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List Date : OCTOBER 22, 2016
CHINA
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PAPER-MAKING, COMMODORE MATTHEW C. PERRY:his letters & books
LAFCADIO HEARN: First Editions, Manuscripts & his 16 Vol.
Set: The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn.
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noted above, and any other related & choice material.
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materials in Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and in most any
other western European language. We are triple graduates of
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OCTOBER 22, 2016
AN ORIGINAL "RED GUARD" MARCHING FLAG
Book Number: 34020901
1 ["HONG WEI BING" HONG QI]. ["RED GUARD" RED FLAG.]
["HONG WEI BING" HONG QI: GENUINE "RED GUARD" RED FLAG].
[Nanning 1966, Hong Wei Bing]. An original "Red Guard" flag,
red with white edge for the pole, 99 x 78 cm., very clean, a
few tiny dark spots on the right edge, here & there, mostly
very sharp crisp item, Chinese text. V E R Y
R A R E !!
This is an excellent and very RARE item. An original "Hong
Wei Bing" ["RED GUARD"] flag, with the true white heavy
cloth pole guide at the left.
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This is the exact kind of flag the "Hong Wei Bing" ["RED
GUARDS"] paraded through the streets on their anarchistic
rampage throughout China. This flag was issued by "Red
Guards" in Nanning, Guangxi area, know as a 'hot bed' of
"Cultural Revolutionary" "Red Guard" activities. Tens of
thousands of these "Red Guards" were gunned down by the
P.L.A. [People's Liberation Army] in April 1967 when anarchy
ruled the streets. The P.L.A. as instructed by Mao and Lin
Biao put a forceful end to the 'official' sanction of the
Red Guards" to wage chaos throughout the country.
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CHINESE TEXT ON THE FLAG:
a. Top line:
"Mao Zedong si xiang"
"The thought of Mao Zedong"
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b. Second line:
"HONG WEI BING"
"RED GUARDS"
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c. Third line:
"Binyang xian geng du jiao shi ge ming zao fan"
"Binyang county plowing in the teachers revolution to
revolt."
Binyang county, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Aut. Region.
Most of the inhabitants are Zhuang ethnic minority.
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d. Forth line:
"Zon bu gu la fen bu."
"Gula district, part of branch headquarters."
An alternate translation is::
"Headquarters of the Ministry of ancient 'hot' zone."
'Hot Zone' meaning anarchistic Red Guards wreaking havoc in
and around Nanning and throughout Guangxi province.
Gula village is in Guangxi Zhuang Aut. Region.
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CONDITION:
It is in excellent condition, one tiny dark spot at the
lower right. The Chinese text were yellow-ink stenciled on
this flag.
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RARITY:
Flags actually used by the "Red Guards" are rare and the
majority of them were destroyed after 1976, when the
"CULTURAL REVOLUTION" was something the Chinese were ashamed
of and wanted to distance themselves from. A good number of
"RED GUARD" memorabilia were therefore lost through
attrition.
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This original flag was actually carried during the "WENHUA
DA GEMING" ["CULTURAL REVOLUTION"] during the official dates
from around August 18, 1966 through February 1967, and
unofficially through September, 1976.
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The "CULTURAL REVOLUTION" actually continued unsanctioned
by the government throughout China, but more virulently in
Guangxi province and other areas for ten years until the
death of Chairman Mao, September 9, 1976.
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Around this time many "Red Guards" continued to their
anarchist and chaotic rampage and were finally suppressed
by murderous force and guns of the People's Liberation Army
[P.L.A.]. The P.L.A. carried out mass executions of Red
Guards in Guangxi province that were unprecedented in the
Cultural Revolution. Over 1.5 million "Red Guards" were
killed throughout China.
[See Wikipedia "Red Guards" article, cited below as well as
SCHOENHALS below.
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Per Wikipedia: "Red Guards" ["Hong W�ibing"] were a mass
paramilitary social movement of young people in the People's
Republic of China (PRC), who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in
1966 and 1967, during the "Cultural Revolution." According
to a Red Guard leader, the movement's aims were as follows:"
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"Chairman Mao has defined our future as an armed
revolutionary youth organization...So if Chairman Mao is our
Red-Commander-in-Chief and we are his Red soldiers, who can
stop us? First we will make China red from inside out and
then we will help the working people of other countries make
the world red...And then the whole universe."
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Note: All the above liberally quoted from below sources.
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REFERENCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Guards_(China)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong
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Schoenhals, Michael. ed. CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION,
1966-1969: Not a Dinner Party. See this text, p.365 et al.
for a more precise discussion of the mass murder of "Red
Guards" in Guangxi province.
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SHANGHAI UNDERWEAR WEAVING COMPANY STORY
$376
2 A.B.C. UNDERWEAR WEAVING & DYEING MILL LTD.
THE GREAT A.B.C. EXTENSION PLAN.
Shanghai n.d. ca 1920], A.B.C. Underewar Weaving & Dyeing
Mill. Buff wrs., covers chipped roughly mended,paper browned
else solid, Chinese text, many b. w. photos, fold out pages,
no page numbers about 50 pages + photos.
OBSCURE !
Chinese text, covers the expansion project for the new mill
and factory, based in Shanghai.
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$309
3 ABBOTT, James F.
AMERICAN POLICY IN CHINA.
[New York 1918, Asia]. Extracted article, very good, pp.711714, table.
Discusses a 'progressive disintegration of government' in
China, also Chinese economics, table is of loans to China.
$29
4 ABEND, Hallett.
CHAOS IN ASIA.
New York [1940], Washburn. Orange cloth, very good, 313p.,
index, very clean, sharp copy. FIRST EDITION
The orgins of the Japanese war on China, Maro-Polo Bridge
indident, disorder in China, North China, Inner Mongolia,
Shanghai after two years of torture, Hong Kong's plight,
Canton ruined, thirty million homeless, Out With the White
Man, Japan's side of it all, news & propaganda, worst foot
forward. Japan's anati-foreignism...A very important book on
the interjection of Japan's will on China. The actual events
and results. A very good, solid resource on the global problem in China & N. China.
$78
AN EXCELLENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN OLD 'CHINA-HAND'& OF JAPAN
5 ABEND, Hallett.
MY LIFE IN CHINA 1926-1941.
New York [1943], Harcourt. Blue cloth, very good, 395p., e.p
maps, index. By a keen observer & correspondent for the New
York Times. Also covers Japan's forceful role in China.
A vivid account of China's rise as a great power. In 1926,
when the author arrived in China Chiang Kai-Shek & his associates were obscure provincial leaders plotting for the united China. The Japanese threat to the continent was just a
wisper of a rumor. The author follows step by step as Chiang
fights for unity in the chaos of warlordism & as Japan moves
from intrigue and bluff to military conquest. The author was
the corresondent for the New Yor Times. A brilliant eye
witness account.
AN EXCELLENT INSIGHT TO JAPANESE COLONIAL ACTIVITIES
6 ADACHI, Kinnosuke.
MANCHURIA: A Survey.
New York 1925, McBride. Red cloth, 401p., index, 11 maps,two
large fold-out color maps, 28 appendices, 60 b. w. photos,
lower edge slight damp stained, first few pages lower margin
minor affect,spine tear,else solid copy, 16 x 24cm FIRST Ed.
A primary resource inspection and tour from Chosen [Korea]
over the Yalu into Manchuria. From there a most in-depth
and copious and detailed study of Japan's prize possession:
Manchuria. Japan's largest and most important source of
raw materials, mines, crops, forest products, manufacturing
and trade, soy, and a host of others.
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A complex work, with exceptional and most factual authority
on everything Manchuria, geology, hydrography, forests,
climate, government: pre and post Japanese take-over, of
Chinese merchants, Chinese immigration to Manchuria. Full
chapters on: coming of the Russians, and Japan's ultimate
take over. South Manchuria Railway and America's Standard
Oil Co. assets, anti-Japanese propagandists, Japanese
development loans. Agriculture, animals and animal
products, mining and mineral wealth, manufacturing
industries: their products, trade routes and transportation,
$71
trade and trade tendencies, puppet Chinese government, with
historical background of the traditional Chinese guilds,
Hsien and officials.
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One of the most excellent, complete and most stunning works
compiled by Japanese on this subject. With copious
appendices.
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FIRST AND ONLY EDITION
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Color scans can be sent by email.
$109
A JAPANESE COLONIAL VIEW OF DAIREN, MUKDEN & HSINKING
7 ADACHI, Kinnosuke.
TALES OF THREE CITIES IN MANCHURIA.
[Tokyo] 1933, S.M.R.C. Stitched wrs., very clean, 27p., 16
b.w. photos.Covers Dairen, Mukden & Hsinking formerly Changchun. An excellent essays on the cities, useful guide book.
$197
8 ADAMS, Edward B.
THROUGH GATES OF SEOUL: Trails and Tales of Yi Dynasty.
Seoul [1970], Sahm-bo. Green cloth, 393 + 410p., 444 b. w.
photos, 103 color, 86 pages. maps, charts, index, appendix,
very good copy, 2 vol. set.
A very comprehensive guide book to Seoul, and most of the
country. Lavishly illustrated in color & b.w. With detailed
descriptions of the sights, palaces, shrines, tombs, gardens, palaces, mountains, fortresses, &c. Compiled by a long
time missionary in Korea, this work reflects his expertise
and deep knowledge of the area. A very good pre-Olympic
reference source. Scans can be sent by email.
$163
9 AERO, Rita.
THINGS CHINESE.
Garden City 1980, Doubleday. Black cloth, very good, dj., 66
b. w. photos, 57 illustrations, 256p., bibliography, sharp,
clean solid copy.
FIRST EDITION
This is a dictionary of all things Chinese. Arranged in
alphabetical order, it covers a wealth of subjects and
definitions. Such entries as amulets & charms, Buddhism,
brushes, butterfly, cicada, citrons, crickets, currency,
doctors, dogs, fests, festivals, fans, five elements,
Forbidden City, fox, gunpowder, language &c.
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A wonderful illustraated reference source.
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10 AERO, Rita.
THINGS CHINESE.
Garden City 1980, Dolphin. Stiff wrs., very good, 66 b.w.
photos, 57 illustrations, 256p., bibliography, 18 x 26 cm.
FIRST EDITION
This is a dictionary of all things Chinese. Arranged in
alphabetical order, it covers a wealth of subjects and
definitions. Such entries as amulets & charms, Buddhism,
brushes, butterfly, cicada, citrons, crickets, currency,
doctors, dogs, fests, festivals, fans, five elements,
Forbidden City, fox, gunpowder, language &c.
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A wonderful illustraated reference source.
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$5
11 AHLERS, John.
JAPAN CLOSING THE 'OPEN DOOR' IN CHINA.
Shanghai 1940, Kelly & Walsh. Stiff new white wrs., the old
label layed down on the front cover, 140p., spine worn, but
a clean, tight complete copy.
Covering: why should the Western world care for China's economy ? An "Open Door" in China. Japan turns against the
"Open Door." Manchuria-drill ground and testing field for
Japan's drive against the "Open Door" all over China. Japan
closes the "Open Door" to China shipping & railways, mineral
deposits, finance, currency, banking & to trade. All Western
countries in the same boat, free China maintains the "Open
Door." Japan's hunt for Western cash.
$51
12 AHN, Yong Choon.
THE SEED MUST DIE.
[London 1972], Varsity. Stiff wrs., very good, 93p.
The events recorded herein took place in Japanese occupied
Korea in 1937. A Korean pastor & his family refuse to compromise their Christian faith under the Japanese occupation
and then later under the Communists. A moving story of how
the imprisoned pastor's hopes for his sons to take on his
work are suddenly shattered, but of how they are then fulfilled through an almost incredible act of Christian love.
$60
13 [AI, Hongju]. ed. et al.
HISTORICAL TREASURES OF CHINA: A Collection of Rare
Manuscripts from the Archives of Liaoning Province.
[Hong Kong 1988], Zero to One. Green cloth, very good, dj.,
221p., bilingual Chinese & English text, as new, 200 color
photos of original documents.
This work covers the pivital background of China's Northeast
coast, adjacent to Korea and Japan. At various times, this
vast & rich area was controlled by non Chinese Liao & Qing
Empires, as well as by Russia, Chinese war lords & Japan. It
was also the birthplace of the Qing dynasty & formed part of
the il-fated Manchukuo puppet state established by Japan in
the 1930's, under titular rule of Pu Yi, "The Last Emperor."
Coves Han, Tang, Ming & Ching dynasties, Republic of China,
Japanese invasion period, Puppet Manchuria state, New China,
after the fall of Japan in 1945. This work is loaded with
historical treasures, some 140 rare documents. Useful in the
tracing of history & events.
LARGE POSTER ADVERTISING AIR MAIL SERVICE S.F. TO HONG KONG
$85
14 AIR MAIL ACROSS THE PACIFIC SAN FRANCISCO TO HONG KONG.
AIR MAIL ACROSS THE PACIFIC SAN FRANCISCO TO HONG KONG.
San Francisco 1937, [G.P.O.]. A large poster on stiff board,
33 x 48 cm., white with black ink, b.w. photo, and aircraft,
English & mostly Chinese text, time tables for departing air
craft and schedule. OBSCURE ITEM
[LIMITED EDITION OF 500]
This lovely period poster was printed September 30, 1937 in
a LIMITED EDITION OF 500 only copies, per the colophon at
the bottom of the poster.
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CONDITION:
The poster is very clean, and obscure. There are 2 very tiny
mended closed tears, in the right and lower margin, else
this is a very clean nice copy of a rare item. There is
almost no surface soil, and a small bump to lower right
corner, again none of this invades the text at all and can
be matted out in a frame.
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The "CHINA CLIPPER" an early Pan-Am aircraft is shown flying
over the city of San Francisco, just above Fisherman's
Wharf, and other piers and North Beach, Russian Hill, the
tower and downtown in the background.
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The text informs the Chinese community about the new air
mail service, drop off locations, times of pickup and the
like. Nicely executed.
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QUITE SCARCE
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15 AKAGI, Roy H.
JAPAN'S FOREIGN RELATIONS 1542-1936.
Tokyo 1936, Hokuseido. Red cloth very good, dj, 560p., top
gilt, index, b.w. photos & illustrations. Copious, large.
This history covers the beginnings of Japan's foreign relations: Japan as a closed country, reopened in 1858, restoration and consolidation-joining of Ryukyu, Kurile & Osagawara
islands, Formosan expedition. Revision of treaties, Japan in
Korea and China, Sino-Japanese War, Open Door Policy, AngloJapanese Alliance, Russo-Japanese War. Trial of Japan's Foreig policy: Japan & Korea, Manchuria, Japan in the World War
and Japan vs China.Re-orientation of Japan's foreign policy:
Washington Conference, Japan & China 1921-1931, Russo-Japanese relations 1921-1931, Japanese Immigration and international relations: Japanese emigration to America, the Gentleman's Agreement 1907, Anti-Japanese Land Laws, Japanese
$605
Exclusion Act. Japan and International Cooperation: League
of Nations. New Deal in Japan's foreign policy Sino-Japanese
crisis 1931-33, New Deal in Japanese diplomacy, Hirota diplomacy, Japan in Manchoukuo 1933-35, London Naval Conference
& Soviet Union. This work shows the beginnings and origins
as to why Japan attack Pearl Harbor and the beginning of
the Pacific War with America. The author was a lecturer at
Columbia University, he wrote extensively for the South
Manchria Railway. An important copious and very scholarly
work.
$94
16 AKAGI, Roy H.
JAPAN'S FOREIGN RELATIONS 1542-1936.
Tokyo 1936, Hokuseido. Red cloth, very good, 560p., top
gilt, index, 14 b.w. photos, clean bright copy. S C A R C E
This history covers the beginnings of Japan's foreign relations: Japan as a closed country, reopened in 1858, restoration and consolidation-joining of Ryukyu, Kurile & Osagawara
islands, Formosan expedition. Revision of treaties, Japan in
Korea and China, Sino-Japanese War, Open Door Policy, AngloJapanese Alliance, Russo-Japanese War. Trial of Japan's Foreig policy: Japan & Korea, Manchuria, Japan in the World War
and Japan vs China.Re-orientation of Japan's foreign policy:
Washington Conference, Japan & China 1921-1931, Russo-Japanese relations 1921-1931, Japanese Immigration and international relations: Japanese emigration to America, the Gentleman's Agreement 1907, Anti-Japanese Land Laws, Japanese
Exclusion Act. Japan and International Cooperation: League
of Nations. New Deal in Japan's foreign policy Sino-Japanese
crisis 1931-33, New Deal in Japanese diplomacy, Hirota diplomacy, Japan in Manchoukuo 1933-35, London Naval Conference
& Soviet Union. This work shows the beginnings and origins
as to why Japan attack Pearl Harbor and the beginning of
the Pacific War with America. The author was a lecturer at
Columbia University, he wrote extensively for the South
Manchria Railway. An important copious and very scholarly
work.
EXCELLENT REFERENCE ON JAPAN'S COLONIAL STAMPS IN MANCHURIA
17 AKAGI, Roy H.
THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF MANCHOUKUO.
$94
New York 1941, [Japanese American Review]. Stiff white wrs.,
some foxing, but a very good copy, many b. w. photos, 101p.,
in original spider-web glassine dust jacket.
R A R E
A fascinating look at the the whole issue of postal service
and stamps issued by Japan in her new colony. Covers regular
postal issues, China mail issue, surchareged issues, New
Year stammp, commemorative issues, air mail, with appendix
of the Su Ping-wen overprints. Beautifully illustrated with
excellent descriptive text. Showing the various small errors
and collector's points of intererst, rare stamps, and the
whole gambit of related. Scans can be sent by email.
$197
EXCELLENT REFERENCE ON JAPAN'S COLONIAL STAMPS IN MANCHURIA
18 AKAGI, Roy H.
THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF MANCHOUKUO.
New York 1941, [Japanese American Review]. Stiff white wrs.,
some foxing, but a very good copy, many b. w. photos, 101p.,
very clean copy, ex-library stamp on corner of title page,
else nice unmarked copy. RARE
A fascinating look at the the whole issue of postal service
and stamps issued by Japan in her new colony. Covers regular
postal issues, China mail issue, surchareged issues, New
Year stammp, commemorative issues, air mail, with appendix
of the Su Ping-wen overprints. Beautifully illustrated with
excellent descriptive text. Showing the various small errors
and collector's points of intererst, rare stamps, and the
whole gambit of related. Scans can be sent by email.
$184
19 AKCHURIN, Marat.
RED ODYSSEY: A Journey Through the Soviet Republics.
[New York 1992], Harper-Collins. Red cloth spine over boards
very good, dj., small rubber stamp to top edge, balance very
clean, 406p., index, 44 b.w. photos.
The author is a Tartar born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A vivid
description of the Central Asian republics, the land, people
& customs, while on a long journey through the Soviet Moslem
and other ethnic territories. Ethnic riots, nomads, polygamous tribes &c. Fascinating look at a hitherto closed area.
$46
A MOST USEFUL LIST OF REIGNS, EMPERORS, DATES & YEARS
20 AKIYAMA, Aisaburo.
A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF JAPAN AND CHINA.
Tokyo 1930, Akiyama. Red cloth, bit faded, contents very
good, 42p., a comprehensive list of all reigns for both of
the Emperors and political reigns for Japan & China. Highly
useful reference for any student or collector.
S C A R C E
Includes Gregorian related dates along side these other
dates. Essential resource.
*
Shows all reigns of Emperors, dynasty names, dates, list of
Era names, Shoguns and much more.
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A valuable reference.
*
$24
A MOST USEFUL LIST OF REIGNS, EMPERORS, DATES & YEARS
21 AKIYAMA, Aisaburo.
A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF JAPAN AND CHINA.
New York 1964, Paragon. Brown cloth, very good, 42p., a chronological list of the years, reigns and dynasty dates, with
characters listed. Useful reference.
Includes Gregorian related dates along side these other
dates. Essential resource.
*
Shows all reigns of Emperors, dynasty names, dates, list of
Era names, Shoguns and much more.
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A valuable reference.
*
$51
22 ALABASTER, Ernest.
NOTES ON CHINESE LAW AND PRACTICE PRECEDING REVISION.
[Shanghai 1906, Journal N. China Branch Royal Asiatic Soc.].
New grey wrs., extracted article, pp.84-149, very good, last
page in facsimile.
OBSCURE
Excellent monograph, Chinese characters in the text. Obscure
and useful paper.
EARLY RESOURCE ON THE GREAT TEACHER, SCHOLAR & PHILOSOPHER
$46
23 ALEXANDER, G.G.
CONFUCIUS THE GREAT TEACHER: A Study.
London 1890, Kegan. Black cloth, very good, clean copy, 314
pages, tight, appendix, 13 x 20 cm., minor wear to spine
head/tail, else solid copy.
FIRST EDITION SCARCE
An early, scholarly and dependable work. Covers a large resume of Confucius: his life, times, teaching of the great
Chinese philosopher. With a profusion of his writings as
good examples. A superb biography of the reformer, the Four
Books, Five Classics, with a list of authorities and some
translators.
*
$60
EARLY RESOURCE ON THE GREAT TEACHER, SCHOLAR & PHILOSOPHER
24 ALEXANDER, G.G.
CONFUCIUS THE GREAT TEACHER: A Study.
London 1890, Kegan. Black cloth, very good, clean copy, 314
pages, tight, appendix, corners rubbed, couple of signatures
shifted, else solid. WITH FOUR PAGE PENNED LETTER IN THE
AUTHOR'S HAND, tipped in.
S C A R C E
An early, scholarly and dependable work. Covers a large resume of Confucius: his life, times, teaching of the great
Chinese philosopher. With a profusion of his writings as
good examples. A superb biography of the reformer, the Four
Books, Five Classics, with a list of authorities and some
translators.
*
BEAUTIFUL HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS OF CHINESE & CHINESE LIFE
$71
25 ALEXANDER, William. et al.
VIEWS OF 18TH CENTURY CHINA: Costumes, History, Customs.
[Paris 1804]. 3/4 Red leather, raised bands, split to spine,
mended, 67 hand-colored litho plates, folio, 27 x 37 cm.,
co-author George Mason, no title page or text, just the fine
plates, French captions, usual rubbing to spine,corners.RARE
A major collection of the earliest & best color illustrations of China during from the early 1800's. Nicely done, it
shows various Mandarins, tradesmen, royalty & all phases of
Chinese society, fashion & costume, architecture. A true &
accurate guide to what Chinese society looked like and what
they did around 1800. Printed lithographic plates finely
hand-colored, large size work. Covering all phases & aspects
of Chinese life, culture & activities. Includes some punishments as well. A highly collectable work.
*
$3874
BEAUTIFUL HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS OF CHINESE & CHINESE LIFE
26 ALEXANDER, William. et al.
VIEWS OF 18TH CENTURY CHINA: Costumes, History, Customs.
[Paris 1804]. Accordian-style, 10 color litho plates, linenbacked, 16 x 21.5 cm., contained in new marbled board case,
edges bit browned, chipped,prints slightly toned,solid copy.
A RARE & EARLY COLOR EXAMPLE
A major collection of the earliest & best color illustrations of China during from the early 1800's. Nicely done, it
shows various Mandarins, tradesmen, royalty & all phases of
Chinese society, fashion & costume, architecture. A true &
accurate guide to what Chinese society looked like and what
they did around 1800. Printed lithographic plates finely
hand-colored, large size work. Covering all phases & aspects
of Chinese life, culture & activities. Includes some punishments as well. A highly collectable work.
*
$600
HISTORIC MEETING OF LORD ELGIN & THE EMPEROR OF CHINA
27 ALEXANDER, William.
APPROACH OF THE EMPEROR OF CHINA, TO RECEIVE THE BRITISH
AMBASSADOR.
London n.d. ca 1850's, Dean. A single lithographic print,
very good, small mend at bottom verso, else clean, drawn by
B. Clayton, engraved on stone by J. W. Giles, sheet size:
22.2 x 15.5cm., print size:19 x 11.8 cm.
A charming and historic view. Shows the Chinese Emperor on
a planquin, with many bearers holding him as they march to
meet Lord Elgin. A large procession of Chinese officials
are present, quite a spectacle.
.
Color scans of this and most others are posted to our
website.
$20
28 ALIP, Eufronio, M.
THE CHINESE IN MANILA.
Manila [1974], National Historical Comm. White stiff wrs.,
very good, 71p., index, statistics.
A useful essay, outlines the early Philippines-China relations, changing pattern of Chinese immigration during the
Spanish rule. The"Parian" & the "Alcaiceria de Binondo." Political troubles, commercial & trade relations, Chinese role
in the Philippie retail trade, the Chinese in business, commerce & industry. Chinese hands in Philippine agriculture &
lumberindustry. Christian faith among the Chinese in Manila,
Chinese contribution to Filipino arts.
29 ALL CHINA.
ALL CHINA. An Illustrated Introduction to China, Its People,
and Culture.
Lincolnwood [1986], Passport. Black illustrated stiff wrs.,
143p., index, bibliography, many color illustrations, very
good, bright copy.
A great guide to visiting China, food, Northeast, Yangzi
$71
basin, central & South China, the Southwest, Innte Mongolia,
the Northwest, Tibet, Qinghai & so much more. Highly useful
for all visitors.
$3
30 ALLANE, Lee.
ORIENTAL RUGS A BUYER'S GUIDE.
London [1999], Hudson Thames. Stiff pictorial wrs., bright,
very clean copy, 136p., index, many color & b.w. photos,
18 x 25 cm.
$20
31 ALLEN, Charles L.
COMMUNICATION PATTERNS IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong 1979, Chinese University. Blue cloth, very good,
125p., 42 tables, charts, statistics, dj.
A LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES.
S C A R C E
Communications patterns of 3000 Chinese and of 500 American,
Australian, British, Canadian and European residents of Hong
Kong. Scholarly study.
$71
32 ALLEN, G.C.
JAPAN: The Hungry Guest.
New York 1938, Dutton. Red cloth, very good, index, 361p.,
glossary, appendix, 12 b.w. photos, map.
An important work written during the time that the war with
China had been going on. It offers a keen insight to Japan's
economic development history. Covering Nippon Seishin, structure of society, government of the people, fields, workshop
and factories. Economic development up to the world depression. The condition of workers, Japan into Nippon, manifest
destiny. With useful appendices on economic effects upon
Japan of the Sino-Japanese war.
A PRIMARY RESOURCE ON CENTRAL THE ASIAN AREA BY A CHAPLAIN
33 ALLEN, I[saac] N[icholson].
DIARY OF A MARCH THROUGH SINDE AND AFGHANISTAN, WITH THE
TROOPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL SIR WILLAIM NOTT, K.C.B.
London, 1843. Hatchard.Red cloth, neatly rebacked, old spine
layed down, minor loss to top, 480p.,9 lithos, large folding
frontis, very good, solid, pictorial covers, occasional pencil underline, else clean.
FIRST EDITION
S C A R C E
The author was assistant Chaplain on the Hon. East India
company's Bombay establishment, and for H.M. 40th Regiment
$61
He travelled on foot for this campaign throught Afghanistan.
Covers a sketch of Dooraunee empire, lower and upper Sinde,
Bolan & Kojuk Passes, Kandahar, to Ghuznee, to Kabul, and to
Peshawur. Loaded with keen observations on the inhabitants,
customs, ethnology, travel points, the mountains, terrain,
weather, flora, fauan, food, culture of Afghans...well done!
$1047
34 ALLEN, Nellie B.
ASIA. Ahead of Title: Geographical & Industrial Studies.
Boston [1916], Ginn. Brown cloth, very good, 450p., index,
glossary, light damp stain on lower right corner of pages,
text clean, as is.
This work's goal is to familiarize the reader with the Far
Eastern continent, a 'modern geography' to the people, industries, places, relations & rivers. Focus on the land and
great waterways of China, tea farms, Tibet, Turkestan, Mongolia, Manchuria, the Trans-Siberian Railroad, Central Asian
life & people, Iran, Western Asia, India, Ceylon,Bay of Bengal, Japan, silkworms & silk manufactures, Formosa & Korea.
$71
35 ALLOM, Thomas.
ALTAR-PIECE IN THE "YUN STZOO-STZEE" TEMPLE, TING-HAI.
London [1843], Fisher. Single engraving, etching, very good,
extracted from Allom & Wright's CHINA IN A SERIES OF VIEWS.
Showing Chinese religious altar and worshipers with queues,
20 x 26 cm., very clean.
A very lovely view. Shows a central saint in a grotto, she
holds a small dieties surround the Saint, probably Kwannon.
Five Chinese show reverence four are on their knees in the
trditional Kowtow. There is a smaller central alter with
another female seated Diety. Other dieties are in the heavens. Nicely done, unusual. A color scan can be sent by
email.
$26
36 ALLOM, Thomas.
ALTAR-PIECE IN THE "YUN STZOO-STZEE" TEMPLE, TING-HAI.
London [1843], Fisher. Single engraving, matted, very good,
extracted from Allom & Wright's CHINA IN A SERIES OF VIEWS.
Showing Chinese religious altar and worshipers with queues,
20 x 26 cm., hand-colored, very clean..
A very lovely view. Shows a central saint in a grotto, she
holds a small dieties surround the Saint, probably Kwannon.
Five Chinese show reverence four are on their knees in the
trditional Kowtow. There is a smaller central alter with
another female seated Diety. Other dieties are in the heavens. Nicely done, unusual. A color scan can be sent by
email.
$32
37 ALLOM, Thomas.
ATTACK AND CAPTURE OF CHUENPEE, NEAR CANTON.
[London 1843, Fisher]. Original steel engraving after a drawing by Allom, hand-coloured, size: 123 x 192 mm.
British artillery and infantry in the foreground, attacking
positions on & below the hills of Chuenpee, very good.
FIRST & ONLY EDITION
.
$26
38 ALLOM, Thomas.
BRITISH ENCAMPMENT ON IRGAO-SHAN, CHUSAN.
[London 1843, Fisher]. Original steel-engraving after the
drawing by Allom, hand-coloured, 125 x 185 mm., very good.
Shows the small town, with columns of British soldiers
by the bay, other Chinese looking on.
$26
39 ALLOM, Thomas.
CAPTURE OF TING-HAI, CHUSAN.
[London 1843, Fisher]. A single hand-colored print, engraved
by E. Brandard, very good, 27.5 x 20.5 cm. Shows a British
man-o-war under full sail shooting surrounding Chinese war
Junks, other skiffs loaded with british soldiers, with large
numbers of Chinese troops on the background hills preparing
to fend off the British invasion.
.
A color scan can be sent by email.
$20
40 ALLOM, Thomas.
CEREMONY OF 'MEETING THE SPRING.'
[London 1843, Fisher]. Single sheet hand-colored steel engraving by S. Bradshaw, 27.5 x 20 cm., very good, matted and
protected, extracted from Allom & Wright's CHINA IN A SERIES
OF VIEWS. Shows a gay scene of many palanquin bearers in a
grand ceremony of carrying celebrants. The carry the procession down a street with lovely Chinese architectural buildings in the background. One grand cart carries a giant water
buffalo.
$26
41 ALLOM, Thomas.
CHAPEL IN THE GREAT TEMPLE, MACAO.
[London 1843, Fisher]. Single sheet hand-colored steel engraving by M. Stearling, sheet size 26 x 20 cm., print size:19
x 12.5 cm. Extracted from Allom & Wright's CHINA IN A SERIES
OF VIEWS clean solid.
A very nice perspective showing Chinese junks in the
background, with Chinese temples & structures in the
foreground, with a few pig-tail Chinese milling about,
nicely executed, done in fine detail.
$39
AN ILLUSTRATION OF A PERSON DOING THE I-CHING ORACLE
42 ALLOM, Thomas.
A DEVOTEE CONSULTING THE STICKS OF FATE.
[C.1840]. Original steel engraving from Allom's Chinese
Empire, hand-coloured, size:126 x 184 mm.,very good,
shows the interior of a great temple, with a priest & two
worshipers preparing to do the oracle with bamboo sticks in
the I-Ching, while a companion looks on.
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The I-Ching was consulted every adult day by Confucius, ca.
221 B.C. Who can argue with his wisdom !
.
43 ALLOM, Thomas.
DICE PLAYERS, NEAR AMOY.
[c.1840]. Original steel engraving, from Allom's Chinese
Empire, hand-coloured, size: 120 x 145 mm., very clean
solid.
The Chinese love gambling, lovely scene as they throw the
$20
dice from a container on a mat.
.
$20
44 ALLOM, Thomas.
ENTRANCE TO CHIN-CHEW RIVER, FOKIEN.
drawing by Allom, hand-coloured.Size: 125 x 188 mm,very good
clean solid copy.
$20
45 ALLOM, Thomas.
GREAT TEMPLE AT HONAN, CANTON.
London [c.1840]. Original steel engraving, from Allom's Chiese Empire, hand-coloured, size: 126 x 185 mm., engraved by
A. Willmore, very clean solid copy.
A Confucian ritual for ancestor worship.
.
$20
46 ALLOM, Thomas.
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
[London 1843, Fisher]. Single sheet orignal steel engraving
by J. Sands, 126 x 188 mm., very good, extracted from Allom
& Wright's CHINA IN A SERIES OF VIEWS. Shows the magnificent
great wall as it moves off into the distant mountains. The
foreground shows a very long and dignified Chinese procession with the great one leading in an ornamental planquin.
Nicely composed, quite lovely period work. A scan can be
sent by email.
$39
47 ALLOM, Thomas.
THE GROTTO OF CAMOENS, MACAO.
[London 1843, Fisher]. A single sheet, hand-colored, engraved by T. Allom, sheet size: 26 x 20 cm., print size:19 x12.5
cm., very good, extracted from Allom & Wright's CHINA IN A
SERIES OF VIEWS, clean solid.
An excellent view of the sea with several Chinese junks
under sail, with a small pagoda temple upon the heights of
the cliff [grotto below].
.
Some long pig-tail Chinese walking on the road leading up
to the grotto, two others observe the view to the sea.
.
Nicely done, finely engraved.
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48 ALLOM, Thomas.
A GROUP OF FIVE HAND-COLORED STEEL ENGRAVINGS OF CHINA.
[London c.1843, Fisher]. Group of five finely executed handcolored plates, ca. 27 x 20.5 cm., extracted from CHINA IN A
SERIES OF VIEWS, very good, steel engravings, very clean and
solid.
This group contains following views all drawn by Allom:
.
THE PAO-TA-LA OR GREAT TEMPLE NEAR ZHEHOL, TARTARY [A most
early view of Tibet before it was under China's control.
.
BRITISH ENCAMPMENT ON IRGAO-SHAN, CHUSAN. TSEIH LING
YEN, OR THE SEVEN STAR MOUNTAINS.
.
LE TSEAOU SHAN OR "THE WESTERN SEARED [sic] HILLS." JOSS
HOUSE, CHAPOO.
$39
.
A nice lot, ready for framing and display, finely executed
work.
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A lovely group of hand-tinted examples.
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$139
THE BATTLE WITH THE BRITISH AGAINST THE CHINESE
49 ALLOM, Thomas.
JOSS HOUSE, CHAPOO: Death of Col. Tomlinson.
London c.1843, Fisher. An engraved hand-color print, 27 x 19
cm., caption in English, French & Geman, very clean, no foxing, sketched on the spot by Capt. Stoddard, R.N. very good.
Shows the British forces lined up in attack against Chinese.
Depicts the battle against the Chinese, and the death of
Col. Tomlinson.
.
Engraved by T.A. Prior, drawn by T. Allom.
.
Nicely executed, clean, ready for framing and display.
.
$19
50 ALLOM, Thomas.
LAKE LEE-HOO AND TEMPLE OF THE THUNDERING WINDS, FROM THE
VALE OF TOMBS
[London 1843], Fisher. Single engraved print extracted from
Allom & Wright's CHINA IN A SERIES OF VIEWS, 27.5 x 20 cm.,
very good. Showing Lake Lee-Hoo in the background, with the
vale of tombs and several Chinese in the foreground.
$32
51 ALLOM, Thomas.
A LOT OF FOUR CANTON VIEWS.
[London c.1843, Fisher].Three hand-colored steel engravings
of Canton. [Washington 1854, G.P.O]. A print of FISH MARKET
CANTON drawn by Heine, all about 27.5 x 21 cm. sheet size,
very good, clean solid, 4 sheets.
Four original lithographic prints, 3 by T. Allom:
.
CAPTURE OF TING-HAI CHUSAN, a dramatic sketch showing
British ships using cannon on the Chinese fleet, while
British marines prepare to land in small rowboats and
assault the mainland.
.
ATTACK AND CAPTURE OF CHUEN-PEE, NEAR CANTON, sketched by a
Royal marine. Shows landed marines marching on the town,
while others prepare cannon to fire on the Chinese positons
& forts, British ships in the background.
.
GREAT TEMPLE AT HONAN, CANTON. Shows three grand images in
an elaborate Chinese temple as a host of Chinese with long
ques pay homage & offer prayers.
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The last print extracted from the Perry set, shows a lively
Chinese market along the street, with chickens and children
playing in the street, while others look at the wares for
sale, and mandarins gather to chat before a stately office.
Nicely executed, ready for framing and display.
*
$128
52 ALLOM, Thomas.
THE OU-MA-TOO, OR FIVE HORSES HEADS.
[London 1843, Fisher]. Orginal steel-engraving after the
drawing by Allom, 125 x 195 mm., engraved by W. Floyd, extracted from Allom & Wright's CHINA IN A SERIES OF VIEWS, very
clean solid copy.
A lovely scene, shows the five magnificient mountain tops
known as the "FIVE HORSES" HEADS, with a large waterwheel,
small and large junks in the bay.
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A few Chinese on the shore look on, one fishes from a small
.
Finely excecuted.
.
$22
53 ALLOM, Thomas.
THE POO-TA-LA, OR GREAT TEMPLE NEAR ZHEHOL, TARTARY.
[London 1843, Fisher]. A single hand-colored print, engraved
by J. Tingle, very good., 27.5 x 20.5 cm. Shows the mountain
with the Great Tibetan complex built inside. Tibetan archers
on horses look on and prepare to fire, others captured a
Chinese attacker, in the days when Tibetans ruled Tibet !
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$26
54 ALLOM, Thomas.
PROPITIATORY OFFERINGS FOR DEPARTED RELATIVES.
original drawing by Allom, hand-coloured.Size: 125 x 193 mm,
very good. Shows people praying before Monks & Buddhist
statues in a great temple, clean solid. FIRST & ONLY EDITION
A Confucian ceremony for ancestors.
.
$20
55 ALLOM, Thomas.
PROPITIATORY OFFERINGS FOR DEPARTED RELATIVES.
original drawing by Allom, b.w.,size:125 x 193 mm.,very good
solid, 2 small margin spots. Shows people praying before the
Buddhist statues & monks, great temple. FIRST & ONLY EDITION
A Confucian ceremony for ancestors.
.
$17
56 ALLOM, Thomas.
PUNISHMENT OF THE TCHA OR CANGUE. TING-HAI.
[London c. 1843,] Fisher. A single hand-colored engraving,
very good, engraved by G. Paterson. Showing the bailiff with
a chain on the cangue and a whip in his other hand, while a
woman tries to feed the convicted, a small child balances
the cangue, others look on.
.
Nicely executed, suitable for framing & display.
.
$26
57 ALLOM, Thomas.
TEMPLE OF BUDDHA, CANTON.
[London 1843, Fishter]. A single hand-colored print engraved
by W.H. Capone, very good, 27.5 x 20.5 cm. Shows interior of
a Buddhist temple, with worshipers praying, others play
musical instruments, before a single Buddhist statue, clean.
$20
58 ALLOM, Thomas.
THE CATARACT OF SHIH-TAN. [Province of Kiang-nan].
[London 1843, Fisher]. Single engraving by S Bradshaw, handcolored, 27.5 x 19.5 cm, very good, matted, and protected,
solid copy.
$39
59 ALLOM, Thomas.
THE PASS OF YANG CHOW.
original drawing by Allom, hand-coloured,size: 123 x 188 mm,
verso mended old tear, old tape mark, sold 'as is' this is
NOT returnable, see scan on our website.FIRST & ONLY EDITION
$19
60 ALLOM, Thomas.
VALE OF TING-HAI, CHUSAN.
drawing by Allom, hand-coloured, size: 126 x 190 mm., very
clean, shows the distant mountains and the bay in the
foreground, with several Chinese and a procession under way.
$20
61 AMANN, Gustav.
THE LEGACY OF SUN YATSEN: A History of the
Chinese Revolution.
New York [1929], Carrier. Yellow cloth, 302p. very good, 19
b.w. photos, 2 color end paper maps, index.
Outlining the downfall of the Manchu dynasty, bequest of Sun
Yatsen, constitution of the Nationalist Government, & march
to the Yang Tze Kiang. Excellent coverage of this chaotic
period & internal change.
$71
62 AMBOLT, Nils.
KARAVAN: Travels in Eastern Turkestan.
London [1939], Blackie. Black cloth, very good, 191p., folding map, 8 color, 55 b. w. photos, translated by J. Bulman,
foreword by Sven Hedin.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
Ambolt was a Swedish aastronomer and geodesist. This is his
personal narrative of a five year sojourn and expedition
through Central Asia. He worked in Sinkian or by the ancient
name of Dzungaria and in other completely unknown parts of
Northern Tibet, later in Western Tibet & Ladakh. He collected valuable astronomic, geodetic & meteorological observations. He also carried out triangulations, altitude measurements, cartographical observations throughout the areas he
visited. This great work assisted in the mapping of Central
Asia & Chinese Turkestan. Ambolt also was a staff member on
Sven Hedin's big expedition of 1928-33 & 35. Excellent coverage of the journey from Chinese Turkestan to Kuruk-tagh,
Lop Nor, Kara-koshun, Bejan-tura, Urmtsi, Bogdo Ula, observations of the Dalai Lama, through the desert to Khotan, Yarkand & Swedish missionaries, over the Kara-koram Pass, goal
of ambitions, Dalai-kurghan-Charchan, Southern edge of Taklamakan, notes on feminine intuition & Turki religion. A most
fasacinating primary resource.
STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF AMERICAN DOUGH-BOYS IN CHINA
$230
63 AMERICAN ARMY IN CIVIL WAR CHINA, A PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM.
AMERICAN ARMY IN CHINA: Tientsin, Peking, Shanghai, Hankow,
Hong Kong &c., 1927-1928.
[China n.d. ca. 1927-1928]. Brown simulated alligator cloth
covers, 37 x 27.5 cm., black pages, spine ribbon-tied, ca.
400 b.w. photos corner mounted, images very good, sharp and
clear images NOT faded,solid,nicely done. V E R Y R A R E !
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SUPERB PHOTO ALBUM OF THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR:
.
. Beginning of The Communist Party led led by Mao Tse-tung
.
. V.S. the Kuomintang [KMT] or Chinese Nationalist Party
.
Led by Chiang Kai Shek.
.
The United States Supported the KMT. In this album, we see
how the KMT soldiers hosted the American Army in China,
using their trains and military bases throughout China.
*
This unusual album contains 400 original b. w. photographs &
and is an historic photographic record of American military
deployment showing Dough-boys in China, probably from the
U.S. Army's 2nd. Battalion, 15th. infantry, per the flag and
insignia found on a group formation photograph. A minority
are with written captions, by and large taken by the
person who made the album, also enhanced with a small
percent of professional Chinese photos, some of which have
in-negative captions.
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There are ca. 3 or so photos missing else completely filling
32 pages or 64 sides + one on the inside back cover. The
inside of the front cover has five attractive period
color luggage type adverts from various hotels: Hotel
Lankershim & Coast Line Military & Naval Hotel San
Francisco, Cal; The Court Hotel, Tientsin North China;
Grand Hotel des Wagons Litz; Astor House Hotel Ltd.,
Tientsin.
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The album begins with photos of a Chinese playing a
Pi-pa [snake skin banjo], then there are three other photos:
first two show a Chinese military camouflage train engine
from which a Yank soldier in his campaign hat descends, and
a long train of cars with a large howitzer mounted upon one,
last shows French [?] troops at parade rest with their
rifles and white gloves and crested helmets with anchors
[naval or marines] with others in the background with some
officers.
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The next two pages show Chinese coolies swing a basket from
the creek top water a field, a mother suckling her baby with
her family at the farm, a large water tower in the wet slums
and a group of Doughboys at attention in formation, they
wear boots, leggings, chrome World War I type dress helmets,
a rifle, back pack with bayonet, cartridge pouch belts with
green wool hip-length jackets. The opposite page shows
another view of the Chinese military train, a pair of
large mounted guns on an armored train car. To the right
is a Chinese officer pointing to a large pierced hole
in the train with a foreign engineer peering out from
the small window. The train sports the Republic of China
flag with a Chinese military unit flag painted on the side.
Another view shows a group of abandoned Chinese coffins that
went to the dogs; a group of soldiers in garrison caps at
attention with fixed bayonets as the officers salute
someone near the person taking the photo, some Chinese
officers also present.
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Next 2 pages show Chinese on a wheel barrow, some Japanese
women by a pond in Kimono and a group of British troops from
their colonial Empire: blacks, Indians, white trumpeter,
Chinese, and others with musical instruments all wear white
cork-type pith helmets. A group of Japanese officers mugging
for the camera. Photos of the railhead and large number of
Chinese troops with rifles, and kit at the railway station,
some on march carrying their flags others in open box cars
with touring cars that are on the move, another of
camouflaged armored train cars, one shows a number of
foreign soldiers looking out of a train car window, some
are with tiny embossed stamp at right corner: "Mei Lee Tien
Tsin."
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The album continues with a mixture of images of civilian
Chinese, Chinese military, their trains, moving air planes,
weapons, war refugees in tents, military views of
barbed wire fortifications, trenches, machine gunners
Russian soldiers, Chinese officers, Chinese air force,
funerals, rickshaw pullers, camel trains, captured & wounded
prisoners, foreign soldiers at their sand-bagged posts.
Photos of the great wall, magnificent Chinese
architectural monuments, buildings and pagodas, religious
icons, coffins, more coffins, mortars & Chinese junks and a
plethora of others.
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The American Consulate General's compound in Tientsin,
American military band welcoming the newly arrived
replacement troops. A large photo group shot of the
American officers seated for a memorial photograph, with
their Battalion flag proudly posted on the wall where
they pose [source of our citation at the top of the unit
name]; two buglers are at each outside position, the
commander is ram-rod straight and taller than all others
seated in the front & center; he and only two others on his
sides wear full leather knee boots, probably indicating the
highest ranking officers; others are in boots & leggings.
*
Photos of Doughboys aboard a ship showing the Naval officers
with one stunning photo of an American high officer with his
Japanese & Chinese counter parts posing for the camera. And
a photo of the "Mail Boat Gazun Panama" and a few others of
Panama giving credence to the fact that some of these
soldiers came from the American East coast via Panama to
San Francisco, then on to China. Nice photo of semi-nude
Panamanian family, men, women, children. Doughboys at target
practice, photos of Chinese poverty, coolies pulling great
loads and street vendors.
*
More showing Chinese life style, street life, horse &
bullock carts, and yet more caskets left in the open
unburied and abandoned, train cars full of horses, Chinese
troops, smoke rising from a burning city, another with
"Tian jin" written in Chinese, catholic church, more
parading of American soldiers within the Tientsin
American Consulate parade grounds, trooping of the colors.
And a nice photo of the "U.S. Army Transport Thomas,"
Chinese junk &c. A U.S. soldier in a necktie, his rifle at
fixed bayonet at parade-rest before the Consulate General
compound with sand bags, inside a photo of a U.S. soldier
with his Colt-45 on his hip with canteen looking at some
communications connections, another photo of two mini U.S.
tanks, and a very long bridge over the water.
*
Photo of the Tientsin downtown with a Sikh Indian policeman
directing traffic. Next page shows a public Chinese street
execution: the guilty on his knees with the executioner
ready to swing a very large sword and another headless
corpse is before him, the Tientsin YMCA compound, opposite
which is likely the inside of the American Consulate offices
showing very ancient typewriters and three women staff and
one other female Navy person. They all mug for the camera
with a good number of U.S. Army or Marine officers, behind
three desks.
*
Chinese hauling "magnum gold" brand ammunition on handtrucks, a U.S. Army band performing before the Consulate's
office. At this point, we find a few photos with penned
captions: "One of China's Department Stores [it shows a bird
vendor]; Peanut Gambler [a mountain of P-nuts]; Chinese
Shimboo [photo of the office and maker of the album and his
Chinese officer friend ?]; "A Chinese Taxi" [shows him in a
Rickshaw], "Me and the boy friend 11/3/28" [shows a tiny
goat cart carrying a child's coffin with a Chinese man. This
penned date gives substantial proof of the date range of the
entire album which was placed about the center of the whole
work.
*
The next page shows two more penned captions: "Chinese
cavalry" and "Note mud house and fence" [shows two Chinese
officers on horse-back and a very, very poor house with very
starved animals]. The next shows six Chinese undercover men,
two each holding a Chinese being readied for execution; and
a very grizzly photo of a Chinese officer actually executing
a Chinese man with his pistol who is seated on a rock: the
photo captures the action as the shot blows away the mans
brains. Behind the execution scene is a crowd of American
soldiers in campaign hats and Chinese military officers who
are witness to the event.
*
More views of Chinese street life, vendors, pullers, haulers
& horse carts, religious icons and a stunning Chinese roofed
gate, more Chinese troops on the move via train, with a very
horrible view of a large number of dead Chinese in the muddy
filthy waters by a bridge. Homeless Chinese at a "soup
kitchen," war refugees hauling their belongings, house
boat, street barbers, a group of 7 photos by the ocean. They
show American soldiers at leisure looking at Chinese
fishermen nets, naked fishermen hauling in a net of fish to
the beach, a burning waterfront village, the jetty where
several large [American ?] transport ships are at anchor,
and a great assembly of Yankee soldiers on the beach with
duffel bags and their gear at the railhead.
*
The last photo shows a great number of various whisky
bottles lined up for display. More photos show a coffin
maker, large coffin, basket seller and "chow" sellers on
the street. A military formation of 100's of either
Scottish, or Irish soldiers with fixed bayonets, marching
down the main street before the "RNC Electricity
Dept.," below which is a very long line of British soldiers
on one side of the street, opposite from a good number of
American soldiers, who are on the side of the street, a
British Union Jack flies over a castle-like structure, this
is clearly some kind of grand military parade.
*
More photos of the Great Wall, the military parade and army
chaplains, with an Australia flag flying over another castle
tower. Chinese river scene with large numbers of native
boats in a canal, a beggar's camp with straw -mat tents, a
canal crossing ferry for people, a photo of a U.S. officer
stand on top a wooden coffin for a closer look. More
poverty-stricken Chinese, haulers, fortune tellers,
graves, tethered horses, log sawyers, rice haulers,
electric trolley with English and Chinese language sign on
the roof, panorama post card of Shanghai's Bund.
*
The album now shifts to photos of the Peking area. Shows the
Ming tombs and the camel-lined road; military train [the
Americans were transported by that train], a large bivouac
and tent city where the U. S. military troops camped, some
Chinese "house boys" proudly holding the American troop's
unit flag. More photos of two U.S. soldiers posing near
Chinese coffins in a wet ditch. A group of very young
Chinese boys posed near the railroad; one is so poor that he
has no clothes at all and is in nude. A large group of
Nationalist Chinese soldiers marching along a street, one
classic photo of a single American soldier on guard,
standing at attention as stands vigil on a barbed-wire
barrier, his rifle at fixed bayonet.
*
A group of five Chinese young "ladies" who pose for the
camera who seemed NOT to be bewildered by the photographer,
they look like "Sing-song girls" [hookers] who entertained
the U.S. troops. Chinese Buddhist priests in white robes
with shaved heads, a great gate to Peking, Shanghai harbor
views, shanty huts, captured Chinese criminal or traitor
guarded by Chinese soldiers, train car full of rifles,
more Chinese soldiers on trains, marching in formation on
the road. And a good photo of several American officers:
one with a whip posing for the camera in garrison hat.
*
Chinese bivouac, and American soldiers with bullet and
pouches for ammo with rifles at parade rest. More
barbed-wire barricades, Chinese & British soldiers, armored
train-mounted gun. More Chinese prisoners [traitors?] being
executed, heads hoisted on power poles in baskets as a form
of public warning and display for other would-be traitors.
An American tent bivouac camp, at the train yard, two more
public exec executions by beheading at the moment of loosing
one's head, an executed dead man lying in the street. Photos
of Peking's Forbidden City, a Chinese hung to death from a
tree, a Yank soldier in overalls carries a Chinese bamboo
"yoke" with two baskets and smokes a pipe, while Chinese
look on and laugh.
*
Two photos of lines of Rickshaws waiting for passengers. One
comic photo with negative caption: "Find the Chinaman;" it
shows two American soldiers sitting among Chinese. Nice shot
of the Summer Palace, Peking, and a U.S. soldier riding in a
Rickshaw. The very last photo inside the back cover shows
the whole battalion dressed up, wearing their chrome helmets
standing at attention in formation for a classic and most
historic memorial photograph. Their commanding officer is
front and center; all have their rifles, ammo belts and very
polished boots, with back packs. They could be standing in
the Tientsin American Consulate compound grounds. Followed
by a few other photos of Chinese, a Chinese soldier, et al.
*
This work shows the typical things seen in China during this
period of political and military chaos. The feuding war
lords and political parties at war; the landing of American
military to protect American diplomatic interests. Support &
assistance given to the Americans and other foreign military
groups by the Nationalist Chinese army. The desperate
situation of the tragic Chinese people caught in the grips
of upheaval and the summary punishment of traitors in a
public display of the swift and ruthless law of China. A
riveting and most compelling true record of a U.S.
military officer's sojourn to and deployment in China.
*
THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE SIZE OF PHOTOGRAPHS:
This is not a professional group of photographs, but there a
very small amount which were obviously purchased by the
maker of the album and inserted. The vast majority are his
personal photographs, these again are obvious to anyone who
looks at the album. This is an excellent example of private
work of an unknown American Army officer stationed in China
during a very chaotic period. He was interested in recording
for posterity his experiences and the sights that he saw
while on duty. We thank him for giving us privy to this
slice of American and Chinese military history.
*
SIZE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS:
The size varies considerably, sizes in cm.: the smallest are
8 x 5, most are 14 x 9, 3 larger photos 24.5 x 18 and the
last 30 x 10.
CONDITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS:
These are original period photos, they are all very clear,
sharp images, no fading and in excellent condition. They
have been corner mounted.
*
RARITY:
Photographic albums of this period in China are NOT commonly
found; one made by an American Army officer stationed in
China at this time is exceptionally unusual and RARE ! This
is a charming primary source with a large number of clean &
sharp images, taken by an actual participant in this
historic period of China. The officer and photographer of
these photographs shared for posterity his keen insight
and view of these events. We thank him for giving us
privy to this slice of American & Chinese military history.
*
Color scans of this and most other items are posted to our
website.
$27244
SUPERB GUIDE TO JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA, MACAO, MANILA
64 AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL DEPARTMENT.
CHINA AND JAPAN: Escorted Tours 1926.
[Hong Kong, Shanghai, Peking, Manchuria, Seoul &c.]
[New York] 1925, American Express. Stiff color pictorial wrs
very good, 24p., 15 x 23 cm., many b. w. photos, map, tour
itineraries & calendar, prices, very good, clean solid copy.
An excellent guide and reference for any traveler to Asia.
Covers hotels, railways, climate, food, travel conditions,
local guides, tickets, ocean transportation, sightseeing
drives, local excursions, maps of China, Japan down to
Manila.
*
General information beginning of the journey from Honolulu,
to Tokyo, Nikko, Matsushima, Kamakura, Miyanoshita, Nagoya,
Yamada, Nara, Kyoto, Kobe, Osaka, Miyajima, and the Inland
Sea. On to Korea, Seoul, Manchuria: Mukden, North China:
Peking, Nanking, Shanghai, Hangchow. Philippine Islands:
Manila, South China: Hong Kong, Canton and Macao.
*
The various tour options from Number 1-5, prices, dates,
name of the ship and itineraries. A Lovely period pamphlet
with many great b.w. photos of the sights.
*
AN OBSCURE WORK ON THE AMERICAN MISSION IN HAINAN
$150
65 AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION.
NEWSLETTER AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION ISLAND OF HAINAN
SOUTH CHINA AUTUMN NUMBER 1931 COMMEMORATING FIFTY YEARS OF
[Hainan] 1931, American Presbyterian Mission. Stiff green
wrs., very good, 28p.+ [3p.], roster of Hainan missionaries,
18 b.w. photos, 14 x 21.5 cm., small mend to lower right of
front corner, else solid, clean. RST & ONLY OBSCURE EDITION
This is an unusual item about American missionaries on
Hainan island. There are very few resources concerning
missions on Hainan, and especially those of Americans going
back to 1881, the year of their establishment.
.
An excellent primary resource, loaded with missionary names,
dates, missionary efforts and results.
***
THE CONTENTS:
Begins with "In Memoriam" a list of deceased American
Presbyterian Missionaries, followed by a prayer.
.
Foreword, in essence a history of the western discovery of
Hainan Island and relations with Hainan and the entry of a
pirate chaser turned missionary by the founder Mr. Carl C.
Jeremaissen in 1881.
.
The Island of Hainan, early foreign traffic, noteworthy
facets of Hainan, channels, markers and towers, Hakka
settlements, fruits, natural history, fishing, some other
fascinating early history.
.
THE PROCESSION OF THE PIONEERS: a list of the early
missionaries and their contributions, biographies.
.
IN THE DAYS OF EMPIRE 1881-1911: The dragon flag over
Chinese territory, early mission work, feared foreigners,
Nodoa Station, Kiugchow Station, Kachek Station, first
buildings.
.
FOLLOWING THE GLEAM: from 1906-1912 history, and 1913-1914
up dates, arrival of new missionaries, progress, training,
recruits, Timothy Richard, one of the more famous
missionaries of the group.
.
DAYS OF TEH REPUBLIC: peaceful and privileges of foreign
residence, little Boxer disturbance, outstanding features,
Kapchek Hospital, Hainan Bible Institute, statistical
chart.
.
SHARER IN A COMMON TASK: 1925-1929history, progress, new
missionaries.
.
DAYS OF THE NATIONALISTS 1925-1931: Stormy years, bobbed
hair of freedom, anti-Christian spirit, Hainan Christian
Middle School loaned to Lingnan University for 3 years,
reopening of the Hainan bible Institute in 1931 and many
other events and progress noted.
***
INSIDE COVERS:
The inside cover has a map of Southern China, Hainan, and
Indo-china, with the Philippine Islands to the far right.
Statistics for Hainan Mission 1892-1931, covers number of
Christians, number of adherents, pupils in schools,
in-patients in hospitals; Facts about the Force; Analysis of
turn-over of force. Based on the total of 77 workers.
.
Inside the back cover is a list of current [1931] Missionary
Officers, Mission Roster for Nodoa Station, Kiugcow station,
Hoihow compound, Kachek station and those retired or on
furlough 1931-32. Preceding this on the last unnumbered
pages [recto & verso] is a ROSTER OF MISSIONARIES-ISLAND OF
HAINAN from 1881 through 1931. This useful list gives the
deceased date, address, status and where transferred.
*
THE PHOTOGRAPHS:
.
THE FIRST B.W. PHOTOGRAPH:
This is a grand photo, shows the assembly of the current
missionaries stationed in Hainan Mission, on April 1931,
with names of each, including the absent.
*
THE FRONTISPIECE:
Shows the photos of six local pastors and their names. Most
are southern Chinese, but one is a Vietnamese: Rev. Vang
Deng-tin, former Pastor, Nodoa.
.
Other photographs adorning the text show the Nodoa Manse and
part of the Century House, Nodoa Church, Kittaning Girls'
school, Nodoa; Hainan Christian Middle School Plant,
Kiungchow; Then & Now in transportation; Then & now in
streets; Hoihow Hospital; Kachek Street Chapel; secretary
Scott and party in Kachek 1930 [in new Model A Fords]; View
of Kachek Compound.
***
$318
66 AMERICUS.
THE CASE OF CHINA AND JAPAN.
New York 1919, Asia. Wrs., very good, extracted article, pp.
757-763, 836-841, 11 b.w. photos, stapled. Two papers on the
life in China & Japan, use of Compradore, coolie power, cotton emporium, Shanghai basket fair, an American motor car in
Peking, Canton and the foreign concessions, the Bund, Japanese goods sold in Chinese stores, Mukden capital of Manchuria under Japanese domination.
$14
67 AMES, Evelyn.
IN TIME LIKE GLASS: Reflections on a Journey in Asia.
Boston 1974, Houghton. Blue cloth, very good, dj., 174p.
THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED, DATED PRESENTATION COPY
A primary resource, covers the author's travels in Central
Asia, and the Himalayan region. Travel accross the threshold
in Iran, to Afghanistan, Kashmir, up into the heights of
Nepal, and finally to India. A brilliant observer of the
people, places, sounds, smells & colors reveal more than the
exotic surfaces...Wonderful reading...
$46
68 AMHERST, Lord.
LORD AMHERST.
[Toledo 1964, Toledo Museum of Art]. A black & white photo
of a painting of Lord Amherst by Sir Thomas Lawrence [17691830], the original of which was 93 x 57.5 inches.
This photograph is ca. 14 x 23 cm., or 5.5 x 9 inches, with
a sharp image. Showing the great diplomat and who was the
first Englishman to 'open' China.
EARLY PANORANIC VIEW OF THE HARBOR, SHORELINE & ESTUARY
$26
69 AMOY [XIAMEN] ISLAND AREA, A PANORAMIC & PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW.
AN EARLY PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW OF AMOY ISLAND FROM THE
CHINA SEA DIRECTION AND ITS JIULONG RIVER ESTUARIES AND THE
[Amoy n.d. early ca 1900-1910 n.p]. A large panoramic photo
view 13 x 91 cm., printed on "Agfa Troopex" paper, rolled,
with some fold/cracks, otherwise a very good, clear image
in glossy black & white, an actual photograph.
R A R E !
A lovely and early black and white panoramic photograph of
Amoy [Xiamen] island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River. It
has an excellent natural harbor. Fishing, shipbuilding, food
processing, and tanning were the major industries of the
period.
*
Because of its key position across the Taiwan Straits from
Taiwan this has always been a strategic island and area.
Opposite Xiamen proper, across the inner harbor, is the
island of Gulangxu, the former foreign settlement and a fine
residential section. Amoy was one of the earliest seats of
European commerce in China, with Portuguese arriving in the
16th century, and the Dutch in the 17th century. Amoy was
captured in 1841 by the British in the Opium War Opium Wars,
1839-1842 and again in 1856-1860, two wars between China and
Western countries. The first was between Great Britain and
China. Early in the 19th century and became a treaty port
opened to foreign trade by treaty.
*
"TREATY PORT" is a term usually confined to ports in those
countries that formerly strongly objected to foreign trade
or attempted altogether to exclude it. Thus it is used
especially in reference to China and later in Japan. Amoy
was long a Chinese port of emigration, mainly to Southeast
Asia.
*
Panoramic views are rare, and required the use of a special
camera apparatus. This early view shows Amoy when it only
had a very few tall buildings, and with many small homes and
other structures, including what appears to be a large
chimney, probably the early beginnings of the first
electrical power plant in that area. A few small sampans are
seen anchored, otherwise it was an usually quiet day in one
of China's most bustling coastal cities !
*
The back could be restored, thus giving it a more stiff
body by removing some of the old bends and folds, bringing
it back to is old solid glory. Suitable for framing and
museum or library display. Early panoramic photographs of
Amoy [Xiamen] are RARE and difficult to find in such good
condition.
*
$976
70 AN EVERYDAY CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
AN EVERYDAY CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
[Hong Kong, 1986], Joint Publishing. Boards, as new, 881p.,
appendices, radical index, organized by sounds, Pinyin to
Chinese characters, with English, Chinese character index by
strokes, useful work, 10 x 14.5 cm., second edition.
$20
71 AN, Sonjae Anthony.
KO UN'S HWAOAM-KYONG: A MODERN KOREAN PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.
[Seoul 1995, R.A.S.K.B.]. New grey stiff wrs., extracted
article 13p., English text, very good.
ORIGINAL CHINESE BRONZE COIN SET
72 ANCIENT CHINESE COINS.
OLD CHINESE COINS [Cash]. A Set of 10 Original Chinese
Round Bronze Coins Dating from 1644-1911.
[China 1644-1911]. A set of 10 bronze cash coins, all are
mounted on 17 x 13 cm. card, inserted into a plastic holder,
with a Chinese & English name & date of each, all very good,
showing the Reign names, titles in both English and Chinese.
The coins are: Shun-chi: 1644-1661. Kang-hsi 1662-1722.
Yung-cheng 1723-1735.Chien-lung 1736-1796. Chia-ching 17961820. Tao-kwong 1820-1850. Shen-fung 1850-1861. Tung-chi
1862-1874. Kwong-shui 1875-1908. Shuen-tung 1909-1911. A
good example, each coin is the standard round exterior, with
a square hole in the center, front side has 4 Chinese
characters, back side has Manchurian. All are very good
$7
examples, good registry, clear, good items, not worn flat
like many found, characters solid, not rubbed, & without
defects. These coins were traditionally strung on a rope to
keep under control.
*
Also often used in throwing the Iching to cast one's
oracle. The back side of the card has a brief essay in both
English & Chinese. "Ancient cash is the currency using [sic]
in all dynasties of China. ...ancient cash can be said [sic]
from the period of Bronze Cowrie of Chu 278 B.C. o the round
money with square hole of the later Ch'ing dynasty..."
A collector's item.
*
$39
73 [ANDERSON, Curtis.]
HONG KONG: An Article in Venture Magazine.
New York 1964, Venture. Article in Venture Magazine, pictorial cloth, pp.42-69, illustrated with color photos. Magazine also includes a travel guide for Hong Kong.
A very good article about Hong Kong in general, accompanied
by nice photography.
$26
74 ANDERSON, Emma.
WITH OUR MISSIONARIES IN CHINA.
Mountain View [1920], Pacific Pr. Green cloth, 334p., 88 b w
illustrations.
Seventh Day Adventist & the China Mission, the Bethel Girls'
School, the Szechuan Province, the paddy fields, old Cathay,
revolutionary experiences, beginnings at Amoy, the borders
of Tibet. Also includes writings discussing experiences in
in China as women, as missionaries, as foriegners, &c.
AN EARLY PHYSICIANS NARRATIVE OF LIFE & TRAVEL
75 ANDERSON, John.
MANDALAY TO MOMIEN: A Narrative of Two Expeditions To
Western China of 1868 and 1875 Under Colonel Edward B.
London 1876, Macmillan. Green cloth, neatly rebacked, clean
x-lib., 479p., index, 3 fold out maps, 15 engraved plates,
tissue guards, 5 appendices, glossary. Cordier 328. R A R E
An excellent primary source, covering his two historic
adventures finding an overland route from Burma to China,
with an account of Chinese Mahommedans [sic] & copious
dictionary of English, Kakhyen, Shan, Hotha Shan, Leesaw &
Poloung languages.
*
With their arrival at Bhamo, the Shan, Kakhyen hills, Ponsee
camp and desertion of muleteers, Kakhyens or Kakoos,
$78
attacked by Chinese, valley of Momien, jade manufacture,
mineral mines of Yunnan, ponies stolen, floods, the nunnery,
horse worship and ancient pagodas, Sanda & Hotha valley,
Sawady, murder of Margary, mission attacked, return to
Rangoon.
*
An exciting early account of English travelers in the
wilds of Yunnan. The first expedition under Sladen proceeded
as far as Upper Burma and Yunnan. Anderson was attached
as a naturalist, medical & scientific officer.
*
R A R E
***
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
H. Cordier: SINICA: 328.
$580
AN EARLY PHYSICIANS NARRATIVE OF LIFE & TRAVEL
76 ANDERSON, John.
MANDALAY TO MOMIEN: A Narrative of Two Expeditions To
Western China of 1868 and 1875 Under Colonel Edward B.
Taipei 1972, Ch'eng Wen. Red cloth, 479p., index, 3 fold out
maps, 15 plates, 5 appendices, glossary, as new copy, unused
sharp and tight, 15 x 21.5 cm., exact reprint of the London
1876 copy.
An excellent primary source, covering his two historic
adventures finding an overland route from Burma to China,
with an account of Chinese Mahommedans [sic] & copious
dictionary of English, Kakhyen, Shan, Hotha Shan, Leesaw &
Poloung languages.
*
With their arrival at Bhamo, the Shan, Kakhyen hills, Ponsee
camp and desertion of muleteers, Kakhyens or Kakoos,
attacked by Chinese, valley of Momien, jade manufacture,
mineral mines of Yunnan, ponies stolen, floods, the nunnery,
horse worship and ancient pagodas, Sanda & Hotha valley,
Sawady, murder of Margary, mission attacked, return to
Rangoon.
*
An exciting early account of English travelers in the
wilds of Yunnan. The first expedition under Sladen proceeded
as far as Upper Burma and Yunnan. Anderson was attached
as a naturalist, medical & scientific officer.
*
R A R E
***
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
H. Cordier: SINICA: 328.
77 ANDERSON, Luther.
THE DESERT PRINCIPALITY OF MONGOLIA: Intrigue and Diplomacy
at Urga.
$53
17-22, 7 b.w. photos, stapled.
With lovely photos of a gathering of Lamas for a temple ceremony, and of the Hutuktu or "Living Buddha," Mongol bride,
and Mongol women, Mongolian officer and his wife, Mongol
ladies in full dress, and camel drivers in Peking.
