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199971783Kunming: Yunnan People's Publishing House 1999. First edition limited to 1000 copies 4to pp. 226 2; text in Chinese; text illustrations throughout some in color; maroon cloth boards; fine in fine dust jacket and slipcase. A photo album of Tibet largely focused on current-day Tibet with images dedicated to different prefectures. Yunnan People's Publishing House unknown
1959255<p>First Edition. Folio 39cm32cm. Tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Mao Zedong profusely illustrated throughout with black and white and colour photographs text in Chinese. Publisher's cream cloth front board lettered in red in Chinese with blind-stamped emblem of the People's Republic of China spine ends decoratively stamped in blind publisher's clear mylar wrapper brown endpapers flecked with gold publisher's white bookmark 562pp. Housed in original box with the original recipient's address details written to the front of the box. Accompanying the book are three separate items: The publisher's compliments slip in French one small sheet from the publisher in Chinese and a table of contents booklet in French. Published by the China Album Editing Committee Beijing 1959.</p><p>The book is in fine condition. The publisher's clear mylar wrapper is in very good condition with a couple of small tears and some very minor loss. The box is in very good condition with some expected wear and two of the edges are spilt.</p><p>Provenance: This copy is from the collection of Julien Creytens 1897-1972 who was a Belgian Post-Impressionist painter Professor at the Antwerp Academy and a committee member of the Royal Museum of Fine Art in Antwerp. He was given this copy of the book during a study trip to China in 1959.</p><p>This landmark propaganda photography book was commissioned by the Ministry of Culture to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Created by leading photograph journalists and officials over more than a year copies of the book were distributed solely to political elites foreign dignitaries and key national libraries. Thus copies very rarely appear in commerce. RareBookHub records only a single appearance at auction.<br /><br />The book highlights a decade of achievements by the Communist Party in agriculture industry science education and the arts. It features images of modernisation such as airports factories mechanized farms together with views of Beijing revolutionary sites like Zunyi and scenes of China's rich cultural heritage such as artwork by Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong.<br /><br />Martin Parr & WassinkLundgren The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present second edition 2016 pp. 176-179.</p><p>Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.</p> hardcover
1959178136Beijing: "Zhongguo" huace bianji weiyuanhui 1959. Revolutionary imagery First edition first printing of this archetypal example of the propaganda photobook genre. Under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture top photojournalists and officials worked for over a year to deliver this ostentatious celebration of ten years of the People's Republic of China. Copies were distributed only to political elites foreign VIPs and important libraries. By the tenth anniversary of the People's Republic on 1 October 1959 the Chinese Communist Party had strengthened its hold on the country despite persistent threats from the US and the Kuomintang in Taiwan. This lavish photobook comprehensively reviews the party's decade in power from the successes of socialist agriculture and industrialization to breakthroughs in the arts education and the sciences. Images of modernity - airports factories and mechanized farming - mix with vistas of the capital and photographs of important revolutionary sites such as the meeting house at Zunyi. Numerous plates also celebrate China's rich history and culture including folk dancing recent archaeological finds and artworks by Qi Baishi Xu Beihong and He Xiangning. Folio. Tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Mao Zedong 474 plates 144 colour 5 folding. Text in Chinese. Original cream cloth spine ends decoratively stamped in blind front board lettered in red in Chinese with blind-stamped emblem of People's Republic of China brown coated endpapers flecked with gold white bookmarker. Housed in publisher's card box. Binding scuffed and somewhat soiled light wear foxing and offsetting internally but plates still bright; box scuffed and browned old tape strengthening splits along couple of edges: a very good copy. Martin Parr & WassinkLundgren The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present second edition 2016 pp. 176-179. hardcover
1995Q-0140185135Penguin Classics 1995-11-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
1962mon0000170747Collins 1962-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Not Ex-Library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well-read copy with some spine wear but still useable. Colouring of pages due to age. Collins unknown
1997098087Oxford United Kingdom: Pergamon Press 1997. Numerous figures and tables creasing to top corner of back cover light marking to page block text clean and tight. paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Pergamon Press Paperback
1938384754London : Hutchinson 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description : 143 pages. Subjects : English Literature. Short Stories. London : Hutchinson hardcover
1947ARSuBURS68New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation 1947. 1947. 8vo. pp. 6 128. several b/w illus. index. cloth covers bit spotted owner's rubberstamps on front blank & small label on front pastedown. Hardcover. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, [1947]. Hardcover
