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1900174904circa1900. Map printed in colour text in English provinces shaded in colour 28.3 x 23.2 cm central fold paper toned a small edge tear confined to the outer margin but in good condition. . unknown
20025622London: Periplus 2002. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket with Slipcase. Fine/Fine. 4to. Pp. xii 2 288. Filled with chapters written by respective authorities in their fields. Amply illustrated throughout with color photography. Appendices. Bibliography. Bound in textured half-cloth over patterned paper-covered boards gilt lettering on spine. Silk bookmark bound in. In the dust jacket and slipcase. With book dust jacket and slipcase in bright fresh condition. A full explication of the 1997 discovery and salvage of the wreck of the 16th century Chinese trading junk and the staggering trade goods it held amounting to some 3000 ceramic and metal goods that were headed for distant ports. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable clear archival sleeve. Periplus hardcover
1945194660New York.: Army Information Branch. Volume III No. 51F. 9 April1945. Folding colour map and six inset maps in a vertical panel 88 x 119 cms sheet and on the recto circular map of Europe smaller inset map of Asia and of the Ryukyu Islands descriptive text original folds in very good bright condition. Scarce Newsmap of "China Southeast Coast" from Shanghai to French Indochina with the islands of Formosa and Hainan. At the right edge are inset maps of the vicinities of Shanghai Wenchow Foochow Swatow Canton and Hong Kong. On the verso is a large map of the European theatre of operations centred on Berlin a map of the Pacific area noting the American occupation of Okinawa with a detailed map of this island. In unusually fine bright condition. . Army Information Branch. unknown
221334China. 20th Century. Nine Chinese handpainted papercuts protected in tissue sleeves and presented in a paper folder. Very good copy. . unknown
1912ABC_47646Shanghai: Commercial Press Limited 1912. Original publisher's orange-brown pictorial cloth marbled endpapers. Oblong 8vo 15 x 22.5 cm. 160 black-and-white photographic illustrations all protected by tissue paper guards. First and only edition of a very rare work with photographic illustrations of the Chinese Revolution of 1911 with captions in Chinese and English. It was published specifically for circulation in the West and consists of 14 parts. The present work contains the first 4. However any volume in this series is exceptionally rare as we have not been able to find another copy in sales records of the past 100 years.The Chinese Revolution of 1911 is an important event in Chinese history as it resulted in the establishment of the Republic of China. The Revolution was preceded by decade of revolts since Chinese citizens had already been dissatisfied with the rule of the Qing dynasty 1636-1912 for some time. The Revolution started in October 1911 with the Wuchang Uprising after which similar revolts broke out across the country. The Qing court then initiated negotiations with the revolutionaries. Both parties came to the agreement that the emperor who was just 6-years old had to abdicate in February 1912. Revolutionary statesman Sun Yat-Sen 1866-1925 became the first provisional president.The present work offers an authentic pictorial record of the first revolts. The work contains numerous portraits of important leaders of the Revolution and members of the Qing court grim photographic illustrations of the battlefields in Wuchang now the Wuchang District of Wuhan and Hankow or Hankou and images of the attack on Nanking now Nanjing including the preparations and the aftermath.The binding shows very slight signs of wear the gutters of the front and back endpapers are weakened causing the binding to be wobbly but the boards are still attached. The tissue paper between the photographic illustrations has browned throughout. Otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 891342401 2 copies. Commercial Press, Limited, hardcover
180399Early to Mid 20th Century. Reverse painting on glass 9.3 x 6.5 cm chipping and loss to the paint the original pane splintered and cracked affixed to an additional tile a sound example. A pair of costumed Chinese women rendered with appealing sensitivity despite the damage to the original glass. For more on the unusual technique of reverse glass painting see Crossman "The China Trade" pp. 203-219. . 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
1745199414London. 1745-1747. Ten copperplate engravings arranged as storyboards on two leaves 21 x 16.5 cms border; 26 x 20 cms sheets including captions and platemark sheets a little age-toned with faint offsetting but in very good condition. Each of the ten engravings shows a stage in the production of silk. The two leaves of engravings Plates 25 and 26 were published as part of Du Halde's account of China included in an important 18th century compendium of travel writing: "A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels" known as the Astley Collection for its publisher. . hardcover
