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1955171714Beijing: Chinese Youth Publishing House 1955. First edition first printing presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper in Chinese by the Chinese delegation to the Fifth World Festival of Youth and Students "Presented to our dear young friend from America - China Youth League Delegation Warsaw August 1955". Convened by the World Federation of Democratic Youth the festival took anti-imperialism as its theme. More than 30000 people from 114 countries participated and the programme of events included parades speeches performances and sports meets. The proceedings gave everyday Poles an unprecedented opportunity to peek behind the Iron Curtain and ironically helped lay the foundations for the Pozna Protests. Sino-American relations remained strained amidst the fallout from the Korean War. One year earlier at the Geneva Conference John Foster Dulles had famously refused to shake hands with Premier Zhou Enlai. In Warsaw to protest American hard power China's representatives joined Russian and Japanese young people in a spirited rendition of the song "Never Let the Atom Bomb Explode Again". Building bridges with left-wing Americans sympathetic to Beijing was likewise an important part of the Chinese delegation's strategy. Below the presentation inscription is another reading in Chinese "Long live friendly relations between Chinese and American youth! Liu Meiqing". Quarto. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white; floral vignette on title page. Text in Russian English and French. Original green boards tan cloth backstrip spine lettered and decorated in black front cover lettered in black blue and white decorative endpapers. Boards sunned one tip worn occasional staining and foxing in text: a very good copy. Martin Parr & WassinkLundgren The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present second edition 2016 p. 160-1. hardcover
191561508Shanghai China: C. Johnson ca. 1915. Small 4to. 6.5 x 8 in. 30 pp unpaginated. on thick paper stock with 14 silver gelatin photographs tipped-in each sized 4 x 4.1 in. all w/ printed captions below black printed borders and textured tissue guards between each image and facing explanatory text 1 large folding map at rear “Ichang to Chungking†indicating the sailing root. Textured maroon-coloured cloth stapled at gutter margin title in silver on front cover pulling & minor tearing to ffep. at gutter margin minor crease fold to front border minor bumping to corners still VG- copy w/ all images crisp & bright. First and only edition of this surprisingly uncommon photographic souvenir of cruising down the magnificent Three Gorges of the Yangtze River which traditionally sailed from Nanjiang in Jiangsu Province to Chongqing. Originally these cruises were begun by the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 emperors to inspect their territory cruising along in opulent wooden ships. Despite the first Sino-Japanese War 1895 the 1911 Chinese Revolution and other disruptions by 1915 the Yangtze River had become a popular tourist excursion riding paddle steamers in the early 20th Century. The photographs depict San Yu Tung Shooting a Rapid The Hsintan rapids Granary Gorge Patung Pagoda Kuantukou Wushan Gorge Wind Box Gorge False Gorge Shihpaochai Sampan Man A Casualty depicting a beached steamship and others. The folding map carefully shows the route and the distances quoted in the tables occasionally facing the respective photos representing the sights to be seen offer “a fair average speed of 7.5 knots for the upbound vessel the time of passing the various places can easily be calculated.†No copies in Worldcat. C. Johnson, hardcover
191135044Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1911. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Photographs; 429 pages; 8vo orig color pictorial gilt-lettered salmon cloth t. E. G. other edges untrimmed. Extremities slightly scuffed d/j a few small tears at edges. Maps photo plates other illustrations. Slight discoloration to endpapers. Pub advt/order form of 36pp inserted. 139 illustrations. Top edge gilt. Publisher's brochure/order form laid in. . J. B. Lippincott hardcover
188015594AB1880. China ca. 1880. 115 : 8 cm. 9 colour aquatints on rice-paper. Housed in an contemporary glas-box. The beautiful elaborated aquatints show nother and child children playing and others. - One plate a bit demaged. unknown
