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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
19364569Peiping China: June 4 1936. About very good. 2pp. Folio. Old fold lines minor wear a few contemporary annotations. Letter written by a nurse visiting China relating her itinerary in China which includes numerous trips to local hospitals and leper colonies. Minnie Goodnow was a registered nurse who served in France during the Great War. After her return to the U.S. she was a nursing administrator in several hospitals before embarking on this journey. She writes: "I am having a trip that is no less than wonderful. I had three objectives in mind for it -- to see the world or some bits of it; to see hospitals and learn something of what was being done in nursing education in several lands; and to see something of missions at first hand. I'm doing all three of them -- superficially but with great profit to myself. . I went up to Chiengmai with some of the mission people staid with Dr. and Mrs. Cort saw the wonderful leper colony and had a marvellous time. Here in China I have had a steady diet of missions and hospitals and done sight-seeing too." She goes on to relate her itinerary which includes trips to Shanghai Nanking Hankow and Changsha as well as a stay at a Buddhist monastery -- "Can you fancy the thrill I got from spending the night on top of a sacred mountain in a Buddhist monastery in the heart of China!"<br /> <br /> She continues: "Miss Stephenson went with me to two 'country' hospitals -- to complete -- or add to -- my education! They were those at Siaokan and Tiean and were most interesting. I also saw the old-fashioned leper asylum at Tiean which is on the way to becoming new-fashioned. Then I came here to Peiping where I have been for nearly four weeks. I am giving a short course in History of Nursing and doing sight-seeing also meeting people." She tells her reader that after China she plans to travel on to Indian with a similar mission. An interesting look into the culture of American travel and mission work in China in the 1930s. June 4 unknown
1796143663London: George Nicol 1796. Very Good. London George Nicol April 12th 1796. A large engraved map printed surface 640 × 451 mm sheet size 812 × 557 mm. Engraved by B. Baker. Horizontal centrefold crease as issued; occasional spots of foxing mainly in the margins; two small faint stains to the left-hand margin well clear of the printed surface; old guard on the verso with some light associated tanning on the recto about the fold; in excellent condition with wide margins. John Barrow later first Baronet was attached to the first British diplomatic mission to China led by George Macartney in 1792-94. The map is plate 9 from the atlas to the official account of the embassy George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China .'. <p>The journey shown here was from Chengde formerly Jehol to Beijing and then south to Hangzhou along the Grand Canal. While Macartney failed to secure any concessions from the Qianlong Emperor the expedition nevertheless collected important information about the geography culture population and politics of the Chinese Empire. George Nicol unknown
191248262Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Co. William Heinemann 1912. Tall thick 8vo. xi 1 481 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates 2 large folding maps 1 colour map of China & Japan with Corea Korea. Gold cloth red lettering on front cover & spine t.e.g. slightly shaken front hinge starting minor foxing to fore-edges of textblock still G copy. First edition of this scarce and informative work describing the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion the impact of western education on the Chinese the efforts of the Dowager Empress comparison of China & Turkey political reforms land reform and the policies of the British and Americans in China the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War the impact of Opium and even a strong rebuttal of the persistent Yellow Peril myth. J.B. Lippincott Co., William Heinemann, hardcover
0870991205New. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
190038995New York & London: Harper & Brothers 1900. 8vo. xi 1 464 2 pp. plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Photo frntsp. numerous photos text illusts. plates 4 large folding colour maps 1 w/ repairs to hinges. Blue cloth gilt lettrng mnr rubbng mnr soilng to ffep couple sml clsd tears still a G copy. First edition of this excellent history and travelogue through Siberia Manchuria Eastern Mongolia and down the Yangtze Valley. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
199640539Berkeley: Univ. of California Press 1996. 8vo. xi 1 316 pp. Maps. Half-blue cloth over blue boards silver lettrng w/ d.j. NF/Nf. First edition of this excellent work revealing the influence of major figures during Ming China native to T’ai-ho. Univ. of California Press, hardcover
