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Blue cloth. First Ediition. 12" tall x 9½". 460pp incl. index. 15 plates in colour and 345 other illustrations. ex library little wear, but very good and tight. Introduction by Paul-Louis Couchoud. 15 colour plates, black and white illustrations, 459pp, index.. The nine sections in this volume were written by leading scholars of the day: The Mythology of Persia - Clement Huart; The Mythology of the Kafirs - J. Hackin; The Mythology of Buddhism in India - Raymonde Linossier; Brahmanic Mythology - H. de Wilman-Grabowska; The Mythology of Lamaism - J. Hackin; The Mythology of Indo-China and Java - C.-H Marchal; Buddhist Mythology in Central Asia - J. Hackin; The Mythology of Modern China - Henri Maspero and The Mythology of Japan - Serge Eliseev. Ex-Library
8vo, original red cloth, 676 pages., Preface is dated June 30, 1933, but the book was not printed until 1935. A series of lectures in english on Chinese civilization delivered between 1913 and 1933 at McGill University in Montreal by a Chinese scholar who subsequently returned to China and had them printed in Shanghai, under Japanese threat. and bombings. He mentions the urgency of understanding Chinese history and culture because a Chinese Soviet is functioning in the Yangtse valley; communism and anti-communism becoming the pretext of further mayhem. The original scarce item, not a reprint. .
First American edition.. 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xv, 373 pp, frontis, numerous other illus from photos, endpaper maps with route in red, appendix on details of route, index. orig cloth, very good clean copy owner's signature on free fep.. An account of author's 1926 and 1927 travels on a 1,600 mile route, the Jao Lu, following the caravan trails through Mongolia from China to Chinese Turkestan.
8vo, . Hardback. Condition: New. Language: English . 8vo. Ever since they were written in the fourteenth century, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Water Margin have been considered masterpieces of traditional Chinese fiction. People from different social strata have read them and remembered their stories and characters. Since the early twentieth century, Chinese critics have regarded them as part and parcel of their country s literary heritage, offering largely positive artistic assessments even as they criticize their feudal elements. In contemporary China the popularity of the two novels has made them logical choices for adaptation, resulting, for example, in a large number of films and TV dramas based on episodes in the two novels. Given their importance in traditional Chinese literature, these two classics have garnered a tremendous amount of critical attention from scholars. However, nearly all critics have treated them as literary works, failing to explore, in a concentrated manner, their cultural values even as they acknowledge their widespread social influence. This book is not a work of literary criticism in the conventional sense. Rather, it is a cultural/ideological critique. Liu Zaifu s interest lies not in the artistry of the two novels but in the cultural values they reflect and spread. In summing up the worship of violence as the ideal in The Water Margin and the worship of trickery as the ideal in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Zaifu uses the two novels as windows to look into certain unhealthy aspects of Chinese culture, linking the novels enduring popularity and social impact to the Chinese national character. Liu also contrasts the two novels with other classics, such as The Classic of Mountains and Seas and The Dream of the Red Chamber, to demonstrate the multiplicity of Chinese culture. As he calls the two classics into question, he continues to carry the May Fourth critical spirit in contemporary China and expands the scope of cultural criticism. A Study of Two Classics is the first book that focuses exclusively on the cultural values of the two classics. In addition, Liu Zaifu examines how traditional commentators like Jin Shengtan and Li Zhi promoted the cultural values embedded in the two classics and how these harmful values are received and reinforced in contemporary China. He draws inspiration from May Fourth intellectuals, particularly Lu Xun, and from a wide range of works by Western scholars. For instance, he uses Oswald Spengler s notion of pseudomorphosis to explain the degeneration and falsification of certain values in Chinese culture. As he engages in cultural comparison either implicitly or explicitly he also asks questions about modernity and modernization. Liu s style is essayistic, which allows him to bring both erudition and personal observation into play. Originally written for a Chinese audience, this highly anticipated translated work will help English-speaking readers understand the issues a leading contemporary Chinese critic tries to address. This is a critical book for scholars and students in Asian studies and literature. This book is part of the Cambria Sinophone World Series (series editor: Victor H. Mair).
First edition. 4to. Cloth. [xiv], 438 pp. With several illustrations in black and white. as new in a as new dust jacket. ISBN: 0300047673 Martin J. Powers examines the art and politics of the Han dynasty (206 b.c.-a.d. 220) and shows that both were shaped by the rise of an educated, non-aristocratic public that questioned the authority of the rich and royal at all levels. His pathbreaking book casts new light on the whole development of early Chinese art and its relationship to issues of society, population, economy, taste, and ideology.
8vo, Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xviii, 304 p., 23 cm. <br> "For the Greeks, the craft of Odysseus and the wisdom of Athena were examples of metis, an elusive cast of mind that ranged from wisdom and forethought to craft and cunning. Although it informed many aspects of Greek society, metis was all but absent from the language of Greek philosophy. Invoking indigenous Chinese debates, Lisa Raphals here examines the role and significance of metic intelligence in classical Chinese philosophy, literature, history, and military strategy."