19582092902140902292Iwanamishoten 1958. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 6 Iwanamishoten paperback
2009SONG15960627892009-07-31. Signed Limited. hardcover. Used: Good. xx. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. hardcover
1966179873Accra: Ministry of Information 1966. First edition presentation copy inscribed by the chairman of the Ghanaian National Liberation Council on the front pastedown "Joseph Arthur Ankrah Chairman N.L.C. Ghana. With compliments." Above the inscription is the book label of Malcolm MacDonald a former British high commissioner in Ghana and Whitehall's Special Representative to East and Central Africa 1965-70. During the second half of the 1960s MacDonald worked closely with Ankrah to try and bring conflicting parties in the Nigerian Civil War to the negotiating table. He also made a favourable impression on senior leaders of communist China whose deep-rooted political and practical support for Nkrumah is documented in this accusatory publication. According to Premier Zhou Enlai MacDonald was "the only capitalist we can trust" New York Times. Quarto. Tables and illustrations in text. Original red cloth front cover blocked in black. Cloth darkened in place light rubbing to extremities offsetting on title page: very good. "Malcolm MacDonald British Envoy and Son of Ex-Prime Minister" New York Times 12 January 1981. hardcover
1920185017Likely Shanghai: no stated publisher 1920. Held in only one institutional library First edition the majority of the 31 notices concerning pilotage harbours and port sanitation. Accompanying the text are two anchorage plans and the full bilingual text of the 1918 Ningbo harbour regulations which were formally propagated in 1919. The ports and harbours covered include Shanghai Wenzhou Chefoo Tianjin Hankou Fuzhou Amoy Swatow Santuao and Canton. While some notices merely repeal or tweak existing orders 14 provide substantial new directions for navigators and shipping often extending across multiple pages. This and one other copy were sometime deaccessioned from the Foreign Office Library. The library's retained copy held in the FCDO Historical Collection at King's College London is the only other example we have traced. Octavo. With folding plans of Ningbo and Zhenhai anchorages 4 folding text sheets with Ningbo harbour regulations in English and Chinese. Original buff boards brown cloth backstrip front cover lettered in black. Ex-Foreign Office Library with its date label and stamps on boards bookplate accession notation and withdrawal stamp. Volume hole-punched top left throughout contents unaffected save for numerical code at head of first page boards toned folding matter well preserved: very good. hardcover
26672Burton MI: Subterranean Press. 2010. First edition. First edition. Limited edition. One of 26 lettered copies. Signed by the author. Publisher's original green leather with metallic green titles to the spine in the Vincent Chong illustrated dustwrapper. Green leather solander case. A fine copy the binding square and tight the contents clean throughout. Complete with the fine orignal dustwrapper that is without fading loss or tears. Housed in the structurally sound slightly rubbed and scuffed tray case. Issued in a limited edition of 26 lettered copies of which this example is lettered 'G' and signed by China Miéville on the limitation page. There was also an edition of 500 copies. Winner of the 2011 Locus Award. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Burton, MI: Subterranean Press. 2010 hardcover
1920180564China: c.1920s. An attractive handmade gift for the tourist market the delightful papercuts depicting rural scenes and reproducing the Chinese characters for "luck" and "joy". This example contains 18 pages for inscriptions each with a papercut in the bottom corner. Landscape octavo. With 20 handmade papercuts on 10 leaves glassine guards. Original dark blue brocade with embroidered patterns blue silk xianzhuang stitching Rear cover with couple of marks toning and offsetting internally first glassine with loss at foot: near-fine. unknown
