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412123China Financial Press. Hardcover. Good. In good condition with clear pages photographs and dust jacket. China Financial Press hardcover
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1995018973Hong Kong: Christie's Auction House 1995. FIRST EDITION first printing. Full beige cloth with black lettering on the front cover. Modest wear to the dust jacket. 200 pages 120 pieces illustrated in color. With an essay by Wu Hung this catalog presents an impressive collection of largely Ming and Qing jades in the Gerald Godfrey Collection. Highlights are many fine yellow and white jade animal carvings jade vessels and jade as scholar's objects and adornment. Overall an EXCELLENT book in a VERY GOOD brodart protected dust jacket. First Edition. Full Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Christie's Auction House Hardcover
412123China Financial Press. Hardcover. Good. In good condition with clear pages photographs and dust jacket. China Financial Press hardcover
2007043229Baltimore Maryland U.S.A: Atomic Book Co 2007. Paperback. Good. 7x1x11. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK. Atomic Book Co paperback
199228639np: Arts & Crafts Quarterly Press 1992. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11.3x9.8x0.7in. front endpaper removed dust jacket rubbed at head and foot of spine tiny tear at top edge of front panel and front flap. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>Illustrated with over 100 color figures 14 marks in color and 16 pages of shapes. <br>112pp 2.14lb 11.3x9.8x0.7in Arts & Crafts Quarterly Press hardcover
1829168689London.: Oriental Translation Fund. 1st thus. 1829. 2 volumes. Volume I: black & white frontispiece "Fac-simile of the Title-Page to Haoukewchuen or the Fortunate Union". A further page with borders decorated and printed in blue announce: Oriental Translation Fund Instituted 1828 under the patronage of His Most Gracious Majesty George the Fourth and states that 'This copy was printed for the Most Noble the Marquess of Anglesey A subscriber to the Oriental Translation Fund.' Some foxing preliminary leaves one gathering loosening. xxiv 258pp and errata. <br> <br>Volume II: Frontispiece map showing "the Route of the Embassy in 1816 from Peking to Tengchang Foo along the Grand Canal" vi 262pp appendix and bound together with 31pp 'Report of the Proceedings of the Second General Meeting of the Subscribers to the Oriental Translation Fund with the Prospectus A list of the Oriental Translation Committee a Report of the Committee and Regulations and a List of Works in the Press. <br> <br>Generally very clean and sound. Contemporary dark green cloth expertly rebacked with the original cases repaired and new endpapers of Bemboka hand-made paper. The original spines have been re-laid together with the original paper title label. A very pleasing copy of a scarce set. 25.5 x 16cm. Hao-ch'iu chuan "The pleasing history" or "The fortunate union" is a Chinese "caizi jiaren" talent and beauty novel published in the 17th Century. The author is known only under the name "Man of the Teaching of Names" The identity of the author and exact date of publishing are not known. According to Philippe Postel author of "Les Traductions Françaises du Haoqiu Zhuan" the most commonly stated date of authorship is 1683 at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. <br> <br>The translator John Francis Davis was Governor of Hong Kong in the period 1844 - 48. At the beginning of his career he served on Lord Amherst's Mission to China and after spending the best part of his career in the service of the East India Company he succeeded Lord Pottinger as Governor of Hong Kong. A scholarly man he did not fit into this role his knowledge and appreciation of Chinese culture and life being very unpopular with the European community. The frostiness was such that when he finally departed Hong Kong the European community showed their displeasure by not acknowledging his departure in any way. . Oriental Translation Fund. hardcover
199350532JiangSu China: Beilin Museum 1993. 4to. 211 1 pp. Numerous illustrations photo illustrations. Colour-illustrated softcovers NF. First edition thus of this exhibition catalogue for the Xian Forest of Stone Tables Steles Museum located inside the Xian City Wall based on a Confucian temple. The collection preserves over 3000 stone epigraphs in separate exhibition rooms. Beilin Museum], paperback