193251571New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1932. 8vo. x 327 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 15 photo plates 1 folding map. Yellow-ribbed cloth black lettering on front cover & spine minor soiling slight lean minor wear to corners front inner hinge starting ex-lib stamps on endpapers title d.j. flaps mounted on endpapers G- reference copy. First edition of this insightful and prescient account of Manchuria publishes just after the Japanese began their invasion of China to set up the puppet state called Manchukuo which lasted until the end of World War II. Frederick A. Stokes Co., hardcover
196745570Stanford CA: Stanford Univ. Press 1967. 8vo. viii 6 257 1 pp. Numerous maps. Green cloth black lettering NF copy. First Stanford Press edition of this scarce work examining the history of the Wu-tai period between the T’ang and Sung dynasties in China. The author examines the military governors and the T’ang Court; the growth of central power; The Liang court; the control of the provinces; and finally the emergence of a new power structure 926-947 A.D. Stanford Univ. Press, hardcover
193564049New York NY: Fleming H. Revell Co. 1935. 8vo. 141 1 pp. Blue cloth yellow lettering on spine very slight interior toning minor shelfwear w/ d.j. Art Deco silhouette cover art minor edgewear rubbing still VG/VG copy from the library of David G. Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. First edition of this anthology of short stories set against the backdrop of changing culture and society in Nationalist China prior to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Mary Brewster Hollister 1892-1975 was the daughter of Methodist missionaries in China married George Hollister 1891-1967 born of Methodist missionary parents in Bangalore India and served as missionary in China on and off from about 1910 until the Communist takeover of China in 1950. They often both taught and were professors on mission sabbatical from 1927-1932 in New York before return to China and then to Delaware OH where George taught at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mary wrote and edited Methodist Missionary publications. Fleming H. Revell Co., hardcover
1930106033Zi-Ka-Wei near Shanghai: Imprimerie de l'Orphinat de T'ou-Se-We 1930. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Zi-Ka-Wei near Shanghai Imprimerie de l'Orphinat de T'ou-Se-We 1930 second edition/ 1929. Large quarto iv 68 pages with numerous illustrations vignettes line illustrations and maps plus 35 pages of maps mainly full-page colour maps and a folding colour map. Flush-cut quarter cloth and colour-pictorial title-wrappers a little marked creased and sunned; bottom and leading edges a little marked with minor impact on some blank margins; head of the spine a little bumped; top corners creased at the rear; trifling signs of age and use; a very good copy. Loosely inserted are three contemporary maps in French neatly hand-drawn and hand-coloured in outline of China Indo-China and the French colonies in the Pacific and a printed map in English removed from another book showing the coast and river services of the China Navigation Co. Ltd. Imprimerie de l'Orphinat de T'ou-Se-We paperback
198552228Oxford Hong Kong & New York: Oxford Univ. Press 1985. 4to. ix 1 266 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates throughout. Gray boards gilt lettering on spine maps on endpapers minor shelfwear w/ d.j. NF/NF copy. First edition of this striking photographic memoir of northern China from 1933 to 1946 by a photographer who had escaped Nazi Germany in 1933 to take charge of a German-owned photographic studio in Peking. She is considered to have been one of the finest photographers who has ever worked in Asia. Oxford Univ. Press, hardcover
196946533Oosterhout The Netherlands: Anthropological Publications 1969. Two vols. 4to. 741 1; 246 pp 9 sections separately paginated. Photos text illustrations diagrams 15 maps 14 large folding. Blue linen gilt & blue spine labels NF set. Facsimile edition sponsored by the Fenno-Ugrian Society describing the extensive expedition on a 14000 mile trek across 1906-1908 by the Finnish author through Russian Turkestan Chinese Turkestan Western China the provinces of Kan Su Shensi and Shansi to Beijing. The initial objective had been to make military assessments by Mannerheim and his unit but it quickly extended to an extensive archaeological ethnological and geographical study. The second volume includes descriptions of manuscripts from Eastern Turkestan physical anthropology Buddhist manuscript fragments in Sanskrit and Khotanese Uigur documents fragment of Mongolian script and more. Anthropological Publications, unknown