$7
78 ANDERSON, Luther.
THE VANISHING MONGOL.
[New York 1919, Asia].
Extracted article, very good, pp.
1250-1257, 8 b.w. photos.
Describes the Mongolian/Chinese connection, good description
of the land, also compares Mongolians to other races.
AN EXCELLENT PRIMARY RESOURCE ON 100 YEARS OF MISSION WORK
79 ANDERSON, Mary R.
A CYCLE IN THE CELESTIAL KINGDOM OR PROTESTANT MISSION
SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS IN SOUTH CHINA: 1827 to the Japanese
Mobile [1943], Heiter-Starke. Blue cloth, 365p., index, like
new copy, statistics, charts,chronology, index, bibliography
dj. in mylar protctor, 15.5 x 23 cm., many b. w. photos.
AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
This is a comprehensive and excellent primary resource, with
contributions of Protestant Mission educators, covering the
mission activities, i.e. medical facilities and schools.
This book is based on an the author's research with her
missionary colleagues at Christian schools of South China
and on experiences from twenty-years of work there.
.
The author was assistant principal and director of teacher
training at Pei Tao Academy women's school and as teacher in
two other schools in Canton. She had frequent opportunities
to visit government, Christian, and other private schools,
as well as contacts with her peers and her many students.
The work also focuses on the role of liberating Chinese
women and educating them to be equals with their male
counterparts in China.
*
The work has a "comparative date" chart showing the world
vs. missionary progress in China.
*
$39
THE FOREWORD:
Periods in the history of Protestant Mission schools in
south China; comparative dates, poem by Elise Howell.
.
THE CONTENTS:
1. The Problem
2. The Two Kwang Provinces
3. Chinese Woman of today.
4. The Position of Woman before the era of Protestant
.
Missions
5. The introduction of Christianity into South China:
.
Nestorian and Catholic Missions.
6. The influence of foreign commerce on the early
.
development of Christianity in South China.
7. Forerunners of Protestant Mission Schools for girls in
.
South China.
8. Early beginnings.
9. Foundations for Christian Education in Hong Kong
10. Foundations laid by the German Missions
11. Foundations in Swatow
12. Foundations in Canton: The American Board of
.
Commissioners for Foreign Missions; The English
.
Methodist Missionary Society; The Presbyterian Church
.
in the United States; The Southern Baptist Convention;
.
Conclusions.
13. Day school foundations
14. Foundations in the Interior
15. Foundations in Kwangsi
16. Changing aims to meet changing conditions
17. Woman's work for women
18. The Gods move out
19. Organizations.
20. The Kindergarten; 21.Elementary Education; 22.Secondary;
.
23. Higher education: College & University
24. Professional Education: a.Medical; b.Bible; c.Teacher
25. Education of the blind
26. Curricula: 27. Textbooks; 28. Expenses ; 29. Techniques
30. The relation of private schools to the Chinese
.
government
31. Christian schools of tomorrow
32. Conclusions.
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With copious bibliography throughout the work.
***
$214
Mobile [1943], Heiter-Starke. Blue cloth, 365p., index, very
clean copy, statistics, charts, chronology, bibliography
index, 15.5 x 23 cm.
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THE FOREWORD:
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THE CONTENTS:
1. The Problem
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Missions
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South China.
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Conclusions.
19. Organizations.
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government
32. Conclusions.
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Mobile [1943], Heiter-Starke. Blue cloth, 365p., index, very
clean, statistics, charts, chronology, index, bibliography,
15.5 x 23 cm., many b.w. photos, small black square on lower
spine, else nice, solid copy.
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THE FOREWORD:
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THE CONTENTS:
1. The Problem
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Missions
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South China.
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Conclusions.
19. Organizations.
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government
32. Conclusions.
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82 ANDERSON, William.
THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN: With a Brief Historical Sketch
of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks Upon the Pictorial
London 1886, Sampson.Green pictorial cloth, part 4 of 4 only
pp. 98-146 only, b.w. plates 19-80 only, figures 98-146, 146
b.w. illustrations, 276p.,index, very clean, folio, solid,
"as is" only, head/tail spine worn.
FIRST EDITION
A superb and standard classic work, comprehensive in nature,
covering the prehistoric art in Japan, China & Korea: with
stunning plates on ceramics, methods, painters, monuments,
sculptures, lacquering, bronzes, embroidery, Buddhist school
of painting.
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Beginning of Ukiyo-E school, Korin school, arms and armour,
$194
damascening, ornamental sword work, wood carving, netsuke,
Cha-No-Yu or Tea Ceremony, woodblock book illustrations,
Kakemonos [hanging scrolls], embroidery, chromoxylography,
tattooing &c.
*
This work compares, contrasts and discusses all aspects of
Japanese, Chinese & Korean art works in juxtaposition,
valuable, classic art history, lavishly supported with
excellent graphics.
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We have Section 4 only, which lacks some plates, sold
"as is" only, not returnable: see below for more details.
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THE COMPLETE CONTENTS:
Section 1: General History
Section 2: Applications of Pictorial Art.
Section 3: Technique.
Section 4:Characteristics [the volume we offer for sale now]
Section four includes Appendix of Chinese & Korean Pictorial
art & contains color chromolithographic plates #'s: 19,44,
58, 66; with the following b.w. plates: 38, 40, 43, 50, 54,
56, 60, 63, 64, 67, 69, 78, 9, 80. Sold with all faults.
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Addenda.
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FOLIO:
The book is 29.5 x 42.5 cm., and is bound in green pictorial
cloth, with red and gold cover and spine lettering. The
complete work was issued in 4 separately bound matching
volumes.
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THE PLATES:
The color plates were done in superb chromolithographic
color, and are exceptional for the time and period.
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CONDITION:
The contents are bright, clean, no foxing, solid, with
tissue guards as issued.
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FIRST EDITION
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$63
83 ANDO, Hikotaro.
PEKING.
Tokyo [1968], Kodansha. Illustrated stiff wrs., dj., 149p.,
maps, chronology of Peking, 1 panaramic color foldout photo,
hundreds of color photos, bright, very good. FIRST EDITION
An excellent guide to Peking, the capitol city, its sights,
shrines, temples, and marvelous architecture.
AN PRIMARY SOURCE FOR YUNNAN NAXI & LISU MISSIONS
$7
84 ANDREWS, James. et al.
BEAUTIFUL RIVER, SOUTH OF THE CLOUDS: THE STORY OF JAMES AND
ANNA ANDREWS ASSEMBLIES OF GOD MISSIONARIES TO THE NAXI AND
[Taipei 1999, Andrews]. Pictorial stiff wrs.,like new unused
copy, co-author Anna Andrews, 12 color, 19 b.w. photos, 280p
14 x 21 cm.
FIRST & ONLY SMALL PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION
This unusual book covers the missionary work of James [from
England] and Anna Andrews and also his sister Ruth May. They
were missionaries during World War II and lived in Lijiang,
south Yunnan province along the Himalayan mountains in the
southern most part of China. The also worked with the Naxi
and Lisu peoples of Lijiang from 1921 to 1945.
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There are very few primary resources for this area of China
and Christian mission work among the Naxi and Lisu peoples
of Lijang. This primary resource is a history.
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A HISTORY OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD IN LIJIANG;
James came from Wales, and went to PMU [Pentecostal
Missionary Union] school in preparation for his assignment
to Lijiang, Southern China in 1921. His first term was until
1926.
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His second term in China at Lijiang came in 1927 until 1929.
During that time he had to stay in Hong Kong until the
Revolution calmed down in Kunming and southern China. It was
a fight between the Nationalists and the communists. In
February 1928 James returned to Kunming, the on to Lijiang,
where he began to construct his Assembly building. He worked
among the "Sons of Tibet" and explored the Lolo and Lisu
land, collecting converts.
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His third term was from 1935-1945, the war years. It was
rough going because of the Japanese military bombing and
attacking most places in Yunnan during the war. Regardless
James and his family continued to work and support the Naxi
and Lisu in Lijiang in their newly constructed mission
compound. Nice color photos show Lijiang and his mission.
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Retirement, and one last missionary assignment to Jamaica.
In 1968 James and family returned to Jijiang and visited his
sons who had replaced him as the preacher and teachers.
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In 1962, the Andrews' moved to Taiwan and served with the
Assemblies of God and the National Church. James was the
Youth Direcor, and on the Board as Chairman adn Principal of
the Assemblies of God School of Theology and Chairman of the
Missionary Field Fellowship in Taiwan.
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RAREITY OF THIS BOOK:
This work was privately printed by Jasmes Andrews in a small
edition and given to friends and Andrew family members. This
was not a commercial publication, therefore copies are
SCARCE.
*
$122
PRIMARY RESOURCE: HUNTING & TRAVEL IN YUNNAN, BURMA & TIBET
85 ANDREWS, Roy C. et al.
CAMPS AND TRAILS IN CHINA: A Narrative of Exploration,
Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China.
New York 1925, Appleton. Blue cloth, very good,2 maps, 58 bw
photos. The record of the Asiatic Zoological Expedition of
the American Museum of Natural History to China in 1916-17.
A fascinating account which includes anthropological work
with the Yun-nan tribes, cave of bats, hunting big game,Blue
Tiger, Ta-Li Fu, Li-Chiang, camping, Gorals, Snow Mountain
Temple, through unmapped territory, Tibet, Mekong River,
missionary encounters, tropics, Nam-ting River, hunting monkey, the Shans of Burma, peacock hunting, gibbons of Ho-mushu, Serow and Sambur.
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A wonderful essay, and exciting adventure, vivid & exotic.
Co-author was Yvettte B. Andrews.
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Roy Chapman was the leader of the expedition, supported by
the American Museum of Natural history, in cooperation with
"Asia Magazine." He was also the role model for "Indiana
Jones" character.
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See us for others by Roy Chapman. With an introductory
chapter by Henry F. Osborn, President of the American Museum
of Natural History.
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A FASCINATING PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR HIS TRAVELS
86 ANDREWS, Roy C.
ACROSS MONGOLIAN PLAINS: A Naturalist's Account of China's
'Great Northwest.'
New York [1921], Blue Ribbon. Grey cloth, very good, 276p.,
$294
index, 2 b.w. photos. The Second Asiatic Expedition for the
American Museum of Natural History, title page foxed, else
clean, solid copy, 14 x 21.5 cm.
FIRST EDITION
The primary narrative of work and travels, commenting on the
high quality of game animals, many of which were doomed to
extermination in the very near future. The expedition was
quite isolated and explored the marvels of the Gobi desert,
Lama monasteries, Inner & Outer Mongolia, with careful description of the land, fauna, people & customs.
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Jones" character.
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of Natural History.
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$99
A FASCINATING PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR HIS TRAVELS
87 ANDREWS, Roy C.
ACROSS MONGOLIAN PLAINS: A Naturalist's Account of China's
'Great Northwest.'
New York [1921], Blue Ribbon. Grey cloth, very good, 276p.,
index, 2 b.w. photos. The Second Asiatic Expedition for the
American Museum of Natural History, 14 x 21.5 cm., a bit of
rubbing to spine hinge, else clean, solid.
FIRST EDITION
The primary narrative of work and travels, commenting on the
high quality of game animals, many of which were doomed to
extermination in the very near future. The expedition was
quite isolated and explored the marvels of the Gobi desert,
Lama monasteries, Inner & Outer Mongolia, with careful description of the land, fauna, people & customs.
*
Jones" character.
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of Natural History.
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$114
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY EXPEDITION
88 ANDREWS, Roy C.
ENDS OF THE EARTH.
New York 1929, National Travel Club. Black cloth, very good,
68 b.w. photos, 355p., clean x-library copy, usual marks.
FIRST EDITION
S C A R C E
The famous explorer and naturalist renders his very exciting
account of travel, hunting and collecting specimens for the
American Museum of Natural History.
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He began in Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Manila, a large
portion of time spent in Korea. On to Japan, then to the
main portion of the journey, covers whaling. Into Yunnan,
the Liso tribe, Shensi & Mongolia. Falconry, wild sheep &c.
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An excellent primary source.
*
Jones" character.
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of Natural History.
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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY EXPEDITION
89 ANDREWS, Roy C.
ENDS OF THE EARTH.
New York 1929, Garden City. New grey cloth, very good, 68
b.w. photos, 355p., ex-library copy, usual marks, stamps,the
contents clean, sound & soild. FIRST EDITION.
S C A R C E
The famous explorer and naturalist renders his very exciting
account of travel, hunting and collecting specimens for the
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He began in Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Manila, a large
portion of time spent in Korea. On to Japan, then to the
main portion of the journey, covers whaling. Into Yunnan,
the Liso tribe, Shensi & Mongolia. Falconry, wild sheep &c.
*
*
Jones" character.
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$197
of Natural History.
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$131
SUPERB PRIMARY RESOURCE BY THE AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST
90 ANDREWS, Roy C.
EXPLORATIONS IN MONGOLIA: A Review of the Central Asiatic
Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History.
[London] 1927, Geographical Journal. Blue stiff wrs., very
clean, bright copy, extracted article, very good, 23P., map,
8 b.w. photos, 15.5 x 24 cm.
FIRST & ONLY OBSCURE EDITION
A paper read before the Society Nov. 8, 1926. Covers the
author's primary trek and zoological work in Asia, Gobi
desert and Koso Gol, typography, political difficulties,
paleontology, archaeology, geology, future explorations,
publication of results, and notes on the photographs
produced.
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Valuable primary resource for Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia,
and the Gobi desert areas.
*
Jones" character.
.
of Natural History.
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91 ANDREWS, Roy C.
TRACKING THE CHINESE CHAMOIS.
[New York 1918, Asia]. Extracted article, very good, pp.473479, 7 b.w. photos.
Narrative of an Asiatic Zoological expedition organized to
conduct a mammalian survey of Yunnan Province, & to collect
specimens. Also covers their trip through Burma, Tibet,
Tonking, Southeastern Himalayas.
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A great primary resource.
*
Jones" character.
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of Natural History.
$100
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$46
A FAMOUS NATURALIST BEARS ALL INCLUDING HIS EROTIC ESCAPADES
92 ANDREWS, Roy C.
UNDER A LUCKY STAR: A Lifetime Adventure.
Garden City [1945], Blue Ribbon. Brown cloth, very good, 300
300p., end paper maps, covers bit & edges bit scuffed.
A lifetime of adventure in the distant reaches of the globe,
told by a man who has headed many expeditions for the
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The expeditions occupied in all a period of more than 10
years [1916-1928]. Now Andrews looks back over his life,
weighs the relative importance of its many chapters,
relives the finest moments, and regards with wonder the
chance & good fortune that shaped his way.
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A great autobiographical travel adventure. The author even
has seen fit to tell us of his personal adventures in the
prostitute quarters of Yokohama, the famous Yoshiwara. He
admits to partaking in the temptations of charming Japanese
girls, while on leisure time in Yokohama, and the
fascinating relationships he established there.
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By and large, great reading for adventures in Peking, Korea,
Yunnan, Long White Mountain, Japan, Mongolia, N. China,
Borneo & Indonesia.
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Jones" character.
.
of Natural History.
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93 ANDREWS, Stephen P.
DISCOVERIES IN CHINESE OR THE SYMBOLISM OF THE PRIMITIVE
CHARACTERS OF THE CHINESE SYSTEM OF WRITING: As A contribu-
$131
New York 1854, Norton. Brown blind stamped cloth, gold stamped, 137p., small spine chips, corners bit worn, contents
very good.
Q U I T E
S C A R C E
This early monograph focuses on the latest relevations discovered by missionaries about the Chinese language, it's characters, their origins, arrangements, combinations, compounds and pictorical quality, linking them to ancient pictographs or primitive Chinese characters. A useful ressource.
$524
A MOST OBSCURE MONOGRAPH ON BEES & HONEY PRODUCTION
94 ANTONOFF-NESHIN, F.I.
BEE CULTURE IN NORTH MANCHURIA.
Harbin 1928, Manchria Research Soc. Blue stiff wrs., very
good, 23 x 31 cm., small ex-library stamp on cover, else
solid, clean, 14p., 6 b. w. photos, statistics, chart, text
in Russian & English.
OBSCURE REFERENCE
A very fascinating and unusual monograph. Covers bees and
their enemies, honey plants, apiaries on the Chinese Eastern
Railway Line, Manchurian bee keepers, the characteristic
features of bee culture in North Manchuria, needs felt by
the beekeepers.
STUDY OF THE BISHOP OF SEOUL: A BIOGRAPHY & HIS MURDER
95 APPERT, C[amille].
FOR THE FAITH: Life of Just de Bretenieres Martyred in Korea
March 8, 1866.
Maryknoll [1918], Catholic Foreign Mission Soc. Brown cloth,
170p., frontispiece,17 b.w. plates, appendix, photo on cover
translated from the French by Florence Gilmore, very clean
& solid copy, 13 x 20 cm.
FIRST EDITION
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION.
.
A classic of Catholic missionary stories. A superb
biography of the life of Just de Bretenieres from birth in
France in 1829, early childhood, boyhood & entrance to the
seminary at Issy. His attendance to the foreign mission
seminary, his ordination.
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The very long voyage to Asia, via Ceylon, Malacca,
$197
Singapore, Saigon, Hong Kong, Canton, Manchuria and finally
Korea.
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He spent the first winter in Manchuria and began the study
of Korean. In 1865 his work began in Korea as a
missioner, worked with Father Paik Chen Fou. Complaints
about
the horrible pirates and murderers, many were beheaded by
the authorities.
.
This covers his work in Taikou [Corea] with choir boys. In
Quelpaert his work with Corean children, and as Bishop of
Seoul. He contributed some 21 years of his life to
improving the life of Coreans.
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Revolution was sweeping across Korea, the persecution and
martyrdom of Christian was common and his friend, Father
Paik was among the first to be tortured and beheaded. All
foreign missioners Bishop Berneux, Father de Bretenieres,
Father Beaulieu and Father Dorie were put to death that
day in 1888.
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Each placed in a chair, arms & legs tied, hair pulled back
by strings to the chair. Before each man's head hung a
placard "REBELLIOUS, DISOBEDIENT, CONDEMNED TO DIE AFTER
BEING TORTURED."
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A fascinating story, well written.
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$204
96 ARLINGTON, L.C.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
[Hong Kong 1919, New China Review]. New grey wrs., extracted
article, pp.69-78, very good. Covers recent literature, Formosa, and various subjects.
IMPORTANT SCHOLARLY STUDY ON CONFUCIANISM IN JAPAN & KOREA
97 ARMSTRONG, Robert C.
LIGHT FROM THE EAST STUDIES IN JAPANESE CONFUCIANISM.
Toronto 1914, Univ. Toronto. Brown cloth, very good, 326p.,
index, bibliography, b. w. photo frontispiece, 18 x 27.5 cm.
SCARCE
A very important scholarly work, covering the studies in the
early history of Confucianism in Japan, nature worship, early relations withi Korea, the role of Buddhism & Confucianism in Japanese learning, revival of Confucianism. Studies
in the Shushi Shcool of Confucianism in Japan: its exponents: Fujiwara Seikwa, Hayashi Razan, Menomori Hoshu et al. ..
Studies in the O-Yomei School of Confucianism: their exponents. Studies in the classical school of Confucianism: Yamaga Soko, Ito Jinsai, Ogiu Sorai, Ito Togai et al. The ecle-
$26
ctic school of Confucianism: Hosoi, Heishu, Uesugi Yozan,
Katayama Kenzan et al. With an appreciation of Confucianism
by Danjo Ebina. An outstanding monographic and detail study.
Scans can be sent by email.
FLIERS MAP OF JEHOL, MANCHURIA & KOREA
98 ARMY MAP SERVICE. [U.S.A.]
A.A.F. CLOTH CHART. No. NK 50 & NK 51.
JEHOL NO. 50 & SHEN-YANG [MUKDEN & KOREA] NO. 51.
Washington D.C. 1943-4, Army Map Service U.S. Army. Silk map
folds down to be ca. 14.5 x 15.5 cm., opens up to ca. 56.5 x
61 cm., very clean, First Edition of NK 50, eight magnetic
compasses.
This map was carried by American Army Air Force air crew
members during World War II in Eastern Asia.
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Map NK 50 shows Jehol, Manchuria from 44 degrees North down
to 40 degrees South, and from 120 degrees Ease to 114
degrees West. Upper left corner shows lake Ar-Tsagan Nor
and Ungur Nor, moving right or West, lake Dalai Nor, along
the Hsi-la-lun Ho river. Lower left shows the railroad,
Great Wall, and Wan Chuan city, moving right and West, to
the great wall and past Tu shan mountain, into Shih men
chai, and that area.
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The back shows map NK51 Shen-Yang or Mukden. Upper left
shows 120 degrees West far right 126 degrees; top to bottom,
44 degrees, down to 40 degrees. From upper left it shows
Hsing-an-Hsi Sheng, far right shows Chi-lin Sheng, also
portions of the Great Wall, near Kung Chu Ling. Lower left
shows the Gulf of Liao Tung, Jehol Sheng, the bay, and far
right shows Korea, An-tung Sheng, Hun Chiang, and the river
reservoir at Suinho. Four compasses on each side.
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Each map has several magnetic compasses, wind and ocean
current directions, meters to feet scale, glossary, index
to adjoining sheets & legend.
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USED BY THE FLYING TIGERS:
This map and many similar to it were part of the items
issued to FLYING TIGER pilots and A.V.G. [AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
GROUP pilots. They were often tied around the neck to keep
them warm while flying.
*
This map was part of the U.S. Army Air Force and Naval
$141
flyers "E & E" survival kit [Escape & Evasion], printed on
silk parachute cloth. These maps were often worn by
fighter and other air crew members as scarves to insure they
would be with the downed airman if/when his plane or he had
to parachute out into the sea or over land.
*
Each air crew member carried among other survival supplies,
a .38 caliber pistol, survival knife, a signal mirror
[stainless steel or glass], compass & some basic food
rations, fishing kit, water purification tablets, along with
minor medical supplies; the whole kit was tucked into the
pant pocket of the flight suit. The mass majority of these
maps have perished during World War II & few if any others
survived the attrition rate of war, time & climate prevented
many from ever being brought back home. This map and others
like it were issued to all fight crews in the Pacific war
against Japan, to insure that downed fliers had some chance
to navigate their way back to friendly forces.
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These maps are truly RARE and seldom found on the market.
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AN EXCELLENT MAP OF NORTH CHINA, MANCHURIA & THE GREAT WALL
A.A.F. CLOTH CHART. No. NL 50 & No. NL 51.
BUIR NOR NL 50. [&] TSITSIHAR [LUNG-CHIANG] NL. 51
Washington D.C. 1943-1944, Army Map Service. Silk color map,
printed two sides, exceptionally clean, bright copy, opens
to 55 x 63 cm., folds down to 14.5 x 17 cm.
FIRST EDITION
An obscure map of North China, Manchuria and the Great Wall.
A single silk cloth with a map printed on each side. No. 50
BUIR NOR: shows from 48 degrees North to 44 South; 114 West
to 120. From the North or top it shows Manchuria Buir Nor
lake, North Hsingan, South down to Inner Mongolia, Chahar,
West Hsingan. Three magnetic compasses.
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The back shows no. 51 Tsitsihar [Lung-Chiang]: from 48
degrees North to 44 South; 120 West to 126 East. Shows the
Great Wall from the great city of Lung-Chiang, down to
Nung-an and much of the Sungari River. Three magnetic
compasses.
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$282
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A detailed map showing a substantial number of small
towns, big cities, lakes, rivers, train routes, roads,
major highways &c. With seasonal ocean currents noted for
possible survival back to land. The map also has an index
inset to related other area silk maps. Miles scale,
kilometers, nautical miles, legend or key to symbols,
roads, towns, cities, rivers & mountains. This map was
part of the U. S. Army Air Force & Naval flyers "E & E"
survival kit [Escape and Evasion], printed on thick silk
parachute cloth. These maps were often worn by fighter
and other air crew members as scarves to insure they would
be with the downed airman if/when his plane or he had to
parachute out into the sea or over land. Each air crew
member carried among other survival supplies, a .38 caliber
pistol, survival knife, a signal mirror [stainless steel
or glass], compass and some basic food rations, fishing
kit, water purification tablets, along with minor medical
supplies; the whole kit was tucked into the pant pocket
of the flight suit.
*
The majority of these perishable maps have been lost during
World War II and few if any others survived the attrition
rate of war, time and climate prevented many from ever being
brought back home. This map was given to fliers in the
Pacific war against Japan, to insure downed fliers had
some chance to navigate their way back to friendly forces.
*
ARMY AIR FORCE SURVIVAL MAP
A.A.F. CLOTH CHART. No. NL 52 & No. NL 53.
HARBIN NL 52 [and] SPASSK-DAL'NY NL 53.
Washington D.C. 1943, Army Map Service. Two-sided silk
color map very clean, romanized and English text, four folds
clear copy, folds down to 16.5 x 20 cm., opens to 58 x 64.5
cm.
Double maps back to back. The first is of the Harbin area
and goes from 48-44 degrees North, 126 degrees to 132. From
the USSR at the far top East corner, west to Pai-Ch'uan, the
Hai-lun river basin No-Min Ho and the Mir River South to
Sunhy Hua Chiang Sungari River, Pai Hsan Shan Mts., Mutan
Chiang, and with Harbin at the extreme West, the railroads,
$303
Sungari River and Chu-ho, Lao Ling Shan mountains.
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The other side Spassk-Dal'niy area. From 48 degrees North to
44 South, 132 West to 138 to the East. USSR at the top,
China, Manchuria from around 46 degrees, Ozero Khanka/Hsing
K'ai Hu [lake], Sea of Japan with the prominent Ussuri River
running North to South. Khrebet Sikhote Alin and the coastal
line along the Sea of Japan.
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With currents noted for possible survival back to land. Key,
legend, main roads, railways, boundaries, rivers, marsh,
altitudes, and other important symbols noted. Inset of area
and adjoining maps, index to boundaries, four magnetic
compass printed on the map.
*
The map also had an Annual Magnetic Change compass, miles
scale, kilometers, nautical miles [1:1,000,-000], altitudes
of land mass, legend or key to symbols, roads towns, cities,
rivers, mountains and an index to boundaries.
*
This map was part of the U.S. Army Air Force & Naval flyers
"E & E" survival kit [Escape and Evasion], printed on thick
silk parachute cloth. These maps were often worn by fighter
parachute out into the sea or over land. Each air crew member carried among other survival supplies, a .38 caliber
or glass], compass and some basic food rations, fishing kit,
water purification tablets, along with minor medical supplies; the whole kit was tucked into the pant pocket of the
flight suit. The majority of these perishable maps have been
lost during World War II and few if any others survived the
attrition rate of war, time and climate prevented many from
ever being brought back home. This map was given to fliers
in the Pacific war against Japan, to insure downed fliers
had some chance to navigate their way back to friendly forces. These maps are truly RARE & seldom found on the market.
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SUPERB & PRISTINE COLOR SILK "FLYING TIGERS" SURVIVAL MAP
$393
A.A.F. CLOTH MAP ASIATIC SERIES: No. 32 & No. 33.
NO. 32, FRENCH INDO CHINA [and] NO. 33, CENTRAL CHINA.
Washington D.C. 1944, Army Map Service, U.S. Army. Silk map,
folds down to ca. 8.5 x 13 cm, opens up to 50 x 68 cm.,
very clean, sharp copy, full color, as issued, two maps in
all, one on each side, printed in red: "RESTRICTED." OBSCURE
Used by the A.V.G. [AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP] aka the FLYING
TIGERS for combat missions from around the CBI [China,
Burma, India Theatre] Burma: Rangoon, Touongoo and Southwest
China, Kunming and that area. Likely worn during the
American strike against the Japanese in the Hanoi area as
well.
**
The famous "Battle of Toungoo," March 19-March 29, 1942 was
one of the key battles in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road in
the Burma Campaign of World War II and Second Sino-Japanese
War. The failure to hold the city of Toungoo opened up the
route for the Japanese to make their lunge to Lashio around
the allied flank and into the Chinese rear. The A.V.G.
[AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP] aka the FLYING TIGERS. the
fighter pilots performed brilliantly, downing a substantial
number of Japanese planes, with minor losses to themselves.
***
This map and others for the adjacent areas were commonly
worn on the neck, or put in the pocket of a jacket, survival
vest or in the flight suit pant let pocket.
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A.A.F.= Army Air Force issue. A pair of maps, one on each
side in color. No. 32, FRENCH INDO CHINA: shows most of old
Vietnam, from just above 19 degrees north down to just below
9 degrees South and from 101 degrees at the West to 110
degrees to the West, about half of Hainan Island, the whole
coast line from North to South, down to Nga Ba Hoc Nang,
including Poulo Condore, Saigon, Nha Trang, Tourane, part of
Thailand the West, Cambodia and Laos [Vientiane].
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The back side shows No. 33, CENTRAL CHINA, from just above
Ch'ung Ch' ing [Chunking] down to Indo China, Hanoi,
Kwangchow and the South China Sea, with the North tip of
Hainan Island, the Gulf of Tonkin and the border between
China & North Vietnam. All part of the basic combat
region for the war against Japan. With ocean currents noted
for possible survival back to land.
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*
The map also had an Annual Magnetic Change compass,
miles scale, kilometers, nautical miles [1:1,000, 000],
altitudes of land mass, legend or key to symbols, roads,
towns, cities, rivers, mountains and an index to
boundaries.
*
fighter and other air crew members as scarves to insure
they would be with the downed airman if/when his plane
or he had to parachute out into the sea or over land. Each
air crew member carried among other survival supplies,
[stainless steel or glass], compass and some basic food
pant pocket of the flight suit.
*
rate of war, time and climate prevented many from ever
being brought back home. This map was given to fliers in
the Pacific war against Japan, to insure downed fliers
had some chance to navigate their way back to friendly
forces.
*
These maps are truly RARE & seldom found on the market. They
were issued to pilots and air crew members from ca.1942-1944
and are considered to be among the rarest of these maps and
places covered.
*
REFERENCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Toungoo
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SUPERB & PRISTINE SILK MAP FOR AMERICAN FLYERS OVER CHINA
No. 34, SOUTHEAST CHINA & No. 35, NORTHEAST CHINA [On Back]
folds down to ca. 8.5 x 13.5 cm., opens up to 66 x 53 cm.,
very good, as issued in full color, with "RESTRICTED,"
scale 1:2,000,000, faint stain, folded as issued.
RARE
A.A.F.= Army Air Force issue, this pair of maps shows all
the major parts of China from a bit above 38 degrees at the
North and 109 degrees from the West to 123 degrees at the
East, and South down to just below 22 degrees, including the
South China sea, the last island is one more degree South
below Canton, Hong Kong and Macao, with a nice inset of all
of Taiwan. This was the basic combat region for the Pacific
war against Japan.
*
$160
***
A SINGLE CLOTH MAP PRINTED ON TWO SIDES:
Number 34 SOUTHEAST CHINA shows from Nan-Ching at the North
down to Tao-chuang-fou [ St. John Island], with Macau, Hong
Kong, Canton. Off to the right is all of Formosa [Taiwan] as
an inset. The whole Eastern coast of China from
Tao-chuang-fou up to just above Shanghai.
*
The back side shows number 35 NORTHEAST CHINA: from Miao
Lieh-tao island Lai-chou Wan at the far East, and Li-ch-eng
city, to the Great Wall at extreme West at the Yellow River.
Down South to Hankow, Hang-chow area. K'ai feng is about in
the center of this map. With an inset of and index to the
other maps in this area and series, sea currents, key, guide
to symbols.
*
of the flight suit.
*
*
$661
flawless, bright & superb copy, as new condition, as issued
in full color, with "RESTRICTED," scale 1:2,000,000. R A R E
war against Japan.
*
***
*
to symbols.
*
of the flight suit.
*
*
flawless, bright & superb copy, as new condition, as issued
in full color, scale 1:2,000,000.
R A R E
war against Japan.
*
***
*
$661
to symbols.
*
of the flight suit.
*
*
SUPERB "FLYING TIGER" PILOT MAP:JAPAN, CHINA, KOREA, FORMOSA
A.A.F. CLOTH MAP ASIATIC SERIES: No. C 52 & C 53.
No.C 52 JAPAN & SOUTH CHINA SEAS. & No. C 53 EAST CHINA SEA.
Washington D.C. 1944, Army Map Service U.S. Army. Silk map
folds down to ca. 12.5 x 14.5 cm., opens up to 85.5 x 81.5
cm., printed in color on two sides, bright, superbly clean
copy, as issued, two maps in all. O B S C U R E
A.A.F.= Army Air Force issue. A pair of maps, one on each
$661
side in color. Advance Edition.
*
No. C-52: JAPAN AND SOUTH CHINA SEAS. Shows Yunnan Fu
[Kunming] in the uppermost left corner at about 24.5 degrees
by 103 degrees; then Kweilin [Guilin] at 110 degrees, and
Amoy [Xiamen], Shanghai, Nanking, Foochow, and the edge of
the Pescadores on the Tropic of Cancer at the north end of
the map.
*
Below these areas are from the left or extreme west, Laos,
Cambodia, Phnom Pen, Saigon, Hanoi [all of Indo-China]
Vietnam, down to Paulau Kondor [sic] [Paolo Condor] Island
and the tip of Vietnam at 8 degrees. Hainan Island, Macao,
Hong Kong, up the coast to Swatow.
*
No. C-53: EAST CHINA SEAS: Shows Yenchowfu and Changtse
upper left, Part of Korea at 35 degrees, Japan from Sendai
down to Okinawa, all of Formosa, to the Philippines, Baguio,
Manila all of that area, down to Albay.
*
The large inset to the right shows Sakhalin, the Kurile
Islands, Hokkaido, Northern tip of Honshu, Aomori, down to
Kanazawa, Choshi at about 36 degrees. The Amur River and
much of extreme eastern Russia, Vladivostok down the Pacific
coast, Manchuria, Mukden, Korea, Port Arthur [Dairen], Gulf
of Chili, Peking, Paotingfu, down to Suchowfu [Suchou] at 34
degrees. Up the coast of the Yellow Sea, Tsingtau and that
area.
*
The back side shows the balance of the map are from the
front side. From the left, Tsinan Yenchowfu, Weihaiwei, down
the Yellow Sea, along the Pacific coast to Nanking,
Shanghai, Hangchow, Ninbpo, Taichofu, Wenchow,
Funingfu, Lienkong, Foochow, Amoy [Xiamen] down to Yunsiaoh,
across the Formosa Straits to all of Taiwan [Formosa]South
to the Philippines, Batan, the main island of Luzon, Manila,
down to almost 13 degrees south ending at Sorsogon Gubat.
The rest of the right [east] portion shows the Marianas
Islands, Guam at the extreme lower right, the Ogasawara,
Kanzan groups, with Korea at the upper middle from about 37
degrees showing all from Shunsen, Keijo [Seoul], down to
Kanra San the southern island. Showing much of Japan from
where the other map left off: Sakata on Honshu all of Japan,
Shikoku, Kyushu, Tokara Group, the island chains Amami,
Okinawa groups, Naha [Ryukyu Islands], down to Taiwan.
***
All part of the basic combat operation region for the war
against Japan. With ocean currents noted for possible
survival back to land.
*
*
issued to "FLYING TIGER" pilots and A.V.G. [AMERICAN
VOLUNTEER GROUP pilots. They were often tied around the neck
to keep them warm while flying.
*
The map also had an Annual Magnetic Change compass,
miles scale, kilometers, nautical miles [1:1,000, 000],
altitudes of land mass, legend or key to symbols, roads,
towns, cities, rivers, mountains and an index to
boundaries.
*
fighter and other air crew members as scarves to insure
they would be with the downed airman if/when his plane
or he had to parachute out into the sea or over land. Each
air crew member carried among other survival supplies,
pant pocket of the flight suit.
*
rate of war, time and climate prevented many from ever
being brought back home. This map was given to fliers in
the Pacific war against Japan, to insure downed fliers
had some chance to navigate their way back to friendly
forces.
*
These maps are truly RARE & seldom found on the market.
*
SUPERB KOREAN WAR 'RESTRICTED' COLOR FOLDING CLOTH MAP
U.S.A.F. CLOTH CHART. NO. CL 306 & CL 307.
NO. CL 306 YANGTZE RIVER & NO. CL 307 HONSHU.
[Wash. D.C. 1951, U.S. Air Force]. Cloth map, printed on two
sides, as new, bright, clean, folded as issued, opens to be
98.7 x 1.4 cm., folds to to 13 x 9 cm., two maps in all, as
new pristine, brilliant condition, as issued. RARE & OBSCURE
This is a single cloth, with a map on both sides, very
large, an exceptionally grand size color map.
**
Side 1: Map no. CL306: YANGTZE.
This actually shows China from 108 degrees west to 26
degrees east, most of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea;
26 degrees south up to about 41 degrees north. Showing
Mongolia [Khara Narin Ula Ilang Shan] at the upper left
corner across to the Yalu River; from the lower left corner
An-chiang east to Fu-Chou and all up the eastern China
coast, Yung Cha, Ning Po, Hang-Chou wan, Chia Hsing,
Shanghai, Su Chou, the Yangtze [Chang Chiang] River,
Nanking, Hsin P'u chen, Haichow Wan [bay], Ching Tao [Qing
$281
Dao], Liao Chou Wan [bay], Liao Tung Wan [gulf of Liao tung]
and all north and westward. All of the Shanghai and Yangtze
river estuary. With inset at lower right showing a larger
area map.
*
Side 2: Map n. CL307 HONSHU.
It shows 126 degrees west to 124 degrees east; from 26
degrees south to ca. 41 degrees north. The upper left corner
shows Korea, its west, south & east coasts and oceans, north
to the Yalu River, Chejudo Island, from Okinawa, Amami and
Tokara groups, up to Kyushu, Tsushima Island, Honshu,
Shikoku, Sado Island, north to the lower part of Hokkaido
Island. In the western area of the Philippine Sea are the
Bonin Islands, with inset at lower right showing a larger
area map.
*
The map was lithographed by K.G. May 1951, scale is
1:2,000,000 with key to the color attributes, chart of
"Limit of Ice," other keys to cities, towns, roads,
highways, railroads, springs and wells. ocean currents &c.
Printed in many colors.
*
KOREA:
Shows the western coast of all of Korea, Cheju-do Island,
all the way to the Yalu River, the Korean Bay, Port Arthur[
Ryojun/Lu-shun], Liao Yang, Shen Yang [Mukden], Manchuria
and that area.
*
YANGTZE [Chang Chiang] [Chang Jiang]
This map follows the mouth of the Yangtze from Shanghai
south to 26 degrees. A superb coverage of the Yangtze
watershed, and its estuaries, lakes and rivers.
****
HISTORIC WORLD WAR II USE:
These maps were first used by the A.A.F. [Army Air Force]
over China and parts of Southeast Asia during the war
against Japan.
*
*
issued to "FLYING TIGER" pilots and A.V.G. [AMERICAN
VOLUNTEER
*
The map also had an Annual Magnetic Change compass, miles
scale, kilometers, nautical miles [1:1,000,-000], altitudes
of land mass, legend or key to symbols, roads towns, cities,
rivers, mountains and an index to boundaries, with currents
noted for possible survival back to land.
*
nylon parachute cloth. These maps were often worn by fighter
member carried among other survival supplies, a .38 or
.45 caliber pistol, survival knife [Kbar], a signal mirror
pant pocket of the flight suit or in a "survival" vest.
*
the Korean War, and few if any others survived the attrition
brought back home. This map was given to American fliers to
insure downed fliers had some chance to navigate their way
back to friendly forces. These maps are truly RARE & seldom
found on the market.
*
KOREAN WAR USE:
The map was "RESTRICTED" by the publisher, the U.S. Air
Force. This map covers much of the Korean War fighting zones
and flying areas used by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy
fighter and bomber crews. Although China had just become
communist controlled, it was still judged by the U.S. Air
Force, that any American downed fliers in China would be
accorded the courtesy of protection and medical attention.
Most likely this idea was in large part due to the great
contribution of the A.V.G. ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP"] &
the "FLYING TIGERS." in China from 1937-1945, until the
defeat of the Japanese.
*
This large-scale and Deluxe size map is one of the most
obscure in the series, giving a broad perspective on the war
theatre. Being so very clean, a quick ironing will remove
the mild folds and prepare this to be framed for displayed
in your library. Maps of this subject and clean condition
from this period are unusual, and are seldom found on the
market.
***
CONDITION:
This map is brilliantly preserved in its original as issued
condition, folds and color. There are no defects whatsoever,
rarely found at all, and even rarer in this pristine,
collector's condition.
***
EXCEPTIONALLY RARE
Because this was "RESTRICTED" or classified, it was not
something pilots or air crew could take home. Because of
this status this period cloth map remains quite illusive.
*
AN EXCELLENT GUIDE TO THE AREA AND ITS EXOTIC SIGHTS
107 ARNOLD, J.
$206
A HANDBOOK TO CANTON, MACAO AND THE WEST RIVER.
[Hong Kong] 1910, H.K., Canton & Macao Steamboat Co. Ltd.
Blue stiff wrs., very good, 79p., profusion of old photos,
very clean solid copy, revised edition, 12 x 18.5 cm., 8th
edition.
Always scarce !
A great period resource, comprehensive in nature, covers the
baggage, bicycles, Canton, Canton River, conveyances,
description of steamers, dogs, general information,
guides, hotels, independent travel, Macao, meals, money,
fares, sailings, steamers, tickets, trip up the West River.
*
West River, a host of wonderful information and photographic
sights. Hong Kong to Wuchow Line route, night trip to
Canton, Canton river. Nicely done, superb photographs.
***
Hong Kong to Wuchow line route, large section on Macao, The
West River, In and around Canton, Night trip to Canton,
Canton River, general information, round trip tours & more.
***
This work was revised, rewritten and expanded, loaded with
a large number of b.w. photos, lucid text, using a profusion
of period b.w. photo adverts, with shipping guide to the
area, local trips, itineraries, description of the steamers,
sailings, tickets, round trip tours, hotels,
*
Nicely done !
***
$292
108 ARNOLD, Julean.
CHINA'S POST-WAR TRADE.
[Philadelphia 1925, Annals]. New wrs., very good, extracted
article, 1 page facsimile, charts, statistics.
AN UNPUBLISHED THESIS
109 ARNOLDSON, Astrid.
SOVIET POLICY IN NORTH MANCHURIA [1917-1928]: A Thesis
Submitted to The Department of History and The Committee on
[Stanford] 1928. Red buckram, very bright, clean copy, 21.5
x 28 cm., 190+3p., bibliography. College book gift plate,THE
PAYSON J. TREAT COLLECTION,small college stamp on title and
lower page edge.
RARE, OBSCURE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT
$26
SUBTITLE: contionued: Masters of Arts.
*
This is an excellent and very copious study. This work was
never published, and therefore is exceptionally obscure and
RARE !
*
Immaculate condition, evidence of an old spine mark from the
library.
*
The student/candidate has signed this work, with a signed
letter by Paul H. Clyde who read this this and made some
error corredtions then sent it to Dr. Pason J. Treat.
*
$218
110 ARNOT, R. Page.
JAPAN.
[London 1936, Labor Monthly]. Stiff pictorial wrs., 23p.,
very good, 3 maps, statistics.
A whole issue devoted to the pre-World War II essay. It outlines the problem of Japan as the "Spider in the Pacific,"
her treachery and take over of Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong,
Borneo, Indonesia, Indo-China, Siam, Philippines, Korea,
China &c. Covers her sea power in the Far East, statistics
and charts of amount of various war ships & tonnage, law of
uneven development, import and exports, Tanaka memorandum.
Relations with the U.S.S.R., class struggle in Japan and the
labor problems. Excellent insight to Japan's aggression
throughout the region, precursor of World War II.
$5
111 ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO.
HANDBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ART.
[Chicago] 1933, A.I.C. Stiff yellow wrs., very good, 62p.,81
b.w. photos & figures, clean solid copy.
An excellent guide to the strong collection of superb objects of Chinese: bronzes, stone sculpture, paintings & ceramics. Japan: paintings, woodblock prints, lacquer, Kimono.And
arts of the near East. Useful reference resource.
112 ARTIBUS ASIAE.
VOL. XXVII, 3.
Ascona 1965. Stiff wrs., very good, pages 189-285, 121 b.w.
photos, bibliography, 23 x 31. cm., very clean solid copy.
With articles:
H. Vanderstappen & M. Rhie's THE SCULPTURE OF T'IEN LUNG
SHAN: RECONSTRUCTION & DATING.
*
M. Sullivan's NOTE ON EARLY CHINESE SCREEN PAINTING.
$5
*
R. Nagaswamy's SOME CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PANDYA TO S. INDIAN
ART.
*
H. Goetz's A KASHMIRI LINGAM OF THE 10TH CENTURY.
*
$29
113 ARTIBUS ASIAE.
VOL. XXXI, SEPARATUM.
Ascona 1969, Artibus. Stiff orange wrs., pp. 6-31, 20 b.w.
plates, 23 x 15 cm., clean, bright copy. George A. Rowley:
"A CHINESE SCROLL OF THE MING DYNASTY 'MING HUANG & YANG
KUI-FEI LISTENING TO MUSIC," very clean solid copy. FIRST ED
$19
114 ARTIBUS ASIAE.
VOL. XXXI, SEPARATUM.
Ascona 1969, Artibus. Stiff orange wrs., pp.32-53,
plates, 23 x 15 cm., clean, bright copy. Alexander
SOME LATE CHINESE BRONZE IMAGES [8-14TH CTYS] IN THE
BRUNDAGE COLLECTION, DE YOUNG MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO,
26 b.w.
Soper:
AVERY
solid.
$19
115 ARTS OF ASIA 1976.
ARTS OF ASIA 1976.
[Hong Kong 1976, Arts of Asia]. Stiff color wrs., very clean
Jan.-Feb. issue, profusely color illustrated, lacks title
page & pp.49-58, slight damped, as is only, else solid.
With articles on: Betel nut sets, National Museum of
Cambodia, Lost civilization of Champa, Tibetan art, Luang
Prabang and its temples, Thai ceramics, Japanese Netsuke:
ceramic & mythological animals in, judging Netsuke.
.
Also visitor in Peking, little known field of Japanese
glass, Hugh Scott's T'ang Treasures, Indian arts, treasures
of Sian & Shanghai, arts of Islam, Japanese dolls, Chinese
antiquities in Japan, art of Batak, Indonesian arts,
London Netsuke Convention, Chinese Furniture of Robert
Ellsworth, Bonsa, John Tomson a compasionate photographer,
Jakarta museum,Indonesian costume auction news, book reviews
&c.
$15
ARTS OF ASIA 1976.
Hong Kong 1976, Arts of Asia. Vol 6, 5 issues, lacks Nov/Dec
issue, profusely illustrated in b.w. & color, very clean and
solid copy.
.
&c.
$112
ARTS OF ASIA 1976.
2Hong Kong 1976, Arts of Asia. 5 issues, lacks Jan.-Feb,very
clean, profusely illustrated in b.w. & color.
.
&c.
$112
ARTS OF ASIA 1977.
[Hong Kong 1977, Arts of Asia]. 5 issues, lacks May-June,
very clean, profusely illustrated in full color, solid copy.
Articles: Portuguese in Macau & watercolours of George
Smirnoff, Musee Guimet rarities, Wayang Purwa, Chinese
ceramics for the Japanese tea masters, Luang Prabang
decorative arts, Sixteen Buddhist Arhats, Japanese armour,
Inro, Second Netsuke Convention, Japanese sword fittings,
Ikebaja Ukiyo-e, costume of the Noh theatre, Noh masks.
.
Japanese prints from the Vever collection, wood & bamboo
carving in National Palace Museum, Japanse matchbox
covers, Chinese paper-cuts, Philippine Issue, ivory carving
and the Ch'ien Lung Emperior Chinese water-pipe, Agate
snuff bottles, Chinese ceramics carried by the Dutch East
India Company, &c...
$117
ARTS OF ASIA 1977.
[Hong Kong 1977, Arts of Asia]. Issues: January-December,
complete year, 6 issues, very clean, profusely illustrated
in color.
COMPLETE YEAR
.
$122
ARTS OF ASIA 1977.
[Hong Kong 1977, Arts of Asia]. January-February, very clean
profusely illustrated in color. Articles: Aspects of Macau,
& Portuguese in Macau, Musee Guimet, Cham Museum Danang &c.
very solid copy.
FIRST & ONLY EDITITON
.
ARTS OF ASIA 1977.
[Hong Kong 1977, Arts of Asia]. July-August,very clean, many
color & b.w. photos. Articles: Woodblock prints from Fatshan
Noh Masks, Gujarat folk wood sculpture, Vever Jap. prints...
$22
.
$20
ARTS OF ASIA 1977.
[Hong Kong 1977, Arts of Asia]. 6 Issues, complete year very
clean, profuse color & b.w. photos, solid copy.COMPLETE YEAR
.
$121
ARTS OF ASIA 1978.
[Hong Kong 1978, Arts of Asia]. Complete year, 6 issues,very
clean, profusely color illustrated solid.
COMPLETE YEAR
Articles: Bronze metalwork in Java, Chhau Dances, tomb
pottery in the National Museum of History, Khmer ceramics,
the Second Netsuke Convention, snuff bottles in Vancouver.
.
Antique buying in Peking, temples in Central Java, Old
Manila in photographs, Contemporary Hong Kong art,
Indonesian ceramics Thai arts, Japanese Tansu, Inro,
Japanese Ivory sculptor's Assn., Japaense sword, Chinese
costumes, snuff bottles, the Second Netsuke Convention,
Imperial Peking Palaces &c...
ARTS OF ASIA 1978.
[Hong Kong 1978, Arts of Asia]. Issues: 5 of 6 issues, lacks
September-October. very clean, profusely color illustrated.
$121
.
$112
ARTS OF ASIA 1978.
[Hong Kong 1978, Arts of Asia]. Color stiff wrs., very clean
5 of 6 issues, lacks Sept./Oct, profusely color ilustrated,
very solid.
.
$22
ARTS OF ASIA 1978.
NOV.-DEC. issue, Special Kiseruzutsu issue, profusely color
illustrated, solid.
.
ARTS OF ASIA 1978.
May-June issue, Special Thailand Issue, profusely color
illustrated, solid.
$27
.
$22
ARTS OF ASIA 1979.
[Hong Kong 1979, Arts of Asia]. Complete year of 6 issues,
very clean, profusely illustrated in color, solid copy.
COMPLETE YEAR
Articles: Chinese bamboo carving, Chinese, Japanese & Korean
ceramics at the Freer, Chinese painted cloisonne enamel, the
Imperial Court at Peking, Chou Bronzes, Royal Ontario Museum
Far Eastern Dept., Special National Exhibiton in Peking.
.
Islamic art, Japanese Prints in the Museum Rietberg,
Chinese scroll mounting, SPECIAL ISSUE: The Soken Kisho &
Ojime, Yoshitoshi, Japanese Netsuke, Alexander's Views of
China, Taost colour symbolism in Ming & Ch'ing ceramics,
Canton museum Oriental rugs, Korean chests, Shanghai
garden, blue pottery of Jaipur, Alexander's view of China,
Chinese soupspoon, Taoist colour symbolism in Ming &
Ch'ing ceramics, origins of Thai silk, Canton museum.
Auction news, book reviews &c.
$117
ARTS OF ASIA 1979.
profusely illustrated in color, 4 issues lacks March-April &
May-June, solid copy.
Articles: Chinese bamboo carving, Chinese, Japanese & Korean
ceramics at the Freer, Chinese painted cloisonne enamel, the
Imperial Court at Peking, Chou Bronzes, Royal Ontario Museum
Far Eastern Dept., Special National Exhibiton in Peking.
.
Islamic art, Japanese Prints in the Museum Rietberg,
Chinese scroll mounting, SPECIAL ISSUE: The Soken Kisho &
Ojime, Yoshitoshi, Japanese Netsuke, Alexander's Views of
China, Taost colour symbolism in Ming & Ch'ing ceramics,
Canton museum Oriental rugs, Korean chests, Shanghai
garden, blue pottery of Jaipur, Alexander's view of China,
Chinese soupspoon, Taoist colour symbolism in Ming &
Ch'ing ceramics, origins of Thai silk, Canton museum.
Auction news, book reviews &c.
$99
ARTS OF ASIA 1980.
[Hong Kong 1980, Arts of Asia]. Complete set of 6 issues,
very clean, profusely illustrated, solid copy.
Articles: Kiseruzutsu: Japanese pipe case, Chinese ceramics,
Netsuke & the Sokeh Kisho, mythological animals in Netsuke,
Zen paintings, Indonesian art, jade Ju-i scepters, the Third
Netsuke Convention, Lost tribe of China, Watch market in
China, kilns of Lalong, Chinese Snuff bottles.
.
Chinese furniture, making Bali mask, Chinese bronzes, 5000
years of Korean Art, Wayang Museum, Indonesian textiles, art
of Toradja, Pacific Asia Museum, Tibetan wheel of life,
religion & art in N. Wei, temple of Ambika Mata, Buddhist
cave art Lung-men the Te-hua porcelain figurines of 17 &
18th centuries. Surya icons of the Sun-god. Kapilavastu of
Buddha, Kingfisher life & Kingfisher feather jewelry, Loro
Blonyo sculpture of central Java. Auction news, book reviews
&c...
$90
ARTS OF ASIA 1980.
[Hong Kong 1980, Arts of Asia]. Nov. Dec. Issue, very clean,
profusely color illustrated, special issue on Kiseruzutsu
the Japanese pipe case, solid.
.
&c...
ARTS OF ASIA 1980.
[Hong Kong 1980, Arts of Asia]. Issue March-April only,very
clean, color illustrated, solid copy.
$26
.
&c...
$26
ARTS OF ASIA 1980.
Hong Kong 1980, Arts of Asia. Vol. 10, 6 issues, complete
year, very clean, profusely illustrated in color & b.w. very
solid copy.
.
&c...
$90
ARTS OF ASIA 1981.
for the year, very clean, profusely illustrated in color,a
very solid copy.
Articles: 12th International Snuff Bottle Convention, Yao
Taoist painting, Chinese firework Label, Borneo Tattoo,
Okimono & Netsuke, Indianapolis Museum of Art: Ancient
Chinese bronzes, Chinese & Japanese paintings, Chinese
ceramics, Japanese prints.
.
Oriental textiles, Sino-Thai ceramics, Khmer ritual, old
Chinese paper money, modern art in Korea, Korean furniture,
Korean issue, jade, Islamic arts, Museum of FarEastern
Antiquities: covering the whole collection, an artist
Remembers Cambodia, Tomb Sculptures of the Southern
Dynasties, Buddha images from Burma. Auction news, book
reviews.
$92
ARTS OF ASIA 1981.
[Hong Kong 1981, Arts of Asia]. 5 issues, lacks May-June,
many color, b.w. photos, very clean, solid copy.
.
reviews.
$80
ARTS OF ASIA 1981.
[Hong Kong 1981, Arts of Asia]. Nov.-Dec. 1981, very clean,
color & b. w. photos, special OSTASIATISK MUSEET MUSEUM OF
FAR EASTERN ANTIQUITIES issue, solid copy.
.
reviews.
ARTS OF ASIA 1981.
[Hong Kong 1981, Arts of Asia]. March-April 1981, very clean
special on Indianapolis Museum of art, many color & b.w.
photos, covers bronzes, painting, ceramics, textiles, prints
solid copy.
.
$29
reviews.
$26
ARTS OF ASIA 1981.
Hong Kong 1981, Arts of Asia. Jan.-Feb. issue only, very
clean, profusely illustrated color & b.w., Chinese fireworks
labels special feature, solid copy.
.
reviews.
$19
ARTS OF ASIA 1982.
[Hong Kong 1982, Arts of Asia]. Issues: 4 of 6, lacking JanJanuary-April, very good, profusely illustrated in color, a
very solid copy.
Articles: Stevens' collection of Chinese snuff bottles, Burmese "Opium" weights, Christian motifs in Chinese snuff bottles, export fans, Negoro lacquer, John Ogilby, China publisher, Chinese soft paste or steatitic porcelain, Korean painting history, carved Rhino horn, Philippine brass boxes,
Prehistoric Collections in Muzium Negra, Kuala Lumpur, Thai
jewelry & other Thai ceramic & art works, &c...
Useful.
ARTS OF ASIA 1982.
Hong Kong 1982, Arts of Asia. September-October, very clean
profusely illustrated in color, this issue devoted to prehistoric collections in Muzium Negra, Kuala Lumpur, solid
copy.
Articles: Stevens' collection of Chinese snuff bottles, Burmese "Opium" weights, Christian motifs in Chinese snuff bottles, export fans, Negoro lacquer, John Ogilby, China publi-
$80
sher, Chinese soft paste or steatitic porcelain, Korean painting history, carved Rhino horn, Philippine brass boxes,
Prehistoric Collections in Muzium Negra, Kuala Lumpur, Thai
jewelry & other Thai ceramic & art works, &c...
Useful.
$26
ARTS OF ASIA 1983.
Articles: Triennial Index 1980-1982, Indian arts, Japanese
fans of the Meiji period, crickets, Netsuke carver Shoko,
jades, Kakiemon, Beatty Jade collection, musical instruments
of China, Philippine ivory carvings & other arts forms, old
Peking.
.
Indo-Asian shadow figures, Durham University Oriental Museum
their Asian collections &c...
$94
ARTS OF ASIA 1983.
[Hong Kong 1983, Arts of Asia]. 3 Issues lacks Jan.-Feb.,
May-June, July-Aug., Sept.- October very clean, profusely
color illustrated, solid copy.
Peking.
.
$39
ARTS OF ASIA 1983.
[Hong Kong 1983, Arts of Asia]. November-December issue on
Egypt, Near East, India, Southeast Asia, China and Japan,
profusely color illustrated, very clean, solid copy.
Peking.
.
$22
ARTS OF ASIA 1984.
COMPLETE YEAR
Articles: Chang Ta-Ch'ien and his son, Light of Asia,
funerary sculpture of the Northern Sung, overseas Chinese
silversmiths, Antique Maps of Japan, Chinese snuff bottles
in Paris, Kano Tessai, Japanese blue & white porcelain,
modern Mien silver, Angkor Wat Apsaras, ethnic jewelry of
Nepal, Nepalese issue, ancient Ts'ung jade tube, Khmer
monuments, Kampong pastimes, metalwork of the Shanghai
bund, sacred heirlooms, Cricket story &c.
$75
ARTS OF ASIA 1985.
COMPLETE SET OF 6 ISSUES
Articles: Tibetan arts, Nepal, Sri Lanka & S. East Asia,
Arab
furniture of the 19th century, 100 years of Philippine
painting, MOA Museum of Art Atami, Yokohama prints, Tsuba,
miniature bamboo Japanese art, betel leaf holders, Chinese
bird cages, Szechwan's temples, tombs & gardens, Inro,
Chinese thumb rings, Treasures of Islam, Chinese painting,
lacquer in Los Angeles, cloisonn� of Kuo Ming-Chiao &c...
$94
ARTS OF ASIA 1985.
[Hong Kong 1985, Arts of Asia]. Sept./Oct issue only, very
clean, profusely illustrated in color, solid copy.
Articles: Tibetan arts, Nepal, Sri Lanka & S. East Asia,
Arab
furniture of the 19th century, 100 years of Philippine
painting, MOA Museum of Art Atami, Yokohama prints, Tsuba,
miniature bamboo Japanese art, betel leaf holders, Chinese
bird cages, Szechwan's temples, tombs & gardens, Inro,
Chinese thumb rings, Treasures of Islam, Chinese painting,
lacquer in Los Angeles, cloisonn� of Kuo Ming-Chiao &c...
ARTS OF ASIA 1986.
very clean, profusely illustrated in color, solid set.
$22
COMPLETE YEAR 6 ISSUES
Articles: Macau past and present, Old Protestant cemetery,
George Chinnery's view of Macau, National Museum Singapore,
Straits Chinese bridal chamber, 17th century Chinese
porcelain, Wayang puppets, Palaces of Nepal, enamels, jade
and a special issue on the British Museum collection.
$94
ARTS OF ASIA 1986.
[Hong Kong 1986, Arts of Asia]. January-February issue, on
Macau heritage, profusely illustrated in color & b.w. photos
very clean, solid copy.
Articles: Macau past and present, Old Protestant cemetery,
George Chinnery's view of Macau, National Museum Singapore,
Straits Chinese bridal chamber, 17th century Chinese
porcelain, Wayang puppets, Palaces of Nepal, enamels, jade
and a special issue on the British Museum collection.
$17
ARTS OF ASIA 1987.
[Hong Kong 1987, Arts of Asia]. Six issues, a complete year,
very clean, profuselly illustrated, solid copy.
COMPLETE YEAR, 6 ISSUES
Articles: National Museum Singapore, Chinese trade ceramics,
Chinese glove puppet theatre, Southeast Asian ceremonial
textiles, Straits Chinese bridal chamber, Tibetan art,
Mongolian saddle, contemporary prints in India, Ting ware,
white porcelains, Surimono-Ukiyoe, Ohara Museum Kurashiki,
Japanese metal art in Meiji era, Lacquer work of Suzuki
Mutsumi, Bluish-white and Ying-Chi'ing wares of Chingtechen,
Grace Wu Bruce collection of Chinese furniture, Turkish
ceramics &c.
$80
ARTS OF ASIA 1987.
Hong Kong [1987], Arts of Asia. Four issues, wanting January
-February & March-April, very clean copies, profusely color
illustrated, solid copy.
Articles: National Museum Singapore, Chinese trade ceramics,
Chinese glove puppet theatre, Southeast Asian ceremonial
textiles, Straits Chinese bridal chamber, Tibetan art,
Mongolian saddle, contemporary prints in India, Ting ware,
white porcelains, Surimono-Ukiyoe, Ohara Museum Kurashiki,
Japanese metal art in Meiji era, Lacquer work of Suzuki
Mutsumi, Bluish-white and Ying-Chi'ing wares of Chingtechen,
Grace Wu Bruce collection of Chinese furniture, Turkish
ceramics &c.
$60
ARTS OF ASIA 1988.
[Hong Kong 1988, Arts of Asia]. Six issues, a complete year,
profusely illustrated in color, very clean, January-December
1988, solid set. COMPLETE YEAR 6 ISSUES
FIRST EDITION
Articles: Yao-chou ware, dragon in Chinese art, wedding
jewellery in Malaysia, Balinese theatre, classical Ming
garden, paper money of Macau, Chester Beatty collection
of Snuff Bottles, tattoo weights from Burma, Chinese
paintings, beads of India, Khmer temple in Thailand,
Buddhist bronzes from the Nitta Group Collection, early Chou
bronze vessels, Treasure of the Tokugawa, Japanese screens,
Toghoku ceramic museum, Shikoku temples, Kobe City Museum &
Denver Art Museum.
$87
ARTS OF ASIA 1989.
Hong Kong [1989]. 5 issues: Jan.-Aug. & Nov.-Dec.,very clean
solid set.
$63
ARTS OF ASIA 1989.
Hong Kong [1989], Arts of Asia. September-October issue,very
clean, profusely color illustrated. Issue: New Asian Gallery
at Newark Museum:Japan, China, Korea, India, Tibet & Nepal,
solid copy.
ARTS OF ASIA 1990.
Hong Kong 1990, Arts of Asia. Complete vol. 20, 6 issues,
very good, many color & b.w. photos, very clean solid set,
the complete year.
With articles: Yu Chin-chen China's most popular woman artist, beads in Philippines, Wang Shu-sen jade carver, Socialist realism in N. Korea, Buddhist painting of Ladakh, Chinese eating kits, snuff bottles, ceramic cites in Burma, glass
beads of China, central Himalayan art, R.T. Villanueve collection in Manila: export Yuan & Painting, Santos.Highlights
of a jade collection, porcelain for palaces, Newar ceremonial jewellery, Chinese bronzes, 10-14th century Chinese ceramics, oriental carpets, Asian domestic embroideries, Japanese combs & hairpins, Netsuke & metalworking techniques,from
Jomon to Sankama: ceramic treasures. Wagashi: Japanese sweet
cakes. Fuji art museum, Sarnath Buddhist art, Arhats & Mahasiddhas in Himalayan art, Sanghol sculptures, Nias sculpture
and art gallery in a Chinese Imperial garden et al. Auction
$15
news, book reviews &c...
$100
155 ASAI, Erin.
THE SEDIK LANGUAGE OF FORMOSA.
Kanazawa 1953, Kanazawa Univ. Green wrs., very good, spine
worn, scotch taped, contents very clean, English text, 84p.
A scholarly study, on one of the Formosan language groups,
spoken by the Sedik people. Covers phonology, charts, table
of sounds, accent, vowels, Chinese characters, word-bases,
morophology, afixation, prefix, vocabulary, pronomina, verba
and translations. A serious linguistic study.
$163
156 ASIA SCENE.
ASIA SCENE.
[Tokyo 1957-8, Sankei]. Stiff pictorial wrs., 21 x 28 cm.,
profuse photos, English text, pages average 96-66 per issue,
very good, as issued, odd group: Dec. 1957; 1958: Jan.-Feb.,
April & Sept, group of 4 issues as a lot.
This is an ecclectic journal on 'new' Japan, just after
World War II, and after the occupation.
*
This work covers Japan's progress in manufacturing, economics, women's right and culture, festivals, costume, Kimono,
foreign trade, art, sports, style, fashion trends, movies,
theater, trendy news, entertainment, religion, foreign
relations, "sister boys," headlines for each year, Noh
plays, enduring elegance, What is Japanese? Art collectors
and their treasures, woodblock prints, book scene, inside
communist China, S.E. Asia, Japanese pin-up girls, falconry
in Japan, medical science, Japanese ceramics, Japanese
behind Korean bars, Third Asian Games, art of Taikan,
Japanese pearl industry, Judo and too many others !!!
*
$48
157 ASIA: THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE ON THE ORIENT.
ASIA: VOLUME 22, 1922. THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE ON THE ORIENT.
[Concord 1922, Asia]. #8 Stiff title wrs.,very good, pp.595680, profusely b.w. photo illustrated, bibliography, large
format 22.5 x 30.5 cm., very good.
CONTENTS:
# 8 August:
"KISMET" A Tale of Rohilkund by Oscar Buck, illus. by
Bertram Hartman.
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THE LADY OF THE MENDED GLOVE by Demetra Vaka.
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"NON-VIOLENT NON-COOPERATION" IN INDIA by Gertrude Emerson.
.
WITH BARON UNGERN IN URGA by Ferdinand Ossendowski.
.
THE DANCER OF SHAMAKHA by Armen Ohanian.
.
THE PATTERN OF THE EASTERN DANCE 8 page insert of photos.
.
A JUNGLE BUSINESS by Frank Buek.
.
THE SMOKE-SCREEN BETWEEN SIBERIA & WASHINGTON by Charles
Smith.
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CRUISING IN CORAL SEAS by Edward Salisbury.
***
#9 September:
EUROPE AND THE ARAB WORLD by William Westermann.
.
AN AFRICAN INTERLUDE by Gertrude Emerson.
.
SPECIMENS AND SPECIMENS by Frank Buck.
.
A MALAYSIAN MARKET by Florence Naismith.
.
IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT. Poem by Cale Rice.
.
A NAPOLEON OF THE SOLOMONS. by Edward Alkisbury.
.
HEAD-HUNTING THROUGH THE MAGIC EYE 8 page photo insert.
.
PROVING ASIA THE MOTHER OF CONTINENTS by Henry Osborn.
.
ARMS AND THE MEN IN CHINA by Rodney Gilbert.
.
INDIAN MIND AND GREEK GENIUS by George Marvin.
.
WISDOM WHICH IS ON WITH LOVE. A Story by L Beck, illus. by
Edith Emerson.
***
#10 October:
THE TRACK OF THE TYPHOON. A Story by A Riley, illus by
Thornton Oakley.
.
ROSARIES OF THE GREAT RELIGIONS by Cornelius Patton,
.
THE STORY OF THE JAPANESE DOLL by Stewart Culin.
.
THE PRICE OF BLOOD by Chester McCown.
.
AMPHIBIOUS WANDERINGS IN THE NEAR EAST by Gertrude Emerson.
.
THEY TOIL AND SPIN 8p. insert of photos.
.
OVERCROWDED INDIA by Harold Cox.
.
ASHORE AT PAGO PAGO by Edward Salisbury.
.
FRON SINGAPORE TO THE ZOO by Frank Buck.
.
THE PRIZE ESSAY AWARD.
***
#12. December:
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE TURKS by Maj.-Gen. Sir Charles
Townshend
.
THE NEAR EAST CRISIS: "AMONG THOSE PRESENT"
.
THE ZONE OF THE STRAITS + MAPS.
.
THE GREEN MILITARY DEBACLE by George Marvin.
.
VIEWS OF SMYRNA A PICTORIAL.
.
GOBI-A DESERT "WONDER-HOUSE" By Roy C. Andrews and W.D.
Matthew.
.
LAWUSA RETURNS TO HER VILLAGE by R.W. Cilento.
.
SNOW IN FAR EASTERN PAINTING by Kojiro Tomita..
.
LOOKING EAST FROM MOSCOW by Ernestine Evans.
.
THE VOICE FROM THE MINARET 8p. insert of photos.
.
WHO ARE THE TURKS? by William L. Westermann.
.
MAHABAN AND SIR KRISHNA by James B. Pratt.
.
THE FREEDOM OF THE STRAITS by Herbert A. Gibbons.
***
Each issue includes the Asiatic Bookshelf.