1796198465London.: G. Nicol. April 121796. Copper-plate engraving 24 x 35.3cms image; 26.7x 36.7cms sheet sheet age-toned and margins worn small chip from lower left corner not affecting the image two spots of browning in the sky very faint the image in good condition. An elegant composition after drawings by William Alexander published in Sir George Staunton's two-volume "Account of the Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China" published in London 1796-97. . G. Nicol. unknown
1800J76F1EWPWNYUChina 1800. In a modern gold-tooled dark green morocco clam shell box in contemporary style. Collection of 17 Chinese watercolours on Asian paper with chain lines including 3 of birds seated on a branch 3 of ensembles of fruit and flowers and 5 of fishes all ca. 30 x 37 .5 cm; 2 further watercolours each showing 2 branches of flowers and trees in a drawn oval border ca. 39 x 30 cm; and 4 watercolours of Chinese people posing with objects ca. 25 x 21 cm. Thirteen detailed Chinese watercolours of birds fruits flowers plants and fishes together with four portraits of Chinese people posing with a pipe lute flower and a handheld fan. The drawings in this album show the mixture of the Chinese and European styles that was popular in the market for export paintings in the first half of the 19th century: a combination of the Chinese approach to rendering with European aesthetics concerning light shadow and realism. As traditional in these paintings large areas of flat colour have been subtly shaded with very thin lines to draw the veins of the leaves fins of the fish and feathers of the birds. The production of these export paintings began earnestly in the 1820s and reached its height in the 1830s and 1840s especially after China's defeat in the First Opium War 1839-1842 opened the country to foreign trade. Photography was introduced in China in the 1840s and the market for export paintings declined after 1860.By the end of the 18th century Chinese painters in Hong Kong and Canton started producing paintings and drawings for European buyers. Although they were made for artistic and decorative purposes many European naturalists began collecting drawings to study Chinese plants and species. Most of the plants and animals would simply not survive the journey to Europe whereas dried specimens did not preserve the colour or shape of the flower. Most of the export paintings were ensembles of flowers and animals placed on a background. Imagination was more important than copying nature and the realistically painted flowers could have different colours or even be a composition of elements from different species. For that reason serious naturalists commissioned Chinese artists to paint according to the standards of European scientific illustration. With a few tiny spots and minor smudges but otherwise in very good condition. unknown
1944215448New York.: Army Information Branch. 1944. Very large folding colour map main map 85 x 95.5 cm plus 6 sidebar maps together 85 x 14.1 cms; sheet 88 x 118 cms and on the verso a large circular map centred on Europe the Ruhr Valley & Vienna with smaller maps of Southeast Asia and the Philippines and a map of Okinawa; both in very good unblemished condition. The main map of Southeast China includes inset maps of the region around Shanghai Wenchow Foochow Swatow Canton and Hong Kong and on the verso text as well as the maps Eastern Europe South Pacific Okinawa reporting on the war: Americans Isolate Ruhr; Vienna Threatened; Ryukyus Invaded. . Army Information Branch. unknown
193864257London: Jonathan Cape Thirty Bedford Square 1938. 8vo. xiv 324 pp. Frontisp. numerous illustrations plates. Red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine red topstain to upper fore-edge as issued minor shelfwear very slight bumping to a couple corners w/ d.j. minor shelfwear price-clipped still VG/VG copy from the library of David Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. First edition of this uncommon history detailing the impact of women in China over the centuries including such figures as Chi’iu Chin Qiu Jin woman martyr of a failed uprising against the Qing Dynasty who was beheaded in 1907; Hua Mu Lan legendary Chinese folk heroine from the Northern Wei Period 386-535 based on the 6th Century poem; the three Soong Sisters Ai-ling Ching-Ling and Mei-Ling with Ching-ling marrying revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen while Mei-Ling married Chiang Kai-shek after he successfully divorced his first wife and became Chinese political power centers in their own right. Ayscough 1875/78-1942 was a noted sinologist editor poet and translator of Chinese literature who wrote and lectured on Chinese Art & Literature and also worked as librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society in Shanghai. She co-wrote with Hobart relating their experiences during the Nanking Incident in March 1927 when the National Revolutionary Army and Communist troops took Nanjing from Beiyang warlord Zhang Zongchang killed the American vice president of Nanking University and looted homes and businesses of Americans British Japanese and other foreign citizens. Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, hardcover
