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1996WN340291Mystic CN: Mystic Seaport Museum 1996. Original red paper over boards gilt on spine. Blind stamped upper cover. Book and pictorial dust jacket condition very good. Former owner name on last postliminary. The Canton-Boston correspondence of Robert Bennet Forbes from 1838 to 1840. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Mystic Seaport Museum Hardcover books
92110001Edo 1750 Suharaya Mohei. Large folding map 170 x 200 cm. old mended worming rebackedpastel colors Japanese reprint of a map printed in Henan in 1679 folds down to be 21.5 x 25.5 cm. woodblock printed hand color. V E R Y R A R E ! . . AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE WALL-SIZE MAP OF CHINA . . EXECTED BY A SHAOLIN ZEN MASTER The Shaolin Xi Monastery/Temple is a Chán Zen Buddhist temple at Song Shan near Zheng Zhou City Henan Province in Dengfeng China. It was led by Venerable abbot Shi Yongxìn. founded in the 5th century the monastery has been famous for centuries its association with Chinese martial arts and particularly with Shaolin Kung Fu. It is also a Mahayana Buddhist monastery perhaps best known to the Western world. . The Shaolin Monastery and its famed Pagoda Forest were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010 as part of the Historic Monuments of Dengfeng. Extracted from Wikipedia. . A RARE EDITION: Reprinted and published in Japan by Katsuragawa Hosan in 1750 reproduced from the Chinese original of Kangxi 27 1679. The original Chinese edition has been exceptionally obscure and impossible to come by for over the last two-hundred years and is believed now to be lost to posterity. . PRINTING TECHNIQUE AND THE PAPER: The work is woodblock printed by hand on hand-made Washi paper then hand-colored in delicate pastels. . CHINESE VIEW OF ANCIENT CHINA: This grand scale work covers a very large space and is quite handsome suitable for framing and display. The map shows a full view of all of China from the Great Wall in the North Shanghai the East coast down to the oceans in the South and Hainan Island and the coasts along he Eastern shores. This is a spectacular work showing each province in pastel colors with outlines large numbers of place names rivers & the major waterways mountains named and located. By and large inspired to show all of the known lands considered a part of China delineating the country and its exterior boundaries. . Japan and other islands are not shown but boxes with notes in Chinese as to their existence and location are well documented. The lower portion has text discussing the population of the various provinces and other notes. Areas beyond the traditional lines of China i.e.: North of the Great Wall and to . RARITY OF THE MAP AND ITS MAKERS: This grand-scale and truly spectacular work is virtually never found on the market. The Shaolin Monastery monks were the original founders of the celebrated and now famous Kung-fu martial art school located in Henan province. The priests were legendary and the most feared for their martial art prowess. They were also covert with their powerful political force in China. . SHAOLIN SI TEMPLE/MONASTERY LEGENDARY CUSTOMS: Priests who passed the highest level of Kung-fu martial art were invited to participate in a recognition ceremony. They were allowed to self-brand themselves by picking up a red-hot iron brazier that had long temple dragon decorations on the sides. The branding was accomplished by clamping the brazier between their forearms until the dragon image was branded on them. These brazier dragons are identical to the long dragon found at the top of this historic map. Another ancient practices used was the Jieba. It is an ancient ceremony where nine marks are burned onto the head with sticks of incense. In 2007 the Chinese government partially lifted the 300-year ban of the Jieba allowing the the mentally and physically prepared to participate in the ancient tradition. Incense or moxa was used on top of the shaved head and burned in a ceremony of dedication to the Shaolin Si temple/monastery by the most skilled of martial artists. WHY THE DRAGON SYMBOL WAS USED BY SHAOLIN MONKS: The top of the map show the dragon as a symbol of the Shaolin Si. In China the dragon is the first of twelve zodiac animals and is the most powerful of all and represents the ultimate and greatest of all powers known. It is also the one and only legendary animal in the zodiac the rest are actual animals. Because this map was conceived of carved and printed at the Shaolin Xi monastery or temple by these very priests they put the most powerful symbol at the top a dragon. The symbolic meaning indicated that China was superior to all other nations. It was also a private pun by the Shaolin priests indicating for all to see and know that the Shaolin temple and its priests were above all others. Additionally it reminded and indicated that the Shaolin priest were the most powerful martial artists and covert political force