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First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (217 x 135 mm), xxiv, 566, [2]; viii, 568pp., 2 frontispieces, 12 engraved plates, title page and one leaf of introduction in vol. I slightly browned and chipped, some occasional foxing throught, contemporary red morocco gilt, rebacked preserving the original spines. In 1821, Tyerman and George Bennet of Sheffield sailed from London in the whaler 'Tuscan', and proceeding round Cape Horn, visited Tahiti, the Leeward and Hawaiian Islands, and other mission stations in the South Sea Islands. Nearly the whole of the first volume is devoted to the South Seas and Australia. The Missionaries, aboard the "Tuscan" visited Tahiti, Huahine (where they met Kotzebue), the Leeward and Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand (narrowly escaping the Maoris), and New South Wales. they also describe the whaling activities, including and account of the sinking of the "Essex" by a sperm whale. Ferguson, 1487; Hill, 1731.
quality reprint in green gilt buckram, 6 volumes, complete, very scarce even in reprint.
L'auteur de cette monographie, auourd'hui souvent rééditée, en plus de l'exercice de son magistère, s'est intéressé à la théologie dans la pensée chinoise.Il remarque une grande similitude entre les mythologies chinoises et celles d'autres civilisations. Page 41 est reproduit le cercle dans lequel l'univers est supposé être contenu. Exemplaire de Willima Lockhart, fondateur du Chinese Hospital devenu ensuite l'hôpital Renji.
Cm. 15; pp. 95, (5). Unito a : "La voce della verità risvegliata dallo strepito delle Calunnie a favore dell'Innocenza. Risposte al un libro intitolato Difesa del Giudicio formato dalla Santa Sede Apostolica nel dì 20 Novembre 1704 &." pp. 95. Unito a: "Quarta lettera d'auviso d'un buon amico al Dottor di Sorbona…" pp. 45, (1). Unito a: "Quinta lettera al Dottor di Sorbona che serve di Risposta ad un libello intitolato…", pp. 72. Unito a: "Sesta Lettera al Dottor di Sorbona, in cui si prosegue la Risposta al Libello intitolato La Calunnia Convinta"; pp. 40. Cartonato rustico coevo, sguardie rinnovate. Ben conservato. (China, Cina, History, Mission) 1279/P
Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
Pages 289-382, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: When the Water Came Down - the author and his Gurkha orderly are fishing in the Himalayas when a sudden 'spate' rages down through the mountains; "Washing-Day" All Over the World - article with many fantastic photos of (mainly) woman washing their clothes in outdoor waters in many countries around the world; In Search of Adventure - Part 1 - the story of a chequered cruise to the South Sea Islands by "The Firm", "Freckles", and "The Spinster"; A Woman Alone in China - Part 3 - photo-illustrated travels of Mary Gaunt and her Peking cart travels in China - with photos; Adrift on a Raft - the crew of the sinking Liverpool barque "Cordillera" built a raft to survive; The Native Festivals of Java - article with many great photos; The Story of My Chinese God - how a collector finally got his God curio in China; The Forest Hermit - a Moose- Hunting Story - they camped on the shore of Lady Evelyn Lake in Canada - article with interesting photos; The Man Who Understood Natives - a story of the rinderpest epidemic in Pondoland in 1897; The "Wide World" (this publication) being read in unusual places; Amazing photo of men handling the minute hand of "Big Ben", the largest clock in the world; Emblem Motorcycle ad; Nice Red Cross Line ad inside back cover; Back cover features interesting B.V.D. men's underwear ad with illustration of scene in what appears to be the New York Yankee's dressing room. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Taipei, Ch'eng-Wen Publishing Company, 1969, voll. 13 in-8, legatura editoriale in piena tela, titolo in oro sui dorsi, per oltre 5000 pp. complessive. Con tavole e carte geogr. f.t. Ristampa anastatica dell'edizione del 1777-1785.
