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1937151914Portland OR.: China Society. No date. Circa1937. 19pp bound in a library binding with a cloth tape spine lettered in white ink and paper covered boards library title label upper cover Withdrawn stamped lower section of front free endpaper lower paste down damaged where library pocket has been removed vertical crease down the text leaves a few library stamps but generally the text itself is clean. This booklet was written and published by the Oregon China Society in reply to "The North China Conflagration" published by the Japanese Association of Oregon. The debate regarding the Japanese invasion of China was frequently aired in the United States at this period as the Japanese tried to gain legitimacy for their occupation of Manchuria and China. . China Society. hardcover
1966220355Beijing.: 中国青年出版社 Zhongguo qingnian chubanshe. 1966. Black and white photographic and black line drawn illustrations 149pp text in simplified Chinese characters 18.5 x 13cm paper wrapper. Evenly browned throughout worn and soiled wrappers chipped at corners and head and tail of spine. . 中国青年出版社 [Zhongguo qingnian chubanshe]. unknown
1730171311730. Very good condition. An early copper plate engraved b&w map extending from Egypt and the Middle East to southeast Asia with Australia at the extreme lower right "New Holland" and below that "Incognita". To the northeast is Nova Guinea drawn attached to Carpentaria. A rather crude general map of southeast Asia. Heraldic shields with author and title at the lower left. Desing was a Benedictine monk from Ensdorff & member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 5 1/4 x 4 1/2" unknown
180026715Canton 1800. Large 4to. 15 x 12 1/2 inches. 141 watercolours on thin paper nearly all captioned in ink in Chinese in the lower right corner each tipped to a sheet of wove paper. Mid-nineteenth century citron half morocco over marbled paper covered boards spine with raised bands in six compartments lettered in gilt in the second compartment the others with a repeat decoration in gilt marbled edges<br/> <br/> Provenance: Annie Pearson Viscountess Cowdray née Cass 1860-1932 Dunecht House Aberdeenshire.<br/> <br/> An extraordinary album of early Chinese export watercolours of the highest quality.<br/> <br/> Beginning in the late 18th century centred on the treaty port of Canton there existed a thriving trade in ethnographical watercolours executed by local Chinese artists and sold to the western merchants and travellers. The best known result of this trade is William Mason's Costume of China first published in London in 1800 which is illustrated with 60 hand-coloured aquatints adapted from a series of original watercolours by Pu-Qua of Canton. It was common for the local artists including Pu-Qua to work from a set series of models. The present album includes a number of compositions that are from the same set of models as those used by Pu-Qua but they include more detail and more of the trade-associated paraphernalia than are shown in the images as published in Mason's work. This suggests that they were not copied from Mason but were after another more detailed source or were unique compositions by the artist based on a similar series of models. Importantly these watercolours are of a uniformly higher quality than usually encountered and represent not only a wide array of occupations but also members of the highest echelon of Chinese society. The detailing on the costumes worn by these members of the royal court is breathtaking with copious use of gilt. Later collections of Chinese export watercolours were routinely executed on less expensive pith paper whereas the present watercolours are on high quality tissue and are larger in size than those typically encountered. The album represents an earlier more prestigious style of export watercolour paintings specifically meant for wealthy Europeans. These are Chinese watercolours of the highest quality designed and executed to the highest standards. The album was once owned by Annie Pearson Viscountess Cowdray Steward of Colchester and wife of Lord Weetman Dickinson Pearson 1st Viscount Cowdray.<br/> <br/> Cf. Crossman The China Trade Princeton: 1972; cf. Clunas Chinese Export Watercolours London: 1984. unknown