***
$20
[Concord 1922, Asia]. #9 Stiff title wrs, very good, pp.683764, profusely b.w. photo illustrated, bibliography, large
CONTENTS:
# 8 August:
Bertram Hartman.
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Smith.
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#9 September:
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Edith Emerson.
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#10 October:
Thornton Oakley.
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#12. December:
Townshend
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Matthew.
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[Concord 1922, Asia].#10 Stiff title wrs.,very good, pp.765852, profusely b.w. photo illustrated, bibliography, large
CONTENTS:
# 8 August:
Bertram Hartman.
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Smith.
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#9 September:
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Edith Emerson.
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#10 October:
Thornton Oakley.
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#12. December:
Townshend
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Matthew.
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$20
[Concord 1922, Asia]. #12 Stiff wrappers, very good, pp.9371028, profusely b.w. photo illustrated, bibliography, large
format 22.5 x 30.5 cm., very good,solid.FIRST & ONLY EDITION
CONTENTS:
# 8 August:
Bertram Hartman.
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Smith.
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#9 September:
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Edith Emerson.
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#10 October:
Thornton Oakley.
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#12. December:
Townshend
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Matthew.
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$20
[Concord 1923, Asia].#1 Title wrappers, very good, pp.3-72,
profusely b. w. illustrated throughout, bibliography, large
format 22.5 x 30.5 cm., very clean.
CONTENTS:
#1, January:
THE NEAR EAST AND MR. LLOYD GEORGE by Arthur Moore.
.
"HEIJI MONOGATARI": A SO-CALLED KEION ROLL a pictorial.
.
RESTORING WORLD HOPE by George Allen.
.
THE CITY OF GREAT BALI by L. Beck.
.
NEW LIGHT ON THE RACES OF POLYNESIA by Louis Sullivan.
.
THE IVORY BUDDHA by J.O.P. Bland
.
LIVING WATERS 8 page insert of photos.
.
TELESCOPING TIME WITH RADIO by Waldemr Kaempffert.
.
OLD AND NEW IN BROADCASTING a pictorial.
.
CHINA'S CHRISTIAN GENERAL ON CRUSADE by Thomas Meloy.
.
THE VENGEANCE OF MANDALINGAN. A story by Hazel Taylor.
.
BEYOND J ORDAN. I by Elizabeth Titzel.
***
#7 July:
OUR CONCERN IN CHINA'S DISRUPTION by Upton Close.
.
SHALL WE TRUST JAPAN? by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
.
STALKING THE WILD ANIMALS WITH A CAMERA by Martin Johnson.
.
SHUTTING UP A NATION AND PRODUCING AN ART by W. Murdoch.
.
FAREWELL TO A JAPANESE BUDDHIST PRIEST BOUND HOMEWARD. A
Poem by Witter Bynner & Kiang Kang-Hu.
.
MY FRIEND, THE SULTAN OF TRENGGANU by Charles Mayer,
illustrations by Morgan Stienmetz.
.
PEASANT AND PRIEST IN SOVIET ARMENIA by Rose Lan.
.
AN IMPERIAL WEDDING IN REPUBLICAN CHINA a pictorial.
.
BOUNCING FISH-BALLS - AND OTHER TALES by Carveth Wells,
illus. by Tony Sarg.
.
A NEW PAGE IN EGYPTIAN HISTORY by Junius Wood.
.
THE LABOR CRISIS IN HAWAII by Louis Sullivan.
.
THE THIRD ASIATIC EXPEDITION IV: Tenting in Lama Land by Roy
Chapman Andrews.
.
THE CHESTER CONCESSION UNDER FIRE by Laurence Moore.
***
#8 August.
A THIRD ASIATIC EXPEDITION: V.A. KENTUCKY DERBY IN THE GOBI
DESERT by Roy Chapman Andrews.
.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN-CHAMPIONS OF A NEW EAST by Upton Close.
.
THE PAYBACK. A Story by Merlin Taylor.
.
ILLUSTRATING BEST SELLERS IN OLD JAPAN [Japanese woodblock
prints] by W. Murdoch.
.
ELEPHANTS AT HOME IN A GARDEN OF EDEN by Martin Johnson..
.
SWORD AND PEN IN THE CITY OF LONG SANDS [about China's
Changsha] by John Rice.
.
MEETING THE TURK HALF-WAY by Arnold Toynbee.
.
CIRCUSES EAST AND WEST by Charles Maer.
.
THE OLDEST LIVING MONARCH [Cambodia] by George Groslier.
.
THE FREER GIFT OF EASTERN ART TO AMERICA by Landgon Warner.
.
THE GAME OF A HUNDRED INTELLIGENCES BY L. Harr.
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[Concord 1923, Asia].#7, Title wrs. very good, pp.472-539,
CONTENTS:
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[Concord 1923, Asia].#8, Title wrs. very good, pp.541-616,
CONTENTS:
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[Concord 1926, Asia]. #7, Pictorial wrs., very good, pp.582659, profusely b. w. illustrated throughout, bibliography,
large format 22.5 x 30.5 cm., very clean.
CONTENTS:
#7 July:
TURKEY'S COMING OF AGE, by Elizabeth MacCallum & Edward M.
Earle.
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AN EMPIRE BUILDER OF OLD JAPAN by Darrell Hibbard.
$20
.
CHANG AND FEND AND WU by Anna L. Strong.
.
SAND by Angus Buchanan.
.
LITTLE FEMALE "NANOOK" by Edna Wallace.
.
MARRIAGE A LA MONGOLE by John freeman.
.
STALIN: HEIR OF LENIN by Wm. Chamberlin..
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A WOMAN'S DARING JOURNEY INTO TIBET by Alexandra David-Neel.
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"MADAM PRESIDENT" IN THE CHAIR IN INDIA by Charlotte Wiser.
***
#8 August:
WITH THE KINGLIEST KING IN ARABIA by Ameen Rihani.
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THE FIRST TRUE POLAR VOYAGE by Henry Curry.
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A PARADISE FOR FAT MEN by May Cochrane.
.
FUR AND FEATHERS IN ORIENTAL ART pictorial.
.
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SON OF KINGS pictorial
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THE SOVIET IDEA IN THE "KINO" by Ernestine Evans.
.
THE PRICE OF BRITISH WITHDRAWAL FROM EGYPT by Pierre
Crabites.
.
THE TIBETAN WHEEL OF LIFE by J Noel.
.
EXILES by Roland Dorgeles.
.
WASHINGTON AND PEKING by Henry Norton.
***
#9 September:
PACIFIC AIRWAYS by Lt.Cdr. H Frost & George Marvin.
.
"THE LIGHT OF ASIA" by Himansu Rai
.
.
CHOCOLATE. A story by A. Tarasov-Rodionov.
.
FOUR-FOOTED TUNIS pictorial etchings by Thomas Handforth.
.
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RUBBING ELBOWS WITH THE WORLD by Elizabeth Dunbar.
.
TRUSTEESHIP OR EXPLOITATION? by Elizabeth MacCallum & Edward
Earle.
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#10 October:
GUESTS OF ALLAH by Elsie Weil.
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THE KING OF THE SEDANGS by Sir Hugh Clifford.
.
THE POPPY BLOOMS AGAIN by Gilbert King.
.
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THE HUNDREDTH CHANCE ON THE VELDT by Wynant Hubbard.,
.
HEAD-HUNTING IN ASSAM by J Mills.
.
THE NEW RULER OF SIAM pictorial.
.
DOCTORING ON THE AFGHAN FRONTIER by Alice Pennell.
.
CHOCOLATE II. A Story by A. Tarasov-Rodinov..
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#11 November:
THE VALLEY OF WINE by Rhys Williams.
.
THE EMPEROR OF ALL MEN by Harold Lamb.
.
THE WELL-DRESSED MAN pictorial.
.
THE HOUR OF GLAMOUR by Annulet Ohl.
.
AN APOSTLE TO MALAYA by Sir Hugh Clifford.
.
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THE WESTERN MUSTAGH UNEXPLORED by B. Featherstone.
.
CHOCOLATE III. A Story by A. Tarasov-Rodionov.
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FLYING ASIA by George Marvin.
***
#12 December:
SHAH-IN-SHAH by Vincent Sheean.
.
HOLY PLACES OF THE HOLY LAND by Elizabeth Titzel.
.
THE EMPEROR OF ALL MEN II by Harold Lamb.
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THE OTHER MOTHER by Lady Lawrence.
.
HIGH ON EVEREST by J.B.L. Noel.
.
WHITE MAN'S SNAKE MAGIC by Edith Spaeth.
.
DECK AVENTURES IN BURMA by Elizabeth Dunbar.
.
MACHINES AND GODS IN A BOMBAY MILL by Henry Band.
.
UNSPOILED BALI by Hermann Norden.
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$20
CONTENTS:
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CONTENTS:
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[Concord 1926, Asia].#10, Pictorial wrs., very good, pp.830925, profusely b. w. illustrated throughout, bibliography,
CONTENTS:
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#8 August:
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[Concord 1926, Asia].#11, Pictorial wrs., very good, pp.9281033, profusely b. w. illustrated throughout, bibliography,
CONTENTS:
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[Concord 1926, Asia].#12, Pictorial wrs., very good,pp.10361139, profusely b. w. illustrated throughout, bibliography,
CONTENTS:
#7 July:
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[Concord 1930, Asia]. # 3 Pictorial wrs., very good, pp.156229, profusely b. w. illustrated throughout, bibliography,
large format 22.5 x 30.5 cm., leading edge margin slightly
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Contents:
#3 March:
IN HOLY MECCA by Dr. Riza-Tewfik.
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OUTRIGGER BOATS OF MADASGASCAR by James Hornell.
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CHINA'S DESPERATE GESTURE [mandate of Nanking government as
led by Chiang Kai-shek, denouncing extraterritorialty] by
Rodney Gilbert.
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AS HUMAN AS WE ARE [about Africa] by Erick Berry.
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DIGGING UP DEAD CITIES. [Mohenjo-Daro] by Dorothy Mackay.
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HUNTING SOUL-STUFF [head-hunting by Ifugaos] by R. Barton.
$20
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HEART-BEATS IN INDIA by C. Andrews..
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MY CAPE TOWN TO LONDON FLIGHT [Southern Rhodesia] Lady
Heath.
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SUNDAY IN A RUSSIAN VILLAGE by Maurice Hindus.
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#4 April:
THE MONTE CARLO OF THE ORIENT [Macao] by Aleko Lilus.
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WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE PHILIPPINES by Edward Bowditch.
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EVER-OLD, EVER-NEW KASHMIR pictorial, photos by J. Noel.
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THE HEIR OF LENIN [Stalin] by William White.
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THE MOSQUE OF THE MUFTI by Vincent Sheean.
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SOME JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS pictorial.
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THE PALACE OF DOGS OF CHINA by Elsie Weil.
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AS HUMAN AS WE ARE [Hill pagans of Nigeria] by Erick Berry.
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THE PUZZLE OF CHINESE FOREIGN RELATION by James Shotwell.
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MY CAPE TOWN TO LDONDON FLIGHT [on to Cairo] by Lady Heath
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#5 May:
CHERRY BLOSSOMS: I: Japanese spring in America by Paul
Russell. II First among flowers by Keizo Matsuno.
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LATEST TURN OF THE MANCHURIAN WHEEL BY Herbert Elliston.
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DINDIKI by Andre Gide.
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HIGH TARTARY II: Into the Heavenly Mountains, by Owen
Lattimore.
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MY CAPE TOWN TO LONDON FLIGHT IV: Home to London in a
re-tailed plane, by Lady Heath.
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HEROES OF THE AMERICAS SEEN BY OLD JAPAN, pictorial.
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TERRIBLE TALES [Africa] BY eRICK bERRY.
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WHEN THE SUN WENT OUT IN THE PHILIPPINES by Beverley
Hancock.
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THE NEW ROAD. [Nanking] A Story, by Pearl Buck.
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A VAGABOND AMONG THE SUN-ISLES III Gossip of White Rabaul,
by Margaret Matches.
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#6 June:
A CHILD OF OLD STAMBOUL by Hadije Selma Ekrem.
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EXPLORING FOR PLANTS IN CEYLON by David Fairdchild.
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A ROYAL CITY THAT DOESNT CARE [Kentung, Burma] by Ralph
Henderson.
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WHITE MAN'S LAW AMONG FILIPINO TRIBESMEN [Kalingas, Bontoc &
head-hunters], by R. Barton.
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ANIMAL SCROLLS [Japanese] pictorial from the Louis Ledoux
collection.
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TURKEY AND CHINA by Arnold Toynbee.
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HINDU TEMPLES OF MYSORE by Frieda Das.
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HIGH TARTARY III: The American Dukes in the Tien-Shan [Inner
Mongolia/Gobi] by Owen Lattimore.
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FIRECRACKERS AND WHITE TULLE. [A Chinese wedding in Hawaii],
by Loraine Kuck.
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A ROMAN ALPHABET FOR MODERN CHINA by Ching-chun Wang.
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HASHISH SMUGGGLERS OF EGYPT by Seudamore Jarvis.
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#7 July:
PIG AND POI IN PARADISE by Don Blanding.
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DEADLOCK IN INDIA by G. Garratt.
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A PLACE OF WONDERFUL DEATH by Frederick Drowne.
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TWILIGHT OF THE GEISHA pictorial.
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POINTS OF VIEW ABOUT THE SOVIET UNION by Paul Scheffer.
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THE MONASTERY OF THE OAK POOL by Ruth Tenney.
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A VAGABOND AMONG THE SUN-ISLES by Margaret Matches.
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THE GOSPEL OF A HINDU MONK by Romain Rolland.
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THE CHINESE PIPE-ORGAN by S. Chen.
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THE JAVANESE BLACK COBRA by Felix Koopstein.
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A LETTER FROM SUMATRA dictated by Virginia Welch.
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#8 August:
MONEY BY THE TON by Rodney Gilbert.
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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN INDIA by Ramananda Chatterjee.
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A TABLOID IN BANGKOK by Andrew Freeman.
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RUINS OF PENANCE by Lt.Col. V. Prescott-Westcar.
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NEW YORK TIGERS FROM MALAYA pictorial.
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THE GOSPEL OF A HINDU MONK II by Romain Rolland.
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PLACE OF HAPPINESS pictorial.
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SINGING-TO HER DEATH a story by Pearl Buck.
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FISHING IN INDIAN WATERS pictorial, photos by James Hornell.
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BRITISH TWO-PRONGED POLICY IN PALESTIN by Vincent Sheean,
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#9 September:
SPIRITUAL COMRADESHIP AMONG RACES by Sir Francis
Younghusband.
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PILLS OF TEN THOUSAND EFFICACIES by James Bennett.
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OOZY PASTURES OF THE CROCODILE by Alexander Reynolds.
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A BOOTLET DANCE AMONG THE MA-NANJIA by Inglis Fletcher.
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MERCHANDISE OF FEZ by Eleanor Hoffman.
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A LESSON IN PUSHTU by Harry Wedeck.
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THE GOSPEL OF A HUNDU MONK III by Romain Rolland.
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LAMAS DEVIL-DANCERS AND A LIVING GOD pictorial.
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A TABLOID IN BANGKOK II by Andrew Freeman.
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A CHILD OF OLD STAMBOUL IV by Hadije Selma Ekrem.
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7. ORIENTAL BONDAGE, NO DATE
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179 ASIATIC RESEARCH CENTER.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF KOREAN STUDIES: A Bibliographical Guide to
Korean Publications on Korean Studies Appearing 1945-1958.
Seoul 1961, Asiatic Research Center. Green cloth, very good,
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228 ASIFOLKLORE STUDIES GROUP NEWS
ASIAN FOLKLORE STUDIES GROUP NEWSLETTERS.
Cupertino 1982, Folklore Inst. Stiff blue wrs., very good,
two issues: Spring No.9, 31p.; Fall No.10 34p., edited by
Ruth-Inge Heintze, covers reports, book reviews, list of
AFSG representatives, announcements &c. Scholarly resouorce.
Covers the activities of the ASGN in China, Japan, S.E. Asia
areas.
A CLASSIC ON THE ORIGIN OF JAPAN
229 ASTON, W.G. trans.
NIHONGI: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D.
Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times A.D. 697.
Tokyo [1973], Tuttle. Stiff wrs., very good, 407+443p., two
vols. bound in 1, translated from original Chinese & Japanese, as new copy, former owner's name rubbber-stamped on
signatures, else clean.
A superb translation of one of Japan's oldest pieces of literature. Superbly done, this work has stood as a classic.It
covers the Chronicles of Japan compiled in the early 8th century, and is the most important of the standard sources for
early Japanese history, including the history of Shinto.Also
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covered are the basic myths, legends and the inclusion of
different versions of the same story. An authoritative work.
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A CLASSIC ON THE ORIGIN OF JAPAN
230 ASTON, W.G. trans.
NIHONGI: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D.
Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times A.D. 697.
Tokyo [1982], Tuttle. Stiff wrs., very good, 407+443p., two
vols. bound in 1, translated from original Chinese & Japanese, with an introduction to the new edition by Terence
Barrow, 2 vols. in one, 11 x 18 cm., bright clean copy.
A superb translation of one of Japan's oldest pieces of literature. Superbly done, this work has stood as a classic.It
covers the Chronicles of Japan compiled in the early 8th century, and is the most important of the standard sources for
early Japanese history, including the history of Shinto.Also
covered are the basic myths, legends and the inclusion of
different versions of the same story. An authoritative work.
EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR TRAVEL IN COREA BY A BRIT
231 ASTON, W.G.
COMMERCIAL REPORTS BY HER MAJESTY'S CONSUL-GENERAL
[W.G. ASTON] IN COREA, 1882-83; AND A REPORT OF A JOURNEY
London 1885, HMSO. Stitched white wrs., tall 20.5 x 32 cm.,
29p., statistical charts, very clean bright copy, trade
statistics.
R A R E
William George Aston [9 April 1841 - 22 November 1911] was a
British diplomat, author and famous scholar-expert in the
language and history of both Japan and Korea. He was a
diplomat in both countries.
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This work contains:
1. Report on the trade of Corea for the year 1882.
2. Report on the trade of Corea for the year 1883.
3. Report of a journey from Soul [sic] to Songdo in August
1884.
The reports were addressed to Sir Harry Parks. Presented to
both Houses of Parliament, 1885.
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In 1884, Aston was the first European diplomatic
representative to reside in Korea. Political instability
caused him to leave in 1885. In 1885-1887, Aston continued
Korean language studies in Tokyo with Kim Chae-guk. This
Korean teacher composed a number of stories for Aston to use
as practice.
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books on Japanese literature and Japanese religion as well
as a number of articles on Korean subjects.
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Very RARE and early primary resource.
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232 ATCHESON, George Jr.
THE CABLE SITUATION IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WITH SPECIAL
REFERENCE TO THE FAR EAST.
article, pages 70-77. Covers Japan & China, communications
cables, the current situation and update.
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AN IMPORTANT EARLY PRMIARY SOURCE ON THE AREA
233 ATKINSON, Thomas W.
ORIENTAL AND WESTERN SIBERIA: A Narrative of Seven Years'
Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the
Philadelphia [c.1890], Potter. Beige floral cloth, 483p.,
index, 17 engravings, lacks frontis as usual, corners bit
worn, else clean.
Covers his excursions on the Tchoussowaia, ascent of the Katchkanar, the frontier of the Chinese Empire and among the
Kirghis, adventures in the Steppe, sporting adventures, Tchin-si and Syan-shan, the Saian Mountains, &c. A very attrative volume, illustrated by the author. Abbey, Travel 530.
A great resource, fascinating true primary account. Humbolt
recommended Atkinson to travel in oriental Russia. This is
the first of two works which Atkinson later published. RARE
BM [Nat.Hist]], I, p.69 [First Edition London, 1858]; DNB,
XXII,pp.84-85.
234 ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
A SPECIAL ISSUE RED CHINA: The First Ten Years.
Boston 1959, Atlantic Monthly. White wrs., vol. 204, no. 6,
December, 176p., many color and b.w. photographs, cover corners & spine rubbed, lower front corner small bit torn away,
else clean, solid.
This issue contains the following articles: Tillman Durdin:
THE COMMUNIST RECORD. Alfred Fabre-Luce: CHINESE JOURNEY. A.
$230
Doak Barnett: RED CHINA'S IMPACT ON ASIA. Mao Tse-Tung:
POEMS. Michael Lindsay: MAO TSE-TUNG - AN ATLANTIC PORTRAIT.
ART UNDER THE COMMUNISTS: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. Harriet C. Mills: THOUGHT REFORM: IDEOLOGICAL REMOLDING IN CHINA. Ju I:
A PAIR OF SHOES - A STORY. Tao Chu: CONSOLATION - A POEM.
Robert Loh: SETTING THE STAGE FOR FOREIGNERS. G.L. Jain: INDIA AND THE TIBETAN REVOLT. Liu Shui Sheng: LIFE IN A CHINESE UNIVERSITY. Miao Folk Tale: THE PROPOSAL. Chinese Authors: THE PEOPLE'S POETRY. Lucien Bodard: WOMEN OF IRON. William Watson: RECENT DISCOVERIES IN CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY: PREBUDDHIST MONUMENTS. Basil Gray: RECENT DISCOVERIES IN CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY: THE CAVE TEMPLES. Fang Tzu: DO NOT SPIT AT
RANDOM - A PLAY. Peggy Durdin: WRITERS IN CHINA TODAY.
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235 ATLAS OF PRIMITIVE MAN IN CHINA.
ATLAS OF PRIMITIVE MAN IN CHINA: Compiling Group of the
Atlas, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology, Chinese
Beijing 1980, Science Press. Tan boards, very good, 174p.,
286 color photos, 56 maps, 2 ep maps, pictorial d.j.
SUBTITLE: cont. Academy of Sciences.
A positively fascinating compilation of paleoanthropological
research in China, detailing the human fossils & paleolithic
stone artifacts discovered in China over a 50-year period.
Includes photos and discussion of human and animal fossils,
stone artifacts, bone implements, ornaments, and traces of
the use of fire. The maps show the distribution of major
sites of various fossil and artifact findings, paintings
that depict the life and work of primitive man give the
reader a fuller sense of the society and environment of ancient cultures.
A SUPERB BIOGRAPHY OF THE GERMAN JESUIT IN CHINA
236 ATTWATER, Rachel.
ADAM SCHALL A JESUIT AT THE COURT OF CHINA 1592-1666.
London [1963]. Burgandy cloth, very good, dj., 163p., 5 b.w.
photos, 2 maps, 14 x 21 cm., small nick to dj, else clean &
solid.
An excellent biography of Adam Schall, a Jesuit, missionary
to China, astronomer, strategist, a man of extraordinary
force of personality. He left Europe behind him & became as
much a Chinese as possible in dress, behaviour & occupation.
$85
He was the friend of Mandarins & Emperors, fiercely loved or
fiercely hated by his Chinese contemporaries. At one time a
favourite at the Imperial Court. Ending his days, paralysed
and dumb, in a Chinese prison. A superb resource for early
17th century China.
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EARLY FRENCH 19TH CENTURY MISSIONARY WORK IN CHINA
237 AUBRY, J.B. [Jean-Baptiste]
LES CHINOIS CHEZ EUX: Missionarire Apostolique au
Kouy-Tcheou. [THE CHINESE AT HOME: Apostolic Missionary at
Lille 1889, Societe St. Augustin. Stiff wrs., 300p., French
text, 19 x 27.cm., 20 engraved plates, covers a bit "toned"
as usual, original binding in vellum-like oil paper, solid,
clean copy.
FIRST EDITION
J.B. [Jean-Baptiste] AUBRY [1844-1882], was a French
missionary to China. He was also the author of several other
books about missionary work in China as well as religious
essays.
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CONTENTS:
This work covers the letters of the author Father Aubry from
China.
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1. The letters begin with a travelogue from France to
Singapore, and his visit to a Buddhist temple.
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2. To Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, the European section and
the Chinese city. The mission of the Jesuits.
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3.The Blue River, visit with Jesuits of Shanghai, their
work, on to Wou-Tchang [Hankow]. Christmas, life on a small
Chinese boat, aspects of campaigns, Chinese attire.
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4. The day of the Chinese year, a Chinese-Catholic preacher,
the priest, living tabernacle of Jesus among the pagans, the
sacrifice of a waterman to Buddha.
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5. The rapids of the Blue river, aground on a sandbank, the
artwork of missionaries.
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6. The palanquin, the Chinese eggplant, reception at the
mission upon entrance of Kouy-Tcheou, the Imperial road,
evening singing, laughing and dancing.
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7. Pagan oratories on the road, the tombs and the cult of
the dead in China, Buddhism, arrival at the capital of
Kouy-Tcheou, the work of the mission, the piety of the
neophytes.
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8. Au R.P. Limbour: Benediction of the church of St. Joseph
in the capital of Kouy-Tcheou, the consecrations of the
Christendom of Kouy-Tcheou at St. Joseph, of his conception.
Mgr Albrand et Mgr Faurie, ceremony of the Benediction,
Petards, feast, singing.
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9. The debuts of the apostolic life, residence of
Tsen-y-Fou, the mountain tombs, funeral ceremonies, the
life of the Chinese. The journey of evangelism in pagan
lands. History of a paper draws gemonies for entry to the
capital port.
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10 Two journeys passes with the Christians, Baptism of three
infants, the small pagan travail of the grace.
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To see the balance of the contents, please review photos
posted to our website.
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The work is nicely illustrated with a good number of black &
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CONDITION:
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be a kind of "oiled paper."
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There are a couple of small chips mission from the spine,
else solid nice copy. There is some of the usual and minor
foxing which is normal for a French book of this period.
Else a good, clean, solid copy.
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website.
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238 AUGUR, [Helen].
SOVIET VERSUS CIVILIZATION.
New York 1927, Appleton. Black cloth, very good, 106p.,
bookplate, very clean, author's actual name was V. Poliakoff
A good look at the Soviet communists, the British in China,
with an anti-Russian, pro-British slant.
A LOVELY COLLECTION OF TIGER BALM GARDEN PHOTOS
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239 AW BOON HAW MANSION, TIGER BALM GARDEN, HONG KONG.
[20 HAND-COLORED MINIATURE PHOTOS OF THE FAMOUS
AW BOON HAW MANSION, TIGER BALM GARDEN IN HONG KONG.
[Hong Kong n.d. ca. 1930's, Aw Boon Haw]. Twenty photos each
mounted on a black card size: 9 x 7 cm., image size: 8 x 6.5
cm., each is black and white hand-colored, very good, clean
sharp images, no fading, 2 photos on each card front/back.
A group of 10 cards, with 20 photographs lightly laid down
on a black card, showing twenty views of old and most famous
"TIGER BALM GARDEN" ["AW BOON HAW MANSION]."
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The most famous visitor's site in Hong Kong from 1935, was
the celebrated "TIGER BALM GARDEN" also known as the
"AW BOON HAW MANSION." It was a three-dimensional sculpture
garden showing various Buddhist aspects of life, death,
happiness, sadness, joy, evil and justice. Typical concepts
in Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism.
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THE HISTORY:
In 1935, the landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16
million. It was one of the most favorite and popular sites
in Hong Kong for seventy years. The Garden was demolished
for redevelopment in 2004, thus for ever TIGER BALM GARDEN,
vanished for ever.
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SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS:
This miniature photograph collection shows some twenty
hand-colored original photographs of the Garden, its lovely
pavilion and scenes of Buddhas, eight beautiful & very
naked women, view of the Kwai Fei taking a bath [also more
nude ladies !], Kan Chin Pavilion, two pagodas, lakes,
Buddhist monuments, Buddhist heaven & hell, panoramic view
of the gardens & mansion, half-nude mermaid, Fat Buddha,
skinny Ancestral Buddha, "Tiger-Balm Tiger," and many
others !
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Each photograph has a Chinese and English caption, at the
bottom margin. Each photograph is 8.4 x 6.4 cm. including
the margin. The photo image is 8.1 x 6 cm.
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PHOTO CONDITION:
Each miniature black & white photo was hand-painted and
tinted. Each photo is lightly layed down on the black card.
The photographs are all in excellent condition, no fading or
demerits. There is some of the usual rubbing to the black
card, but this does not affect the photos at all.
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REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Balm_Garden_(Hong_Kong)
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A COPPER ETCHED & ILLUSTRATED WORLD GUIDE BOOKS
240 AWOKI, T. et al. [i.e.: should read AOKI v.s. AWOKI sic.]
ILLUSTRATED GUIDE BOOK FOR TRAVELLERS ROUND THE WORLD.
Japanese Title: SEKAI RYOKO BANKOKU MEISHO ZUE.
Osaka [1886] Awoki Szandow. Black cloth spine over boards,
very good, Europe Vol.2 only, profuse etchings/illustrations
92p. double-folded leaves, clean and solid, with movable
clock showing world city times. FIRST EDTION
R A R E
An excellent set of early monographs, written for the new
era of Japanese who began to travel the world. Each text is
therefore in Japanese, with additional captions in English.
Each volume covering a different geographical area of the
world, complete set consist of seven volumes. The set is
arranged to start with volume one and each successive volume
continues from where the previous volume left off. This work
is one of the earliest detailed travel guides to the world
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in Japanese. Quaint work with much charm !
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NOTE: We may only have separate volumes from the whole set,
so please each entry READ CAREFULLY !
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ILLUSTRATED PROFUSELY:
Nearly every page has an etched illustration, either full or
half-page. World famous places and their sights are
described and illustrated. The front covers are nicely
printed in chromolithographic colors. The backs show the
logo of "Awoki Szandow Osaka Bookselling," printed in gold.
The internal illustrations are of copper or steel etching
type, and are of high quality, fine line.
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CO-AUTHOR:
The co-author was J. Susuka.
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CONTENTS OF THE COMPLETE SET CONSISTS OF SEVEN VOLUMES:
Volume 1: Americas: San Francisco, Chicago, Tokyo and Rio de
Janeiro.
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Volume 2: London, exhibition at Kensington, Regent Street,
Surrey, Zoological gardens, Vauxhall Gardens, Windsor
Castle, Regent's Park, Temple Bar Gate, Crystal Palace,
Tower of London, hunting slaves & slave trade, New Market,
Westminster Abbey, St. James' Park, St. Paul's, Suspension
bridges: Hammersmith & Hungerford; map of England & Wales.,
Charing Cross: Liverpool, Edinburgh Castle, Mersey, prison
interior, Glasgow, Clyde River, Dublin, Nelson's Pillar,
Lisbon, Oporto, bull fight, Spain, earthquake, Madrid,
Cadiz, Gibraltar, Granada, Sevilla, Leaning tower at
Saragossa, Barcelona, Marseilles & Lyons. With "The Table of
Hour of the Situation of Every Cities Around the World"
actually a very nice engraved, movable clock showing world
cities, night vs. day,
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Volume 3: Arctic, Iceland, St. Petersburg, Constantinople,
Italy and Switzerland
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Volume 4: Egypt, South Africa and Australia Asia.
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Volume 5: France, Holland and Germany.
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Volume 6: Southeast Asia: Ceylon, Buddhist images, India,
Cabool, tiger hunting, indigo, fakirs, Hindoos, French
conquest of Madras, Clive in India, Hyderbad, Benares,
Sanchi, Bombey, Lueknow, Taj Mahar, Delhi, Lahore, women of
Amritsar, Elephanta, views of foreigners stretching their
tents in the Himalaya, Kot Kangra Himalayas: Border with
Tibet, Cashmere & Ladakh.
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Volume 7: Burma, Mandalay, Burmese costume, Buddhist
temples, palaces, white elephants, British flag over Burma,
Great temple at Ava; raised villages of Malaya, beautiful
women of Malacca, view of the port of Singapore, views of
Bangkok, King & Queen of Siam, their palace, Siamese
aristocrats, Siamese women, Ayutha, elephants; bivouac of M.
Mouhot in the forest, Lao women, rhinos, old Vietnam
[Tonking], Luang Prabang, Cambodia, Laos, Annam [Viet Nam],
China the Great Wall, types of Chinese women, substantial
guide to China, Chinese justice, punishment, Peking temples,
pagodas, great architecture; Korea, guide to the land,
people and language; Japan: Nagasaki, Takashima mines, Kobe
port, with a very excellent engraving of Awoki's book shop
in Osaka showing Japanese and foreign people browsing !
Shinsai bridge, Osaka castle, Nakanojima park &c. Contains
224 pages, 146 engravings, Japanese and some English
captions.
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NOTE:
The set was first issued in a 5 volume work, later the
author added two additional volumes, thus some catalogers
were not aware of the last two so the volume numbering
varies. See our website scan illus02.jpg for a copy of the
colophon of the seven volume set.
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BINDING:
Each volume is uniformly bound, with a brown cloth spine,
over color illustrated board covers. Bound in a "pocket"
size, 9.5 x 15 cm. Each page is a double folded leave,
typical Japanese style. Some have all marbled edges.
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CONDITION:
The black cloth spines are a thin a type of cloth, some are
mended, and the usual wear is present, with usual scuffing
and wear to the covers and edges which is common for this
book. By and large, the contents are clean and solid. Inner
hinge mending on some volumes.
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JAPANESE COLOPHON:
The back of each volume has the Japanese colophon, giving
the list of each of the seven titles, date, publisher,
author's name.
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$1365
very good, South Asia vol.6 only, 182 double-folded pages,
profuse etchings/illustrations, 9.5 x 15 cm., marbled edges,
FIRST EDITION
OBSCURE & R A R E
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$1365
very good, Southeast Asia vol.7 only, 224p.,profuse etchings
and illustrations, mostly very clean occasional foxing, else
solid, 19.2 x 14.8 cm.
FIRST EDITION
R A R E
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[Osaka 1890, Ueda]. Black cloth spine over colored boards,
very good, co-author B.[Unsai] Ueda [Wyeda sic]. 116p., 9.5
x 15 cm., Japanese text, English captions, spine, inside
gutter mended, else solid.
OBSCURE FIRST & ONLY EDITION
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FIRST & ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES
244 AYERS, John.
THE BAUR COLLECTION GENEVE: VOL. 1. CHINESE CERAMICS, WITH
KOREAN AND THAI WARES.
Geneve [1968], Baur. Brown cloth, very good, dj., 28 color,
116 b.w. photo plates, [168p.], illustrating and describing
135 individual works 23 x 29 cm., slight damp to last fly
leaf, else clean, dj.
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Very scarce first volume in the series of four on Chinese
Ceramics. A marvelous collection of T'ang wares, glazed
earthenware, bowls, sculpture, ewers, bowls &c. Also covers
Sung [Soong] ware: Ting ware, Mei-P'ing, "Northern
Celadon," Chun ware, bowls, dish, urns, incense burners,
jars, saucer, flask, black & brown Chien ware, Chi-Chou
ware, Tz'u Chou. Also Kuan ware, vases & mortar, vase,
bottle. Lung-Ch'uan celadon incense burner, bowls, vase,
Chekiang bowl, celadon ware, brown-spotted celadon ware,
Ch'ing Pai porcelains &c.
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Also covers Korean celadons, Thai pots, and other ceramics.
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A marvelous and beautiful color reference, covering each
piece with the utmost detail and descriptions, giving size
and collection number. An essential resource for any
collector, library or dealer.
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FIRST LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 1000:
The work was issued in a total of 1100 copies, the first 50
issued in vellum, numbers I-l; the next 50 were reserved
for the collaborators. These 100 were for private
distribution only. The remaining 1000 were numbered from
1-1000, and were the one and only copies for public sale.
All copies are considered quite rare from the date of
publication.
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The work was printed on very high quality rag paper with the
finest true-to-original color lithography for the stunning
photos of each example. Bound in heavy and solid cloth, this
work was produced to last ! The dust jacked was laminated
with clear plastic on the outside to keep it clean and
protected. Excellent dust jacket in a mylar protector.
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THE BAUR COLLECTION GENEVE: VOL. 2. CHINESE CERAMICS, MING
PORCELAINS, AND OTHER WARES.
Geneve [1969], Baur. Brown cloth, very good, dj., 35 color,
202 b.w. photos, 2 illus., [164+22]p., covering 276 examles
bilingual text, board slipcase.
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 1100 COPIES. ALWAYS R A R E !
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A marvelous work, meticulously by the Keeper of the Victoria
& Albert Museum. The author calls this volume the "Age of
Porcelain, an advanced phaese in the history of ceramic art.
He begins with the Ming wares, white, blue & white, painted
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Tsou-Ts'ai, An Hua, brown glazed, dragon design, Jardiniere,
Cha-tou vase, cloisonne designs, stonewre, gourd bottle,
blue glazed ware, gilt ware, red-enamelled & gilt,
colored glazed, barrel seats, stoneware jars, wine-pots,
open work, brown glazed incense burners, painted enamels,
"On the Biscuit," Blanc-de-Chine, porcelain boxes, vase,
incense burners pipe, vases, wine pots. I-Hsing stoneware,
archistic vase, temple ewer, dish & a host of others, With
date seal & close up photogrpahy of the foot, fold out
appendix. A valuable reference for any serious library or
collector. With lucid explanations for each work, giving
size, and catalog number.
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Excellent copy in likewise dust jacket.
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THE BAUR COLLECTION GENEVE: VOL. 3. CHINESE CERAMICS,
Monochrome-Glazed Porcelains of the Ch'ing Dynasty.
Geneve [1972], Collections Baur. Brown cloth, very clean,
59 color, 288 b.w. photos, 22p. text + ca.400p. plates, full
descriptions of each work,23 x 29 cm.,firm, solid copy,dj in
mylar. FIRST & ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES
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An excellent and important catalogue, with high quality col-
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or plates, complete descriptions of each of the 500 + pieces
in English, with brief French summary. Each piece described
is illustrated with close-up photography and a view of the
inscription on the bottom as well, date seals &c. An
important reference.
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A MAJOR SET: FIRST & ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 1000
247 AYERS, John.
THE BAUR COLLECTION: CHINESE CERAMICS THE COMPLETE SET.
A Fine 4 Volume Set in Dust Jackets.
Geneva 1968-1974, Baur. Brown cloth, very good, 176 color,
858 b.w. photo plates, 4 volume set, dust jackets,very clean
and sound set, dust jacket protected in mylar, solid copy.
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THE COMPLETE SET OF 4 VOLUMES:
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FIRST & ONLY NUMBERED EDITION OF 1000:
Each title was issued in a FIRST & ONLY EDITION OF 1000
NUMBERED COPIES. Always RARE when found as a complete set of
four volumes in excellent condition.
$1975
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MAJOR REFERENCE ON CHINESE CERAMICS:
This is a 4 volume set reference set on Chinese ceramics,
superbly printed in full color on heavy paper, quality
book.
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The major single & best resource for Chinese ceramics.
Printed true-to-original polychrome full-color
multi-lithography printing quality, Deluxe printing and
binding. Truly a fine work, written by one of the leading
art historians & scholar-experts on the subject.
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CONTENTS:
Vol. I: Chinese Ceramics, [T'ang, Sung, Yuan] with Korean &
Thai wares, 28 color, 117 black and white photos, 164p.
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Vol. II: Chinese Ceramics: Ming porcelains & other wares,
35 color, 203 black and white photos, 164p.
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Vol. III: Chinese Ceramics: Monochrome-glazed porcelains of
the Ch'ing dynasty, 59 color, 294 black and white photos,
238p.
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Vol. IV: Chinese Ceramics: painted & polychrome porcelains
of the Ch'ing dynasty, 54 color, 249 black and white photos,
178p.
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RARE SET IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS:
This lovely set has rare original dust jackets ! The
condition is excellent, clean, solid copies.
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A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCES AS A RESIDENT IN CHINA
248 AYSCOUGH, Florence.
CHINESE MIRROR: Being Reflections of the Reality Behind
Appearance.
London [1925], Cape. Black cloth spine over color decorated
boards, 464p., index, very good, corners bit bumped & worn,
contents clean, frontispiece taped, many text illustrations,
fold out map.
Exceptionally well written, full of her observations and
experiences. Covers literary background of the Great River,
Chinese idea of a garden, symbolism of the Forbidden City,
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great Buddhist temple of T'ai Shan, cult of the Spiritual
Magistrates of City Walls and City Moats. With a synopsis
of Chinese history from legendary times to the founding of
the Republic.
$99
Appearance.
London [1925], Cape. FIRST EDITION. Decorated boards, very
good, 464p., biographical index, fold out map, many text illustrations. FIRST EDITION
the Republic.
$78
Appearance.
London [1925], Cape. Black cloth spine over color decorated
boards, 464p., index, very good, corners bit bumped & worn,
contents clean, frontispiece taped, many text illustrations,
fold out map.
the Republic.
Vol. 1 only: TU FU: The Autobiography of a Chinese Poet.
Boston [1934], Houghton. Vol. 1 of 2 vols, black cloth spine
over red boards, vol.1 includes an Historical Year Record,
maps, plans, 53 illustrations,biographical index. Works:712759 AD., 450p., fold out map, index. FIRST EDITION
RARE
This set is often broken, we sell single volumes from the
two volume set. The two set consists of: Vol.1 covers the
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time when Tu Fu lived in the Capital [712-759 A.D.] and
played a part in Imperial affairs. Vol. 2 covers his travels
from 759-770. Important philosophical and historical translation.
R A R E
$31
252 BACKHOUSE, E. et al.
ANNALS & MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF PEKING: From the 16th to
The 20th Century.
Boston 1914, Houghton. Yellow cloth, very good, 531p., 25 bw
photos, index. Co-author J.O.P. Bland.FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
A serious and valuable account of the Chinese court. SCARCE
Covers the Ming & Manchu dynasties: A Chinese Haroun Al
Raschid, infamous enuch, Li Tzu-Ch'eng's rebellion and the
fall of Peking. Wu San-Kwei, the Manchu dynasty established,
the Mings at Nanking, the sack of Yang Chou-fu. The last of
The Mings. Manchu dynasty: Emperor Shun Chinh, K'ang hsi as
a Father. Tribulations of Yung Cheng, his majesty Chi'ien
Lung, downfall of Ho Shen. Chia Ch'ing: the beginning of the
end. Tao Kukang, the impact of the West. Hsien Feng & T'ung
Chih the facile descent. Sorrows of his Majesty Kuang Hsu.
Memoirs of the Boxer Year 1900. Concernning the old Buddha.
The court under the last regency. A grand work on the Peking
royalty, Emperors, rule, law and the forbidden city.
PORTFIOLIO OF TIBETAN RITUALISTIC OBJECTS
253 [BACOT, Jacques]. [preface]
DECORATION TIBETAINE. TIBETAN DECORATIONS
Paris [1924], Calavas. Red cloth spine over boards, loose
portfolio, folio 25 x 32.5 cm.,39 of 42 plates:6 color+36 bw
else complete, [12]p. title & plate list,inner hinge & spine
brown tape reinforced, else solid ,"as is."
FIRST EDITION
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A CLASSIC SOURCE ON TIBETAN RITUALISTIC ART OBJECTS
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An important visual resource for iconography of Tantric, or
"Left-handed" Buddhist art & ritualistic objects.
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The plates show excellent examples of:
Dakini, Kwan-Yin, Bodhisattva, Avalokitecvara, Kapala,
Bopumpa, Vajras, dance masks, embroidery, textiles,
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paintings, and ceremonial Buddhist art objects, prayer
wheels, candle sticks, Tankas, magic charms, bronzes, jades,
brass, jewels, stone sculptures, from the Guimet Museum
collections.
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Highly useful reference work.
Contains excellent and very large clear photos of Tibetan
examples from the Guimet Museum collections.
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THE PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS:
Contains excellent and very large clear photos of Tibetan
art examples. Each plate is printed on very stiff card,
easily removed and useful for study and research.
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THE TITLE PAGE, PREFACE AND LIST OF PLATES:
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The half-title and title page are composed of two large
pages on a single sheet with a center fold.
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The "Preface" consists of 6 pages, composed of 4 doublefolded leaves, continued on to the "TABLE DES PLANCHES" on
two pages. Following this are the loose plates.
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THE BINDING
The work was originally bound with a red-cloth spine over
boards, with 2 red ribbon ties. The spine and inner hinges
have been brown kraft-paper mended stabilizing the spine and
the inner gutter. The cover is solid and stable, with worn
the usual corner wear.
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THE PLATES
The photo plates are clean and printed on the front of each
stiff page. Each shows the plate number, title, publisher's
name, "Decoration Tibetaine," "Depose" or "Deposit" meaning
part of the "Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs" collection. The
first few pages are a bit dusty, else nice and no issues.
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website.
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A SUPERB MONOGRAPH ON TIBETAN TANKA & ARTS
254 BACOT, Jacques.
KUNSTGREWERBE IN TIBET.
Berlin [1924], Wasmuth. Green cloth, very good, minor cover
wear, illustrations clean, 6 color, 34 b. w. plates, German
text, clean solid copy.
FIRST RARE EDITION
Covering Tibetan art, including bronzes, paintings &c.
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Well illustrated, hand-colored plates.
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$160
ECCLECTIC WORK, ILLUSTRATED WOODBLOCK BOOKS, IVORY, METAL...
255 BAEKELAND, Frederick.
IMPERIAL JAPAN: The Art of the Meiji Era 1868-1912.
Ithaca [1980], Johnson Museum. Stiff wrs.,very clean, 155 bw
photos, index, bibliography, 22 x 28 cm., solid copy.
FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 2500 COPIES
This well organized exhibition addresses the various art
forms of the Meiji era, including painting, calligraphy,
lacquer, woodblock prints and illustrated books, ivory,
wood, metalwork, cloisonne and ceramics. The print section
covers works by Yoshitoshi, Koson, Kiyochia, Gyosai, Gekko,
Seitei, Kokyo et al. A very useful reference source.
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$12
256 BAILEY, F.M.
JOURNEY THROUGH A PORTION OF SOUTH-EASTERN TIBET AND THE
MISHMI HILLS.
London 1912, Geographical Journal. Blue stiff wrs., very
good, extracted article, pages 334-347, 1 large color folding map, 1 page in facsimimle.
$26
257 BAIN, H. Foster.
ORES & INDUSTRY IN THE FAR EAST:The Influence of Key Mineral
Resources on the Development of Oriental Civilization.
New York [1933], Council on Foreign Relations. Green cloth,
very good, dj., 288p., index, bibliograhy, 32 b.w. maps and
figures, statistical charts, clean x-library copy.
SCARCE
An important study addresses the minerals as basis of modern
industry, coal, iron & steel, petroleum, sulphur & sulphides
the non-ferrus-metals, non-metallic resources. Also covers
China, Japan, Manchuria & Jehol, Netherlands East Indies,
Siam, Malay states, Indo-China, Philippines &c. Useful work.
$131
PRE-WORLD WAR II PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR YUNNAN MINORITIES
258 BAKER, H.D.
GOD IN KA DO LAND.
Mokiang, Yunnan 1937, Adullam Reading Campaign. Pictorial
wrappers, very good, 4 b.w. photos on covers, 118p., 13.5 x
18.5 cm., clean copy.
FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION
This fascinating primary resource covers missionary activity
in the isolated western part of Yunnan mountains where the
author was a missionary to the Ka Do tribe.
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The author was an American missionary woman, from
Springfield, Missouri.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Some additional information can be found on the KA DO at
www.asianharvest.org/laos/laoskado_df.htm.
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$202
259 BAKER, Hugh.
ANCESTRAL IMAGES: A Hong Kong Album.
[Hong Kong 1979, S.C.M.P.]. Red cloth, very good, 162p.,
32 color, 8 b.w. photos, b.w. map, bibliography, d.j.
Very nice collection of essays on everything from Earth God
to pigs, geomancer, village, footpath, tablets, fertility,
Buddhism, Music, &c. Articles are short but informative,
readable, and entertaining.
$46
260 BAKER, John E.
EXPLAINING CHINA.
New York [1927], Van Nostrand. Black cloth, very good, 312p.
5 maps, 28 bw photos, 5 tables, glossary, index, bookplate.
A very good study of the rise and fall of the Manchu dyansty
the political chaos, reorganization, Chinese attitude toward
law and administration, worship of learning, industrial development, interior transportation, population and returned
students from America, and their contribution to progress.
$71
261 BALAZS, Etienne.
CHINESE CIVILIZATION AND BUREAUCRACY: Variations on a theme.
New Haven [1964], Yale University Press. Buff cloth, 309p.,
chronology, index. trans by H. & A. F. Wright, bright copy,
as new, dj. trifle worn at edges, else clean, 16 x 24 cm.
FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION
$37
262 BALET, J.C.
LE DRAME D'LEXTREME-ORIENT: LA MADCHOURIE: Historique,
Politique, Economique Son Avenir.
Paris 1932, Payot. New grey stiff wrs, cloth spine, slightly
browned at extremeties, solid, French text, 222p., upper right corner chipped on first and last few pages, no loss to
text, 6 annexes 2p. map. OBSCURE
FIRST EDITION
Excellent coverage, with chapters: La Mandchourie avant
l'histoire. Des origines 1644-1932. Les facteurs de l'emancipation Mandchourie: les abus de regime precedent. L'intervention Japonaise. La proclamation de l'autonomie. La fete
de l'independance. Les puissances et la Mandchourie, geographie, les ressouces, l'industrie, le commerce et les finances.
THE MAJOR REFERENCE BOOK COMPILED ON CHINA
263 BALL, J. Dyer.
THINGS CHINESE: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected
With China.
London 1900, Low. Brown cloth, very good, 497+14p., second
edition, revised & enlarged, imprint also shows Hong Kong,
Kelly & Walsh, index, clean x-library edition.
S C A R C E
An extremely valuable reference source. Arranged in alphabe-
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tical order by subject, this is a copious source book. Covering everything Chinese A-Z. Written by H. M. Civil Servant
in China. Rather useful reference & valuable research tool.
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A most reliable and comprehensive work.
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THE MAJOR REFERENCE BOOK COMPILED ON CHINA
264 BALL, J. Dyer.
THINGS CHINESE: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected
With China.
New York 1904, Scribners. Yellow pictorial cloth, neatly
rebaked in buckram, index, 816p., 14 x 22 cm., 4th revised
& enlarged edition, glossary, solid copy.
An extremely valuable reference source. Arranged in alphabetical order by subject, this is a copious source book. Covering everything Chinese A-Z. Written by H. M. Civil Servant
in China. Rather useful reference & valuable research tool.
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A most reliable and comprehensive work.
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$111
265 BALL, John.
DRAGON HOTEL: Taiwan Today: A Hilarious Account.
New York [1969], Walker. Red cloth, very good, dj., 149p.
A very private insight to the Taiwanese, girls, women, the
art of the blind masseur, customs, traditions & modern life
style on the island. Nicely written, delightful stories.
$53
266 BALL, Katherine M.
DECORATIVE MOTIVES OF ORIENTAL ART.
London [1927], Lane. Black cloth, very good, folio, 286p.,
673 b.w. plates, minor corner wear, top gilt, 25 x 32.5 cm.,
else clean and solid copy.
Discusses major themes in Japanese and Chinese art: dragon,
phoenix, unicorn, crane, peacock, & other birds & animals.
Highly informative, including basic and general information
the different sources of inspiration as well as all of the
specific uses in oriental art. An exceptional reference
source, very well-illustrated from the works of well-known
artists. Different perspectives are discussed... very nice.
$60
267 BALL, Katherine M.
DECORATIVE MOTIVES OF ORIENTAL ART.
London [1927], Lane. Black cloth, very good, folio, 286p.,
673 b.w. plates, neatly rebacked using the old spine, a bit
of corner wear, else clean & solid copy, folio 25 x 32.5 cm.
Discusses major themes in Japanese and Chinese art: dragon,
phoenix, unicorn, crane, peacock, & other birds & animals.
Highly informative, including basic and general information
the different sources of inspiration as well as all of the
specific uses in oriental art. An exceptional reference
source, very well-illustrated from the works of well-known
artists. Different perspectives are discussed... very nice.
268 BALL, Samuel.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE EXPEDIENCY OF OPENING A SECOND PORT IN
CHINA, ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT & SELECTED COMMITTEE OF
[London 1839, J.R.A.S.]. New stiff wrs., very good, extracted article pages 182-221. SUBTITLE: cont. SUPERCARGOES FOR
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA
COMPANY IN CHINA. "The following memoir, bearing date the
2nd July, 1816,was written on the occasion of Lord Amherst's
Embassy to Pekin. A few copies were printedat the Company's
press at Macao early in 1817 for private circulation only,so
that the memoir has now become scarce..." With a folding map
of that part of China principally connected with the European trade. Trade statistics by province, much concerning
tea, imports from the U.K., use of the Canton port, consid-
$56
erations for using the Yang-tse Kiang for future trade,folding map of the Bay of Fu-chew-fu in Fo-Kien province, with
an appendix on each of the cities served by the Yang-tse
King for navigation trade. A very early & useful resource on
the need & demand for the opening of an additional trade
port. Excellent & RARE primary resource, hither to SCARCE !
$163
269 BALLOU'S PICTORIAL.
BOMBARDMENT OF CANTON - SUBURBS ON FIRE.
[New York 1853], Ballou's. Single sheet, 27.25 x 38 cm.,with
2 b.w. engravings, minor foxing, overall in good condition.
The bombardment is depicted as a distant view from some
ships. The second engraving is of the Dutch Folly Fort, Canton River. Article discusses the British public's divided
opinion of the acts of their officials in China.
$71
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
BOUNDRY LINE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA.
[Boston 1850, Ballou's]. Single sheet, 27.5 x 38.5 cm., very
good, 2 b.w. illustrations, 1 of Chinese interest, text.
Boundry Line... shows a valley, with the Great Wall flowing
into it from the mountains on either side, also people down
in the valley, some on horses. 2nd illustration is of Mallet's Famous Great English Mortar.
$71
SHOWING THE CHINESE TRADESMEN AT THEIR WORK
CHINA AND THE CHINESE.
[New York c.1850], Ballou. Two sheets, 12 outline drawings,
descriptive text, each sheet: 28 x 3.5 cm.
Discussion of the culture and trade of tea, showing it being
watered, picked, packed, marked, carried, & sold. Also depicted are a Chinese flower pedler, a picture seller, a conjuror, a ferryman, & a procession, each with additional caption. A good reference & illustrated resource.
A CHINESE FISHING BOAT.
[Boston 1858, Ballou's]. Single page, 27.75 x 37.5 cm., very
$131
Shows the boat on the water, with a Chinese party in the
deckhouse. 2nd illustration is of the Hon. Erasmus D. Beach.
On verso is a paragraph-length article from the Oriental
Journal, titled Women In The East. It gives a brief description of various eastern practices with regard to women, including the most universal practice of selling them.
$71
CHINESE MODERN FIRST CLASS WAR JUNK.
[New York 1853], Ballou's. Single sheet with engraving of
Chinese first class war junk, with an accompanying article.
Shows some wear, a small tear at bottom of sheet, 28 x 38cm.
With additional essay on "Modern Chinese War Junk."
$71
CHINESE RICE HARVESTING AT HONG KONG.
good, 2 b.w. illustrations, 1 of Chinese interest, no text.
Rice Harvesting... shows workers in the field, 2 children
playing, an ox pulling a a small plow. The second illustration is a view of Tetuan, Morocco, Africa, camels & men.
$71
CHINESE RIVER FISHING BOATS.
[Boston 1858, Ballou's]. Single sheet, 28 x 37 cm., very
Shows 2 fishing boats, one man lifting a large scoop-net,
the other is drawing a seine. Interesting text about the
Chinese practice of teaching pet Cormoranat birds to fish.
$71
CHINESE STREET COOKS, AT CANTON. A NATIVE COURT OF JUSTICE
IN BENGAL, INDIA.
[Boston 1858, Ballou's]. Single sheet,
26.25 x 38.5 cm.,
very good, 2 b.w. illustrations, text.
Chinese Street Cooks shows the cooks lined up along the
street, with various pots and foods, a man is eating,
another holds a large platter of food for a girl to see.
Native Court.. shows a "court" in India, with what is presumably a magistrate on a platform, and two men conversing
on either side of him, while two other other shirtless men
are looking on and a guard is watching the two men, and a
crowd is gathered beyond the platform.
$71
GRAPHIC RECORD OF PERRY'S VISIT TO FAR EAST
CHINESE TANKA BOAT, JUGGLERS AT SINGAPORE, DANCING GIRLS OF
OAHU, SANDWICH ISLANDS [HAWAII].
good, 3 b.w. illustrations.
Chinese Tanka Boat shows a woman with a child in a papoose,
a seated man smoking a pipe, & a seated man rowing the boat.
Jugglers at Singapore shows a sword-swallower & flute-player
being watched by foreign sailors. The third illustration is
of dancing girls of Oahu, Sandwich Islands. Also includes
part of the article by Commodore Perry from his historic
voyage to open Japan, including stops enroute. With very interesting primary observations on Japan, Shimoda & Nagasaki.
$85
DRAGON BOAT ON CANTON RIVER, CHINA.
[Boston 1854, Ballou's]. Single sheet, 27 x 38.5 cm., very
good, 2 b.w. illustrations, 1 of Chinese interest shows the
Great Dragon boat races on the Canton river, with text.
Shows the full length of the dragon boat, surrounded by onlookers in Sampans & larger boats, in celebration of the
Lunar New Year's celebration. The 2nd is on Tunis, Africa.
$78
ENGLISH WAR STEAMER AT CANTON - CREW AT PRAYERS.
[Boston 1858, Ballou's]. Single sheet,
27.25 x 38.5 cm.,
very good, 2 b.w. large illustrations, accompanying text.
A representation of crew of an English war steamer at prayer
on the eve of action with the Chinese at Canton. The second
illustration is of the steamer going into action, the crew
are at battle stations, preparing for the fight.
$78
KIN SHUN, OR THE GOLDEN ISLAND.
[New York 1855], Ballou's. Single sheet, very good, 1/3 page
illustatino of the island, with pagoda & Chinese junks under
sail in the harbor. With a paragraph of text.Covers the Budpriests, Confucian temples, Laokin & Fo on the sunny island.
$39
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT IN MANILA. CHINESE NURSERY MAIDS ON
THE PARADE GROUND, HONG KONG.
[Boston 1850, Ballou's]. Single sheet, 26.75 x 38 cm., very
good, 2 b.w. illustrations, text.
Musical Entertainment... shows natives playing a flute and a
mandolin[?], 3 onlookers are smoking, 2 piglets are in the
foreground. Chinese Nursery Maids is of a number of people
standing, talking, walking, and smoking, while nursemaids &
their charges are standing or sitting in the foreground.
$131
SAMPAN GIRL ON CANTON RIVER, CHINA.
[Boston 1858, Ballou's]. Single sheet, 27 x 38.5 cm., very
good, b.w. illustration, text .
Drawn by the artist from the life, shows the woman who is
rowing the sampan as she gazes off during a moment of rest.
The accompanying text is a short article about the very
miserable plight of Chinese women, and of their high suicide
rate.
$131
YEH, EX-GOVERNOR OF CANTON.
Boston 1858, Ballou's. Single sheet, 28 x 38.5 cm., minor
small marginal tears, illustration is clean and text is easy
to read, otherwise, very good.
The British prisoner Yeh is illustrated full-length, also an
article about him, and 'his own story in his own words.'
284 BALLOU, Robert O. et. al. eds.
THE BIBLE OF THE WORLD.
New York [1949], Viking. Blue cloth, blind-stamped, 1415p.,
index, bibliography, notes, Friedrich Spiegelberg co-editor,
very good.
This excellent anthology covers Hindu, Buddhist, Zen Buddhist, Confucianist, Taoist, Zoroastrian & some Judeo-Christian scriptures. A solid resource for some of the most celebrated Asian holy papers & texts. Covers the life & doctrine
of the Buddha; Tibetan sayings of the Lamas, Jaina sutras,
Manual of Zen, doctrine of Zen Buddhists of Japan. Confucian
scriptures cover: Li King, Shih King, Analects, Great Learning [Ta Hsio], Doctrine of the Steadfast Mean [Chung Yung],
works of Mencius [Meng-tze], book of Filial Piety [ Hsiao
King]. Taoist: Tao-Te King, works of Chuanz Tze. Hindu include the Rig Veda, Atharva Veda, Upanishads, Ordinances of
Manu, Bhagavad Gita, Vishnu, Markandeya and Garuda Purnas et
$66
al... A most useful reference text.
$5
285 BANK OF KOREA.
ONE HUNDRED HWAN: A Bank Note ca. 1955.
[Seoul ca. 1955], Bank of Korea. A single bank note 100 Hwan
denomination, very good, folded twice, but clean, with red
cinnabar seal on one side opposite side "THE BANK OF KOREA &
ONE HUNDRED HWAN" in English balance in Hangul. Nice !
This bank note was brought back by a U.S. Marine who fought
in the Korean War [ca 1950-1952] and who was then stationed
in Korea. There is also one small b.w. snapshot of the bleak
Korean country-side, with "This is whatmost of Korea looks
like" penned on the back. Clearly after the war much of
Korea was devistated by the bombing and tanks that tore up
the land, leaving it quite churned. This photo shows that,
with a bit of cultivated land in the far background, in a
small valley surrounded by mountains. Color scans can be
sent by email.
$20
CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF THE CHINESE IN CUBA
286 BANOS, Pedro C.
LOS CHINOS EN REGLA 1847-1997: Documentos Y Comentarios.
Santiago de Cuba 1998, Editoriale Oriente. Stiff orange wrs.
very good, Spanish text, 151p., indice, 5 anexos, many b.w.
photos, folding map, bibliografia.
OBSCURE
A very interesting study, outlines the the history and contribution of the Chinese in Cuba. From their early arrival as
coolies to cut sugar cane, their labor, lives, struggles,
list of labor contractors, cemetaries, barrios, economic/
social/political culture, architecture, rise to the level of
small shop keepers, chart of commercial registrations of
Chinese from 1868-1961. Chart of trades in which 255 Chinese
were employed in 1881. Includes Chinese-Filipinos. Annexes
cover period immigration
facts, statistics, contracts,
agents, rules, archival statistics, copious list of Chinese
names: date of arrival, home province in China, cause of
death, age, what cemetary buried in, profession. Chronology,
&c. A very obscure and copious reference on the Chinese in
Cuba.
A LOVELY 1916 COLOR-ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF CHINESE DISEASES
$26
287 BAO, Qing-he.
A CHINESE ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK ON HEALTH DISEASE:
Pinyin: Xiang G�n Zhang Lao Hu� Yi Yu�n Dou Yi Sheng
Xiangtan 1916, xiang t�n Yi Yuan. Stitched stiff wrs., very
good, covers restored on new stiff paper,[28]p. Chinese text
14p. color plates, 15 x 25 cm.,paper browned, mended,"as is"
very unusual Presbyterian Hospital publication.
R A R E !
This is a fascinating, color illustrated Chinese book. It
illustrated Hygienic practice and the text discusses how
"good hygiene' practice can prevent sickness and disease. An
excellent example taught in easy to understand color
illustrations and additional texts. Used to educate common
Chinese who at the time had little idea of the most simple
ways to transmit disease, infectious disease and get sick
from flies, mosquitoes, rodents, tuberculosis and other
diseases from each other.
*
The book illustrates and discusses 12 common factors.
.
CONTENTS:
1. Showing a fly, rat and mosquito, along with Chinese who
smoke various kinds of pipes, and share them as a gesture of
friendliness. The lesson being use caution about letting
flies, mosquitoes and rats spread disease. And how sharing
smoking pipes contributes to the spread of sickness.
*
2. Shows a small restaurant, laden with a large amount of
flies feasting upon the suspended meats, on the chopping
table and around the cooking area. shows a dog under the
table chewing on a pig's leg.
*
3. Shows how flies swarming around and feasting on dishes of
food can contribute to getting sick.
*
4. How handlers of food contaminate it when they have
Tuberculosis.
*
5. Dirt carries under long finger nails. The illustration
show three kinds of hands, long, medium and short
fingernails; i.e.: "Old Style long nails are collectors of
germs;" "New style medium nails still collect germs;" "the
most modern and hygienic style is to have short nails which
are easier to keep clean."
*
6. The problem of eating from the common dish may spread
disease. The illustration shows a woman with a cold-sore on
her lips.
*
7. The importance of screening windows and avoiding Malaria
carrying mosquitoes.
*
8. The dangers of using a common towel in families spreads
eye disease. Shows three people, a woman to the far right
has very red eyes.
*
9. The importance of screening windows to keep flies out.
The illustrations shows a large gathering of flies on the
screen attracted by the light.
*
10. The danger of feeding a child with the parent's
chop-sticks. This can pass on communicable diseases.
*
11. Tubercular gland of the neck is a germ disease area. It
shows a young man with many flies on both sides of his neck
which are inflamed.
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12. How small-pox is contagious. It shows a mother in bed
with two children with lots of red spots on their faces.
There are two other women adjacent, holding babies. The
message is that small-pox is contagious.
***
This book belonged to an American medical doctor who had
visited China, and has his penned annotations at the top of
each plate explaining the significance of each illustrated
example.
***
THE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER:
The author, Dr. Pao Ch'ing-ho was a physician at the
Xiangtan Presbyterian hospital, a small town in Hunan
province. The work was published by the hospital.
***
CONDITION:
The book was printed on poor paper which is now browned. The
color illustrations are printed on much better paper which
is in excellent condition. The front and back covers have
been stabilized by laying them down on stiff Washi
[hand-made] Japanese paper. A few pages are reinforced from
the verso [back] with other thin Washi paper. Now solid, and
stable, stitched bound in typical Chinese style.
***
RARITY:
Chinese books of this period seldom survived because the
paper was poor and easily disintegrated. This example has
browned paper, several mends to the tears, but the color
plates are in excellent condition, printed on very good
solid white paper. Due to the "delicate" condition of this
item it is sold "as is" and is not returnable. Please
inquire further with use if you have any questions regarding
the condition. Please see scans posted to our website.
***
REFERENCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangtan
***
288 BARBOUR, George B.
THE LOESS OF CHINA.
[Shanghai 1925, China Journal of Science & Arts].
New
grey
$221
wrs., extracted article, p.454-470, 10 b.w. photos, 2 illustrations. Commenatires based on primary observation, distribution of Loess in general, in China, chemical analysis,
cave dwellings in Loess cliff, dissected Loess plain near
Kuo Ts'un. Scholarly resource.
$39
289 BARBOUR, George B.
PHYSIOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE YANGTZE.
London 1936, Royal Geographical Soc. New stiff wrs., article
extracted from The Geographical Journal Vol. XXXVII - No. 1,
January 1936, 4 b.w. text figures, 8 b.w. photos, 5 b.w. maps, pp. 2-34, very good.
An excellent geological report and a full report on the
Yangtze, is origin, tributaries and course. With good charts
diagrams, statistics, maps &c. Shows where it empties in to
the Shanghai delta area.
*
$15
290 BARD, Emile.
THE CHINESE AT HOME.
New York [1905], Putnams. Red pictorial cloth, 305p., index,
Translated by H.Twitchell, 16 b.w. photos, clean, solid copy
12 x 18.5 cm.
FIRST EDITION
An excellent early study, translated from the French. Covers
the Chinese traits, disregard for sincerity and exactness,
misuse of time, indifference to comfort, women, ancestor
worship, religions, superstitions, missinaries, journalism,
education & government, justice, paupers & socialism,
foreign concessions, chief products, money, finances,
merchants, foreign commerce & treaties, the Yellow Peril,
outline of nation's history.
*
Nicely done !
*
THE BIOGRAPHY OF A FAMOUS 19TH CENTURY ASIAN TRAVELLER
291 BARR, Pat.
$158
A CURIOUS LIFE FOR A LADY: The Story of Isabella Bird A
Remarkable Victorial Traveller.
London [1970], Macmillan. Green cloth, 347p., index, 6 maps,
16 b.w. photos, bibliography, very good, dj., 14 x 22.5 cm.
FIRST EDITION
Isabella Bird Bishop was a celebrated Victorian traveler
who traversed Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, America, Japan
Malaya, Kashmir & Tibet, Persia, Korea & China. She wrote
several books on her sojourn, each of which is collectable.
Her candid insight to the people, culture, art, history,
customs & life style are a valuable mid-19th century record
of ethnic value. Her candid comments are also amusing and
her works are very readable. A must for any arm-chair
traveler and collector!
*
$51
THE BIOGRAPHY OF A FAMOUS 19TH CENTURY ASIAN TRAVELLER
292 BARR, Pat.
A CURIOUS LIFE FOR A LADY: The Story of Isabella Bird A
Remarkable Victorial Traveller.
London [1970], Secker. Brown cloth, 347p., index, 6 maps,
16 b.w. photos, bibliography, as new, dj. in mylar cover,
14 x 22.5 cm., bright copy, bright dj.
FIRST EDITION
Isabella Bird Bishop was a celebrated Victorian traveler
who traversed Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, America, Japan
Malaya, Kashmir & Tibet, Persia, Korea & China. She wrote
several books on her sojourn, each of which is collectable.
Her candid insight to the people, culture, art, history,
customs & life style are a valuable mid-19th century record
of ethnic value. Her candid comments are also amusing and
her works are very readable. A must for any arm-chair
traveler and collector!
*
AN EARLY DESCRIPTION OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
293 BARROW, John.
TRAVELS IN CHINA, Containing Descriptions, Observations, And
Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of A short
Phila. 1805, Cadell. 3/4 leather over marbled boards, very
$51
good, illustrations, music score, 422p., 14 x 22.5 cm.,minor
bit of rubbing to spine head/tail & corners, contents clean,
5 cm split to spine, but mostly solid.FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
SUBTITLE: cont. Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min
Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey Through the Country From
Peking to Canton. In Which it is Attempted to Appreciate the
Rank that this Extraordinary Empire may be Considered to
Hold in the Scale of Civilized Nations. This excellent early
work is written by a gentlemen and late private secretary to
the Earl of Macartney & one of his suite as Ambassador from
the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. A marvellous pioneering work, covering the first visit of the Enlish
to China. Covers navagation observations on the Yellow Sea,
Pei-ho River, Journey through the capital the Imperial Palace and gardens, sketch of the state of society, manners, customs, moral charcter, amusements of the court, reception of
Ambassadors, character & private life of the Emperor, women,
eunuchs, language, sciences, medicine, military ranks &c...