1997325130Beijing: Foreign Languages Press 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good- Dust Jacket. 0x0x0. Text in Chinese and English. Stated 1st edition 1997 published by the Foreign Languages Press of Beijing China. Very good hardcover with very good- DJ from a personal collection. Binding is tight sturdy and square; illustrations and text also very good. Corners lightly dinged. Dust jacket is torn at spine head about 5cm has rubbing minor edgewear; now protected in Mylar wraps. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Foreign Languages Press hardcover
1987x-0856683388Aris & Phillips 1987. Paperback. New. 138 pages. 8.50x6.25x0.50 inches. Aris & Phillips paperback
193565850New York: Macmillan 1935. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. index 453p. dj. 20cm. Name on endpaper. SIGNED by Phelps. Macmillan hardcover
19352301New York: Macmillan 1935 453 pages words of wisdom from an interesting wise man for every day of the year minor wear bookplate in front end page very light stain to boards. Macmillan hardcover
19792092902143801511Mainichishinbunsha 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Mainichishinbunsha paperback
19892083002116206913Wataru Chiba Lyon 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Wataru Chiba, Lyon paperback
197681436New York N.Y.: Excalibur Books 1976. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Hardcover. Good/Fair. vii 1 125 3 pages. Oversized book measuring 11/1-2 inches by 9 inches. Illustrated endpapers. DJ worn and torn. Foreword by Vice Admiral B. B. Schofield CB CBE. Special Illustrations by the County Studio Leicester. Includes Foreword Introduction as well as chapters on Germany Italy Japan Great Britain France and the United States. This book surveys the major vessels used in combat by the principal navies of the Second World War. The development construction and fighting role of over 50 of these warships--cruisers battleships aircraft carriers destroyers and submarines--are individually described and placed within the context of their class. Each vessel is accompanied by a full technical specification with detailed color drawings and contemporary photographs of the ship in action. David Lyon spent his working life at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich where he looked after the huge ships plans collection before becoming Curator of Naval Ordnance then Head of Enquiries and finally Chief of Research of the Maritime Information Centre. He served in the Royal Navy Reserve and having qualified as a diving officer was instrumental in the development of underwater archaeology in Britain. He is a member of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research and of the Nautical Museums Trust. He has written and lectured extensively both in Britain and abroad an his many publications include The Sailing Navy List The Denny List Steam Steel and Torpedoes and Sea Battles in Close-up: The Nelson Era. The co-author is his brother which did his thesis on British Naval Shipbuilding. Excalibur Books hardcover
1937062350London: Faber 1937. Book. Fair. Soft cover. Proof Copy. A set of publisher's galley proofs with manuscript corrections typed and manuscript corrections by the author and Henry Williamson in his familiar hand including red ink. Myfanwy Ann Thomas 1910-2005 writing under the pseudonym of Julia Hart Lyon gives a fictionalised account of her long affair with Henry Williamson from her early days as his secretary and giving birth to his child. This is the only novel written by Myfanwy her other work being memoirs of her childhood and her parents Edward and Helen Thomas. 11-348pp. ALSO a proof copy of the book "Women Must Love" again amended and corrected. Pasted in presumably by Williamson is a newspaper photograph of TE Lawrence with beneath the words "ill-fated". All contained in a large solander drop=front box. The proofs originally from the library of Williamson. Faber Paperback
193349476macaulay co. Hardcover. B0066H5XSK I am going to kill myself." Very scarce First edition 1933 Macaulay hardcover with no additional printings listed. There is evidence that this copy was in a library because we see the remnant of a card pocket inside the front cover and the front dj inner fold has been pasted onto the rear end page. But there are no markings inside or outside the book. So for all intents it is Very Good. No dust jacket survives except the aformentioned inner fold Lyon's life is a bit of a mystery. She penned a number of crime novels. This is a story of a modern marriage between Ted and Jo gone wrong. . . Good. 1933. macaulay co hardcover
1933Alibris.0027785macaulay co 1933. Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. edge wear-spotting in book-yellowing. 252 p. macaulay co hardcover
1997Q-0789424606DK CHILDREN 1997-09-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! DK CHILDREN hardcover
1949033456England: Hodder & Stoughton 1949. Book. Very good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Price clipped jacket has tears and small losses and tape over a sticker pull on the front cover long gift mark to front free endpaper. Uk 1st edition. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover
1929120321San Francisco CA: Johnck & Seeger and S.T. Farquhar 1929. decorated paper-covered boards top edge cut other edges uncut. Kennedy Lawton R. 16mo. decorated paper-covered boards top edge cut other edges uncut. 25 3 pages. Limited to 230 numbered copies. Presentation by Lawton R. Kennedy responsible for presswork on colophon. Frontispiece original etching by Blanding Sloan. Decorations by Lawrence A. Patterson. Small stain at top of front cover along spine. (Johnck & Seeger and S.T. Farquhar) unknown
