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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
PJH53189Erotic Print Society 1997. Near Fine copy in very slightly rubbed publishers decorated wrappers. 1st edition. Illustrated throughout. ISBN 1898998027 Erotic Print Society 1997 unknown
199752032London: Erotic Print Society 1997. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near fine. 112p illustrated octavo. A near fine copy in black wraps. <br/><br/> Erotic Print Society paperback
1998YW-787E-7HPKOct 01 1998. Paperback. Good. No. 161 of 500 Signed by China Hamilton paperback
1929215642South Australia. 1929. Typescript manuscript 11 pages foolscap 33.8 x 21 cms inked manuscript corrections and annotations in Jack's hand some age toning most noticeable on the first leaf and small chips from the inner margin no loss to the text old folds pin holes to the upper corner good condition. Unpublished typescript for an illustrated address given to the Royal South Australian Yacht Club in September 1929 by Robert Lockhart Jack 1878-1964 with annotations in his hand. <br> <br>In January 1900 at the age of 22 Jack travelled with his father Robert Logan Jack 1845-1921 pioneer geologist and the first Government Geologist for Queensland to select and acquire mines in the Western Chinese province of Szechuan on behalf of an Anglo-Belgian Company. Chengtu Chengdu the capital served as a starting point for research trips to record the deposits of mineral resources on the Chinese-Tibetan border on behalf of English companies. Jack's lively and detailed description of the methods and incidents of the 1400 mile 2250 km journey on the Yangtze offer fascinating insights into life and customs along the great river at that time as well as mindful of his audience very detailed descriptions of sailing vessels. With the start of the Boxer Rebellion the expedition was cancelled immediately and as a precaution their return journey was along the shortest route: still some 700 kms 450 miles of mountainous and uncharted terrain; south along the Chinese-Tibetan border where they reached British territory again on October 20th and the town of Bhamo in Upper Burma a day later. <br> <br>Robert Lockhart Jack began his career working in Europe South Africa and China becoming assistant government geologist of South Australia from 1912. He led an expedition to the Everhard and Musgrave Ranges in 1914. He joined BHP in 1931 and became chief geologist retiring in 1948. . unknown
1788314738Paris: chez l'auteur . et chez Ponce 1788. First editions. Vol 1: Title 24 plates and 24 leaves of text; vol 2: title dedication 24 plates and 24 leaves of text. 4to. Contemporary green morocco with gilt Greek key borders pink silk endpapers a.e.g. Corners rubbed spine a touch browned marginal foxing in first volume and to a few leaves in second. First editions. Vol 1: Title 24 plates and 24 leaves of text; vol 2: title dedication 24 plates and 24 leaves of text. 4to. First editions beautifully and fully engraved. The first volume is on the life of Confucius the second details notable events in the reigns of various Chinese emperors. The plates were made after a series of drawings by the Jesuit missionary Joseph Marie Amiot. Cohen-De Ricci 479; Lust 729 1133. Provenance: Francis John Hughes bookplate chez l'auteur ... et chez Ponce unknown
1803ST15927London: Cadell and Davies 1803. ONE OF 60 LARGE PAPER COPIES of the "considerably enlarged" Fourth Edition ours a variant retaining the date of 1803 on the title-page rather than 1804. 330 x 252 mm. 13 x 9 7/8". xviii 4 xix 1 380 pp. Two leaves usually bound at the end and containing the "List of Principle Books Referred to in this Work" and "Works by the same Author" bound between pp. xvii and xix here. <br/> VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY SPRINKLED CALF raised bands flanked by plain and decorative gilt rules and chain roll spine panels with star centerpiece red morocco label marbled endpapers. With six engravings: five maps two folding and one view. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Marcus Gage; title page with ink inscription at head: "M. Gage's Book got from Mr. Asperne London April 15th 1805." Lada-Mocarski 29 note; Howes C-834; Sabin 17309; Streeter VI 3501; Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica pp. 2447-48. ◆Small chip to tail of spine corners a bit rubbed flyleaves somewhat foxed the usual minor foxing to plates and a bit of offsetting to adjacent pages otherwise A VERY FINE COPY OF AN ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE EDITION clean and fresh internally with vast margins and the binding firm lustrous and with only very minor wear to the joints.<br/> <br/> This is an extremely well-preserved copy in an elegant contemporary binding of the most sought-after edition of a key source on Russian exploration and that country's efforts to expand trade with China and Alaska. Eminent historian William Coxe 1747-1828 studied the voyages and exploration by Bering and others to the regions of Kamchatka the Aleutian Islands and Siberia to prepare this overview of the geography and cultures of the lands between Russia and North America and to analyze the economic potential of trade--particularly in furs--with the region. According to Sabin "Mr. Coxe's book contains many curious and important facts with respect to the various attempts of the Russians to open a communication to the New World." The 1780 first edition of this work covered Russian voyages of discovery between 1740 and 1769; the 1787 third edition added a supplement comparing these explorations to those of Captains Cook and Clerke. Our much-expanded fourth edition gives in the words of the Preface "a complete series of voyages from 1711 to 1792 comprising all that is known on the subject." Some of this supplementary information was gleaned from earlier accounts by German historians G. F. Muller and P. S. Pallas and some from Coxe's own travels in Russia. According to Lada-Mocarski Coxe "also succeeded in securing additional material: for instance the narrative and maps of Krenitzin and Levashev's 'secret' expedition the first official Russian government expedition since Bering's 2nd