"It will be noticed that Barrow, like William Alexander, was
in the suite of Earl of Macartney's Embassy of 1792 to the
Emperor of China. The expedition provided the material for a
number of interesting works on China, of which the above
book, and William Alexander's COSTUME OF CHINA, 1805...are
notable examples" excerpt from Abbey Travel 531.
*
REFERENCES
Abbey Travel 531
Lust 365.
Cordier 2388-9.
Tooley 84.
*
A great early primary resource and reading.
AN EARLY DESCRIPTION OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
294 BARROW, John.
TRAVELS IN CHINA, Containing Descriptions, Observations, And
Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of A short
Taipei 1972, Ch'eng Wen. Red cloth, very good, reprint of
the London 1806 2nd. edition, 16 b. w. plates, solid, bright
copy, 632p., index, folding plates, 15 x 21.5 cm., as new
superb copy.
SUBTITLE: cont. Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min
Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey Through the Country From
Peking to Canton. In Which it is Attempted to Appreciate the
Rank that this Extraordinary Empire may be Considered to
Hold in the Scale of Civilized Nations. This excellent early
$459
work is written by a gentlemen and late private secretary to
the Earl of Macartney & one of his suite as Ambassador from
the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. A marvellous pioneering work, covering the first visit of the Enlish
to China. Covers navagation observations on the Yellow Sea,
Pei-ho River, Journey through the capital the Imperial Palace and gardens, sketch of the state of society, manners, customs, moral charcter, amusements of the court, reception of
Ambassadors, character & private life of the Emperor, women,
eunuchs, language, sciences, medicine, military ranks &c...
"It will be noticed that Barrow, like William Alexander, was
in the suite of Earl of Macartney's Embassy of 1792 to the
Emperor of China. The expedition provided the material for a
number of interesting works on China, of which the above
book, and William Alexander's COSTUME OF CHINA, 1805...are
notable examples" excerpt from Abbey Travel 531.
*
REFERENCES
Abbey Travel 531
Lust 365.
Cordier 2388-9.
Tooley 84.
*
A great early primary resource and reading.
$77
295 BARTHOLOMEW, Allen R.
THE MARTYR OF HUPING: The Life Story of william Anson
Anson Reimert, Missionary to China.
Philadelphia 1925, Board Foreign Missions. Red cloth, very
good, 157p., 29 b.w. photos, map.
The biography & martyrdom of Reformed Church missionary,
died at the hands of Chinese soldier while defending
Chinese women and children who had taken refuge in the
Huping christian college compound during the chaotic
1920's. A tribute to & biographical sketch of a Pennsylvania
native, a graduate of Ursinus College who served as a
missionary for the Reformed Church & as an
educator. Excellent resource.
A BEAUTIFUL AREA MAP OF JAPAN, KOREA &c...
296 BARTHOLOMEW, J.
$163
JAPAN, MANDSHURIA, SHOWING THE COURSE OF THE AMUR RIVER, THE
KURILE ISLANDS &c. According to the British & Russian
Edinburgh n.d. c.1860, Fullarton. Broad side color map, very
good, slight stain in upper left corner, 12.25 x 18.5 inches
with inset of Port of Nagasaki, nicely matted.
S C A R C E
A nice map, hand colored, showing Manchuria from Yakutska to
Korea, all of the Japanese Islands. SUBTITLE: Admiralty Surveys by Krusenstern, Siebold &c. With scale of British mile
and advanced boundary of Russia. Entirely in English, with
all ports, mountains, rivers, cities, villages listed. Nice
example of a mid-19th century cartographic study, suitable
for display and framing.
$496
A BEAUTIFUL AREA MAP OF JAPAN, KOREA &c...
297 BARTHOLOMEW, J.
JAPAN, MANDSHURIA, SHOWING THE COURSE OF THE AMUR RIVER, THE
KURILE ISLANDS &c. According to the British & Russian
Edinburgh n.d. c.1860, Fullarton. Broad side color map, very
good, matted, clean, 12.25 x 18.5 inches, with inset of Port
of Nagasaki, suitable for framing.
S C A R C E
A nice map, hand colored, showing Manchuria from Yakutska to
Korea, all of the Japanese Islands. SUBTITLE: Admiralty Surveys by Krusenstern, Siebold &c. With scale of British mile
and advanced boundary of Russia. Entirely in English, with
all ports, mountains, rivers, cities, villages listed. Nice
example of a mid-19th century cartographic study, suitable
for display and framing.
$621
298 BARTHOLOMEW, John & Son. Ltd.
CHINA, MONGOLIA & KOREA: With Boundaries, Roads & Railways,
Scale 1:4,500,000. [A Map]
Edinburgh 1859, Bartholomew. Folded & articulated map, linen
backed, very good, clean, folds open to: 77 x 101.5 cm.,
folds down to 13 x 21.5 cm., color printed, clean copy.
A very large map, suitable for framing and display, shows
all of Mongolia and China, South to Burma, Laos, part of
Thailand & Viet Nam, all of Hinan, Taiwan & Korea, the tip
of the Philippines. Nicely done in full color, showing all
towns, cities, rivers, lakes, mountains, with layer colouring showing heights in feet & meters. This detail map is a
very useful resource for locating that hard-to-find place.
$262
299 BARTHOLOMEW, J[ohn.]
CENTRAL ASIA WITH THE CHINESE EMPIRE AND JAPAN.
London [1846], Philip & Son. Single-sheet map, center folded
opens to 69.5 x 54.5 cm., folds to 34.5 x 54.5 cm., very
clean, gilt edge.
A large color map. Shows Siberia at the top, Okhotsk and
Japan to the far right, all of Japan, Korea, down to
Formosa, the tip of Luzon. All of China from Central Asia
and Lake Bikal, Turkestan, Tibet, India at the far left or
West side. All of China, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia down to
Siam, including the Island of Hainan.
*
A grand map of All China, Japan, from about 1864, from about
55 degrees down to 15 degrees in the South. English miles,
kilometers and geographical miles chart, and shows to the
extreme South, Bay of Bengal, Burma, Tonquin and that part
of old Vietnam, and a bit of Siam. There is number 27 on the
verso.
*
CONDITION:
The work is clean, and with one center fold, as issued.
Delicately colored in pastels, nicely done, signed
"J. Bartholomew, F.R.G.S." The publisher is cited as "George
Philip & Son, London & Liverpool" at the bottom center.
There is no date, nor any indication of just which atlas
this map came from, it appears to be ca. 1846.
*
THE CARTOGRAPHER:
George Bartholomew [8 January 1784 - 23 October 1871],
active from 1797, worked as an engraver for Daniel Lizars in
Edinburgh. His son, John Bartholomew Senior [1805 - 9 April
1861], began working independently in about 1826, founding
the firm that bears his name. Notable work included Black's
General Atlas of 1846. Bartholomew came from a celebrated
line of map-makers: he was the son of John Bartholomew
Junior, and the grandson of the founder of John Bartholomew
and Son Ltd. Under his administration the family business
became one of the top operations in its field. Bartholomew
himself was not merely a specialist in production, but also
a talented geographer and cartographer. It was he who
introduced the use of colored contour layer maps; he also
anticipated the needs of late nineteenth and early twentieth
century travelers by publishing street maps of major cities,
cycling maps, railway timetable maps, and road maps for
automobiles. He collaborated with major scientific figures
and travelers of the period on projects involving their
studies.
*
$202
BY THE FIRST METHODIST BISHOP OF CHINA
300 BASHFORD, James W.
CHINA AND METHODISM.
Cincinnati [1906], Jennings. Blue cloth, top edge gilt, very
good, 118p., list of Methodist Episcopalian missionaries in
China, 9 x 16 cm., contents clean, solid.
FIRST EDITION
Designed to assist American Methodists in gaining a good
understanding of China & missionary activities there.
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CONTENTS:
1. Land and People
2. Religions
3. Christianity in the Empire
4. Methodist Episcopal Chyurch in China
5. Possiblities.
With Honor Roll [a list] of Methodist Episcopal Missionaries
in China.
*
THE BOOK:
" A half of this book is allocated for a general account of
the land, the people, and the religions of China. Because
interest in and appreciation of the American Methodists
work depend upon seeing Missions in their relations to the
unfolding life of this vast empire. The author has presented
a brief outline to enable American Methodists to understand
the problem which confronts the mission and to assist in
making preparation for suitable participation in the
centennial celebration of the founding of Protestant
Missions in China."
*
The author was a known China missionary and wrote two other
useful primary resources on China:
a. THE AWAKENING OF CHINA.
b. CHINA AN INTERPRETATION.
*
WHO WAS JAMES WHITFORD BASHFORD:
James Whitford Bashford [1849 - 1919] was known in China by
his Pinyin name: B� Xif�; or his Foochow Romanized name:
B�ik S�k-h�k. He was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in the USA and the first bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in China.
.
In 1904 Bashford was assigned to the mission field in China
at his own request at age 55. On October 20 he arrived in
Foochow, and in the same year he went to Shanghai where he
became the first resident bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in China. From the summer of 1908 onwards, Bashford
served in Peking. Liberally quoted from Wikipedia, see
below.
*
THE AUTHOR OF THREE EXCELLENT PRIMARY SOURCES ON CHINA:
other useful primary resources on China:
Please check with us to see if they are in stock.
*
REFERENCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitford_Bashford
***
CHINA AN INTERPRETATION.
New York [1916], Abingdon. Green cloth, very good, 620p.,
index, 4 b.w. photos, 14 appendices, chron., top edge gilt,
14 x 22 cm., clean, tight copy.
AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY
FIRST EDITION
A current appraisal of China in terms of industrial,
commercial, educational and woman's life, her literature,
philosophy: Taoism & Confucianism. Religious, legal &
political life.
.
The fall of the Manchus, the Republic, China vis-�-vis
Japan, the U.S. and the world, and Yuan Shih Kai.
*
A timely work, done by an American Methodist, missionary and
acknowledged Sinologist. A well documented study.
***
*
James Whitford Bashford [1849-1919] was known in China by
.
$88
below.
*
CONTENTS THE CHAPTERS:
1. China & the World. 2. Industrial life in China.
3. Commercial life in China. 5. Woman's life in China.
6. Life reflected in Literature. 7. Reflected in Philosophy:
Taoism. 8. Confucius: Moral Philosophy. 9. Confucian school.
10. Religious Life and struggles. 1l. Chinese law.
12. Political life. 13. Downfall of the Manchus.
14. Transition: Prince Chun's regency. 15. Chinese Republic.
16. China & Japan. 17.China and the United States. 18. China
and the World. 19. Yuan shih Kai. 20 Origin and qualities of
the Chinese.
***
b. CHINA AND METHODISM
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REFERENCES:
***
CHINA AN INTERPRETATION.
New York [1922], Abingdon. Green cloth, very good, 668p.,
index, 4 b. w. photos, 14 appendices, chronology, top edge
gilt, the best revised and enlarged edition, 14 x 22.2 cm.,
index, copious bibliography.
A current appraisal of China in terms of industrial,
commercial, educational and woman's life, her literature,
philosophy: Taoism & Confucianism. Religious, legal &
political life.
.
The fall of the Manchus, the Republic, China vis-�-vis
Japan, the U.S. and the world, and Yuan Shih Kai.
*
A timely work, done by an American Methodist, missionary and
acknowledged Sinologist. A well documented study.
$65
***
*
James Whitford Bashford [1849-1919] was known in China by
.
below.
*
CONTENTS THE CHAPTERS:
1. China & the World. 2. Industrial life in China.
3. Commercial life in China. 5. Woman's life in China.
6. Life reflected in Literature. 7. Reflected in Philosophy:
Taoism. 8. Confucius: Moral Philosophy. 9. Confucian school.
10. Religious Life and struggles. 1l. Chinese law.
12. Political life. 13. Downfall of the Manchus.
14. Transition: Prince Chun's regency. 15. Chinese Republic.
16. China & Japan. 17.China and the United States. 18. China
and the World. 19. Yuan shih Kai. 20 Origin and qualities of
the Chinese.
***
b. CHINA AND METHODISM
*
REFERENCES:
***
A LOVELY 17TH CENTURY of ASIA & SOUTHEAST ASIAN AREAS
303 BATHURST, D. Christoph.
$34
A MAP OF THE EAST INDIES. HANC INDARUM ORIENTALUM.
[London ca. 1670-1680]. Single sheet, copper engraved map
edges trimmed, map and sheet size: 29x 24cm., very good, old
mends on verso, ever so faint damp stain to top which does
not detract from the overall work, handsome cartouche. RARE
A very primitive map, shows Bagdath to Bablion and other
Persian areas, the Deserta, Maffa & Maris Rubriaditus at the
extreme Western areas. To the extreme East is Corea, Japan
and Firando; Fermofa [Taiwan], Philippine Insulae, Moluccae,
Gilolo and Celebes. At the North is the Mare Caspivum
Buzhara, Semerkan, Honan and then Tzli Na Chi Na, at the
South is Sumatra, Aiwa Maior, with Borneo, Malacca and
Lohor at the tip of the Malayan peninsula, no mention of
Singapore. India, all of S.E. Asia, Cambodia, Siam, old
Vietnam including "Batrang," Burma, Central Asia and the
Bengala, with the great confluence of the rivers shown just
under Amuy.
*
The map shows mountain ranges, large rivers, cities like
Lahor, Fariah, Candahar, Goa, Zeyan or Ceylon, and China,
with no cities cited, indicating this may be from around the
late 1560's- as clearly the Portuguese had been to Firando
in 1549, surely just after that, as nothing in the way of
China's coastal citis nor is Macao cited, proving the point
of being early.
*
The Great Wall of China, is not cited, and the great Mekong
and Indian rivers are clearly shown. The great rivers of
China all seem to emanate from one central and grand lake
are [incorrectly] shown. One gets the distinct impression
this was based on Portuguese knowledge, as it reflects their
areas of influence, but omit all others, again indicating an
early map. Notably lacking are the Dutch and English areas
of contact.
*
BIOGRAPHY:
*
Dr. Ralph Bathurst [1620-1704. He was educated circa 1635 in
Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire,
England. He graduated from Oxford University in 1638 with
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and he was a Fellow in 1640
in Trinity College, Oxford University. He graduated from
Oxford University in 1654 with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine (M.D.).He was a founding member of the Royal
Society in 1663. He held the office of Chaplain to King
Charles II in 1663.He held the office of President of
Trinity College, Oxford in 1664. He graduated with the
degree of Doctor of Divinity (D.D.).1 He held the office of
Dean of Wells in 1670.He held the office of Vice-Chancellor
of Oxford University between 1673 and 1676. He has an
extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National
Biography. He was also a cartographer, and used the nome
de'plume of Christoph.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
*
Bathurst seems to have eluded the scrutiny of two resources:
R.V. Tooley: TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS
Peter Babendererde: KUNSTLER DEKORATIVER GRAPHIK.
*
$330
304 BATTAGLIA, Lee E.
CENTRAL ASIA: Wedding of Two Worlds.
Article extracted from National Geographic vol. 124, 1963,
pp.707-728, 34 color photos, library-stamped, very clean and
nicely bound in stiff wrs.
About the fairy tale wedding that united Palden Thondup Namgyal, Crown Prince of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, of Mayflower
ancestry. Beautiful color photos of the people,land & sights
$26
305 BAUER, Paul.
HIMALAYAN CAMPAIGN. The German Attack on Kangchenjunga. The
Second Highest Mountain in the World.
Oxford 1927, Blackwell. Buff cloth, 172p., 82 b.w. photos, 4
maps, trans. by Sumner Austin. NEATE B60.
S C A R C E
Account of the 1929 and 1931 German attempts written by the
expedition leader. Details of the first attack in 1929, and
the second attack in 1931. Exciting primary resource.
A MOST OBSCURE & RARE EARLY BRITISH WORK THE FAR EAST
306 BAX, B.W.
THE EASTERN SEAS: Being a Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S.
"Dwarf" in China, Japan and Formosa. With a Description of
London [1875], Murray. Original Brown cloth, 287p., 13 b.w.
engraved plates & frontispiece, folding color map, all edges
gilt, 13 x 20 cm., a very clean, sharp copy, tight copy, two
small rubs on spine else solid & bright. FIRST EDITION RARE
An excellent primary source beginning in April 1871 out of
England, ending November 1874..
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The voyage begins with the H.M.S. Tamar departing England
for the Eastern seas. This work was based on the personal
journals of captain Bax.
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He visited Honking, Amoy, Swatow, Formosa, Loo Choo
Islands, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yesso [Hokkaido], with an ascent
of Fuji Yama, the rebellion at Saga, Japanese expedition to
Formosa, typhoons, Shanghai, Nanking & Ningpo.
$163
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This work is replete with lots of exciting first hand
observations of activities in both China, Loo Choo Islands,
Formosa Island and Japan during very critical times for
foreigners.
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THE CHAPTERS:
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1. The voyage begins with a small group of British
gun-vessels, the "Dwarf," "Avon" and the "Tamar," steaming
some 200 miles a day towards East Asia.
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The first stop was St. Vincent, Ascension and St. Helena and
the Cape, Natal, and Mauritius. With stops at Singapore, on
to Hong Kong and suffering a great typhoon at Hong Kong.
Visit to Amoy, Swatow, Takow [Takau] in south Formosa, and a
journey to Baksa, and Taiwan-Foo.
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2. With a history of Formosa.
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3. The neighborhood of Amoy, journey up the north river,
dragging a schooner off the beach in Formosa, visit to the
mission stations in s.w. of Amoy, the Foo-chow station,
Kelung, Sau-o-bay, the Loo-Choo Islands and Tamsui.
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4. Wreck of the "Yeddo," monastery on the Cushan mountain,
disturbance at Twa-tu-tia in Formosa, visit to the savage
tribes in the interior, fete at the arsenal at Foo-chow.
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5. Search for Lorcha, Chin-chew, arrive at Japan, accompany
the Commander-in-Chief to Kobe and Nagasaki.
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6.Voyage to the Russian possessions in Tartary and Eastern
Siberia, the island of Yesso [Hokkaido].
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7. Ascent of Fusi-yama [Mt. Fuji] in Japan.
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8. Kobe, Shanghai, the homes for seamen, rebellion at Saga
in Japan, search for the crew of a schooner that had
foundered, kite-flying festival.
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9. The Japanese expedition to Formosa, the arrival of three
canoes at Kelung from the Pellew Islands, Japanese camp at
Liang-kiou, S. Formosa.
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10. Agasaki, effects of typhoon, August 20th, 1874,
Shanghai, Ching-Kiang, Nanking, Ningpo, Hong Kong, relieved
by the new ship's company, November 30th, 1874.
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An excellent narrative, lucid, written by the well-educated
Captain.
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CONDITION:
The work is nicely bound in the original brown cloth, with
black blind-stamped lines and decoratons, the spine
elaborately printed in gold titles. There are two small rubs
in the spine cloth where the binding string rubbed throuogh,
else, a very sharp, clean and solid copy, brilliantly done
with all edges gilt. In collector's condition.
***
$1210
307 BEASLEY, W.G.
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE OPENING OF JAPAN 1834-1858.
London 1951, Luzac. Buff cloth, 227p., index, appendix, very
good, bibliography, 2 maps, bright copy.
FIRST EDITION
Covering the Opium War in Ango-Japanese relations, secret
plans, the Perry Expedition 1852-54, Stirling Convention
1854-55, Foreign office 1954-57, Elgin Mission 1857-58. With
rich appendices of the conventions & draft expoisition handed by Rear Admiral Sir James Stirling to the Nagasaki Bugyo
11 Oct. 1855. Excellent early historic coverage.
$117
FRANCISCIAN MISSIONARY MASSACRE DURING THE BOXER REBELLION
308 [BEAUFAYS, P. Ignace].
SILHOUETTES DE MARTYRS.
[The Story of the Martyred Belgian Franciscan Missionaries
Liege 1927, Dessain. Stiff pictorial wrs., several b.w. phot
photos, 96p., French text, paper a bit "toned," 12 x 18.5 cm
3 institutional stamps else clean and solid copy.
FIRST EDITION
This is the true story of the martyred Belgian Franciscan
missionary men and women at Chan-si, by the Boxers, in 1900.
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This work covers the activities of the missionaries and
their ultimate murder by Boxer fanatics.
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Color scans of this and other items posted to our web site.
A LOVELY ALBUM WITH SENSUOUS CHINESE WOMEN OF THE PERIOD
$109
309 [BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF SHANGHAI.]
[ALBUM OF TWELVE SHANGHAI WOMEN IN FULL COLOR.]
[Shanghai n.d. ca. 1920's-1930's],n.p. Tan accordion folding
recent album, with 12 color cards tipped in, 12 x 18 cm.,
minor surface scuff, otherwise clean, nice work, album size
is 17 x 25 cm., possibly later imprints, unknown.
The images show what are probably Shanghai beauties; some
advertising products, such as "Cross Brand" Lobowl Medical
Co.; soap; cigarettes; "Earth DDT Spray;" medicine; and
incense.
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Each card shows a beauty in period dress, either Western or
Chinese Chongsam/Chipao, with appropriate seductive and
semi-erotic sultry looks. Nine show just one woman, three
show two women per image
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Works of this sensuous subject are unusual and seldom found
on the market for sale. This being a small collection
enhances the whole group.
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$102
AN EARLY PRIMARY SOURCE
310 BEAUVOIR, Le Compte de.
PEKIN, YEDDO SAN FRANCISCO: VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE.
Paris 1872, Plon . 3/4 leather over boards, very good, 359p
4 maps, 15 engravings.
S C A R C E
An excellent and early primary souce. This is vol. 3 of the
voyage, complete in itself. Covers arrival at Shanghai, the
jesuits, the Pei Ho, Peking, Tientsin, Mongol caravans, Ming
tombs, excursions around the area, audience with Prince
Kong, down the Peiho on a barge. On to Japan, arrival at
Yokohama, visit to Yeddo, the Yakunins, the French legation,
temples, excursions down the Tokaido, Odawara, baths, food
and return to Yokohama. Kamakura, buying souviners as EuroEuropeans, palaces, 'Le tour des papillons," Yokoska [sic],
gardens, arsenal, French military mission. On to California,
San Francisco, the Sierra-Nevada mountains, Yosemite, the
mines of Sacramento. Excellent coverage of the port cities.
A very good mid-19th century primary resource book.
$48
311 BECHTEL, John.
THE MYSTERY OF EAST MOUNTAIN TEMPLE.
Chicago [1939], Moody. Green cloth, very good, 127p., 7 b.w.
photos, sketch, d.j.
Told in a style similar to Chinese folk-lore, this missionary mystery is good reading, as well as informational about
oriental superstition, intimate glimpses of bandits, an
opium caravan, temple worship and attendants. Two young
Chinese Christians try to solve the mystery of the temple.
$78
THE GERMAN ASSAULT & EXPEDITION OF 1932
312 BECHTOLD, Fritz.
NANGA PARBAT ADVENTURE: A Himilayan Expedition.
London [1935], Murray. Blue cloth, very good, 93p., index,
80 photos, 3 maps, translated into English by H.E.G. Tyndale
18 x 25 cm. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
S C A R C E
The very fascinating primary resource for the adventure to
the high Himalayas. For the most part, this expedition was
not to benefit from oxygen or modern man-made materials, but
rather used those classic materials for boots, clothing and
climbing materials. They lost four members of their team and
six porters all of which were buried on Nanga Parbat. Its a
very gripping story, and the photography is exquisite. By
and large a superb early primary climb resource.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Yakushi B98b variant
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$184
New York [1936],Dutton.3/4 Green leather over marbled boards
very good, 93p., index, 80 photos, 3 maps, translated into
English by H.E.G. Tyndale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
SCARCE
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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$165
New York [1936], Dutton. Green cloth, very good, 93p., index
80 photos, 3 maps,translated into English by H.E.G. Tyndale.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
S C A R C E
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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315 BECKER, Stephen.
THE BLUE-EYED SHAN.
$170
New York [1982], Random. 1/2 Black cloth over blue boards,
dj., 270p., clean, bright, very good.
FIRST EDITION
A novel about a young anthropologist in 1939, from Harvard,
who went to the Shan States on the China-Burma border to
study their people & customs. Fascinating.
$7
THE CHINESE BANDIT.
New York [1975], Random House. Brown cloth over boards, 305p
ex-library copy, top edge stamped, spine clean, very good,
dj., usual tape marks
FIRST EDITION
Adventure story, a novel set in the turmoil of China in 1947
$3
THE CHINESE BANDIT.
[New York 1977], Berkley. Color stiff wrs., very good, 307p.
Adventure story, a novel set in the turmoil of China in 1947
$3
TRUE STORY OF A CHINESE GIRL, SCHOOL & MEDICAL MISSIONARIES
318 BECKINGSALE, Jennie.
POMEGRANATE: The Story of a Chinese School Girl.
London [1910], Morgan. Green decorated cloth, very good,
13 20 cm., 181p., bright copy.
FIRST EDITION
The poignant and true story of Pomegranate, a young Chinese
girl, as told by British missionary women, teachers, and
medical missionaries.
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This primary source takes place in the small village of
Chen-Chia-Kou.
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TRUE STORY OF A CHINESE GIRL, SCHOOL & MEDICAL MISSIONARIES
$151
319 BECKINGSALE, Jennie.
POMEGRANATE: The Story of a Chinese School Girl.
London [1910], Morgan. Green pictorial cloth, back cover a
bit it faded, else clean & solid, 13 x 20 cm., 181p.
FIRST EDITION
The poignant and true story of Pomegranate, a young Chinese
girl, as told by British missionary women, teachers, and
medical missionaries.
*
This primary source takes place in the small village of
Chen-Chia-Kou.
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$146
320 BEDESKI, Robert.
STRATEGIES OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC.
Berkeley 1965, Univ. Berkeley. Green paper, very good, 9p.,
bibliography. From the Asian Studies Curriculum Project.
An analysis of the various strategies employed by the PRC.
$32
321 BEDESKI, Robert.
THEMES IN CHINESE CIVILIZATION.
Berekley 1965, Univ. Berkeley. Green paper, very good, 5p.
From the Asian Studies Curriculum Project. Discusses approaches to using cultural themes for students.
THE BOOK ABOUT THE BERTOLUCCI'S FILM: 'THE LAST EMPEROR'
322 BEHR, E.
THE LAST EMPEROR.
[London 1987], Mcdonald. Black cloth, very good, dj., 336p.,
index, bibliography, many color & b.w. photos, some from the
film stills showing scenes.
FIRST EDITION
The true story of the last Emperor and the movie story, with
actual photographs of Pu Yi and his wives, Johnston and the
circle of his political friends, palace people, as well as
photos of him and his half brother. A fascinating work ! The
$32
story of Bertolucci's film about the three year old boy enthroned as Emperor of China in 1908.
$131
323 BEIJING COLLEGE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE. comp. et al
ESSENTIALS OF CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE.
Beijing [1980], F.L.P. Blue cloth, very good, 432p., index,
of acupuncture points:361 regular & 20 extraordinary points,
many illustrations, charts, English text.
S C A R C E
A most excellent text, covers Yin-Yang and the Five Elements
the internal organs, channels & collaterals, Qi or blood and
body fluid, etiology, methods of diagnosis, differentiation
of syndromes, introduction to channels, collaterals & points
the 12 regular channels & their points, the 8 extra channels
and their points with appendix of extraordinary points. Technique of acupuncture and moxibustion, genereal introduction
to acupuncture teatment, treatment of common diseases with
acupuncture& moxibustion. Ear acupuncture therapy, a brief
introduction to acupuncture analgesia. Superb text ! Color
scans can be sent by email.
PRIMARY SOURCE ON THE OPIUM WAR IN CHINA
324 BELCHER, Edward.
$78
NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, PERFORMED IN HER
MAJESTY'S SHIP SULPHUR, DURING THE YEARS 1836-1842,INCLUDING
London 1843, Colburn. Original blind stamped blue cloth, 2
vol. set, 387+474p., index, 3 large folding pocket maps, 19
engravings + 20 vignettes, 15 x 24.3 cm., solid, minor head/
tail spine rubbing, else clean. RARE ! FIRST & ONLY EDITION
SUBTITLE: continued: Commissioners of the Admiralty.
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SUPERB PRINMARY RESOURCE ON THE OPIUM WAR AND THE BRITISH
BOMBARDMENT IN CHINA.
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The Sulphur was busily employed on the west coast of both
North & South America, and in the end of 1839 received
orders to return to England by the western route. After
visiting several islands groups in the Pacific and making
such observations as time permitted, Belcher arrived at
Singapore in 1840, where he was ordered back to China, due
to the start of a war with China. During the following year
he was engaged in operations in the Canton River.
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CONDITION OF THE BOOKS:
The books are bound in the original blue blind-stamped
cloth, usual minor rubbing, mild corner wear, a bit of spine
fading, else, solid, complete copy.
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THE THREE POCKET MAPS:
1. METHOD OF SHEWING THE TRACK OF GROUND SEARDHED BY H.M.S.
SULPHUR.
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2. CHART OF CANTON RIVER REDUCED FROM THE SURVEY BY CAPT.
BELCHER R.N. This shows the anchorage ofthe H.M.S. Sulphur
and Starling previousto attack of Canton, just ouside Tsing
-poo in the Canton river, Whampoa island down river, shows
all the way to Anson Bay, the French area.
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3. CHART SHEWING THE TRACKS OF H.M.S. SULPHUR, FROM 1837 TO
1842, CAPTAIN SIR EDWARD BELCHER, KNT R.N.C.B. This shows
frmo the top the Shetland Islands [Scotland] across to the
east to the Aleutian Islands [Alaska] Bering straight,
America, China,India, Arabia, Maldiva, Madagascar,
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope Sierra Leone,Japan, the
Pacific ocean, costal America, Hudson Bay, Greenland, Davis
Straight, Baffin Bay, Iceland, back to the Shetlands down to
Africa, S. America, a grand tour around the world.
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The condition of the maps is excellent. A touch of minor
foxing on #3, no tears folded in inside pocket of volume 1,
as issued. Rarely found with all 3 maps, and in such lovely
condition.
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Captain Edward Belcher [1799-1877] served on and was in
command of numerous surveys of the coasts of Northern and
Western Africa, Ireland, Western America, China, Borneo, the
Phillipines and Formosa.
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With a triple-page large fold-out of "VIEW OF CANTON," shows
the harbor, the American, British & French factories, a
large number of native ships in the harbor, 40 x 22.8 cm.,
in excellent condition.
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REFERENCES:
Sabin 4490
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Howes B318
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Hill p.102.
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D.N.B.
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Ferguson Bibliography of Australia 3564
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Pritzel
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Thesaurus Literaturae Botanicae, 4083.
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325 BELDEN, Jack.
RETREAT WITH STILWELL.
New York 1943, Knopf. Yellow cloth, 368p., corners and
spine corners worn, 14 x 21.7 cm., perforated title page,
ex-Mechanics Mercantile Library copy, their round sticker on
front cover, contents clean, solid, lacks map. FIRST EDITION
The battle for Burma was one of the more stirring narratives
to come out of WWII. The author followed the battle from its
grim beginning to its spectacular end. He entered Burma with
Chiang Kai-Shek's armies & reached Rangoon just before the
arrival of General Stilwell. Through bloody jungle battles,
Stilwell shrewdly outwitted the Japanese to save the 115
American survivors.
*
"Vinegar Joe" Stilwel was stubborn and simply out of touch
with modern warfare. He refused to listen to his
subordinate, General Claire Chennault, commander of the
famed A.V.G. [American Volunteer Group] aka "FLYING TIGERS."
Rather than being evacuated, Stilwell refused and decided to
"Walk Out" of Burma or essentially retreat from the quickly
advancing Japanese. Toungoo was the first base of the
A.V.G. [American Volunteer Group] aka "FLYING TIGERS."
Early one Stilwel could have been flown out to China where
he and his troops could have been of some use to the war
effort. Rather, loosing men daily to starvation and jungle
disease, he barely "Walked Out" alive. He hated to believe
as Chennault had pointed out, that air power was everything
in this new war. History proved Chennault correct
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PRIVATE LIBRARY BOOKPLATE:
This copy has the Bill Powell bookplate. He and his father,
J.W. Powell were the editors of the Shanghai-based
periodical, The China Weekly review. Bill Powell was later
tried for sedition upon his return to the U.S. for
$2627
publishing allegations of U.S. germ warfare during the
Korean War.
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AN EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE & GUIDE TO PEKING & CENTRAL ASIA
326 BELL, John.
TRAVELS FROM ST. PETERSBURG IN RUSSIA, TO VARIOUS PARTS OF
ASIA, IN 1716, 1719, 1722 &c.
Edinburgh 1788, Creech. Full contemporary leather,2 vol. set
2 etched copper folding maps, 442+544p., some minor cracks
to hinge, not loose, minor corner wear, solid copy, gold
stamped spine, as is contents clean & bright, 14 x 22 cm.
Covering the famous travels overland beginning in 1715-1718
to Ispahan, part of a journey to Peking in China through
Siberia, in the years 1719-1721, with a very nice map of the
author's routes between Moscow & Pekin, with an Embassy
from
His Imperial Majesty, Peter the First to the Sophy of Persia, Sach Hussein Anno MDCCXV. Vol. I covers the origin of
the Embassy from St. Petersburg & then restarting to Peking.
With observations along the way through Kalmucks, Tomsky
Tzulimm Tartars, Elimsky, Iakutsky, Kamtzatskky, Lake Baykal
Selinginsky, Kutachtu, Selinginskyk, hunting, Saratzyn & the
boundary between the Russian & Chinese territories. Saratzyn
entering the Chinese land to the Great wall, and Pekin. Audience with the ambassadors, occurrences at Pekin, festivals,
New Years celebrations, audience with the Emperor & return.
The wonderful overland journey from Russia to Peking of the
diplomatic Ambassadors.
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A fascinating account of the trip & what was observed along
the way. Through the Great Wall, in to Peking, and to the
Emperor's internal court. This early primary resource
addresses the people, customs, flora, fauna ethnography of
the Chinese.With a useful glossary of Chinese numbers, &
$12
vocabulary also in Mongol, Tangut Indostan & Mantzuir. A
grand work, loaded with keen insights & observation on the
whole area. Of major import is the commentary on the
Mongols & Mongolia. Bell was the only Englishman in the Embassy, & was the official physician. His lucid remarks are
a valuable early record of the area.
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This is also the first Embassy to Ispahan in Persia, Central
Asia, Mongolia, and to Peking. Bell was a British
expatriate, who accompanied the embassies of Peter the
Great, strong on manners and customs, this also includes a
translation of De Lange's journal relating to the court of
Peking. A very fascinating early primary resource.
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Note: we may have more than one binding or variant edition
so please request scans for the copy you are interested in.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
E. Cox: A REFERENCE GULIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF TRAVEL,
P.342, 256.
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H. Cordier: SINICA 2093
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Crowther 2031.
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Gaskell 415.
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Lust 314.
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Nerhood 78.
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AN EARLY MAP OF JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA COAST, FORMOSA & OKINAWA
327 BELLIN, Jacques N.
CARTE DES ISLES DU JAPON ET LA PREFQU IFLE DE COREE AVEC LES
COFTES DE LA CHINE DEPUIS PEKIN JUS QUA CANTON.
[Paris 1749, Chez Didot]. A single sheet copper etched map,
old folds, nicely pressed, hand-colored, sheet size 35 x 26
cm., map size 28.5 x 21 cm., elaborate cartouche, compass,
nicely executed, clean.
R A R E
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An excellent early map of the area. Covers from about 45
degrees North to 20 degrees South; 125 degrees West to ca.
170 degrees East.
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Shows all of Japan, with Hokkaido, Ryukhu & the Formosan
islands with all smaller islands in between, the Korean
peninsula, coast line of China from Korea down to
Canton and the estuary.
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Japan has many cities named, lakes, rivers & mountains
shown, as are the chain of small islands from Tanegashima
down to Formosa.
.
$3371
The China coast also shows rivers, cities and the coastline,
a mysterious "La Corree" shows only a scant few rivers
and city names, but most clearly shows an early "Cior ou
Kinkitao" or modern Seoul is clearly shown [adjacent to the
Han River] in the center of the country, Quelpaerts is
shown.
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Firando [Hirado] & Nagasaki noted.
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In the center of the South China Sea, just between Ningpo
and Ryukyu is a directional compass, point to North.
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The decorative cartouche shows French marine miles.
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WHO WAS Jacques Nicolas Bellin [1703-1772:
He is among the most important French mapmakers of the 18th
Century.
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In 1721, he was appointed chief hydrographer to the French
Navy. In 1741, he was named Official Hydrographer of the
French King.
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He published a large number of world sea atlases and "Atlas
Maritime," the 1764 "Petit Atlas Maritime," with some
580 detailed charts. He contributed maps the 15 volume
"Histoire Generale des Voyages" of Antoine Fran�ois Prevost
or aka. "l'Abbe Prevost" or "Prevost." His maps were very
accurate and drawn with much skill.
.
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Quite nicely executed ready for framing & library display.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Extracted from Histoire Generale Des Voyages, Prevost de
Exile.
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website.
A GRAND VIEW OF FORMOSA AND FOKIEN PROVINCE
328 [BELLIN, Jacques N.]
L'ISLE FORMOSE ET PARTIE DES COSTES DE LA CHINE. Suivant les
Cartes et les Observations les Plus Recentes et Entre Autres
[Paris n.d. c.1760]. A single sheet copper engraved map,
$932
33.5 x 26.5 cm., very good, 2 old vertical folds, very clean
bright, with cartouche, distance key, a couple of old verso
mends, else solid and very nice.
***
An excellent example of a copper-etched map devoted to
Formosa, with the adjacent coastline of Fokien [Fukien] from
Tse Gao in the North to Pechansui in the South, showing
Isles de Pong-hou et al, and the Tropique du Cancer line.
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The whole island of Formosa is shown with rivers, mountains,
and major coastal cities & all adjacent and small islands
illustrated.
.
Maps devoted entirely to Formosa are quite rare, and were
seldom done as separates. This is an original state,
uncolored as issued. It is quite handsome, in the original
state, and suitable for framing and display.
.
Of historical interest is the location of Taiouan du Taivan,
with Ft. Zelandia Ruine shown as the major large city on the
map. Taipei was yet to be of any size, but is shown as
"Formose' at the north as a small village.
.
French text. Nicely executed, clean and worthy of framing
and display.
.
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WHO WAS Jacques Nicolas Bellin [1703-1772:
He is among the most important French mapmakers of the 18th
Century.
.
In 1721, he was appointed chief hydrographer to the French
Navy. In 1741, he was named Official Hydrographer of the
French King.
.
He published a large number of world sea atlases and "Atlas
Maritime," the 1764 "Petit Atlas Maritime," with some
580 detailed charts. He contributed maps the 15 volume
"Histoire Generale des Voyages" of Antoine Fran�ois Prevost
or aka. "l'Abbe Prevost" or "Prevost." His maps were very
accurate and drawn with much skill.
.
***
website.
329 BENNETT, James W. et al.
PLUM BLOSOMS AND BLUE INCENSE:And other Stories of the East.
$1006
Shanghai 1926, Commercial Press. Blue cloth, very good, 330p
frontispiece, 9 b.w. photos, co-author Soong Kewn-Ling.
Short stories about China, Shanghai, people, customs & some
weird tales. Singing Skipper, Woman Who Waited, Shanghai
Shadows, Wing's Interrupted Journey, House With Five Doors,
Mercy of Kuan Yin, Obliterated Buddha, Dominantn Desire,
Running corpse, Fight, Hidden Cipher Case, the Soul-Catching cord, Plum Blossom and blue incense & others. A charming
collection of Chinese folk-tales.
*
$163
330 BENT, Silas.
OPENING CHINA'S INLAND EMPIRE. Richard Wood Randolph's
Survey of the Upper Yangtze & Resources & Traffic of the
New York 1919, Asia. Stapled wrs., 2 extracted articles: pp.
729-740, 8 b.w. photos, 2 b. w. maps, 1 plan & a second: pp.
862-872, 9 b.w. photos, 2 charts, both by Bent.
Good coverage of the river activities, nicely illustrated by
Ralolph's official photographs.
$14
331 BENT, Silas.
OPENING CHINA'S INLAND EMPIRE: The Banking Consortium and
Equal Foreign Commercial Opportunity.
New York 1919, Asia. New wrs., very good, extracted article,
pages 1135-1142, 5 b.w. photos.
$7
A SOLID DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, ON JAPAN'S PACIFIC WAR
332 BERGAMINI, David.
JAPAN'S IMPERIAL CONSPIRACY.
New York 1971, Morrow. Black cloth, 2 vols., 1239p., notes
glossary, bib., index, end paper maps, map, 39 b.w. photos.
This work outlines how Emperor Hirohito led Japan into war
against the West. This work will cause a major readjustment
in Western views of Japanese history. The Rape of Nanking is
the beginning point, when the Japanese army entered China in
1937. This Rhodes Scholar's work is impecable, six years in
research, his reading in Japanese included the diaries kept
by the Emperor's closest advisors. A true tale of intrigue,
the genesis of Japan's Pacific war. Excellent biographical
study of Hirohito, Rubicon Manchuria: sea power 1929-1930,
seizure of Mukden, government by assassination, outcast Nippon, neutralizing Russia, joining the Axis, Konoye's last
chance, Pearl Harbor, strike South, crumbling empire, fall
of the homeland. Generous maps, charts, genealogical tables.
FIRST EDITION
$117
333 BERGMAN, Sten.
IN KOREAN WILDS AND VILLAGES.
London [1938], Travel. Green cloth, over boards, 232p., fold
out map, very good, 131 b.w. photos. Translated by F. Whyte.
The purpose of the expedition was to study the life & distribution of birds in the North of Korea. He also collected
birds and animals for the Swedish Natural History Museum and
also an ethnographical collection for the Swedish Ethnographical Museum.The scientific results of the journey are generally noted. He traveled with a taxidermist and preserved
his game in the bush. He began his sojourn in Siberia, on to
Korea, Keijo, first excursion to the woods. A Korean wedding
and to the villages of Engan and Shinten, a Lynx cub, up Korea's sacred mountain Paik Tusan. In the forests round Motojondo, a Japanese hunter. When death visits a Korean home,
fishing on a Korean junk, after pheasants with a hawk, wild
boar on th Korean mountains, Christmas in Shuotsu.A thousand
year old temple in the wilderness, dwarf owl, miracle working plant & other strange Korean medicines.Geishas of Korea,
and other fascinating commentaries. Q U I T E
S C A R C E
$425
334 BERGMAN, Sten.
IN KOREAN WILDS AND VILLAGES.
London [1938], Gifford. Red cloth, very good, 232p., folding
map, 127 b.w. photos, clean, translated by Frederic Whyte.
The purpose of the expedition was to study the life & distribution of birds in the North of Korea. He also collected
birds and animals for the Swedish Natural History Museum and
also an ethnographical collection for the Swedish Ethnographical Museum.The scientific results of the journey are generally noted. He traveled with a taxidermist and preserved
his game in the bush. He began his sojourn in Siberia, on to
Korea, Keijo, first excursion to the woods. A Korean wedding
and to the villages of Engan and Shinten, a Lynx cub, up Korea's sacred mountain Paik Tusan. In the forests round Motojondo, a Japanese hunter. When death visits a Korean home,
fishing on a Korean junk, after pheasants with a hawk, wild
boar on th Korean mountains, Christmas in Shuotsu.A thousand
year old temple in the wilderness, dwarf owl, miracle working plant & other strange Korean medicines.Geishas of Korea,
and other fascinating commentaries. Q U I T E
S C A R C E
335 BERGSMARK, Daniel.
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA.
New York 1942, Prentice-Hall. Brown cloth, very good, 618p.,
197 maps, illustrations, index.
Part I describes the continent as a whole, including physical framework of the continent, climate, vegetation & soil,
population, &c.
Part II discusses Southwestern Asia, in-
$425
cluding Turkey, Palestine, Arabia, &c. Part III discusses
the Indian realm. Part IV Southeastern Asia [Siam, Philippines, &c.]. Part V, Eastern Asia; Japan & China. Part
VI discusses Northern Asia, and the Future of the Continent.
$46
336 [BERKELEY, Agnes M.P.]
SISTER XAVIER BERKELEY 1861-1944 SISTER OF ST. VINCENT DE
PAUL FIFTY-FOURS YEARS MISSIONARY IN CHINA.
[London n.d. ca. 1949], Burns. Blue cloth, very good, 257p.,
end paper maps, 44 b.w. photos, index, dj.
FIRST EDITION
Covers the true biography of a missionary to China, first
stationed Kuikiang, Kiangsi province. Also Ningpo & medical
work there on to Chusan and angelic work with the girls of
Chusan, the Great war & after. Return to Chusan island in
1923, prisoners & brigands, special characteristics. World
War II comes to China. Chusan before & after the invasion of
the Japanese and their surrender.
$92
A MAJOR & COMPREHENSIVE ASIAN REFERENCE RESOURCE
337 BESTERMAN, Theodore.
A WORLD BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORIENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
Totowa [1975], Rowman. Red cloth, very good, 727p., index.
Revised & brought up to date by J.D. Pearson.
Oriental literatures, ancient near east, Israel, Syriac,
Arabic, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, India, Nepal, Laos,
Burma, Vietnam, East Indies, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,
Philippines, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Mongolia,
Hong Kong, Macao, &c. &c...
CANTON, BLUE & WHITE, BLANC DE CHINE, CELADON, PORCELAIN &c.
338 BEURDELEY, Michel.
CHINESE TRADE PORCELAIN.
Rutland [1969], Tuttle. Red cloth, very good, dj., index, 25
color, 347 b.w. photos, 4 appendices, chronology, table, 221
pages, large format, 25.5 x 29 cm., 2nd edition, clean solid
$197
firm copy.
This work contains 24 magnificient tipped in plates in full
color of porcelains hitherto unpublished. Porcelains manufactured under the auspices of the great Charter Companies reflected the movements in European taste from the 16-19th centuries. The first part of the work covers the form and decoration of Chinese export porcelain and the artistic debt to
the West. Following with a historical survey of the Far Eastern connection of each of the Western countries which ordered such manufacture. Also asystematic analysis of the characteristics peculiar to the porcelain destined for each country. Finally a descriptive catalogue of nearly 250 outstanding pieces. A very useful illustrated reference resource.
$24
CANTON, BLUE & WHITE, BLANC DE CHINE, CELADON, PORCELAIN &c.
339 BEURDELEY, Michel.
CHINESE TRADE PORCELAIN.
Rutland [1969], Tuttle. Red cloth, very good, dj., index, 25
color, 347 b.w. photos, 4 appendices, chronology, table, 221
pages, large format, 25 x 29 cm., 2nd edition, former owners
embossed stamped, else clean bright copy.
This work contains 24 magnificient tipped in plates in full
color of porcelains hitherto unpublished. Porcelains manufactured under the auspices of the great Charter Companies reflected the movements in European taste from the 16-19th centuries. The first part of the work covers the form and decoration of Chinese export porcelain and the artistic debt to
the West. Following with a historical survey of the Far Eastern connection of each of the Western countries which ordered such manufacture. Also asystematic analysis of the characteristics peculiar to the porcelain destined for each country. Finally a descriptive catalogue of nearly 250 outstanding pieces. A very useful illustrated reference resource.
340 BHATTACHARYYA, Benoytosh.
AN INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST ESOTERISM.
Varanasi [1964], Chowkhamba. Maroon cloth, very good, dj.,
184p., index, 12 b.w. photo plates, former owner's name rubber stamped copy, else clean, solid, as is.
Origin & growth of Buddhist magic, rise of Vajrayana, place
of origin, Tantras, Mantras. Some prominent authors, aims &
$19
objectives, leading tenents. Procedure for worship, deities,
pantheon, influence of Buddhist Tantrism on Hinduism. A good
background and study.
$22
341 BHAVNANI, Enakshi. et al.
A JOURNEY TO 'LITTLE TIBET.'
Washington D.C. 1951, N.G.M. Original yellow/white stiff wrs
extracted article, pp.603-634, 21 color, 9 b.w. photos, map,
photos by Volkmar Wentzel, very good.
A woman's narrative about a visit to Ladakh. With photos of
the people, customs, sights, Lamas, festivals...spectacular!
$39
342 BICKMORE, Albert S.
TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
New York 1869, Appleton. Blue decorated cloth, very good, 36
wood engravings=27 full-page + 4 double page plates, 5 appendices, 2 folding maps, gold stampet spine and front covers
553p.,15.5 x 24 cm., minor wear to spine head/tail, corners.
A very readable narrative, taken from the author's journal
kept throughout his travels. Through the strait of Sunda and
Batavia, Samarang, Surabaya.
*
Discussion of the flora and fauna of the tropical east
and the land of the cannibals. Also visits to Celebes,
Timur, Amboina, Banda, Buru, Ternate & Tidore, Gilolo,
Sumatra, the Minahassa, Padang, &c.
*
QUOTED FROM DNB: THE AUTHOR:
After receiving his B.S. from Harvard, Bickmore set out in
January 1865 on a voyage East. "He travelled through the
Malay Archipelago & the Dutch East Indies collecting
shells & birds, penetrated into a part of China unexplored
by foreigners & visited the little known Ainu of Northern
Japan. [DNB].
*
This book is full of valuable information, both on natural
history & on the peoples & lands through which he
travelled. He was also the mastermind & co-founder of the
*
EDITIONS:
This is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1869.
***
$211
THE REAL STORY OF THE FIGHT AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN BURMA
343 BIDWELL, Shelford.
THE CHINDIT WAR: Stilwell, Wingate, and the Campaign in
Burma: 1944.
New York 1979, Macmillan. Black cloth over red boards, 304p
very good, index, notes, many maps, 32 b. w. photos, crisp
copy, 14 x 21.5 cm., dj. in mylar protector.
FIRST EDITION
A record of the Burma Campaign of 1944, one of the most
controversial of WWII, designed to open a land route to
China that involved 17,000 British, Nigerian, Chinese,
Gurkha and Burmese special troops and 3,000 Americans
eventually known as Merrill's Marauders, all trained in
guerilla warfare.
*
China's back door was open to the Japanese, therefore it was
the duty of the Brits and Americans to prevent the fall of
China so the hard war was on in Burma. Assisted eventually
by the A.V.G. [American Volunteer Group] or the "FLYING
TIGERS" under the command of Gen. Claire Chennault,
Stilwell, Wingate and Merrill tried to hold off the ever
rising tide of Japanese forces. This is the heroic true
story of that battle.
*
John B.. Powell were the editors of the Shanghai-based
periodical: "The China Weekly Review." Bill Powell was later
Korean War.
***
THE REAL STORY OF THE FIGHT AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN BURMA
$5
344 BIDWELL, Shelford.
THE CHINDIT WAR: Stilwell, Wingate, and the Campaign in
Burma: 1944.
New York 1979, Macmillan. Black cloth over red boards, 304p
very good, index, notes, many maps, 32 b. w. photos, crisp
copy, 14 x 21.5 cm., dj. in mylar protector, superb copy !
BILL POWELL'S BOOKPLATE COPY
A record of the Burma Campaign of 1944, one of the most
controversial of WWII, designed to open a land route to
China that involved 17,000 British, Nigerian, Chinese,
Gurkha and Burmese special troops and 3,000 Americans
eventually known as Merrill's Marauders, all trained in
guerilla warfare.
*
China's back door was open to the Japanese, therefore it was
the duty of the Brits and Americans to prevent the fall of
China so the hard war was on in Burma. Assisted eventually
by the A.V.G. [American Volunteer Group] or the "FLYING
TIGERS" under the command of Gen. Claire Chennault,
Stilwell, Wingate and Merrill tried to hold off the ever
rising tide of Japanese forces. This is the heroic true
story of that battle.
*
Korean War.
***
AN IMPORTANT MONOGRAPH ON BUDDHA AND BURMESE PRIESTS
345 BIGANDET, P.
$9
THE LIFE OR LEGEND OF GAUDAMA: The Buddha of the Burmese.
With Annotations. The Way to Neibban, and Notice on the
London 1880, Trubner. Brown cloth, 2 vols., 267+326p., very
good copy, 3rd edition.
Covering the life of the Buddha, via Burmese sources, his
travels, voyages, instructions,7 ways to Neibban, abstracts,
commentaries on the sites and names mentioned, and more
insights to the Buddhist religious order and hierarchy of
the Order. Excellent source for early origins of this
philosophy. Scans can be sent by email.
$131
COVERS MANCHURIA, FORMOSA ET AL.
346 BIGELOW, Poultney.
JAPAN AND HER COLONIES: Being Extracts From a Diary Made
Whilst Visiting Formosa.
London 1923, Arnold. Black cloth, 276p., 8 b.w. photos, exlibrary copy, few marks, spine head/tail wear, split, mended
contents clean, solid. FIRST EDITION
QUITE RARE
SUBTITLE: Manchuria, Shantung, Korea And Saghalin In The
Year 1921. On his fifth visit to Japan, he was entertained
by the Mayor of Tokyo, and various Counts and Barons.
His reason for travel was to observe firsthand the
administrative methods of Colonies. Being well connected,
he had access to high officials, and was able to get
inside information on actual practices and policies of the
Japanese and their administration of the Colonies. With
fascinating commentary on China, Korea, Manchuria, and Ainu.
347 BIGGERSTAFF, Knight.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT CHINESE DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
ABROAD.
[Shanghai 1936], Chinese Social & Political Science Review.
Stiff white wrs., very good, reprinted article, 41p. SCARCE
Covers the establishment of Foreign Legations in Peking,
first suggestions that China establish legations abroad, the
Pin Ch'un Mission, secret correspondence of 1867, the Burlingame Mission, the Ch'ung Hou Mission, further evidences of
interests before 1871. Treaty provisions, the Li and Tseng
Memorials of 1871. The dispatch of commissions of investigation to Peru & Cuba. Memorials of 1874, permission given to
appoiont permanent envoys, the Margary Affair & the establi-
$238
shment of the Legation in Great Britain. Establishment of
Legations in the United States, Spain & Peru, Japan, France,
Russia & Germany. Regulations for the Chinese foreign service. An excellent and authorative resource.
$85
348 BINGHAM, Woodbridge.
THE FOUNDING OF THE T'ANG DYNASTY: The Fall of Sui and Rise
of T'ang, A Preliminary Survey.
Baltimore 1941, Waverly. Blue cloth, 183p., 3 folding color
maps, frontis, 3 appendices, bibliography, index, a small
bump to lower front cover, else clean, 17 x 26 cm.
FIRST EDITION
A comprehensive scholarly study, covering Emperor Yang, construction of public works, foreign
relations, internal
collapse, political disintegration at the end of the Sui
period, Shansi, the beginnings of revolt in T'ai-yuan, the
campaign of the 'Righteous Army,' & Li Yuan's position. The
end of Sui & the beginning of T'ang. Generously footnoted.
349 BIRCH, John G.
TRAVELS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL CHINA.
London 1902, Hurst. Blue cloth, 379p., 57 b.w. photos,v.good
A careful & well-written narrative of the places, people &
customs.
Excellent detailed guidebook to Peking, Kalgan, Mukden, the
Yangtze & Ichang, Wu-Shan Gorge, Wan-Hsien, Sui-Ting, PauNing, Chen-Tu, Ya-Chau, Kai-Ting, Chun-King and all points
in between.
*
With a careful look at mission hospitals, Protestant,
Catholic, Inland, Scoth, Kia-Ting, Sui-Ting & other
missions. This is a diary of the author's travels in China
ends abruptly on June 22nd 1900, two days later he was
killed when the raft on which he & his companion, Capt.
Watts-Jones, were descending the Hwang-Ho [Yangtze], was
destroyed in rapids.
*
Watts-Jones survived this incident, but in a few weeks later
met his own end at the hands of the Deputy Prefect of
Kewi-Hwa-Cheng.
*
A very fascinating primary resource. The narrative covers a
15 month period from 1899-1900. The author was interested
$85
in the
great
trade,
a look
*
opening up of China via railway concessions, has a
deal of interest to report on all aspects of life,
politics & mission work in the areas he visited. With
at superstitions & secret societies, &c
$459
A WOMAN'S TRAVELS TO CHINA, MALAYA, SINGAPORE
350 BIRD, Isabella L.
THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE AND THE WAY THITHER.
New York 1883, Putnams. Green pictorial cloth, very good,483
pages, fold out map, 16 b.w. sketched drawings, very clean.
FIRST EDITION
S C A R C E
This work is her last installment of her travel recorded in
the Far East in 1879. Primary observations in Malayan area,
China, Singapore. Sungei Ujong, Selangor, Perak, Malay Peninsula and that area. Consisting of her actual letters,
unaltered. Her visit to the prison & execution grounds in
Canton, view of Anamese villages, Saigon, Malacca, Straits
Settlements, Malay immigration, weapons, slavery, domestic
habits. View of Hong Kong & the great fire."Pidjun" English,
Shameen Island, oriental enchantments, cruelty, Canton at
Night, Portuguese Missionaries, to Cochina China river, European life in Saigon, Anamite costume, Kings. Singapore hospitality, polyglot population, female grace & beauty. Malacca opium farming, haunted city, shooting alligators, royalty
temptation. Sultan's harem, tiger mosquitoes, waif & strays,
tin mining, fruit & vegetables, future of 'coffee,' Chinese
hospitality, Lotus lake & leeches, first Elephant ride &c...
Cordier, INDOSINICA 1471. A glowing account of a journey.
$396
351 BISCH, Jorgen.
CHINA: This is the China I Saw.
Article extracted from National Geographic, vol. 126, 1964,
pp.591-640, 42 color photos, color map, library-markings,
clean & nicely bound in stiff wrs.
The writer-photographer gained admittance to the PRC, and
he tells how rigidly the Chinese sought to control his opportunities for observation & photography. Photos are quite
nice, nevertheless, and show a progressing Chinese society.
$26
352 BISHOP, Carl W.
ORIGIN OF FAR EASTERN CIVILIZATIONS: A Brief Handbook.
Washington D.C. 1944, Smithsonian. Grey stiff wrappers, very
good, pages 463-512, 15 b.w. photo plates, 23 b.w. photos,
plan, 4 maps, bibliography.
Discusses all aspects of China, Mon-Khmer Stock, Sino-Tai
Stock, Tibeto-Burman Stock, the neolithic period, also discusses the Bronze Age, pottery, textiles, decorative arts,
weapons & implements, writing, religion, &c. &c... excellent
primary source.
$60
353 BISHOP, Isabella L.
AMONG THE TIBETANS.
London 1894, R.T.S. Green pictorial cloth, silver stamped,
21 drawings, 159p.
Q U I T E
S C A R C E
A primary work, beginning at Shergol and Leh, Nubra.She also
covers in detail the manners and customs, climate, natural
features of this the highest place on earth. Her narrative
is one of the earliest by a woman on Tibet. Nice plates.
Yakushi B169 & B170.
THE FAMOUS NARRATIVE OF HER SOJOURN IN KOREA
1894-1897
354 BISHOP, Isabella. [Isabella Bird]
KOREA & HER NEIGHBOURS: A Narrative of Travel, with an
Account of the Recent Vicissitudes and Present Position of
New York [1897], Revell.Buff cloth, very good, 488p., index,
1 folding map, frontis, 34 b.w. photos and illustrations,
5 appendixes, preface by Walter C. Hillier. 3rd. ed. SCARCE
An important primary travel source book, by the famous and
celebrated British traveller. This work is based on her four
visits to Korea, where she had access to high places within
the Korean government and as well as in English circles. Her
narrative is lucid and a colorful description of the country
& people, customs, traditions, cities &c. Covered are her
first impressions, the Kur-Dong, Seoul, travel on a Korean
sampan, Han & Han people, natural beauty, marriage customs,
inns, roads, Diamond Mountain, the impending war, Manchuria,
Muk-den, Nagasaki & Vladivostok and a host of other
$294
fascinating essays.
*
A valuable study of late 19th century Korea and Nagasaki,
covering her sojourn 1894-1897. Also a most excellent
critique of the old Korean government and sympathetic to
the progressive aspects of Japanese programs for Korea at
this time. We have posted some color scans of this title and
its variant editions to our web site, so if you are unsure
which is which, please contact us.
*
Issue variants: This title was issued in different editions:
London and New York, each being in a different binding, they
were also issued in a one and two volume edition. The color
of the cloth also varies.
*
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Helen D. Jones: KOREA AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
PUBLICATIONS IN WESTERN LANGUAGES, #77, p.19.
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THE FAMOUS NARRATIVE OF HER SOJOURN IN KOREA
1894-1897
355 BISHOP, Isabella. [Isabella Bird]
KOREA & HER NEIGHBOURS: A Narrative of Travel, with an
Account of the Recent Vicissitudes and Present Position of
London 1898, Murray. Blue cloth, very good, 2 vol. set, 261+
321p., 47 b.w. photos,2 folding facsimile maps "as is" only,
frontis, index, title page blind stamped, else clean,preface
by Sir W. Hillier, 14 x 21 cm. FIRST 2 VOL. EDITION. SCARCE
An important primary travel source book, by the famous and
celebrated British traveller. This work is based on her four
visits to Korea, where she had access to high places within
the Korean government and as well as in English circles. Her
narrative is lucid and a colorful description of the country
& people, customs, traditions, cities &c. Covered are her
first impressions, the Kur-Dong, Seoul, travel on a Korean
sampan, Han & Han people, natural beauty, marriage customs,
inns, roads, Diamond Mountain, the impending war, Manchuria,
Muk-den, Nagasaki & Vladivostok and a host of other
fascinating essays.
*
A valuable study of late 19th century Korea and Nagasaki,
covering her sojourn 1894-1897. Also a most excellent
critique of the old Korean government and sympathetic to
the progressive aspects of Japanese programs for Korea at
this time. We have posted some color scans of this title and
its variant editions to our web site, so if you are unsure
$753
which is which, please contact us.
*
Issue variants: This title was issued in different editions:
London and New York, each being in a different binding, they
were also issued in a one and two volume edition. The color
of the cloth also varies.
*
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Helen D. Jones: KOREA AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
PUBLICATIONS IN WESTERN LANGUAGES, #77, p.19.
*
$1307
356 BISSON, T.A.
AMERICAN POLICY IN THE FAR EAST: 1931-1940.
New York 1940, Institute Pacific Relations. Red cloth, very
good, worn dj., 206p., documents, index, 15.5 x 23.5 cm.,two
old book plate else bright clean copy.
FIRST EDITION
Covering the Open Door Doctrine, the World War aftermath,and
during 1922-1931. The Manchurian Crisis 1931-1933, Japanese
pressure on resurgent China: 1933-1937. Collapse of naval
limitation, Japanese-American trade friction 1933-1936. The
Philippine commonwealth, the Sino-Japanese War 1937-1939.
American interest in the Far Eastern Crisis. The Euroean
war: Sept. 1939-Aug. 1941. With addenda of 25 very useful
documents. Factual, scholarly study.
$20
EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE EARLY PIONEER MISSIONER
357 BITTON, Nelson.
GRIFFITH JOHN: The Apostle of Central China.
London n.d. [c.1890's], Sunday School Union. Grey pictorial
cloth, very good, 143p., 2 maps, 23 b.w. photos.
Biographical study of a pioneer missionary to central China,
his subsequent founding of the Hankow Mission, his followers
both Chinese & Western, preachings to the Chinese, & efforts
for the London Missionary Society. Scans can be sent by
email.
SUPERB BIOGRAPHY OF JAPAN'S WAR-TIME EMPEROR SHOWA
$99
358 BIX, Herbert P.
HIROHITO AND THE MAKING OF MODERN JAPAN.
[New York 2000], Harper-Collins.Grey cloth spine over boards
very good, dj., 800p., index, bibliography, notes, pencil
underline, else clean, solid, 4 maps.
FIRST EDITION
An excellent biography of Japan's Emperor who started World
War II in the Pacific. Covers the Prince's education 19011901-1921; politics of good intentions 1922-1930; His
Majesty's Wars: 1931-1945; the unexamined life 1945-1989.
*
This is the first complete unvarnished look at the
enigmatic leader who's 63 year reign ushered Japan in to
the modern world. His penchant for take over of other
nations, Manchuria in 1931 and the China war in 1937, down
to the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
*
$19
359 BLACK, Gavin.
THE EYES AROUND ME.
New York [1964], Harper. Black boards, dj., 216p.,very good.
FIRST EDITION
A chilling & hypnotic tale set against the background of one
of the most extoic parts of the world, the city of Hong Kong
in the recent past. The story of a wealthy Scottish woman
who lives most of the time in Hong Kong, her Chinese housekeeper, Lia Fan her social secretary & others...one of which
had just been murdered !
ONE MAN'S JOURNEY INTO THE FORBIDDING INNER MONGOLIAN DESERT
$7
360 BLACKMORE, Charles.
THE WORST DESERT ON EARTH: Crossing the Taklamakan.
London [1995], Murray. Black boards, very good, dj., 268p.,
b.w. photos, 16 x 24 cm.
FIRST EDITION
SIGNED & DATED AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY
The author traversed the Tien Shan and Kun Lun mountainswith
his camels some 780 miles in 59 days. Fascinatingprimary
source on the most desolate desert in the world.*
$51
AN IMPORTANT BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY
361 BLAND, J.O.P.
LI HUNG-CHANG.
New York 1917, Holt. Brown cloth, blind-stamped, 327p.,index
with chronology. Biography of the "Bismark of China," bookplate, rubber stamp top, bottom signatures.
S C A R C E
$131
362 BLEICHSTEINER, Robert.
L'EGLISE JAUNE: Pays et Populations: Thibet, Mongolie.
Histoire du Lamaisme, Dalai Lamas, Khans Mongols, Couvents &
Paris 1937, Payot. Stiff wrappers, very good, French text,
292p., index, bibliograhy. SUBTITLE: Monies, Arts Magiques,
Les Dieux, Rites et Fetes, Cosmologie, Astrologie, Medecine.
An important resource on the "Yellow Church." Covers: pays
et populations, history du Lamaisme, Thibet Bouddhisme,
Mongols, les temples, rites et fetes, beaux-arts, litterature, musique et theatre.
A MOST RELIABLE AND SCHOLARLY TRANSLATION
363 BLOFELD, John. ed.
I CHING. The Book of Changes.
New York [1968], Dutton. Green cloth, very good, dj., 228p.
translated by Blofeld.
Said to be man's oldest book, the I Ching is now newly
translated with detailed instruction for its practical use
$163
in divination for
Confucius consulted
modern men. Why leave it to chance?
this text every day of his adult life.
$32
364 BLOFELD, John.
THE TANTRIC MYSTICISM OF TIBET: A Practical Guide.
New York 1974 Dutton. Brown cloth, index, very good, 21 b.w.
photos, bibliography, glossary.
Scholarly, covers the Vajrayana or Admanatine Vehicle prevaling in Tibet and Mongolia. It is a highly practiced form of
mysticism, which affords precise techniques for attaining
that wisdom whereby man's ego is negated. This results in a
blissful state.An excellent study covering Tantric Buddhism.
$48
365 BLOFELD, John.
THE TANTRIC MYSTICISM OF TIBET: A Practical Guide.
New York [1974], Causeway. Brown cloth, very good, 21 b.w.
photos, bibliography, glossary, d.j.
Scholarly, covers the Vajrayana or Admanatine Vehicle prevaling in Tibet and Mongolia. It is a highly practiced form of
mysticism, which affords precise techniques for attaining
that wisdom whereby man's ego is negated. This results in a
blissful state.An excellent study covering Tantric Buddhism.
366 BLOFELD, John.
THE ZEN TEACHING OF HUI HAI ON SUDDEN ILLUMINATION.
Being the Teaching of the Zen Master Hui Hai, Known as the
New York 1972, Weiser. Stiff wrs.,very good, 160p., glossary
$53
index, 13.5 x 21 cm., sharp copy, unused.
A complete translation of the Tun Wui Ju Tao Yao Men Lun
previously unpublished.
*
A complete translation of Tsung Ching Record, with a
foreward by Charles Luk.
*
A mawrvelous translation of material hitherto undone Ch'an
and Zen texts, now avaliable in English for the first time.
*
Supported by the author's notes on translation, with
excellent glossary of terms in the text offering special
difficulties.
*
$20
367 BLOODWORTH, Dennis.
THE CHINESE LOOKING GLASS.
London [1969], Secker. Red cloth, 379p., very good, index,
chronology, bibliography.
An illuminating book on China & her enigmatic people, by a
veteran correspondent for "The Observer" in the Far East.
Covers what makes China work, its leaders, youth, & current
attitudes.
$39
368 BLOODWORTH, Dennis.
THE CHINESE LOOKING GLASS.
New York [1969], Farrar. Green cloth, 379p.,very good, index
chronology, bibliography, dj.
An illuminating book on China & her enigmatic people, by a
veteran correspondent for "The Observer" in the Far East.
Covers what makes China work, its leaders, youth, & current
attitudes.
THE MOST COPIOUS & LITERATE WORK ON THE SUBJECT
369 BLYTH, R.H.
ORIENTAL HUMOUR.
[Tokyo 1959], Hokuseido. Mustard cloth, very good, 582p., 35
color & b.w. illustrations, biblioigraphy, index, bright and
clean copy.