4to Cloth, 39 cm., 11 p. + 58 pages of illustration (part colored, part folded). Text in Chinese. 11] p. : 58 pages of ill. plates, facsims. (part col., part fold.) Chu Qu, Zhou
Trad.di V.Defendi. cm.17x26,5, pp.XXII-398, 31 figg.bn.nt.e 300 in tavv.ft.,2 cartine in tav.ripieg.ft., leg.ed.in t.tela,soprac.fig. Bibl.di Storia dell'Arte. come nuovo.
Grey cloth, very good, dj., 5 maps 184+226+211p., 98 b.w. photos, illustrations, second edition ( three vols. reprinted-in-one) with new introd. by Cecil Roth, Index, bibliography, appendix. reprint of secondo edition ( Toronto 1942 First). both original editions and reprint scarce . . The most important book on the subject. Living among the Chinese for over a thousand years, the Jews of Kai Feng survived until very recently. The definitive work on the Jews in China by a christian missionary. Based on Inscriptional tablets, genealogical charts, ancient historical and philosophical writings, and the peculiar manuscripts written both in chinese and hebrew .
Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Puffin Picture Book PP47. This first edition was never reissued; the subsequent version, with new illustrated endpapers, paste-downs and title, and new illustrations on pp. 2 and 32, was published in both cloth and wrappers in 1947. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. See PCS, p.23.
Large octavo in black and yellow stamped and gilted ornamental cloth-backed boards; xxxvii, 429 pages frontispiece [portrait] folded maps 20 cm Handsomely bound in black and yellow, with blindstamped and gilted Chinese dragon and Chinese characters to front board. Hinge cracks and spine head tear repaired on request. || China -- Description and travel.
In-8, VIII-214p. Deuxième édition. Fortes rousseurs, sinon très bon exemplaire.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, 24 pages of coloured plates and a map in the text; pictorial boards, red buckram back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in publisher's slip-case.
pp.849 specialized technical dictionary survey mapping oil
5 ex-libris engraved by artist huan jungwu, original prints '80s, signed or sealed on rice paper. photos on request.
Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1957-60, voll. 2 in-8, br. editoriale, pp. [8], 511, [5] - [8], 588, [4]. Con illustrazioni e cartine su tavole f.t. Bibliothèque de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, vol. XI e XIV. Ottime condizioni.
Mountains and water water chanting and smiling: landscapes painted live by nature, the poetical tile of this beautiful collection of chinese paingtings made in the year 1961 and printed in 1964. 14 leaves in portfolio. front cover of the portfolio wrap detached but present, ow very good. rare.
1 portfolio ([2] l., 3 plates (1 col.)) 35 cm. 4to format photographical reproductions (one in color, particulars in b&w. of a silk painting found in may 1973 in a warring states period tomb at tzetanku. with commentary in chinese, english and french. in chinese style original cardboard folder, as new. very scarce.
Paris - Les belles lettres - 1948 - IN-8 - Broché - Règles, table, introduction, cartes : VII à XLIV-V, 81 p. - Non coupé Bilingue Français-Arabe
PARIS, Amable Costes. 1818 - In-12 Carré - 1/2 Reliure - Dos lisse orné - T. I à IX - 5ème édition revue et corrigée. T. I) XII-388 + Table - T. II) 395 + Table - T. III) 391 + Table - T. IV) 397 + Table - T. V) 390 + Table - T. VI) 350 + Table - T. VII) 345 + Table - T. VIII) 382 + Table - T. IX) 330+ table - rousseurs éparses Ex-libris Armorié & chiffré "Château de la Bretesche" Possibilité d'acquérir chaque volume au prix de 25 €
4th ed. 8vo gr. br, ed. xxv, 523p + fold-out map; illus. copetina originale usurata, altrimenti ottomo. Original card covers, soiled and worn, still a very good and tight copy.
4to, viii, 201 p., [13] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Royal Geographical society. Supplementary papers. Vol. I. Part 1. Vol. I dei Supplementary Papers della Royal Geographical Siciety. Ipiù importante rapporto concerne le esplorazioni della Cina occidentale (fino a Tashienlu di Colborne Baber (pag. 201 con tavole e tre carte ripiegate)
2 vols, cloth, volumes. Volume 1: Maps 1 folding, many text illustrations, 14 full page illustrations, xxx + 420pp. Volume II: Folding map, many text illustrations, 12 full page illustrations, xvi + 408pp, appendix, index. Endpapers browned, some light occasional spotting and light even browning, lower endpaper volume I torn with a little loss along the lower edge. A good set in cloth. Archibald R. Colquhoun (1848 - 1914) was a great traveller who later in his career became the First Administrator of Southern Rhodesia. It was for his exploratory work in Southern China, Burma and Indo-China described in this book that he was awarded the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1884. Chryse as mentioned in the title of this book was a former name for Indo-China and Southern China and it is Colquhoun's travels in the area (the Chinese southern provinces of Guandong, Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, Laos, northern Thailand and Burma),