19792188111979 -1995. Seven Chinese - English bilingual publications about postage stamps from China Hong Kong Macau and Taiwan and a 1981 Chinese Stamp Catalog in Japanese. Varying sizes approximately 21cm x 14cm colour and black and white photographic illustrations throughout text in English and traditional Chinese characters. All in original card or paper wrappers vary from covers worn to very good but all are clean and sound. Useful collection for anyone interested in Chinese philately in this period from the late 1970s to the 1990s. Publications in this group: <br>Postage Stamp Catalogue of Hong Kong 1979 香港郵票目錄 <br>Postage Stamp & Postage History of Hong Kong 1981 香港郵票目錄 <br>Chinese Postage Stamps Catalogue Taiwan Part 1 1982 中國郵票圖鑒 <br>K.C. Yu's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue of China Taiwan1977 標準中國郵票目錄 <br>Chinese Postage Stamps Catalogue - Taiwan Issues 1981 國郵近期票目錄 <br>Yang's Postage Stamp Catalogue of the People's Republic of China Part II 1994 中華人民共和國郵票圖鑒 <br>Yang's Postage Stamp & Postal Stationery Catalogue of Macau 1995 澳門郵票目錄 <br>Chinese Stamp Catalog Illustrated in Colors 1981. . unknown
19403554907186281940. Hard Cover. Published in Peking China 1940. From the Foreword: The contents of the Tripartite Conference between China Britain and Tibet held at Delhi and Simla India in 1913-1914 have hitherto been kept secret in accordance with the agreement between China and Britain.Here is given a selection of valuable papers including the claims of the Tibetan Plenipotentiary on the boundary line the counter-claims of the Chinese Plenipotentiary the proposal of the British Plenipotentiary under pretext of mediation and the proceedings of the Conference. Publisher's pale brown wrappers. A Softcover. A VG copy page block browned internally light foxing to the wrappers. A solid VG copy. Not issued with a D/W. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
14634Celluloid collar advertising card with illustration of men emerging from the water wearing the waterproof collars and cuffs as a Chinese laundry worker tearfully watches and in the background pig tail wearing Chinese laundry men depart on boats "Off for China". With advertising text at verso "For Sale at Auer's North Pearl St Albany. Not dated. <br /> <br /> 5 1/4 x 3 1/4" slt marked at verso o/w very good. unknown
190019838Bruxelles: J. Verschueren 1900. Very good condition. An early Chinese railroad bond with attractive bank-note engraving and with three Chinese vignettes: a Chinese village a Chinese temple and a railway bridge spanning a large river. Printed in red & black with multiple tax stamps at top of page. Number 05219 with coupon sheet attached dated 1936 through 1944 with the 1936 coupon removed. Complete with statutes printed in red on verso. 14 x 15" J. Verschueren unknown
187027200China 1870. Fine. A splendid series of pith paintings from the Doheny collection. The watercolor and gouache paintings are splendidly preserved displayed and housed. The bookplates of Carrie Estelle Doheny and Edward Laurence Doheny are mounted on acid free board which sits atop the images and the totality fits snugly into the box. <br /> <br /> The images are in the traditional format in this case illustrating nine subjects - <br /> Royal Procession 6 images; Birds 11 images; Ships & Barges 5 ; Tea Cultivation 7; Punishments 11; Butterflies & Flowers 2 ; Butterflies & Insects 8; Court life 5; Flowers Camellias etc. 9. Each is protected in an archival paper sleeve 13 x 8.25 inches and numbered in pencil on the wrapper. Images 33 x 21 cm. <br /> <br /> The stability of these images is greatly enhanced by their conservation. Each pith image has been backed on acid free tissue supporting the pith which is quite fragile. The vast majority of the images are complete and undamaged. A minority have small marginal cracks or small corners missing. A couple have slight browning. Each image is preserved in a numbered acid-free folder and the whole is housed in a custom brown and black leather solander box numbered XI on the front board. <br /> <br /> Pith paintings are notoriously fragile. Crossman states "The other paper commonly used for watercolors and gouaches after 1800 was pith. The pith paper is a very fragile medium to work on and many of those watercolors which have survived are cracked and broken. Crossman "The China Trade" pp 95-97.<br /> <br /> A splendid collection. unknown