expedition of 1741. He was able to secure this particular information not widely known at the time even in Russia from Dr. Wm. Robertson who in turn obtained it through his friend Dr. Rogerson first physician to the Empress Catherine II. . . . In view of the above additions one should consider the fourth edition of 1803 as the most desirable." He concludes: "Coxe's work particularly the fourth edition is a result of contemporary and authoritative sources translated into English not to be overlooked by scholars and collectors alike." There are also distinct aesthetic advantages to the present Large Paper version over the octavo printing. Not only is the type beautifully re-set and laid out as well as surrounded by vast margins but as Streeter notes there are two charts here that are not included in the octavo issue of 1803. The original owner of this volume Marcus Gage is known to have assembled a substantial library of beautifully cared-for books on travel and discovery see for example "Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939 Books from the Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching" passim. Gage notes that he got the book from "Mr. Asperne"—no doubt the London publisher and bookseller James Asperne 1757-1820. ABPC and RBH find just four other Large Paper copies at auction in the past 45 years two of which had condition issues. One could wait a considerable time to find a copy as attractive and desirable as the present one. Cadell and Davies unknown
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
1940006910Helsinki Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura 1940. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Two volumes in original dustjackets. Both volumes are Fine Vol.I dustjacket Very Good 1 1/2" triangular chip bottom edge at spine tears at spine folds and 2 tears horizontally at spine Vol. II jacket Near Fine small chips bottom edge of spine. List of donors laid in. One folding plate map index 15 folding maps at rear Vol. II. Numerous black and white photographs in text. A classic scholarly text ''In the spring of 1906 I received orders from the Russian General Staff to undertake a journey from Russian Turkestan through Chinese Turkestan and Western China and the provinces of Kan Su Shensi and Shansi to Peiping as the final goal. The object of this expedition was to study the conditions in the interior of Northern China collect statistical materials and perform various tasks of a military nature'' Preface. Mannerheim also collected archaeological and ethnographic materials and manuscripts and studied little-known peoples and tribes in Norther China. Mannerheim later became the 6th President of Finland after serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish armed forces during WWII. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura Hardcover
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
2000x-074943113XKogan Page Ltd 2000. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 255 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Kogan Page Ltd paperback
197547110China Cultural Corporation. Good. 1975. Toppan Printing Company. Hardcover. Regular shelf wear; Bumping to the spine and corners; Some sumdging on front cover; Spine has been flattened so that left side leans left; 5 pages; Four fold out color charts drawn by Prof. Liu Zhaoyuan . China Cultural Corporation hardcover
46787599like new. unknown
1020843292.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2008AME_9789812832337World Scientific Publishing 2008. 1. Hardcover. New/New. World Scientific Publishing hardcover
2001x-3540426809Springer Verlag 2001. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 1149 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.75 inches. Springer Verlag paperback
2003x-3540407154Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2003. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 512 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. Springer-Verlag New York Inc paperback
2006AME_9789812569851World Scientific Publishing 2006. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. World Scientific Publishing hardcover
2006x-3540311114Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 796 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches. Springer-Verlag New York Inc paperback
188064107New York: Harper & Brothers 1880. Tall 8vo. 421 1 pp. plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Colour chromolithograph frontisp. reproducing a Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut swimming scene over 300 text engravings & woodcut engraved plates most with tissue guards. Pictorial red publisher’s cloth illustrated & decorated in black silver gilt & red illustrated gray clay-sized endpapers minor rubbing dustsoiling slight rubbing to lower fore-edge front cover still VG bright copy. First edition of this title in the Boy Travellers series. Of particular interest are the historically accurate descriptions of social customs history and travel details including overland trip to California participating in a whaling voyage climbing Mt. Fuji studying the culture and habits of Japanese women before trekking onto China. After surviving a Typhoon the pair experience the Tai-Ping Rebellion and travel to Shanghai Peking the Great Wall of China Hong Kong Canton and beyond. Knox 1835-1896 famed Civil War correspondent for the New York Herald later worked for the Russo-American Telegraph Company which inspired his Boy Travellers series featuring an industrialist father and two sons traveling the world. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
a49624Washington 1972 U.S. Department of Agriculture. Foreign Agricultural Economic Report No. 83. 4to. 95pp. wraps. Depository library stamp on front. Date stamp on title page. Residue of label on front. VG very light crease on reart wrap. paperback
2090502113700533Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
ria9780323953993_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
19682090202120408260China Tourism Topography 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 China Tourism Topography paperback
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