FIRST EDITION
Classic work on Japanese, Chinese & Korean humor from all
periods. Covering poetry, ghost stories, Liehtse, proverbs,
Taoism, Zen, short stories, Chinese influence on Japan, modern & old Senryu, Yanagidaru &c. Excellent reference source.
This fascinating and erudite work includes a vast amount of
literary,moral & religious experience enshrined in the three
languages. Reginald Horace Blyth is always R A R E !
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A very well written, readable set of books. The celebrated
Zen master D.T. Suzuki described Blyth as "one of the most
eminent exponents of Japanese culture."
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ZEN AND HAIKU:
Blyth's studies on Haiku, Japanese humor and Zen are "unique
contributions towards East-West understanding." Blyth
lived & worked in the east 40 years, until his death in
1964. The history of Zen is the history of moments. It
cannot be, like the history of ideas, or even the history of
the freedom of thought, an account of development,
systematization, criticism, modification, replacement
and so forth. Zen seems to become deeper sometimes,
shallower, broader, narrower sometimes, but there is no
progress of the ordinary kind. It is a history only in the
sense of being a list of names of great men in the
attainment of great and so forth. Zen seems to become deeper
sometimes, shallower, broader, narrower sometimes, but there
is no progress of the ordinary kind. It is a history only
in the sense of being a list of names of great men in the
attainment of great Buddha-hood.
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BLYTH'S CONTRIBUTION:
Blyth lived and worked in the East for forty years, until
his death in 1964 at the age of sixty-six. From the time of
his internment in Japan during World War II, Blyth wrote
assiduously. In the 1950's, his "ZEN IN ENGLISH LITERATURE"
and "ORIENTAL CLASSICS" and "HAIKU" reached enthusiastic
readers in America and Europe. Aldous Huxley describes
Blyth's work as "illuminating." As William J. Higginson
writes in his "HAIKU HANDBOOK," thanks to Blyth "a new
interest in Japanese Haiku began to grow among poets of the
immediate post World War II generation."
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Blyth's Contribution to cross-cultural understanding was
manifold. In 1945, Blyth assumed a post as professor of
English at Tokyo's Gakushuin University, the former Peers'
School. For almost twenty years he tutored Crown Prince
Akihito, the present Emperor. Blyth played a leading role in
Emperor Hirohito's historical declaration of January 1,
1946, that he was a human being rather than a god. Blyth
edited numerous writings from English and American
literature, making them available to avid Japanese readers.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics, The
Hokuseido Press, 1942
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Haiku, 1949-1952, in four volumes:
Vol.1: Eastern Culture.
Vol.2: Spring.
Vol.3: Summer-Autumn.
Vol.4: Autumn-Winter. The Hokuseido Press
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Japanese Satirical Verses, The Hokuseido Press, 1949
Japanese Humour, Japan Travel Bureau, 1957
Japanese Life and Character in Senryu, 1959.
Oriental Humor, 1959.
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Zen and Zen Classics, in five volumes:
Vol.1: General Introduction,from the Upanishads to
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Huineng.1960.
Vol.2: History of Zen.1964.
Vol.4: Mumonkan.1966.
Vol.5: Twenty-Five Zen Essays.1962. The Hokuseido Press.
[Note: this set's numbering is complicated, see us for
complete information on what comprises a full set.]
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Edo Satirical Verse Anthologies, 1961. The Hokuseido Press.
A History of Haiku in two volumes:
Vol.1: From the Beginnings up to Issa.
Vol.2: From Issa up to the Present.1963.The Hokuseido Press.
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Games Zen Masters Play: Writings of R. H. Blyth, 1976.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Horace_Blyth
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THE MOST COPIOUS & LITERATE WORK ON THE SUBJECT
370 BLYTH, R.H.
ORIENTAL HUMOUR.
[Tokyo 1963], Hokuseido. Mustard cloth, very good, 582p., 35
color & b.w. illustrations, biblioigraphy, index, very crisp
copy, dust jacket mylar protector, & original slipcase.RARE!
Classic work on Japanese, Chinese & Korean humor from all
periods. Covering poetry, ghost stories, Liehtse, proverbs,
Taoism, Zen, short stories, Chinese influence on Japan, modern & old Senryu, Yanagidaru &c. Excellent reference source.
This fascinating and erudite work includes a vast amount of
literary,moral & religious experience enshrined in the three
languages. Reginald Horace Blyth is always R A R E !
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Haiku, 1949-1952, in four volumes:
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Zen and Zen Classics, in five volumes:
Vol.1: General Introduction,from the Upanishads to
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Huineng.1960.
Vol.4: Mumonkan.1966.
Vol.5: Twenty-Five Zen Essays.1962. The Hokuseido Press.
[Note: this set's numbering is complicated, see us for
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A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF JAPANESE & CHINESE ZEN
371 BLYTH, R.H.
ZEN AND ZEN CLASSICS.
[Tokyo [1960-70], Hokuseido. Brown cloth, very good, 5 vol.
set, index, bibliography, 124+211+185+340+225 pp., dj on all
b.w. illustrations, all FIRST EDITION except vol. 2 which is
2nd printing. AUTHOR PRESENTATION & HIS INITIALS VOL.1. RARE
This illusive title has been out of print for a long time,
only a couple of the volumes were reprinted, the complete
work consisting of 5 volumes is rare and seldom found
complete regardless of edition.
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ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS IN ENGLISH ON ZEN:
This is a comprehensive set of writings on Zen, Zen arts,
the Zen masters and historical background. A wonderful
set of works, with English, Japanese characters & Romanized
texts.
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OTHER RELATED WRITINGS BY BLYTH ON ZEN & HAIKU:
ZEN AND HAIKU:
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Please check with us as we may have this in stock. Also
please visit our website where you can download our latest
catalog of Blyth books. You can also email us and request
the list. We try to maintain a good number of his titles in
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FIRST EDITIONS:
Following is a list of the First Editions:
Vol. 1: 1960; vol. 2: 1964; vol. 3: 1970; vol. 4: 1966; vol.
5: 1962; vol. 7: 1962. [vol. 5, 7 are same contents] see
additional notes below. There was no volume six ever
published nor issued.
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IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT WHAT A COMPLETE SET IS:
COMPLETE IN 5 VOLUMES.
Blyth originally planned this work to be an 8 volume set,
but due to his untimely death, it only went to 5 volumes
[per dust jacket notes found on volume 2]. The back of the
dust jacket on volume one [First Edition] shows the list
planning on a total of 8 volumes in all.
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The whole set now actually consists of 5 volumes only and is
complete in that state. It contains the below list of
volumes, the list is based on our primary observation of
each volume in addition to the publisher's notice of the
series found on the dust jackets of several volumes.
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The set is complete with volumes 1-5, there can be an
acceptable variant in the last volume which can either be
numbered volume 5 or 7, contents remains the same, it was
merely the publisher's error. The value the a set with
either volume 5 or 7 remains the same in our eyes, both
issued in 1962 as the First Edition.
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Vol. I: GENERAL INTRODUCTION, FROM THE UPANISHADS TO
HUINENG also WHAT I ZEN ? THE HISTORY OF ZEN, THE
BELIEVING MIND, SONG OF TRHE WAY [THE CHENGTAOKE], THE
PLATFORM SUTRA.
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Vol. II: HISTORY OF ZEN, 713-867 also THE FIVE SECTS, GOZU
ZEN AND ROAN ZEN, ENO AND HIS DISCIPLES, SEKITO'S
DISCIPLES, SEPPO, SEPPO'S DISCIPLES, HOGEN & DISCIPLES,
YAKUSAN TO SEKISO, SENSU, KASSAN, SHOZAN, TOZAN, SOZAN
& UNGO, UMMON I, II, III THE SANDOKAI, HOKYOZAMMAI, POEMS OF
HANSHAN I, II, ZEN MYSTICISM, EXISTENTIALISM, WAYS AND THE
WAY, NATURE, HUMAN NATURE, THE BUDDHA NATURE THE POETIC
NATURE, DEFECTS OF ZEN.
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Vol. III: HISTORY OF ZEN 867-1260 also THE DISCIPLES OF
TOZAN, NANGAKU AND BASHO, JOSHU, HYAKUJO RINZAI AND OBAKU
THEIR DISCIPLES.
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Vol. IV: MUMONKAN, HISTORY OF KOREAN ZEN, WUMENKUAN &c.
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Vol. V: TWENTY-FIVE ZEN ESSAYS: WUMENKAUAN.
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numbering error on the part of the publisher.
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Vol. VI: HISTORY OF JAPANESE ZEN, DOGEN HAKUIN, ETC.
To our knowledge, this volume was never published. The
contents were likely incorporated into other volumes with
variant titles.
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Vol. VII: ZEN ESSAYS, CHRISTIANITY, SEX, SOCIETY, ETC.
. !! Note: vol. 5 and 7 have the same contents, simply a
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NEVER ISSUED:
Vol. VIII: BUDDHIST SERMONS ON CHRISTIAN TEXTS.
The publisher never issued this title as part of this
series, but issued it as a monograph in 1952, several years
predating this series, then again in 1976 posthumously.
Neither editions ever had any markings to indicate it to be
a part of this series, we can only assume Blyth made a
simple error when discussing this title as part of the
current series.
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** Hokuseido made an error in the numbering of this set.
volumes 5 & 7 are identical. In fact, Blyth only published
the first 5 of the planned set of 8 when he died in the fall
of 1964, the last 3 volumes never published. To further
complicate matters, in 1962 there was a 7th. volume set
published but discontinued after Blyth's death, this was
then reduced down to be numbered as volumes 1-5. The
contents of old vol. 6 and 7 were combined to become new
volume 5. This fact is clearly stated on verso of title page
of new volume 5, "First published, as volume 7...1962 then
reprinted as vol. 5, 1966." Suffice to say, when complete,
the set is RARE in either of the 5 or 7 volume variants. The
8th volume was issued later as a monograph, and does NOT
state volume 8.
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The dust jacket on volume 1 clearly shows the plan to
publish 8 volumes in the complete planned set of 8. The dust
jacket of volume 5 of the 5 volume set clearly states a new
and revised volume count to be now 5. Volume 5 in the new
set contains: TWENTY-FIVE ZEN ESSAYS, [CHRISTIANITY], SEX
SOCIETY &c. Introductions by D.T. Suzuki.
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Please inquire with us for other titles by Reginald Horace
Blyth, as we try to keep them in stock. This list is posted
to our website, please visit and down load it or contact us
for a current catalogue.
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SIZE & BINDING:
The set is uniformly bound in brown cloth, with black
lettering, 11.5 x 18.5 cm. Each volume was issued with a
uniform dust jacket, each in a different color. Later
editions were issued in stiff wrappers, some with dust
jackets again in the same size.
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Haiku, 1949-1952, complete in four volumes:
Vol.2: Spring.
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372 BLYTH, R.H.
[Tokyo 1960-72], Hokuseido. Brown cloth, complete 5 vol. set
dust jackets on all in mylar protectors,exceptionally bright
& clean copies, index, bibliography, 125+211+185+340+225p.,
mixed dates, FIRST EDITIONS except vols. 2 & 5.
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373 BLYTH, R.H.
[Tokyo 1960-1970], Hokuseido. Brown cloth, very good, 5 vol.
set, 123+211+185+340+225p., vols.1-4,7, index, illustrated,
complete set vol. 7 is the same as volume 5,all bright,clean
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374 BLYTH, R.H.
[Tokyo 1966-1982], Hokuseido. Vols. 2-4 cloth, 1 & 5 in wrs.
complete 5 vol. set, 123+211+340+225p., index, illustrated,
complete set of 5 vols., all clean dj. on vols. 2-4 in mylar
protector,mixed dates:[1982,1970,1976,1966,1979], vol.5 1st.
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A MOST SUPERB AND RELIABLE REFERENCE SOURCE BOOK
375 BODDE, Derk. trans.
ANNUAL CUSTOMS AND FESTIVALS IN PEKING:
$607
As Recorded in the Yan-ching Sui-shih-chi by Tun Li-Ch'en.
Peiping 1936, Vetch. Red cloth, very good, 147p., index,
appendix, bibliography,end paper maps,2 color, 4 b.w.plates,
28 drawings, a bright copy, 17 x 25 cm.
FIRST EDITION
A day-by-day record of 365 festivals celebrated in China.
And also a book on the art of living, showing the Chinese at
play, their way of life, love of nature and enjoyment in
simple things.
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Deals primarily with Peking and environs. An excellent
reference, and reliable resource, loaded with pleasurable
reading.
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$401
STATESMAN, PATRIOT, AND GENERAL IN ANCIENT CHINA:
The Shih Chi Biographies of the Ch'in Dynasty 255-1206 B.C.
New Haven 1940, American Oriental Soc.Green cloth, very good
75p., index, 1 b.w. plan, 17 x 26 cm., bright copy.
FIRST EDITION
This scholarly source covers the biographies of Lu Pu-Wei,
Ching K'o and Meng T'ien, with translations and
discussions of the texts. Conclusion: A Note on Karlgren's
Grammatical Method for the Analysis of Early Chinese Texts.
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STATESMAN, PATRIOT, AND GENERAL IN ANCIENT CHINA:
The Shih Chi Biographies of the Ch'in Dynasty 255-1206 B.C.
New Haven 1940, American Oriental Soc. Blue cloth, very good
75p., index, 1 b.w. plan, 17 x 26 cm., slight wear to top
spine, else clean, solid.
FIRST EDITION
This scholarly source covers the biographies of Lu Pu-Wei,
Ching K'o and Meng T'ien, with translations and
$71
discussions of the texts. Conclusion: A Note on Karlgren's
Grammatical Method for the Analysis of Early Chinese Texts.
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$53
378 BODDE, Derk.
CHINESE THOUGHT, SOCIETY, AND SCIENCE: The Intellectual and
Social Background of Science and Technology in Pre-Modern
Honolulu [1991], Univ. Hawaii. Red cloth, very good, clean
dj., 441p., index, glossary, bibliography, 16 x 24 cm.
FIRST EDITION
$44
379 BODDE, Derk.
PEKING DIARY: A Year of Revolution.
New York [1950], Schuman. Blue bords, 292p., index, appendix
used ex-library copy, faint spine mark, title page rubberstamped, corners, head, tail spine worn, contents clean,
solid, good reading copy.
Worker strikes, talks with teachers, Marxism, Communist leaders, etc. The author was fortunate to be allowed into China
during this time of upheaval, when foreigners were excluded.
His keen insight to the real nature of the internal chaos
during the year of the Chinese Civil War, Aug. 1948 - Sept.
1949 are a valuable primary source & record for this era.
$26
380 BODLEY, R.V.C.
A JAPANESE OMELETTE. A British Writer's Impressions of the
Japanese Empire.
Tokyo [1933], Hokuseido. Blue cloth, 242p., 51 b.w. photos,
very good, bright, clean copy, bit worn dj. mylar protector,
with RARE 2 page Hokuseido illustrated advert for this
book laid in, 13 x 19 cm.
FIRST EDITION
Highly pro-Japanese essay discussing Japanese character,
tourism, labor & industry, Japanese statesmen, Manchoukuo
[Japanese-occupied Manchuria], Korea, Japan in the Pacific,
and others as well.
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The author spent a year travelling throughout the Japanese
empire and emerged an enthusiastic advocate of the country,
this at a time when its activities in Manchuria were
attracting widespread condemnation. In fact, Bodley manages
to construct a defence of Japan from his perception that the
Chinese were not united enough in their resistance
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The author was a British army officer, author and
journalist. He is best known for his book, Wind in the
Sahara. he was also a friend of T. E. Lawrence. Bodley spent
a year travelling in Japan, with this book being the result
of his travels. With details on Manchoukuo, Japan and the
Pacific Islands, Japanese culture and life, etc.
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THE TRUE STORY OF THE ORIGINS & OPERATINS OF REV. MOON
381 BOETTCHER, Robert.
GIFTS OF DECEIT: Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park, & the Korean
Scandal.
New York [1980], Holt. Black cloth over black boards, 402p.,
notes, index, very good, dj.,
This is the cautionary tale of the well-meaning public officials whose anti-communism was matched only by their credulity; of Congresmen whose self-interests conincided neatly
with the interests of their constituents; of State Dept. officials who performed their duties with integrity and were
ignored; of others who duitfully looked the other way at the
excesses of a corrupt & brutal regime. The story of a Korean
playboy who spent thousands & made millions conning Koreans
& Americans alike. Of the Korean government that through its
$153
own Central Intelligence Agency, came close to manipulating
American foreign policy even as it intervened in American
domestic ploitics.
$71
A FASCINATING MONOGRAPH
382 BOGGS, Lucinda P.
CHINESE WOMANHOOD.
Cincinnati [1913], Jennings. Yellow cloth, very good, 129p.
An excellent monograph, covers womanhood, mother, wife, the
priestess, illustrious women of China, education, Western
civilization & Chinese women. A careful study with in depth
coverage of the role of Chinese women in society.S C A R C E
$99
A STUNNING PHOTO ESSAY ON THE OLD AND NEW PEKING & PEOPLE
383 BONAVIA, David.
PEKING.
Amsterdam [1978], Time-life. Pictorial cloth, 200p., index,
bibliography, hundreds of color photos, solid, over size 24x
31 cm., tight, lower corner of p.61 gone, not much loss, as
is, bibliography, over size 24 x 30.5 cm.
An excellent photo essay on Peking, using old, period photos
in juxtaposition with contemporary photos of that great city
by the celebrated John Griffiths. With essays: alley & palaces, life in a lockstep society, centuries of splendour and
decadence, serious business of pleasure, consumerism on a
close rein, preserving the revolution.
A STUNNING PHOTO ESSAY ON THE OLD AND NEW PEKING & PEOPLE
384 BONAVIA, David.
PEKING.
Amsterdam [1978], Time-life. Pictorial cloth, 200p., index,
bibliography, hundreds of color photos, solid, over size 24x
31 cm., ex-library copy, usual marks.
$7
An excellent photo essay on Peking, using old, period photos
in juxtaposition with contemporary photos of that great city
by the celebrated John Griffiths. With essays: alley & palaces, life in a lockstep society, centuries of splendour and
decadence, serious business of pleasure, consumerism on a
close rein, preserving the revolution.
$7
385 BONAVIA, Judy.
THE SILK ROAD: From Sian to Kashgar.
[Hong Kong 1999, Odyessy]. Stiff pictorial wrs., very good,
as new 14 x 20 cm., index, many color & b.w. photos, maps,
336p., a guide to virtually everything, everywhere and all
of the products & tourist information, glossary bibliography
CANADIAN PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR METHODIST CHURCH WORK IN CHINA
386 BOND, George J.
OUR SHARE IN CHINA and What We are Doing With It.
Toronto 1911, Missionary Society Methodist Church. Brown 268
pages,cloth, b.w. photo paste-on covers, 269p., foldout map:
"Missionary Map of China," 22 b. w. photos, 12 x 19.2 cm.,
second & best edition,small spine label removed, else clean.
The Canadian Methodist Mission was devoted to work in west
China, published in two editions: 1909 [3000 copies] & the
second edition in 1911, a revision of the first plus new
material. Focus on the work done in Szechwan province, now
with the work of the London Missionary Society incorporated
into the Canadian Methodist Mission, the work expanded
greatly, including the addition of Chunking and other cities
along the banks of the Yangtze river eastwards. Also with a
new connection to the Union Christian University in Chengtu,
the Canadian Methodist are now working in unison with these
groups.
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This is a fascinating account of the mission's activities.
Lovely photos enhance this work, one shows the unbinding of
a "bound foot" girl, victims of foot-binding, medical work
at the Canadian Methodist Hospital at Chengtu & Kaiting,
educational work, college establishment, schools at Jenshow
& Chengtu, printing press building, Tibetan women of the
Chinese border lands, mission work with the minority Nosu &
Wasi tribes.
$14
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THE CHAPTERS/CONTENTS:
1. The psychological moment in China
2. The Empire province
3. The girdle of China.
4. Chengtu, our missionary centre
5. Kiating
6. Jenshow & Junghsien
7. Tzeliutsing, Penghsien and Luchow
8. Chunking and our new mission territory.
9. The programme of the church
10. Making history in west China.
11. The work of the Woman's missionary Society in West China
12. The hill tribes of Szechwan
13. The Nosu country
14. The province of Kweichow
15. The province of Yunnan
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WITH APPENDICES:
1. Spelling and pronunciation of names
2. Missionaries and their stations 1911-1912
3. Itinerary of distances on the Yangtze
4. Bibliography
5. Reference Library on China. [A copious resource !]
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THE LARGE FOLDING "Missionary Map of China:"
Compiled by Harlan P. Beach.
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WITH ADDITIONAL MAPS:
With additional text full 5 page maps: Szechwan; West China:
Szechwan, Yunnan, Kweichow all on one map; Canadian
Methodist Mission central Szechwan; Jenshow District;
Canadian Methodist Mission south-east Szechwan the Second
Mission Field.
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$131
387 BONINGTON, Chris.
KONGUR CHINA'S ELUSIVE SUMMIT.
London [1982], Hodder. Black cloth, very good, as new copy,
dj., 224p., index, bibliography, appendices, profuse color &
b.w. photos.
FIRST EDITION
A GRAND MAP OF CHINA, FORMOSA, JAPAN & COREA
$15
388 BONNE, [Rigobert.]
EMPIRE DE LA CHINE RME. DE COREE ET ISLES DU JAPON.
Paris [c.1771]. A single sheet copper etched map,with center
fold, very good, bright, clean, engraved by Andre, with key,
sheet size 42.5 x 29 cm., map size 34.5 x 23 cm.,clean paper
nicely engraved, center folded.
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This is a very handsome map, large, full margins, uncut.
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This copper engraved map shows all of Japan from Honshu
through the Ryukyu [Lekeyo] Islands, Formosa, the whole of
China's mainland and Hainan, top part of Isle Luzon
[Philippines], down the peninsula to Kehoa ou Sinhoa
[Vietnam].
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Nicely done, with many city names, mountain ranges
noted, rivers, the Great Wall of China and other landmarks
properly cited.
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A nice addition to any library, ready for framing & display.
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Bonne worked as a marine hydrographer in Paris from
1771-1788.
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website.
EARLY MAP OF VIETNAM, SIAM, MALAYA, PHILIPPINES, FORMOSA...
LES ISLES PHILIPPINES, CELLE DE FORMOSE, LE SUD DE LA CHINE,
$683
LES ROYAUMES DE TUNKIN [TONKIN], DE COCHINCHINE, DE CAMBODGE
[Paris, ca.1785]. Single sheet map, copper engraved, sheet:
40.4 x 27.2 cm., map: 32 x 21.3 cm., deckle edge, French
text, engraved bly Andre, heavy laid paper, bit of 'toning'
to 3 edges, else clean, 3 old folds as issued. FIRST EDITION
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CAMOBODIA, SIAM, LAOS, BURMA, MALAYA, BOREO, MALACA,
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INSET OF GUAM & MARIANES ISLANDS, HAINAN ISLAND,
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MACAO, HONG KONG & CANTON
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This is an excellent area map, showing the whole of S.E.
Asia from Taiwan south to Borneo, Sooloo and Malaca.
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Each country is clearly outlined, showing major rivers,
mountains, cities, islands & monthly sea flows, with
distance miles charts.
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The work begins from the top, which shows Royme D'Ava, Royme
De Mien, Rme. De Pegu Royaume Des Laos, Rme. De Siam Royme
De Camboge, Yunnan, Tunkin, China and Canton, Macao and the
estuary, though "Hong Kong" name is not cited, it is there
among other small islands off Canton. Up the coast and
Formosa.
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All of Vietnam, and her coastline, mountains, rivers and
adjacent islands shown. Laos, Cambodia, Siam and most of
Burma nicely shown.
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At the upper right corner is an inset of Isle de Guam, and
to the right is another vertical inset Isles Mariannes.
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The south of China shows Kao-tcheu, Luitcheu, and all of
Hainan, Golfe de Tunkin, several rivers with Vietnamese
names, Cochin Chine, Ciampa, Riv. de Cambodia [Mekong],
Pulo Condor and other small islands. Golfe de Siam, a good
part of Burma from Ava, Pegu, down the Presoqu I de Malaca,
Ridang and its islands.
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All of Le Paracel islands and many other islands in the
area.
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Isles Philippines, all of the islands, Lucon, Mindanao, Isle
de Paragoa, down to Isle Borneo, Soolo.
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The title cartouche is located in the bottom center.
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WHO WAS THE CARTOGRAPHER: RIGOBERT BONNE [1727-1795]:
Bonne was one of the most important cartographers of the
late 18th century, a Frenchman.
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In 1773 Bonne succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal
Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at
the Dep�t de la Marine. Working in his official capacity,
Bonne compiled some of the most detailed and accurate maps
of the period. Bonne's work represents an important step in
the evolution of the cartographic ideology away from the
decorative work of the 17th and early 18th century towards a
more detail oriented and practical aesthetic.
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With regard to the rendering of terrain Bonne maps bear many
stylistic similarities to those of his predecessor, Bellin.
However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th
century decorative features such as hand coloring, elaborate
decorative cartouches, and compass roses.
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While mostly focusing on coastal regions, the work of Bonne
is highly regarded for its detail, historical importance,
and overall aesthetic appeal. See Wikipedia below.
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CONDITION:
The map was gently removed from an atlas. It has three old
original folds, and is the original size, untrimmed as
issued. There is some of the usual 'toning' to the right
edge which was on the open side of the book, a bit less to
the upper and lower edges. The left edge was sewn into the
atlas, leaving several tiny pin holes, which have been
expertly restored from the verso. The maps is solid and
stable.
.
Being a copper-etched work on thick laid paper, there is the
usual 'plate' mark or impression on the exterior of the map
limits. This is a good sign, proof of being original etched
engraving.
.
There is a bit of very minor, typical 'transfer' the image
on the opposite side of the paper. This is normal for an
engraving being closed and pressed in the atlas for the last
230 years. It is faint and not greatly obvious. Else this
all in all is in excellent original condition, size and
uncommonly untrimmed.
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This work is ready to be framed and displayed.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigobert_Bonne
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BONNE BIBLIOGRAPH:
Maps for Guillaume Raynal's Atlas de toutes les parties
connues du Globe Terrestre [Geneva, 1780]
�
Maps for Atlas Encyclopedique ... 2 vols., Paris, 1788.
***
Dress�e par Rigobert BONNE (1727-1795) ing�nieur-hydrographe
de la Marine et successeur de Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN, grav�
par Andr�
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***
website.
$383
A WONDERFUL AREA MAP OF THE FAR EAST
390 BONNE, R[igobert.]
TARTARIE CHINOISE, ROY. DE COREE ET ISLES DU JAPON.
[Paris c1754-55]. Single sheet copper engraved map,very good
clean, no foxing, map size 40.5 x 28.5 cm., sheet size 45 x
29.5 cm., distance key to neighboring countries, bright copy
very nicely executed, center folded.
This work covers the Tartarie Russienne to the North, Kurile
islands to the East, Nanking & Kiusiu to the South, Tartarie
Independante to the far West, along with the Gobi or Shamo
Desert, Inner Mongolia, and the Korean peninsula with all
of Japan shown, including Manchuria and the Steppe area.
*
This fine example of early French cartography is suitable
for
framing & display.
*
A wonderful detailed map, shows cities, rivers, mountains,
costal areas, sea, bay, borders, travel routes &c. By and
large, a very nice early work.
***
REFERENCE:
R.T. Fell: EARLY MAPS OF S.E. ASIA, p.20, 55
for useful references. Fell suggests that this map is from
"NEPTUNE FRANCOIS" atlas, or more likely the from "Neptune
Oriental" atlas of 1754-55.
*
A WONDERFUL AREA MAP OF THE FAR EAST
391 BONNE, R[igobert.]
TARTARIE CHINOISE, ROY. DE COREE ET ISLES DU JAPON.
$683
[Paris c1754-55]. Single sheet copper engraved map,very good
clean copy, map size 40.5 x 28.5 cm., sheet size 40.7 x 29cm
distance key to neighboring countries, a bit of old foxing,
else very nicely executed, center folded.
This work covers the Tartarie Russienne to the North, Kurile
islands to the East, Nanking & Kiusiu to the South, Tartarie
Independante to the far West, along with the Gobi or Shamo
Desert, Inner Mongolia, and the Korean peninsula with all
of Japan shown, including Manchuria and the Steppe area.
*
This fine example of early French cartography is suitable
for
framing & display.
*
A wonderful detailed map, shows cities, rivers, mountains,
costal areas, sea, bay, borders, travel routes &c. By and
large, a very nice early work.
***
REFERENCE:
R.T. Fell: EARLY MAPS OF S.E. ASIA, p.20, 55
for useful references. Fell suggests that this map is from
"NEPTUNE FRANCOIS" atlas, or more likely the from "Neptune
Oriental" atlas of 1754-55.
*
$655
AN BEAUTIFUL COPPER ETCHED AREA MAP
TARTARIE, CHINOISE, ROY, DE COREE ET ISLES DU JAPON.
[Paris 1788], Hydrographe de la Marine. A single sheet map,
center folded, sheet: 45 x 30cm., map size 34 x 23 cm., with
distance chart, from Tartarie to Sahalen Islands, a bit of
light foxing in margins, else clean.
S C A R C E
***
A beautiful example, uncolored, as issued, with etching mark
in the margin. With wide margins, clean, no defects.
.
Shows Tartarie Russia at the North & Nankin at the South,
with all of the Japanese Islands. All of the Korean
peninsula, the Gobi or Shamo deserts, Mongolia, Petcheli &
Leaoton areas.
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With details of cities, mountains, the Great Wall, rivers,
seas, bays, provincial divides, lakes, with major cities as
a special symbol. All main cities listed.
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1771-1788.
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website.
$393
AN BEAUTIFUL COPPER ETCHED AREA MAP
TARTARIE, CHINOISE, ROY, DE COREE ET ISLES DU JAPON.
[Paris 1788], Hydrographe de la Marine. A single sheet map,
center folded, sheet: 45 x 30cm., map size 34 x 23 cm., with
distance chart, from Tartarie to Sahalen Islands, very clean
white copy.
S C A R C E
***
A beautiful example, uncolored, as issued, with etching mark
in the margin. With wide margins, clean, no defects.
.
Shows Tartarie Russia at the North & Nankin at the South,
with all of the Japanese Islands. All of the Korean
peninsula, the Gobi or Shamo deserts, Mongolia, Petcheli &
Leaoton areas.
.
With details of cities, mountains, the Great Wall, rivers,
seas, bays, provincial divides, lakes, with major cities as
a special symbol. All main cities listed.
.
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1771-1788.
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website.
$655
394 BONOSKY, Phillip.
DRAGON PINK ON OLD WHITE.
[New York 1963], Marzani. Pink stiff wrs., 224p., covers and
spine rubbed, ex-library copy, usual marks.
A SUBSTANTIAL SCHOLARLY STUDY OF THE TWO MAJOR PHILOSOPHIES
$3
395 BONSALL, B.S.
CONFUCIANISM AND TAOISM.
London [1934], Epworth. Blue cloth 127p.,very good, index,
bibliography, appendix, covers slightly spotted, else solid.
FIRST EDITION
Outlines Confucius & the Confucian school, religious ideas,
ethics & modern Confucianism, Lao-Tzu, Tao-Teh Ching, later
Taoist writers & modern Taoism. Scholarly, valuable
comparative religious and philosophical paper.
*
Scans can be sent by mail.
$78
396 BOOKER, Edna L. et al.
FLIGHT FROM CHINA.
New York 1945, Macmillan. Red cloth, very good, 236p., illustrations by P. Bacon, co-author John S. Potter, covers bit
damp stained, contents clean.
The primary resource covers the Japanese invasion of China,
& the flight of millions. The focus is on the Westerns who
fled, and those who elected not to leave, who were incarcerated by the Japanese. The narrative of one American family
whose home was in Shanghai for some 20 years. Covers before
1940, Shanghai faces chaos, holidary under terror, Pearl
Harbor & Shanghai, Japanese internment camp, Teia-Maru-Gripsholm Diary and the New era. Also a fascinating account of
Japanese internment camp for foreigners in China.
ALSO COVERING THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY
397 BOOKWALTER, John W.
SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA.
New York [1899]. Blue cloth, very good, top gilt, 293 b.w.,
photos, 548p., 2nd. edition, folding map in rear pocket,
book plate, map, frontis.
S C A R C E
A great primary work, covering the journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway, humane law respecting horses, Russian steppes
geological dividion, Tschernoziom lands of Russia, mining &
manufacturing, cultgure of Indian corn. Stations & restaurants on Siberian Railway, equipment, Sykzran on the Volga Riv
River, Tartar bridge, Asiatic continent. Central Asia, flora
& fauna of Siberia, Kirghiz Tartars, their tents, villages,
$85
mode of life, Kurgan winters. Prison in Tomsk, college, Tartar life, Omsk region, W. Siberia, Baku &c. Super reading!
Yakushi B233. ALWAYS RARE !
$655
ALSO COVERING THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY
398 BOOKWALTER, John W.
SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA.
Springfield 1899. Green cloth, very good, top edge gilt, 293
b.w. photos, 548p., facsimile large folding map, frontis.
First Edition. AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY.
S C A R C E
A great primary work, covering the journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway, humane law respecting horses, Russian steppes
geological dividion, Tschernoziom lands of Russia, mining &
manufacturing, cultgure of Indian corn. Stations & restaurants on Siberian Railway, equipment, Sykzran on the Volga Riv
River, Tartar bridge, Asiatic continent. Central Asia, flora
& fauna of Siberia, Kirghiz Tartars, their tents, villages,
mode of life, Kurgan winters. Prison in Tomsk, college, Tartar life, Omsk region, W. Siberia, Baku &c. Super reading!
Yakushi B233. ALWAYS RARE !
$852
399 BORDEWICH, Fergus M.
CATHAY: A Journey in Search of Old China.
New York [1991], Prentice. Green cloth spine over boards, dj
very good, 304p., bibliography.
The author set out in search of legendary Cathay and what he
discovered is a China that the communist government has done
its best to erase for forty years. An exquisitely realized
account of one man's pilgrimage into China's forbidden past.
Tales of an empress who dined on young mother's milk and
crushed pearls, & of halpless coolies who died by the thousands every year, pulling junks up the wild gorges of the
Yangtze. Lost cities of the Taklamakan desert, a meeting
with Aisin-Gioro Pujie, brrother to the last empreror & Kong
Decheng the 76 direct descendent of Confucius & patriarch of
the oldest family on the face of the earth. Encounters with
pilgrims & hermits, Tibetan mountaineers & unrepentant former Red Guards, who were the cutting edge of Mao's assault on
China's rich cultural & artistic past. A dazzling essay !
$60
400 BORRADAILE, A.A.
NOTES OF A JOURNEY IN NORTHERN MONGOLIA IN 1893.
[London] 1895, R.G.S. New stiff blue wrs., very good, bright
copy, 15.5 x 24 cm., pp.562-574, plus essay: NOTE ON MR.
BORRADAILE'S PAPER by Ney Elias, 4 b. w. photos, extracted
article.
R A R E
FIRST AND ONLY OBSCURE EDITION
An excellent early primary resource for Inner Mongolia,
Gobi, Central Asia, Xinjiang areas.
$54
401 BORST-SMITH, Ernest F.
MANDARIN & MISSIONARY IN CATHAY: The Story of Twelve Years'
Strenuous Missionary Work During Stirring Times Mainly Spent
London [1917], Seeley. FIRST EDITION. Blue pictorial cloth,
very good, 24 b.w. photographs, 2 map, minor foxing, else
clean.
A fascinating & primary resource for missionary work in Yenanfu. The rapid review of two millenniums, Napoleon of China
and why he built the Great Wall. The coming of Buddhism, the
cave of 10,000 Buddhas, how Yenanfu established the Manchu
dynasty. The Tai-ping and Mohammedan rebellions and their
results, A.D. 1900 the Boxer year and its issue. The gospel
in China, visit of Dr. Robertson, reign of terror. Chinese
Christian leaders, Republican first-fruits, emancipation of
women, marauders and mutineers, a week of panic in Yenanfu,
the hospital, building of a church. Nicely written.
EARLY BIOGRAPHY: FAMOUS JESUIT IN JAPAN, S.E. ASIA & INDIA
402 BOUHOURS, Pere D.
$209
VIE DE SAINT FRANCOS XAVIER, S.J. APOTRE DES INDES ET DU
JAPON.
Tours 1846, Mame. Full brown leather, gold & blind stamped,
usual wear to corners, head/tail of spine, else solid,French
text, marbled end papers, 2 engraved plates, couple of old
stains, clean ex-institutional copy, 2 stamps, 10 x 17.5 cm.
***
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THE LIFE OF ST. FRANCIS CAVIER, APOSTLE OF THE
.
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.
INDIES AND JAPAN
.
.
This is an excellent and early work, covering the six books
of his life and work.
.
THE AUTHORS:
.
Dominique Bouhours, S.J. [1628-1702] was a visitor to Japan
in the late 17th century and represented early missionary
work in the South of Japan.
.
His memoirs are poignant and an early view of Japan before
its opening some 150 years later.
***
REFERENCES:
H. Cordier.: JAPONICA, col.149
.
Tenri Central Library. Catalogue of Rare Books: vol.3,# 65
.
Laures: KIRISHITAN BUNKO 1957 cites many entries for this
title.
*
St. Francis Xavier
Saint Francis Xavier, S.J., born Francisco de Jasso y
Azpilicueta (7 April 1506 - 3 December 1552), was a
Navarrese Basque Roman Catholic missionary, born in Xavier,
Kingdom of Navarre (now part of Spain), and a co-founder of
the Society of Jesus. He was a companion of St. Ignatius of
Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of
poverty and chastity at Montmartre, Paris in 1534. He led an
extensive mission into Asia, mainly in the Portuguese Empire
of the time and was influential in evangelization work, most
notably in India. He also was the first Christian missionary
to venture into Japan, Borneo, the Maluku Islands, and other
areas. In those areas, struggling to learn the local
languages and in the face of opposition, he had less success
than he had enjoyed in India. Xavier was about to extend his
missionary preaching to China but died in Shangchuan Island
shortly before he could do so.
.
He was beatified by Pope Paul V on 25 October 1619 and
canonized by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622. In 1624 he
was made co-patron of Navarre alongside Santiago. Known as
the "Apostle of the Indies," and the "Apostle of Japan", he
is considered to be one of the greatest missionaries since
St. Paul
.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier
***
$109
EARLY BIOGRAPHY: FAMOUS JESUIT IN JAPAN, S.E. ASIA & INDIA
403 BOUHOURS, Pere D.
VIE DE SAINT FRANCOS XAVIER, S.J. APOTRE DES INDES ET DU
JAPON.
Lillie [1873], Societe de St. Augustin. 3/4 Leather over
marbled boards, 663p., appendices, clean ex-library copy,
usual marks, rubber-stamps, else clean, tight, French language text, solid, clean copy.
S C A R C E
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***
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.
.
THE LIFE OF ST. FRANCIS CAVIER, APOSTLE OF THE
.
.
.
INDIES AND JAPAN
.
.
This is an excellent and early work, covering the six books
of his life and work.
.
THE AUTHORS:
.
Dominique Bouhours, S.J. [1628-1702] was a visitor to Japan
in the late 17th century and represented early missionary
work in the South of Japan.
.
His memoirs are poignant and an early view of Japan before
its opening some 150 years later.
***
REFERENCES:
H. Cordier.: JAPONICA, col.149
.
Tenri Central Library. Catalogue of Rare Books: vol.3,# 65
.
Laures: KIRISHITAN BUNKO 1957 cites many entries for this
title.
*
St. Francis Xavier
Saint Francis Xavier, S.J., born Francisco de Jasso y
Azpilicueta (7 April 1506 - 3 December 1552), was a
Navarrese Basque Roman Catholic missionary, born in Xavier,
Kingdom of Navarre (now part of Spain), and a co-founder of
the Society of Jesus. He was a companion of St. Ignatius of
Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of
poverty and chastity at Montmartre, Paris in 1534. He led an
extensive mission into Asia, mainly in the Portuguese Empire
of the time and was influential in evangelization work, most
notably in India. He also was the first Christian missionary
to venture into Japan, Borneo, the Maluku Islands, and other
areas. In those areas, struggling to learn the local
languages and in the face of opposition, he had less success
than he had enjoyed in India. Xavier was about to extend his
missionary preaching to China but died in Shangchuan Island
shortly before he could do so.
.
He was beatified by Pope Paul V on 25 October 1619 and
canonized by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622. In 1624 he
was made co-patron of Navarre alongside Santiago. Known as
the "Apostle of the Indies," and the "Apostle of Japan", he
is considered to be one of the greatest missionaries since
St. Paul
.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier
***
BIOGRAPHY OF VICARE APOSTILIQUE DE LA COREE 1814-1866
404 [BOUILLAT, J.M.J.]
LES CONTEMPORAINS. MGR BERNEUS, VICAIRE APOSTOLIQUE DE LA
Coree [1814-1866].
[Paris 1895, Bouillat]. Pictorial wrs., 16p., 19 x 26.7 cm.,
French text, engraved cover with Monsignor Berneux, paper a
bit "toned" as usual, a biography of his life and death in
Korea, 1866 as a martyr.
FIRST RARE EDITION
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WHO WAS FATHER MONSIGNIOR BERNEUX, VICAR APOSTOLIC OF COREA
[1814-1866]:
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He was known in Korea by his Korean name: Revised
Romanization Jang Gyeong-il, or by McCune-Reischauer as
Chang Kyongil
.
Sim�on-Fran�ois Berneux was a French Catholic missionary to
Asia, and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who
was canonized as a saint. Berneux was executed in the antiChristian purges at Saenamteo, Seoul, Korea, in 1866. His
death provoked the French campaign against Korea the same
year.
.
$100
Berneux departed from Le Havre on February 12, 1840, and
arrived at Anyer in Java on May 31. He spent the summer in
Manila before sailing to Macau. In January 1841 he sailed to
Tonkin. In Vietnam he was imprisoned and taken to HuI for
trial, where he arrived on May 28. In 1842 he was convicted
of proselytism and sentenced to death, a sentence which was
indefinitely postponed. He was released on March 12, 1843,
and set sail to return to France. However, at the Isle of
Bourbon (now R�union), he received permission to return to
Macao. He was appointed to begin missions in Manchuria, and
arrived in the Liaodong Peninsula on March 15, 1844.
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Berneux was consecrated as bishop on December 27, 1854,
appointed titular bishop of Gafsa and Apostolic Vicar of
Korea. The previous Apostolic Vicar of Korea, Jean-JosephJean-Baptiste Ferr�ol, had been consecrated in 1843 and
ministered in Korea from 1845 until his death in 1853.
Berneux sailed from Shanghai to Korea in January 1856 on a
Chinese ship, arriving in Korean waters on March 15. They
met a vessel owned by Korean Christians on Good Friday and
were landed near Seoul. Entering the city on foot, Berneux
and his company were taken to the house of Marie-NicolasAntoine Daveluy, a French priest who had come to Korea along
with Bishop Ferr�ol. Berneux set up a residence in Seoul,
living and working secretly.
.
In 1866 Berneux was arrested and put on trial. In February
1866 he was repeatedly interrogated under torture, and
sentenced to death. He was executed by decapitation on March
8, 1866 at Saenamteo outside Seoul. Daveluy served as
Apostolic Vicar for a short time until he was also executed
on March 30. The deaths of Berneux and other Catholic
missionaries in Korea was followed by a French punitive
expedition which reinforced the Korean policy of
isolationism.
.
Berneux was beatified by Pope Paul VI on October 6, 1968,
and canonized on May 6, 1984 by Pope John Paul II. His
feast day is March 7, and he is also venerated along with
the rest of the 103 Korean Martyrs on September 20.
.
His relics were brought to Berlin in 2001 and are held in
the Institut St. Philipp Neri in Berlin, Germany.
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CONDITION:
The work is in its original wrappers, with cover engraving
of Father Monsignior BERNEUX. There is the usual 'toning' of
paper which is common of French books of this period. The
work is with the usual folded signatures, some wider, longer
than other, again common for French books and articles of
this period. A touch of foxing on the leading edges of the
page, else mostly clean with a few other spots here & there,
else original and solid.
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THE AUTHOR:
The article is signed at the end: J.M.J. Bouillat.
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THE PUBLISHER:
The front cover shows at the bottom "Les Contemporains,"
Paris, without date.
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On the lower edge of the last page, is: "Imprimerie P.
Feron-Vrau, Paris."
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With a Bibliography at the end.
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REFERENCES:
Wikipedia:
Father Monsignor, Vicaire Apostolique of Corea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Sim%C3%A9on-Fran%C3%A7ois_Berneux
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Pratt, Keith; Rutt, Richard (December 16, 2013). Korea: A
Historical and Cultural Dictionary
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The Lives of the 103 Martyr Saints of Korea 37: Saint Sim�on
Fran�ois Berneux, Bishop (1814-1866), Catholic Bishops'
Conference of Korea Newsletter No. 51 (Summer 2005).
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Fr�d�ric Pichon (1872). The Life of Monseigneur Berneux,
Bishop of Capse, Vicar-Apostolic of Corea. Burns, Oates, and
Company, London.
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Jones, George Heber (March 1898). "Sim�on-Fran�ois Berneux,
Bishop and Martyr". The Korean Repository.
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Mgr Fillion: LETTRE PASTORALE A L'OCCASION DU MARTYRE DE MGR
BERNEAUX, MGR DE LA BOUUILLERIE, DISCOURS PRONONCE A CHATEAU
-DU-LOIE LE 8 OCTOBRE 1867.
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Abbe Pinchon: VIE DE MGR BERNEUX.
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A. Lunay: LES MISSIONNAIRES FRANCAIS EN COREE.
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A. Lunay: LA COREE, PAR UN MISSIONNAIRE.
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Mgr Fontana: HISTOIRE DE L'EGLISE DE COREE.
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Mgr D'Hulst: VIE DE JUST DE BRETENIERES.
Note: see us for the above we may have it in stock now.
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RENARD,L'Abbe�: VIE DE M. PETITNICOLAS, MISSIONNAIRE EN
COREE. see us as we may have this in stock today.
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ANNALES DE LA PROPAGATION DE LA FOI, ANNEES 1843, 1844, 1866
ET 1867.
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Jean-Baptiste Piolet: LA FRANCE AU DEHORS. LES CATHOLIQUES
FRANCAISES AUX XIX SIECLE, T. III. [vol.3]
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Louvet: LES MISSIONS CATHOLIQUES AUX XIX SIECLE.
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web site.
$163
405 BOUSTEAD, Hugh. et al.
AN ADVENTURE TO KANGCHENJUNGA.
London 1926, Geographical Jl. New black cloth, very good,
extracted article, pages 344-350, map.
The outfitting and trek to Everest area, by a member of the
earlier Mt. Everest expedition. An excellent first-hand account, covering the details of the climb, the weather, and
glaciers and the bitter cold. Great reading !
AN EARLY PRIMARY JESUIT MISSIONARY ACCOUNT OF CHINA 1710
406 BOVET, Giovanni. [Aka:JOACHIM BOUVET]
ISTORIA DE L'IMPERADOR DE LA INA PRESENTATA AL RE DI
FRANCIA. Dal Padre Giovanni Bovet Della compagina di Gesu',
Padova MDCCX [1710], Giufeppe Corona. Original vellum, very
clean, solid, 97p., Italian text,10.5 x 17 cm., Ad inftanza
di Alvife Pavino.
FIRST ITALIAN EDITION
Father Joachim Bouvet [1656-1730], was a French Jesuit and
missionary to China.
**
Extracted from the Catholic encyclopedia:
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"[Fr. J. Bouvet was a] "Jesuit missionary, born at Le
Mans, France, died at Peking, China, 28 June, 1732.
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He was one of the first Jesuits selected by Louis XIV for
the mission in China. Before setting out for their
destination, he and his associates were admitted to the
Academie des Sciences and were commissioned by that learned
body to carry on astronomical observations, to determine the
geographical positions of the various places they were to
visit, and to collect various scientific data. The little
band, after being provided by order of the King with all
necessary scientific instruments, sailed from Brest, 3 March
1685, with Father Fontaney as Superior. After spending some
time in Siam, they finally arrived in Peking, 7 February,
1688. They were favorably received by the Emperor the famous
Khang-hi, who retained Father Bouvet, together with Father
Gerbillion, near his person and made them his instructors in
mathematics. While engaged in this work, the two Fathers
wrote several mathematical treatises in the Tartar language
which the Emperor caused to be translated into Chinese,
adding the prefaces himself. So far did they win his esteem
and confidence that he gave a site within the palace
enclosure for a church and residence which were finally
completed in 1702.
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In 1679 he [Emperor] sent Father Bouvet back to France to
obtain new missionaries and made him the bearer of a gift of
forty-nine volumes in Chinese for the king. These were
deposited in the Royal Library, and Louis XIV, in turn,
commissioned Father Bouvet to present to the Emperor a
magnificently bound collection of engravings.
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In 1699 Father Bouvet arrived a second time in China,
accompanied by ten missionaries, among them men of great
ability, such as Fathers de Premare, R�gis, and Parrenin.
Khang-hi honored him further with the title of interpreter
to his son, the heir-apparent. In 1700, with four of his
fellow missionaries, he presented a memorial to the Emperor,
asking for a decision as to the meaning attached to the
various ceremonies of the Chinese in honor of Confucius and
their ancestors. The Emperor, who had taken a keen interest
in the controversy regarding the ceremonies, replied that
they were simply civil usages, having no religious
significance whatsoever.
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The memorial, together with the Emperors reply, was
published in the "Gazette de Pekin" but failed to allay the
excitement then raging in Europe over the question. From
1708 to 1715 Father Bouvet was engaged in a survey of the
empire and the preparation of maps of the various provinces.
He was a man of great energy and ability, and of simple,
unselfish piety. For nearly fifty years he shared all the
labors of the missionaries and was engaged from time to time
in various scientific works. During this long period,
chiefly on account of his services to the Emperor and the
favor he enjoyed with him, he did much to advance the
interest of Christianity and to facilitate the entrance and
the labors of his fellow-missionaries.
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His Chinese name was Petsin.
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Besides his works on mathematics, Father Bouvet was the
author of "Etat pr�sent de la Chine, en figures grav�es par
P. Giffart sur les dessins apport�s au roi par le P. J.
Bouvet" (Paris, 1697); "Portrait histoique de l'empereur de
la Chine" (Paris, 1697). The library at Le Mans contains a
collection of his manuscripts including a Chinese
dictionary.""
** End of citation from Catholic Encyclopedia.
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CONDITION:
The original vellum binding is in lovely condition, with
penned author's name and title with a decoration on the
spine. The binding is solid and has little wear anywhere and
must be described as "excellent plus." The pages are clean,
and white with little foxing evident, 5 leafs [10 sides] are
discolored and darkened but they are not brittle or otherwise damaged, a clear and solid copy of a very RARE BOOK.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
John Lust: WESTERN BOOKS ON CHINA PUBLISHED UP TO 1850,
- no. 465 refers to the French edition of 1699.
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H. Cordier: BIBLIOTHECA SINICA 634 for this copy.
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ORIENTAL LIBRARY: CATALOGUE OF THE ASIATIC LIBRARY OF DR
- G.E. MORRISON, Italian p.401.
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AN EXCELLENT MONOGRAPH ON JESUITS IN CHINA
407 BOXER, C.R. ed.
SOUTH CHINA IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY: Being the Narratives
of Galeote Pereire, Fr. Gaspar Da Cruz, O.P., Fr. Martin der
London 1953, Haklut. Blue cloth, very good, 388p., index,appendix, bibliography, glossary, chronology, 12 b.w. plates,
8 maps, SUBTITLE: cont. Rada, O.E.S.A.
S C A R C E
This volume contains three narratives describing South China
as it appeared to Iberian or Portuguese & Spanish visitors
to that country in the years 1550-1575. Gaspar da Cruz also
visited Cambodia in 1556 and the gave important commentaires
about the ruler of that Kindgom. This resource also has essays refering to Vietnam and Cambodia, as wlll as the subject of trade through Laos to Cambodia via the Mekong river.
A grand translation, covers the coming of the Franks: the
Portuguese & Spanish, the writers and their narratives, reports, the treatise, and relations. With useful glossaries
of Chinese and Japanese names, titles, index of persons and
places. Scholarly work, quite readable!
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THE ORIGINAL EDITION:
This is the original fine edition, nicely bound in cloth,
printed on heavy paper, with stunning photographs.
This is NOT !! the shoddy, substandard reprint, done on thin
paper with fuzzy printing & unclear miserable photographs !
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IMPORTANT SCHOLARLY MONOGRAPH ON THE PORTUGUESE IN E. ASIA
408 BOXER, C.R.
FIDALGOS IN THE FAR EAST 1550-1770: Fact and Fancy in the
History of Macao.
Hague 1948, Nijhoff. Buff cloth, very good, 297p., index,
illustrated, appendix.
$262
Covers the bay of the Goddess Ama & the City of the Name of
God, "Red Hairs," visits to Nagasaki, Manila, spice, voyages
to Japan, Black ships in Japanese art, Portuguese pilots in
China Seas, 16th century shipping in Far Eastern waters. Fidalgos & Samurai: friends of Francis Xavier, Camoes, Taipans
from China to Peru, pine grove in the Pearl River. Jan Pieterszoon Coen, masters & slaves, Macao under the new regime.
First Captian Genera Dom Francisco Mascarehas, religious
presecution in Japan, trouble with Manila & Nagasaki. Last
Japan voyages, Lopo Sarmento, Peter Mundy & Manila Galleon,
Muitsai in Macao, Jesuits, expulsion of Jesuits &c. A major
resource on the area & subject of Portuguese in Asia.
$294
409 BOXER, C.R.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF BRAZIL 1695-1750 GROWING PAINS OF A
COLONIAL SOCIETY.
Berkeley 1969, Univ. of Califorina. Green stiff wrs., very
good, 443p., bibliography, index, glossary, notes, 4 maps,
17 b.w. photos, 8 appendicies, chronology.
S C A R C E
Covers the Empire of the S. Atlantic, gold rush in Minas
Gerais, Pauliistas & Emboabas, the French in Rio de Janeiro,
planters & peddlers, bay of All Saints, Diamond district,
cattle country, moving frontiers & monsoons, Gold of Ciuaba,
missionaries & settlers in Amazonia, Portuguese America in
mid-Century. Portuguese money, weights, measures, personalia
& glossary, notes. A scholarly study.
410 BOXER, C.R.
THE GREAT SHIP FROM AMACON: Annals of Macao & the Old Japan
Japan Trade, 1555-1640.
Lisboa 1959, Centro de Estudos Historicas Ultramarinos.Stiff
wrappers, 359p., index, fold-out map, illustrations, 16.3 x
23.5 cm., a few faint fox spots to cover, else contents very
clean, bright.
FIRST EDITION
A major resource on the subject. Covers the annual Japan
voyages, documents illustrative of teh Macao-Japan trade,
privileges & duties of the Captain Majors of the Japan
voyages. Cargoes carried between Macao & Nagasaki, the
mechanics of the trade, hazards of navigation in the China
Sea, Japanese state-papers.
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With appendices of currency, weights & measures used. Maps
of the course from Goa to Nagasaki, & another on
$99
Christianity in Japan 1549-1650. Excellent reference.
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$88
411 BOXER, C.R.
Lisboa 1959, Centro de Estudos Historicas Ultramarinos. New
blue cloth, 359p., index, fold-out map, illustrations, original wrappers bound in, very clean.
FIRST EDITION
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With appendices of currency, weights & measures used. Maps
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412 BOXER, C.R.
Lisboa 1963, Centro de Estudos Historicos Ultramarinos.Stiff
white wrs., 362p., bibliography, index, appendix, maps, fold
outs, illustrations, very good, clean copy.
S C A R C E
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$92
With appendices of currency, weights & measures used.
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SIGNED BY THE OLD FLYING "TIGER PILOT,"
Maps
"PAPPY" BOYINGTON
413 BOYINGTON, Gregory. "Pappy"
BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP.
Fresno [1958], Wilson. Green boards, clean, solid, bit worn
dj in mylar protector, 17th. printing, 384p., 14 x 22 cm.
*FIRST EDITION* AUTHOR'S SIGNED, DATED PRESENTATION COPY:
"10.2.'82 TO JEAN & KEN WARM REGARDS ALWAYS PAPPY BOYINGTON"
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"PAPPY" BOYINGTON
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN "A.V.G." & "FLYING TIGER"
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ACE FIGHTER PILOT
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RECIPENT OF THE "MEDAL OF HONOR" & THE "NAVY CROSS"
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COLONEL GREGORY "PAPPY' BOYINGTON [1912-1988]:
Was U.S. Marine fighter pilot and early "A.V.G." ["American
Volunteer Group"] later called the "FLYING TIGERS," member,
from 1941 went to Burma to fight the Japanese Air Force.
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Later the "A.V.G." moved to Kunming, China, where "Pappy"
continued to shoot down and kill Japanese Air Force planes &
pilots. He flew over and fought in Hanoi & Lao Kai from base
in Burma.
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When he finished his tour of duty with the "FLYING TIGERS"
he returned to Marine Corps. duty in the Solomon Islands
where he was the commander of the "Black Sheep" Squadron,
shooting down several more Japanese planes. He was shot
down, and became a prisoner of war.
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HEROISM AND RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICE:
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$92
For his heroism flying initially with the A.V.G. and the
"FLYING TIGERS" in the Republic of China Air Force during
the Second World War , Boyington was awarded both the Medal
of Honor and the Navy Cross.
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THE COMMANDER OF THE "BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON:"
Being the oldest Marine fighter pilot and 'misfit' the Navy
assigned him a fighter squadron of other 'misfit' pilots,
unwanted by other outfits, called the "Black Sheep
Squadron."
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Boyington was a 'rough & tough,' hard-drinking wild
professional Marine flyer who was one of the most
unconventional heroes of the war. Winners of the nation's
highest honors are inspired to rise above themselves, and
set an example for all who respect them. "Pappy" had no
desire to change his ways because he happened to be lucky
and fearless, and a competent leader of men as wild and
independent as he was.
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Boyington's Black Sheep Squadron" made one of the great
records of the war !
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This excellent work was a labor of love and took Boyington
24 years to write. It is also has 7 b.w. period photographs,
6 are on the end papers, with a nice frontispiece of
"Pappy." Of the two books he wrote, this title became a
best seller !
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A REVIEWER SAID:
"It [this book] is ranked with the best, blunt, honest and
ruggedly individualistic with that pleasing ring of realism
that can emanate only from the mind of the guy who was
there" Boston Herald.
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"Pappy" Boyington downed in all 28 Japanese planes, 26 by
himself during his service career. A full military service
was
conducted at Arlington National Cemetery. He received the
Navy Cross in 1945. This book became a best seller upon
publication and was also the inspiration of the popular
television series of the same name in 1976-78. See other
listings our website for more Boyington signed and other
related items.
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The book is about 14 x 22 cm.
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414 BRACE, Brockman. ed.
CANADIAN SCHOOL IN WEST CHINA.
[Canada 1974, Canadian School Alumni Assn.]. Red cloth, very
good, 309p., end paper maps, many b.w. photos, drawings,
illustrations, clean
An excellent resource for the Canadian University & schools
in Szechwan province. This primary resource covers Canadian
schools from 1909-1950, and is an anthology of writings by
students from all periods & missionaries who lived there. It
has historical background of the province, Canadian University, Chengtu, 60th anniversary essay, reminiscences, biographical sketches of many of the more prominent students, a
West China Album random essays, as well as notes on the West
China Union University. Also much provided by the United
Church of Canada archives et al. Richly enhanced by nice
photographs.
$29
DRAMATIC STORY OF THE EMPEROR OF CHINA WHO BECAME COMMUNIST
415 BRACKMAN, Arnold C.
THE LAST EMPEROR.
New York 1975, Scribner's. Yellow cloth, very good, very
360p., 22 b.w. photos, b.w. map, index, pictorial dj [worn].
FIRST EDITION
The fascinating biography of China's last emperor, P'u Yi,
who was at the center of Far Eastern political events from
his enthronement as a child in 1908 until his death in Communist Peking in 1967. This moving and distinguished biography provides a compelling picture of the life of a remarkable man, as well as an extraordinarily informative picture of the tangled affairs of China and the Far East since
1900.
$85
A GREAT MAP OF CENTRAL & EASTERN CHINA, ALONG THE SEABOARD
416 [BRADFORD, Samuel.]
CHINA. [A map of China From the Gobi to Tongking.]
[Shows Corea, Mongolia, Gobi, Ryukyu, Formosa, Hainan,
[London n.d. ca.1810]. A single sheet, engraved map, center
folded, 42 x 27 cm., British mile scale, cities, mountans,
rivers provinces noted, very good, clean white paper, center
folded
This map shows the Huang-ho at the North with Peking, Wanghai or Yellow Sea and Corea, tip of Kiusiu in Japan. All of
the Eastern coastal area, Leoo Keoo [Ryukyu] Islands, The
Formosan or Taiouan Island, tip of Luzon showing in the
China Sea, South shows Hainan, Tongking, Gulf of Tung-Quin.
entral portion shows Tibet, Gobi Desert & all of Central
China, Canton, Macao, and all main cities. Nicely done,early
work, suitable for framing & display.
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A scan can be sent by email.
$479
417 BRADLEY, William M. et al.
CHINA. JAPAN. A SINGLE SHEET COLORED MAP.
[No place 1889, Bradley & Bros.].Single sheet steel engraved
map, center folded, 60.5 x 44 cm., 23.75 x 17.25 inches,very
good, Japanese & Chinese "Ri" & English miles scale, bright.
A handsome nicely hand colored map, showing all of China to
Mongolia, Burma, Tong King, Formosa, Korea & Japan. With a
large [about 25%] inset of Japan from Hokkaido to Yakuno
Island South of Kyushu. With a decorative border, suitable
for framing & display. At the uttermost Southern direction
is the island of Hainan..used for Chinese banishment. At the
North-Eastern section is Manchuria and Siling King or Leaotong Pensinula. A detailed map showing rivers, mountains,
cities, lakes, provinces, most of which are properly named.
The Liu Kiu Islands are shown in the larger part of the map
throuogh the Majiico Shima Group...tributary to Liu Kiu,
just off the Eastern coast of Formosa. Tipped on the verso
is a copious index of both China & Japan, listing the towns,
cities, provinces and divisions. A highly useful period map.
AN EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE NOW TRANSLATED FOR THE FIRST TIME
$294
418 BRAGA, J.M.
CHINA LANDFALL, 1513. JORGE ALVARES' VOYAGE TO CHINA.
A Compilation of Some Relevant Material.
Macau 1955, Imprensa Nacional. Stiff buff wrs., very good,
English text, 128p., index, bibliography, folding map, 14
illustrations + map, 25 x 17 cm.
QUITE OBSCURE RESOURCE
FIRST EDITION
This excellent translation and compilation, with chapter
titles: Land of the Chins; The most distinct Padrao; Journey's end; An epitaph; The isle of trade; A short chronology.
A very useful resource on early Portuguese trade & travel in
Eastern Asia: Macao, Hong Kong, Japan, Loo-Choo Islands &c.
An excellent translation of very early original documents
regarding the voyage to South-East Asia and China by Jorge
Alvares, 16th century Portuguese traveller.
AN EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE NOW TRANSLATED FOR THE FIRST TIME
$260
419 BRAGA, J.M.
CHINA LANDFALL, 1513. JORGE ALVARES' VOYAGE TO CHINA.
A Compilation of Some Relevant Material.
Hong Kong 1956, Weiss. Green cloth, very good, 17 x 26 cm.,
English text, 128p., index, bibliography, folding map, 14 bw
illustrations + map, rare in dust jacket in mylar protector.
QUITE OBSCURE RESOURCE
This excellent translation and compilation, with chapter
titles: Land of the Chins; The most distinct Padrao; Journey's end; An epitaph; The isle of trade; A short chronology.
A very useful resource on early Portuguese trade & travel in
Eastern Asia: Macao, Hong Kong, Japan, Loo-Choo Islands &c.
An excellent translation of very early original documents
regarding the voyage to South-East Asia and China by Jorge
Alvares, 16th century Portuguese traveller.
420 BRAMAH, Ernest.
KAI LUNG'S GOLDEN HOURS.
London [1922], Richards. New grey stiff wrs., first 7 pages
right corner restored from old tear, now solid, else clean,
311p., preface by Hilaire Belloc, 12.3 x 18.8 cm., wrappers
edition BILL POELL'S BOOKPLATE COPY.
Protagonist Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient
China. In Kai Lung's Golden Hours he is brought before
the court of the Mandarin Shan Tien on charges of treason by
the Mandarin's confidential agent Ming-shu. In a unique
$252
defense, Kai Lung recites his beguiling tales to the
Mandarin, successfully postponing his conviction time after
time until he is finally set free. In the process he attains
the love and hand of the maiden Hwa-Mei.
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THE TRUE AUTHOR:
Ernest Bramah [20 March 1868 - 27 June 1942], born Ernest
Brammah Smith, was an English author. He published 21 books
and numerous short stories and features.
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THE BINDING:
HARD BOUND DETAILS
The work is bound in original 3/4 blue cloth with two lovely
color paintings used as the cover images, the back cover is
signed by the artist: J. Nadejera. With lovely clean
undamaged spine label.
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STIFF WRAPPERS EDITION:
The stiff wrappers edition shows the printed: author, title,
publisher, preface details on the lacquered [?] spine, new
stiff gray wrappers have been put on this edition, lacks
first fly, sold "as is" and is not returnable. Please ask
for scans if you are not sure this is a copy for you.
BILL POWELL'S PERSONAL COPY:
John B. Powell were the editors of the Shanghai-based
Korean War.
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REFERENCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Bramah
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421 BRAMAH, Ernest.
RETURN OF KAI LUNG.
[Fourth in the Series of Four Titles]
New York 1937, Shereidan House. Yellow cloth, exceptionally
clean, bright, unclipped dj. in mylar protector, small chips
corner wear, else sharp, 319p., "EDITOR'S COPY" is stamped
in faint purple inside back cover,13.5 x 21 cm.FIRST EDITION
THE BINDING:
$0
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THE TRUE AUTHOR:
Brammah Smith, was an English author. He published 21
books and numerous short stories and features. Only four
were on China, see us for these titles.
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REFERENCES:
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Color scans can be sent by emai.
$133
422 BRAMAH, Ernest.
RETURN OF KAI LUNG.
New York 1937, Shereidan House. Brown cloth, exceptionally
clean, bright & sharp copy, 319p., 13.5 x 21 cm.
FIRST EDITION
THE BINDING:
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THE TRUE AUTHOR:
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REFERENCES:
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$60
423 BRAMAH, Ernest.
RETURN OF KAI LUNG.
New York 1937, Shereidan House. Yellow cloth, very good,
clean, copy, 319p., 13.5 x 21 cm.
FIRST EDITION
THE BINDING:
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THE TRUE AUTHOR:
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REFERENCES:
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$60
A FASCINATING PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR A WOMANS TRAVELS IN ASIA
424 BRASSEY, Mrs. [Annie]
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE YACHT "SUNBEAM:"
Our Home on the Ocean For Eleven Months.
New York 1880, Holt. Green cloth, very good, 479p., index,
22 b.w. plates, by Hon. A.Y. Bingham, 11 appendices. SCARCE
The voyage began in England, and headed to Madeira & points
West toward Rio De Janeiro, Chili, South Sea Islands, Tahiti
and to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). With adventures in
Kilauea, Hawaiian sports & Honolulu. They sailed for Yokohama and arrived there in January 1877. Sir Harry & Lady Parks
received the author for breakfast. She was guided to shopping around Yokohama and bought a wealth of art wares. She
noted the prices she paid for lacquer and other items. She
also met with Lady Alcock. With warm and useful commentary
on Japanese sight seeing, Ryokan stays, travel, customs,
festivals, Jinrikisha rides, Japanese contrariness &c. On to
Kyoto, the shrines & temples, Kimono fashion, of Nobles she
met there in company of H. Parks, who read an address to
the Mikado. Of Buddhism, Shinto, deposed Tycoon, shopkeepers
and wonderful notes on Japanese & art works. Fascinating
early primary source for Japan: Yokohama, Kyoto, Inland sea.
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With visits to Canton, up the Pearl River, Hong Kong, Macau,
on to Singapore, Ceylon and return.
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A lovely primary resource for some famous Brits who had
connections to the most important British diplomats along
their way.
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$75
AN 1888 PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR A WOMAN'S TRAVEL IN ASIA
425 BRASSIE, Mrs. [Annie]
A VOYAGE IN THE "SUNBEAM:" Our Home On the Ocean For Eleven
Months.
Chicago 1884, Belford. Brown pictorial cloth, 488p., gold
stamping, 103 woodcut text illustrations including frontis,
12.5 x 19.2 cm., attractive gold-stamped covers & spine,very
solid, tight copy,
A detailed diary of a journey around the world by ship from
England down the coast of Europe across the Atlantic to
S. America, through the straits of Magellan to the South
Seas
and to the countries of the Far East, Southeast Asia. Much
on adventure and keen observations of the lands & peoples
visited.
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With her impressions of Rio de Janeiro, the Pampas,
Santiago, Valparaiso, Honolulu, Tahiti, Yokohama, Kyoto,
Canton, Singapore, Ceylon, and Suez.
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The voyage began in England, and headed to Madeira & points
West toward Rio De Janeiro, Chili, South Sea Islands, Tahiti
and to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). With adventures in
Kilauea, Hawaiian sports & Honolulu. They sailed for
Yokohama and arrived there in January 1877.