192127355China 1921. Very good condition. From "Bub" to brother Philip. Bub is apparently an American assistant or undersecretary to a United States Minister/diplomat based in Peking. <br /> <br /> He mentions the unusually hot summer and the efforts to make headway on the Negotiations "the political situation here goes from bad to worse" however there are very few ministers in town the rest are vacationing. He is tasked to 'write a report on the Sino Japanese Shantung Negotiations.' "and that is as complex as possible and they seem to be getting nowhere."<br /> <br /> He mentions meetings with Edwin Denby Secretary of the Navy as the Minister's special representative entertaining Major General Wright Mr. Warren and Du Wellington Koo the Chinese Minister to Washington then Foreign Minister and Finance Minister. "Du Wellington Koo has been entertained right and left and I have gone to most of the dinners for him - she is one of the prettiest Chinese I have seen." referring to his wife Hui-lan Oei<br /> <br /> The Sino-Japan Shantung Negotiations referred to the treaty between China and Japan settling the dispute over the Shantung Peninsula and its valuable resources including the Shantung Railroad and its connection to the Trans-Siberian Railway. Japan had taken over occupancy after pushing out Germany the original leaseholder. The dispute was mediated by the United States and ultimately the leasehold was returned to China.<br /> <br /> Bub's sister Jeannie wrote him from The Colony Club in New York City regarding Philip's and presumably Papa's trip to Italy. He also mentions the visit of a mutual friend Roger Gratwick and his own intention of returning to the States next Spring. An interesting insight into diplomatic negotiations.<br /> <br /> 2 pages 4 sides 8x10.5" written in pencil original fold marks. unknown
179519601Leiden 1795. Very good condition. A later hand colored copper engraved map of Macao China and the islands in its vicinity. From a Dutch edition of "Cook's Voyages". On fine wove paper with full impression marks from the plate visible. Contemporary folds. 8 1/4 x 10 1/2" with margin slightly trimmed at lower left. unknown
24285London. Very good condition. Copper engraved map of Macao China and the islands in its vicinity. From the English edition of "Cook's Voyages". Within the plate is a note - "NB. The Harbour of Macao is drawn by the Eye and the Soundings taken at low water." Full impression marks from the plate visible with small margins the number 81 just outside the rule at the top right corner. Unfolded 8 1/2 x 10 1/2". With some slight transfer from facing text. unknown
190528267Philadelphia: C.H. Graves 1905. Very good condition. A stereoview of 3 graduates from North Western College in Orange City Iowa. 2 men sitting 1 standing outside in front of a stairway and building. Written on the verso is North Western College Orange City Iowa in pencil.<br /> <br /> North Western College exists today as a Christian college. 7 x 3 1/2 C.H. Graves unknown
1930235201930. Very good condition. A pair of real photo snapshots with contemporary annotation on the verso one "Pekin sic China" in pencil the second "Chinese troop Tiensen" sic.<br /> <br /> The Peking view is a bird's eye view showing a main thoroughfare with rickshaw and pedestrian traffic and many store fronts including one with a series of minarets at the top of the building. The second snap shot showing two rows of very young Chinese soldiers standing at attention in front of a military building with stucco facade with tents visible in the distance. 5 1/2 x 3 1/4" unknown
1910199961910. Photography. Very good condition. Large b&w photographic print of charming Chinese girl approximate seven years old. Her hair is in an elaborately woven side knot in traditional garb and holding a bouquet of white lilies on her lap. Large print 6 x 11" unknown
190225959Shanghai: Brewer & Co. Booksellers 1902. Good overall. Three full back postcards of Shanghai published in Shanghai with blue images entitled "Honan Road Shanghai" "Tea House Native City Shanghai" and "Loong Hwa Pagoda near Shanghai". Brewer & Co are recorded in a 1904 edition of "The Directory and Chronicle for China ." as being located at 31 Nanking Road.<br /> <br /> The author who signs his postcards "D" is evidently a Shanghai photographer: he writes that he worked until 10 o'clock the previous night on the photographs but worries that there is something wrong with the plates. "There are a great many little holes in them -- some not so little. But I think there ought to be a few good results." There is a D. MacLennan listed as in the employ of Chinese Maritime Customs Service Index first appointed in July 1891 as a Watcher and retired in Apr 1928 as Chief Tide Surveyor and Harbour Master in Ningpo. Ancestry. <br /> <br /> Two are signed with the initial "D" the third signed "L. Ross". All are addressed to a Miss MacLennan at 2 addresses in Scotland: 11 Thirlestane Road Edinburgh and at Eglinton Wellington Road Nairn.<br /> <br /> 5 1/2 x 3 3/4" a few corner defects a diagonal crack in the Honan Road postcard extending a small distance into the image. Postally used undivided backs green King Edward VII half penny stamps canceled Edinburgh 02. Brewer & Co. Booksellers unknown
