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Broch?. 191 pages. Rousseurs. Couverture d?fra?chie.
Le Temps Présent. 1931. In-12 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Non coupé. 189 pages. Illustré de 2 photos en noir et blanc sur planche hors texte et d'une carte en noir sur planche dépliable au dos du 2e plat. 'Le Drame de l'Extrême Orient', J.C. Balet. Préface de Georges LEYGUES. Fac-similé d'un autographe du général NOGI.
New. 234 x 153 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. A secret history of China - a fresh new way of thinking about a people, a civilisation, an epic story. The Water Kingdom takes us on a grand journey through China s past and present, offering a unique window through which we can begin to grasp the overwhelming complexity and teeming energy of the country and its people. Water is a key that unlocks much of Chinese history and thought. The ubiquitous relationship that the Chinese people have had with water has made it an enduring metaphor for philosophical thought and artistic expression. From the Han emperors to Mao, the ability to manage the waters - to provide irrigation and defend against floods - became a barometer of political legitimacy, and attempts to do so have involved engineering works on a gigantic scale. Yet the strain that economic growth is putting on its water resources today may be the greatest threat to China s future. The Water Kingdom is an epic, spell-binding story. Our guides are travellers and explorers, poets and painters, bureaucrats and activists, who have themselves struggled to come to terms with living in a world so shaped and permeated by water.epic, spell-binding story. Our guides are travellers and explorers, poets and painters, bureaucrats and activists, who have themselves struggled to come to terms with living in a world so shaped and permeated by water.
pp. 666, xxv [Index]. Marbled endpapers. Mildly XLib. 8vo. Original half leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettered spine, raised bands. Small loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Covers travel in China; agriculture; commerce; banks; zoology; vaccination; treaty ports; theater; Taoism; Buddhism; bamboo; architecture; suicide; culture; religion; railways; pottery; gambling; plague; opium; missionaries; Chinese literature; etiquette; etc. Very Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ORIENT BOX 2
Octavo. Pp. (iv), (4), 240, xviii. Appendices, index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's quarter crimson cloth and printed boards, endpapers lightly browned. In a very good condition. Overall an excellent copy, well preserved. ~ First edition. A DEDICATION COPY, Signed, inscribed by the author on first free endpaper: "With love from the Author". James Dyer Ball (1847-1919).
20x14. 226p. Fotogr. Colab. J. J. Segarra Llido.
Second edtion, revised, 216pp., cont. half calf, spine rubbed.
39pp.(texte) + 32 planches (hors-texte), dans la série "Architecture et arts décoratifs", bel état
G. Vanoest 1927, In-8 carré broché, 39 pages de texte et 32 planches photos. Quelques rousseurs pâles, néanmoins très bon exemplaire.
pp. 161, (xiv)[Index]. Ninety three illustrations. Manuscript listing marks used at Sevres to indicate dates of manufacture pasted on back pastedown. 8vo. Original full blue decorated cloth binding, faded and worn. First Edition of this indispensable guide to historic Staffordshire and other British potteries depicting American figures and scenes. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 4
Paris, Librairie Armand Colin, 1908. In-12 relié demi-chagrin rouge, dos orné, 360 pages ornées de 12 planches hors-texte. Très bon état
Librairie Armand Colin. 1900. In-12 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Tâchée. Dos fané. Quelques rousseurs. 360 pages. Illustré de photo-gravures en noir et blanc sur planches hors texte. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons et annotation de bibliothèque en page de titre. Dos muet et taché. 2e édition. Avec 12 planches hors texte. La politesse chinoise. Le dédain de la sincérité et de la précision. Le mépris du temps. La femme chinoise. Le culte des ancêtres. Le journalisme. La monnaie. Les pauvres...
cloth, as new 266 pgs. Part of the Westview Special Studies on China and East Asia. In this book the authors present an array of views analyzing past successs and failures of China in its efforts to increase agricultural production and improve its people's economic standard of living. Focuses on the post 1949 period, though introductory chapters provide historical, social, and geographical settings that serve as a backdrop for the agricultural development of the PRC. ISBN: 0865313423
Black and white illustrations, 515pp, index, as new copy in as new dustjacket. "New Ghosts, Old Dreams reveals the world of rebellion and dissent inside China like no other book before it. It is China as seen by the Chinese - with all of its passion, humour and raw energy. Many of the articles, speeches, stories, poems and sketches that appear in this volume were banned in China and smuggled out of the country after the crackdown in 1989.". heavy: might need extra charge for international shipping.
8vo pp.xx-347, very good, softcover,
8vo, hardcover oiginal cloth, (no df) pp.334. Essays, poems, songs, folkloric anecdotes and photographs celebrating the myth of Mao. . . . The editor supplies an insightful, and cohesing introduction. -- Reference and Research Book News(A) highly entertaining and informative collection of translations of official, admiring, tacky, but sometimes also highly critical writings, and illustrations of objects, all featuring Mao
8vo, br. ed. This book attempts to illuminate some of the trends and conditions in China just prior to, and at the time of, the Communist takeover. It deals with the elements in the Chinese situation that contributed to the final collapse of the Nationalist regime on the China mainland during the late 1940's.
pp. xxix, 563. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy. A detailed and analytical study of China's government in 1967. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Coldwar/Economics 7
Madrid, Prensa Moderna, "Los Novelistas", 1928. 8vo.; 48 pp. Ilustraciones de Gago y Palacios. Primera edición. Cubiertas originales.
