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196965213Milano: Grafica Uno 1969. Molto buono Very Good. Litografia originale a colori. cm 535x72. . Molto buono Very Good. . Grafica Uno, unknown
2081402109700370Yamato shoten N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 296 Size: 19cm Yamato shoten paperback
1923188890Perhaps Tokyo: Mantetsu tetsudobu c.1923. The backbone of Japan's overseas empire A large and colourful tourist map of the mainline running from Jilin and Changchun to Lushun Port Arthur recording stations branchlines rivers and the belt of mountains skirting the mainline's south side. The text on the verso provides essential information on major destinations along the route. This map was issued during a period when Japan both consolidated its economic and political hold over South Manchuria but also faced heightened Chinese opposition in the form of strikes and protests. Tourist traffic however flowed unabated. Colour map formed from 2 joined sheets each 750 x 250 mm text and tipped-on errata slip on verso. Folding away into original illustrated wrappers. General creasing 55 mm split at head of first fold archival tape repair to wrappers: very good. unknown
19302091502135419796South Manchuria Railway KK 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 South Manchuria Railway KK paperback
1917156891Dalian: Minami manshu tetsudo 1917. A rare guide to the South Manchuria Railway with 13 well-preserved maps First edition first printing of this scarce and profusely illustrated handbook for business and tourist travellers on the South Manchuria Railway the economic powerhouse of Japan's East Asian empire. WorldCat records only three copies all in Japanese institutions. The South Manchuria Railway Company was founded in 1906 under the direction of Goto Shinpei 1857-1929 to manage railway lines seized from Russia in the wake of the Russo-Japanese War. By the end of 1907 it already had 9000 Japanese and 4000 Chinese employees and during its first decade of operations the company invested in a range of industries including coal mining including the major mine at Fushun natural gas extraction shipping and hotels and hospitality. In 1917 the company took over management of the entire railway network in Japanese-controlled Korea cementing its position as the backbone of Japan's imperial expansion between the wars. This guide focuses on major stops along the railway including Dalian Fengtian Changchun and Yingkou together with descriptions of and directions to notable visiting spots. The maps and plans show the extent of the network the layout of important destination cities and the course of key battles in the Russo-Japanese war. A selection of the plates stress the vibrancy of Japanese economic development. Octavo. With 54 plates 11 colour 13 folding maps and plans 6 colour folding table of fares colour pagoda vignette on title page vignettes in text. Original illustrated green stiff card wrappers spine and front cover lettered in white pictorial endpapers. Covers bright extremities rubbed small closed tear to penultimate map professionally repaired with Japanese tissue maps otherwise exceptionally well-preserved small loss to p. 7 of table of contents slightly affecting text contents clean. A near-fine copy. Institutional holdings: National Diet Library Waseda and International Research Center for Japanese Studies. unknown
19842091502133905972Kokusho Publishing Association 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kokusho Publishing Association paperback
19732111902154606690full iron society 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. full iron society paperback
19312090202122801315Not Available 1931. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 2733 pages Size: A5 Number of books: 2 Not Available paperback
19782110502150905045Kaimei shoin 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 12 Kaimei shoin paperback
19272091502135418712South Manzhou Railway 1927. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 South Manzhou Railway paperback
19312091502135415614South Manchuria Railway KK 1931. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 South Manchuria Railway KK paperback
19792091502133533816Kokusho Publishing Association 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Kokusho Publishing Association paperback
19402091502135701770Manmon Materials Association 1940. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Manmon Materials Association paperback
19942092902141207616Futoshi Jilin 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Futoshi Jilin paperback
91065401New York 1922 S.M.R. Half cloth over boards very good 91 113p. 102 b.w. photos fold out color map 41 tables 10 charts statistics. An excellent source which addresses the geogrpahy history & government natural resources argiculture development in manufacturing commerce & finance. The South Manchuria Rail way and its work: the railway harbors ships coal mines & steel works gas electricity hotels scientific instituti- ons civic administration. The open road to Manchuria. Very good primary source loaded with statistics and facts. Scans can be sent by email. unknown
1900174813London. Circa1900. Map printed in colour showing submarine and overland telegraphs Manchuria Chosen Liao-Ting Kirin and Chili 21.5 x 13.3 cm 25.7 x 17.1 cm sheet size margins a little scuffed in very good condition. . unknown