192850445New York: Harcourt Brace and Co. 1928. 8vo. vi 2 356 pp. Red ribbed cloth gilt lettering on spine slight shelfwear very slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art of Chinese pennants flying slight shelfwear rubbing VG/NF copy w/ bookseller’s label on rear pastedown for Woodward & Lothrop Washington D.C. ownership signature on ffep. First edition of this work describing the results of the Chinese Revolution from 1925 through 1927including the anti-foreignism aspirations and plans of the new Chinese nationalism the anti-Christian movement and the emergence of the Chinese Communist party. Scarce in original dustjacket. Harcourt, Brace and Co., hardcover
192264142Boston MA: Little Brown & Company 1922. 8vo. xvi 245 1 pp. Illustrated title page photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Pictorial blue publisher’s cloth gilt red illustration on front cover by Decorative Designers wear to spine minor scuffing rubbing very minor rubbing to front cover still a 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 travelogue through early 20th-Century Republican Era China with descriptions of Shanghai Buddhist temples street scenes and experiences in Tientsin Tjanjin China Beijing and then onto India. Little, Brown & Company, hardcover
193146474Shanghai: The A.B.C. Press 1931. 8vo. 8 278 pp. Burgundy-coloured cloth gilt lettering chipping head & foot of spine rubbing to spine some edgewear front hinge starting still G copy. First edition of this analysis and appeal to end extraterritoriality in China by foreign powers mostly the United Kingdom the United States and Japan who operated their own courts their own trade systems and zones in Shanghai and other protected enclaves in China. The author points out that the Chinese Parliament had voted to abolish the treaty obligations imposed upon China in the Treaty of Nanking after the First Opium War and that there had been progress in China’s legal system a new constitution and other changes. The A.B.C. Press, hardcover
198952095Stanford CA: Stanford Univ. Press 1989. 8vo. xiv 2 440 pp. Numerous photos maps diagrams. Red cloth gilt lettering minor bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. slight shelfwear minor scuffing to fore-edges very minor bumping to couple corners VG/VG copy. First edition of this groundbreaking and dynamic social history examining the ethnic diversity occupations and mobility of Hankow Hankou China during the waning decades of the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century. Stanford Univ. Press, hardcover
191156113Berkeley: Lederer Street & Zeus Co. 1911. 8vo. 128 pp. Photo frontisp. 29 photo plates. Mustard-yellow publisher’s cloth black lettering & decoration on front cover minor soiling & thumbing to covers minor tear at gutter margin of ffep. slight wear & bumping to corners still G copy. First edition of this relatively scarce and frank memoir by a Berkeley graduate teacher at Miss Horton’s Girl’s School in Berkeley CA and later professor at UC Berkeley. He details traveling through China by sedan chair the often appalling poverty in cities such as Shanghai his experiences sailing by Chinese Junk up the Yangtze River the disappearance of planted poppy fields driving the opium trade in 1909 as well as the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion in China. Lederer, Street & Zeus Co., hardcover
192250414New York: The Macmillan Co. 1922. 8vo. xv 3 475 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates 1 double-page map. Orange cloth black lettering on front cover in Chinese and spine in English toning to first few leaves minor shelfwear rubbing still a VG copy w/ former ownership signature on ffep. First edition of this well-illustrated work detailing the social and economic changes in China at the beginning of the 20th century against the backdrop of many foreign-educated students returning to China to set up new educational institutions the reforms to the opium trade encouraging of Western Medical practices and new sanitation and hygiene movements the rising opposition to slavery and concubines and more. Still there was tremendous unrest during this period with much of China subject to regional warlords fighting for power the May 4th movement in which Chinese students boycotted foreign goods and more. Tyau was a British-educated adviser to the League of Nations and the Chinese President at the time who believed that China was making great strides after World War I. See: Harlan P. Beach A Chinese Discusses China International Review of Missions Vol. 11 pp. 597-598. The Macmillan Co., hardcover
