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Crown quarto. Pp. x, 201. Bound in the original printed wrappers, slightly soiled, vague dampmark at blank bottom of first few leaves. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused, still entirely unopened. ~ First edition. Mémoire couronné par la Société de Géographie de Lyon. Rare.
Two volumes. Paginated consecutively. Quarto. Pp. 296; 297-633. Includes Addend & Corrigenda section. Set in double columns. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary three quarter cloth, spines lettered and individually numbered in gilt, cloth inner hinges; paper on boards bit creased in places, minor marking in red pencil on a page or two. In a very good condition, very clean interior. ~ First edition. With the handsome armorial bookplate of Alten Hofer inside cover of first volume and old signature on half-title.
8vo, hardcover. The surviving examples of the early medieval shelun, a subgenre of the fu, are translated and interpreted against their political background in this original contribution to Chinese Nanbeichao studies.
8vo hard rebound in black boards witn silver lettering., xvi-375pp. Frontis map, in text line drawings and full-page tinted plates. front and end papers in delicate orange ink showing marriage procession and chinese funeral (tape repair to last page of the one at the end, identical to the ones in front). Includes publisher's biographical foreword, absent in earlier editions. Special Limited Edition of 1,000 copies, this copy not numbered. high quality paper, printing and plate reproductions, quite rare. even scarcer than the original 1847 London edition. Fortune was the first plant collector to travel in China after the conclusion of the Opium War, as a botanical collector for the Horticultural Society of London starting in 1843. Travel was not allowed for more than 30 miles past Shanghai, but he set off by boat from Shanghai, in Chinese costume complete with shaved head and pigtail and was the first westerner to reach Soochow and many other parts of China, collecting large numbers of plants and seeds. The book contains two chapters on the cultivation and manufacture of tea with suggestions on the possibilities of developing a tea industry in India.
Two volumes. Quarto. I. Text Volume. Pp. viii, 105. II. Plate Volume., consists of title leaf and 114 single-sheet collotype plates. Both volumes placed in the original cloth portfolio with some wear to extremities and a few repairs at folds inside. Both volumes in fine condition, plates are exceptionally well preserved. ~ First edition. Beautifully illustrated Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms.
français Grand in-4 de faux-titre, portrait, titre, 679 pp.; reliure richement ornée de l'éditeur, dos chagrin, tranches dorées. Cinquième édition illustrée de 316 gravures dessinées sur bois. Bel exemplaire.
Two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. xviii, 317, plus a folding map, coloured along route, bound at end, cut into two parts along fold; viii, 360. Plus different frontispiece to each volume, with tissue-guard, and numerous photographic plates. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full green cloth, embossed lettering on cover, spine gilt, contemporary inscription to one volume. A very good, untrimmed set, in overall fine condition, a bit foxed in places. ~ First edition. Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, Marquess of Zetland (1876-1971), a British politician, Secretary of State for India in the late 1930s. Beside with China, his travelogue deals also with Japan, Korea, Manchuria.
Two vols. in one: vol. 1- 317 p.; vol. 2 - 331 p. Color lithograph of Chinese emperor as frontis. to vol 2. Hardcover Good condition; spine edges chipped, light foxing throughout
4to, 123 pp. Ills. original gilt blue Boards.including a small record on the animal's sounds, almost mint copy of this very scarce.work .incudes a delightful pasted ex-libris of former owner, engraved in the early 1980s by reputed chiese artist. Hua Jungwu Table of contents; List of abbreviations; Introduction; First part: From the earliest Times to the Han dynasty, ca. 1500 to 202 B.C.; Second part: From the Han dynasty to the end of the T'ang period, 202 B.C. to 907 A.D.; Third part: Sung, Yuan and Ming dynasties, 960 to 1644 A.D.; Appendix: The Gibbon in Japan; Key to the Gibbons mentioned in the text and appearing in the plates; Map of China; Folio: Chinese texts; Index; Addenda and corrigenda. Approximately 95 B&W photos and illustrations of Gibbons, paintings, scrolls, designs, drawings, woodblock prints. . Pocket on inside of back cover containing a 45 rpm record of the "Morning calls of a Hylobates Agilis, female 3 1/2 years old". 123 pages. 12 by 8 3/4 inches.
Minor rubbing to extremities. Endpapers and front map browned and brittle; Three fold-out maps printed on japon paper ; B&W Photographs; 16mo 7" - 7½" tall; 161, xxii pages
Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 185, [4] p. First Turkish translation published in book format of "Guerilla Warfare", written by Mao Zedong and translated with the same subject written by Che Guevara and an American officer. Mao's book contains a summary of knowledge and experience of the guerrilla resistance carried out within the national front established with Chang Kai-shek (1887-1975). Che Guevara's book, on the other hand, explains the technical results of guerrilla resistance, which was the basis of the Cuban War of Independence. The translator of this book, Can Yücel (1926-1999) was a Turkish poet noted for his use of colloquial language. Yücel also translated the works of Shakespeare, Lorca and Brecht into Turkish and his creative rendering of these authors are classics in their own right in Turkey. This book is translated from the original 1961 edition in English by "Cassel and Company Limited", London. Only two institutional copies in OCLC, all of them are in Turkish libraries: 949516672, 1030075606.
Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Newspaper size. In Turkish. The rare issue of the Turkish newspaper "Milliyet", published for Mao's death, one day after his death. The headline reads "Mao is dead: The cause of death of the 82-year-old Chinese leader was not disclosed."
Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 121, [1] p., errata. Rare Turkish edition of selected writings by Mao Zedong in a book form with attractive cover design. His three works collected in one book. This is the first and only translation by Hidayet Onar. "Classes in Chinese society, People's power, and the Chinese Communist Party's working order." A portrait of Mao on the cover.
Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 30, [1] p. First Turkish edition of these poems by Mao Zedong, translated by Eray Canberk (1940-). Not located in OCLC.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 22 coloured plates depicting many species per plate; original green cloth, upper board lettered in gilt and blocked in black, gilt back, a near fine copy. A beautiful copy of an important avifauna. Rare, especially in this condition.
portfolio of delightful early revolutionary new year prints hand colored. photos on request.
Londres, Fisher & Jackson, [circa 1840], in-4, bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle, titolo e fregi in oro al dorso, piatti in tela con fregi a secco, pp. 64. Con 30 belle tavole incise in acciaio. Ex-libris araldico. Manca il primo volume.
Reissue of the 1888 edition. 2 volumes. 8vo, original cloth 227 x 145mm. ppxii,334 & x,352, an extended tinted map of this part of Asia and one folded chinese mediaeval map. Trübner's Oriental Series. 1: Notes on Chinese Medieval Travellers to the West. 2: Notices of the Medieval Geography and History of Central and Western Asia. 3: Explanation of a Mongol-Chinese Medieval Map of Central and Western Asia. 4: Chinese Intercourse with the Countries of Central and Western Asia during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. In the first of the four papers Bretschneider provides excerpts from five Chinese thirteenth-century narratives including the account of mongol Hulagu's expedition to Western Asia between 1253 and 1259, and the story of the King of Little Armenia Haithon's journey to Mongolia in 1254-55. The second paper gives a sketch of the records of Mohammedan authors of the Mongol invasions of Persia, Russia, Poland, Hungary and Germany. The medieval map of Asia discussed in the third paper represents the three Mongol empires west of China, governed by the descendants of Genghis Khan, and was possibly executed in China about 1330. The fourth paper dvelves on the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and specifically the Mongols and the Oirats as depicted in the Ming shu. Bretschneider was a Russian sinologue living in Peking, and had access to sources of materials inaccessible to most European scholars The same Emile Bretschneider author of the History of European botanical discoveries in China (1898) and Botanicon Sinicum (1882/96).
SIXIEME ANNEE 1895, N° 216, 6 janvier au N° 266, 26 décembre - In-folio - Reliure éditeur illustrée, frottée - - Illustrations en couleurs pleine page aux 1 & dernière pages - Pagination continue 416 pages, y compris table - Propre
2 volumes (18-19) complets et reliés en 1 tome: 393 + 442pp., 24cm., reliure d'éditeur en toile verte avec titre doré au dos, trois cachets sur les p.d.t., étiquette sur la reliure, texte et intérieur en très bon état, X93071
Text in Chinese. Notes: Accompanied by plate catalogue "Selections of modern prints of China in the fifty years from 1931 to 1981 : plate catalogue" (14 p.: 2 volumes chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. cloth in djs and case. Contents: Shang. 1931-1949 -- xia. 1950-1981. Zhongguo xin xing ban hua wu shi nian da shi ji. Zuo zhe jian li. Other Titles: Selections of modern prints of China in the fifty years from 1931 to 1981. Responsibility: Zhongguo xin xing ban hua wu shi nian xuan ji bian ji wei yuan hui bian. an original ex-libris wood-block print for previous owner pasted in. Text in Chinese. The first volume covers 1931-1949 and the second covers 1950 to 1981. A very scarce reference on contemporary Chinese prints. 438 examples. A very good plus set with some light normal wear. Small chip to corner of front board first volume. Includes an insert with plate descriptions in English for the set. heavy, international customers please inquire on shipping.
Complet en 2 tomes: xi,583 + 604pp., 26cm., reliures cart. uniformes avec dos en toile, cachet, quelques rousseurs, bon état, R83999
in-4, 416 pp., toile rouge ed., dos tres ornée, tranches dorées. L'ouvrage se divise en une partie historique et une partie descriptive. La partie historique débute avec la mythologie et l'origine du peuple chinois et se termine à la guerre sino-japonaise et les soulèvements au Sse-tch'ouan. La partie descriptive passe en revue le plan de la ville, les monuments, les moeurs, les loisirs, les institutions, les moyens de transport, la faune et la flore, etc. Cet ouvrage, publié originellement à Pékin en 1897 par l'Imprimerie des Lazaristes au Pé-t-ang, connut un grand succès et deux éditions françaises (1900 et 1902). tres bon etat
anglais Sans date (circa 1910). In-8 non paginé de 10 pages de texte et 7 planches de reproduction ; broché de l'éditeur avec ficelle. Exemplaire sur papier vergé blanc. Petites tâches sur la couverture, intérieur très propre. Rare.