Texte de Madeleine Hallade, Simone Gaulier avec la participation de Liliane Courtois, 1 vol. in-4 br., Editions Recherches sur les Civilisations, Paris, 1982, 448 pp. avec nombreuses figures dans le texte Il s'agit du volume de texte qui aurait dû paraître peu de temps après celle, en 1967, du volumes de planches, mais que diverses circonstances ont longuement retardé. Bon état (couv. lég. frottée) Français
138 pages followed by 65 black and white photographic plates. Index. Bibliography. From first printing of 1,000 copies. "There can be few more remarkable relationships than the thriving success of the giant fig-trees and the multitude of very small insects which sustain them... (the author's) discoveries reveal the incredible ability of natural evolution." - from dust jacket. Bookplate of prominent botanist Roy L. Taylor inside front board. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Light to moderate wear to pale green cloth-covered boards. Above-average wear and sunning to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important reference. Book
192 pages. Index. Vivid colour photography throughout. "The author's in-depth study of thousands of ancient porcelain shards has produced information and conclusions valuable to research in the history of fine arts, and the history of pottery and porcelain, aesthetics and archaeology. His views, corroborated by abundant evidence, challenge some of the established conclusions in the domain of fine arts." - from dust jacket. Book fresh, clean and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now handsomely preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high quality of this important work. Book
Features: Julius Kruttschnitt of the Harriman Lines Claims Railroads and Labor Friendly; Great Northern Finances for Fiscal Year; Steel Bridge Across Chehalis River at Aberdeen to Open 23 September; Rapid Work on Argo Terminals; Innovation of Ticket Cases - article with photo of modern ticket case; Final Bursting of Controller Bay Bubble (editorial about Alaskan nautical dangers); Business Profile of Kenneth C. Kerr, Industrial Agent of the Alaska Steamship Company (with photo); Improper Packing Causes Great Loss; Record Freight Train runs from Altoona to Enola, PA; Many Abandoned Railways in U.S.; Free Baggage Allowances in Various States and Countries; The World's Wheat Crop; Bernard N. Baker Outlines Plans of Atlantic and Pacific Transportation Co.; General H.M. Chittenden Makes Statement for Seattle Port Commission; What the (New) Port Commission May Do for Seattle; The Proposed West Point Immigration Station - article with map showing location of the proposed station and the proposed West Point Waterway Improvement as planned by Virgil Bogue; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Empress of China Crew Exonerated; Decision in Princess May Stranding; Marine Decisions; Diagrams illustrating work to soon begin on Pier 1, owned by the Northern Pacific Railway Company; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; The San Pedro - New C.P.R. Steamer for Trans-Pacific Service - article with illustration; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
In 4°; XII, 312, (4) pp, e due c. di tav., 4 c. di tavv. Fuori testo delle quali due in rame a fronte della pag. 21 e della pag. 148, raffigurante i globuli rossi del sangue e un emisfero cerebrale e le arterie bronchiali. In questo esemplare manca il ritratto di Michieli ma in più, non presenti in molti esemplari, presenta le due carte in più fuori testo, le carte ? e ²? affiancate alle tavole, numerate come queste, 21 e 148, e che contengono una sorta di didascalia alle stesse. Una vignetta in rame al frontespizio. Legatura coeva in cartoncino molle con titolo parlato al dorso. Un leggerissimo alone al margine inferiore della prime 10 carte, praticamente invisibile. Uno strappetto senza perdita di carta a pagina 249 e per il resto esemplare nel complesso in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione ancora in barbe ed ad ampi margini. Bella impressione udinese di questo raro trattato del conte Antonio Michieli (o Micheli). L'autore indaga i principali fenomeni febbrili ricercandone la causa illustrando la fisiologia del corpo umano, del sistema circolatorio e nervoso. Michieli in particolare descrive casi pratici da lui osservati degli effetti della china-china che secondo l’autore risulta essere uno dei metodi principali di cura. In fondo al volume un discorso scritto dal dr. Gabriele Longobardi sempre dedicato alla China-China. Bibl.: Wellcome, IV/p. 131; De Renzi, V/p. 725. Antonio Del Pedro, proveniente da Venezia, tipografo a Udine tra il 1764 ed il 1780, fu anche attivo incisore, e presumimibilente opera sua sono le incisioni che corredano il testo del Michieli. Su di lui cfr. Succi, Da Carlevaris al Tiepolo, p. 264.