1 vol. in-4 br., Consulat Général de France à Shanghaï, 1990, 60 pp. Rare exemplaire du premier numéro de cette revue publiée par le Consulat Général de France à Shanghaï. Etat très satisfaisant (couv. lég. frottée) Français
1 vol. in-4 br., Consulat Général de France à Shanghaï, 1991, 128 pp. Rare exemplaire du second numéro de cette revue publiée par le Consulat Général de France à Shanghaï. Etat très satisfaisant (couv. lég. frottée) Français
Two volumes. Quarto. Pp. xii, 608; 531. Plus portrait frontispiece, engraved by L. Schiavonetti after H. Edridge, which is very foxed due to paper quality, affecting title-page as often. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary half blonde calf extra, marbled boards, blind ruled sides, spine with raised bands decoratively tooled in gilt, blind embossed compartments, 2 dark-green gilt lettering-pieces in remaining compartments, "London 1807" gilt-stamped at foot of each spine, bit discoloured, extremities bit rubbed, chafed, ownership signature, first free endpaper of one volume creased. Attractive wide-margined copy in a very good condition, very clean interior. ~ First edition. Important work for its account of Macartney's embassy to China. Lust, 501; Cordier BS, 2391. ~ Provenance: from the private library of Stafford H. Northcote, with his attractive engraved armorial bookplate "Christi crux est mea lux" ("The cross of Christ is my light") to each volume. Sir Stafford Henry Northcote (1818-1887), 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, was Secretary of State for India (1867), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1874-1880), and British Foreign Secretary (1886). His(?) bookmark, silken red, hand embroidered with the word "Faith", is loosely inserted in volume II. ~ TO THIS IS ADDED: Loosely inserted in this copy are 2 engraved prints, apparently collected by Northcote. These are as follows: I. "View of the City of Batavia, with a Distant View of the Mountain Overhanging the Valley of the Upas, or Poison Tree. (From Authenticated Documents.)" Oblong, 200 x 260mm. Engraved by T. Dixon, after W. M. Craig, published by H. Fisher, London, 1826. II. "Sir James Brooke. (Raja of Sarawak.) From a Photograph taken expressly for the Work by Herbert Watkins." Portrait, 245 x 170mm. Stipple engraved by W. Edwards, published by James S. Virtue, London, undated. Both prints are in fine condition.
Paris, Christian Bourgois, 22 décembre 1975. In-8, broché, (14 x 22,5 cm), 14 pp. Edition originale imprimée sur vergé. Note : " Cet ouvrage a été imprimé sur les presses d'Acatène aux dépens de l'éditeur, pour son plaisir et celui de ses amis. Quelques exemplaires seront mis en vente pour les curieux, inconnus de l'éditeur et de l'auteur ". Bel exemplaire.
8vo, hardcover, ex library with usual labels and stamps, ow text in perfect state. Two black and white photographic illustrations, 8 figures, 1 map, 10 tables, reign titles of the Ch'ing Emperors (1644-1911), five appendices, notes, bibliography, glossary-index, xxii + 417pp, no dustjacket. "This book describes the transformation of Ch'ing governance from monarchial rule to ministerial administration, presenting a wholy new account of the Grand Council's founding and rise to dominance. The late eighteeenth century has been viewed as an era of intensified government centralization and increasing autocracy, but Barlett persuasively demonstrates that this characterisation must be modified in light of her findings." (Publisher's description). Ex Library
2 volumi in cofanetto 8vo, tela ed, in sovracoperta e sovcracop. trasp pp. 1464, ill. (I Millenni). “Alla penna di Daniello Bartoli si dovette la prima grande storia dell'Asia pubblicata in Europa, l'unica ad abbracciare in un solo disegno e in lingua italiana una vicenda destinata a rimanere in ombra nel bilancio storiografico dei secoli successivi che vide solo il versante atlantico dell'Europa trionfare oltre le colonne d'Ercole dello Stretto di Gibilterra. Quanto a Bartoli, il suo si può definire un merito involontario. L'aspirazione profonda che condusse l'autore a diventare gesuita fu simile a quella di tanti altri prima e dopo di lui, un indipeta, un adolescente attirato dal sogno di «andare alle Indie» e di morirvi martire della fede. Come molti adolescenti formati nelle scuole dei gesuiti, anche il quindicenne Daniello che bussò alla porta del noviziato di Novellara nel 1623 vi fu condotto dal desiderio di una missione tra i pagani, dalla volontà di diventare un apostolo e di trovare magari il premio supremo del sacrificio nelle remote terre d'oltreoceano. Ma anche nel suo caso, come in tanti altri, i superiori decisero altrimenti. E a giudicare dal risultato, l'averlo destinato al compito di scrivere non fu l'ultima delle scelte giuste che fecero.” (dall'Introduzione di Adriano Prosperi)
