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La Roche, ReneBiblio.com

Yellow Fever Considered in Its Historical Pathological Etiological and Therapeutical Relations. Including a Sketch of the Disease as it Has Occurred in Philadelphia 1699 to 1854. 2 Vols. Complete

TONKIN WAR - ROCHE, James F, & L L CowenBiblio.com

The French at Foochow.

1884173626Shanghai: Printed at the "Celestial Empire" office 1884. China is like a large pie. For many years covetous nations have been nibbling at the edge of the crust First edition of this eyewitness account of clashes between French and Chinese naval forces following the collapse of the Li-Fournier Agreement. Two tables show detail each side's ships and their specifications as well as the damage they sustained. The Tonkin War developed out of a tussle between France and China for influence in Vietnam. Following a number of engagements diplomatic exchanges between Li Hongzhang and Captain Ernest François Fournier produced a tentative agreement that China would withdraw from Tonkin and legally recognize a French protectorate. Negotiations however eventually broke down and the French launched an attack on Fuzhou on 23 August 1884. Foreign military observers including the two American authors of this report saw the engagement as a chance to evaluate the success of recent Chinese attempts to modernize the imperial navy. For the Qing empire the Battle of Fuzhou was a disaster the French fleet eight ships outgunning its eleven vessels all of which were eventually sunk. The defeat "paved the way for the dynasty's downfall" Po p. 206. The eight plates are after sketches made during the battle and show several Chinese ships before and after they were sunk. The final sketch is of a dog which drowned while trying to escape from the Yangwoo the Chinese flagship. Octavo. With 8 plates tables in text. Original light orange wrappers front cover lettered in black within ornamental black frame. Wrappers only lightly creased and marked contents sometime neatly consolidated into covers with adhesive text and plates clean: a near-fine copy. Cordier 2500. Ronald C. Po The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire 2018. unknown

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni2 250,00 £GB≈ 2 569,05 €

Aubury, Lewis E; & W L Watts; Gilbert E, Bailey; from the library of Harry M RocheBiblio.com

The Copper Resources of California Bulletin No 23; bound with Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of California Bulletin 19; bound with Saline Deposits of California Bulletin 24

1900016807San Francisco and Sacramento: California State Mining Bureau 1900. 3 volumes bound as one. All three are First Editions published 1902/1901/1902 respectively -- not cheaply-made modern reprints. Bound together in black cloth with black leather spine and corners stamped in shiny gold on the spine. The leather joints have a hairline crack. SEE PHOTOS. The original colored wraps for all three books are bound-in. The binding is in Near Very Good condition. Internal condition is Very Good. The ink stamp of Harry M. Roche is on the front endpaper. All three books are profusely illustrated with photos and maps. Many of the maps are fold-out and printed in color. COPPER RESOURCES has 69 illustrations mostly photos and 8 maps of which 3 are folding. The largest: Map of California Copper Deposits unfolds to 29.5" wide by 36" tall. Another fold-out is: Geological Map of the Western Portion of the Shasta County Copper Belt. OIL AND GAS YIELDING FORMATIONS has 35 photos and 13 fold-out maps including Geological Map of Territory between Los Angeles and Santa Ana River; Los Angeles Oil Fields 1898-1900; Geological Sketch Map of the Peninsula of San Pedro; Geological Sketch Map of SE Portion of Orange Co.; Devils Gate Oil District; Sketch Map of Summerland Oil Wells; Coalinga Oil District Fresno Co. 1900; etc. SALINE DEPOSITS has 98 photos and 5 maps. Three of the maps are folding. Two of them are quite large and in color: Map of California Saline Deposits 1902 unfolds to 29" wide by 36" tall; Saline Deposits of the Southern Portion of California unfolds to 30.5" wide by 30.5" tall. First Editions. Hardcover. Near Very Good condition. 8vo. 282pp. 236pp. 215pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. California State Mining Bureau Hardcover

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