a40307Taipei 1977. Hardcover. Eleven articles in English by different authors on each of the first eleven National Congresses of the Kuomintang of China. In China Forum Vol. IV Number 1 January 1977 at pp. 1-270. Whole volume has a few additional articles. This volume includes a versioin in Chinese. 4to. printed boards. VG. slight wear on cover; some light wrinkling of top spine end; no owner marks; text clean. . hardcover
0835111849.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2005Q-0141441089Penguin Classics 2005-09-27. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
19992021-L138Turner Publishing Company 1999. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. This is a limited second edition of the history of the marines that have served in China by the China Marine Association. There is slight wear to the edges and slight damage to the outside hinge and bottom spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Turner Publishing Company hardcover
19762083002115706552Tomin Association 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Tomin Association paperback
19701702Hong Kong: Libra Books 1970. Hardcover. Good. Oversize tan cloth hardcover lacking dustjacket no indication of printing. A well-used copy fair to good with bending and fraying at the spine tips and general wear to the board edges and corner tips. Some darkening and soil to the light covers including a damp-stain to the top of the rear board - text pages not impacted. Previous owner's inscription to the front free-endpaper. Binding solid. A collection of photographs exploring the lives of a representative group of Hong Kong's residents. Color and b/w photography 64 pp. <br/><br/> Libra Books hardcover
197530956Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 11.5x8.9x2.4in. edition limited to 500 copies; parts 1 and 2 are fine part 3 has mottling to front cover and spine. <br>Complete three volume set: Part 1 Chelsea 1972 is 186 pages and describes and illustrates 94 pieces; Part 2 Worcester 1973 is 162 pages and describes and illustrates 107 pieces; Part 3 Plymouth and Bristol 1975 is 160 pages and describes and illustrates 110 pieces. All illustrations are black and white. <br>508pp 7.43lb 11.5x8.9x2.4in <br>EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY F. Lewis hardcover
1968AS337<p>Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. There is a large body of literature on Western incursions into China from this period until World War II but the relationship between China and its largest neighbour has not been so well documented outside China and Russia. In this book based mainly on Chinese and Western sources the author explores the more subtle highs and lows of diplomatic relations between both countries which laid the foundation for a longer lasting relationship from World War II onwards. Very Good Hardback First Edition 339 pages. Weight: 0.9kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover is clean and gilt titling bright. There are light shadows from dust jacket flaps on the end papers. The binding is tight and the text clear with no tanning throughout. A really nice copy</p> University of Malaya Press hardcover
1979SKU1150695People's Republic Of China 1979-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 1979; china; Chinese language yellow glossy paper covers with black titles; covers contain rubbing and wear; spine binding is failing and splitting; Interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; 167 pages People's Republic Of China paperback
1914216748London.: Methuen & Co Ltd. 1st Edition. 1914. 404pp 31 3 publisher's catalogues. original paper wrappers chipped with tape repairs on spine corners bumped. Good copy. At first glance this novel may appear unremarkable however it is of considerable interest in the 20th century history of Chinese-European relations as it includes on page 26 what is believed to be the earliest published reference to the infamous sign in Shanghai's Public Garden which purportedly stated "Dogs and Chinese not Admitted". The sign has now been conclusively shown not to have stated this however references to the racist wording still appear to this day and the reporting of its existence has caused and continues to cause a great deal of ill feeling. <br> <br>Reginald Johnston former tutor to Pu Yi the last emperor of China wrote in a 1927 pamphlet issued by the Tianjin British Committee of Information that the anti-Chinese wording "it is a kind of slander which takes a lot of killing and survives even the most authoritative denials". Shanghai's Dogs and Chinese Not Admitted" Sign: Legend History and Contemporary Symbol - Robert A. Bickers and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom. The China Quarterly No 142. June 1995. <br> <br>Putnam Weale was the name under which Bertram Lenox Simpson 1877- 1930 wrote many books about China. Born in England Bertam Simpson followed his father into the Chinese Maritime Customs Service leaving the service in 1901. He wrote a great deal about China in the years that followed and became deeply involved in Chinese politics. He was murdered in 1930 and it seems quite likely that his murder was of a political nature though neither motive nor killer was ever found. . Methuen & Co Ltd. unknown
1914169106London.: Methuen & Co Ltd. 1st UK Edition. 1914. 404pp 31 3 publisher's catalogues Strikingly decorated blue cloth covers lettered in gilt head of spine has a closed tear that has been reinforced small puncture hole to the gutter on the front board prior owner name in pencil on the front free endpaper but a very attractive copy of the first edition. The author states in the prologue that the people living in these pages are not real but they are essential parts of a picture painted to portray facts - that is the impact of the East upon the West the disarray which collisions bring and the ensuing irony. <br> <br>At first glance this novel may appear unremarkable however it is of considerable interest in the 20th century history of Chinese-European relations as it includes on page 26 what is believed to be the earliest published reference to the infamous sign in Shanghai's Public Garden which purportedly stated "Dogs and Chinese not Admitted". The sign has now been conclusively shown not to have stated this however references to the racist wording still appear to this day and the reporting of its existence has caused and continues to cause a great deal of ill feeling. <br> <br>Reginald Johnston former tutor to Pu Yi the last emperor of China wrote in a 1927 pamphlet issued by the Tianjin British Committee of Information that the anti-Chinese wording "it is a kind of slander which takes a lot of killing and survives even the most authoritative denials". Shanghai's Dogs and Chinese Not Admitted" Sign: Legend History and Contemporary Symbol - Robert A. Bickers and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom. The China Quarterly No 142. June 1995. <br> <br>Putnam Weale was the name under which Bertram Lenox Simpson 1877- 1930 wrote many books about China. Born in England Bertram Simpson followed his father into the Chinese Maritime Customs Service leaving the service in 1901. He wrote a great deal about China in the years that followed and became deeply involved in Chinese politics. He was murdered in 1930 and it seems quite likely that his murder was of a political nature though neither motive nor killer was ever found. . Methuen & Co Ltd. hardcover
1983019568Westbury: About Face Press 1983. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine DJ. 146 Pp. One Of The Author's Copies With Her Name And Address Written On Front Endpaper And Again Beneath Her Printed Name On The Title Page. Inscribed With Compliments From The Author On The Front Pastedown. With A Presentation Letter Dated 1984 Attached To Front Endpaper And A Loose Letter Discussing Her Book Etc. With Copies Of Two Letters From Prof. H. G. Creel Commenting Favorably Upon It Also. A Fine Book And Dj With A Few Pencil Emphasis Marks In The Text Pp 22-25. <br/> <br/> About Face Press hardcover
1948AG-10068<p>Shanghai: Published by The English Monthly Publishing House printed by Kaiming Bookstore. This monthly was mainly for high school English teachers and English learners to improve their English abilities. Edited by professors at universities the first issue was published in 1945 this group comprises 10 issues: 1948: No. 31-38; 1949: No. 43 45. 12mo 71 pp; paper wrappers with a few small repairs slight tears but overall very good condition. This includes English texts selected from the writings of Pearl Buck Carl Sandberg A A Milne &c.<br /></p><p><b>英è¯æœˆåˆŠ</b></p><p>《英è¯æœˆåˆŠã€‹æ‚志由英è¯æœˆåˆŠç¤¾å‡ºç‰ˆï¼Œå¼€æ˜Žä¹¦åº—å°è¡Œå°åˆ·ã€‚æ‚志创刊于1945年上海，由大å¦æ•™æŽˆç¼–写，旨在æ高国内英è¯æ•™å¸ˆå’Œé«˜ä¸ä»¥ä¸Šå¦ç”Ÿçš„英è¯èƒ½åŠ›ã€‚本组共10期，13×17.5cm，有两本书皮ç¨å¾®ç ´æŸç¼ºå¤±ï¼Œå…¶ä»–å“相éžå¸¸å¥½ã€‚</p> The English Monthly Publishing House paperback
