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130596Washington DC: Meridian International Center. Softcover. NF. White wraps with color illustration. 74 pp. Color illustrations throughout. In English and Chinese. Held from September 23 2011 to Jan. 15 2012 this exhibition introduces American audiences to developments taking place in Jingdezhen and shows how Chinese porcelain is transcending the classical blue-and-white decorative motifs for which it had become famous. The thirteen artists featured here are at the forefront of this modern movement and together with their colleagues will continue to produce ceramic paintings that advance this art form. Meridian International Center paperback books
19754870Stanford: Stanford University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0804708878 . First edition. Light foxing along top edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Stanford University Press hardcover books
196925668Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1969. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound printed paper wrappers; 32pp. Faint corner-creasing mild external soil; Very Good. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
197639274Taipei: China Publishing Co. 1976. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good copy. 6 pp. on 1 folded sheet. Illus. with b/w reproductions. Sm. 4to. China and the Chinese. Part o a series of small brochures on aspects of Chinese art and culture. China Publishing Co. unknown books
1989177398Taibei Shi: Guo li li shi bo wu guan 1989. Hardcover. VG/VG. Tan boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine tan illustrated dust jacket with black lettering purple spine with black lettering 92 pp illustrated in color and bw. Text in Chinese and English. At head of title: The graphic ballet of the writer:s brush = Fei yue ling dong huan hua wan qian di. Guo li li shi bo wu guan hardcover books
1899006605Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh Limited 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker 1849-1926 was a barrister and noted China scholar and although not a trained linguist his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kelly and Walsh, Limited Paperback books
198333224New York: Vantage Press 1983. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new. xix 305 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Vantage Press hardcover books
1965505521965. CHINA. CHINESE JOURNEY. Photographs by Gun Kessle. Text by Jan Myrdal. New York: Pantheon Books 1965. First edition. Small 4to. red and black cloth stamped in gilt spine in gilt. 160 pp. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A very good copy; clean and bright in an edgeworn dust jacket. unknown books
16885Mao Tse-tung .Press Photo Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung in various occasions in China. 1949 Press Photo Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung in various occasions in China. This is an original press photo. Caption on lower margin reads: The French national radio speculated Tuesday that Mao Tse-tung may have died or is gravely ill. He is pictured above on various occasions in the past from left: greeting an Indian delegation in Peking in 1954; in Moscow in 1950; a radio speech in Peking in 1949 and again in 1949 during a tour of Peking.Photo measures 10 x 8.25inches. Photo is dated --1949. Very good condition. unknown books
197329880Taipei 1973. hardcover. fine. Profusely illustrated with color photos. 320pp. Folio cloth d.w. Taipei 1973. A fine copy in a good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Pictorial survey of all aspects of Chinese arts & culture. Text in Chinese and English.<br/><br/> unknown books
190925743Hong Kong: M. Sternberg 1909. Color printed postcard. Not dated; circa 1909. An unused postcard; light wear; in very good condition. . Postcard. Not Bound. Very Good. M. Sternberg paperback books
199630028Paducah: Collector Books. Near Fine. 1996. Paperback. 089145702X . Color photographs throughout. First edition paperback. Near fine in oversized pictorial wraps. . Collector Books paperback books
196546051Peking: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1965. Fourth Edition. Slim octavo 18.5cm; illustrated wrappers; 88pp; illus. Light wear and dustiness to wrappers with a small tear at upper spine; Very Good. Graphic novel dealing with "an episode in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It describes a group of Young Pioneers composed of Chinese and Korean children like their fathers and elder brothers waged a courageous relentless struggle against the enemy during the occupation of northeastern China by the Japanese imperialists" from introduction. Foreign Languages Publishing House unknown books
199630023Paducah: Collector Books. Near Fine. 1996. Paperback. 0891453644 . Color photographs throughout. First edition thus - updated values paperback. About fine in oversized pictorial wraps. . Collector Books paperback books