1897244711897. Photography. Very good condition. Four real albumen photographs of daily life in Shanghai at the turn of the nineteenth century.<br /> <br /> Images include a well-to-do fashionably attired husband and wife with baby; a grandmother and two children seated on the curb next to a vendor with woven basket of goods; rickshaw and sedan chair carriers in conversation next to their equipment; and two small fishing boats pulled up at the shore with the impressive buildings of the Bund visible in the distance.<br /> <br /> 4 x 3". Two of the prints with "Shanghai 1897" in ink in period hand on verso. Bright clean images in very good condition. unknown
191026122Shanghai 1910. Hardcover. Good condition. A remarkable album of images and postcards many taken by a British police officer of the Shanghai Municipal Police which includes numerous vernacular snap shots titled in period ink bound in an elaborately decorated lacquer album.<br /> <br /> The Shanghai Municipal Police SMP was the police force of the Shanghai Municipal Council which governed the Shanghai International Settlement between 1854 and 1943. The SMP's role was to provide stability in the settlement and to protect Western trade interests against pirates and various Chinese nationalist movements and uprisings.<br /> <br /> The SMP was initially made up mostly of Britons; after 1864 it included Chinese. Over the years it grew to include a Sikh Branch 1884 a Japanese contingent 1916 a volunteer part time special police 1918 and a Russian Auxiliary Detachment 1941. <br /> <br /> When the SMP began in 1854 the first detachment of 31 British was on loan from the Hong Kong Police and led by Samuel Clifton. Additional men were recruited from the Royal Irish Constabulary London's Metropolitan Police and from the military presence in Shanghai. .<br /> <br /> The police officer who took these snap shots is identified only by his first name Andy and he appears in one of the 56 original snap shots which he entitles "Chinese Soldiers and your humble". He appears in another which he captions "girls running away from me in country village".<br /> <br /> The album consists of 12 photographs of Shanghai 10 3/4 x 8 1/2" and 8 x 5 3/4" of which<br /> 9 are entitled "Police on Parade" showing the men wearing the ‘Custodian’ police helmet including Indian police and Indian mounted police Sikhs; 4 of Chinese Punishments 3 scenes of decapitations; 1 of people confined in a cangue 6 x 4"; 56 original vernacular snap shots 5 x 4 1/4"; 1 "Parade in Egypt" showing mounted troops in the desert signed G. Lekegian who was the official photographer for the British Army in Egypt beginning in the 1890s; printed color postcards mostly by Kingshill postally unused split backs in fine condition; and 2 period newspapers loosely inserted one Chinese and one American The Catholic News November 14 1914. <br /> <br /> The 56 original vernacular snap shots create a layered impression of contemporary life in China taken by the author and 3 British friends as they travel about the country. They include: the harbour; the jettee; a native court; the race course; street scenes; Up country trip snowy mountain scenes; a country temple; a resort "Mokanshan" sic; Soochow; our boat in Hangchow; trying to bargain market place stall; one of the British men in a wooden cage; getting the bamboos together in the river; a noted gateway up country; Chinese river life; famous bridge; religious ceremony on boat; beggars boats; the Great Lake; Fishing; and hairdressing in the street.<br /> <br /> The 108 postcards include: color printed views of Shanghai one of German consulate & Astor House Garden; Chinese people gardens "thea house" festivals Mandarins opium smoker Chinese trades people; Peking scenes; Yan Chow scenes; and more. <br /> <br /> Oblong 4to 14 x 11" album albumen and silvertone photographs. Black lacquer album cover decorated with inlays of bone and mother of pearl in the form of a rooster 1909 was the year of the rooster. Edges rubbed spine lacking first 5 leaves are loose otherwise all fascicles are bound in. The photographs and postcards bright and clean. Newspapers loosely inserted chipped at edges. Ink manuscript inscription "From Andy" at the front end paper. hardcover