in all China. . RARITY: The original Chinese edition has been exceptionally obscure and impossible to come by for over the last two-hundred years and is believed now to be lost to posterity. Shaolin Si temple/monastery imprints are very R A R E ! Few references or examples exist of their woodblock printed works. This edition was a copy of the original re-carved by the Japanese and reissued. Not only is this map of great interest to Chan Zen Buddhists Shaolin Kung-fu collectors martial artists and historians but to students of Chinese cartography collectors and museums. . CONDITION: The map has been professionally re-backed in its distant past due to the large amount of old worming. It is now solid and stable. Because of the rarity of this work a complete map found in any condition would be now considered exceptionally R A R E ! Please review images posted to our website to observe the restored condition. . THE COVERS: The map has been rebound in non-original paper covers perhaps about 100 years ago. It is contained in a brown cloth Chuan Chitsu folding slipcase with ivory clasps cloth a bit faded one edge a bit worn else clean & solid. . THE SCANS: While we have made efforts to take good digital photographs and scans of our copy due to the exceptionally large size of the map these photos are not of the highest quality. We therefore are additionally using copies of this map from the Oda reference book illustrations as samples of what the map is like. Please note the following digital images are from Oda: cover.jpg illus08.jpg & illus12.jpg the balance are from our digital camera. . Any client who purchases this map may be interested in the Japanese text found in Oda. Upon request we are happy to provide a copy of his entry. . BIBLIOGRAPHY: G. Beans: A LIST OF JAPANESE MAPS OF THE TOKUGAWA ERA Supplement A on p.14 as #1750.1 with confirmation date of 1750. Beans gives this the title: "THE BEST COLLECTION OF ANCIENT AND MODERN WORKS CONCERNING THE HISTORICAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE DYNASTIES BY THE MONASTERY OF SHAO-LIN." T. Oda: THE WORLD IN JAPANESE MAPS UNTIL THE MID-19TH CENTURY p.52-53 item #24 for 2 excellent color examples. Oda shows the Japanese title: REKIDAI JISEKI ZU: HISTORICAL MAP OF CHINA reproduced from the Chinese original of 1679 by Katsuragawa Hosan 1750. Beautifully reproduced here in full color. Meir Shahar: The Xiaolin Monastery: History Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery Color scans of this and most items are posted to our web site. . hardcover books
199323798Taiwan China: Lifescape Sculpture Museum 1993. 56 pages; color black and white illustrations of these Taiwan Chinese sculptural artworks; Chinese & English texts; essay by artist Yuyu Yang "My Lifescape Sculptures" and with artist chronology; printed for the 2nd International Contemporary Art Fair Japan NICAF Yokohama; primarily a vehicle for the Museum & Mr. Yang's works; approx. 8 1/4" x 11 1/2" size; light wear & some rubbing to the printed paper covers; in very good condition; an interesting overview of Taiwanese modern sculptural works especially of Yuyu Yang of this period. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Lifescape Sculpture Museum Paperback books
1990026803New York Etc.: Viking 1990. xx 393p. b/w illus. dj. Viking unknown books
1986S13017Armonk NY; London:: M. E. Sharpe 1986. 1986. 8vo. xxii 98 pp. Printed wrappers. Fine. ISBN: 0873324102 M. E. Sharpe, 1986. unknown books
1992289080Beijing: China Cartographic Publishing House 1992. Map. Lithograph. 29" x 41 1/2". Good condition with original cover<br/><br/> Detailed modern map of China from 1992. Shows the entirety of the country as well as Mongolia parts of Russia Korea Japan the Philippines Thailand Laos Vietnam India Bangladesh Bhutan Nepal Pakistan Afghanistan Tadzhikistan Uzbekistan Kirghizstan and Kazakhstan. There is an inset in the lower right corner showing the South China Sea with labeled islands. A legend in the lower left explains the icons and lines in the map showing roads borders cities highways rivers etc. Everything is labeled in both English and Chinese. Comes in a pamphlet very interesting.<br/><br/> China Cartographic Publishing House unknown books
1844317009London: John Murray 1844. First edition. Coloured frontispiece laid down 160pp. 12mo. Bound in three quarters modern brown polished calf red leather label. Fine. First edition. Coloured frontispiece laid down 160pp. 12mo. John Murray unknown books
18451437829th Cong. 1st Sess.: SD17. 1845. 2pp Disbound. Very Good. SD17. unknown books
195750456Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1957. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 44pp. Bit of external soil and wear; text paper mildly age-toned but still a tight Very Good copy. Article prepared by the editorial department of the People's Daily where it originally appeared December 1956. Presumably this is not the first issue of the pamphlet as a statement preceding the text states that "Some minor changes in the English wording as compared ith the earlier translations issued by the Hsinhua News Agency and People's China have been made. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