1890312761London: Printed at the Army-Navy Cooperative Society Limited 1890. 3Â mounted albumen photographs of the shooting party with their trophies head- and tailpieces. xii 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 5 -3/8 inches; 196 x 137 mm. Contemporary full black morocco over stiff card covers ruled in silver upper cover with text in blindstamp edges silvered decorative endpapers. Finely rebacked to style; edges rubbed. Black morocco backed slipcase and chemise. 3Â mounted albumen photographs of the shooting party with their trophies head- and tailpieces. xii 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 5 -3/8 inches; 196 x 137 mm. Presentation Copy. A signed presentation copy from the author John Bell-Irving to Douglas Jones. <br/>Bell-Irving was a Scottish businessman and partner in the Hong Kong trading firm Jardine Matheson and a director of the Hong Kong Electric Company. Jones was Secretary of the Union Insurance Society of Canton of Shanghai. <br/>"The greatest pleasure in up-country shooting trips"Â Bell-Irving claims "is the idea of perfect freedom far removed from business cares and beyond the reach of letters and telegrams." Succinct account of many hunting trips after pheasant waterfowl deer and other game with observations on weather and conditions and game bag. Bell-Irving and Jones are quoted frequently in Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley 2nd ed. 1910.<br/><br/>A SUSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF SPORT ALONG THE YANGTZE OVER THREE DECADES.<br/><br/>EXCEEDINGLY RARE. OCLC 42241800 Princeton Printed at the Army-Navy Cooperative Society Limited unknown books
197825687Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1978. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial paper wrappers; 237pp. Mild external wear and soil; internally clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
200230879Woodbridge:: Antique Collectors' Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1851493905 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Antique Collectors' Club, hardcover books
1936318267N.p. China 1936. illustrated from photographs. 50 pp. 1 vols. Square 12mo. Green cloth titled in gilt. Very good plus minor wear and soiling to cloth. Chinese bookseller's ticket at back. illustrated from photographs. 50 pp. 1 vols. Square 12mo. Only known copy. Only known copy of this engaging account of the month-long cruise of the Lark in the Woosung mudflats in November and December 1935. The party comprised four sportsmen Len Biggs the chronicler Bob Biggs Bob Whitmore and Dick Martin and a crew of four and their bag was more than 200 birds shot and retrieved chiefly duck and teal. The party travelled on the motor cruiser Lark with a sailing sampan Victor and converted lifeboat Marion in tow. The book takes the form of a diary with notes on expenses and other practical aspects of organizing the outing. Biggs acknowledges H.T. Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley 1895; 2nd ed. 1910: "Although the enormous flocks of geese swan and duck that used to be a really wonderful sight seem to have decreased in numbers considerably there are still ideal spots for the wildfowler to shoot from still so many bird ." <br/>The typesetting and paper points to a local Chinese production and a handful of typographical errors are lightly corrected in pencil.<br/>RARE and interesting. Not in OCLC unknown books
2011UMIEEMB00JKNBallantine Books 2011. Fine. Mieville China. Embassytown. New York: Ballantine Books 2011. 1st edition. 346pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. In protective cover. Ballantine Books hardcover books
20117157London: Macmillan 2011. First edition first prnt. Signed by Mieville on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan Hardcover books
1991008979Austrlian Natl Univ Faculty of Asian Studies 1991. "The Urga text transcribed and edited by M. Go I de Rachewitz J.R. Krueger and B. Ulaan. With Word-Index to the Urga text prepared by I de Rachewitz and J.R. Krueger". Two volumes Fine as issued. Additions and Corrections sheet and Corrigenda slip laid in to Vol. I. Business card of Ruth I Meserve longtime Secretary of The Mongolian Society of Bloomington Indiana laid in to Vol. II SCARCE as complete 2 volume set. . First Thus. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Austrlian Natl Univ Faculty of Asian Studies paperback books
196115621New York: Maud Russell Publisher 1961. First Edition. Octavo. Staple bound pamphlet; 16pp; Publisher's addendum laid in. Light rubbing; else a very good or better copy with no interior markings. Maud Russell Publisher unknown books
19577422Garden City: Doubleday 1957. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF prior owner sig on ffep/VG some soiling & wear/pc. 252 pp illustrated with drawings 8vo. <br/><br/>A look at the city of Cholon Indo-China before the Communists changed the scenes. Doubleday hardcover books
1906316985London: The Religous Tract Society 1906. First edition. With 2 photoigravures portraits and 16 other illus. 544pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters brown morocco and marbled boards. Fine. First edition. With 2 photoigravures portraits and 16 other illus. 544pp. 8vo. The Religous Tract Society unknown books
1931BB095CHINA -- Guide Book for Beijing. Guide to Peking. Beijing: The Leader 1931. Illustrated with folding map in the front and numerous photographs throughout. 8vo ii v vi 88pp 4 adverts; printed paper wrappers top and bottom of spine chipped still intact. End pages a little curled first leaf torn at top right corner only affecting a few words at top of verso advertisement pencil scribbling over a few adverts overall a very good copy of an obviously fragile book. <br />NEWLY EXPANDED VERSION compared to 1930 edition with only 77pp. Historical introduction by Dr Y C Chang. Chapters include sections on Chinese Theatres chinese food Industries Churches Hutungs Festivals &c. Index for folding map in sections: city gates legation quarter forbidden city imperial city Tartar divisions East half and West half beyond the walls. OCLC records eight copies Hawaii Salem MA Reno NV Ohio State Alberta SOAS London Melbourne National Library of China. The Leader paperback books