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Sir Harry & Lady Parks received the author for breakfast.
She was guided to shopping around Yokohama and bought a
wealth of art wares. She noted the prices she paid for
lacquer and other items. She also met with Lady Alcock.
With warm and useful commentary on Japanese sight seeing,
Ryokan stays, travel, customs, festivals, Jinrikisha rides,
Japanese contrariness &c.
.
On to Kyoto, the shrines & temples, Kimono fashion, of
Nobles she met there in company of H. Parks, who read an
address to the Mikado. Of Buddhism, Shinto, deposed Tycoon,
shopkeepers and wonderful notes on Japanese & art works.
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Fascinating early primary source for Japan: Yokohama, Kyoto,
Inland sea.
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With visits to Canton, up the Pearl River, Hong Kong, Macau,
on to Singapore, Ceylon and return.
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A lovely primary resource for some famous Brits who had
connections to the most important British diplomats along
their way.
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COVERING CHINA, JAPAN & KOREA
$75
426 BREBNER, Alexander.
A LITTLE HISTORY OF CHINA AND A CHINESE STORY.
London 1895, Unwin. Yellow cloth, very good, 182p.
This work is divided into 4 parts: A LITTLE HISTORY OF CHINA
p.1-101; JAPAN p.101-114; KOREA: p.115-119; THE PLEASING
HISTORY p. 123-182. China part covers the earliest Chinese
history, Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Chow dynasty, Nestorians, Christians, Tartars, Mongols, the 1884 war with
Japan and the Japanese in Korea, Manchu dynasty &c. Japan: a
good description the the land, people, customs, earthquake
of 1870 which shook Yokohama. Ieyasu, arrival of early Christians, Perry, opening of ports, literature, art, genre, genesis of the Meiji government. Korea: good description of
the peninsula, early origins, wars with China & Manchus, the
arrival of Christians, Catholics, the Dutchman Hamel. French
military action in 1866, U.S. Gunboat policy, eventual takeover by Japan.
$131
A MAJOR REFERENCE ON CHINESE FOLK, NEW YEAR FESTIVALS &c...
427 BREDON, Juliet. et al.
THE MOON YEAR. A Record of Chinese Customs and Festivals.
Shanghai 1927, Kelly Walsh. Orange cloth 514p., index, very
good, bibliography, chart, co-author Igor Mitrophanow, 38 bw
& 2 color illustrations/photos.
S C A R C E
This excellent reference work covers the Chinese calendar,
the hundred Gods, Imperial ceremonies. The following "Moon"
festivals covered: "Bitter Moon," "Holiday Moon," "Budding
Moon," "Sleepy Moon," "Peony Moon," "Dragon Moon," "Lotus
Moon, "Moon of Hungry Ghosts," "Harvest moon," "Chrysanthemum Moon," "Kindly Moon," and "White Moon." A useful source
and nicely illustrated reference book.
THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, COVERING CHINESE VILLAGE CUSTOMS
$262
428 BREDON, Juliet.
HUNDRED ALTARS.
New York 1934, Dodd. Orange cloth, very good, 336p., color
ndpapers, very faint & minor stain to small portion of title
& 2nd. fly leaf, else exceptionally clean, bright copy, 14 x
20 cm.
FIRST EDITION
This is the author's first book. She was the author of
several superb books about China, contributing these titles:
CHINESE SHADOWS; co-authored THE MOON YEAR; PEKING: A
Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of
Interest; and also her celebrated: SIR ROBERT HART.
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This title is a novel and was based on an actual farming
village located North of Beijing, appropriately named the
"Hundred Altars."
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A superb work, addressing with realism, the village of a
Hundred Altars, festivals, Gods and demons, dragons,
revenge, red festivities, the rain procession, marriage,
Tientsin, double son, exiles, the prodigal and the great
adventurer. She was a keen observer who delighted in seeking
out and writing about Chinese superstitions, religions,
Confucianism and other philosophies, and enjoyed discussing
Chinese society &c.
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Bredon became an old "China Hand" and a keen scholar developing substantial knowledge of Chinese customs and people. In
her books she revealed an astounding realistic understanding
of China and the Chinese. In this novel she outlines a
nation in and a people in turmoil. She addresses the strange
humility of the peasantry which is vividly portrayed.
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A lovely work, showing the breath and width of the author's
great experience and knowledge of the Chinese as they were.
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ONE OF THE BEST GUIDES TO THE ANCIENT FORBIDDEN CITY
$265
429 BREDON, Juliet.
PEKING: A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief
Places of Interest.
London [1922] Laurie. Orange cloth, very good, 523p., large
fold out map, 6 maps, index, 24 b.w. photos, fold out plans,
wear to top, bottom edges of covers.An excellent guide book.
An all together wonderful and comprehensive reference book,
covering in much detail all places in and around the great
city. It's palaces, museums, temples, curiosity shops, fun
of the fair, Legation Quarter and Modern Peking. Nice work!
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$379
ONE OF THE BEST GUIDES TO THE ANCIENT FORBIDDEN CITY
430 BREDON, Juliet.
PEKING: A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief
Places of Interest.
Shanghai 1931, Kelly & Walsh. Orange cloth, very good, 517p.
chronology, index, appendix, 7 fold-out maps, 29 b.w. photos
3rd edition, revised & enlarged.
An all together wonderful and comprehensive reference book,
covering in much detail all places in and around the great
city. It's palaces, museums, temples, curiosity shops, fun
of the fair, Legation Quarter and Modern Peking. Nice work!
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431 BRETT, H. J.
REPORT ON THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION
IN CHINA.
London 1924, H.M. Stationary Office. 1/2 red cloth over brown boards, 41p., appendixes, ex-library copy, usual marks, a
$360
clean, bright copy.
Covers commercial summary, general survey of the economic
situation, transport and communications, trade, industry and
production, British trade with China, appendices, annex. A
most useful document.
$71
432 BRETT, H. J.
REPORT ON THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION
IN CHINA.
London 1925, H.M. Stationary Office. 1/2 Red cloth over brown boards, 68p., appendixes, includes a report on the trade
of Dairen [Japanese Leased territory in S. Manchuria by O.
White, H.M. Consul at Dairen, clean ex-library copy, bright.
Covers commercial summary, general survey of the economic
situation, transport and communications, trade, industry and
production, British trade with China, appendices, annex. A
most useful document.
$78
433 BREUNIG, Jerome.
HAVE YOU HAD YOUR RICE TODAY?
Chicago [1964], Loyola. Blue cloth, very good, 184p., 15
b.w. photos, pictorial d.j., bookplate.
"Have you had your rice today?" is an English version of a
friendly greeting. While in Korea, Father Breunig enthusiastically sought out every corner of Seoul and traveled
throughout most of South Korea.
His book conveys his multiple impressions of these people. He describes the hardships experienced by his fellow Jesuits in establishing
their West River (So-Gang) College. Nicely done, useful.
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION
434 BREWER, James F. ed., et al.
CHINA AIRLIFT 'THE HUMP.'
Dallas, 1980, Taylor. Blue embossed cloth, silver stamped,
very good, small folio, 23 x 31 cm., 596p. list of pilots,
many color and b.w. photos.
$78
Edited and complied by the Hump Pilots Association, covering
the CHINA-BURMA-INDIA theatre of World War II.
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Excellent primary resource for weather, pilot's biographies,
the beginning of the Theatre, CBI Organizations, the
aircraft, true stories, theatre patches, nose art, photos of
the pilots, life on both sides of the Himalayas: India and
in Kunming, China, Burma , Assam and the various routes. The
story of weather being the "worst enemy."
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Also a nice essay by J.R. "Dick" Rossi who was a hump pilot
as well as A.V.G./Flying Tiger Pilot, with good background
and history of the Flying Tigers, Gen. Chennault, major
battles, Kunming base, and some nice photos.
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packing and shipping costs will apply.
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$139
435 BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE BUDDHIST ARTS IN CHINA.
N.p. n.d. c.1920's. Stiff pictorial wrs., very good, 12p. +
6 pages b.w. photos. Useful reference for Buddhist caves,
statues, sculpture, painting &c., very clean solid copy.
FIRST EDITION
$24
436 BRINES, Celia R.
DRAGON TALES.
Mt. View [1942], Pacific Press. Red cloth, 125p., many b.w.
photos, very good.
This autobiographical work covers the author's work with
Chinese women, and her husband's occupation as a physican in
a local hospital. "The purpose has been to portray the Chinese people as she knew them-loyal, appreciative & self-sacificing. An excellent primary resource.
COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE TO BOTH CULTURES, COLOR ILLUSTRATED
$71
437 BRINKLEY, F.
JAPAN: Its History Arts and Literature. Volumes 1-8.
CHINA: Its History Arts and Literature: Volumes 9-12.
Boston [1901], Millett. Brown cloth, t.e.g., 8 vol. set,many
color & b.w. photos, appendix, 3752p., index, very good set,
spines a bit faded, contents clean, red leather labels,
top gilt. A LIMITED NUMBERED EDITON OF 1000 COPIES. R A R E
JAPAN: Volumes 1-8.
Profusely illustrated with hand colored collotypes. Covering
the primeval Japanese, Japan on the verge of history, early
eras of history, Nara & Heian. History of the military epoch
manners and customs of the military, weapons, operations of
war, Bushido or the way of the warrior, refinements and pastimes of the military.
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Early Tokugawa times, middle & later period and the fall.
The Tokugawa court, criminal procedure, criminal classes,
personal liberty, justice, slavery, checks on vice. Meiji
era, financial & economic conditions, foreign politics,
progress, creed, caste, religion, rites, superstitions,
festivals, observances & commercial history.
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Ceramics of Kyoto, Japanese pictorial & applied arts,
bronze-casting architectural sculpture & decoration. Swords,
Tsuba makers, sword furniture, with very useful index of
pictorial artists artisans and chisellers showing names,
periods, schools for sword makers, keramists, sculptors &
other artists.
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JAPAN CONTENTS: Chapter headings:
Vol.1: Present Japan; primeval Japanese; Japan on the verge
of history; Japan in the early eras of history; The
Japanese in the Nara epoch; the Heian epoch; appendix.
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Vol.2.: History of the military epoch; Manners & customs of
the military epoch; Weapons and operations of war during the
military epoch; Bushido or the way of the warrior;
Refinements & pastimes of the military epoch; appendix..
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Vol.3.: Refinements & pastimes of the military epoch; The
early Tokugawa times; Middle Tokugawa; Later Tokugawa; The
fall of the Tokugawa; appendix.
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Vol.4.: Manners & customs of the Tokugawa era; The Tokugawa
court; Criminal procedure & the criminal classes in Tokugawa
times; Personal liberty, justice, slavery & checks on vice;
Philosophy, education, customs & costumes; Meiji or the era
of "Enlightened Government," appendix.
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Vol.5. Financial & economic conditions, Japan's foreign
politics; steps of progress; creed and caste; Religion &
rites; Superstitions, appendix.
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Vol.6: Festivals; Observations & pastimes; History of
commerce in Japan; appendix, index.
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Vol.7: Japanese pictorial art; applied art; Bronze casting,
architectural sculpture and decorations; Various
applications of art, sculpture, sword-furniture; special
subjects, appendix, index.
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Vol.8.: Early [ceramic] wares; Wares of Hizen; Wares of
Satsuma; Wares of Kyoto; Wares of Kaga; Wares of Owari,
Bishu & Mino; miscellaneous wares; modern developments of
Japanese keramics; appendix, index.
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An excellent comprehensive reference source. Useful for
collectors.
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packing will apply.
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REFERENCE:
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$192
438 BRINKLEY, F.
Boston [1901], Millet. Red cloth, very good, 8 vol. set.,
profusely illustrated with color photos, top edge gilt, 8
color, 40 b.w. photos, 2622p., appendix, index. S C A R C E
A LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 750 COPIES.
JAPAN: Volumes 1-8.
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Boston [1901], Millet. 3/4 Leather over blue boards, 8 vol.
set, 8 colotype color + 46 b.w. collotypes, top edge gilt,
2622p., appendix, index, head/tail spine + edges & corners a
bit worn, clean, solid. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION 750 COPIES
JAPAN: Volumes 1-8.
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THE COMPLETE UNIFORMLY BOUND SET OF 24 VOLUMES
440 BRINKLEY, F.
ORIENTAL SERIES: 24 VOLUME SET ON: JAPAN, CHINA, KOREA,
MANCHURIA, PHILIPPINES, SIAM, BURMA, AFGHANISTAN, INDIA,
Boston [1901-1910], Millet. White paper spine over handmade
brown paper boards, very clean, solid, top edges gilt, 144
$213
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excellent condition. COMPLETE 24 VOLUME SET ! FIRST EDITION
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subject. There are a total of 144 color & b.w. photos, and a
total of 7753 pages in this set.
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brown hand-made paper boards. The spines are decorated with
the title "ORIENTAL SERIES" at the top, followed by volume
title, number and blue, yellow, red decorations, and the
publisher's name and place at the bottom. The spines are a
bit 'toned' with a kind of aging common with books over 100
years old. Each volume has top edge in gilt, many pages are
uncut as issued. Each volume has ca. 6 full-page
photographs, some are colored or tinted. Most volumes have
uncut pages as issued by the publisher. Most each volume has
an appendix & index.
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CONDITION:
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bright and clean inside. Being a "largely uncut" set means
this work has yet to be fully read and opened, thus it is
internally excellent, unread and very clean all in all an
exceptionally crisp copy.
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THE VOLUMES: 1-8: JAPAN: Its History Arts & Literature.
Covers present day Japan, history of the military epoch,
refinements and pastimes of the military epoch, manners &
customs of the Tokugawa era, financial & economical
conditions, festivals, pastimes, commerce bronze-casting,
architectural sculpture & decoration, sword furniture,
keramic art: early wares, Hizen, Satsuma, Kyoto, Owari,
Bishiu, Mino, misc. wares and modern developments.
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I: Japan. 260p., 6 plates.
Present Japan-Primeval Japan-Japan on the Verge of
History-Japan in the Early Eras of History-The
Japanese in the Nara Epoch-The Heian Epoch.
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II: Japan. 286p. 6 plates,
History of the Military Epoch-Manners and Customs of the
Military Epoch-Weapons and Operations of War During the
Military Epoch-Bushi-do or the Way of the
Warrior-Refinements and Pastimes of the Military Epoch.
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III: Japan. 256p., 6 plates.
Refinements and Pastimes of the Military Epoch [continued].
The Early Tokugawa Times-Middle Period of
the Tokugawa-Later Period of the Tokugawa-The Fall of the
Tokugawa.
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IV: Japan. 267p., 6 plates
Manners and Customs of the Tokugawa Era-The Tokugawa
Court-Criminal Procedure and the Criminal Classes in
Tokugawa Times-Personal Liberty, Justice, Slavery, and
Checks on Vice-Philosophy, Education, Customs, and
Costumes-Meiji, or the Era of "Enlightened Government."
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V: Japan. 260p., 6 plates.
Financial & economical conditions. Japan's foreign politics.
Steps of progress. Creed & caste. Religion & Rites.
Superstitions. Appendix.
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VI: Japan. 301p., 6 plates.
Festivals, observances & pastimes, history of commerce.
.
VII: Japan. 396+67p. sword furniture chisellers, 6 plates.
Japanese pictorial art, Japanese applied art,
bronze-casting, architectural sculpture and decorations,
various applications of art, sculpture of sword-furniture,
special subjects.
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VIII: Japan. 450+16p. marks & seals, 6 plates.
Early wares [ceramics], wares of Hizen, Satsuma, Kyoto,
Kaga, Owari, misc. wares, modern developments of Japanese
keramics.
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CHINA: Its History Arts & Literature.
Volumes 9-12 contains essays on its history arts and
literature, pottery, porcelain, features of the country,
administration, finance, foreign trade, propaganda,
Chinese relations, education, literati, secret societies,
rebellions and the Second Opium War, Canton, Peking, Taiping
treaties, China's education, commentaries on today's China.
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IX: China: 426 + 5pp. marks & seals, 6 plates.
Chinese porcelain and pottery. As to the first manufacture
of true porcelain in China, Early wares, Sung, celadon, Sung
& Yuan, porcelain decorated under & over the glaze,
monochromatic glazes, polychromatic glazes, Chinese pottery,
Chinese porcelain in the west, manufacturing processes.
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X: China: 273p., 6 plates.
Features of the country, administration, finances, foreign
trade & intercourse: early period, pre-conventional period.
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XI: China: 285p., 6 plates.
The propaganda and Chinese religions, conventional period,
education, literati, secret societies, rebellions, the
Second War and the events preceding it.
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XII: China: 292p., 6 plates.
Canton and Peking at last, the treaty and the Taipings,
China's education, closing episodes, to-day.
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KOREA: Its History, Its People, & its commerce. By Angus
Hamilton, Maj. Herbert H. Austin & Viscount Masatake
Terauchi.
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XIII: Korea: 326p., 6 plates.
Outline of history, land and folk, a city of peace, costume,
manners & morals, education & crime, industries, scenery,
mining & hunting, monks & monasteries, across Korea, drought
& starvation, traveling, resting in Kang-Wha, sorrows of a
coveted kingdom, land of morning calm, relations with Japan,
administration, judiciary, trade, maritime, railroads,
telegraphs, telephones, public works, sanitation & water
works, education.
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XIV:MANCHURIA: Its People, Resources & Recent History. By
Alexander Hosie. 320p., 6 photos.
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Boundaries, physical features & climate, people and
administration, recent events, agriculture & agricultural
products, animal & mineral products, special industries,
trade, journey into central Manchuria, to Port Arthur and
along the Eastern frontier, on the Amur.
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XV: PHILIPPINES: 324p., 6 plates.
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An Account of their People, Progress, and Condition. By Mr.
Campbell Dauncey, with special contributions by: Hon.
William
H. Taft & Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. 324p., 6 plates.
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Our policy and our work in the Philippines, Some results of
our government in the Philippines. An Englishwoman in the
Philippines. Manila, Iloilo, wasted land, native dress &
customs, social amusements, tariffs, insects, theatre,
American occupation, New Year, climate, scenery, religion,
democracy and society in Manila, return voyage, baile,
Filipino indolence, the wharves, trip to Guimaras, tropical
shower, eastern festivities, a day at Nagaba, monsoon,
week-end at Nagaba, little earthquake, evening on the river,
sanitation, Mr. Taft, native education.
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XVI: SIAM: [including Cambodia] 330p., 6 plates.
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An Account of the Country & the People. By P.A. Thompson.
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Bangkok, present conditions, Buddhist religion, temples,
images & symbols, brotherhood of the Yellow robe, Pees &
charms, Siamese art, rice & fish, camp life, Ayuthia and the
elephant hung, Lopburi and the story of Phaulcon, the
Prabaat mountain, edge of the jungle, fragments of an
empire, Angkor Tom.
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XVII: BURMA: 327p., 6 plates.
The Land and the People. By R. Talbot Kelly.
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Rangoon, amenities, across the Yomas to Taungdwingyi,
Burmese market town, jungle life at Kokogon, through the
forest to Pyinmana, 1000 miles up the Irrawaddy [Rangoon to
Prome], and to Bhamo, two capitals, other towns, a month on
the Lashio Line, camping in the northern Shan states, the
Burman, resources & trade, government, travel and hints to
visitors.
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XVIII: AFGHANISTAN: 323p., 6 plates. By Angus Hamilton.
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The Orenburg, Tashkent railway, Khanate of Bokhara, province
of Samarkand, district of Tashkent & Merv, northern border,
Murghab valley and railway, Herat & the western border,
Kandahar, Seistan, provinces and races, administration, laws
and revenue, trade, industries, products, army, Kabul its
palaces and court life and bazaars.
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XIX: INDIA: 326p., 6 plates.
The Real India. By J.D. Rees.
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Early & later history, the land system, government, revenues
& taxation, native states, unrest, congress, social reform,
economic policy.
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XX: PERSIA: 323p., 6 plates.
Through Persia from the Gulf to the Caspian. By F.B.
Bradley-Birt.
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Up the Persian gulf, in Bushire, Shapur, night in a Persian
hut, the pass of the old woman, Shiraz, the graves of Sadi &
Hafiz, pass of God is Great, Persepolis, Naksh-i-Rustam,
tomb of Cyrus, through Dehbid & Yizdikhast to Ispahan,
Teheran, Mejliss.
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XXI: TURKEY: 324p., 6 plates.
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The Awakening of Turkey, the Turkish Revolution of 1908. By
E.F. Knight.
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The Turkish people, atrocities, early reformers, spread of
corruption, spread of education, rise of the young Turks,
discontent in the army, central committee, how the
revolution began, standard of revolt, the insurrection in
Bulgaria, palace and the Greeks, bloodless victory,
committee's ultimatum, after the revolution, European
assistance, mutinous palace guards, preparing for
self-rule, a strong army needed, opening of parliament, the
new Sultan.
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RUSSIA: [3 Volumes 22-24]
Its History & Condition to 1877. By Sir Donald Mackenzie
Wallace.
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XXII: RUSSIA: 332p, 6 plates.
Traveling in Russia, in the northern forests, voluntary
exile, village priest, medical consultation, peasant family
of the old type, peasantry of the north, the Mir or village
community, Tartar village, towns and mercantile classes,
Lord Novgorod the Great, the Imperial administration and
the officials, land proprietors of the old & modern schools.
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XXIII: RUSSA: 334p, 6 plates.
Social classes, church & state, among the Heretics, the
dissenters, the pastoral tribes of the Steppe, the Tartar
domination, the Cossacks, foreign colonies on the Steppe,
St. Petersburg & European influence, the Serfs, emancipation
of the Serfs, consequences of the emancipation.
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XIV: RUSSIA: 324p., 6 plates
Russia of To-day. By Luigi Villari.
The new law courts, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Nijni Vovgorod,
the Volga, provincial Russia, Black sea ports, on a country
estate, the industrial development of Russia, the Russian
working classes, effects of the war on the economic
situation, the effect of the war on Russian public opinion.
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EXCELLENT MONOGRAPH IN 4 VOLUMES ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF CHINA
441 BRINKLEY, F.
ORIENTAL SERIES: CHINA: Its History, Arts, and Literature.
[4 Volume Set: Numbers 9-12]
Boston [1902], Millet. White spine over brown boards, 4 vol.
set on China, volume numbers 9-12 complete, top edges gilt,
426+292+273+285p., 5 color, 20 b.w. photos, bright, clean,
solid copy. 16 x 24.7 cm.
FIRST EDITION
This part of the set is about China, volumes 9-12, a set
complete in itself.
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Covering art history & literature, pottery, porcelain,
features of the country, administration, finances, foreign
trade, propaganda, Chinese religions, education, literati,
secret societies, rebellions & the Second Opium War,
Canton, Peking, Taiping treaties, China's education,
commentaries on today's China.
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A VERY NICE set!
SUPERB MAP OF ALL ASIA & S.E. ASIA: INDIA TO RYUKYU ISLES.
442 BRION, M.
CHINE ET INDES AVEC LES ISLES: D'Papres les Descriptions les
Plus Exactes.
Paris 1790, Defnos. Single sheet copper etched map, period
hand-color, very clean, 27 x 25 cm., distance key, elaborate
b.w. cartouche.
S C A R C E
A very nice map, showing Perse to the West, Corea, Ryukyu
Islands and N. Guinee to the East, Tartarie Chinoise to the
North, Isles de La Sonde to the South. A strange map in that
Japan is not there, but only five small Ryukyu islands noted
including Formose, Philippines, Isles Moluques, all of S.E.
Asia, India, Central Asia and the Maldives. With elaborate
$459
cartouche, the sea in pale blue, each country outlined in
color nicely done. Suitable for framing and display. SCARCE
$593
443 BRION, M.
GRANDE TARTARIE ET ISLES DU JAPON SUIVANT LES RELATIONS LES
PLUS AUTENTIQUES.
Paris 1790, Sr. Defnos. A single sheet copper etched hand
colored map, 10.5 x 10 inches, very good, with distance key.
This is a very nice work, showing the whole of Asia, from
Kamtschatka at the East to Russie Europeenne at the West and
from the Mer Glaciale in the North, to the Tropic of Cancer
at the South. Shows all of the Asian countries with Japan,
Yesso, Korea, China, Tibet, Little Tibet, India, Central Asia and as far as Yunnan. Nicely executed, with elaborate
cartouche, suitable for framing and display. S C A R C E
$559
A LOVELY PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO KOREA
444 BRISTOL, Horace.
KOREA: A Photographic Report on a Country...Whose Fate is
Being Decided Today...And Some of the People Who Will Decide
Tokyo 1951, Toppan. Red cloth spine over boards, 53 b.w.
photos, 3rd. edition, condensed & revised for Armed Forces
in Korea, during the Korean War, 21 x 22 cm., very clean,
solid copy, ca 53 b.w. photos, dust jacket in mylar.
Bristol was a well-known photographer just after World War
II in Asia. This installment is about Korean life during the
Korean War.
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The title has some variants with the editions, so not all
have the subtitle, contents about the same.
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$46
445 BROMAGE, Bernard.
TIBETAN YOGA.
London 1959, Aquarian. Blue cloth, very good, 244p., index,
5 b.w. photos, 14 x 22 cm., 2nd edition.
Covers eminent Yogis, their art of dying, the Gods,
initiations, magic, rites, art, relationship between mind
& body, the way and its power. An excellent source on yoga
with keen insight to Tibetan mentality and customs.
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$20
446 BROMFIELD, Helen W.
DRAGON TALES.
Shanghai 1923, Commercial Press. Purple cloth, spine faded,
contents clean, 239p., contains some 13 stories.
An obscure resource covers short story titles: The Silkworm.
The Jazz Lady. The Philosopher. On Liping Road. The Greif of
Ah Nam. Pak-Ling. Dorothea. The Native Born. Peking Amber
Beads. The Night of the Moonquake. The Autumn Fan. If I were
King. Sonia's Hands. Nicely done, from China's rich tradition of folk tales.
A JOURNEY TO YOKOHAMA, YEDO, HONG KONG, PEKING & CANTON
447 BROOKS, James.
A SEVEN MONTHS' RUN, UP, AND DOWN, AND AROUND THE WORLD.
New York 1874, Appleton. Green cloth, very good, 375p., map.
FIRST EDITION.
S C A R C E
Series of letters written to the New York Evening Express
$163
newspaper. A voyage through Japan, Yokohama, the Inland Sea
then South Yedo, life & sights, travel to the interior, the
curious of mixed nude bathing, foreigners life in Yokohama,
Japanese art & curios. On to the Christian areas of Japan,
Catholic missions, postion of women, profusion of prostitutes. On to China, to Shanghai & Cheefoo, church services, on
the Peiho river, missionaries, Peking, temple lodging, happy
women, junk life, countless babies, the three cities within
Peking. Anti-foreign Chinese, Christian prejudice. Temples &
palaces of Peking, the great wall, government, Tung chow, on
to Hong Kong: city the refuge of the refuse Chinese, things
Canton, temples, manufactures, coolie work, love of money,
Chinese dialects, Malay divers. On to Ceylon & India, Calcutta, journey across India, sights of Bombay, return to
London. A very interesting primary resource.
$621
448 BROOKS, Joe.
FROM A YANKEE NOTEBOOK.
Taipei [1956], Captial. Stiff red wrappers, very good, 188p.
many text illustrations & drawings.
This work reflects the author's three year residence in Free
China, or Taiwan. These 60 vignettes are extracted from the
author's Taiepi newspaper article: "From a Yankee Notebook."
This work reflects a growing Taiwan, still in the beginning
stages of modernization, a mere ten years after leaving the
mainland. Wonderful insights to the Taiwanese, Chinese culture, and the humble way of life. Great reading, superb characterizations. Great reading from an American G.I.
$46
449 BROOMHALL, Marshall.
OUR SEAL, BEING THE WITNESS OF THE CHINA INLAND MISSION TO
THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD.
London 1933, CIM. White cloth, 173p., 8 b. w. photos, very
good, cover a bit dusty, else clean, solid.
FIRST EDITION
A primary resoure, by the celebrated British missioner in
China. Covers the work of the China Inland Mission, some
background about their work in London, training home, Toronto, & Shanghai. About their mission in China, work, trouble
and success. A leading & outspoken exponent of the C.I.M. in
China & the West.
$111
450 BROOMHALL, Marshall.
W.W. CASSELS, FIRST BISHOP IN WESTERN CHINA.
London 1926, China Inland Mission. Red cloth, 378p., 23 b.w.
photos, folding color map, very good.
S C A R C E
A biolgraphical study, covers the early life, preparation
and the years in England, early days in N. China, W. China,
on becoming the first bishop in W. China before the revolution, and his work after the revolution. Excellent primary
source, well illustrated, covering his life and work in
great detail. Scans can be sent by email.
$131
451 BROWN, Arthur J.
THE CHINESE REVOLUTION.
New York [1912], Student Volunteer Movement. Maroon cloth,
very good, 217p., index, folding color map, 25 b.w. photos.
Covers the emergence of the Republic, background, industry,
diplomatic relations, constructive influence of Christianity
Yuan Shih Kai & Sun Yat Sen, the duty of Christian Churches
of the West.
Covers the emergence of the Republic, background, industry,
diplomatic relations, constructive influence of Christianity
Yuan Shih Kai & Sun Yat Sen, the duty of Christian Churches
of the West.
452 BROWN, Margaret H.
'HEAVEN KNOWS.'
New York 1938, Friendship. Brown boards, very good, 167p., 4
b.w. photos. FIRST EDITION
An excellent resource on the early phase of the war in
Shanghai and the brutal Japanese bombing of that beautiful c
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And of the hospitals, & the foreign missionary doctors who
$85
risked their lives daily to save the injured.
story.
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$60
453 BROWN, Margaret H.
MAC GILLIVRAY OF SHANGHAI: The Life of Donald Mac Gillivray.
[Toronto 1968], Ryerson. Yellow cloth, dust jacket, 212p.,
1 b.w. photo, appendix, very good.
The fascinating story of Donald MacGillivray,a noted Chinese
scholar, author, and linguist, who devoted much of his life
to serving in the Honan Mission of the United Church of
Canada. He served in China from 1899 until 1931. An excellent biographical source.
COVERING THE PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, CHINA, KOREA & HAWAII...
454 BROWNE, G. Waldo.
THE NEW AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST: A PICTURESQUE & HISTORIC
DESCRIPTION OF THESE LANDS & PEOPLES.
Boston [1901], Jones. 3/4 Brown leather over red pebbled
cloth, very good, 5 vol. set, illustrated with about 1205
photogravures, colored plates, engravings & maps, introduction by Edward S. Ellis, 1493p., index, top edge gilt. SCARCE
!!!!
Please read carefully; we have several odd issues of this
item, but the COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE SET IS AS
FOLLOWS: [it does not always mean we have the full set !]
*
A DELUXE LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 COPIES.
*
A grand work, copious in nature, profusely illustrated with
color illustrations & b.w. photos, many color folding maps.
Vol. 1
HAWAII by Henry Cabot Lodge.
Vols. 1-2: PHILIPPINES: pp.193-306 by Maj. Gen. Joseph
~
Wheeler.
Vols. 2-3 JAPAN: pp.307-738 Kogoro Takahira.
Vols. 4-5 CHINA & KOREA: pp. 965-1215 by John D. Long.
*
This is a major contribution to the illustrated history of
the areas with copious historical notes by leading exponents
& scholars. In depth current coverage of the SpanishAmerican war results, past history of the Spanish before
$46
taken by America. The current situation, with an in depth
look at the people, land and culture of each area. A basic
up-date for world readers on the progress of each of the
places. Richly illustrated with photographs.
*
Some subjects covered: Japanese & Chinese in Hawaii. People,
fauna, in depth look at the people, land and culture of each
area. A basic up-date for world readers on the progress of
each of the places.
*
$422
COVERING THE PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, CHINA, KOREA & HAWAII...
455 BROWNE, G. Waldo.
THE NEW AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST: A PICTURESQUE & HISTORIC
DESCRIPTION OF THESE LANDS & PEOPLES.
Boston [1901], Jones. Stiff wrs., very good, PART 50,pp.1177
t 1199, 18 b.w. photos, much about Peking, Korea, Canton,
Macao & Mongolia.
!!!!
Please read carefully; we have several odd issues of this
item, but the COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE SET IS AS
FOLLOWS: [it does not always mean we have the full set !]
*
A DELUXE LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 COPIES.
*
A grand work, copious in nature, profusely illustrated with
color illustrations & b.w. photos, many color folding maps.
Vol. 1
HAWAII by Henry Cabot Lodge.
Vols. 1-2: PHILIPPINES: pp.193-306 by Maj. Gen. Joseph
~
Wheeler.
Vols. 2-3 JAPAN: pp.307-738 Kogoro Takahira.
Vols. 4-5 CHINA & KOREA: pp. 965-1215 by John D. Long.
*
This is a major contribution to the illustrated history of
the areas with copious historical notes by leading exponents
& scholars. In depth current coverage of the SpanishAmerican war results, past history of the Spanish before
taken by America. The current situation, with an in depth
look at the people, land and culture of each area. A basic
up-date for world readers on the progress of each of the
places. Richly illustrated with photographs.
*
Some subjects covered: Japanese & Chinese in Hawaii. People,
fauna, in depth look at the people, land and culture of each
area. A basic up-date for world readers on the progress of
each of the places.
*
OBSCURE BRITISH CONFIDENTIAL EDITION ABOUT MANCHURIA
$37
456 BROWNE, G.S. comp.
MILITARY REPORT ON MANCHURIA. Compiled for the Intelligence
Department, War Office in 1902.
[London?] 1902, Intelligence Dept. Brown cloth spine over
boards, "Confidential Second Edition" ahead of title, 140p.,
index, 10 appendices, 2 large pocket folding maps, ex-Royal
Artillary Institute copy/bookplate,obscure primary resource.
This work was compiled by Brevet-Colonel Brown during two
journeys he made in Manchuria; one in 1898-98 and another in
1899-1900. The former extended over a period of nine months.
The current edition was corrected to January 1904.
*
A copious and early English language primary resource.
Contains valuable statistics and also data concerning the
British preoccupation and worry about Russia taking over the
Manchurian area.
***
Chapter 1: Sketch of the history of Manchuria from the rise
of the Manchu people to the present day. Physical features &
climate. Treaties with China, Russo-Chinese conflicts,
Boxers, boundaries, rivers, lakes, coast-line, Liao-tung
&c....
*
Chapter 2: Inhabitants; system of administration. Chinese
population, Manchus, dress, opium-smoking; Mohammedans,
Tartar Tribes, language, brigandage, inns, wages, pawnshops,
distilleries, Missionaries, diseases &c...
*
Chapter 3: Communications & strategic considerations. Roads,
Chinese Eastern Railway, description of the country
traversed, stations, bridges, tunnels, rolling stock, water,
fuel, speed, time of journeys, Imperial Railway of N. China,
cables, telegraph, postal services, strength of Russian
forces in the Far East, military value of Siberian railway
&c...
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Chapter 4: Products, industries and trade. Beans, cereals,
tobacco, opium, cotton, silk, timber, ginseng & medicines,
furs, skins, sheep, cattle, leather, distilleries, soda,
fishing, ponies and mules, carts, prices of daily
necessaries, mines: gold, coal, iron; trade tonnage of
European vessels entering the ort of Newchwang, increase in
Japanese exports and imports, total exports and imports,
falling-off in British trade in cotton goods &c...
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Chapter 5: Military forces. Banner troops, Manchu, Mongol
and Chinese, number of foreign-drilled Bannermen,
ill-discipline of the force, opium-smoking by soldiers, list
of Banner troops in Manchurian garrison, Chinese troops.
*
Chapter 6: Fortresses and arsenals. Chinese forts and
arsenals, Russian fortresses, Port Arthur, Ta-lien-wan,
works at Chin-chou-t'ing.
***
Appendices:
1. Chief towns arranged alphabetically.
2. Agreement between Russia & China respecting Manchuria.
3. Notes on the Ya-lu River.
4. Epitome of routes.
5. Table showing sectional stations, stations, distances,
.
bridges & tunnels on the Chinese Eastern Railway.
6. Distances on Imperial railway of N. China.
7. Distances by rail from Moscow to Vladivostok, Port
.
Arthur, and Peking.
8. Distances of the Ussuri Railway.
9. List of works consulted.
10. Glossary of Chinese words commonly occurring in the
.
names of places.
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Two folding pocket maps: Sketch map of Manchuria & Sketch
map of Ya-lu River.
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CONDITION:
The book is bound in the original format of the publisher.
There is some scuffing to the front cover and back covers.
With some loss of the paper cover to the back near the
spine. The maps have the institutional stamps on them, else
very nice copies. Spine cloth a bit worn at top spine.
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A MOST EXCELLENT REFERENCE BOOK ON EVERY PROVINCE IN CHINA
457 BRUCE, C.D. [Preface By]
THE PROVINCES OF CHINA, TOGETHER WITH A HISTORY OF THE FIRST
YEAR OF H.I.M. HSUAN TUNG AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT
Shanghai 1910, "The National Review." Green cloth, very good
187p., index, 27 maps, indexes, index of products & places,
bibliography. 19 x 23 cm., bright very clean copy.
S C A R C E
Well illustrated with period advertisements. Highly detailed
study of each of the 22 provinces of China, including Tibet,
Siankiang, Mongolia and Manchuria. With a close look at the
missionary efforts, many maps, products, each of the larger
cities, small cities & towns, general features, population
density, communications, etc. With an informative preface
by Col. C.D. Bruce. Good statistics, notes on each city in
the province, products, population, good indices of both
$731
places & products and wealth of other valuable data. Covers
Kansu, Shensi, Shansi, Honan, Chili, Shantung, Szechwan,
Hupeh, Hunnan, Kiangsi, Anhwei, Kiangsu, Yunnan, Kewichow,
Kwangsi, Kwantung, Fukien, Chekiang, Tibet, Sinkiang, Mongolia & Manchuria. By and large a most useful reference and a
very fascinating study.
$503
458 BRUCE, C.G. et al.
NEPAL.
London 1925, Geographica Journal. Blue stiff wrs., very good
extracted article, pages [280]-300, co-author W.B. Northey,
12 b.w. photos, 1 map.
A paper read before the Society 26 Jan. 1925. Covers that
part of the Himalaya between Singalea ridge on the east and
the Mahakali on the west, Nepal. Photos of Likhu & Nayakot
valleys, road to Katmandu: Karri river, Durbar Street, Bhatgon, Patan, Nepal valley, Batoli, W. Nepal, Tansing & Palpa
hills, Dhoban river, Batoli hills, Tirsuli Nayakot & pass to
Grukha. Since Nepal was closed to Europeans, none but the
British Envoy, the Legation surgeon and 1 or other persons,
are permitted to reside in the coutry and even they were confined to the limits of the Nepal valley. Thus, this kind
of early report & photos were valuable 'firsts looks' at the
area. This paper describes the area, and the mountains.
A GRAND PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR A TIBETAN & CENTRAL ASIAN TREK
459 BRUCE, Clarence D.
IN THE FOOTSEPS OF MARCO POLO: A Journey Overland From
Simla to Pekin.
London 1907, Blackwood. Red pictorial cloth, very good, bit
faded, dusty, contents very clean, 40 b.w. photos, folding
color map, 379p., index, top edge gilt.
S C A R C E
What makes this work more useful is the fact that the author
avoided the "beaten path" in his journey to Peking. Covers a
week at Srinagar, Zoji Pass, religion of Ladakis, Leh, Lama
Temples in the Tibetan highlands, preparation for the
caravan
the Lapchack mission, yak driving, coping with robbers, Kuen
Lun.
*
Turkis of Polu, hawking, donkey deals, Buddhism, Niya
buried ruins, mountain route to Cherchen, gold digs,
Lou-Lan, description of Hedin's discoveries, gigantic
trees. Oceans of sand, Lhasa & the Chakalik oasis. Kara Nor
wind storms, Chinese Turkestan, Chinese administration,
Russian domination in Asia. Sachu-Polo's accuracy,
comfortless lives. The Colossal Buddha, Liang-chou, natives
of Western Kansu, opium smoking, Pekin edict, bridge of
boats, fair women and famed tobacco, Richthofen's theory,
camel caravans, remote Catholic mission, petroleum, iron &
coal mines, cave dwellings, the growth of military spirit
$85
in China, effect of Japanese.
*
An account of his journey from Kashmir across North-west
Tibet to Peking in 1905. I includes a description of the
Lapchak Mission to lHASA WHICH WERE STILL TAKING PLACE.
***
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Yakushi B 276.
*
$459
A GRAND PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR A TIBETAN & CENTRAL ASIAN TREK
460 BRUCE, Clarence D.
IN THE FOOTSEPS OF MARCO POLO: A Journey Overland From
Simla to Pekin.
Taipei 1971 Ch'eng Wen. Blue cloth, very good, small split
to front hinge,imprint covered by Paragon Book Gallery label
379p., 40 b.w. photos, index, solid, as new copy, contents
flawless, 13 x 19.5 cm., exact reprint of Edinburgh 1908 ed.
What makes this work more useful is the fact that the author
avoided the "beaten path" in his journey to Peking. Covers a
week at Srinagar, Zoji Pass, religion of Ladakis, Leh, Lama
Temples in the Tibetan highlands, preparation for the
caravan
the Lapchack mission, yak driving, coping with robbers, Kuen
Lun.
*
Turkis of Polu, hawking, donkey deals, Buddhism, Niya
buried ruins, mountain route to Cherchen, gold digs,
Lou-Lan, description of Hedin's discoveries, gigantic
trees. Oceans of sand, Lhasa & the Chakalik oasis. Kara Nor
wind storms, Chinese Turkestan, Chinese administration,
Russian domination in Asia. Sachu-Polo's accuracy,
comfortless lives. The Colossal Buddha, Liang-chou, natives
of Western Kansu, opium smoking, Pekin edict, bridge of
boats, fair women and famed tobacco, Richthofen's theory,
camel caravans, remote Catholic mission, petroleum, iron &
coal mines, cave dwellings, the growth of military spirit
in China, effect of Japanese.
*
An account of his journey from Kashmir across North-west
Tibet to Peking in 1905. I includes a description of the
Lapchak Mission to lHASA WHICH WERE STILL TAKING PLACE.
***
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Yakushi B 276.
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461 BRUNDAGE COLLECTION.
BRUNDAGE COLLECTION.
[Osaka 1970 Yomiuri]. Stiff wrs, 148p., 9 color, 108 b. w.
photos, very good, ca. 22 x 28.5 cm., chronololoy, clean,
$77
solid copy.
FIRST EDITION
Covering this collection as it went to Japan, this catalog
illustrates and discusses in both English and Japanese. The
contents covers Chinese bronzes, jades, ceramics, pottery,
paintings, Buddhist sculpture, nicely done.
$5
A FASCINATING EARLY STUDY OF CHINESE INSTITUTIONS
462 BRUNNERT, H.S. et al.
PRESENT DAY POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF CHINA.
Shanghai 1912, Kelly Walsh. Red cloth, very good, 572+81p.,
alphabetical index of Chinese characters, co-author V.V.
Hagelstrom, 15 x 24.5 cm. FIRST ORIGINAL EDITION
R A R E
This is an exceptionally important and early study on the
ways in which the Chinese their political structure. This is
perhaps the first in-depth research study of its kind. A
unique resource.
*
THE CONTENTS:
Part 1: Emperor and Court, Internal Affairs.
*
Part 2: Ministries [Boards].
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Part 3: Metropolitan Prefecture & Manchuria, Dependencies
of China and Administration.
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Part 4: Appendix, Deputed officials, titles, ranks,
decorations, government service, bibliography, etc.
***
Revised by N. Th. Kolessoff, translated from the Russion by
A. Beltchenko & E.E. Moran, translated from teh Russian with
the authors' sanction by A. Beltchenko, H.I.R.M. Consul at
Foochow..
*
Very RARE & copious study.
*
ORIGINAL EDITION:
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL NICELY PRINTED EDITION !!
!!! This is NOT the cheap, defective reprint edition !!!
*
A FASCINATING EARLY STUDY OF CHINESE INSTITUTIONS
$459
463 BRUNNERT, H.S. et al.
PRESENT DAY POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF CHINA.
Shanghai 1912, Kelly Walsh. Red cloth, very good, 572+81p.,
alphabetical index of Chinese characters, co-author V.V.
Hagelstrom, College gift book plate,PAYSON J. TREAT COLLECTION,small college stamp on title & lower page edge. FIRST ED
This is an exceptionally important and early study on the
ways in which the Chinese their political structure. This is
perhaps the first in-depth research study of its kind. A
unique resource.
*
THE CONTENTS:
Part 1: Emperor and Court, Internal Affairs.
*
Part 2: Ministries [Boards].
*
Part 3: Metropolitan Prefecture & Manchuria, Dependencies
of China and Administration.
*
Part 4: Appendix, Deputed officials, titles, ranks,
decorations, government service, bibliography, etc.
***
Revised by N. Th. Kolessoff, translated from the Russion by
A. Beltchenko & E.E. Moran, translated from teh Russian with
the authors' sanction by A. Beltchenko, H.I.R.M. Consul at
Foochow..
*
Very RARE & copious study.
*
ORIGINAL EDITION:
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL NICELY PRINTED EDITION !!
!!! This is NOT the cheap, defective reprint edition !!!
*
THE AUTHOR SEEKS WISDOM & ENLIGHTEMENT IN TIBET
464 BRUNTON, Paul.
A HERMIT IN THE HIMALAYAS.
Madras n.d. c.1937, Paul. Orange cloth spine over boards,
very good, 328p., b.w. photo frontispiece, bookplate.
A primary source, covering the philosophy of friendship, on
pony-back in the Himalayas, mly life in a bungalow on a mountain-top. Mediatation on British Rule in India, expedition
to Mt. Kailas in Tibet, quest for inner stillness, visit by
$556
two yogis. Reflections on the future of Tibet, Sir Francis
Younghusband's experiences. Encounter with the Nepalese Prince, attack by a bear. A fascinating narrtive of one man's
vigil with himself and introspection. Yakushi B283
$99
THE AUTHOR SEEKS WISDOM & ENLIGHTEMENT IN TIBET
465 BRUNTON, Paul.
A HERMIT IN THE HIMALAYAS.
New York 1937, Dutton. Purple cloth, very good, 322p., one
b.w. photo.
A primary source, covering the philosophy of friendship, on
pony-back in the Himalayas, mly life in a bungalow on a mountain-top. Mediatation on British Rule in India, expedition
to Mt. Kailas in Tibet, quest for inner stillness, visit by
$99
466 BRYANT, Myfany.
ON THE BANKS OF THE GRAND CANAL: A STORY OF THE NORTH CHINA
PLAIN.
London 1930, London Missionary Soc. Red pictorial cloth,very
good, 18 b.w. photos, 140p., end paper maps.
Primary resource by a missionary stationed in Northern China
with essays on the Chinese, their people, customs, traditions as well as the author's work among them.
467 BRYSON, Mrs. [Mary].
CHILD LIFE IN CHINA.
[London] 1900, Religous Tract Soc. Pictorial cloth, very
good, edges bit rubbed, contents very clean, 160p., 50 b.w.
excellent photos & drawings.
S C A R C E
Written by a British missionary of the London Mission at
Tientsin. A primary resource on the work done to teach, treat medically and comfort provided to Chinese children at Wuchang-fu some 600 miles up the great Yang-tse-kiang. Mrs.
Bryson toiled for many years in China as a missionary & the
author of several charming books on the country & culture.
$15
She writes with a keen insight, and full knowledge of the
Chinese language. Fascinating and informative reading !
$26
SUPERB PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR MISSIONARIES & MEDICINE
JOHN KENNETH MACKENZIE, MEDICAL MISSIONARY TO CHINA.
Chicago[1891], S.M.C.L. Red cloth, very good, 404p.,portrait
charts, statistics, tables, frontispiece of Mackenzie, 2nd.
edition.
SCARCE
Biographical study of his 13 years of active medical service
in China, 1875-1888, and missionary work, which produced
China's first Government Medical School. With a medical review of his work by R. C. Roberts and a report on the new
hospital at Tien-Tsin, life, missionary and medical work at
Hankow, work among the villages, persecution, leprosy, opium
smokers, establishment of a medical school,visit of a Corean
Prince, Taoist priests, appendices of North China hospital
at Tien-Tsin; a medical review of Dr. Mackenzie's work by F.
C. Roberts et al., railways, the difficulties in treating
Chinese women, Chinese in California and many superb essays.
To all the above, add a wealth of general observations on
China, the Chinese, their customs, life, Evangelistic labor,
Chinese medical schools, signs of progress, strange phases
of Chinese life, and so many others. An excellent primary
resource !
SUPERB PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR MISSIONARIES & MEDICINE
JOHN KENNETH MACKENZIE, MEDICAL MISSIONARY TO CHINA.
$99
Chicago[1891], S.M.C.L. Brown cloth, very good, 404p.,portrait, charts, statistics, tables, frontispiece of Mackenzie,
appendices, 13 x 19.5 cm., 2nd. edition.
SCARCE
Biographical study of his 13 years of active medical service
in China, 1875-1888, and missionary work, which produced
China's first Government Medical School. With a medical review of his work by R. C. Roberts and a report on the new
hospital at Tien-Tsin, life, missionary and medical work at
Hankow, work among the villages, persecution, leprosy, opium
smokers, establishment of a medical school,visit of a Corean
Prince, Taoist priests, appendices of North China hospital
at Tien-Tsin; a medical review of Dr. Mackenzie's work by F.
C. Roberts et al., railways, the difficulties in treating
Chinese women, Chinese in California and many superb essays.
To all the above, add a wealth of general observations on
China, the Chinese, their customs, life, Evangelistic labor,
Chinese medical schools, signs of progress, strange phases
of Chinese life, and so many others. An excellent primary
resource !
$111
A MAJOR BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY ON THE PIONEER MISSIONARY
THE STORY OF JAMES GILMOUR AND THE MONGOL MISSION.
London [c.1880], Sunday School Union. Green pictorial cloth,
very good, 144p., frontispiece, 10 b.w. plates. S C A R C E
A biography of the famous Central Asian/Mongolian area missionary. The massacre of Tientsin, through the Gobi desert,
missionary's romance, enduring hardness, daily task, firstfruits, and other true commentaries by his fellow Tientsin
missionary colleague. A wonderful biographical study. SCARCE
$131
471 BRYSON, Mrs. [Mary]
JAMES GILMOUR AND THE MONGOL MISSION.
London n.d. ca. [1920], National Sunday School Union. Red
cloth, very good, 160p.
An excellent biographical study of the famous Mongolian area
missionary. Covers his arrival to China, Tientsin massacre,
through the Gobi desert, plans for work, enduring hardness,
the daily task, and his last days. Nicely written by a Tientsin missionary.
$14
472 BUCHANAN, Claudius.
TWO DISCOURSES PREACHED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,
ON COMMENCEMENT SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1810 AND A SERMON PREACHED
Cambridge 1811, University press. Full brown calf, 264p.,top
right corner of 2nd. fly verso mended, paper a bit "toned,"
else clean, solid copy, 13 x 22.5 cm.
SUBTITLE: continued: Christian Researches in Asia.
***
The contents covers:
Introduction
The Chinese
The Hindoos
Juggernaut
Immolation of Females
Letter of King Greoge I. and Archbishop Wake
Tranquebar
Tanjore
Tritchinopoly
Versions of the Scriptures for Hindoos
The Celonese
The Malays
Tesyrian Christians in India
The Malabar Bible
Syriac Bible
Romishchristians in India
Inquisition at Goa
Translation of the Scriptures for the Romish Christians
The Colleges at Goa
The Persians
The Arabians
The Arabid School fo the translation of the Scriptures
The Jews in Asia their MSS. of the Scriptures
The Ten Tribes
Restoration of the Jews
Versions of the Scriptures into the Eastern Languages for
.
the Jews
Bibltheca Biblica in Bengal
The Armenians
Ecclesiastical Establishment for British India
Letter on this subjec from Dr. Watson, Bishop of Llandaff,
.
to the author.
Conclusion.
***
REFERENCES:
NSTC: B5122, B5136
Bogue: Shaw & Shoemaker: 22422, 22423
***
$73
SUPERB COPY IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE, LIKE NEW !
473 BUCK, Pearl S. trans.
ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS [SHUI HU CHUAN].
New York 1948, Heritage. Maroon cloth spine over orange boar
boards, like new, fine copy, in original board slipcase,688p
introduction by Lin Yutang, 32 stunning color illustrations
by Miguel Covarrubias, 70 chapters.
SUPERB COPY !
One of China's greatest historical novels, set in the 13th
century & is a somewhat erotic work, reflecting the mores of
the decadent and disorderly end of the Sung dynasty. During
the 4th era of Chia Ch'ing [17th century], it was labeled
"licentious" and banned by Imperial mandate.
*
The penalty for for selling or reading it was a year's pay.
This superbly translated work is perhaps Pearl Buck's
magnum opus.
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WHO WAS THE ILLUSTRATOR MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS
This Deluxe edition was stunningly illustrated in full color
by the brilliantly celebrated Miguel Covarrubias.
.
Covarrubias' style was highly influential in America,
especially in the 1920s and 1930s, and his artwork and
caricatures of influential politicians and artists were
featured on the covers of The New Yorker and Vanity Fair.
.
Covarrubias is also known for his analysis of the
pre-Columbian art of Mesoamerica, particularly that of the
Olmec culture, and his theory of Mexican cultural diffusion
to the north, particularly to the Mississippian Native
American Indian cultures. His analysis of iconography
presented a strong case that the Olmec predated the Classic
Era years before this was confirmed by archaeology. His
interest in anthropology went beyond the arts and beyond the
Americas-Covarrubias lived in and wrote a thorough
ethnography of the "Island of Bali". He shared his
appreciation of foreign cultures with the world through his
drawings, paintings, writings, and caricatures.
***
TRADE DELUXE EDITION:
This is the large format, contained in the original yellow
board slipcase.
*
CONDITION:
The work is in excellent condition, contained in the yellow
board slipcase which has some minor rubbing on the edges,
performing superbly its job of protecting the book.
***
REFERENCES:
Miguel Covarrubias
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Covarrubias
***
SCARCE
$34
474 BUCK, Pearl S.
'WHY ... SHOULD I CARE ?' An Article in Saturday Review of
Literature, 1932.
[New York] 1932, Saturday Review of Literature. Single sheet
extracted from August 20, 1932, a 2 page article & photo of
the celebrated author & her daughter, opens to 28 x 40.5 cm.
folds down to 11 x 21 cm., very good, small fold tear, a bit
of darkening, else nice copy, occupying most of two pages.
THE AUTHOR'S FOUNTAINPEN-SIGNED COPY OF HER FIRST BOOK !
475 BUCK, Pearl S.
EAST WIND: WEST WIND.
Cleveland [1943], Forest. Green boards, very clean,14 x 20.7
cm., 277p., papers a bit browned, else a very solid copy.
AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY, a small blue paper tipped inside front
cover:"Best Wishes Pearl Buck" in blue pen.
VERY RARE !
This is the author's first book and her first novel. It
concerns he knowledge of Buddhism and China.
.
It is a poignant and lovely primary impression of life and
religion in China, the land where she spend most of her
life. She was born in and grew up in China. Pearl went to
the States in 1929 to find a publisher of her first book.
She met Richard Walsh, editor at John Day publishers in New
York, he accepted her novel East Wind: West Wind. The rest
is history !
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PEARL BUCK:
"Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 - March 6, 1973),
also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu, was an American
writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck
spent most of her life before 1934 in China. Her novel The
$26
Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in
1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938,
she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich
and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for
her biographical masterpieces."
.
After her return to the United States in 1935, she continued
her prolific writing career, and became a prominent advocate
of the rights of women and minority groups, and wrote widely
on Asian cultures, becoming particularly well known for her
efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed race adoption.".
.
During the Cultural Revolution, Buck, as a preeminent
American writer of Chinese village life, was denounced as an
"American cultural imperialist." Buck was "heartbroken"
when she was prevented from visiting China with Richard
Nixon in 1972.
.
Pearl S. Buck died of lung cancer on March 6, 1973, in
Danby, Vermont, and was interred in Green Hills Farm in
Perkasie, Pennsylvania. She designed her own tombstone. The
grave marker is inscribed with Chinese characters
representing the name Pearl Sydenstricker."
Note: above extracted from Wikipedia, see below.
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EDITION:
This is the FIRST TOWER EDITION.
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CONDITION:
This is a very clean, solid copy, mild browning to the
paper, a small mend to the top verso of title page & the
bottom edge of the first fly leaf, else exceptionally clean
copy.
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REFERENCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_S._Buck
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$530
476 BUCK, Pearl S.
IMPERIAL WOMAN.
New York [1956], Day. Blue cloth, very good, in worn dj.,
402p., clean ex-library copy. FIRST EDITION
An historical novel about Tzu Hsi, the last Empress of China
in youth a beautiful concubine, in middle life a brilliant
strategist, in old age a Goddess. A superb work!
$26
477 BUCK, Pearl S.
IMPERIAL WOMAN.
New York [1956], Day.
Rose cloth, very good, 402p.
FIRST EDITION
$46
478 BUCK, Pearl S.
IMPERIAL WOMAN.
New York [1958], Pocket Books. Stiff wrs., 434p., very good.
$14
479 BUCK, Pearl S.
KINFOLK.
New York [1949], Day. Ochre cloth, very good, 406p.
From the celebrated author, the interactions of the Chinese
with foreigners, written with her usual flair for finding
the most interesting details in day-to-day life. Set in
China.
$26
480 BUCK, Pearl S.
LETTER FROM PEKING: A Novel.
New York [1957], Day., Orange cloth, very good, 252p. A very
tender and suspenseful story of love in a world split apart.
Clean ex-library copy, title page rubber-stamped, edges bit
rubbed, contents clean, as is.
$26
481 BUCK, Pearl S.
THE PATRIOT.
New York [1939], Day. Brown cloth, gold stamped titles, in
mylar protected dj., 14 x 21 cm., 372p., very clean copy,
The author's eighth novel.
*
Pearl S. Buck was awarded the Nobel Price for Literature for
this book.
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$0
482 BUCK, Pearl S.
THE PATRIOT.
New York [1965], Day. Brown cloth, gold stamped titles, in
mylar protected dust jacket, ca. 13 x 21 cm., 372p., slight
stain to "part one" page and another to the front cover, not
a great detraction, unclipped dj.
THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY
The author's eighth novel.
*
Pearl S. Buck was awarded the Nobel Price for Literature for
this book.
*
$282
A FASCINATING HISTORIC NOVEL ABOUT THE JEWS OF K'AIFENG
483 BUCK, Pearl S.
PEONY.
New York [1948], Day. Blue cloth, 312p., very good, 14 x 21
cm., gold & blue stamped pictorial cover & matchine spine.
FIRST EDITION
A most interesting novel, based on the Jews of K'aifeng
in Honan province. The Jews lived as invited guests of the
Chinese Emperor for over 1000 years.
*
This is a story from about 100 years ago. Most of them
considered themselvs as Chinese, today even the memory
of their
origin is gone. They are now Chinese.
*
FIRST EDITION
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A FASCINATING HISTORIC NOVEL ABOUT THE JEWS OF K'AIFENG
$46
484 BUCK, Pearl S.
PEONY.
New York [1948], Day. Blue cloth, 312p., very good, 14 x 21
cm., gold & blue stamped pictorial cover & matchine spine.
FIRST EDITION
A most interesting novel, based on the Jews of K'aifeng
in Honan province. The Jews lived as invited guests of the
Chinese Emperor for over 1000 years.
*
This is a story from about 100 years ago. Most of them
considered themselvs as Chinese, today even the memory
of their
origin is gone. They are now Chinese.
*
FIRST EDITION
*
$46
485 BUCK, Pearl S.
THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONIST.
London [1932], Methuen. Black cloth, 187p., very clean,solid
a few old spots to the covers [same color as the cover], the
contents clean, 11.5 x 18 cm., Bill Powell's Bookplate and
title stamped: "The China Weekly Review."
FIRST UK EDITION
Korean War.
*
$63
486 BUCK, Pearl.
THE GOOD EARTH.
New York 1932], Day. Brown cloth, top, bottom of spine worn,
else sound, 375p. A classic of a struggling China during the
1920's.
$3
487 BUCK, Pearl.
PAVILION OF WOMEN.
New York [1946], Day. Buff cloth, very good, pictorial end
papers, 316p.
FIRST EDITION
A classic story based on the author's long sojourn in China.
$7
488 BUESCHEL, Richard M. comp.
NAKAJIMA KI.27A-B MANSHU KI.79A-B IN JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE
MANCHOKUO IPSF RACAF-PLAAF & CAF SERVICE.
New York 1972, Arco. Stiff pictorial wrs., very good, many
color & b.w. photos, no pagination, ca. 100p., 18.5 x 25 cm.
An excellent reference on Japan's military aircraft used in
Manchuria and then in World War II. With period photos, and
a copious group of color photos and and details on each of
the large number of examples. Technical statistics, details
for each, including old combat film photos. Nicely done.
$5
489 BULL, Geoffrey T.
GOD HOLDS THE KEY: Being a Record of His Meditaions &
Reflections Centring on the Period of His Imprisonment in
London [1959], Hodder. Black cloth, dj., 254p., very good.
FIRST EDITION
Detained by the Communist Chinese, this text covers in
detail his missionary work prior to incarceration and his
miserable life in a tiny cell. A real book showing human
strength and devotion.
490 BULL, Geoffrey T.
WHEN IRON GATES YIELD.
$111
[London 1955], Hodder. Blue cloth, very good, 254p., worn dj
very minor foxing to leading edges.
The glowing witness of Christian faith and a literary document of travel & experience. The dauntless story of a British missionary held captive by Chinese communists for three
years. His travels and work in Tibet, Batang, ambassador to
the Lama-Kingdom, Red Conquest. His arrest in Batang, put in
to a Tibetan dungeon, snake-pit, strait-jacket &c...a very
real story.
$99
491 BURGESS, Alan.
THE SMALL WOMAN: The Heroic Story of Gladys Alward.
London [1957, Reprint Soc.]. Yellow cloth, very good, dj.,
256p., 2 maps, 14 b.w. photos.
This is the biography of the parlourmaid employed by Sir.
Francis Youonghusband, the eminent soldier & traveller. This
is her story, as she became a missionary in China.
$85
492 BURGESS, Stella F.
A PEKING CARAVAN.
[Shanghai n.d. ca. 1920's, Shanghai Times]. Stitched boards
Chinese style, 32p.
S C A R C E
A fascinating group of Rhymes to recall "Peking dust." This
is divided into three parts: Cargo of Trinketry, Scenes
Along the Routes, Cargo of Staples. This is basically a set
of rhymes on themes found while resident of Peking. Comic &
insightful lyrics on Chinese life as observed by a foreigner
and delightful "Pekinese Ease" or t wisted English, great
reading from an old "China Hand."
493 BURKE, James.
MY FATHER IN CHINA.
London [1945], Joseph. Black cloth, very good, 288p.,14 x 21
cm.
FIRST EDITION
Excellent biographical study of a southern Methodist
missionary who served some 50 years in China. In Sungkiang,
he participated in the American Rifles Co., to protect the
legations in the Boxer Uprising of 1900. Also was in
Shanghai when the Japanese arrived with their military,
$60
bombing the city.
$46
494 BURKHARDT, V.R.
CHINESE CREEDS AND CUSTOMS.
[Taiepi 1977]. Green cloth, very good, dj., bibliography,
3 volumes bound in 1, 181+201+164 pages, indices, appendix,
101 line drawings, reprint of Hong Kong 1959-60 edition.
This excellent work covers the Chinese festivals, feasts,
Holy days, holidays, weddings, symbolism in art, primitive
religion, Feng Shui, Taoist festivals, secret societies,
burial customs, charms, talismans, calendar, measurement of
time, finger Jades, pagodas, animal lore, folk stories, temples at Stanley, exorcists, walled villages, water legends
boat people, birthdays, pirates look out at Stanley, lion
dog, Taoist priests, dragon boat races and a host of other
fascinating lore. A valuable and usable reference source.
$99
495 BURKHARDT, V.R.
[Taiepi n.d. c.1960's, Ch'ng Wen]. Buff cloth, very good, dj
bibliography, 3 volumes bound in 1, 181+201+164 pages, indices, appendix, 101 b. w. illustrations, reprinted edition.
$163
496 BURKHARDT, V.R.
Hong Kong [1959-66], South China Morning Post. Buff cloth,
very good, 3 vol. set, 181+201+164p., indices, appendices,
3 color, 101 b.w. illustrations by the author, dj.
$340
497 BURKHARDT, V.R.
[Taiepi 1958]. Green cloth, very good, dj., bibliography,
3 volumes bound in 1, 181+201+164 pages, indices, appendix,
101 line drawings, reprint of Hong Kong 1959-60 edition.
$78
A MAJOR RESOURCE ON THE ANIMALS & AREA
498 BURRARD, Gerald.
BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE HIMALAYAS & TIBET.
New York [1925], Stokes. Blue cloth, very good, 320p., index
8 maps, 1 folding color, 23 b.w. photos. FIRST AMERICAN ED.
An important primary work, covers the geography of the Himalayas, stalking, still hunting, black bear, burrhel, gooral,
ibex, Kashmir stag or Barasingh, leopard, markhor, oorial or
shapu, ovis ammon or nyan, red bear, sambhur, thar, Tibetan
antilope, general hints on shooting in the Himalayas, outfit
and particulars of the principal Himalayan states. A very
fascinating resource.
$491
499 [BURRARD, S.G.]
THE INDO-RUSSIAN TRIANGULATION CONNECTION.
London 1916, Royal Geographical Soc. New stiff wrs., article
extracted from The Geographical Journal Vol. XLVII - No. 5,
November 1916, pp. 415-420, very good.
At the request of the International Geodetic Conference of
1909 in London, the question of a tringulation connection
between India and Russia was discussed. A link might be effected across the Northern boundary ranges of India to the
Chinese or Russian Pamirs. The Surveyor-General of India
oganized the work, in 1909-1911 Gilgit had been connected to
Rawul Pindi and the Indian system. From the Russian side,
Col. Tcheikine began his work. This is the results of the
two sides.
$32
500 [BURRARD, Sidney G.]
MOUNTAIN NAMES ON THE INDIAN BORDER. Bound together with
THE MOUNTAINS OF THE KARAKORAM: A Defence of the Existing
London [1929], Geographical Journal. New black cloth, very g
good, extracted articles, pages 274-284, 2 maps. SUBTITLE:
cont. Nomenclature.
A brilliant pari of articles, covers the 7th chapter of Maj.
Mason's report on the exploration of the Shaksgam Valley &
the Aghil Ranges. Discusses nomenclature of the Karakoram &
makes certain suggestions which are criticed by Sir Burrad
in the article which follows...Excellent work.
$131
501 BURRARD, Sidney.
GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF GEODETIC RESULTS: A Critical
Examination of Mr. R.d. Oldham's Recent Treatise on
London 1918, Geographical Journal. New black cloth,very good
extracted article, pages 237-248, statistical chart.SUBTITLE
cont.: Himalayan Structure.
A keen geographical description of the area, vis-a-vis that
of Oldham's.
$131
502 BURRARD, Sidney.
THE IDENTIFICTION OF PEAKS IN THE HIMALAYA.
London 1918, Geographical Journal. New black cloth,very good
extracted article, pages 184-193.
A highly useful work, helps to identify all of the peaks in
the Himalayan chain, based on survey.
$131
503 BUTTERFIELD, Fox.
CHINA ALIVE IN THE BITTER SEA.
[New York 1982], Time Books. Black cloth over red boards,
527p., 10 b.w. photos,end paper maps, index, dj., very good.
Primary resource, by the first New York Times correspondent
permitted to live in Peking since the 1949 Revolution, was
not seduced by Cina's powerful political spell. Avoiding the
complacent categories of Western experts, as well as the offical 'face' presented to foreigners. The result is a brilliant & startling book that reveals the Chinese as only they
know themselves. A careful examination of the Cultural Revolution. How Communists while preaching equality, actually
shortchanged the peasantry and have emerged as a new class
with spacious homes, servants & special book shops and food
stores. Stunning !
FASCINATING PRIMARY RESOURCE BY A BRIT
$32
504 BUXTON, L.H. Dudley.
PRESENT CONDITIONS IN INER MONGOLIA.
[London] 1923, Geographical Journal. New blue stiff wrs., an
extracted article, pp. 392-413, 2 maps, 12 b.w. photos,clean
bright copy, 15 x 24.5 cm.
Primary resource on Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Albert
KahnTravelling Fellow 1921 [London]. This was read at
themeeting of the Society, 23 April, 1923.*
$44
505 BYRON, John. et al.
THE CLAWS OF THE DRAGON KANG SHENG: The Evil Genius Behind
Mao-and His Legary of Terror in People's China.
New York 1992, Simon. Black cloth, very good, dj., 560.,
index, bibliography, biographical notes, notes, chronology.
Co-author was Robert Pack, top edge rubber stamped.
Kang was scarcely known in the West, he was Mao's hatchet
man for half a century, the most feared individual in China.
This ground-breaking biography of Kang Sheng is the fascinating story of the man who schemed his way into Mao's inner
circle, created the dread secret police, defined the bitter
break in Chinese-Soviet relations, terrorized China for more
than 50 years. He unleashed the demonic Cultural Revolution,
and over saw the murder of perhaps a million people & the
imprisonment & toture of over ten million more. Based on
previously unpublished materials, this is a compelling portrait of one of the most influential & sinister figures of
modern China.