193054650Shanghai China & St. Helena CA: Published by Browhite Arts 1930. 4to. 96 pp unpaginated. Including printed photo frontisp. 41 printed photographic plates all w/ decorative woodcut engraved borders. Raised embossed & decorated burgundy pebbled cloth publisher’s binding gilt dragon & ornament on front cover minor edgewear & rubbing light uniform interior toning minor ink staining to fore-edge of textblock not affecting text or images still G copy. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated compilation of photographs documenting China before the Second Sino-Japanese War including images of the Great Wall Bridge of the Jade Green Waters Spirit Mountain Monastery a Foochow Junk on the Min River The Moon Gate in Peking the Camel Back Bridge in the Palace Gardens the Lama Abbott in the monastery in Peking and many others. James Henry 1896-1954 and Herbert Clarence 1896-1962 were Australian-born twins who grew up in California and went to China as Seventh Day Adventist missionaries in 1921 and 1923 and Henry was an excellent photographer and filmmaker who took photographs and movies in China and then selling them as a fundraiser for the brothers’ missionary efforts in China. Prior to World War II they both went on frequent lecture tours presenting photos and movies to audiences across the West. Published by Browhite Arts, hardcover
194662723New York: Doubleday and Co. Inc. 1946. 8vo. vi 2 199 1 pp. Colour frontisp. 3 colour plates numerous black & white plates. Blue pictorial publisher’s cloth black illust. cover art by Wiese front cover black lettering illustrated endpapers slight shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Wiese minor chipping head & foot of spine couple closed tears still NF/VG- copy. Early printing of this very uncommon Kurt Wiese title first published in 1929 and reissued in 1946 by Doubleday after he was awarded the Caldecott Honor Award for his “You Can Write Chinese.†This charming work follows the adventure of a Chinese ink stick made out of “Hei Du†black earth first used by an old bamboo painter then a letter writer a tea merchant’s son and more. Scarce in original dustjacket. Doubleday and Co., Inc., hardcover
197153880Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press 1971. Thick 4to. 9.5 x 12.25 in. 20 626 pp. Illustrated title in brown & black with over 900 illustrations plates some folding diagrams. White cloth embossed lettering front cover gilt & red lettering on spine w/ d.j. price-clipped old tape repair 1 corner NF/VG copy. First edition of this comprehensive and authoritative record of the vessels which for centuries provided practically the sole means of communication and transportation along the waterways of China. Worcester 1890-1969 served as a River Inspector for the Chinese Maritime Customs during the first decades of the 20th century and spent 30 years wandering up and down the coast and rivers of China surveying marking and opening the Yangtze to steam navigation and during the 1930s carried out field research culminating in a three-year internment in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. Naval Institute Press, hardcover
193256735Shanghai: China Inland Mission 1932. Two parts in one. 8vo. 16 pp.; 1 51 1 leaves. Chinese title printed in black English title printed in red & black. Facsimile letters reduced in English section from the Chinese section. Gray limp oil cloth black lettering front & back covers minor shelfwear NF copy. First edition of this unusually scarce and invaluable handbook for English-speaking missionaries to China in the 1930s devoted freeing them from having to consult Chinese scholars to write and process their correspondence. The author encourages Chinese literacy and has supplied fifty different sample letters written in Wen-li in order to provide straightforward models for the potential inquirer. Wen-li was a term coined by Christian missionaries for classical literary Chinese and was never used in that sense either by the Chinese themselves or non-missionary Sinologues. China Inland Mission, hardcover
CBF23<p>Canton end of the nineteenth century. </p><p>Oblong 4to album 210 x 308 mm of 28 leaves illustrated with painted gouaches on rice paper small tears in 5 paintings 2 of which touching the paintings. Blind-stamped decorated black buckram title "album" gilt-stamped in the center of the front cover gilt edges. <i>Contemporary binding.</i></p><p><b>Magnificent album containing a set of 28 large Chinese gouaches painted on rice paper in fresh colors</b> each framed in gold paper. </p><p><b>Among these 28 gouaches 11 are dedicated to the sumptuous ceremony organized in honor of the 70th birthday of the Chinese general Guo Ziyi in 767.</b></p><p>Guo Ziyi born in 697 died July 9 781 also posthumously called Prince ZhÅngwÇ” of Fényáng æ±¾é™½å¿ æ¦çŽ‹ was a Tang Dynasty general who ended the An Lushan Revolt one of the greatest civil wars in history which took place from December 16 755 to February 17 763 and participated in expeditions against the Uyghur Khaganate and the Tibetan Empire. </p><p>He is seen as one of the most powerful generals of the Tang dynasty. After his death he is immortalized in Chinese mythology as the God of fortune and happiness guì shòu kÇŽo.