1913178292London: Thos. Cook & Son 1913. Second edition revised and updated from the first edition following the 1911 revolution. "It is seldom such momentous changes take place in a country within three years as have shaken the political industrial and civil life of China since this book was first compiled" introduction. The construction of railway lines from the late 19th century onwards afforded new opportunities for Westerners to travel in Asia. Thomas Cook established its first China office in 1911 in Shanghai to capitalize on this. Its guides were well known for their itineraries maps and ease of use. Octavo. Folding frontispiece map of railway and steam connections across East Asia folding plan of Beijing and Seoul maps and illustrations in text. Original yellow cloth covers lettered in black within black frame yellow advertising endpapers. Recent bookseller's ticket on rear free endpaper verso; ownership signatures and stamps of one Gerald A. Gill on endpapers and title page as well as his marginalia on table of contents. Cloth bright light marking and bumping maps and endpapers browned as usual: a very good copy. hardcover
20212081502111904454Culture publishing company 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Culture publishing company paperback
20212081502111901574chinese commerce 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. chinese commerce paperback
1956Alibris.0038464Shanghai China: People's Art Publishing House: 上 海 人 民 &. 1956. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. dust jacket is age-toned along spine and edges small tears along dust jacket edges. 148 p. Includes illustrations. . "Published in 1956 as publicity material for the new engineering projects depicted this book was also sold abroad through the China International Bookstore. The design of the book s cover printed in green with repeating stylized waves stands in stark contrast to the rather austere predominantly black-and-white photographs inside featuring dams and navigation locks sluice gates and river dredging operations. The term 'water conservancy' is popularly understood to mean not wasting water but the focus of this book is more in line with China s perennial water issue: how to control water. A country both rich in water resources and subject to frequent floods and droughts China has always prioritized development of large-scale water management infrastructure." Martin Parr & WassinkLundgren in The Chinese Photobook p.172 People's Art Publishing House: 上 海 人 民 &... hardcover
1929169367London.: Admiralty. 1929. Large black and white coastal chart 103 x 70.5cm horizontal fold a little light browning and soiling neat manuscript highlighting beacons good copy. Compiled from the latest surveys to 1884 corrected to 1929 with a large correction in 1926. Includes arrows indicating the direction and strength of the surface drift during NE. Monsoon. . Admiralty. unknown
1883197077Paris.: Canson Libraire-Editeur. 1883. Chromolithograph highlighted with hand colour 64 x 47.3 cms; 90.5 x 65.6 cms sheet original fold small chip and fold split at the outer margin and slight toning at the fold but in very good condition. Richly coloured and beautiful large plate with flowers and birds from "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
1940209821Los Angeles.: Los Angeles Examiner. 1940. Printed colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf 42.3 x 39.9 cms; 54.3 x 42.5 cms sheet archivally laid down on linen slight discoloration to lower centrefold and sheet slightly age-toned but in very good condition. A striking geopolitical map by Los Angeles Examiner artist Howard Burke covering China Japan Southern Russia and the northern part of French Indochina and Siam showing how the "Aggressors Divide China." Areas under Japanese occupation are shown in red and their naval blockade shown by an arc of naval vessels with vivid arrows indicating lines of supply. Text labels including sources of agricultural and raw materials provide a dynamic overview of the geopolitical situation and show the influence of American scientific illustrator and cartographer Richard Edes Harrison who argued for examining geographic issues from multiple perspectives and Los Angeles Times artist Charles Owens. . Los Angeles Examiner. unknown
1901161988London.: HMSO. 1901-15. A broken run of nine Trade of Canton Reports for the years 1900 - 1906 19091910 and 1914 in wrappers sewn. All in very good condition with the neat stamp of the University of Hull on the upper wrapper and occasional minor browning or soiling. China. Diplomatic and Consular Reports. Annual Series. No. 2676; 2985; 3270; 3344; 3613; 3898; 4530; 4729; 5507. Contents include the value of trade floods and river conservancy effect of the war opening of new ports typhoons piracy lighters and junks under foreign flags transfer of native customs to Imperial Maritime Customs imports and exports human hair opium rice paper silk fire-crackers rattan core matting mining railways including the Canton-Kowloon and Canton-Hankow Railways and shipping. . HMSO. unknown