19922092902141207495Futoshi Jilin 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Futoshi Jilin paperback
193848<p>694p 38.23cm Photo plates tables etc. In Japanese. Good bind tight a little wear. Very rare NO Worldcat/OCLC record printed: "Not-for-selling" on copyright page. Involving hospital plagues disaster etc. WITH PICTURES</p> Manchuria Committee of Japanese Red Cross hardcover
192471397New York: South Manchuria Railway Company 1924. Revised edition 8vo pp. ix 1 98 2; color folding map 60 pages of plates; publisher's blue cloth gilt title on upper cover and spine; hinges cracked a touch of foxing very good. The South Manchuria Railway Company was founded and managed by the Japanese government and served as sort of imperial representative of the colonial project in China. They published many books aimed at a western audience touting the success of this project. From the preface: "The record of this achievement in colonial enterprise is here set forth in facts and figures with a careful avoidance of debatable questions of international politics. South Manchuria Railway Company unknown
2091502135500715Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1940234221940. Chinese prisoner execution photo archive from Japanese-occupied Manchuria circa 1940s recording the custody restraint killing and aftermath of Chinese prisoners under Japanese military control. Japan's occupation of Manchuria followed the Mukden Incident of September 18 1931 when Japanese forces used an explosion along the South Manchurian Railway as the pretext for military conquest; in 1932 Japan established Manchukuo a puppet state that drew international condemnation through the League of Nations' Lytton Commission. By the 1940s Manchuria remained a central zone of Japanese military power in northeast China where occupation authority puppet-state policing and anti-guerrilla campaigns produced summary punishments prisoner shootings and public terror against local Chinese populations.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 7 silver gelatin photographs each 4" x 6.5" Manchuria circa 1940s. Japanese soldiers in field uniforms and peaked caps surround blindfolded Chinese captives seated in open ground near an earthen bank; in one scene soldiers level rifles toward bound or blindfolded prisoners at close range. Several men lie face down or on their sides at the base of the embankment with soldiers and civilian onlookers standing above them; plain wooden boxes or planks sit nearby suggesting prepared burial or removal. Another scene records a prisoner being physically restrained in a courtyard or village setting with tiled rooflines uniformed soldiers and civilian men crowded around him. The sequence moves between armed custody execution ground bodies on the earth and prisoner handling under guard giving the group a direct evidentiary relationship to Japanese military violence in occupied Manchuria.<br /> <br /> Manchuria was not a peripheral theater in Japan's war in China; it was the region where the Kwantung Army transformed a railway-security pretext into territorial occupation state building under Manchukuo and a long-running military presence that helped bring international crisis in the 1930s and full-scale war in Asia. The scenes preserved here are not battlefront combat views but close-range records of prisoners controlled by armed soldiers making the archive especially significant for the study of occupation violence Japanese military practice wartime China and the fate of Chinese civilians or irregular fighters labeled enemies under Japanese authority. Light edge wear and minor fading to some areas; images remain primarily clean; overall very good condition. The archive preserves a compact but stark record of military force in Japanese-occupied Manchuria grounded in the physical proximity between guards prisoners rifles and bodies. unknown
19412091502135500184Not Available 1941. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2111902154800499Kawade Shobo Shinsha N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Kawade Shobo Shinsha paperback
192595101Ryuzan Chosen: Chosen Railways 1925. Very Good. single sheet folded several times to produce a 12 panel brochure on one side and a map of Heijo with a smaller map of Shingishu-Antung and various small 18 black and white photos around the edge on the other side. 9 x 19 cm. when folded and 44 x 38 cm. when fully unfolded. Text in English. Back cover of folded brochure heavily scuffed and lacking some of the text which briefly described hotels under the management of S.M.R. -- this damage probably occurred when this scarce item was "rescued" from an album or scrapbook. One of the photos surrounding the map shows the Railway bridge built by the Japanese 1909-1911 over the Yalu River between what is now Dandong on the Chinese side and Sinuiju in North Korea. Heij then a modest-sized city is known today as Pyongyang and is the capital of North Korea with a population of more than three million. Chosen Railways was under control of South Manchuria Railway between 1917 and 1925. Chosen Railways unknown
19382091502135500850Not Available 1938. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 1135 pages of thick text 35 pages 50 pages of index Size: 19 x 27 cm Not Available paperback