</p><p>To celebrate the 70th birthday of this very powerful general a lavish ceremony was organized.</p><p>More than 3 000 guests were gathered for the occasion.</p><p>The paintings represent thus:</p><p>- a large bouquet</p><p>- 3 scenes of processions with musicians</p><p>- porters supporting the very luxurious palanquin of the general</p><p>- porters carrying a palanquin containing gifts for the general hat and shoes</p><p>- porters with a palanquin containing the crown of the general's wife as well as a belt symbol of power</p><p>- 2 scenes of lantern bearers</p><p>- porters bring a piece of furniture supporting a representation of the general and his family. The general surmounts the scene; a dragon is represented under him. At the bottom we see again the general with his 7 sons on the left</p><p>- The porters of the next scene carry a Chinese tower. At the foot of the tower the general is again shown with his seven sons</p><p>- the next scene shows the porters with a large hanging stretched on a horizontal pole. We find on this hanging the symbol of happiness</p><p>- 7 scenes of fight</p><p>- 6 scenes of punishments .</p><p><b>A rare and precious copy of remarkable finesse of execution preserved in its original binding.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><u>Français</u></p><p>Canton fin XIXe siècle. </p><p>Album in-4 oblong de 28 feuillets ornés de gouaches peintes sur papier de riz petites fentes à 5 peintures dont 2 avec atteinte aux peintures. Percaline noire ornée à froid titre " album " en lettres dorées au centre du plat supérieur tranches dorées. <i>Reliure de l'époque.</i></p><p>210 x 308 mm.</p><p><b>Magnifique album comportant une suite de 28 grandes gouaches chinoises peintes sur papier de riz en coloris très frais chacune avec en encadrement de papier doré. </b></p><p><b>Parmi ces 28 gouaches 11 sont consacrées à la somptueuse cérémonie organisée en l'honneur des 70 ans du général chinois Guo Ziyi en 767.</b></p>Guo Ziyi né en 697 décédé le 9 juillet 781 également appelé à titre posthume Prince ZhÅngwÇ” de Fényáng æ±¾é™½å¿ æ¦çŽ‹ est un général de la dynastie Tang qui mit fin à la révolte d'An Lushan l'une des plus grandes guerres civiles de l'histoire qui eut lieu du 16 décembre 755 au 17 février 763 et participe à des expéditions contre le khaganat ouïghour et l'empire tibétain.<br /><br />Il est vu comme l'un des plus puissants généraux de la dynastie Tang. Après sa mort il est immortalisé dans la mythologie chinoise en tant que Dieu de la fortune et du bonheur <i>guì shòu kÇŽo</i>. <p>Pour célébrer les 70 ans de ce général très puissant une cérémonie fastueuse fut organisée.</p><p>Plus de 3 000 invités furent réunis pour l'occasion.</p><p>Les peintures représentent ainsi :</p><p>- un grand bouquet</p><p>- 3 scènes de cortèges avec des musiciens</p><p>- des porteurs qui soutiennent le palanquin très luxueux du général</p><p>- des porteurs portent un palanquin contenant des présents pour le général chapeau et chaussures</p><p>- des porteurs avec un palanquin contenant la couronne de l'épouse du général ainsi qu'une ceinture symbole de pouvoir</p><p>- 2 scènes de porteurs de lanternes</p><p>- des porteurs apportent un meuble soutenant une représentation du général et de sa famille. Le général surmonte la scène un dragon est représenté sous lui. En bas on voit à nouveau le général avec ses 7 fils à gauche</p><p>- les porteurs de la scène suivante portent une tour chinoise. Au pied de la tour le génral est à nouveau représenté avec ses 7 fils</p><p>- la scène suivante montre des porteurs munis d'une grande tenture tendue sur un mat horizontal. On trouve sur cette tenture le symbole du bonheur</p><p>- 7 scènes de lutte</p><p>- 6 scènes de châtiments …</p><p><b>Rare et précieux exemplaire d'une remarquable finesse d'exécution conservé dans sa reliure de l'époque.</b> </p> hardcover
216837United States. Early 20th Century. A group of 11 hole-punched price-tags in the shape of an American route shield printed in red and black on stiff card approx 5 x 4.5 cms with on the verso Chinese text in pen and ink 2 with revised prices; one tag with white-paper laid down on the verso the group age-toned and flecked one tape-stained another strengthened with brown-paper at the top but all in sound condition. A group of vintage American price-tags in the route-shield shape mostly relating to Chinese teas one stating in English "Lipton Tea 52 cents" from the condition of the tags and the text corrections used multiple times. The tags notated in Chinese on the verso were used for an impressive range of mostly oolong varieties including Tieguanyin Jasmine Longjing Wuhe and Lychee. <br> <br>A remarkable group of tea ephemera from an early twentieth century Chinese-American grocer based in Seattle. . unknown
