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22081Rutland VT: Tuttle 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 11.4x10.1x1.0in. 2nd printing; in publisher's cardboard slipcase lightly stained and discolored. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>Illustrated with 24 tipped-in color plates and 100 monochrome figures in the text. 236 objects in the catalogue are described and illustrated in monochrome. <br>220pp 3.79lb 11.4x10.1x1.0in Tuttle hardcover
0332481344.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1968162020N.p.: Inter-American Film Distributors 1968. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Provenance stamps and labels variously on the verso of each.<br /> <br /> Two vice detective trade stories of their sleazy encounters unaware that a French novelist is eavesdropping in hopes of ideas for his latest novel. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Florida. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Vinegar Syndrome 28. Inter-American Film Distributors unknown
2004s00016304Beijing: The Story of China Publishing Co 2004. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Deluxe edition 2004. Hardcover porfolio with clasps housing a softcover book and many loose sheets heavily illustrated in color 100 pp. over 100 folding plates clean unmarked text Near Fine contents in Good slipcase minor wear to covers of the book and to the loose sheets soiling and discoloration to the portfolio rubbing and wear to the covers of the portfolio including a bit of fraying or loss at the tips. Bilingual text with much in English. The Story of China Publishing Co hardcover
1780180203Paris. circa1780. Engraved handcoloured map 31.3 x 20.5 cm; 37.8 x 25.5 cm sheet central fold slight toning one spot of discolouration to the upper border in very good crisp condition. Attractive map showing China the Korean peninsula the Philippines Japan and Chinese Tartary/Mongolia Vietnam and Central Asia. Also shows the wind direction vital to traders at the time. Rigobert Bonne 1727-1794 was an influential French cartographer of the late-eighteenth century succeeding Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine in 1773. This map was prepared for Abbe Raynal’s famous "Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre." 1780. . unknown
1887221447Paris. Circa1887. Engraving with later colouring signed lower left 10.9 x 16.1 cms; 15.2 x 18.8 cms including caption preserved in a modern window mount 32 x 37.5 cms the sheet a little age toned but the engraving in very good condition. Finely detailed engraving of 1880s Shanghai showing the now demolished Suzhou Creek or Garden Bridge from the International Settlement looking towards the Bund published in "L'Extrême Orient" by traveller writer and later colonial administrator Paul Bonnetain. . unknown
1887221448Paris. Circa1887. Engraving with later colouring signed lower left 7.5 x 13.3 cms; 9.8 x 16.3 cms including caption preserved in a modern window mount 31 x 37.5 cms the sheet a little age toned but the engraving in very good condition. Tranquil engraving of 1880s Shanghai showing the banks of the Suzhou Creek looking back towards the Bund published in "L'Extrême Orient" by traveller writer and later colonial administrator Paul Bonnetain. . unknown
1887221449Paris. Circa1887. Engraving with later colouring signed lower right 12.9 x 16.6 cms; 16 x 19.4 cms including caption preserved in a modern window mount 31 x 37.4 cms the sheet a little age toned but the engraving in very good condition. Finely detailed engraving of 1880s Shanghai showing the just opened "Public Garden" looking towards the Bund. Established in 1886 the "Public Garden" was the first park in China open to the public and was designed in European style. Published in "L'Extrême Orient" by traveller writer and later colonial administrator Paul Bonnetain. . unknown
1989325090China Books & Periodicals January 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Trivial shelving wear. Slipcase is excellent. Binding is tight and square. DJ is protected by a Mylar cover. Overall in excellent condition. China Books & Periodicals hardcover
20212081502111903968national library 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. national library paperback
200830200Mexico: Scotiabank 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 11.5x10.6x1.1in. dust jacket with light crimping to top edge of front panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>114 spectacular porcelain objects from around the world are described and illustrated in color. Text in Spanish. <br>311pp 4.63lb 11.5x10.6x1.1in Scotiabank hardcover