198464165Portland OR Hong Kong & Fujian China: State of Oregon Atiyeh Bros. Inc. Victory Bros. & Co. September 1984. Thick oblong 4to. 12.75 x 12.5 in. 42 pp unpaginated. thick mylar sleeved leaves. With 252 colour snapshot photographs sized 3.5 x 5 in. all carefully mounted w/in on adhesive backed pages arranged in tranches of 6 photos each page. Original padded simulated red calf binding elaborate gilt borders & lettering on front cover in English Chinese on back cover slight shelfwear still a NF exemplar from the library of Tom Atiyeh son of Vic Atiyeh 1923-2014 . Original souvenir photo album presented to then Oregon Governor Vic Atiyeh following his extended trade missions to Japan Hong Kong and China in September 1984 to open up lucrative trade and business relationships in Asia in order to diversify and reposition Oregon’s economy during the early 1980’s recession. As Governor of Oregon from 1979-1987 he worked tirelessly to reorient Oregon’s economy and build ties with Japan and China especially and as an Arab-American also traveled to the Middle East as well where he met Assad. With the assistance of Vicwood K.T. Chong prominent Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist whose Chong Bros. Co. owned and operated vast timber and sawmill operations across the Philippines and China Atiyeh was able to arrange meetings with Governor Hu Ping of China’s Fujian Province during his trade mission in 1984. Many of the photographs depict Atiyeh Vicwood K.T. Chong and Governor Hu Ping at the receptions in Hong Kong and mainland China as well along with many dignitaries and guests in both. Atiyeh International a separate division of the Arab-American family firm of Atiyeh Bros. Rugs had already moved their operations from Iran following the fall of the Shah and the Iranian Revolution to Heibei China where they had quickly established longterm contracts and relationships with textile firms reviving previous patterns as well as emphasizing the developing Pacific Rim trade routes to the Pacific Northwest. Atiyeh was a remarkably successful Oregon governor who worked to attract large businesses such as the tech industry and what became the Silicon Forest trade routes to Asia as well as the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in conjunction with Washington Governor John Spellman. State of Oregon, Atiyeh Bros., Inc., Victory Bros. & Co., unknown
173824523London: Edward Cave at St. John's Gate 1738. Good condition. Maps of Tibet from the Edward Cave folio edition of this important encyclopedic work on Chinese culture history and society by a French Jesuit who specialized in China. Du Halde's work inspired great interest in China among Europeans and was a ground breaking work in geography. <br /> <br /> The 6 sheets include the second through the seventh:<br /> 1. The Second Sheet of Tibet containing the Country of Little Bukharia to ye West of Tursan; 2. The Third Sheet included in the map of Tibet containing the parts of Little Bukharia about Kathghar. 3. The fourth Sheet comprized in the Map of Tibet <br /> containing in particular the country of the Tartars of Koko Nor; 4. The fifth Sheet which is properly the first of Tibet as bounded by China & including the country of the Si-san.<br /> 5. The Sixth sheet which is properly the Second of Tibet containing the Country to the East of Lasa; and 6. The Seventh sheet which is properly the third sheet of Tibet including the Country in the Neighbourhood of the Tsanpu to the west of Lasa.<br /> <br /> Copper engraving period folds. Engraved map on 6 sheets a few sheets with loss to lower margin; 5th sheet with chip top edge some loss to title. 11 1/4 x 10" with margins. The book: Cordier BS 50; Löwendahl 409; Lust 15. Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate unknown
193856764Portland OR: Heathman Hotel 1938. Oblong folio. 18.5 x 16.25 in. 18 leaves unnumbered. on thick beige-coloured paper w/ 101 silver gelatin photos mounted sized from 4.25 x 6 in. up to 6.25 x 8.5 in. all identified and labeled below in neat draftsman’s hand some ruling as well two images removed by family members and 1 leaf w/o lower 3rd of leaf. Recent black cloth post-binder gilt lettering stamped on front cover still VG exemplar all images with bright strong contrast from the library of Harry Heathman 1906-1962 owner and manager of the historic Heathman Hotel in Portland OR. This interesting photo album chronicles the 1938 “Entente cordiale†trip of many noted U.S. hotel managers and owners to Japan and Manchukuo China against the backdrop of continued Japanese incursions into China including the bombing of civilians in Canton and diplomatic conflicts with the U.S. Intended by Japanese officials to entice American tourists to visit Japanese hotels the hotel execs including Harry Heathman of the Heathman Hotel Charles Baad of the Los Angeles Biltmore John Ramboz of the Los Angeles Ambassador Carl Stanley of the Hotel Del Monte and others all sailed on the N-Y-K ocean liner Tatuta Maru newly renamed in 1938. The photos show the first class lounge dances and sightseeing in Japan the Tosyogu Shrine at Nikko where they stayed at the Kanaya Hotel other temples and the Buddha at Kamakura and gifts presented at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Other stops included the famed Fujiya Hotel with photos of the owner Mr. Yamaguchi and manager M. Arai a visit to the Nagoya Castle and more. Carl Stanley and his wife are shown riding the “Asia†Express in Manchukuo the Mukden Yamato Hotel the Yamato hotel near Dairen formerly Port Arthur and photos at the Port Arthur monument in Manchukuo. The Tatuta Maru sailed originally as the Tatsuta Maru including transporting Olympic athletes from Japan in 1932 and was the last passenger liner to travel between Japan and the U.S. with stop in Honolulu H.T. in Oct. 1941. She was used by the Japanese Navy as a feint supposedly to pick up another load of repatriating Japanese departing Yokohama on Dec. 2nd but reversed course the night of Dec. 6/7 and returned to Japan. See: Hotel Executives to Visit Japan Los Angeles Times Oct. 15 1938 Part II p. 22; Hotel Group Due Back From Japan San Francisco Examiner Dec. 19 1938 p. 25. Heathman Hotel, hardcover
188015593AB1880. China ca. 1880. 85 : 6 cm. 8 colour aquatints on rice-paper and mounted on stiff-paper. Housed in an contemporary glas-box. The beautiful elaborated aquatints show different profassions and trades. - Some plates a bit demaged. unknown
1936222270Shanghai.: The Mercury Press. First Edition. 1936. Map frontispiece plus 2 maps 1 folding and a large folding map of Modern Canton at the rear numerous black and white photographic illustrations. xviii 176pp 17pp index. Tan cloth covered boards stamped in English and Chinese on the upper cover and spine head and tail of spine tender and sunned light general wear corners bumped prior owner details on the front free endpaper dated 1937. Preliminaries and finals age-toned light browning to text block generally affecting only the margins still a firm and clean copy of a rare title. 22 x 15cm. Edward Bing-Shuey Lee Li Bingrui1907-1956 was born in Taishan Guangdong province in 1907. At an early age he went to Canada to study abroad and received a master's degree in political economy at McGill University. Later he went to the Washington University for research. Bing-Shuey Lee served as the editor-in-chief of the English "Herald" in Peiping editor-in-chief of the "Ethnic Weekly" in Shanghai at the Taiwan National Sun Yat-sen University and legislator of the Legislative Yuan. / Canadians with Hoisanese / Taishanese Roots. <br> <br>The calligraphy on the upper board is by Hu Han-min Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang. . The Mercury Press. hardcover
196916751Geneva: Collections Baur 1969. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 11.5x9.5x1.5in. #969 of 1100 copies; dust jacket lightly yellowed on spine in VG cardboard slipcase. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>Volume Two of the Baur collection centers on Chinese Ceramics with particular attention to porcelains of the Ming Dynasty. Illustrated with 237 plates in color. <br>4.97lb 11.5x9.5x1.5in Collections Baur hardcover
197822671London and New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet 1978. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. 13.8x10.0x2.5in. in slipcase; bottom of slipcase has shelf wear. <br>The catalogue of the Mottahedeh collection the largest privately held collection of Chinese export porcelain. With 103 color plates and 700 monochrome illustrations. <br>704pp 11.69lb 13.8x10.0x2.5in <br>EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY Sotheby Parke Bernet hardcover