190456112London: Methuen & Co. 1904. Thick 8vo. xiii 1 338 2 pp. plus 4 40 pp. publisher’s catalogue dated Sept. 1904. Frontisp. 15 plates 2 folding maps Chinese Empire Peking Forbidden City. Red decorated cloth illustration of Chinese Dragon on front cover gilt lettering on spine minor bumping & scuffing to corners minor shelfwear still VG bright copy. Second edition of this intriguing memoir by Lady Townley who has not only included an abreviated history of China and Chinese history including the Boxer Rebellion but also pointed observations of the Dowager Empress Cixi’s Court. As wife of Walter Townley British Foreign Minister she had a keen eye for the absurd and decidedly biting comments on Chinese court life and customs. She would later write in her 1922 indiscretions that Cixi was “a funny old lady.†See: Hayler-Menies Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling 2008 pp. 187-188 349 365. Methuen & Co., hardcover
192954544New York: The Macmillan Co. 1929. 8vo. 243 1 pp. Photo frontisp. plates maps. Tan publisher’s cloth green lettering front cover gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. wraparound cover art of walls of Nanking minor chipping head & foot of spine edgewear still NF/VG copy from the library of Marjorie Fleishhacker Mitau 1906-1983 and Martin Mitau 1900-1973 noted San Francisco collectors of fine printing and members in the Roxburghe Club and Book Club of California w/ their bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this graphic memoir by these two noted authors relating their experiences during the Nanking Incident in March 1927 when the National Revolutionary Army and Communist troops took Nanjing from Beiyang warlord Zhang Zongchang killed the American vice president of Nanking University and looted homes and businesses of Americans British Japanese and other foreign citizens. Royal Navy and US Navy cruisers and destroyers responded engaging and driving off the NRA soldiers and Chinese rioters evacuating many foreigners including the families of Hobart & Ayscough to Shanghai. The Macmillan Co., hardcover
191360726Tokyo Japan: Bunkyudo-Shoten 1913. 12mo. 6 244 pp. Printed in Chinese & English w/ instructions. Limp brown calf gilt lettering in Chinese on front cover gilt lettering on spine in English minor chipping & wear head & foot of spine corners shaken occasional annotations in Chinese still G copy. Eighth edition revised & expanded of this compact handbook revised and developed the year the Republic of China established the Commission on the Unification of Pronunciation in order to develop a national phonetic system and language for China. Okamoto’s handbooks were marketed to business people in Japan and focused on the steamship passengers passing from and through Japan to Hong Kong Shanghai Canton & Beijing from the West Coast of the United States as well as British Empire subjects. Although Okamoto had first issued the dictionary in 1902 in a smaller format this 244 page version would continue to be reprinted until World War II. No copies in Worldcat. Bunkyudo-Shoten, unknown
196657346Peking: Science Press Distributed by Guozi Shudian 1966. 4to. 9.25 x 11.5 in. 90 pp unpaginated. Photo-illustrated throughout many in colour 2 large folding panoramic photos. White cloth gilt lettering rounded corners maps on endpapers very slight dustsoiling w/ d.j. photo cover art of expedition photographic team in front of glacier gilt lettering minor edgewear 1 small closed tear rubbing NF/VG copy. First edition of this lavish photographic essay exploring the ascent of Mount Shishapangma now Xixabangma or Gosainthan while Professor Shi Yafeng led a team of glacialogists as part of their detailed glacier survey in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. The true summit is at 8027 meters 26335 feet and often climbers claim to reach the summit when in fact they have climed the lower western summit. The Chinese mountaineering team for the 1964 expedition was led by famed Chinese climber Xu Jing who had climbed Muztagh Ata with the Soviets in 1956 retreated in the 1960 Chinese Mount Everest expedition and succeeded on Mt. Shishapangma which the last unclimbed eight-thousander in the Himalayas. See: Tingjun Zhang & Daqing Yang A Legendary Glaciologist: Academician Shi Yafeng on his Ninetieth Birthday In: Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research Vol. 40 No. 3 pp. 600-604. Science Press, [Distributed by Guozi Shudian], hardcover
199646702Beijing: Panda Books 1996. 8vo. 10 312 2 pp. Blue boards gilt lettrng w/ d.j. mnr shlfwr NF/NF inscribed by Shapiro on half-title to Dr. Charles Grossman. First edition inscribed in English of this excellent anthology including such authors & works as Shi Nan an & Luo Guanzhong Outlaws of the Marsh; Mao Dun Epitome Wartime; Kao Yunlan Annals of a Provincial Town; Quo Bo Tracks in the Snowy Forest; Yuan Shuipo Soy Sauce and Prawns and many others. Panda Books, hardcover