174012377China n.n. 1740-1760. Drie fraaie kopjes van Chinees porselein gedecoreerd in encre de Chine en goud. Met op de buitenwand van de kopjes een portret van Petrus Boudaan vaandels en de tekst 'Petrus Boudaan Ecclesiastes Amstelodamensis'. Langs de mondrand een fijn lijnornament in goud. Niet gemerkt. Portretten naar een gravure van Frederik Ottens. Enkele vergelijkbare exemplaren betreffende Gijsbertus Voetius in 1903 uit een legaat ontvangen zijn te vinden in Museum de Lakenhal te Leiden inventaris nr. 3645. Petrus Boudaan was de oudste zoon van Gualtherus Boudaan en Maria Coymans. Geboren in 1666 te Middelburg in het huis van zijn grootvader Pieter Boudaan. Hij studeerde te Franeker en werd in 1691 predikant te Rijnsburg twee jaar later te Arnhem en in 1710 te Amsterdam. Hij overleed 20 Mei 1734 en werd te Amsterdam in de Oude kerk begraven. H. 65 cm. Fragmentarische stukjes van de rand wat slijtage aan de vergulding één kopje met een haarlijn aan het oor. Literatuur: Jochem Kroes 'Chinese armorial porcelain for the Dutch market' p. 299. A set of three encore de Chine porcelain cups on a wooden stand decorated with a portrait of Petrus Boudaan 1666-1734 a protestant pastor from Amsterdam banners and the text 'Petrus Boudaan Ecclesiastes Amstelodamensis'. Portraits after an engraving by Frederik Ottens. Unmarked. China 1740-1760. H. 6.5 cm. Tiny chips to the rim some wear to the gilding one with hairline to the ear. Literature: Jochem Kroes 'Chinese armorial porcelain for the Dutch market' p. 299. China, n.n. unknown
19283927Garden City N.Y. : Doubleday Doran & Company 1928. 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 1st edition ; v 320 pp. ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 28-14321 ; OCLC: 619027 ; LC: PR6037.M425 ; blue cloth with bright colored illustrated paste downs on front cover and spine ; wear to spine ; shaken ; front hinge starting ; an interesting attempt to fashion a novel in English after the style of Qing Dynasty stories with a great number of proverbs and metaphors ; pencilings in margins ; "The third in Bramah's Kai Lung series of fantasy novels. Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat like the others in the series consists of thinly connected stories related by Kai Lung concerning the adventures of the storyteller and his lady love Hwa-Mei versus the wicked but ever-smooth Mandarin Shan Tien and his despicable accomplice Ming-Shu. Kai Lung's adventures are related with humor and irony his shrewdness and wisdom conveyed in euphemisms paradoxes and parables. Bramah's droll writing style went a long way toward making the Kai Lung series so popular." ; unusual ; FAIR <br/> <br/> Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran, & Company, 1928. hardcover
2008CN59Bad Odesloe Germany: Goasia Verlag 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. New. This book is not generally available in book stores but sold through selected retailers such as the Penang Bookshelf. The author the owner of arguably the largest collection of postcards of China and the Chinese Diaspora not only shares over 1500 highlights from his vast collection but in the detailed accompanying text gives us an ideal introduction to Chinese life at home and abroad from the late 19th to the mid 20th century. No part of life is missed from the pictureque to the gruesome. Text in both Chinese and English. An ideal collector's item or gift. Half of the limited 3000 print run was presold before publication. 336 pages with Chapters on China: Its People and Chinese Life Town Views of China and The Chinese Diaspora San Francisco New York Los Angeles Singapore Indonesia Malaysia the 1300 km land border with Vietnam and Cambodia. Weight 3kg approx. . Please ask for a quotation for airmail as this is a very heavy book The book is printed on high quality Italian paper with gilded page edges. A magnifying glass/bookmark is included. The author will sign all copies sold and include a dedication if required. Orders will be despatched within 5 working days of receipt of full payment. Goasia Verlag hardcover
201421651Cambridge MA: Harvard University Asia Center / Harvard Yenching Institute 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo standard size Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xiv 511 p. w/illus. endnotes bibliography index. A study of the stereotyping of the memory of ancestors. <br/><br/> Harvard University Asia Center / Harvard Yenching Institute hardcover