16 pages of text and descriptions of 63 full-page sepia-tone reproductions of photos. All text in German. Illustrated front board. Small prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Moderate age-related tanning to some pages. Moderate external wear. Original binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful von Perckhammer compilation. Book
685 pages. Index. Text in English. Reprint of the 1922 first edition. "Information about economic conditions in China is furnished and, in addition, an attempt has been made to provide material that will make possible constant comparison of the East with the West and of one Eastern country with another." - from Preface. Contains chapters by a multitude of contributors on topics such as The Gold Exchange Standard, A Chinese Corporation, The Story of the Jade Industry, The Bank of China; and many more. Above-average wear and soiling. A library label appears to have been removed from backstrip, otherwise unmarked. Binding aging but intact. Small Chinese-language label inside back board may be original price sticker. A worthy copy of this fascinating and informative work from a time before China reached her modern-day industrial might. Book
An early issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 226-336. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part V; The Votaries of Eternal Silence - the Monastery of La Trappe; E.G. Henham is Saved by a Horse - an 1891 adventure in North-West Canada; A River of Red Lava - photo-illustrated Hawaiian story by Overend G. Rose; Abandoned - Morgan Andrews was left on a desolate island in Lake Winnipeg for 8 days; (Fantastic) Klondike Pictures supplemented by text; The Voyages of the "Mole Hill"; Curious Birds' Beaks; Pirate Hunting in China - Admiral J. Morseby describes the chasing of pirate junks, the queer incidents that happened, and the extraordinary method by which the pirates were smashed (includes photo of Moresby and illustration of the H.M.S. "Snake"); The Indian Child and His Toys - Ute child Capitano and photos of him, his complete outfit of toys, implements and dolls; Christmas in an African Desert - illustrated article by big-game hunter F.C. Selous; How the "Maid of the Mist" Shot the Niagara Rapids (with illustration of Joel R. Robinson); Parachuting adventure of Captain Bidmead (with photos); and more. Front cover loose but present. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
112 pages. Reprint of the 1928 first Chinese edition. "Here, for the first time, martial artists were encouraging and openly teaching the Chinese people how to stand on their own and regain pride in their country... Huang's book is often quoted in martial arts literature. This is due, for the most part, to its significance as a manual for training military personel in unarmed and armed combat applications of hsing-i ch'uan. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound reference copy. Book
492 pages. Index. With 1 chart, 389 figures and 19 tables. Colour map stored inside back board. "I hope this book helps foreigners as well as Chinese to understand the urban development process..." - from Preface. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. Book
First US edition in VG condition, full brown original cloth with gilt lettering and design to front cover, slight shelfwear, large folding map perfect, some foxing, not affecting illustrations, 448 pages plus 4 pages of ads. original title: Travels in the regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian acquisitions on the confines of India and China. With adventures among the mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks: the hunting and pastoral Tribes. , architect and traveller, Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799 - 1861) and his wife Lucy, spent seven years travelling in Siberia and Central Asia during the period 1847 - 53. Their son Alatau was born during their travels at the beginning of November in 1848 in what is today Eastern Kazakhstan. Bearing in mind the conditions they were living in and the extreme cold, it is a miracle that he survived! Thomas Atkinson's first book "Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, The Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia" was first published in London and New York in 1858. In the preface to this, his second book describing the travels he (and his wife and son who are invisible in his writing) gives more detail on the natural history and resources of this vast region than he gave in "Oriental and Western Siberia.". He did not confine himself to seeking only to satisfy the scientists among his readership but also discusses the possibility of British commerce in the region. "Our commerce, prodigious as are its operations, is, its is well known, capable of infinite expansion, and I have laid open a field of almost incalculable extent, where enterprise, skill, and industry are sure to find a profitable investment." He also addresses the great interest in Britain in Russian ambitions for the region: "For those of my compatriots who have been alarmed by the approaches of Russia to our Indian Empire, I have faithfully stated every step that has recently been made in this direction, and afforded them an opportunity of learning her present position on the north of the Himalaya. Her existing relations with China, now that we are engaged in a war with its government, will doubtless give increased interest to the facts I have been enabled to collect respecting the several advances she has skillfully made into Chinese territory, and the consequent extraordinary development of her own." (From the preface).
First edition, large 8vo, xvi, 579, [3]pp., coloured frontispiece, fold-out map, numerous illustrs., in the text, small neat library stamp to blank margin of frontis., and title, rebound in quarter calf, blind-stamp library call number to spine, overall a very good copy. First edition of this enchanting account of the travels of George Fleming (1833-1901) in the far north of China. Fleming began his epic journey in Tien-tsin, where he was stationed as an army doctor at a British military garrison; there he was granted special permission to travel almost 700 miles as far as Moukden and to Manchu Tartary, the birth place of the Manchu dynasty. Flemings route took him through many regions that had been inaccessible to western travellers until the Treaty of Tien-tsin (1858-1859). His vivid account describes the people and customs he met; the landscape; the climate; the language and dialects; the agricultural practices of the various regions; and the struggles and hardships he faced during his journey. Flemings work is a monument of Victorian travel literature and an important source in understanding Victorian perceptions of China and of Chinese culture.
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 502 pp, color lithograph (chromolithograph) frontis after sketch by Younghusband, 9 other plates, other illustrations in text, folding hand-colored map, table, index. recent morocco-backed marbled boards, light foxing, very good solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Cordier Sinica 2748. Taylor 109. A narrative of the author's extensive travels in the area with detailed descriptions of the peoples including the smaller tribes, their customs, daily life, religion, productions, etc. One of the appendices is on opium and its use, another on official corruption. He describes the journeys of earlier explorers including De La Bruniere and Venault.
8vo, card wrappers 630pp, folding map at back History of the Later Han Dynasty, 202BC -- 220AD
Very Good Chinese Original offset lithograph poster showing Mao and Chen Yi on the same table, when they meet with foreign guests in Zhongnanhai in 1957. This poster is printed in 1959 as it's hand-colored. 51x75 cm. Descriptive text on right in Chinese. Folded Chen Yi was a Chinese communist military commander and politician. He served as Mayor of Shanghai from 1949 to 1958 and as Foreign Minister of China from 1958 to 1972. Hou Bo (1924-2017) was a Chinese photographer who, with her husband Xu Xiaobing, was among the best-known photographers of Mao Zedong. Born into a poor peasant family, Hou Bo joined the Communist Party at the age of fourteen and learned photography during the Second Sino-Japanese War in order to present a better image of the Party's work to the world. After 1949, she and Xu Xiaobing lived in the same compound as Mao and took both official photos, some used for posters and publicity, which became the most widely circulated photos of Mao, and some family photos, taken informally behind the scenes. Among her best-known photographs are "The Founding of the PRC" (1949), "Mao Zedong Swimming Across the Yangzi" (1955), "Chairman Mao at Work in an Airplane" (1959), and "Mao Zedong with Students from Latin America" (1959), which won First Prize in the National Photography Exhibition of 1959.
6 vol. in-18 reliure de l'époque demi-veau vert, pièce de titre et de tomaison rouges, tranches mouchetées, Tomes 1-2 : Chez J.-E. Gabriel Dufour, Paris, An XII-1804 et Chez G. Dufour et Ed. d'Ocagne, Paris, Amsterdam, 1827, avec deux planches et une carte dépliante en couleurs ; Tomes 3-4, Chez G. Dufour et Ed. d'Ocagne, Paris, Amsterdam, 1827, avec une carte dépliante et une planche ; Tomes 5-6, 1827, avec une grande carte dépliante ; Tomes 7-8, Chez G. Dufour et Ed. d'Ocagne, Paris, Amsterdam, 1827, avec une carte dépliante et une planche ; Tomes 9-10, Chez G. Dufour et Ed. d'Ocagne, Paris, Amsterdam, 1827 avec deux planches ; Tomes 11-12, Chez G. Dufour et Ed. d'Ocagne, Paris, Amsterdam, 1827 avec une carte dépliante en couleurs et une planche. Rappel du titre complet : Bibliothèque Géographique de la Jeunesse, ou Recueil de Voyages Intéressans dans toutes les Parties du Monde (12 Tomes en 6 volumes : Première Année complète) Tomes I et II : Voyage au Spitzberg et à la Nouvelle-Zemble ; Voyage de Vasco de Gama aux Indes Orientales ; Tomes III et IV : Relation d'un Voyage autour du Monde exécuté par le Commodore Byron, dans les années 1764, 1765 et 1766 ; Relation d'un Voyage autour du Monde exécuté par Philippe Carteret ; Tomes 5 et 6 : Voyage de Jonathan Carver dans l'Amérique Septentrionale ; Tomes 7 et 8 : Voyage de Paul Brydone en Sicile et à Malte en 1770 ; Tomes 9 et 10 : relation d'un naufragé sur la Côte d'Aracan, dans les Indes orientales, d'après les mémoires de W. Mackay ; Voyage à Alger extrait de la Correspondance de Boehl ; Histoire du naufrage et de la captivité de la jeune comtesse de Burke ; Voyage d'un allemand au lac Oneida, dans l'Amérique Septentrionale ; Relation de la révolte arrivée à bord du vaisseau anglais the Bounty, commandé par le lieutenant Bligh ; Tomes 11 et 12 : Ambassade de M. Samuel Turner auprès du Teschou Lama, au Thibet et au Boutan. Première série de la première année (le premier tome est constitué par le tome premier, 1ère année de la "Bibliothèque géographique et instructive des Jeunes Gens" par Campé, publié en 1804), complète des 12 tomes. Etat satisfaisant (accroc sans manque à une coiffe, bon état par ailleurs). Français
Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais par A. Pichard, revue et augmenté d'un appendice par Bazin Aîné, 2 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-veau vert, dos lisse orné en long, supra-libris en maroquin rouge du "Collège Royal de Périgueux", Librairie de Paulin, Paris, 1837, XIV pp., 1 f., 397 pp. ; XI pp., 1 f., 418 pp. et 1 f. (errata) avec 55 gravures dans le texte (28 et 27) Agréable exemplaire en très jolie reliure du temps de cette traduction originale de "The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and Its Inhabitants" publié en 1836 (reliure lég. frottée, rouss., étiquette de prix datée de 1847). Français
Crown quarto. Pp. 193. Bound in the original printed wrappers, bit discoloured. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused, still entirely unopened. ~ First edition. Doctoral dissertation, presented to the University of Lyon. Rare.