194060092New York: Institute of Pacific Relations 1940. 8vo. xv 1 255 1 pp. Red publisher’s cloth blue & gilt spine label minor shelfwear slight bumping to corners w/ d.j. minor closed tears minor chipping to lower right corner minor bumping still VG/VG copy. First edition of this pre-World War II analysis of the British Empire’s relations with China as the Japanese forces moved into Chinese territories during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The author posits that the outcome of the Second Sino-Japanese War without connecting to a larger worldwide conflict would determine the future of British influence in East Asia. Institute of Pacific Relations, hardcover
194264166Los Angeles CA: Quon-Quon Co. 843 So. Los Angeles St. 1942-1944. 16mo. 3.8 x 4.75 in. 224 pp each one separately paginated. with many text illustrations. Illustrated softcovers in varying colours slight age toning preserved w/ original portfolio wrapper illustrated minor dustsoiling NF/NF set. Early printing of this charming miniature set of books filled featuring treatises on Chinese cookery art natural history religion political history legends and folklore issued by the noted International Import-Export firm in Los Angeles during World War II in format reminiscent of the Little Blue Book Series. Very scarce in original portfolio wrapper. Quon-Quon Co., 843 So. Los Angeles St., paperback
192459787New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1924. Tall 8vo. xv 1 373 1 pp. Illust. title in red & black photo frontisp. numerous photo plates & illustrations. Pictorial gold publisher’s cloth cover art illust. of Chinese doorways bedecked in Chinese Lanterns in red & blue lantern on spine blue lettering minor shelfwear light rubbing still VG bright copy. Second printing of this excellent memoir of the author’s travels through China following the Chinese revolution the civil war aftermath and her experiences with women of varying social strata as China underwent tremendous social political and economic change. Thompson-Seton 1872-1959 was a noted hunter author and suffragette founded the Camp Fire Girls Girl Pioneers with her then-husband Ernest Thompson-Seton and was noted for her active promotion of women’s emancipation and women authors. See: Czech With Rifle and Petticoat: Women as Big Game Hunters 1880-1940 pp. 111-122; Tiffany Johnstone Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson: Frontier Adventure Literature and the Dawn of Suffrage 2013. Dodd, Mead & Co., hardcover
193551703New York: Tudor Publishing Co. 1935. Tall 8vo. xii 171 1 pp. Colour frontisp. numerous photo plates text illustrations. Blue cloth elaborate gilt decoration & lettering on front cover slight ghosting from old scotch tape at fore-edges of pastedowns w/ d.j. colour plate mounted front cover minor shelfwear rubbing VG/VG copy. Second edition revised & expanded of this invaluable reference on Chinese rugs weaving dyes dyeing weavers symbolism types religious influences and more. Tudor Publishing Co., hardcover
193363969Hsinking Manchuria China: Department of Foreign Affairs Manchoukuo Government 1933. Four works in one. Tall 8vo. 22; 4 46; 4 35 1; 6 36 pp. including all four parts with original green-tinted self-printed softcovers bound within. Printed beige-coloured softcovers minor chipping head & foot of spine some creasing dustsoiling still VG- copy from library of Tom Atiyeh. First edition thus of this combined edition detailing the Imperialist Japanese government’s justification and role in revival of the Qing Dynasty under Emperor Pu-Yi with Zheng Xiaoxu as Prime Minister in March 1934. This rump state in China’s Manchurian region would be controlled and run by the Japanese until the end of World War II when Soviet forces defeated the Kwantung Army and captured Emperor Pu-yi. Department of Foreign Affairs, Manchoukuo Government, paperback
192060095Shanghai China: Engineering Society of China 1920. 8vo. 20 pp. A few tables. Printed softcovers old tape repair to spine minor toning creasing & minor closed tears to back cover still G copy from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II. First edition of this exceedingly scarce offprint and a pioneering analysis of the necessary expenses and needs for developing commercial aviation in China following World War I. The author details weather impacts needs for aerodromes topographical conditions such as those experienced near the Gobi Desert followed by discussions of bodies of water for seaplanes or requirements for dirigible & Zeppelin aerodromes. Chatley 1885-1955 was a professor of engineering supervised the dredging works for the Huangpu Conservancy Board in the Huangpu and Yantze estuaries and also wrote on aeronautics and rocketry. Worldcat locates 2 copies Yale U of Limerick. Engineering Society of China, paperback