1922222202Peking.: The Pei Kuan Press. First Edition. 1922. 2 full-page illustrations by different artists 91pp dark red cloth covered boards ruled and lettered in gilt very faint foxing to the preliminaries in the original dustwrapper chipped with 4cm loss at tail of spine. A very good copy. Scarce book of Chinese poetry: "Chinese Shadows" by Juliet Bredon a self-published volume and probably her rarest China book. <br> <br>Bredon wrote a number of detailed volumes on China all being much-wanted classics by the collectors of old China books. This volume is a collection of 55 translations of old Chinese songs sketches inscriptions and impressions. <br>A handwritten dedication to L. Montgomery on the front free endpaper fully signed Juliet Bredon Lauru. Peking 1930. . The Pei Kuan Press. hardcover
19222222169<p>Second edition revised and enlarged. Thick octavo. With six maps & plans and 24 illustrations from photographs by Mr. A. J. Waller Original orange silk cloth stamped gold and black. Dust jacket unclipped; chips; nicks. Very good. 523 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Printed and published by Kelly & Walsh Ltd. Shanghai China.</p> Kelly & Walsh. Limited hardcover
1898214719Paris.: Erhard Frères. 1898. Lithographed folding colour map 44.5 x 49.5 cms; 54.6 x 76.3 cms sheet towns and cities items of production and trade routes highlighted in red original folds in very good clean condition. Detailed map prepared for the Lyon Chamber of Commerce Mission to China under the direction of a young Henri Brenier 1867-1962 with the purpose of advancing French colonial expansion and shoring up the interests of the dominant Lyon silk trade. <br> <br>The map shows the principal centres of population production waterways roads telegraph lines and railroads togther with the centres of production and distribution for coal iron tin gold and silver opium tea rice sugar peanuts cinnamon wool medicinal plants and leather. The trade mission was organized following the Treaty of Shimonoseki and the end of the Sino-Japanese War: the Chamber of Commerce of Lyon understood that end of this war would signal a profound economic development and change. . Erhard Frères hardcover
1901023786Boston and Tokyo 1901 and 1902: J. B. Millet 1I901 1902 1901. First Edition Thus . Red Cloth. Near Fine. 9 3/8" Tall. Photographs Throughout. No International Orders. 8 Volumes On Japan Copyright 1901 And 4 Volumes On China Copyright 1902 In Original Matching Red Cloth Bindings. #59 Of 1000 Of The "Author's Edition" In Very Sturdy And Long-Lasting Red Cloth. Brinkley Was A Military Attached For The British Legation Circa 1867-1871 Then An Advisor To The Meiji Government And An Instructor At The Naval Gunnery School. He Owned And Edited The Japan Mail From 1881 Which Later Merged With The Japan Times And Was Foreign Correspondent Of The Times Of London. Very Light Signs Of Wear Light Bumping To Head And Foot Of Spines No Marks Or Names Or Bookplates Not Ex-Library A Well-Preserved Set. Volume I Has Fading In A Section At Top Of Rear Board Where It Was Exposed To Light But Spines Are Not Noticeably Faded. Later Editions Of This Work Include Additions On Other Countries By Other Authors; The Complete Set Is 24 Volumes The Later Volumes Being Considerably Scarcer Than The First 12. Shipping Extra International Shipping Tres Expensive. <br/> <br/> J. B. Millet 1I901 1902 hardcover
19233051Shanghai : Commercial Press Ltd. 1923. 1923. Hardcover. Fair. 239 pp. ; faded purple cloth with stamped decorative gold image of a dragon ; pages foxed ; probable water stain at edge of text block and back cover ; SIGNED presentation copy by Helen Ward Bromfield made in Sausalito 21 July 1957 ! ; Contents: The Silkworm; The Jazz Lady; The Philosopher; On Liping Road; Grief of Ah Nam; Pak-Ling; Dorothea; The Native Born; Peking Amber Beads; The Night of the Moonquake; Autumn Fan; If I Were King; Sonia's Hands ; these short stories are very thinly disguised biographical vignettes of Bromfield's friends and acquaintances done up in the style of Chinese fairy tales showing a rarely seen emotional side of pre-war expats and the Chinese who interacted with them ; very clever ; rare ; FAIR <br/> <br/> Shanghai : Commercial Press, Ltd., 1923. hardcover
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DADAX0190940468Oxford University Press 2019-06-28. Illustrated. paperback. New. 9.10x1.30x6.10. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Oxford University Press paperback
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0190940468.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback