other patients all Chinese many of whom perished over the course of the following days from their wounds. A significant first-hand account of one of the last battles before the fall of the Qing dynasty. Foochow College Press unknown books
1952008983Wiesbaden Germany: Otto Harrassowitz 1952. Vols. I and II published 1952 Vol. III 1955. Hauer's classic Manchurian-German dictionary RARE in the First Edition. Three volumes in original printed wrappers Very Good small tears and wear ay spines. pages uniformly browning chips at wrapper corners of Vol. III. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Otto Harrassowitz paperback 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
1931BB095CHINA -- Guide Book for Beijing. Guide to Peking. Beijing: The Leader 1931. Illustrated with folding map in the front and numerous photographs throughout. 8vo ii v vi 88pp 4 adverts; printed paper wrappers top and bottom of spine chipped still intact. End pages a little curled first leaf torn at top right corner only affecting a few words at top of verso advertisement pencil scribbling over a few adverts overall a very good copy of an obviously fragile book. <br />NEWLY EXPANDED VERSION compared to 1930 edition with only 77pp. Historical introduction by Dr Y C Chang. Chapters include sections on Chinese Theatres chinese food Industries Churches Hutungs Festivals &c. Index for folding map in sections: city gates legation quarter forbidden city imperial city Tartar divisions East half and West half beyond the walls. OCLC records eight copies Hawaii Salem MA Reno NV Ohio State Alberta SOAS London Melbourne National Library of China. The Leader paperback books
19891994China Tiananmen Square New Star Publishers. <b>The Beijing Riot--A Photo Record</b>. Beijing: New Star Publishers 1989. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 260 x 185 mm 32 pages in stapled wrappers.<br /><br />Chinese government booklet justifying the bloody crackdown in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. "Beijing experienced a horrifying counter-revolutionary rebellion on June 3 and 4 1989" according to the introduction. "The purpose of the rebellion was to overthrow the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and subvert the socialist People's Republic of China."<br /><br />Profusely illustrated with gruesome color photos of soldiers allegedly beaten or killed by "ruffians" and "thugs" as well as photos of burned-out vehicles; ordinary people supposedly thanking soldiers for ending the rebellion; scenes from Tiananmen Square and the surrounding streets; government and party leaders; and much more.<br /><br />This booklet is rare. OCLC lists only three institutional holdings: Harvard and Linfield College in the U.S. and the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands. An oddly fascinating -- if jarring -- attempt by the Chinese government to present its case to a foreign audience. <b>RARE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear rubbing to laminated wrappers internally clean bright and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. New Star Publishers books
1928291920New York: Manger Hughes & Manger 1928. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 14 black & white portraits. Printed on double leaves in Japanese style and measuring 12 x 9 inches bound in original pictorial printed boards lightly rubbed a base of spine. New York: Manger Hughes & Manger 1928. Number 411 of a privately printed edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Manger, Hughes & Manger unknown 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
19222222169<p>Second edition revised and enlarged. Thick octavo. With six maps & plans and 24 illustrations from photographs by Mr. A. J. Waller Original orange silk cloth stamped gold and black. Dust jacket unclipped; chips; nicks. Very good. 523 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Printed and published by Kelly & Walsh Ltd. Shanghai China.</p> Kelly & Walsh. Limited hardcover books
1980260399Milano: Franco Maria Ricci 1980. First edition # 523 of 3000 copies signed by the Publisher. With tipped in colour plates 212 4 pp. 1 vols. Black silk paper onalys in drop box. Fine. First edition # 523 of 3000 copies signed by the Publisher. With tipped in colour plates 212 4 pp. 1 vols. Franco Maria Ricci unknown books
1901316993London: Morgan & Scott 1901. Eighteenth Thousand. Third edition Re-cast and freshly Illustrated. Illus. xv 180 2 adspp. 4to. Bound in three quarters modern green morocco and marbled boards. Fine. Eighteenth Thousand. Third edition Re-cast and freshly Illustrated. Illus. xv 180 2 adspp. 4to. Morgan & Scott unknown books
1910257079London: Kegan Paul 1910. xii ii 358 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Bound in full green polished calf with the gilt stamp of the Shanghai Public School and the Shanghai municipal seal a motto in Latin "Juncta In Uno Omnia All Joined in One"and 12 national flags Great Britain America France Germany Russia Denmark Italy Portugal Norway and Sweden Austria Spain Holland in circular motif in front cover all edges marbled. With label for Prize from Shangahi Municipal Council on front pastedown for Hon. Mention awarded to J. Taylor Dec 1911 and signed by headmaster. Label is quite worn. Title and page opposite stained binding VG. xii ii 358 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Kegan Paul unknown books
2000141823London: Macmillan 2000. Octavo boards. First edition. 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. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-763. Broderick and Di Filippo Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 #62. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #141823 Macmillan 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
193672673Shanghai China: The Commercial Press Limited 1936. Hardcover. Very good. This code "applies in the Shanghai First Special Area District Court and the Kiangsu High Court Second Branch only insofar as it does not conflict with the terms of the Court Agreement. A memorandum will be found in the back of the book which points out the salient differences between the procedure in ordinary Chinese Courts and the Chinese Courts in the Settlement." Translated by The Legal Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council with the English translation opposite the Chinese text. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding with gilt titles. Ink stamp to the front flyleaf with some mild dust staining to the top edge. Minor wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. The Commercial Press, Limited hardcover books