193064035Enshih Shihnan Hubei China: R.J. Mueller Rev. Gebhardt Miss Simon LCMS ca. 1930-1937. Two vols. 1st - Oblong folio. 11.25 x 15 in. 48 pp unpaginated. thick black paper stock w/ 103 original silver gelatin photographs sized 2.75 x 3.5 in. all neatly numbered in ink MS at corners affixed to the leaves. Contemporary black flexible board post-binder punch-sewn & glued at spine in black paper paper title label partially torn on front cover Building Committee title label affixed to first page minor chipping edgewear to fore-edges some scuffing tidemark to fore-edges still a VG- exemplar w/ all images with bright strong contrast; 2nd - 4to. 8 leaves carbon copy typescript on onion-skin ruled paper some ink annotations corrections 1 pencil MS annotated correction still VG signed by R.J. Mueller on first leaf dated April 24 1937 from the library of David G. Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. A remarkable photo album with images shot by three different Lutheran Church Missouri Synod LCMS missionaries in China along with the descriptive contents list compiled by Rev. R.J. Mueller detailing the purpose and composition. He writes that the Enshih Shihnan Mission had prepared three albums “one for the Mission Board one for the Building Committee of General Conference and one at the Enshih Station. The numbers all agree. However not all pictures listed appear in all books.†This “Building Committee†album was intended to focus primary on the structures homes chapels of the mission as well as surrounding areas and was intended to aid in speeding up communications for fundraising and building affairs issues as correspondents could then merely refer to the master list of numbers held by all three parties. Enshih China was one of the final mission stations established by the LCMS far from their other missions and when Gebhardt returned to Enshih following the Civil War in 1928 there was significant damage to the mission structures to be repaired. Looting by bandits and marauding soldiers had caused over $ 2000 in damage but was encouraged to find that the Lutheran evangelist Shen had continued the mission chapel school orphanage. He would later be joined by Mueller and others although primarily composed of Chinese Staff. These photos in the album includes views of Mueller’s residence windows frames and gutters looted; screens torn doors boarded up as well as views of the native house and threshing floor adapted into an orphanage at Yao Wan after 1930. Several others show the extent of the protective walls built around the properties farm houses the gates as well as farms bridges and nearby fields at Enshih. Landmarks such as rocks shaped like Elephants in the river and Big and Little Hog creek below farmland. A very nice series of photos depict the Ts’i Ts-ung-fu funeral the blind deaf and other orphans about 1931 as well as textiles drying in the sun. Other photos capture the Ch’i-li-ping market fortune teller temple noodle stand and the T’ai shan shrine at Ch’i-li-p’ing. More photos depict Hu Ping-chih the orphanage secretary Yuen Ye-chih cashier in 1934 Hsieh T’i-ya seminary student who died later in 1937; along with the mission pulpit nearby streets and the rear view of the Yao Wan houses.Of additional interest are the images of the rugged roads to Liang Shui-chin the temple and steep steps drying opium in Kuan-p’e which was a small town between the East Gate and Yao Wan before opium raising was banned in 1934; along with the nearby Ch’ing-Ching Clear River at the high water stage the front of the True Light Chapel in 1934 as well as the gravestone of Mr. & Mrs. Wang Japanese-Lutherans who had died in 1930. The final photo No. 169 again shows the Clear River below the city. Mueller 1905-1998 graduated from seminary in 1929 and left for China with his wife Dorothy for the Evangelical Lutheran Foreign Mission Board returned briefly to the U.S. from 1937-1940 spent 1939-1942 teaching at a Lutheran seminary in China while being bombed by the Japanese and also served in Shanghai where he would supervise the Lutheran Hour and Lutheran Hour offices. Although he and his wife briefly returned to the United States in 1946 following World War II they subsequently served again in Shanghai China into the early years of Communist rule by Mao tse-tung before returning again to the U.S. See: David Kohl Lutherans on the Yangtze: A Hundred Year History of the Missouri Synod in China 2014 pp. 103 124 131 132 166 174 99-131. R.J. Mueller, Rev. Gebhardt, Miss Simon, LCMS, unknown
199158303Cambridge MA: Harvard University Council on East Asian Studies 1991. Thick 8vo. xi 1 492 pp. plus 8 pp. publisher’s ads. With 4 maps. Black cloth silver lettering w/ d.j. political cartoon cover art slight shelfwear NF/NF copy. First edition of this work which focuses on the impact of Japanese military and economic incursions and attacks on Nationalist China during the 1930’s leading to the Second Sino-Japanese War while Chiang Kai-shek continually tried to unite the country. Due to their weak military and economic his ongoing focus on the Communist movement led to public support for the Communists as he continued to back away from confronting Japan. Harvard University, Council on East Asian Studies, hardcover