196025672Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1960. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound printed paper wrappers; 93pp. Faint corner-creasing mild external soil; Very Good. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
200441435Woodbridge:: Antique Collectors Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1851494634 . Some color mostly black and white photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. ; 438 pages . Antique Collectors Club, hardcover books
197226108Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1972. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm.; original white pictorial card wrappers; 78pp.; 4 leaves of photographic plates text illus. throughout. Order form with integral envelope laid in. Fine. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
199228706Canberra:: Australian National University. Near Fine. 1992. Paperback. 0731514386 . First edition paperback. About fine in black printed wraps. . Australian National University, paperback books
193532469Beijing: Zhonghua ping min jiao yu cu jin hui 1935. Later printing. Paper wrappers. 62; 60; 60 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Sm. 8vo. Drawings on most rectos. Zhonghua ping min jiao yu cu jin hui unknown books
1836257805Paris: B. Warée Ainé Libraire. Rignoux Imprimeur - Founder 1836. vi pp. premlims 20 ff. text surrounded by engraved decorative border. 12mo. Later hand-lettered wrappers lacking original pink wrappers light soiling to title page else fine. vi pp. premlims 20 ff. text surrounded by engraved decorative border. 12mo. A catalogue of 20 works mostly on China paper printed by Rignoux and offered for sale by Warée. 18 of the titles had been displayed at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française in 1834. Most of the works are marked "unique."<br/>Rare; only a handful of copies located on OCLC. B. Warée Ainé, Libraire. Rignoux, Imprimeur - Founder unknown books
1910257079London: Kegan Paul 1910. xii ii 358 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Bound in full green polished calf with the gilt stamp of the Shanghai Public School and the Shanghai municipal seal a motto in Latin "Juncta In Uno Omnia All Joined in One"and 12 national flags Great Britain America France Germany Russia Denmark Italy Portugal Norway and Sweden Austria Spain Holland in circular motif in front cover all edges marbled. With label for Prize from Shangahi Municipal Council on front pastedown for Hon. Mention awarded to J. Taylor Dec 1911 and signed by headmaster. Label is quite worn. Title and page opposite stained binding VG. xii ii 358 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Kegan Paul unknown books
16887Bellin: Original Engraving Print China Emperor´s Palace Circa 1750. Original engraving from: Bellin and Prevost: Histoire Generale des Voyages. Published circa 1750. Sheet size: approx. 32 x 25 cm.The Engraving shows the center of the Forbidden City as the palatial heart of China. Constructed in 1420 during the early Ming Dynasty it is China's best-preserved imperial palace and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world. We see the huge royal courtyard in the center and the emperors palatial buildings surrounding it. This plate has been published in the First French edition of Abbè Presvost's "Histoire Générale des Voyages" published by Didot at Paris 1746-1758.Source: The Histoire Géneral des Voyages was a monumental eighteenth century general history divided according to geographic region. The original volumes were written by Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles. unknown books
16665Photo Archive Mao Zedong. Chinese communist revolutionary Leader. 3 originalGelatin silver print black and white press photos of various sizes from 5 x 6.5 in. to 8 x 10 in. Images date from 1966-1977. Including a photograph of US President Richard Nixon on his historic 1972 state visit to China. Mao and Nixon are shown seated in the middle of an office; Henry Kissinger is the only other American in the image seated next to the President. Nixon's trip ended 25 years of no communication or diplomatic ties between the two countries and was the key step in normalizing relations between the U.S. and China. Original press caption printed above 1966 image: "Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-tung L appearing in a military uniform for the first time in years stands beside Red China's Defense Minister Lin Piao Biao during rally in Peking 8/18. Lin's appearance beside Meo heightened speculation hat he has become the number two man in the Chinese Communist hierarchy and Mao's heir-presumptive." Third photo reports on 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and includes press caption in Spanish adhered to verso likely from Cuba or South America. Very good condition. unknown books