190025847Nanking 1900. Otherwise very good condition. A b&w photograph of stone warriors and a Chinese man standing behind mountains in the background. Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ruled for 30 years and was buried at Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum on the Purple Mountain in the east of Nanjing. <br /> <br /> Zhu Yuanzhang ended the Mongol led Yuan dynasty. He is known for rebuilding a country ravaged by war supporting agriculture reducing taxes and establishing laws protecting the property of peasants.<br /> <br /> 4 x 5 5/6" b&w corners/edges slt. rubbed. unknown
1920271171920. Very good condition. 17 b&w real photographs highlighting Shanghai views. Most are captioned in Chinese & English some Chinese only. English captions read; Sampan Boat S'hai Canton Junk Lung Wha Pagoda The Wing On Co. S'hai Bird's Eye View of the Nanking Road S'hai The Bund Soochow Creek Willow Tea House Nanking Road Sedan Chair Shanghai Chinese Post Office Park Hotel Shanghai Race Course.<br /> <br /> B&w photographs 4 3/8 x 2 3/4 unknown
193420978Nanchang Kiangsi China: The Association for the Advancement of New Life Movement 1934. Good condition. Pamphlet touting the benefits of the Chinese government led civic education program known as the New Life Movement established by General Chiang Kai-shek to promote cultural reform combat corruption and unite China under a centralized ideology.<br /> <br /> China at the time had been threatened by Western imperialism as well as rising Japanese militarism and communism. <br /> <br /> The New Life Movement stressed traditional Confucian morality and the Methodist notion of self-cultivation as the solution to the perceived degeneration of the Chinese people and was considered by the Kuomintang to be key element of Sun Yat Sen's Three Principles of the People. In China the New Life Movement ended in 1949. <br /> <br /> Chiang launched this movement from his Nanjing headquarters when he was the leader of the Republic of China. He expelled Chinese communists from the party and led a successful unification of China. Despite a professed focus on reform Chiang's government concentrated on battling Communism within China as well as confronting Japanese aggression. When the Allies declared war on Japan in 1941 China took its place among the Big Four. Civil war broke out in 1946 ending in a victory by Mao Zedong's Communist forces and the creation of the People's Republic of China. From 1949 until his death Chiang led the KMT government in exile in Taiwan which many countries continued to recognize as China's legitimate government. <br /> <br /> The 'Contents' include the Beginning of the New Life Movement NLM; The Unification and Promotion of the NLM; the Future of the NLM; The Important Speeches of General Chiang Kai-Shek; The Slogans Rules and Emblem of the NLM; Outline of the NLM; Appendix: The Staff of the General Association for the Promotion of the NLM. The Appendix last 2p comprises a list of the organizations staff; President Chiang Kai Sheh 32 Directors a Director-in-Chief a General Secretary Secretary and Head of the First Second & Third Departments and 18 Secretaries. The lengthy list of slogans and rules runs to 95 items including #40. Do not smoke opium.<br /> <br /> We were not able to find this title on OCLC. However a similar pamphlet "Outline of the New Life Movement" was found OCLC: 3976888 14pp pamphlet color plates. <br /> <br /> Pamphlet small 4to 2 pp 18pp plus one color plate of the symbol for the organization. Blue paper wrappers stitch bound with pale blue ribbon. Blue paper wrappers marked & ruffled at spine with 1 1/2" split lower spine fox spotting on lower edge of cover. The Association for the Advancement of New Life Movement unknown
1890234021890. Very good overall. Card printed in English and Chinese with the name of the establishment in an elaborate type font. The company had locations in Chinkiang Nanking Wuhu and Kiukiang. It records "Bum Boat General Store Keepers Butcher & Bakers Commission Agents & c and Coal Merchants". <br /> <br /> This card hails from the period following the Treaty of Tianjin which ended the Second Opium War opened more Chinese ports to foreign trade and allowed foreign legations in the Chinese capital. "Bum boats" were small water taxis and boats used for short trips.<br /> <br /> Chinese text in 2 vertical columns to left and right of English text. Removed from an album with black paper adhering to verso. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4" unknown