193146474Shanghai: The A.B.C. Press 1931. 8vo. 8 278 pp. Burgundy-coloured cloth gilt lettering chipping head & foot of spine rubbing to spine some edgewear front hinge starting still G copy. First edition of this analysis and appeal to end extraterritoriality in China by foreign powers mostly the United Kingdom the United States and Japan who operated their own courts their own trade systems and zones in Shanghai and other protected enclaves in China. The author points out that the Chinese Parliament had voted to abolish the treaty obligations imposed upon China in the Treaty of Nanking after the First Opium War and that there had been progress in China’s legal system a new constitution and other changes. The A.B.C. Press, hardcover
=end of an era plateIn great condition with original Certificate of Authenticity and stand.<br /> W. S. George Fine China
1779178306London. circa1779. Engraving on laid paper 29 x 17 cm platemark including caption; 37 x 22.7 cm sheet decorative border and title cartouche lower corner a little creased margins with scattered spotting and toning but in very good condition. This engraving appeared in Middleton's "New & Complete System of Geography" 1779 and is an example of the demand for publishers to supply views of the East and exotic "New Worlds". The late-seventeenth and eighteenth centuries had seen a dramatic increase in the publication of voyage accounts and compilations and collections on the London book market. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . unknown
19133105New York : Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada 1913. 1913. Hardcover. Fair. xii 309 pp. ; illustrated ; plates portraits folded map folded table ; 20 cm. ; LCCN: 13-13751 ; OCLC: 1399571 ; grey wrappers ; very worn ; signature of Myrtle E. Law 1907-1999 on front cover ; numerous photographs of important figures in Chi nese politics and church work ; photos of various buildings and schools ; notations in pencil and pen by Myrtle Law throughout ; Myrtle E. Law became an early 20th century missionary to China and it is clear that this book was instrumental in formi ng her initial opinions concerning China ; it is very interesing to observe by her commentary and underlining what she felt was important to her forthcoming work as a missionary often revealing how the young missionary laid the groundwork for many things she undoubtedly would have to unlearn upon her arrival in China ; this book almost certainly accompanied her to China ; FAIR <br/> <br/> New York : Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1913. hardcover
170120655London: Churchill 1701. Very good condition. An engraved frontispiece portrait of Johann Nieuhoff an official of the VOC and important writer and illustrator of contemporary China whose study of China was produced in 1665 by his brother Hendrick and titled 'An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham emperor of China: . at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities towns villages ports rivers &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; '. <br /> <br /> The work was essential to European understanding of China as it was the only reliable source along with the reports of the Jesuits of information and images available at the time. The work was translated into French German Latin and English and was the first to include 150 true to life illustrations drawn by Nieuhoff himself. In 1649 he joined the East India Company first in Batavia and then in China as steward at the embassy which aspired to gain trading rights with China's southern coast. His specific duties were to<br /> observe all "farms towns palaces rivers . and other buildings" that he might encounter drawing them "in straight form and figure" as well as remains of the historical victory of the "Tartars" Manchus that brought an end to the reign of the Ming dynasty. He remained in China until 1657. <br /> <br /> Nieuhoff wears an elaborate costume and holds a rolled sketch in his right hand; in the background is a sailing ship. 7 x 11 1/4" on paper 7 3/4 x 12" Churchill unknown
17562Hong Kong / London: Sotheby's 1981. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10.5x7.4x2.0in. 3 volumes with Estimates sheets laid-in; slight sunning to top edge of boards slight edge wear to heads of dust jacket spines. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>The complete three volume catalogues of this important collection auctioned at the Furama Hotel Hong Kong on November 25 1980 December 16 1980 and May 19 1981. 625 lots are described and illustrated with approximately one-half in color. <br>482pp 5.03lb 10.5x7.4x2.0in Sotheby's hardcover