1879VBF09CHINA<br /><br /><i><b>PANORAMA OF PEKING</b> during the Celebrations of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Emperor Kang-He's birthday</i>.<br /><br />Shanghai: Tien-Shin-Chai 1879.<br /><br />Profusely illustrated throughout with 292 pages lithographed with images mostly captioned below in English script and on the side<br /><br />Small 8vo measures: 6 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches 155 x 96 mm original gilt pictorial purple silk wrappers front cover dulled.<br /><br />First edition thus.<br /><br />With 6 page Introduction in English explaining that the festivities being described date back to the western calendar year 1721. Six pages of text as introduction in English at the front and in Chinese at the back.<br /><br /><br /> Tien-Shin-Chai, paperback books
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 books
2001WELLER9780345443021Del Rey 2001. New. New book. Del Rey unknown books
2001152949New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group 2001. Octavo pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. A presentation copy with a nice inscription by Miéville to "David" on the title page. The author's well-received second novel preceded by KING RAT 1998 "the first of three independent works set in the fictional world of Bas-Lag a world where both magic referred to as 'thaumaturgy' and steampunk technology exist . In an interview Miéville described this book as 'basically a secondary world fantasy with Victorian era technology. So rather than being a feudal world it's an early industrial capitalist world of a fairly grubby police statey kind!'"- Wikipedia. "Extremely complex fantasy with strong surrealistic dystopian elements." - Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1986-2009. The novel won the British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award in 2000 and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2001. It was a Hugo and Nebula nominee. Large trade paperback format. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-763. Broderick and Di Filippo Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 #62. A fine copy. #152949 The Ballantine Publishing Group unknown books
2001121470NY: Ballantine Books/Del Rey 2001. First US edition first prnt. Pbk. Original edition. Perfect-bound illustrated wraps with French-fold flaps. Inscribed by Mieville on the title page."to Dave Play safe use mirrors. Very best China Mieville." Cleverly Mieville has written "Play safe use mirrors. " backwards so that the inscription reads correctly with a mirror. Spine bottom end corner and rear wrap corners just touched. Tight unread copy in Near Fine condition. The first of Mieville's Bas-Lag novels. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ballantine Books/Del Rey Paperback books
2000141823London: Macmillan 2000. Octavo boards. First edition. The author's well-received second novel preceded by KING RAT 1998 "the first of three independent works set in the fictional world of Bas-Lag a world where both magic referred to as 'thaumaturgy' and steampunk technology exist . In an interview Miéville described this book as 'basically a secondary world fantasy with Victorian era technology. So rather than being a feudal world it's an early industrial capitalist world of a fairly grubby police statey kind!'"- Wikipedia. "Extremely complex fantasy with strong surrealistic dystopian elements." - Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1986-2009. The novel won the British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award in 2000 and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2001. It was a Hugo and Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-763. Broderick and Di Filippo Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 #62. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #141823 Macmillan unknown books
2005229939Beijing: China Intercontinental Press 五洲传æ’Â出版社 2005. Paperback. 224p. profuse b&w captioned period photography and some contemporary color photos scattered texts in Chinese and English well-organized production in a sewn textblock on alkaline clay-coated paperstock throughout. Softbound a substantial 11.5x9 inch paperback in photo-decorated wraps some abrasion to lower joint with clear tape repair mild general edgewear perfectly clean and sound within. A very good copy. Minimal atrocity shots many portrait photos much journalistic photography from trialrooms and other sites photos of groups of the prisoners enjoying recreation periods photos of repentant confessions being made following acceptance of guilt. The Management Center was formerly the detention facility for 982 Japanese prisoners those considered to be the worst offenders against the Chinese people in World War II. This book traces their later paths after release including many who expressed atonement. China Intercontinental Press 五洲传æ’Â出版社 paperback books