$46
506 BYRSON, M[ary].
THE STORY OF JAMES GILMOUR AND THE MONGOL MISSION.
London [ca11895], Sunday School Union. Decorated cloth, 144p
frontis &
b.w. photos. Not in Bib. Mongolica. From the splended lives series.
An excellent biography of the pioneer missionary to Mongolia
and the Mongolians.
$131
507 Ban Yunguei. comp.
LAO CHA FEND YUN: OLD EDUCATED YOUTH WHO JUMPED THE QUE.
[Primary Resource on Chinese "Red Guards" During the
[Nanning? 1994, Guanxi Min x She ban She]. Pictorial wrs.,
very clean, Chinese text, 402p., 13 x 18.3 cm., very solid
copy.
FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 5000 COPIESNLY
$100
AN EARLY YANKEE TRAVELS THROUGHOUT CHINA
508 C, J.B.
A YANKEE IN CHINA.
Potters American Monthly 1878. New stiff wrs., an extracted
article, pages 296-306, 9 steel engravings.
This is the first-hand account of Mr. C., & his man servant
Cheong. A narrative of his observations in China, while on
tour to Peking, and the sights of the Great Wall, street
scenes in Peking, the great pagodas, palaces, temples & the
various boats. Mainly Mr. C traveled on mule-back. Mr. C
rambles on about 'pidgin' English, Chinese food, character,
inn life, the sights, the problem with chop sticks, tiffin,
sedan chairs and a host of other delightful anecdotes...
$60
509 CABLE, Mildred, et al.
A WOMAN WHO LAUGHED: Henrietta Soltau Who Laughed At
Impossibilities and Cried:'It Shall Be Done.'
London 1934, China Inland Mission. Blue cloth, very good,
240p., several b.w. photos, co-author was Francesca French,
12 x 18 cm., clean, solid. 3rd printing of the FIRST EDITION
Henrietta Soltau was the daughter of Henry Soltau, a noted
organizer and missionarly worker for the China Inland
Mission.
*
The authors were the first English missionarly women to go
alone into the great Asiatic Deserts, The Gobi, Mongolia to
live among the people, traveling by foot, donkey, cart and
camel from oasis to oasis. Excellent primary resource.
*
$39
510 CABLE, Mildred. et al.
CHINA: Her Life and Her People.
London [1946], Univ. London. Buff cloth, very good, 160p.,
index, end paper maps, 97 b.w. photos, 4 illus., map, dj.
co-author: Francesca French.
This is a major effort on the part of two Central-Asian missionaries. It covers a general history of China and answers
the question How Christianity came to China. Also a who's
who of China, life in towns, villages, on the waterways, the
Dependencies, reading, writing, customs, Chinese way of life
and a host of other useful essays. Nicely illustrated.
$99
DISPATCHES FROM NORTH-WEST KANSU.
London [1927], C.I.M. Stiff blue wrs., 73p., 7 b.w. photos,
map, two drawings, co-author Francesca French,12.5 x 18.5 cm
very good copy.
S C A R C E
Working the more desolate mission fields, these two heroic
women practiced the gospel and spread it throught the
Mongolian and distant areas. This narrative of their work &
travel is quite a fascinating piece of writing. Covers their
work far from the civilized areas, in the Gobi, and other
desert, and lonely areas of China.
*
The authors were the first Englishwomen to go alone into the
great Asiatic Deserts, The Gobi, Mongolia to live among the
people, traveling by foot, donkey, cart and camel from oasis
to oasis. Excellent primary resource.
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THE BIOGRAPHY OF A GREAT SCOTTISH MISSIONARY AT URUMQI
$131
GEORGE HUNTER APOSTLE OF TURKESTAN.
London [1948], China Inland Mission. Blue cloth, bright copy
end paper maps, 107p., co-author was Francesca French, 25 bw
photos, dj. in mylar protector, 14 x 22 cm.
FIRST EDITION
George Hunter came to China in 1889, returning to England
for the first and only time in 1900, and after fifty-seven
years of missionary service for the China Inland Mission
mostly in the Central Asia: ie. Urumqi, and Kashgaria
regions of Sinkiang [Inner Mongolia]. He was also the
translator of the Scriptures into native languages in Inner
Mongolia. This biographical work is a record of the life and
work of a unique man.
*
He died in 1946, in a city of the Province of Kansu. He was
one of the great pioneer missionaries, it was regrettable
that he was unable to pass on more of the accumulated
knowledge which he possessed. He received the M.B.E. from
the King of England. Hunter was a Scottish missionary, the
authors were his close friends, and they visited him every
time then were in the Urumtsi [Urumqi] and Kashgaria areas.
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great Asiatic Deserts: The Gobi, & Takla Makan, in Inner
Mongolia to live among the people, traveling by foot,
donkey, cart and camel from oasis to oasis, preaching the
Gospel.
*
An excellent primary resource.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Yakushi C10.
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$131
THE GOBI DESERT.
London [1943], Hodder. Blue cloth, 303p., map, 48 b.w. and
3 color photos, very good copy, dj.
Co-author: Francesca French. Missionary work in the Land of
the Caves of the 1000 Buddhas. The two authors are famous
or working in the Central Asian area, with China's poorest
peasants. They travelled widely throughout always alone.
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THE GOBI DESERT.
New York 1945, Macmillan. Brown cloth, very good, 303p., 48
b.w. 1 color photos, fold out map, dj.
$85
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$85
THE GOBI DESERT.
New York 1945, Macmillan. Brown cloth, very good, 303p., 48
b.w. 1 color photos, fold out map.
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$78
THE GOBI DESERT.
London 1950, Readers Union. Yellow cloth, very good, 303p.,
48 b.w. 1 color photos, map.
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THE BIOGRAPHY OF A SOLITARY MISSIONARY IN CENTRAL ASIA
THE MAKING OF A PIONEER: Percy Mather of Central Asia.
London [1935], Hodder. Blue cloth, 288p., 8 b.w. photos,fold
out map, very good, bright copy, 12 x 19 cm.
Biography of an early missionary and his Mongolian work.
$71
Co-author by Francesca French.
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Percy Mather was a Protestant missionary and worked mostly
in Central Asia, Turkistan, where he died there in 1933.
"Percy Mather loved the Mongols and became as one of them."
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great Asiatic Deserts, The Gobi, Inner Mongolia to live
among the people, traveling by foot, donkey, cart and camel
from oasis to oasis.
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An excellent early primary resource.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Yakushi C07.
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$111
A PRIMARY EARLY ACCOUNT OF TRAVEL IN MONGOLIA & THE GOBI
SOMETHING HAPPENED.
London [1946], Hodder.Blue cloth, 320p.,foldout map, 6 b.w.
photos.True story of a rather eccentric group of three British women missionaries in the Gobi desert of Mongolia.
Mildred Cable, Evangeline French & Francesca French have
each written their part of this text. They carried the
gospel to obscure & dangerous lands, carrying out mission
efforts on the road with those they encountered, to the
frustration of Orthodox missionaries of the China
Inland Mission. A fascinating semi-autobiographical primary
source. These women traveled alone through a large part of
Central Asia, with real courage !
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A PRIMARY EARLY ACCOUNT OF TRAVEL IN MONGOLIA & THE GOBI
SOMETHING HAPPENED.
New York 1934, Stokes. Blue cloth,320p., foldout map, 6 b.w.
photos, signed copy by all three authors, very good, 12.5 x
19 cm. RARE ITEM !
Mildred Cable, Evangeline French & Francesca French have
each written their part of this text. They carried the
gospel to obscure & dangerous lands, carrying out mission
$105
efforts on the road with those they encountered, to the
frustration of Orthodox missionaries of the China
Inland Mission. A fascinating semi-autobiographical primary
source. These women traveled alone through a large part of
Central Asia, with real courage !
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$202
THE STORY OF TOPSY, LITTLE LONELY OF CENTRAL ASIA.
London [1937], Hodder. Blue cloth, very good, 212p., 32 b.w.
photos, 2 end paper maps. Co-author Francesca French.
This is the true account of three English missionary women
who worked and lived in a tiny city sandwiched between Mongolia and Tibet. The third member of this group was Evangeline French. Here this famous trio worked with Tibetan Lamaist
villagers as well as with Chinese Moslems. From this base,
the trio went to the scattered native peoples to bring them
the gospel, medical assistance and anything they could. Fascinating reading of their adventures, alone in the desolate
wilds of this forgotten area. They established mission stations throught that area, visiting them often. The local people protected and loved these devoted Englishwomen. Between
the trio, they have authored about 15 books on this area.
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$131
THROUGH JADE GATE AND CENTRAL ASIA: An Account of Journeys
In Kansu, Turkestan and the Gobi Desert.
London [1937], Constable. Grey cloth, very good, 301p., b.w.
photo frontispiece, large fold out map, co-author and travel
companion was Francesca French, introduction by Rev. John
Holden, dj. SIGNED COPY BY CABLE, EVA & FRENCESCA FRENCH
Traveling to the most desolate and distant places these two
steadfast missionary women a administered to poorest of
all souls. This is a narrative of their trek from Lanchow
to Semipalatinsk in Siberia. Through Tibet, Inner
Mongolia, Chinese Turkistan, Sinkiang, Outer Mongolia and
finally on the Irtish River and Omsk. Two women traveling
alone is quite hard to believe in lands infested with
bandits and thieves.
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Their trek through the far north-west, via the Gobi and
into lower Russia, is a fantastic but true odyssey. The
basic account of how after 20 years missionary work in
Hwo-chow these ladies set out into China's North-West with
passports for Shensi, Kansu, Mongolia and Sinkiang
[Xingjiang]. Fascinating !
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$298
522 CABLE, Mildred.
THE BAZARS OF TANGUT AND THE TRADE-ROUTES OF DZUNGARIA.
London 1934, Royal Geographial Soc. Blue stiff wrs., extracted from The Geographical Journal Vol. LXXXIV - No. 1, July
1934, pp. 17-32, 2 b.w. maps, 6 b.w. maps, very good.
A good article by a British woman missionary who roamed all
over the Gobi & Central Asia for many years.
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523 CABLE, Mildred.
THE FULFILMENT OF A DREAM OF PASTOR HIS'S: The Story of the
Work in Hwochow.
London 1907, Scott. Red cloth, very good, 268p., appendix,
8 b.w. photos, very good.
An excellent primary resource covers Mrs. Hsi's gift, being
an account of the opening of the station of Hwochow, Shansi
province. Appointment of first missionaries, suffering, the
$20
outbreak of the Boxers. Life in the villages, Chinese home
life, portraits of fellow workers, mission work. Story of an
opium smoker, record of observations in demonology, story of
pastor Wang, women's bible training school, hospitality of
the official classes, after the revolution of 1911 and its
effect. Preaching the gospel, healing the sick, daily routroutine. Casket of jewels account of the girl's schools.
Lapidary at work.
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$131
524 CAGLE, Malcolm W. et al.
THE SEA WAR IN KOREA.
Annapolis [1957], U.S. Naval Institute. Blue cloth,very good
dj., 555p., index, 10 appendices, notes,profusely illustrated with b.w. photos, co-author was F.A. Manson.
A comprehensive resource on the U.S. Navy's role in the war.
Covers the gathering war clouds, retreat to Pusan, amphibious assault at Inchon,the battle of the Mines:Wonson & Chinnampo. The Hungnam redeployment, struggle to strangle, seaborne artillery, the Patrons, amphibious threat, siege of
Wonson, on the line. Excellent, solid study by two naval
commanders who were there.
525 CAHILL, Holger.
A YANKEE ADVENTURER:The Story of Ward The Taiping Rebellion.
[A Biography of Frederick Townsend Ward.]
New York 1930, Macaulay. Blue cloth, very good, end paper
maps, 296p., bibliography, b. w. frontis, 16 b. w. plates,
a bit of green paint on top signatures, first few pages
right top corner torn away, else very clean, tight copy.
This work outlines the life and times of Ward, who was a
Salem, Massachusetts resident, who went to Shanghai in 1859,
as second mate on a Yankee Clipper ship. In Shanghai, he
offered to capture cities in China at a price, and was hired
by the Chinese to do this by making a band of foreign
merceraries. Essentially the were hired by the Shanghai government to supress the Tai Pings. This work outlines this
adventure, and a host of others during his life in China.
Excellent stidu based on a primary resource.
$131
*****
An excellent resource on the Taiping rebellion of 1900, and
the involvement of the Shanghai resident from Salem,
Massachusetts.
*
Also covers god worshippers, religion and rebellion, the
Great Peace Kingdom, the rodey legion, Ever Victorious Army,
paths of glory, gold and sainthood, after Ward, Ward and
Chinese Gordon.
*
Frederick Townsend Ward [29 November 1831 - 21 September
1862] was an American sailor and soldier of fortune famous
for his military victories for Imperial China during the
Taiping Rebellion. According to a contemporary account
written in early 1862, Ward and his brother arrived in
Shanghai, China in 1860 for the purpose of trading, perhaps
as an extension of their father's New York office. This may
be true, but given Ward's activities in the 1850s it is
almost certain that Ward had ulterior motives for his
return. We can be sure he had little respect for the
Shanghai business practices, which he dismissed as lying,
swindling and smuggling. Their arrival coincided with a
buildup of Taiping forces in the area.
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While Ward's brother set up a trading business in Shanghai,
Ward himself took up customary employment as the executive
officer on the Confucius, an armed riverboat commanded by an
American, employed by the Shanghai Pirate Suppression
Bureau. The Bureau was organized by Xue Huan and Wu Xu,
Shanghai governmental officials who took pains to shield
explicit imperial association with Western mercenaries and
military, and primarily funded by Yang Fang, a prominent
Ningbo banker and mercantilist.
*
Ward's show of bravery and initiative on board the Confucius
reflected great credit upon him, and the prominent men of
Shanghai took notice. His exploits, previous military
experience, ability to rise above racism and empathize with
local populations, and his stated mercenary intentions, made
him an attractive candidate to lead a force of foreign
nationals in defense of Shanghai against encroaching Taiping
forces.
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Ward was mortally wounded in the Battle of Cixi, about 10
miles from Ningbo on September 21, 1862, when he was shot in
the abdomen. One version is that he was wounded at the base
of the city wall. Ward survived 14 previous battlefield
injuries.
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Ward lingered for a day. During that time he dictated a will
ensuring his brother, sister and his Chang-mei Chinese wife
would be cared for; he expired on the morning of September
22, 1862. Ward died at the height of his fame, leaving an
unusual, original army forged by an even more unusual
commander.
*
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REFERENCES:
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Townsend_Ward
*
$34
A FASCINATING INSIGHT TO WHO THE REAL JUDGE DEE WAS !
526 CAHILL, Suzanne E.
THE REAL JUDGE DEE.
[Berkeley 1977, O.L.S.A.]. New stiff gray wrs., very good,an
extracted article from Dept. of Oriental Studies, U.C.B.,
19p., complete essay.
An anotated translation of Official Biography of Ti
Jen-chien in ch. 115 of the New T'ang History.
*
$36
527 CAIL, Odile.
PEKING.
New York [1973], McKay. Green cloth, dj., 210p., index, many
text illustrations, 1 b.w. map, 8 pages of b.w. photos, text
clean, ex-library copy, usual marks, solid.
Complete guide to Peking, timeless...copious work.
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE WHOLE GENRE OF AVIFAUNA
528 CALDWELL, Harry R. et al.
SOUTH CHINA BIRDS.
Shanghai [1931], Vanderburgh. Blue cloth, 447p., 6 color, 75
half-tone b.w. plates, index to bird names, very good, in a
mended dj. in mylar protector,co-author was John C. Caldwell
14 x 25 cm. SCARCE
With stories and legends by Muriel E. Caldwell.
*
A complete, popular and scientific account of nearly 550
forms of birds found in Fukien, Kwangtung, Kiangsu and
Chekiang provinces. Illustrating birds in life, nests,
eggs and haunts, from photographs by the authors and
Morris Caldwell.
*
An extremely rare and valuable study. Perhaps the best
single source on Chinese birds done in the mid-20th.
$3
century. With copious index.
*
$814
529 CALDWELL, John C.
CHINA COAST FAMILY.
Chicago 1953, Regnery. Red cloth, very good, 228p., 4 b.w.
photos, clean ex-library copy, small spine mark, contents
clean.
The son of a Methodist missinary who arrived in China in
1894 and worked some 50 years in Fukien Province. A useful
biographical resouce. Caldwell was from Tennesee.
AN EXCELLENT COPIOUS TOURIST GUIDE TO ALL CHINA
530 [CALIFORNIA DIRECTORIES ASSN.] comp.
TOURIST'S GUIDE TO CHINA: Where to Go, What to See, Where to
Shop in China.
[Shanghai nd. c.1920], Shanghai Times]. Buff stiff wrs.,very
good, large folding map of Shanghai 32 x 25.5 cm., folding
map of Victoria-Hong Kong 14.5 x 16 cm., Pidgin-English
dictionary, many b.w. photos, small 9 x 15 cm.
S C A R C E
An excellent guide to Hong Kong: sights, clubs &
associations, Kowloon City and Yaumati, motoring, itinerary,
currency, auto trips, places of interest, hotels, Opium
Question &c.
*
Canton area: the river, sightseeing programme.
*
Macao area guide.
*
Shanghai: the hotels: listing & describing many of the
best, full description of the city & its history, drives,
Bubbling Well, consulates, clubs, Shanghai neighbourhood,
house boating, Hangchow Bore, native city, Chinese coolie
class, excursions out of Shanghai: Hangchow, Needle Pagoda,
monasteries. Soochow, Nanking, Mokanshan, Yangtze Gorges,
shopping: lace, furs, silks.
.
WITH LARGE FOLDING MAP OF SHANGHAI:
This excellent map shows the Chapei area, the railway down
to the wireless station, Whangpoo river to the Burlington
Hotel. Someone has lightly red penciled in a route
$71
including the public recreation ground and the racetrack.
*
Peking and the sights.
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Tientsin, native city.
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PIDGIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
With a fascinating 3-page list of Pidgin-English terms in
Pidgin & English. All the foreigner needs to talk to the
local Chinese !
***
FACTS & FIGURES:
A two-page running list of statistics, where Pidgin-English
can be used, Cumsha ! Rickshaw fare, "can do" Treaty
Ports,
don't judge the Chinaman by his clothes, death to girl
babies, and many others !
***
Copious facts and figures. A small pocket-size volume,
loaded with very good information and solid guide to the
cities and sights. With two lists of advertisers, many
quaint adverts.
***
$349
THE REBELLION & CAPTURE OF NANKING & REBELLION IN FORMOSA
531 CALLERY, M.
HISTORY OF THE INSURRECTION IN CHINA: With Notices of the
Christianity, Creed and Proclamations of the Insurgents.
New York 1853, Harper. Blue blind-stamped cloth, 301p., with
a Chinese map of the course of the insurrection, portrait of
Tien-te, its Chief, back side of spine hinge split, mended,
small paper label on spine, head & tale bit worn else clean.
Co-author Yvan.,translated from the French by John Oxenford.
Covers the Emperor Tao-kouang, the last yers of his reign.
Accession of the Emperor Hien-foung, the new Em;peror & the
old Ministers, first news of the insurrection. the Kouang-si
the Miao-tze, the insurgents during the year 1850. Protestations, secret meetings, proclamation of the pretender. The
revolt in the Kouang-Toung, the viceroy in the Kouang-si. A
crime, the Sapeques, Kouei-Lin. A sanguinary scene, policy
of the insurgents. Chinese generalship, insurrection at HaiNan, insurrection in the provinces of Hou-nan, and the Houpe. The pretender & two offical envoys, confession & execution of Tien-te, new successes of the rebels. Revolt in Formosa, the Lin family, the God Kouan, an aquatic assault. The
regatta of Tchan-Cha, the decendants of Confucius. How to
make money. Ou-Techang & Han-Yang. Decree respecting the
takin of Ou-Tchang, Siu poisoned, punishment of the Europeosa, the Lin family, the God Kouan, an aquatic assault. The
regatta of Tchan-Cha, the decendants of Confucius. How to
make money. Ou-Techang & Han-Yang. Decree respecting the
takin of Ou-Tchang, Siu poisoned, punishment of the Europeans &c. Excellent primary resource. Scans can be sent by
email.
$360
A WONDERFUL RESOURCE ON ALL OF THE HIMALAYAN CHAIN
532 CAMERON, Ian.
MOUNTAINS OF THE GODS. The Himalaya & the Mountains of
Central Asia.
New York [1984], Facts on File. Brown cloth, dj., very good,
248p., index, bibliography, 3 appendices, maps, chronology,
many color & b.w. photos.
This excellent resource documents the beginnings, and whole
of the mountains, climbers & native peoples in the area. But
essentially is a historical record of the forming of the
mountains, coming of man, the pathfinders,explores, climbers
and scientists who have come to these greatest of all mountains: the Himalayas. Appendices cover the prinicpal events
inthe history of the mountains, national parks & protected
areas. Of major interest are the sections on those who came
to climb and explore. With details of each expedition, the
personnel, and the disasters...A very useful work.
$99
533 CAMERON, James.
MANDARIN RED.
New York [1955], Rinehart. Red cloth over boards, very good,
334p. Fascinating narrative of a visit to China in the last
months of 1954, just after the People's revolution.
Cameron was the chief correspondent of the "London News
Chronicle." He travelled over 6000 miles through China.
$32
534 CAMERON, Meribeth E.
CHINA, JAPAN AND THE POWERS.
New York [1952], Ronald Pr. Blue cloth, very good, 682p.,
index, bibliography, end paper maps. Co-author's Thomas H.D.
Mahoney, George E. McReynolds. Scholarly resource.
Foreword by Professor K.S. Latourette. The collaboration of
3 orientalists has yielded a superb survey of the current
situation. Careful coverage of postwar China, Japan & Korea,
influence of Russia on the region, complicated relationship
of Japan with China, Russia & Korea, the social, political &
economic balances, influence of Communists, a useful work.
535 CAMERON, Nigel. et al.
PEKING: A Tale of Three Cities.
Tokyo [1965], Weatherhill. Grey & orange cloth, very good,
co-author Brian Brake, 263p., index, bibliograhy, oversize:
$78
21 x 30 cm., 6 maps, 2 charts, statistics, chronology, foreword by L.C. Goodrich, profuse color & b.w. photos,slipcase.
This fascinating work addresses the First, Second & Enduring
past of Peking. Beginning with the long beginnings, city of
the Great Khan, the Mongul century in Peking, brilliance of
Ming, its grand design, the Great Wall, valley of Tombs, the
Peking Opera. The last of all, the Third Beginning: covers
the Republic, and the People's Republic. This work shows the
development & evolution of China's most grand & spectacular
city in all its glory. Fabulous work, nicely done, a marvel
to behold !
$131
536 CAMERON, Nigel.
BARBARIANS AND MANDARINS THIRTEENTH CENTURIES OF WESTERN
TRAVELERS IN CHINA.
New York [1970], Weatherhill. Gold cloth, very good, dj.,
443p., index, bibliography, tables, maps & plans, many b.w.
sketches & photos, 17 x 25.5 cm.
FIRST EDITION
Focuses on travelers & adventurers rather than diplomats
& politicians. Covers Nestorian & Franciscan, merchant, a
Saint, Marco Polo, John of Montecorvino, Odoric of Pordenone
the say from Portugal, scientists, diplomats, pirates, casuists, European rivals, Matteo Ricci, Jesuits. Geman, Russian
& two Dutch merchants.Ferdinand Verbiest & the Emperor K'ang
hsi. Spathary, Verbiest & K'ang-hsi, Ripa the Neapolitan,
John Bell, Foreign Lords, foreign mud, Dr. Peter Parker and
the Ameican effort. Lord Elgin, Wang's mother, Mrs. Archibald Little, missionaries, writers from the West. An excellent resource on the foreign influence on China.
*
$71
537 CAMERON, Nigel.
THE EMPEROR'S PRIVATE GARDEN: KASHMIR.
Angwin 1958, N.G.M. Blue cloth over stiff boards, extracted
article from National Geographic, pp.606-647, many color and
b.w. photos.
An excellent guide to the area, and its charming sights.
SUPERB REFERENCE ON EARLY PHOTOS OF CHINA
$9
538 CAMERON, Nigel.
THE FACE OF CHINA: As Seen by Photographers &
Travellers 1860-1912.
[New York 1978], Aperture. Black cloth, 159p., very good, dj
chronology, 97 full size, 53 small b.w. photos, bibliography
preface by Prof. L. Carrington Goodrich, 29 x 24 cm., as new
bright and clean copy.
This excellent reference covers Westerners in China, & the
pioneer photographers, with a wealth of photos & scholarly
essays. Examples from such celebrated photographers as: John
Thomson, White Brothers, T. Childe, F.A. Beato, et al. They
recorded images that gave the untravelled viewer a look at
the real China. Nicely done, helpful for students, collectors, curators.
*
$12
SUPERB REFERENCE ON EARLY PHOTOS OF CHINA
539 CAMERON, Nigel.
THE FACE OF CHINA: As Seen by Photographers &
Travellers 1860-1912.
[New York 1978], Aperture. Black cloth, 159p., very good, dj
chronology, 97 full size, 53 small b.w. photos, bibliography
preface by Prof. L. Carrington Goodrich, 29 x 24 cm., as new
bright and clean copy.
This excellent reference covers Westerners in China, & the
pioneer photographers, with a wealth of photos & scholarly
essays. Examples from such celebrated photographers as: John
Thomson, White Brothers, T. Childe, F.A. Beato, et al. They
recorded images that gave the untravelled viewer a look at
the real China. Nicely done, helpful for students, collectors, curators.
*
$12
540 CAMERON, Nigel.
HONG KONG THE CULTURED PEARL.
Hong Kong 1978, Oxfor Univ. Grey cloth, very good, 281p.,
color map, 5 b.w. maps, 105 b.w. plates, 17 color plates,
notes, bibliography, index, d.j.
The story of Hong Kong from its opium-tinged origins to the
late 1970's. The author uses his one style to give a general
history, using photos and illustrations, some of which have
not been published before. A fresh look at Hong Kong, worth
reading, very good source.
$60
541 CAMERON, Nigel.
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF HONG KONG.
Hong Kong 1991, Oxford Univ.Blue cloth, 362p., 24 color & 96
b.w. photos, 2 color endpaper maps, 7 b.w. maps, appendices,
notes, bibliography, glossary,index, very good,19 x 25.5 cm.
dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION
An excellent full history, from the origins of confrontation
the first clashes, the treaty of Nanjing, early Hong Kong.
Governor Davis, early Victoria, Governor Bonham, Bowring's
war with China, consolidation under Robinson, growth of Chinese institutions, & the problems of education. Macdonnell &
the lawless "Despot," colonial appeasement, Mr. Hennessy's
proceedings, public health and the blockade. Constitutional
reform & the legalization of opium, plague & the New Territories, first two decades of the new century, the inter-war
years: 1920's & 1930's. Invasion & occupation by the JapanJapanese. Rehabilitation transformation, population, housing
& education. Growth of an industrial giant, corruption & the
ICAC, final years.
$66
542 CAMERON, Nigel.
PEKING: A Tale of Three Cities.
New York [1965], Harper. Grey cloth, dj., 263p. index, bibliography, 40 color, 95 b. w. photos, maps, 70 text illus.
Profusely illustrated essay on Peking's periods of history,
clean, solid copy.
FIRST EDITION
The first city was a town of 2700 years ago, the City of
Great Khan. The second was the brilliance of Ming, the grand
design & last dynasty. The third is the Great Wall, Valley
of Tombs, Peking Opera, the People's Republic. A remarkable
biography of China's greatest city and its people, poetry,
art, emperors, etc.
PRIMARY ACCOUNT OF MONGOLIA IN 1945 BY AN AMERICAN SAILOR
$7
543 CAMMANN, Schuyler.
THE LAND OF THE CAMEL: Tents & Temples of Inner Mongolia.
New York 1951, Ronald. Black cloth, very good, 200p., 39 bw.
photos, map, index, dj. in mylar protector, 15.5 x 23.5 cm.
nice, bright copy.
This scholarly work describes Inner Mongolia in 1945. For 9
years, this region was cut off by the war. Seldom observed
by westerners, save a few missionaries, this is the best
and most reliable study on the people, customs & area. After
the war, this area underwent a great change, exploitation an
disposession of the native Mongols. This then is a final the
final chapter of the old way of life, before major changes
undermined their strange customs and comples religious life.
*
Also a keen insight to the semifeudal realm of the Belgian
missionary fathers which has now passed into history. The
author travelled extensively crossing the Ordos, great
plain, Shanpa, Lamaseries, Dunguerbo,living Buddha of
Shandagu, Ch'ien-li Temple, Oirats, festivals, down the
range to Dabatu Pass, Gobi Temples, Ago-in Sume, south by
camel, Ninghsia, Lo-pei Chao and other visitations.
*
Excellent primary source, much on native Buddhism & Lamaism.
*
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
BIBLIOGRAPHY MONGOLICA 2326.
*
$151
544 CAMMANN, Schuyler.
TRADE THROUGH THE HIMALAYAS. THE EARLY BRITISH ATTEMPTS TO
OPEN TIBET.
Princeton [1951], University Press. Buff boards, 186p., 5 bw
photos, bibliography, appendices, index, penned marginalia,
as is, otherwise very good sound copy.
S C A R C E
Excellent, scholarly resource, covering a historical background of Tibet until 1774. The first English Mission to
Tibet 1774-1775. Bogle's report on Tibetan trade & sequels
to his mission. Samuel Turner's mission to Tibet in 1783.The
background of the Sino-Nepalese War. The Chinese campaign
against the Gurkhas & its afatermath. Preliminaries to the
Bhutan Expedition of 1773. The Panchen Lama's first letter
to Warren Hastings. The principal articles of the Treaty of
Peace with Bhutan in 1774. Summary of Turner's list of articles in the Tibetan trade of 1782.
$131
EXCELLENT EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE
545 CAMPBELL, William.
AN ACCOUNT OF MISSIONARY SUCCESS IN THE ISLAND OF FORMOSA.
Published in London in 1650 and now Reprinted with Copious
Taipei 1972, Ch'eng Wen. Green cloth, as new copy, volume 1
only of 2 vol. set, sharp copy, 330p., b. w. frontispiece,
13 x 19.5 cm., exact reprint of the London 1899 edition.
The Rev. Campbell was a gifted linguist and distinguished
missionary, was an authority on the Telugu language.
Himself a visitor to Formosa, he was deeply interested in
the activities of his 17th century predecessors, the Dutch
missionaries who arrived in 1624 and been expelled in 1662.
*
The story of modern missionary success occupies parts of
this book, in which the author tells of his many journey's
through known and unknown parts of the island, among the
cannibals and headhunters, his personal adventures and
dangers, the episode of the French bombardment, his visit
to the Pescadore Islands.
*
A LOVELY PERIOD GUIDE TO OLD SHANGHAI
546 CANADIAN PACIFIC. ROUND THE WORLD CRUISE. EMPRESS OF FRANCE.
SHORE EXCURSION AT SHANGHAI.
[Toronto 1936, Canadian Pacific]. Buff stiff wrs., vrey good
11.8 x 19 cm., guide to Shanghai, [8+2]p., Emprss of Britain
World Cruise 1936, guide pamphlet.
OBSCURE SHANGHAI GUIDE
Excellent quick guide to Shanghai, province of Kiangsu. With
a brief history of Shanghai, statistics of foreign residents
& Chinese population.
.
A lovely guide pamphlet, the sights, famous places, the
native city, return to the ship. A fascinating history of
Shanghai and guide to the city.
*
Contains: "Shanghai Programme," "Party A" tour, "Party B"
tour, "What to Buy in Shanghai," "Ten Important Points."
These Ten Points covers port regulations,
part registration, shore excursions, disembarkation, motor
$77
cars, what hotels to stay in, exchange orders, meals,
port departures, cruise office, and other important notes to
passengers.
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CONDITION:
This is a very solidly bound item. There is a faint damp
stain to upper margin, no text impacted.
***
$78
WITH THE SIGHTSEER'S PERSONAL HAND-WRITTEN LETTERS
547 CANADIAN PACIFIC. ROUND THE WORLD CRUISE. EMPRESS OF FRANCE
SHORE EXCURSIONS AT PEKING SECTION A. 1925.
[With an Actual Letter Describing the Great Wall &c...]
1925. Stiff blue wrs., very good, [8]p., with 5 other items:
a. Peking tour; b. Peking customs warning; c. a handwritten
pencil letter March 1, [1925], on 4 sheets [on 6 pages];
d.special train schedule; e. Hong Kong Daily Press June 25
25, 1925 an article from the British Consul-General's warning about student demonstratons on bridges leading to
Shameen. This period guide was given to passengers who
disembarked to visit Peking. And is a small collection of
that person's memories of a visit. The letter is of great
interest. Its dated "Tuesday Mch 31 [1925]. It discusses arrival at Taku Bar, some 15 miles from Tangku where the passengers boarded a special train [see train guide] to Peking,
passing through Tientsin, where American soldiers guarded
the train station. The traveler asked the Americans what was
going on to which was replied "We expect trouble..." They
arrived at the Grand Hotel, Peking without incident. Then on
to the Great Wall, escorted by soldiers, as they rode "cedan
chairs" up the road, "requiring coolies to carry us up the
mountain...from there a view of Mongolia could be seen...the
wall was from Philadelphia to Topeka..." On the back side of
the special train schedule are written some Chinese characters with Romanized names of various Chinese people this visitor met on her course. Possibly those of fellow passengers
on the train, and a small note on the opposite half of that
sheet, where the Chinese was written, her own information:
"Greensburgh Pa home address."
A lovely group of fascinating primary resources.
ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL RESOURCES ON THE RUINS
$131
548 CANDEE, Helen C.
ANGKOR THE MAGNIFICENT, THE WONDER CITY OF ANCIENT CAMBODIA.
New York 1924, Stokes. Buff cloth spine over blue cloth, 302
pages, 79 b.w. photos, map, top gilt.
S C A R C E
The chronicle of one of man's greatest achievements. Unknown
to the West for centuries,this was only "discouvered" in the
mid 19th century. An outline of the superb temples,sculpture
and monumental stone works. The author's narrative began as
she arrived in Hong Kong and with a brief trip to Canton,the
conflict there, pirates in the Pearl River. Continuing the
journey on the Pak Hoi to Saigon. Arrival, coaling by Annamites, native women, cafes & streets, cocoa palm nectar. Up
the Mekong, Mytho, Phnom Penh, Royal Palace, George Groslier
& the Museum, to Tonle Sap, first View of Angkor Vat. Investigating the first & second galleries, Cruciform Terrace,the
causeway & park, five towers & the Sanctuary, survet & Bayon
animals, Terrace of Honour, Phimean-Akas, village of SiemReap, artist workshop, native girls, Bak-Keng, Ta Keo as a
hanging garden. Banteai Kedei & Ta Prohm. The water & the
hydrolics of construction, Prah Khan, Neak Pean: the general
plan, questions answered, mixture of races, Chinese influence, where vanished the Khmers ? A line of Kings, the jungle.
$133
549 CANDLER, Edmund.
THE UNVEILING OF LHASA.
New York 1905, Longmans. Green cloth, very good, neatly rebacked, 304p., large fold out map, 1 color, 52 b.w. photos &
illustrations.
Q U I T E
S C A R C E
This work covers the first expedition to Lhasa, the mission,
with details by a member of the party. Written on the spot
while the political events were still fresh. Owing to wounds
this author left before the bombardment of Gyiantse. He reports on the early visit ors to Lhasa, Jesuits, Capuchins and
the 1888 expedition. The reason for the current expedition,
the race to Chumbi, arctic clothing, the Tomos a hardy race,
Phari Jong the old fortress, frozen heights, sweltering valleys, Yak disease, mule coprs., the gun fight with Tibetans
at Hot Springs, the Lepchas, Mongolian odours, Lucknow, through tropical forests, opposition of Tibetans to the advance
of the Mission. Gyantse, an essay by Henry Newman, to the
Great Tsangpo River, Irawaddy controversy, meeting with the
Dalai Lama, sullen monks, the great city of Lhasa & temples.
An excellent primary source, full of adventure, harrowing
experiences on the roof of the world. Yakushi C23 variant.
QUITE SCARCE
$360
550 CANDLIN, Enid S.
THE BREACH IN THE WALL: A Memoir of the Old China.
New York [1973], Msacmillan. Buff cloth, very good, dj.,340p
index, top signature rubber-stamped, call number tag on dj.,
contents clean.
The author was born & grew up in Shanghai the daughter of a
great tea merchant. She lived in China until the Japanese
invasion in 1939 and then in India, Germany and the U.S. She
was also a writer for the Christian Science Monitor, Journal
of the Royal Central Asian Soc., London and Foreign Service
Journal.
*
The author relays her experiences growing up in the
Shanghai area, during a lull in the political and military
chaos. This is a story of distilled memories, haunting elegy
for a world and time now past. Good description of the time
when Shanghai was the Paris of Asia, the center of Chinese &
foreign culture. A keen memoir.
*
The autobiographical work of a woman who was born in
Shanghai during its heyday as an international treaty
port. She reminisces about the fetes, races, dances,
holidays, family excursions by houseboat & what it was like
to live there in the early 19th century.
*
551 CANTILE, Kenneth.
SOME ASPECTS OF THE REHABILITATION OF CHINA'S RAILWAYS.
London [1937], China Soc. Stiff orange wrs., 21p., clean "as
new" copy, 15.5 x 25 cm., reprinted from the "The Asiatic
Review."
FIRST EXTRACTED EDITION
This work was written by the Technical Adviser to the
$39
Chinese Ministry of Railroads. It is based on a lecture he
delivered before the China Society on May 7, 1937.
*
The author offers a "...clear conception of the sate of the
railways...a short historical survey...the lamentable state
that they were in in 1931..."
.
With chapter titles:
Locomotives and Rolling-stock; The Permanent Way; The
Bridges; The Other Departments; The Boxer Indemnity Fund;
Recent Railway Development; and Standards.
*
Lots of facts, statistics and examples.
***
Color scans of this and most other items posted to our
website.
,
552 CANTON PHOTOGRAHS.
CANTON ORIGINAL PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS, GROUP OF 13 ITEMS.
[Canton n.d. ca.1900-1920's, n.p.]. A group of 13 original
b.w. period photographs:10 are postcards, 3 are a bit larger
than postcard size, all very good, clean no fading.
A group of twelve original photographs of Canton.
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Three excellent b.w photographs of Canton, each is 14.3 x 10
cm., very clean, sharp images, no damage or issues.
.
a. With caption at lower right corner in English: FLOWERY
PAGODA CANTON. Shows the famous landmark, as it stands tall
above all buildings, with one Chinese holding an umbrella
looking at the photographer.
.
b. With caption at lower right corner in English: PHYSIC
STREET, CANTON is a vertical format of a long narrow street
with stone block street and a myriad of vertical Chinese
shop signs advertising the various store name, with two
Chinese looking at the cameraman.
.
c. Shows a canal, with a large number of native sampans and
the waterside warehouses. The verso states in pen: "Water
front Canton China shore on waterfront have no land rights."
.
Begin original b.w. photo postcards, each is about 13.2 x
18.8 cm., all are clean, bright, cler images, no issues.
.
d. With caption at the bottom in English: "THE CHO SHING
TEMPLE OF MEDIONE [sic for MEDICINE?] CANTON." Shows an
elaborately decorated temple, with carvings. The verso
states in pen: "In this temple you, if ill, shake a small
bundle of sticks in a tube and when one comes out that one
indicates the correct prescription which when filled makes a
sure cure [provided the temple fees are paid]." Stamped
above that is "UZION [sic for Union] POSTALE UNIVERSELLE
POST CARD" in purple ink.
.
e. With caption at the bottom in English: "MODE OF
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THAVELING" [sic for TRAVELING], CANTON." This shows a nicely
dressed European or foreign woman, being carried by three
Chinese coolies in a 'sedan chair' through the streets of
Canton. Behind them are groups of rickshaw coolies pulling
Chinese. The verso is stamped "UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE
.
f. The same as above, but in postcard format.
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g. With caption at the bottom in English: "WA LUM TEMPLE,
CANTON." This shows the long hall of the temple interior
with a large number of arhats or "Gods" on each side of the
right & left walls, with small barriers to keep people from
entering while praying. There is also a Chinese caption at
the bottom left. Verso states in pen: "Temple of 500 Gods."
And the "UZION [sic for Union] UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE
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h. With caption at the bottom in English: "FIVE STORIES
TOWER CANTON." Shows a five-storied building in the wild
open space. Lower right bottom shows Chinese caption. Verso
states: "UZION [sic for Union] POSTA UNIVERSELLE POST CARD"
in purple ink.
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i. With caption at the bottom in English: "NORTH GATE
CANTON." Shows the stone paved street going through an
arched door way through the gate. Two coolies are walking
through, one carries a wooden bucket. Top shows Chinese
caption. Verso states "UZION [sic for Union] UNION POSTALE
UNIVERSELLE POST CARD,
.
j. With caption at the top in English: "NINE STORV PABODA"
[sic for: NINE STORY PAGODA], with Chinese caption at the
top. and bottom left. Verso states in pen: "PAGODA AT FLOWER
TEMPLE."
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k. With caption at the bottom in Chinese: "GUANGZHOU SIX
STORY PAGODA." Verso has no text, lined for address and
blank space for message.
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l. With caption at the bottom in English & Chinese: "CHAN
LIM PAK'S GARDEN, CANTON." Verso is a standard postcard
format.
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A LOVELY HAND-COLORED GOUACHE LITHO OF CANTON HARBOUR & QUAY
$325
553 CANTON WATERFRONT WITH TRADING HONGS AND HARBOUR.
A LITHOGRAPH WITH HAND-COLOURING IN GOUACHE OF CANTON HONGS,
THE QUAY, SHOWING THE FORIEGN FACTORIES, AND THEIR FLAGS:
[Canton ca. 1832-41]. A large lithograph, hand coloured
gouache, lower left corner states "Canton," very good, 38.5
x 25.2 cm., gilt framed & glazed to 63 x 50.5 cm.,very clean
unsigned work.
A UNIQUE AND RARE EARLY CANTON VIEW
A truly lovely hand-coloured lithograph, in folio size, with
large margins. A lovely piece with no flaws in the print
whatsoever.
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THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE SCENE:
The foreground is the harbour, with several large Chinese
junks & sampans moving about. Their long black braided queue
and traditional Hakka hats visible. In the background are a
large number of two-storied red tile-roofed foreign-style
buildings are done in the European manner. These are foreign
"factories" and each flies the flag of their respective
nationality. This shows American flag in the center, on the
right of that is the Union Jack of Great Britain, then the
Dutch flag. To the left of the Americans are the Spanish.
See reference below in Lee. The British & Dutch "factories"
are both surrounded by a tall and very substantial wooden
fence. Although undated, the Americans did establish their
own trading "factory" in Canton ca. 1784 an approximate date
can be derived from the fact that the French flag was
installed around the mid-1780's then, in 1832 & 1841, when
many of the foreign "factories" were destroyed by a huge
conflagration. This view shows the new "factories" rebuilt
after that fire, so we therefore date it ca. 1832-1841. With
an exceptionally good view of the American garden.
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A large number of people, perhaps foreign soldiers or
sailors are on parade before the American compound. Several
Chinese are visible walking along the beach-front with their
traditional bamboo poles [yoke] suspended by two people who
haul a heavy load. A gala and lively scene, with many small
Chinese flags flying on the native vessels. Several of the
Sampams in the foreground have Chinese people who are looking directly at the foreign artist who is engaged in drawing
them & the view of the Hongs. Had the artist been a Chinese
onlookers would have no interest in looking. Because it is a
"rare" Westerner, the Chinese have noticed him and turned
their heads in the direction of the artist to have a good
good look at the strange "Hong Mao" ["red hairs" or foreigner] or "Gui Lo" a "foreign devil."
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The work is finely drawn in a steady hand even though it was
clearly executed from aboard a floating vessel or Sampan in
the busy Canton harbor. It was done with great skill and in
fine lines, reproducing details of the gay and lively scene
with an almost "photographic" or realistic quality, typical
of the work by Western artists of the period.
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A truly lovely and early hand-coloured tinted [gouache]
lithographic work by a Westerner showing a very primitive
Canton waterfront and the Hongs in a most charming manner.
Graphics of this period and subject matter are always quite
RARE !
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PRINTING TECHNIQUE AND CONDITION:
The technique involved is somewhat of a mystery. While it
looks as if this was a lithograph, there is no "plate mark"
in the margins what so ever, possibly meaning that because
the medium was so very stiff, such a mark did not occur.
For the most part, lithographic prints had some "plate mark"
surrounding the print impressed on the paper medium, giving
evidence of the printing technique. However, when the medium
is a stiff card, this can not be the case. What is curious
about this folio sized item, is that it is printed on very
a board, approximately 1 mm. thick, which is several times
the thickness of standard lithographic print medium.
While
this technique was used by Currier and Ives at a later date,
it is conceivable that the technique began earlier in the
1820-30's. The 6.5 cm. full and generous margins are typical
of other lithographs of this period, The verso of this print
has some evidence of mild foxing, which has as NOT bled
through the very thick board to the front side, There is a
small mend at the lower left corner area as well as a small
"bend" in the lower right corner, which is now stable. It is
noteworthy to say, that neither of these minor issues affect
the print at all being located in the wide margins. The face
of the print is remarkably clean, bright and flawless, with
the gouache executed with substantial skill showing clouds
at the top and the details of the work are superbly done !
A handsome work in deed !
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REFERENCES:
James Orange: THE CHATER COLLECTION: Pictures Relating to
China, Hong Kong, Macao 1655-1880. The standard and most
reliable single period source on the subject, with superb
illustrated examples.
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L. Crossman: THE CHINA TRADE. A standard reference on the
whole subject, including Canton and trade.
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Jean Lee: PHILADELPHIANS AND THE CHINA TRADE 1784-1844, pp.
38-39; p.173,#175; p.194 #210. Lee is an excellent resource
for identification of foreign flags flying along the Hongs
of Canton in her book see again, pp. 38-39 and page 194 for
her citations.
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A MARVELOUS AND UNIQUE PIECE, A SUPERB ADDITION TO ANY
COLLECTION !
554 CARL, Katherine A.
WITH THE EMPRESS DOWAGER.
New York 1905, Century. Yellow cloth, very good, 306p., 22
b.w. photos.
The author was invited to arrange for a painting of the Emp-
$6375
ress Dowager. She was therefore on intimate terms with her.
This is the primary account of the Empress, palace, Peking,
ladies of the court, and festivities. Also covering his Majesty the Emperor, his birthday, Peking Sea Palace, characteeristics of Her Majesty, palace eunuchs, literatry taste,
garen party, European circus, palace customs, religious
rites, Chinese New Year, her portrait for St. Louis Fair.
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A color scan of the cover can be sent by email.
AN EARLY ENGLISHMAN'S NARRATIVE OF KOREAN TRAVEL
555 CARLES, W.R.
LIFE IN COREA.
New York 1894, Macmillan.Red cloth, very clean, 317p., 34 bw
photos, 4 illustrations, appendix, foldout color map, some
pages uncut, quite crisp, clean bright copy solid copy of a
RARE book!
Excellent source by the Vice Consul in Korea. Covers Japan
treaty with Corea, the city of Seoul, journeys inland, the
people, customs, Corean language, etc.
.
A fascinating primary work from the first British
Vice-Consul in Seoul, and a very keen observer !
.
With lucid commentaries on Coreans in Peking, paper, timber,
ginseng, collisions with France & the U.S., Japanese treaty,
Harry Parkes negotiates a treaty. Benighted at Mapu, road to
Soul [sic for Seoul], first night's quarters, frost, flies,
gold washing. Lost on the mountains & Fusan.
.
Accounts of Phyong-yang, geography of Corea, Chemulpo,
audience of a King, flora and birds, Un-jin Miriok, Phaju,
Im-jin river, Song-do, Corean pottery, meet Dr. Gottsche.
Stone throwing, women's hats.
.
Also about Wi-ju, silk manufacture, Chhu-san, wild ducks,
Corean alphabet, affinity to Japanese, resemblances between
Corean & Cantonese and Chinese the official language.
.
A superb early narrative England's first account of Corea...
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REFRENCES:
H. Cordier: BIBLIOTHECA SINICA 2960.
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Pak: Western Books on Korea, # 22
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$99
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Color scans of this and others are posted to our website.
$1964
EARLY BRITISH DIPLOMAT'S PRIMARY ACCOUNT OF TRAVEL IN COREA
556 CARLES, W.R.
REPORT OF A JOURNEY BY MR. CARLES IN THE NORTH OF COREA.
1885
London 1885, HMSO. White stitched wrs., 20 x 31.5 cm., very
clean, 32p., statistics.
FIRST AND ONLY RARE EDITION
An excellent and very early primary resource.
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$449
557 CARLSON, Ellsworth C.
THE KAIPING MINES 1877-1912.
Cambridge 1971, Harvard. Green buckram,very clean ex-library
edition, usual marks, 2nd edition, 235p., index,4 appendices
bibliography, 17 x 25.5 cm., else bright clean copy,original
covers bound in.
AMERICANS BRING HOME TEA & PORCELAIN FOR OPIUM !
558 CARPENTER, Francis R.
THE OLD CHINA TRADE: Americans in Canton 1784-1843.
New York [1976], Coward. Grey cloth, very good, dj., 152p.,
index, illustrated by D. Hitz, end paper illustrations,
clean.
FIRST EDITION
An excellent work, covering America's early establishment of
trade with China beginning in 1784, the EMPRESS OF CHINA
left New York bound for China. With almost all ports closed
to Americans, they finally went to Canton and were met with
strange customs and a strange language. Since Americans were
more popular than English in China, powerful Hong merchangts
such as Hongqua conducted a brisk & friendly business with
them. Richly colored silks, delicate porcelain and aromatic
teas wer shipped to the United States to delight the newly
established independent nation's citizens. What America cou-
$43
ld send to the East wsa the big problem, eventually it came
down to opium ! It was carried to China for huge profits,
which eventually led to the Opium War and the end of the old
China trade.
$14
559 CARR, Harry.
RIDING THE TIGER: An American Newspaper Man in the Orient.
Boston 1934, Houghton. Red cloth, dj., 292p., very good.
FIRST & ONLY EDITION.
AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
The author's primary & candid experiences while on assignment in Japan, Korea, Manchuria, North & South China & Southeast Asia: Philippines, Java, Bali & Australia. He interviewed China's greatest intellectual, Hu Shih, & members of the
Chinese goverment and ferreted out the great rebel, Eugene
Chen. For this work, the author received honorable mention
in the Pulitzer Prize awards of 1934. A most fascinating and
gripping account on the eve of World War II Asia,just before
before the whole situation changed dramatically as the Japanese invaded.
$131
560 CARRUTHERS, Douglas.
EXPLORATION IN NORTH-WEST MONGOLIA.
London 1911, Royal Geographical Soc. Blue stiff wrs., extracted from The Geographical Journal Vol. XXXVII - No. 2, February 1911, pp.165-170, 1 b.w. map, edges of covers chipped,
slight damp-stain, else very good.
Primary resource, covers his journey with nice sketch map.
561 CARTER, Boake. et al.
WHY MEDDLE IN THE ORIENT: Facts, Figures, Fictions and
Follies.
New York [1939], Dodge. Red cloth, very good, 221p., revised
edition, pictorial d.j. Co-author Thomas H. Healy.
Excellent analysis on the Far East. How and why did we get
into the Far East? Start of the "Open Door" policy, origin
of the Yangtze Patrol, we "Open" Japan. Dismemberment of
China. Hawaii & the Philippines. The Open Door a la John Hay
and the Closing Door in America! Our Far Eastern relations
1905-1918. Our Siberian folly, the Nine Power Pact, What is
$39
it? Legalizing all wars the Kellogg Pact. Our "Ostrich Policy" Manchuria, Theodore Roosevelt on Manchuria & the Open
Door. What is out stake in the Far East. Also, the problem
of immigration of Japanese, Chinese & Philipinos to Hawaii
anti-naturalization laws &c. Neutrality ? Isolation ? Cooperation? Withdrawal? Useful study, addresses the problems.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHANGHAINESE BY A FOREIGN PHOTOGRAPHER
562 CARTER, J.C.
FAMILIAR CHINESE FACES: A Selection of Figure Studies of
Everyday Life From Photographs. [Shanghai Photo Studies]
Shanghai [c.1910], McTavish. New stiff gray wrs., old covers
layed down,23 x 28 cm.,string tied, original covers browned,
24 tipped-in images all very clean, [18] pages., English
captions, solid copy. FIRST & ONLY OBSCURE EDITION
R A R E
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Photos of Chinese in Shanghai during the 1920's. The images
were printed using the "old style wet plates" technique, in
a brownish tint, with the "sepia-tone" look.
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THE 24 IMAGES/TITLES:
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1.Cottage weaving bamboo matting
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2. Young country woman in large bamboo hat
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3. Native hunter with home-made rifle
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4. Country lad enjoying a bowl of rice
.
5. Shantung peasant enjoying his pipe
.
6. Old woman shelling peanuts
.
7. Water buffalo
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8. Women transplanting rice
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9. Chinese youngster scared by the foreigner with a camera
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10. Blind fortune teller with guide
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11. Street juggler
.
$60
12. Chinese wheelbarrow used as a taxi around Shanghai
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13. An old man: study of old age
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14. Silent nurse [a baby in a chair]
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15. Open air shave
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16. Shoes mended while you wait [i.e. a cobbler at his task]
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17. Itinerant mender of crockery
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18. Chinese boy
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19. Mixed team of mules ploughing in North China
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20. An old Buddhist priest
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21. Fortune teller
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22. Taoist mendicant
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23. Beggar with child strapped to his back
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24. Woodblock print block engraver.
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SIZES:
a.. 12 each 10 x 15 cm.
b. 5 each 8 x 11 cm.
c. 6 each 8 x 13 cm.
d. 1 each 8 x 10 cm.
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A RARE ITEM !
This work is quite rare, not appearing in the usual
bibliogfaphies, see below.
.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
This title is NOT contained in:
Taylor, L.: CATALOG OF BOOKS ON CHINA IN THE ESSEX INSTITUTE
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LIBRARY NORTH CHINA UNION LANGUAGE SCHOOL COOPERATING WITH
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE IN CHINA, parts 1,2.
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ORIENTAL LIBRARY: CATALOGUE OF THE ASIATIC LIBRARY OF DR.
G.E. MORRISON.
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THE MAJOR RESOURCE ON PRINTING AND PAPER
$1635
563 CARTER, Thomas F.
THE INVENTION OF PRINTING IN CHINA AND ITS SPREAD WESTWARD.
[Peking 1941]. Reprint of New York 1925 edition, brown wrs.,
blue cloth, very good, 282p., index, bibliography, notes, 1
1 color, 38 b.w. photos, fold out map.
V E R Y
R A R E
Highly scholarly & important study on the beginning of block
printing in China & its movement to Japan. Also documents
the early beginnings & making of paper. With an interesting
essay concerning Gutenberg's invention. Nominated as one
of the "Fifty Books of 1925."An exceptional & classic study.
$294
WITH TRANSLATIONS ALSO BY D.T. SUZIKI & PAUL CARUS
564 CARUS, Paul. ed.
T'AI-SHANG KAN-YING P'IEN: Treatise of the Exalted One on
Response & Retribution. Translated by Teitaro Suzuki & Paul
Chicago 1944, Open Court. White decorated cloth, 139p., 16
b.w. illustrations, 1 photo frontispiece, index, bright and
very clean, 13 x 20 cm.
Excellent and scholarly translation covering the moral tales
illustrative of the Kan-Ying P'ien. Well written, with the
Chinese text with verbatim translation & explanatory notes,
the original author was believed to be Lao Tzu.
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565 CARUS, Paul.
CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AN EXPOSITION OF THE MAIN CHARACTERISTIC
FEATHURS OF CHINESE THOUGHT.
Chicago 1902, Open Court. Stiff grey wrs., most of spine
chipped away, solid, tight, contents clean, 64p., index.RARE
Classic work, studies the Yang & the Yin, classic books, the
$32
doctrines,
Confucius, filial
piety, Lao, Tao &c...great !!
$26
566 CARUS, Paul.
CHINESE THOUGHT: An Exposition of the Main Characteristic
Features of the Chinese World-Conception.
Chicago 1907, Open Court. Mustard boards, very good, 195p.,
108 b.w. illus., index, rubber stamp top & bottom signatures
bookplate, clean text.
The communication of thought, the Yih system, the Tablet of
Destiny, divination, Urim & Thummim, P'an-Ku, the Five elements, Lo-Pan, prehistoric connections, Zodiacs of different
nations, Confucius, Lao Tze, Chinese characteristics, "the
3 recognized religions," Western insolence, social conditions... the author touches on a great many aspects of
thought, religion, &c.
$78
AN EARLY MACAO IMPRINT
567 CATALOGO GERAL DA REPRESENTACAO DE MACAO.
CATALOGO GERAL DA REPRESENTACAO DE MACAO NA EXPOSICAO
PORTUGUESA EM SEVILHA.
Macao 1929. Stitched red wrappers, 25p., very good, interleaved with red color pages. This is a list subject list of
manufactures & sellers located in Macao, commercial products
14 x 22.3 cm.
OBSCURE ITEM !
organized in alphabetical order. A rather scarce Macao item.
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$372
568 CATHAY HOTEL SHANGHAI.
CATHAY HOTEL SHANGHAI.
[A Period Color Luggage Label]
[Shanghai n.d. ca. 1928, Cathay Hotel]. As new luggage label
11.5 x 11.5 cm., polgon shape, blue and red printed,flawless
clean and very bright, as issued.
OBSCURE
An original Cathay Hotel, Shanghai luggage label.
*
$114
BEAUTIFUL EARLY "CPA" CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LUGGAGE LABEL
569 CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LTD.
CPA SERVES THE FAR EAST, CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LTD.
[Hong Kong, n.d. ca 1948-1950], Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
Pictorial color luggage label in three colors, 12.3 x 9.2
cm., very clean, with out flaw or damage.
OBSCURE !
CATAHY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LTD., Was founded in 1946 in
Shanghai, then known as "CPA," the company eventually moved
to Hong Kong. The new company began to operate passenger
flights to Manila, Bangkok, Singapore and Shanghai.
Expansion was fast and, in 1948, one of Hong Kong's leading
trading companies, Butterfield & Swire (today known as the
Swire Group) took a 45% share in the company. The 1960s
represented our coming of age. Between 1962 and 1967,
business grew at an average rate of 20 percent a year. We
also initiated international services (another world's
first) to Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya in Japan.
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SUBJECT OF THE TIME:
This is an early baggage label, with 8 pictorial views of
Singapore, Manila, Thailand, Macao, Bangkok, Cambodia,
Singapore and Shanghai. With company name in both English
and Chinese characters.
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CONDITION:
This is in excellent condition, with no flaws to speak of,
verso blank as issued.
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REFERENCE:
See:
http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_US/about-us/about-our-air
line/history.html
For a historical portrait of the airline company.
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$117
570 CENTRAL ASIAN SOCIETY.
INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATONS ON MILITARY AND OTHER POLICY ON
THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. [CENTRAL ASIA]
[London 1924, Central Asian Soc. New wrs., very good, pages
244-285, many book reviews, Society notes, obituaries, map.
Discussion at a meeting on March 27, 1924 London, General
Sir Edmund Barrow presiding when "The Influence of Communications on Military & Other Policy on the North-West frontier of India" discussion took place. With additional comments by members: Sir Raleigh Egerton, Major-General Charles
Sir George Scott-Moncrieff, Sir Armine Dew, Sir Arthur Barrett et al contributed to the discussion. With a good map
of Afghanistan, a fascinating and lively group discussion.
$71
AM ORIGINAL CHINESE PAPER CURRENCY
571 CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA.
TWENTY CUSTOMS GOLD UNITS [A Chinese Bank Note].
Shanghai 1930, Central Bank of China. A paper currenty note,
18.7 x 19 cm., printed by the American Bank Note Company, in
a similar green ink as was the U.S. Dollar, $20 denomination
note, with N644271 serial number in red, the front is entirly in Chinese, with the same green ink, and two red seals.It
shows a fine engraving of Sun Yat-sen, China's first
president of the Republic. The note has been folded into
quarters with 3 equal folds along the width, usual
scuffing, wear, minor marginal tear on folds.
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The back side also states:
PAROMISED TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AND ITS OFFICE HERE...
20 CUSTOMS GOLD UNITS. Signed by the general manager & asst.
general manager. Nicely done.
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$26
572 CH'EN, Kenneth K.S.
BUDDHISM THE LIGHT OF ASIA.
New York [1968], Barron. Stiff wrs., very good, 297p., index
glossary.
$3
573 CH'ENG, Marcus.
MARSHAL FENG, THE MAN AND HIS WORK.
Shanghai [1926], Kelly Walsh. Green cloth, 107p., appendix,
45 b.w. photos, head & tail wear, else solid. An interesting
biography the Chinese leader, his battles, philanthropic and
social work.
A strong and intellectual leader of the N. Western Army. See
Who's Who in China, 3rd ed. p.259 [Feng, Yu-Hsiang] for more
details on this great Christian hero. Scans can be sent by
email.
$111
574 CH'ING-SHIH WNE-T'I.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 5, NOV. 1976.
Stanford 1976, Society for the Ch'ing Studies. Stiff wrs.,
very good, 110p., notes, bibliography, scholarly articles.
With articles: Fu-mei Chang Chen & R. Myers: CUSTOMARY LAW
AND THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF CHINA DURING THE CH'ING PERIOD.
J. Hayes: RURAL SOCIETY & ECONOMY IN LATE CH'ING. W. Peterson: FROM INTEREST TO INDIFFERENCE: Fang I-chih and Western
learning. Note: R. Tiedemann: A SHORT NOTE ON THE ARCHIVES
OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOC.
$26
575 CHAI, Ch'u. ed, trans., et al.
THE SACRED BOOKS OF CONFUCIUS AND OTHER CONFUCIAN CLASSICS.
New York [1965], University Books. Red cloth, very good, dj.
384p., index, glossary, co-editor & translator Winberg Chai.
Covers Confucius, Mencius, Hsun Tzu, Ta Hsueh [The Great Learning, Chung Yung [The Doctrine of the Mean], Hsiao Ching
[The classic of Filial Piety], Li Chi [Book of Rites], and
Tung Chung-Shu. A superb translation of China's most famous
& solid philosophical texts.
THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE & PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE
$39
576 CHAIKIN, Nathan.
THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR [1894-1895].
The Noted Basil Hall Chamberlain Collection & a Private
[Switzerland 1983, Privately Printed]. Buff cloth, dj., 203p
bibliography, 4 maps, 92 color & b.w. photos, as new copy in
pristine condition, 24.5 x 31 cm., new in shrink wrap.
FIRST & ONLY SMALL EDITION
This is an excellent reference for any student or collector
of the Sino-Japanese war, and the prints which depicted that
great struggle.
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Covering the Collector, the stake: Korea, a brief history,
order of battle: About the Japanese army and navy,
reflections about China. The artists: Sasaki Takatsuna
& Kinoshita Tokichiro, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Honda Tadakatsu.
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With a fabulous catalog of prints, most of which are
triptychs. Kowshing affair, Seikan Battle [Song-hwan],
Phyong-Yang [Heijo], Naval Battle in the Yellow Sea
[Kaiyoutou], The Port Arthur campaign [Rykojunkoo], Crossing
of the Yalu River [Oryokkoo], Manchurian campaign [Hooten],
Wei-Hai-Wei and Taiwan campaigns.
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With chronology and maps. Useful resource for all
collectors of this genre. This is the one and only
comprehensive single resource on the subject, covering the
largest amount of color woodblock prints on the subject.
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The book was privately printed in a small edition.
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This item is a large, oversize volume and heavy, appropriate
postage applies.
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AN EARLY & IMPORTANT AREA GUIDE BOOK TO JAPAN & HER COLONIES
$87
577 CHAMBERLAIN, Basil H. et al.
A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN: Including the Whole
Empire from Saghalen to Formosa.
London 1913, Murray. Recent blue cloth, index,555p.,29 of 30
color maps & plans, lack pocket map, else complete, 9th ed.,
very clean, solid copy, with red spine label, gilt stamped,
12 x 18.5 cm., bright nice copy.
THE STANDARD AND CLASSIC GUIDE TO JAPAN FOR 50 YEARS
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An exceptionally well written and broad coverage of the
Japanese empire and its colonies. Including commentary on
Yezo (Hokkaido), and its Ainu aborigines. Itinerary of
eastern, central, Islands, outlying islands and the Izu,
Bonin and Luchu islands, including Formosa. A detail route
and narrative of each town, village and environmental
discussion.
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CONTRIBUTIONS BY LAFCADIIO HEARN:
Hearn contributed to this work, and is listed in the index
in some editions.
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IMPORTANT EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE ON TRAVEL IN JAPAN:
Important early primary source with the assistance of W. B.
Mason. A nicely illustrated primary source, with profuse
plans & color maps, many of which are folding.
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A COMPANION WORK BY K.OGAWA:
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There was also a companion to this work done by K. Ogawa the
celebrated photographer with title: The Illustrated
Companion to Murray's Guide-Book To Japan, contains ca.
101p., 100 of which are Ogawa photos, introduction page by
Ogawa and the title page, bound in matching red cloth,
published in 1894.
.
Per Wikipedia:
"Kazumasa Ogawa trained in Boston in the early 1880s. He
was one of the pioneering photographers in Japan, setting up
the first photo studio on the island and introducing the
collotype process for printing. He founded the first
Japanese photography magazine and helped establish the Nihon
Sashinkai (Japan Photographic Society). In 1892, he printed
Ayame-san: a Japanese romance of the 23rd year of Meiji,
written by James Murdoch and illustrated from photographs by
W. K. Burton. The book was the first photographically
illustrated book to be published in Japan using the
half-tone process. That effort paved the way for Ogawa's
partnership with the firm of John Murray, which added Ogawa
to the title-page imprint of the 1894 edition of the
Handbook and (presumably) authorized the Illustrated
Companion, printed using Ogawa's half-tone process. Just
over 400 photographs by Ogawa have been identified by the
University of Nagasaki, which has an online database of his
images. The Illustrated Companion includes more than forty
images signed by Ogawa ("K.O."), nearly ten percent of his
known output. The views include landscapes, cityscapes, and
religious and country scenes."
***
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
H. CORDIER: BIBLIOTHECA JAPONICA, 643.
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$109
578 CHAMBERLAIN, William.
COMBAT STORIES OF WORLD WAR II AND KOREA.
New [1962], York Day. Black cloth, 255p.
Covers the sacrificed regiment, Caterwauling company, engineers don't fight, the lost company, combat cook, the chaplain of Company C. Star over Korea, the trapped battalion,the
Vengeance of Yat Chuen...fascinating true records of battle.
$46
579 CHAMPION, F.W.
WITH A CAMERA IN TIGER-LAND.
London 1934,
. Original cloth, light marginal browning,
228p., 74 plates....
The primary account of hunting, animal collecting & photographing at the base of the Himalayan range. Covers a wide
variety of large and small animals, with notes on the tiger,
monkey, leopards & smaller cats, hyaenas, rodents, elephants
and deer, antelopes et al. Fascinating accounts of hunts.
A FASCINATING NARRATIVE OF PROSTITUTES THROUGHT ALL ASIA
580 CHAMPLY, Henry.
THE ROAD TO SHANGHAI: White Slave Traffic In Asia.
London [1934] Long. Orange cloth, very good, 288p., index,
translated from the French by Warre B. Wells, 13.5 x 22 cm.
FIRST EDITION
$111
Covering the erotic activities of European women in Asia,
their relationships with Chinese & foreign men. The women
travelers of Marseilles, Siberian Pearl in the Yellow casket, Singapore marriages, old-time and to-day, Singapore the
wide-open city-with walled gardens. With the Colonials, from
Malaya to Indo-China. New Saigon "Professionals," Runners,
"boys and Malabars." The gates of China open to white women,
Hong Kong Yellow Slaves-some times half-white...an unsual
book. The author was basically a pornographer. He spent much
time prowling Lyndhurst Terrace Hong Kong's red light district in the 1930's. Shanghai: Navy girls, walkers on the Bund
also yellow & white slave hell, Venus Bar &c. He continued
his search through Southeast Asia, China & Japan doing enthusiastic interviews with some dozens of perverts, pimps, paederasts and prostitutes. He often tried to make the point
in his book, how his chastity remained intact thorughout his
travels, absurd !
Eventhough, quite excellent reading !
$131
A FASCINATING NARRATIVE OF PROSTITUTES THROUGHT ALL ASIA
581 CHAMPLY, Henry.
THE ROAD TO SHANGHAI: White Slave Traffic In Asia.
London [1934] Long. Maroon cloth, very good, 288p., index.
Translated from the French by Warre B. Wells, 13.5 x 22 cm.
FIRST EDITION
Covering the erotic activities of European women in Asia,
their relationships with Chinese & foreign men. The women
travelers of Marseilles, Siberian Pearl in the Yellow casket, Singapore marriages, old-time and to-day, Singapore the
wide-open city-with walled gardens. With the Colonials, from
Malaya to Indo-China. New Saigon "Professionals," Runners,
"boys and Malabars." The gates of China open to white women,
Hong Kong Yellow Slaves-some times half-white...an unsual
book. The author was basically a pornographer. He spent much
time prowling Lyndhurst Terrace Hong Kong's red light district in the 1930's. Shanghai: Navy girls, walkers on the Bund
also yellow & white slave hell, Venus Bar &c. He continued
his search through Southeast Asia, China & Japan doing enthusiastic interviews with some dozens of perverts, pimps, paederasts and prostitutes. He often tried to make the point
in his book, how his chastity remained intact thorughout his
travels, absurd !