1932189121932. Ephemera. Very good condition. Travel brochure with color map of China on back fold showing steamship routes. Folded 3 1/2 x 7 1/2" opens to 10 1/2 x 7 1/2". Color illustrated wrappers with illustrations of Great Wall and Yangtze Gorges. B&w photographs by Chung Hwa Studio include modes of transportation Yangtze River Steamer The Bund Wagon-Lits interior shots interior shots of river steamers hotels. unknown
191033716London: Sampson Low Marston & Co. Ltd. 1910. Very Rare First Edition. No Copies Currently Exist in Commerce. This copy with excellent provenance having come from the War Office marked received on 22 Apr 1910. Illustrated with many full-page plates from period photographs and a large folding map. 8vo publisher's original red cloth the spine lettered in gilt the upper cover decorated with Chinese bordrs in gilt and a central calligraphic ornament in black. 164 pp. A very fine copy as close to pristine as one could hope already unusually rare this copy is also extremely well preserved. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS IN ENGLISH TO DESCRIBE THE PROVINCE OF YUNNAN. Archibald Little wrote a number of books on China as did his wife Alicia who called herself Mrs. Archibald Little. Little was a merchant scholar and later travel writer who'd spent many years in China. With his wife they moved to Chungking an isolated city to the far west of the country. Impossibly hot in the summer the couple had planned to build a holiday home in the cooler countryside but the authorities blocked the idea after concern that the locals would not take kindly to foreigners. An idea was then hatched for the Littles to move onto a local farm by the Yangtse River for a few months with the hope that it might get the locals used to their presence.<br> Published posthumously in 1910 Archibald Little's memoir of his journey across the Yunnan Province in Southwest China was one of the first comprehensive accounts of the region to be published in English. Little a skilled linguist worked as a merchant in China for over fifty years and opened up the Upper Yangtze area to steam-powered commerce. He was well known for his intrepid travels into territories not yet explored by Westerners and his record of this journey was originally published as a series of letters to the North China Herald. This book also contains Little's account of the building of the French Railway Line to Yunnan-Fu which provided a trade route from India to the Upper Yangtze region. Across Yunnan was completed and edited by Little's wife after his death in 1908. The book includes a detailed map of the area and several photographs. Research Gate<br> Mrs. Archibald Little began a prolific two decade literary career in London focused primarily on highlighting the plight of women. During this time she was also active politically in the feminist movement penning pamphlets lecturing and campaigning around women's property rights suffrage. Both she and her husband traveled around China although Mrs. Little had to dress as a male to avoid attracting attention which had on occasion resulted in items being thrown at her.<br> The book offered here is very rare. At the present time no copies appear in the marketplace or in commerce. Additionally this copy comes with very fine provenance having been owned by the British War Office. The War Office has referred to several British government organizations in history all relating to the army. It was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964 when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence MoD. It was at that time equivalent to the Admiralty responsible for the Royal Navy RN and much later the Air Ministry which oversaw the Royal Air Force RAF. The name 'War Office' is also given to the former home of the department located at the junction of Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall in central London. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. hardcover
189815037Paris 1898. Hardcover. Very good. 53 issues bound in one volume. With much content on China and Japan such as Chinese and Japanese railways including: 'Le Chemin de Fer de Tientsin a Pekin' La Navigation du Mekong' La Coree & la Question d'Extreme-Orient' 'Les Positions navales de la Mer Jaune' 'Monographie d'un Chef de Pirates au Tonkin' 'Les Chemins de Fer Japonais' and 'Les Chemins de Fer de la Chine'. Sml folio 429pp ills throughout. Dark brown gilt leather raised gilt bands at spine. Covers gently rubbed. Internally sml school stamp at first page pages evenly toned o/w very good. HKD2700. hardcover