Eventhough, quite excellent reading !
$131
582 CHAN, Charis.
CHINA. [Great Tourist Guide]
[Hong Kong 1999, Odyessy]. Stiff pictorial wrs., as new copy
many color and b. w. photos, glossary, bibliography, index,
useful tourist guide to sights, places, all things Chinese,
products & more, 350p.
$14
583 CHAN, Shau Wing.
ELEMENTARY CHINESE.
Stanford [1959], Stanford Univ. Brown cloth, very good,
508p., index, d.j., 2nd. ed., which includes the list of
simplified characters.
Includes the pronunciation of Chinese according to the WadeGiles romanization system, 60 lessons, index of characters &
compounds, helpful hints for using a dictionary arranged according to the radical system, simplified Chinese characters
and their traditional equivalents, and simplified character
components. An effective means for teaching modern Chinese
at a college level, with equal emphasis placed on developing
the student's ability to read, write, and speak Chinese.
$46
584 CHAN, Wing-tsit. trans. comp.
A SOURCE BOOK IN CHINESE PHILOSOPHY.
Princeton [1963], Princeton Univ. Green wrappers, very good,
856p., former owner's name rubber stamped on signature else
very clean, as is only.
Covering the entire development of Chinese philosophy beginning from pre-Confucianism, the scholarly author strikes
a balance between Confucianism, Taoism & Buddhism, and for
the first time a leading Chinese scholar has carefully
weighed the influences & importances as well as the themes
of many of the Chinese philosophers.
585 CHANEY, Ralph W.
THE KUCHA FLORA IN RELATION TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS IN
CENTRAL ASIA DURING THE LATE TERTIARY.
[Stockholm] 1935, Geografiska Annaler. Stiff buff wrs., very
good, pp.75-105, map, 11 figures [photos & graphs], plus 3
$26
plates with 26 other photos, Engish text, clean copy, tight,
17.5 x 24.5 cm., a scholarly resource.
Covers geographic & geologic occurrence; composition and
physical indications of the flora; bearing of the Kucha
flora on the development and distribution of the
Amebelodontinae; age of the Kucha formation; systematic
descriptions, with many photos of the plants.
*
$48
586 CHANG, Chen-Chi.
THE PRACTICE OF ZEN.
[London 1960], Rider. Red cloth, very good, bibliography,
notes, appendix, index, 208p., dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION
Covers the Nature of Zen, Zen Practice, biographies &c.
Covers the nature of Zen, Zen style and Zen art. The core
of Zen: studies in the three main aspects of mind. Four vital points in Zen Buddhism, general review of Zen practice.
Discources of four Zen Masters: Hsu Yun, Tsung Kao, Po Shan
and Han Shan. Short autobiographies of five Zen masters: Wu
Wen, Hsueh Yen, Meng Shan & Kao Feng. Four problems of Zen
Buddhism: Is Zen completely unintelligible ? What is Zen
"Enlightenment" ?
Zen and Mahayana Buddhism. The "Four
Distinctions" of Lin chi. Buddha & meditation: three aspects
of Buddhahood in relation to the six patterns of human thinking. A survey of the practice of Buddhist meditation.
Way cool...
$109
587 CHANG, Chi-yun.
A LIFE OF CONFUCIUS.
Taipei 1954, China Culture. Brown paper wrappers, very good,
113p, appendix, pencilled underlining, otherwise very clean,
translated by Shih Chao-yin.
Well-told, covering the ancestry of Confucius, his life, his
scholarship, Confucius the thinker, the statesman, and educator, his itenerary, his publications, his language, daily
life, his temperment, a eulogy, his disciples &c. The appendix is the contributions of Confucianism to Modern Western
Democracy.
$46
588 CHANG, Chih-Tung.
CHINA'S ONLY HOPE: An Appeal.
New York [1907], Revell. Blue cloth, 151p., appendix very
good. The profound scholar, Viceroy Chang, addresses himself
to the question of "How Can China be saved?"
Chang criticizes foreign activities in China for the last
50 years, and discusses Confucianism, its effect on modern
Chinese & its importance during China's crisis, concerns the
Boxer Rebellion. Written by China's greatest Viceroy, with
the Sanction of the present Emperor, Kwang Su. Translated by
Samuel I. Woodbridge, introduction by Griffith John, D.D.
Some chapter headings: inculcation of loyalty, three moral
obligations, recognition of class, honor due the class, centralization of power, cast out the poison, establishment of
of the schools, newspaper readings, reform of methods, railways, position of Chang Chih-Tung &c. Scans can be sent by
email.
$99
589 CHANG, Garma C.C. trans.
TEACHINGS OF TIBETAN YOGA.
New York [1963], University Books. Green cloth, 128p., very
good, notes.
FIRST EDITION
As a Buddhist Guru living some 8 years in a Tibetan Buddhist
monastery, the author is uniquely qualified to write on this
subject. He gives a very clear picture of the spiritual,
mental & physical exercises found in his religion. The key
is the practice of Dumo, the generating of internal heat in
one's body. With translations of the teaching of Mahamudra,
the Vows of Mahamudra by Garmapa Rangjang Dorje, Essentials
of Mahamudra Practice as given by the Venerable Lama Kong Ka
and the Epitome of an Introduction to the Profuound Path of
the Six Yogas, by Drashi Namjhal. Excellent resource. SCARCE
A scan of the cover can be sent by email.
$99
590 CHANG, H.H.
CHIANG KAI-SHEK: Asia's Man of Destiny.
Garden City 1944, Doubleday. Red cloth, very good, 357p., 8
b.w. photos, index, appendix, 13.5 x 21.5 cm. FIRST EDITION
A superb biography, coving his early life, military career,
leadership, participation in the revolution, marriage, road
to Manchuria. Sian incident, denouement, policy conciliaion,
Cairo conference. A useful reference for this period.
*
$39
591 CHANG, Hsin-hai.
THE FABULOUS CONCUBINE.
New York 1956, Simon. Green cloth, very good, 491p., ex-library copy, spine clean, title page rubber-stamped,else clean
tight copy, 491p. The biography of the author a Harvard &
Johns Hopkins graduate.
$46
592 CHANG, Iris.
THE RAPE OF NANKING.
[New York 1997], Penguin. Stiff pictorial wrs., very good, 2
90p., index, footnotes, many b. w. photos, 13.3 x 20.2 cm.
Iris Shun-Ru Chang [March 28, 1968 - November 9, 2004]
was an American historian and journalist. She is best known
for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanking Massacre,
The Rape of Nanking. She committed suicide on November 9,
2004. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biographical book,
Finding Iris Chang, as well as the 2007 documentary film
Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking.
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
[1997], was published on the 60th anniversary of the Nanking
Massacre, and was motivated in part by her own grandparents'
stories about their escape from the massacre. It documents
atrocities committed against Chinese by forces of the
Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War,
and includes interviews with victims. The book attracted
both praise from some quarters for exposing the alleged
details of the atrocity, and criticism from others because
of alleged inaccuracies. For instance, Daqing Yang, a
professor at George Washington University, wrote that "the
publication of Iris Chang's book in 1997, with its numerous
factual errors, handed the conservatives [in Japan] a much
needed opportunity to blame the Nanking Massacre on the
conspiracy of a second-generation Chinese American
journalist."
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After publication of the book, she campaigned to persuade
the Japanese government to apologize for its troops' wartime
conduct and to pay compensation. The work was the first
English-language full-length nonfiction account of the
atrocity itself, and remained on the New York Times
Bestseller list for 10 weeks. Based on the book, an American
documentary film, Nanking, was released in 2007.
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Liberally quoted from
Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Chang.
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ANCIENT EROTICA AT ITS BEST !
$9
593 CHANG, Jolan.
THE TAO OF LOVE AND SEX: The Ancient Chinese Way to Ecstasy.
London [1984], Wildwood. Stiff wrs., very good, 18.5 x 24.5
cm., 136p., index, bibliography, foreword & postscript by
Joseph Needham, many erotic pictures & drawings from period
texts.
Everythign you didnt know but now need to know about sex.
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$3
ANCIENT EROTICA AT ITS BEST !
594 CHANG, Jolan.
THE TAO OF LOVE AND SEX: The Ancient Chinese Way to Ecstasy.
New York [1977], Dutton. Stiff wrs., very good, 17.7 x 24.6
cm., 136p., index, bibliography, foreword & postscript by
Joseph Needham, many erotic pictures & drawings from period
texts.
Everythign you didnt know but now need to know about sex.
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595 CHANG, K.C.
ART, MYTH, AND RITUAL: The Path to Political Authority in
Ancient China.
Cambridge [1983], Harvard Univ. Red cloth, very good, 142p.,
index, dj, maps, appendix, index, 17i b.w. photos, 32 illustrations, very clean solid copy.
FIRST EDITION
A scholarly resource, covers the clans, towns, political
landscape, moral authority & coercive power. The shamanism &
politics, art as the path to auithority, writing as the path
$3
to authority, access to the path, the rise of political authority. The kinds of the Three dynasties, sources of illustrations.
$7
596 CHANG, Kwang-Chih.
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT CHINA.
New Haven 1977, Yale Univ. Stiff wrs., very good,535p.,index
glossary, appendix, bibliography, 3th revised edition, 337
figures & photos, maps, bright clean 15.5 x 23.5 cm., solid
copy, best revised 3rd edition.
Covers geography and Paleolithic foundations, hunter-fisher
of the early recent period, first farmers of the Huangho,
Lungshanoid expansion, spread of agriculture & Neolithic
technology, emergence of civilization in N. China, farmers
& nomads of the Northern frontier, early civilizations in S.
China. Scholarly anthropologic and archaeological study.
$7
597 CHANG, Margaret. et al.
IN THE EYE OF WAR.
New York [1990], McElderry. Blue cloth over blue boards, 198
pages, frontispiece, very good, dj.,co-author Raymond Chang,
sharp, clean copy. FIRST EDITION
This work covers the life of a ten year-old Shao-shao, the
incresingly frequent air raids by American bombers striking
at targets near Japanese-occupied Shanghai during the last
year of World War II were both frightening & exciting. Shanghai was in the eye of war and the battle storm could hit at
any time. Her father was involved against the Japanese in
the underground, until the Americans rolled into the city,
after the Japanese surrender. Author Margaret Shang was born
in California's High Sierra and grew up in postwar Los Angeles. Excellent novel by a Chinese-American, and librarian.
598 CHANG, Peng-Chun.
THE 'SECOND PHASE' OF CHINA'S STRUGGLE.
[London 1939, International Affairs. Blue stiff wrs., offprint from Royal Institute of International Affairs, MarchApril issue, pp.211-226, very good.
This work discusses the eminent fall of Canton and Hankow to
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the Japanese military, and the "Second Phase" wherein the
Chinese army would defend Chungking. The author was an acaddemic.
$17
599 CHANG, Tien-yi.
THE MAGICAL GOURD.
Peking [1979] F.L.P. Stiff wrs., very good, 198p., illustrated, English text. A charming folk tale from China's rich &
classic past.
SHANGHAI "THANK YOU" RECEPTION FOR ALLIED FORCES & INTERNEES
600 [CHANG, Y.C.]
SHANGHAI CITY OF KALEIDOSCOPE THE LEADING METROPOLIS
OF THE ORIENT.
[Shanghai 1945, Chang]. Stiff pink wrs., very small folding
map, ca. 6.5 x 9 cm., color map opens to 35.5 x 25.5 cm.,
folds down to fit inside the covers, English text, verso of
map has billets in the Shanghai area.
OBSCURE UNUSUAL WORK
This charming work celebrates and pays tribute to the Allied
forces and those imprisoned by the Japanese in the Shanghai
area. This also includes some A.V.G. ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
GROUP"] and "FLYING TIGERS" who made their way to Shanghai
towards the end of the war.
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Mr. Chang writes in his comments inside the front cover
"...Ultimate glorious victory over our common enemy, the
ruthless invaders. Much of our success is undeniably
attributed to the substantial assistance of our
Allied nations, in the addition to the versatile leadership
of our Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek."[ Jiang Jieshi]
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Mr. Chang was a citizen of the Shanghai industrial sector
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who fell it was his obligation to host a lovely party for
all concerned at his expense.
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The color folding map shows the city of Shanghai with many
red stars, each indicating the "Allies Reception House"
where the allies and internees held by the Japanese can come
and enjoy refreshments.
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The verso of the map is replete with a large number of "List
of Billets in the Shanghai Area" that show the building
name, units, Chinese restaurants, post office, telegraph
office, cafe shops, hospitals, banks, consulates &
embassies, apartments, churches, parts, hotels, theaters,
with some useful Shanghai dialects [glossary of
Shanghainese-English words], Chinese delicious dishes and
the like.
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A lovely and quite obscure work, celebrating the defeat of
the Japanese military in China, with date inside front
cover: "August 24, 1945."
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OBSCURE AND FASCINATING PIECE OF EPHEMERA !
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$775
601 CHAO, Y.R.
MUSIC. [Chinese]
[Shanghai 1930]. New grey wrs., extracted article, pp.82-96,
very good, first page in facsimile. Covers Chinese scales,
melody, harmony, rhythm, instruments, illustrations, notation, place of music in Chinese life, sample musicial scores.
PRIMARY RESOURCE ON JAPANESE TERROR IN SHANGHAI
$32
602 CHAPEI IN FLAMES.
CHAPEI IN FLAMES: Terror In Workers' Shanghai And After ?
[London n.d. ca. 1937, Workers' Bookshop]. Red wrappers,some
tape on spine, inside/outside covers, rubber stamps on the
inside cover, else clean, solid, 14 x 21.5 cm. FIRST EDITION
The true story based on witnesses who observed the bombing.
***
An excellent source, with several interesting essays
defending the Chinese, The Japanese air strike against
Shanghai, Chapei Shanghai is a tragedy and a barbaric act o
desperation by Japan. See the reference below for a film of
this attack, August 11, 1937.
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With other excellent essays. This work was written and
published by the British socialist party, and possibly also
a communist party
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REFERENCE:
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/japanese-attack-on-chapei
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$92
603 CHAPIN, Helen B. ed.
LEAVES FROM A WESTERN GARDEN: A Magazine Devoted to the
Orient. SPECIAL CH'AN BUDDHIST NUMBER.
[Oakland] 1938, Mills College. Black cloth spine over grey
stiff wrs., very good 104p., 4 b.w. plates, 6 illustrations
bibliography. Vol. I, No. 4, October.
AN OBSCURE JOURNAL
A most unusual "little journal." The plates are tipped-in,
text in English, with Chinese characters. Devoted to the
Chinese form of Zen. This issue covers many Zen poems in
both languages, footnotes. Nicely done, unusual.
$85
604 CHAPMAN, F. Spencer.
LHASA THE HOLY CITY.
London 1940, Chatto. Buff cloth, very good, 5 color, 45 b.w.
photos, 331p., index, fold out map, botanicanical appendix,
introduction by Sir Charles Bell.
QUITE SCARCE
The author was private secretary to the author, and recorded
the activities of the expedition faithfully. Covering the
preparations, to Phari, Gyantse, Lhase, visit by Lhasa officials, historical interlude, the Holy City of Lhasa. The Potala, Norbhu Lingka, monasteries, festivals & processions,
our life in Lhasa, recreation, Christmas Holiday interlude,
Tibetan New Year. With a useful botanical index of plants
collected. An excellent documentary on the whole mission.
AN EXCELLENT PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR TIBET, THE HIMALAYA MOUNAI
$197
605 CHAPMAN, F. Spencer.
MEMOIRS OF A MOUNTAINEER: Helvellyn to Himalaya, Lhasa: The
Holy City.
London [1951], Chatto. Blue cloth, 446p., glossary, index,
folding map, 37 b.w. photos, dj.
S C A R C E
Consists of two titles in one volume: HELVELLYN TO HIMALAYA,
A narrative of the author's ascent of Chomolhari & Simvu,
from the tropical forests to the snows. With description of
the plans, complications & the climbing diary. Together with
LHASA: THE HOLY CITY. Narrative of a 1936 journey, covering
the city, monasteries, festivals, processions, the Potala,
& historical background of the high city. A marvelous work !
$163
AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY - LIMITED EDITION 500
606 CHAYA, Elenore.
TWO PEKINGESE TALES.
[Fort Pierce 1991, Private Printing.] Lavender gilt-stamped
cloth, very good, 23p., 5 color, 2 b.w. illustrations, Pekingese, with an actual People's Rep. China stamp tipped-in.
A very nice book, featuring Pekingese dogs narrating stories
about different time periods in Chinese history. The titles
are The Emperor's Pekingese and Queen Victoria's Pekingese.
$60
607 [CHEN,
].
DALI. [A Guide to the Ancient City]
[Beijing 2006, Zhong Guo Liuxin She Ban]. Color pictorial
boards, large folding map, 17.5 x 17.5 cm., profuse color
photos, Chinese & English text, 143p.,bright, like new copy.
An excellent recent guide to Dali, hotels,
restaurants,sightseeing, climate, transport, bars, shopping,
and manyother useful subjects.*Profuse color photos.*Color
FIRST ACCOUNT OF N.WESTERN CHINA'S MONGOLIAN AREA IN 100 YRS
608 CHEN, Jack.
$24
THE SINKIANG STORY.
New York [1977], Macmillan. Black cloth, very good, 386p.,
index, glossary of geographical, peoples' & tribes' names,
many b.w. photos, 16 x 24 cm., dj. in mylar protector. clean
copy with sharp dj., 10 maps, end paper maps. FIRST EDITION
An excellent primary resource, and first account in more
than a century of China's Westernmost province. An invaluable contribution to the annals of the history of this area.
From its steppes, nomads fanned out across the continent
long before recorded time. Its Silk Road, the richest caravan route in
history linked the far reaches of the known
world. Here China met Greece, Persia, India, Byuzantium and
the Arab East. Genghis Khan and Tamerlane over ran the area.
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The borders were sealed shut for more than a century there
was silence, while the Western world meagerly awaited some
clue to its past and present way of life. Only recently the
veil of secrecy lifted and a small group of travellers
unexpectedly allowed to visit this area.
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For further excellent reading see us for books by Owen
Lattimore, the master of Xinjiang [Mongolian] areas.
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$39
609 CHEN, Kang Chai.
TAIWAN ABORIGNES: A Genetic Study of Tribal Variations.
Cambridge 1967, Harvard University. Brown cloth, very good,
238p., 25 b.w. illustrations, 32 b.w. photos, 58 tables, 17
charts,3 maps, bibliography,index, library bookplate, clean.
An excellent, detailed study, covering history & classification, population & family structure, anthroposcopic observations, anthropometric measurements, a taste threshold for
phenylthiourea, blood pressure, dermatoglyphics, and inteligence. Covers Atayal, Saisiat, Bunun, Tsou, Paiwan, Rukai,
Puyuma, Ami tribes, comparisons are made with Chinese.
AN EXTRAORDINARY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORY
610 CHEN, Yuan-tsung.
THE DRAGON'S VILLAGE.
New York [1980], Pantheon. White cloth over boards, 285p.,
dj., very clean ex-library copy, no spine marks, top of sig-
$85
nature rubber stamped,else crisp, tight, clean.FIRST EDITION
The extraordinary autobiographical story, compelling and
candid, deepely personal plunges us into that tumultuous
moement in China out of which the modern People's Republic
was finally emerged. A primary resource covers Shanghai in
1949, from the eyes of a head-strong 17 year old Chinese
girl. As her family rushes to escape communism to Hong Kong
she boldly chooses to stay and joins a arevolutionary theater group which carries the message to the contryside. Her
personal story from urban Shanghai resident to tiny Longxian
village. The author was educated in Shanghai missionary
schools, and eventually emigrated to California.
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$46
AN EXTRAORDINARY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORY
611 CHEN, Yuan-tsung.
THE DRAGON'S VILLAGE.
New York [1980], Pantheon. White cloth over boards, 285p.,
dj., very clean.
FIRST EDITION
The extraordinary autobiographical story, compelling and
candid, deepely personal plunges us into that tumultuous
moement in China out of which the modern People's Republic
was finally emerged. A primary resource covers Shanghai in
1949, from the eyes of a head-strong 17 year old Chinese
girl. As her family rushes to escape communism to Hong Kong
she boldly chooses to stay and joins a arevolutionary theater group which carries the message to the contryside. Her
personal story from urban Shanghai resident to tiny Longxian
village. The author was educated in Shanghai missionary
schools, and eventually emigrated to California.
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612 CHENG, Nien.
LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI.
New York [1986], Grove.Red cloth spine over boards,very good
dj., 547p., index, top signature rubber stamped, contents
clean.
In Auguust 1966, at the beginning of the upheaval of the
Cultural Revolution, a group of fanatical young Red Guards
invaded & ransacked the confortable, elegant Shanghai home
of the 51 year old widow of a former Kukomintang diplomat. A
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few weeks later Nien Cheng was arrested & taken to No. 1 Detentino House, where she would remain imprisoned in solitary
confiement, for nearly seven years. This work her personal &
inspiring account. After the autorities tried for 7 years to
coerce her confession and failed, she was released in 1973.
An exhilarating book, written in English.
$46
613 CHENG, Nien.
LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI.
New York [1986], Penguin. Stiff wrs.,very good, 547p.,index.
In Auguust 1966, at the beginning of the upheaval of the
Cultural Revolution, a group of fanatical young Red Guards
invaded & ransacked the confortable, elegant Shanghai home
of the 51 year old widow of a former Kukomintang diplomat. A
few weeks later Nien Cheng was arrested & taken to No. 1 Detentino House, where she would remain imprisoned in solitary
confiement, for nearly seven years. This work her personal &
inspiring account. After the autorities tried for 7 years to
coerce her confession and failed, she was released in 1973.
An exhilarating book, written in English.
$20
614 CHENG, Sih-Gung.
MODERN CHINA: A Political Study.
Oxford 1919, Clarendon. Blue cloth, 380p., index, 9 copious
appendices of constitutions, treaties, documents, exchange
of notes &c.
Deals with important problems confronting Chinese diplomats
& statesmen. Covers political situation since 1911, North
& South, Revolution, historical conception of a Chinese
government, provincial governments, extraterritoriality,
tariff Deals with important problems confronting Chinese
diplomats & statesmen. Written with the assistance of Sir
John Macdonell, King's Remembrancer & Master of the Supreme
Court, Sir Francis Piggott, late Chief Justice of Hong Kong,
tariff & tariff administration, concessions, & ascendancy
of Japan in the Far East.
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Scholarly & valuable study.
$85
615 CHENG, Te-K'un.
THE ROYALTOMB OF WANG CHIEN.
[Cambridge 1944-45, Harvard-Yenching Inst.] HJAS. New stiff
gray wrs., extracted article p;.235-340, map, very good.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANN AND GENERAL CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT
$7
616 CHENNAULT, Anna.
BIOGRAPHY OF A MARRIAGE.
New York [1962], Eriksson. Yellow cloth spine over orange
boards, ex-library dust jacket, book NOT ex-library, 318p.,
28 b. w. photos, introduction by Lin Yutang, 4th printing.
Per Lin Yutang: "It is one of those rare books where the
author has something very deep and very human and very sad
and very beautiful to say and says it well."
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The autobiography of Anna Chennault [Chen Xiangmei in
Chinese] and her beloved General Clare L. Chennault,
commander of the Flying Tigers aka as the American
Volunteers. It traces her first meeting with Chennault as a
20 something reporter, down to his death in 1958. All the
fascinating years in between. They married when she was 24
and he was 54 years old.
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A poignant and tender story revealing her deep love for the
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BACKGROUND OF ANNA:
Chennault and wife Anna Born in Beijing, China on June 23,
1925, Chen Xiangmei "received a B.A. degree in Chinese from
Lingnan University in Hong Kong in 1944, and an honorary
Doctor of Literature degree from Chungang in Seoul, Korea in
1967". She "began her career as a journalist, serving as a
war correspondent for the Central News Agency from 1944 to
1948. She was a feature writer for the Hsin Ming Daily News
in Shanghai, China from 1944 to 1949." Chen Xiangmei was
married in 1947 to Claire Lee Chennault, who was more than
32 years her senior and died in 1958. She has two children,
Claire Anna (born in 1949) and Cynthia Louise (born in
1950). Her husband's death has not seemed to have slowed her
career: "She served as a special correspondent for the
Central News Agency from 1965 to the present [1999] and as a
U.S. correspondent for the Hsin Shen Daily News from 1958 to
the present [1999]. In addition, she was a broadcaster for
the Voice of America from 1963 to 1966." In addition, Chen
Xiangmei served as an editor and public relations officer
for the Civil Air Transport in Taipei, Taiwan, from 1946
until 1957. After her husband's death, Chennault was
vice-president of international affairs for the Flying Tiger
Line. "She has served as president of TAC International from
1976 to the present [1999]."
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"Chennault has been a member of the President's Advisory
Committee for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts since 1970...served as a member of the United States
National Committee for UNESCO from 1970 to the present
[1999]...as president of Chinese Refugee Relief from 1962 to
1970 and has served as president of the General Claire
Chennault Foundation from 1960 to the present [1999]."[1]
*
Chennault "has served as a committeewoman of the Washington,
D.C. Republican Party since 1960...was the founder and
chairperson of the National Republican Asian Assembly" and
has advocated greater participation in political affairs by
Chinese- and other Asian-Americans, and also has discussed
relations between the U.S. and China.
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She has also promoted her husband's legacy. In 1976, she
came to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a ceremony honoring
Chennault hosted by the city Mayor-President W.W. Dumas and
then Governor Edwin Washington Edwards. Chennault grew up
near Waterproof and Ferriday, Louisiana.[2]
****
AWARDS:
The Freedom Award of the Order of Lafayette (1966)
The Freedom Award from the Free China Association (1966)
The Award of Honor from the Chinese-American Alliance (1971)
***
REFERENCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Chennault
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WRITTEN BY GENERAL CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT'S CHINESE WIFE
CHENNAULT AND THE FLYING TIGERS.
[The Author Married General Claire L. Chennault, Father of
New York [1963], Eriksson. Yellow cloth, very good, end
paper maps, 298p., 20 b.w. photos, 14 x 21 cm., very clean,
bright copy, unclipped dj. in mylar protector. FIRST EDITION
This is the incredible story of the daring and heroic
American pilots known as the "FLYING TIGERS" and of the
famous American General, Claire L. Chennault. His genius
formed these fighters into the most formidable military
groups in American aviation history, is told in this
stirring book by his widow." Extracted from the dustjacket
notes.
.
Based on the personal records the General kept, his diary,
memoirs and personal papers, letters and official documents
of the A.V.G.["American Volunteer Group], the China Air
task Force and the Fourteenth Air Force, and many other
resources.
.
$26
Between December 1941 and V-J Day, the A.V.G. ["American
Volunteer Group"/ "FLYING
TIGERS" lost only 500 airplanes from all combat causes while
destroying 2600 enemy planes and probably destroying 1500
more, they sank and damaged 2,230,000 tones of enemy
merchant shipping, 44 naval vessels and 13,000 river boats
under 100 tons, knocked out 573 bridges and killed 66,7000
enemy troops.
*
THE MOST RELIABLE AND EXCELLENT PRIMARY RESOURCE:
This is the one-and-only most reliable resource to record
for posterity, the actual activities based on primary papers
from Major General Chennault's personal archive. This book
is adeptly worked into the story of the celebrated A.V.G.
["American Volunteer Group]" & "FLYING TIGERS" by the single
most intimately close person who shared Chennault's life
during these times, his wife Anna Chennault. It is therefore
now one of the most stunning and fascinating resources on
the subject to date.
***
INTRODUCTION:
The introduction was written by Thomas G. Corcoran, Major
General Chennault's "great friend" and supporter. "Tommy the
Cork" as he was commonly called in Washington D.C. circles
was part of the White House "brain trust..." later to
become counsel of the China lend-lease effort. Corcoran
[1900-1981] was also a prominent Washington lawyer and
adviser in Franklin D. Roosevelt's Administration.
***
THE AUTHOR: THE HISTORY OF ANNA CHENNAULT:
Chen Xiangmei in Chinese was the Chinese wife of Major
General Claire L. Chennault. She, was born in Beijing, on
June 23, 1925. Chen Xiangmei "received a B.A. degree in
Chinese from Lingnan University in Hong Kong in 1944, and an
honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Chungang in Seoul,
Korea in 1967". She "began her career as a journalist,
serving as a war correspondent for the Central News Agency
from 1944 to 1948. She was a feature writer for the Hsin
Ming Daily News in Shanghai, China from 1944 to 1949." Chen
Xiangmei was married in 1947 to Claire Lee Chennault, who
was more than 32 years her senior and he died in 1958.
*
She & Chennault had two children, Claire Anna and Cynthia
Louise. Her husband's death has not seemed to have slowed
her career: "she served as a special correspondent for the
the present [1999].
*
In addition, she was a broadcaster for the Voice of America
[V.O.A.] from 1963 to 1966." Chen Xiangmei served as an
editor and public relations officer for the Civil Air
Transport [C.A.T.] in Taipei, Taiwan, from 1946 until 1957.
After her husband's death IN 1958, Anna Chennault was
*
"[Anna] Chennault has been a member of the President's
Advisory Committee for the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts since 1970...served as a member of the
United States National Committee for UNESCO from 1970 to the
present [1999]...as president of Chinese Refugee Relief from
1962 to 1970 and has served as president of the General
Claire Chennault Foundation from 1960 to the present
[1999]."
*
Anna Chennault "has served as a committee woman of the
Washington, D.C. Republican Party since 1960...was the
founder and chairperson of the National Republican Asian
Assembly" and has advocated greater participation in
political affairs by Chinese and other Asian-Americans, and
also has discussed relations between the U.S. and China.
***
END PAPER MAPS:
The book has both front and rear end paper maps of China &
S.E. Asia.
***
AWARDS:
***
REFERENCE:
*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Lee_Chennault
*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gardiner_Corcoran
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WRITTEN BY GENERAL CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT'S CHINESE WIFE
CHENNAULT AND THE FLYING TIGERS.
New York [1963], Eriksson. Yellow cloth, very good,end paper
maps, 298p., 20 b.w. photos, 14 x 21 cm., clean solid copy.
FIRST EDITION
This is the incredible story of the daring and heroic
American pilots known as the "FLYING TIGERS" and of the
famous American General, Claire L. Chennault. His genius
formed these fighters into the most formidable military
groups in American aviation history, is told in this
stirring book by his widow." Extracted from the dustjacket
notes.
.
Based on the personal records the General kept, his diary,
memoirs and personal papers, letters and official documents
$87
of the A.V.G.["American Volunteer Group], the China Air
task Force and the Fourteenth Air Force, and many other
resources.
.
Between December 1941 and V-J Day, the A.V.G. ["American
Volunteer Group"/ "FLYING
TIGERS" lost only 500 airplanes from all combat causes while
destroying 2600 enemy planes and probably destroying 1500
more, they sank and damaged 2,230,000 tones of enemy
merchant shipping, 44 naval vessels and 13,000 river boats
under 100 tons, knocked out 573 bridges and killed 66,7000
enemy troops.
*
THE MOST RELIABLE AND EXCELLENT PRIMARY RESOURCE:
This is the one-and-only most reliable resource to record
for posterity, the actual activities based on primary papers
from Major General Chennault's personal archive. This book
is adeptly worked into the story of the celebrated A.V.G.
["American Volunteer Group]" & "FLYING TIGERS" by the single
most intimately close person who shared Chennault's life
during these times, his wife Anna Chennault. It is therefore
now one of the most stunning and fascinating resources on
the subject to date.
***
INTRODUCTION:
The introduction was written by Thomas G. Corcoran, Major
General Chennault's "great friend" and supporter. "Tommy the
Cork" as he was commonly called in Washington D.C. circles
was part of the White House "brain trust..." later to
become counsel of the China lend-lease effort. Corcoran
[1900-1981] was also a prominent Washington lawyer and
adviser in Franklin D. Roosevelt's Administration.
***
THE AUTHOR: THE HISTORY OF ANNA CHENNAULT:
Chen Xiangmei in Chinese was the Chinese wife of Major
General Claire L. Chennault. She, was born in Beijing, on
June 23, 1925. Chen Xiangmei "received a B.A. degree in
Chinese from Lingnan University in Hong Kong in 1944, and an
honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Chungang in Seoul,
Korea in 1967". She "began her career as a journalist,
serving as a war correspondent for the Central News Agency
from 1944 to 1948. She was a feature writer for the Hsin
Ming Daily News in Shanghai, China from 1944 to 1949." Chen
Xiangmei was married in 1947 to Claire Lee Chennault, who
was more than 32 years her senior and he died in 1958.
*
She & Chennault had two children, Claire Anna and Cynthia
Louise. Her husband's death has not seemed to have slowed
her career: "she served as a special correspondent for the
the present [1999].
*
In addition, she was a broadcaster for the Voice of America
[V.O.A.] from 1963 to 1966." Chen Xiangmei served as an
editor and public relations officer for the Civil Air
Transport [C.A.T.] in Taipei, Taiwan, from 1946 until 1957.
After her husband's death IN 1958, Anna Chennault was
*
"[Anna] Chennault has been a member of the President's
Advisory Committee for the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts since 1970...served as a member of the
United States National Committee for UNESCO from 1970 to the
present [1999]...as president of Chinese Refugee Relief from
1962 to 1970 and has served as president of the General
Claire Chennault Foundation from 1960 to the present
[1999]."
*
Anna Chennault "has served as a committee woman of the
Washington, D.C. Republican Party since 1960...was the
founder and chairperson of the National Republican Asian
Assembly" and has advocated greater participation in
political affairs by Chinese and other Asian-Americans, and
also has discussed relations between the U.S. and China.
***
END PAPER MAPS:
The book has both front and rear end paper maps of China &
S.E. Asia.
***
AWARDS:
***
REFERENCE:
*
*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gardiner_Corcoran
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A STUNNING AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANNA AND CLAIRE CHENNAULT
THE EDUCATION OF ANNA.
[New York 1980], Times Books. Red cloth, unclipped dj. in
mylar protector, 242p., 14 x 21.5 cm., many b. w. photos, a
clean and crisp copy, First printing.
FIRST EDITION
An intimate story of Anna Chennault's story, her life with
her husband, General Claire L. Chennault commander of the
and the AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP [A.V.G.] later known as the
"FLYING TIGERS." They first fought the Japanese air force
over Burma, then went on to Kunming and Southwestern China
from 1937-1945.
*
$66
Ann's family life, the Japanese invasion of China. Anna was
a journalist and war correspondent. After the war she and
her husband founded the China Air Transport [C.A.T.] lines,
and flew missions against the Chinese communists, and
supported Nationalist China.
*
Anna was well connected in Washington, and mingled with the
famous and infamous, presidents and the shakers. Her candid
story is loaded with insights hitherto unknown.
*
*
BACKGROUND OF ANNA:
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*
*
near Waterproof and Ferriday, Louisiana.
***
AWARDS:
***
REFERENCE:
*
A STUNNING AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANNA AND CLAIRE CHENNAULT
THE EDUCATION OF ANNA.
[New York 1980], Times Books. Red cloth, clipped dj. in
mylar protector, 242p., 14 x 21.5 cm., many b. w. photos, a
clean and crisp copy, First printing.
FIRST EDITION
An intimate story of Anna Chennault's story, her life with
her husband, General Claire L. Chennault commander of the
and the AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP [A.V.G.] later known as the
"FLYING TIGERS." They first fought the Japanese air force
over Burma, then went on to Kunming and Southwestern China
from 1937-1945.
*
Ann's family life, the Japanese invasion of China. Anna was
a journalist and war correspondent. After the war she and
her husband founded the China Air Transport [C.A.T.] lines,
and flew missions against the Chinese communists, and
supported Nationalist China.
*
Anna was well connected in Washington, and mingled with the
famous and infamous, presidents and the shakers. Her candid
story is loaded with insights hitherto unknown.
*
*
BACKGROUND OF ANNA:
$34
*
*
*
***
AWARDS:
***
REFERENCE:
*
THE TOUCHING STORY OF HER COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
A THOUSAND SPRINGS: The Biography of a Marriage.
New York [1967], Eriksson. Orange cloth over boards, very
clean, 14 x 21 cm., 318p., many b. w. photos, dj. in mylar
protector, very bright, clean solid copy.
FIRST EDITION
This is a poignant autobiographical work. She met General
Chennault in Kunming, China in 1944. Three years later they
$34
were married. Anna was twenty-four years old, the General
fifty-four, she was Chinese, he American. Despite their
differences it was a "Marriage Made in Heaven."
*
This is Anna's first book in English, she is the author of
12 books all published in China, novels, essays, short
stories, a number have been "best sellers."
*
With lovely introduction by Lin Yutang.
*
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BACKGROUND OF ANNA:
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*
***
AWARDS:
***
REFERENCE:
*
THE TOUCHING STORY OF HER COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
A THOUSAND SPRINGS: The Biography of a Marriage.
New York [1967], Eriksson. Orange cloth over boards, very
clean, 14 x 21 cm., 318p., many b. w. photos, dj. in mylar
protector library label on dj spine, else clean solid, book
NOT ex-library, usual trade edition.
FIRST EDITION
This is a poignant autobiographical work. She met General
Chennault in Kunming, China in 1944. Three years later they
were married. Anna was twenty-four years old, the General
fifty-four, she was Chinese, he American. Despite their
differences it was a "Marriage Made in Heaven."
*
This is Anna's first book in English, she is the author of
12 books all published in China, novels, essays, short
stories, a number have been "best sellers."
*
With lovely introduction by Lin Yutang.
*
*
BACKGROUND OF ANNA:
$46
*
*
*
***
AWARDS:
***
REFERENCE:
*
A STUNNING COVER & STORY: GENERAL CHENNAULT, "FLYING TIGER"
623 [CHENNAULT, Claire E.
LIFE MAGAZINE. GENERAL CHENNAULT IN CHINA: August 10, 1942.
[An Article in LIFE MAGAZINE by Jack Belden.]
[New York 1942, Life Magazine]. Pictorial cover, 7p. text, 8
b.w. phots including the magazine cover of General Chennault
father of the "FLYING TIGERS," very nice copy, 26.5 x 35 cm.
complete issue.
FIRST AND ONLY ORIGINAL EDITION R A R E !
This is an excellent World War II time period, original
issued "LIFE MAGAZINE, complete as issued. Brig. Gen.
Claire L. Chennault is on the full front cover.
.
$39
***
The magazine has two articles:
1. GENERAL STILWELL'S FIGHT FROM BURMA, on p.26. This is an
excellent article, covering two pages, with 6 b.w. photos.
.
2. CHENNAULT FIGHTS TO HOLD THE CHINA FRONT: His New Army
Air Force Takes Offensive Against Japs. Article by Jack
Belden.
.
This is a 9 column article, and is an excellent assessment
of Brig. General Chennault, and his famous A.V.G. [AMERICAN
VOLUNTEER GROUP] later known as the "FLYING TIGERS." With 7
great b.w. photographs, inclulding Col. Caleb V. Haynes,
Col. Robert L. Scott, Brig. Gen Chennault, Mme. &
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek with Brig. Gen. Chennault.
.
***
Jack Belden was the LIFE & TIME MAGAZINE war correspondent
in Burma and China, he is also the author of a famous book:
RETREAT WITH STILWELL. Inquire with us for a copy.
.
***
website.
A SUPERB COLOR PHOTOGRAPH, COPY SIGNED BY CHENNAULT
624 CHENNAULT, Claire L.
COPY OF A COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF GENERAL CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT,
FATHER OF THE A.V.G. [AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP] OR THE
No date, ca. 1942, color photograph of General Chennault at
his desk, in uniform wearing the "FLYING TIGER" insignias,
SIGNED IN THE PHOTO, a COPY of the original, sheet size:
28 x 21.5 cm., photo size 20.5 x 26.5 cm. VERY CLEAN OBSCURE
A lovely color photograph of General Claire Lee Chennault,
commander of the A.V.G. [AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP] also
known as the "FLYING TIGERS," [September 6,1893 - July 27,
1958], taken of him on duty in Kunming, Yunnan, China, ca.
1937-1945.
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Nicely done, glossy photograph, large size, suitable for
framing and display.
*
PLEASE NOTE:
This is a !! COLOR COPY !! of an old original photograph,
bearing his signature IN THE PHOTO.
!! NOT !! AN ORIGINAL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH !
$185
*
REFERENCE:
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/clchenna.htm
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AN ORIGINAL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF CHENNAULT SIGNED BY HIM !
SIGNED 8 X 10 INCH BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF
MAJOR GENERAL CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT.
Washington D. C. [no date ca. 1937-1943], Headquarters USAF.
A large b. w. photograph of Major General Chennault, 8 x 10
inches or 20.6 x 25.4 cm.,official U.S. Air Force Photograph
Signed by Chennault:"With Best Wishes C.L. Chennault." RARE!
Major General Claire L. Chennault was the leader of the
A.V.G. [AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP] later to be known as the
"FLYING TIGERS."
***
A LARGE BLACK & WHITE GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY CHENNAULT:
.
This is a stunning photograph signed: "C. L. Chennault".
He signed this photograph with a bold ink pen, some of the
ink has rubbed off, but the indelable impression of the pen
remains completely. The work is not dated, but we believe
this to have been signed by Chennault sometime between
1940-1943.
.
The photograph shows Chennault in is Major General's
uniform, with the CBI [CHINA-BURMA-INDIA] patch on his left
shoulder, his silver Army Air Force wings pinned to his left
chest, along with four ribbons. Below this is found his
authentic and original signature.
.
THE BACK OF THE PHOTOGRAPH:
At the top edge is a pencilled note:
"AF 35-60 Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault."
.
Below this, in black in-stamped area at the center bottom of
the photo:
"--AIR FORCE PHOTO-- HEADQUARTERS U.S.A.F. WASH., D.C."
Otherwise the back is without other notes or marks, clean
paper.
***
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WHO WAS CHENNAULT:
Chennault (1890-1958) resigned from the US Army Air Force in
1937 for reasons of health, but also because he felt the
$39
service was not sufficiently prioritizing pursuit aircraft.
He became an advisor to Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang
Kai-shek, and later formed the American Volunteer Group
("the Flying Tigers") to fight against Japan. The Tigers
scored many successes, and Chennault was lionized by the US
press after Pearl Harbor. With the US in the war, the Flying
Tigers were incorporated into the Fourteenth Air Force, with
Chennault in command as a brigadier and then major general.
Unlike Chiang's army advisor, Joseph Stilwell, Chennault
admired Chiang Kai-shek, and in the 1950s he and his Chinese
wife, Anna Chennault, were important figures in the "China
Lobby" opposed to recognition of the People's Republic.
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Please note that this item is an original, authentically
signed historical document
*
CONDITION:
This item is in excellent condition, strong image, no fading
no damage whatsoever.
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LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY [LOA]
This item comes with copy of an original signed LETTER OF
AUTHENTICITY [LOA] by the auctioneer and the lead
authenticator.
****
REFERENCES:
CHENNAULT, Claire L.: WAY OF A FIGHTER.
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Chennault:
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CHENNAULT, Anna. BIOGRAPHY OF A MARRIAGE.
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CHENNAULT, Anna. CHENNAULT AND THE FLYING TIGERS.
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CHENNAULT, Anna. THE EDUCATION OF ANNA.
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CHENNAULT, Anna. A THOUSAND SPRINGS: The Biography of a
Marriage.
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Please see our website for other items by, about Chennault,
the "FLYING TIGERS," including some excellent books by his
wife, Anna.
We have a good stock of items related to Chennault, the
"FLYING TIGERS," A.V.G. [AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP] and many
by pilots from this group books. Please inquire.
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RARE MAJOR GENERAL RET. CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT SIGNED LETTER
$5991
A SIGNED LETTER FROM MAJOR GENERAL CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT, RET.
TO A FAN, ON HIS CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT [CAT] STATIONERY.
Taipei 1951, Civil Air Transport[CAT]. A typed letter,folded
two times, 21.5 x 27.7 cm., on CAT stationery, boldly signed
in blue pen by Chennault, very clean good condition, corners
minor part missing, rust mark from old paper clip. R A R E !
This is a very RARE letter signed by Major General Claire L.
Chennault, Retired. Signed Chennault items are exceptionally
rare and seldom surface in the open market.
.
Chennault was the leader of the A.V.G. [AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
GROUP] later to be known as the "FLYING TIGERS."
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A GROUP OF TWO ITEMS: CHENNAULT SIGNED LETTER & ENVELOPE:
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a. CONTENTS OF THE LETTER:
Chennault acknowledges the request of the sender from New
York, Mr. Boyce to sign a photograph that was sent to
Chennault.
.
Then Mr. Boyce asked Chennault to talk a bit about his "most
dangerous experience during the war" [World War II in
China].
.
Chennault answers:
"With regard to your question about my most dangerous
experience during the war, I cannot recall that I had any
particularly dangerous experiences although I took more than
one hundred Jap bombing raids - usually in the open so I
could observe their tactical methods."
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Lastly, Chennault says:
"Wishing you every success in your medial training, I am
Most Sincerely,
signature of Chennault
C.L. Chennault
Major General, Retired
U.S. Army"
...........................................................
The letter is typed on CAT company stationery, with the name
shown in both English & Chinese. The letter is typed on
"Extra Strong" bonded paper, showing that watermark.
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CONDITION OF THE LETTER:
The letter is by and large very clean, solid and folded
twice. There are three corners that are lacking a very tiny
part of the paper, please see a photo posted to our website
if any questions. Otherwise the letter is clean, a bit of
old 'toning' to the lower folded area.
****
b. THE AIRMAIL ENVELOPE:
The envelope addressed to Mr. Boyce in New York shows a
typed "C.L. Chennault, Maj. Gen. Retired." Then "CAT
INCORPORATED" is printed on the envelope, followed by a
typed: "Taipeh, Taiwan" all in the upper left corner. There
are two 200 Taiwan dollar stamps in the upper right corner,
with a round date and "Taipeh" stamped. In the lower corner
are typed: "SD-22 5M 11-50."
The envelope is in excellent condition. At the
* * *
This is a superbly fascinating letter from Chennault.
Although he actually flew on several personal combat
missions, chasing Japanese Air Force airplanes, he dismisses
this with a cavalier gesture and focuses on his standing in
the open on an airfield either in Kunming or Guilin, where
he
commonly studied the Japanese Air Force tactics while his
air base too incoming Japanese bombing !
* * *
CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT [CAT]
CAT was created by Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer in
1946 as Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration (CNRRA) Air Transport. CAT was the personal
company of Chennault and his Chinese wife, Anna [Chen
Xiangmei] a young reporter for the Central News Agency whom
he married on December 2, 1947. She became one of the
Republic of China's chief lobbyists in Washington, D.C.
.
Chennault, who, unlike Joseph Stilwell, had a high opinion
of Chiang Kai-shek, advocated international support for
Asian anti-communist movements. Returning to China,
Chennault purchased several surplus military aircraft and
created the CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT [CAT]. This company was
later known as "AIR AMERICA" after its purchase by the
CIA, that supported United States covert operations
throughout East and Southeast Asia.
.
By 1950, following the defeat of Chiang's forces and their
retreat to Taiwan, the airline faced financial difficulties.
The CIA formed a private Delaware corporation called Airdale
Corporation, which formed a subsidiary called CAT, Inc. The
subsidiary corporation purchased nominal shares of the Civil
Air Transport. CAT maintained a civilian appearance by
flying scheduled passenger flights while simultaneously
using other aircraft in its fleet to fly covert missions.
.
These surplus aircraft facilitated aid to Nationalist China
during the struggle against Chinese Communists in the late
1940s, and were later used in supply missions to French
forces in Indochina and the Kuomintang occupation of
northern Burma throughout the mid- and late-1950s, providing
support for the Thai police force. This same force supplied
the intelligence community and others during the Vietnam
conflict.
.
Chinese Civil War[edit]During the Chinese Civil War, under
contract with the Chinese Nationalist government and later
the Central Intelligence Agency, CAT flew supplies and
ammunition into China to assist Kuomintang forces on the
Chinese mainland, primarily using C-47 and C-46 aircraft.
With the defeat of the Kuomintang in 1949, CAT helped to
evacuate thousands of Chinese to Taiwan.
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In 1951, a now-retired Major General Chennault testified and
provided written statements to the Senate Joint Committee on
Armed Forces and Foreign Relations, which was investigating
the causes of the fall of China in 1949 to Communist forces.
Together with Army General Albert C. Wedemeyer, Navy Vice
Admiral Oscar C. Badger II, and others, Chennault stated
that the Truman administration's arms embargo was a key
factor in the loss of morale to the Nationalist armies.
.
Chennault advocated changes in the way foreign aid was
distributed, encouraged the U.S. Congress to focus on
individualized aid assistance with specific goals, with
close monitoring by U.S. advisers. This viewpoint may have
reflected his experiences during the Chinese Civil War,
where officials of the Kuomintang and semi-independent army
officers diverted aid intended for the Nationalist armies.
Shortly before his death, Chennault was asked to testify
before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the
Congress. When a committee member asked him who won the
Korean War, his response was blunt: "The Communists."
The above 3 paragraphs extracted from Wikipedia, see below
for more references.
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LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY [LOA]
This item comes with an original signed LETTER OF
AUTHENTICITY [LOA] by the auctioneer and the lead
authenticator.
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REFERENCES:
CHENNAULT, Claire L.: WAY OF A FIGHTER.
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CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT [CAT]:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Air_Transport
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Chennault:
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CHENNAULT, Anna. BIOGRAPHY OF A MARRIAGE.
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CHENNAULT, Anna. CHENNAULT AND THE FLYING TIGERS.
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CHENNAULT, Anna. THE EDUCATION OF ANNA.
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CHENNAULT, Anna. A THOUSAND SPRINGS: The Biography of a
Marriage.
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Please see our website for other items by, about Chennault,
the "FLYING TIGERS," including some excellent books by his
wife, Anna.
We have a good stock of items related to Chennault, the
"FLYING TIGERS," A.V.G. [AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP] and many
by pilots from this group books. Please inquire.
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BLACK & WHITE PHOTO OF GEN. CHENNAULT & ACE PILOT "TEX" HILL
$5950
627 CHENNAULT, Clare L. & HILL, David L. "TEX."
LARGE BLACK & WHITE PHOTO OF MAJ. GENERAL CHENNAULT, &
ACE PILOT & FLIGHT LEADER "TEX" HILL, BOTH OF THE A.V.G.
[Kunming 1945, n.p.]. A reprint of a period b.w. photograph,
very clean, as new, large size: 25.3 x 20 cm., [8 x 10"], of
these two famous "FLYING TIGERS" based in Kunming, Yunnan,
China, an exact glossy copy of the orignal & hisoric photo.
This is an excellent example of two of the most well-known
and celebrated "FLYING TIGERS."
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The photo shows a large transport aircraft in the
background, probably a Douglas DC 4, recording the historic
day in August 1, 1945, when Chennault left China.
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"TEX" David L. Hill is shaking hands with Chennault, as
Chennault prepares to board the transport as he leaves for
return to the U.S.A., after being relieved of command of the
"FLYING TIGERS." General Chennault formally retired from the
military for the second time in October, 1945.
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ABOUT CHENNAULT:
"Claire Lee Chennault [September 6, 1893 - July 27, 1958]
was an American military aviator best known for his
mercenary leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Republic
of China Air Force in World War II. Chennault was a fierce
advocate of "pursuit" or fighter-interceptor aircraft during
the 1930s when the U.S. Army Air Corps was focused primarily
on high-altitude bombardment. Chennault retired from the
United States Army in 1937, and went to work as an aviation
adviser and trainer in China. Starting in early 1941,
Chennault commanded the 1st American Volunteer Group
[nicknamed Flying Tigers]. One mission which never came to
fruition was the bombing of Japanese cities; the bombers did
not arrive before Pearl Harbor. [B-29's started bombing from
China in 1944, but they were not under Chennault's command.]
He headed both the volunteer group and the uniformed U.S.
Air Force units that replaced it in 1942. He feuded
constantly with General Joseph Stilwell, the U.S. Army
commander in China, and helped China's leader Chiang
Kai-shek to convince President Roosevelt to remove him in
1944. By that time, however, Washington saw China as a
backwater in the war." Extracted from Wikipedia.
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HIS AWARDS/DECORATIONS:
Army Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal
Victory Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four campaign stars
World War II Victory Medal
Order of Blue Sky and White Sun (China)
Order of the Cloud and Banner, 3rd Grade (China)
Commander, Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom)
Legion of Honor (France)
Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
Croix de Guerre (France)
China War Memorial Medal (China)
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ABOUT DAVID L. "TEX" HILL:
David Lee "Tex" Hill [July 13, 1915 - October 11, 2007] was
a fighter pilot and flying ace with the A.V.G. ["AMERICAN
VOLUNTEER GROUOP"] later know as the "FLYING TIGERS" during
World War II, with later service in Korea.
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In 1941, he was recruited with other Navy, Army and Marine
Corps pilots to join the 1st American Volunteer Group. He
learned to fly the P-40 in the AVG training program in
Burma, and did well as a fighter pilot in the 2nd Pursuit
Squadron [Panda Bear] as a flight leader and then squadron
commander, becoming one of the top aces under the tutelage
of Claire Chennault. By the time the AVG was disbanded in
the summer of 1942, Hill was a double ace, credited with 12
� victories. On May 7, 1942, the Japanese Army began
building a pontoon bridge across the Salween River, which
would allow them to move troops and supplies into China. To
stem this tide, 2nd Squadron Leader Hill led a flight of
four new P-40Es bombing and strafing into the mile deep
gorge. During the next four days, the AVG pilots flew
continuous missions into the gorge, effectively neutralizing
the Japanese forces. From that day on, the Japanese never
advanced farther than the west bank of the Salween. Claire
Chennault would later write of these critical missions, "The
American Volunteer Group had staved off China's collapse on
the Salween."
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On Thanksgiving Day 1943, he led a force of 12 B-25s, 10
P-38s, and 8 new P-51s from Saichwan, China, on the first
strike against Formosa. The Japanese had 100 bombers and 100
fighters located at Shimchiku Airfield, and the bombers were
landing as Hill�s force arrived. The enemy managed to get
seven fighters airborne, but they were promptly shot down.
Forty-two Japanese airplanes were destroyed, and 12 more
were probably destroyed in the attack. The American force
returned home with no casualties.
.
After the deactivation of the Flying Tigers in July 1942,
Hill was one of only five Flying Tigers to join its USAAF
successor, the USAAF 23rd Fighter Group, with the rank of
major. He activated the 75th Fighter Squadron and later
commanded the 23rd Fighter Group as a Colonel. Before
returning to the states in late 1944, Hill and his P-51
scratched another six Japanese aircraft.
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HIS AWARDS/DECORATIONS:
He ended his military career in the Air Force Reserve,
retiring as a Brigadier General. He holds the Distinguished
Service Cross, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross with
three Oak Leaf Clusters, Presidential Unit Citation with Oak
Leaf Cluster, Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner 4th, 5th
and 6th grades, 2-Star Wing Decorations, Chinese Victory
Medal, Legion of Merit, and British Distinguished Flying
Cross.
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REFEREBCES:
http://www.warbirdforum.com/clc.htm
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Lee_Chennault
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lee_%22Tex%22_Hill
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EARLY HONG KONG PHOTOGRAPHER'S IMAGE OF A FOREIGN SAILOR
628 CHEONG-HENG & WING-CHONG. [Photographers]
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF A ROYAL BRITISH NAVY SAILOR, TAKEN IN
A HONG KONG STUDIO, ca. 1870-1875].
Hong Kong [n.d. ca. 1870-1875], Cheong-Heng & Wing-Chong]. A
carte-de-visite photo on stiff card, 5.2 x 10.1 cm., photo
size: 4.9 x 9.3 cm., very good image, clear, albumen type
photo, verso with English & Chinese name, romanized address.
This is an excellent example of an early "Carte-de-visite"
to commemorate a young Royal British sailor's sojourn in
the exotic Hong Kong. He records the photo making history.
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A ROYAL BRITISH NAVY SAILOR:
The subject wears the typical Royal British Navy sailor's
uniform consisting of a blue jumper, blue trousers, neck
scarf tied in a square knot, with a white braided cord,
likely holding a boatswain's whistle on his left shoulder.
He poses in the studio, looking straight at the camera. He
sports a goatee, and wears leather boots.
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THE PHOTOGRAPHERS:
The verso clearly has the two names of the studio's
photographers and states in both English, Chinese characters
and romanized Chinese:
"CHEONG-HENG & WING-CHONG, Photographers & Portraits
Painters. No. 66, Queen's Road, upstairs, opposite C. Bank
of I.A. & China, Hong Kong." Along with the photographers
names in Chinese characters.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
This is a typical carte-de-visite, and appears to also have
an albumen coating on the exterior.
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CONDITION:
$49
The image is excellent, and is clear, with a very minor
amount of normal fading. The verso is somewhat dusty and
with some stain in the upper left corner but this does not
go through the board to the photo at all, a few other mild
spots, otherwise solid and clean.
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$190
WRITTEN BY A BRITISH WOMAN
629 CHESTERTON, Cecil.
YOUNG CHINA AND NEW JAPAN.
London [1933], Harrap. Blue cloth, very good, 310p., 45 b.w.
photos, fold out map, extremities and corners bit rubbed
contents solid.
FIRST EDITION
A personal record of her impressions while in China, Japan &
Malaya. She speaks frankly of the Japanese attacks on Chinese territory, her protests against the British Government's
failure to stop the traffic of girl slaves in Hong Kong. She
secured interviews with several important people: Sir John
Hope Simpson, director of the National Flood Relief Comm.,
with Lo Wen-Kan Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a member of
the Inner Temple, with General Chiang Kai-Shek, Dr. Francis
Wei the president of Wuchang University et al. She tells of
vast devistation by floods, desription of how the peasants
live, their customs, ceremonies and contrasts the atmosphere
of present-day China with that of Japan. Excellent source.
A UNIQUE ALBUM OF HER MUSICAL MEMORIES, PHOTOS, PROGRAMS &c.
$60
630 [CHEW, Mansie.]
AN ALBUM OF MEMORIES FROM MANSIE CHEW, PIANIST, OAKLAND
RESIDENT, OF HER TEACHER: EDWARD F. SCHNEIDER, MILLS COLLEGE
Oakland 1913-1945. 3/4 Buff cloth over orange and gold firecracker paper, raffia tide spine, 31 x 24 cm., covers a bit
dusty dark stained, [54] pages, very good, clean, solid,many
programs, newspaper clippings, b.w. original photos. UNIQUE
This is an exciting album of mementos, of Mansie [Caroline]
Chew, consisting of original ephemera documenting the career
and progress as a celebrated pianist and dancer. It is also
the ephemera of her celebrated composer and famed piano
teacher, Edward F. Schneider, the chair of music at Mills
College, Oakland, California. In addition is also a
collection of ephemera about her famous father, Dr. Ng Poon
Chew. See below for more details on all.
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She lived at 3765 Shafter Ave., Oakland. She was one of the
star pupils of Edward F. Schneider.
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Edward F. Schneider was the Music chair at Mills College and
the celebrated local composer of they symphony: "SARGASSO."
He was also the personal piano teacher of Mansie, and she
followed his career and went to all of his concerts. She was
featured and "presented" to the music world on several
occasions and participated in a good number of concerts. Per
a newspaper article "THREE OAKLAND GRADUATES" they stated
about her: "Two compositions of Miss Chew who is the
daughter of Dr. Ng Poon Chew...editor of the Chung Sai Yat
Po in San Francisco, will be sung at the annual concert of
original compositions to be given Thursday evening on campus
[Mills or U.C. Berkeley ?].
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Her father, Dr. Ng Poon Chew was a prominent ChineseAmerican, who resided in Oakland and established the
first Chinese newspaper in America, in San Francisco. He is
fondly called the "Father of Chinese Journalism in America"
He was the celebrated editor, scholar, statesman, author and
lecturer, commonly called the "Chinese Mark Twain" of
America. He lectured throughout the United States appearing
in most all principal cities. See the articles about him and
his lectures near the end of the album.
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Chronology: Citing only a small number of examples from the
whole album.
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January 30, 1913: Commencement Exercise of the Oakland High
School, Mansie's graduation.
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April 11, 1913: Oakland Tribune: "DAUGHTER OF CHINESE EDITOR
TO ENTER U.C." [University of California, Berkeley]
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May 12, 1913: MILLS COLLEGE: CLOSING CONCERT: by students of
Edward F. Schneider, including Mansie.
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May 28, 1915: FESTIVE HALL PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION CONCERT: by Faculty of Music at Mills College,
dean Edward F. Schneider.
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June 5, 1916: MILLS COLLEGE CONCERT.
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March 19, 1917: Mansie's performance in San Jose under the
auspices of the Tokalon Club, at the Y.W.C.A. Auditorium.
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May 14, 1917: MILLS COLLEGE CONCERT BY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC.
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August 17, 1917: TWO BENEFIT RECITALS FOR THE GEORGE KONHALL
SHEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FUND, San Francisco. Pianist Ms.
Mansie Chew was the first person listed.
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November 5, [1918]: Music Week Concert: International
Institute of the Y.W.C.A., under auspices of University
Extension [U.C. Berkeley ?]
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December 28, 1918: Pianoforte Recital given by pupils of
Miss Mansie Chew, Chinese Young Women's Christian Assn., San
Francisco. [two pieces]
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March 28, 1919: AN EVENING OF MUSIC: Edward F. Schneider
piano.
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May 15, 1920: MILLS COLLEGE: ANNUAL CONCERT
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October 9, 1920: First Big Variety show given by San
Francisco Bodies No. 1. [two pieces]
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March 3, [1922?]: SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Piano by
Edward F. Schneider. Plus several other newspaper articles
from 1922 :Mills College Weekly; Music Courier et al.
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May 15, 1925: Piano recital under Edward F. Schneider
presenting his pupils at the New Scottish Rite Temple in San
Jose.
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August 15, 1926: HALF HOUR OF MUSIC AT THE GREEK THEATRE,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA [Berkeley], with piano by Edward F.
Schneider.
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January 16, 1927: PROGRAM SAN FRANCISCO SYPHONY ORCHESTRA:
Symphonic Poem: "Sargasso" by Edward F. Schneider.
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May 15, [1931]: EDWARD F. SCHNEIDER: Takes Pleasure in
Presenting his pupils: Scottish Rite Temple, San Jose.
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June 23, 1931: SUMMER SYMPHONY SERIES, SIXTH SEASON: 85
MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Civic
Auditorium, San Francisco.
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Undated: OFFICIAL LIST OF OFFICERS AND STANDING COMMITTEES
OF THE MUSIC TEACHERS' ASSN. OF CALIFORNIA: Edward F.
Schneider cited.
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October 18, 1945: Oakland Post Enquirer: Article about
SCHOOL BOND ADVOCATES, Essie [another version of her given
name] Chew presents the Chairman of
the School Bond Committee $500.
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Undated: Several newspaper articles citing San Jose piano
recitals for pupils of Edward F. Schneider cited. Others
discuss work of Schneider, his "Sargasso" from Oakland
Tribune, San Francisco Examiner, one dated July 20, 1924.
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There are simply too many items to list individually, so we
are saying that this album traces the success of Mansie
[Caroline] Chew and her musical accomplishments and
dancing career. It is also a record of the accomplishments
and progress of her beloved piano teacher, Edward F.
Schneider. Her teacher performed in New York and the
Bohemian Club Concerts, Midsummer music and events and a
host of others too numerous to cite all here.
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There are also a lovely group of photographs of Mansie, her
father and Dean. Schneider both in newspaper photos. There
are also two very early original black & white photographs
of Edward F. Schneider as a child and a young man. A superb
penned note of encouragement given to Mansie from Schneider:
"Until you came-lifes' future seemed but empty space. Dark
clouds unsilverlined [sic] obscured the sun; Now all has
changed in its place the rainbow gleams, and in its place
the bluebird sings again his song of old" Signed "E.F.
Schneider." One wonders of the teacher and his star
pupil Mansie, they may have shared a bit more than simply
that of a teacher and his star pupil vis-�-vis this intimate
and tender and most revealing note.
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About mid-way through the album, are some stunning original
photographs of a very young Mansie with her grandfather in
Oakland. She is accompanied with her family and pose in
dancing postures for the camera in full Chinese costume, and
again, with her favorite puppy !
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Around 1933, she began to include Chinese traditional dance
as part of her repertoire, and gave many "modern and
Oriental" dance concerts. Some very nice programs show her
photograph. She performed at the Community Play House in San
Francisco, in 1934, and had the "Caroline Chew Studio of the
Dance" at 376 Sutter Street, San Francisco. She also
performed at Berkeley's TOWN AND GOWN CLUB in January, 1934.
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CONDITION:
The album is remarkably in very good condition, with
original covers and fire-cracker paper covered-boards well
intact, albeit a trifle dusty with some minor darkening. The
contents are exceptionally clean, solid, with some normal
browning of old news paper articles, else clean and nice,
without any defects to speak of. Her name and address in
Oakland was [rubber ?] stamped inside the front covers, The
last few pages are blank.
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A unique archive of Californians and Chinese in America, as
well as musical history and archive material. Material from
this early period of Chinese in America are scarce,
especially when considering the fame of the subjects. A
record of the famous composer and dean of Music department,
Mills College is also a nice and obscure archive of Edward
F. Schneider's professional life.
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A STUNNING SILK WEAVING OF BEIJING SUMMER PALACE & LAKE
631 CHI WEN SILK WEAVING CO.
BEIJING WAN SHOU SHAN QUAN JING:
PANORAMA OF BEIJING WAN SHOU MOUNTAIN.
Hang Zhou [n.d. ca 1901-1920], Hang Zhou Qi Wen Si Zi Chang
Zi Zao. Color silk weaving, 84 x 19 cm., stapled to a wooden
board, gold wood frame, the weaving has 1 spot at top center
2.5 x 2 cm. & a few other rubbed through spots, else solid.
THE SUBJECT:
This is a very rare, unusual and lovely item. It is a
machine woven illustration of the inside of the Beijing
Imperial Palace [Gu gong] & Forbidden City [Zijincheng].
Especially showing the area around the Summer Palace and
Lake
Kunming. It shows people in row boats on the lake, with the
lovely marble boat as the background, as well as Jingshan
Park, also known as "Prospect Hill."
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DATE
These are very obscure and most didn't last from such a long
time ago. While there is a date stamp in red on the wooden
mounting board lower right-hand corner, it is very feint and
hard to read anything other than "Nian" [year] & Yueh
$364
[month] but on numbers visible. We estimate this to have
been done some where about 1901-1920's, after the end of the
Boxer Rebellion.
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COLOPHON/TITLES:
On the left margin, is the publisher's name: HANG ZHOU QI
WEN SI ZI CHANG ZI ZAO: HANGZHOU SILK WEAVING FACTORY.
Also on the left margin is "7 x 32" which likely refers to
the size of the item in inches, which are actually 7 3/8 x
33 inches when stretched and stapled to the backing board.
The right margin states the title in Chinese: BEIJING WAN
SHOU SHAN QUANJING: PANORAMA OF BEIJING WAN SHOU MOUNTAIN.
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CONDITION:
The work has a hole at the center top margin in the sky, and
has a gray paper mounted behind the weaving to keep it
intact. There are also some minor number of to her small
rubs, here and there. Because this item was stretchedmounted with staples, this caused some "pull" to the fabric.
At the left one-third of the weaving the sky is showing some
stress lines going horizontally across to the center, as is
the right one third sky portion as well. Otherwise, the work
is nicely intact, and not damaged. The old staples are
copper plated, therefore no rust is evident. We strive to
point out every flaw of significance but commonly over
describe such flaws. Overall and by and large this is a very
nice, stable and obscure item. Few have survived the ravages
of time and attrition rate.
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FRAMING / BACKING BOARD:
The backing board is 100% wood, consisting of 7 panels glued
on end to form one single and long board. Over this is a
gold-painted wooden frame consisting of thin wood, with
mitered corners, which acts as a mat, to cover the edges and
staples. This frame/mat wood is placed over the textile
weaving, and is therefore ready for a larger glazed frame.
There is a silver label adhered to the gold frame at the
bottom center it reads CHI WEN SILK WEAVOMG CO., and has
Chinese characters above that name. Nice association with
the weaving.
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RARITY.
This and other works from the Chi Wen Silk Weaving Co. are
quite rare and seldom found on the market. We have seen one
other which is a panoramic view of Shanghai and the Huang Po
river. Please inquire for information.
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SHIPPING:
Being an extra long item, appropriate extra shipping &
packing charges will apply. Please inquire prior to ordering
to request shipping cost information. We reserve the right
to ship this by Federal Express as they are the most
reliable & dependable shipper for delicate and large items.
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SOCIAL, MORAL & RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS FOR CHINESE CHILDREN
$651
632 CHIANG, H.F.
POPULAR CHINESE TALES.
Peiping 1935, Yu Lien Press. Half brown cloth over boards,
very good, 62p., 2nd. ed., map, a text book for the Tsunhua
Hui Wen Middle School.
S C A R C E
Sweet, charming tales expressing the social, moral, & religious background of Chinese children. Tales include The Kitchen God, The Clever Rabbit, A Chinese Love Lyric, Lee T'ao
Chi, The Onion Patch, Two Mice, The Living Buddha's Prophecy
The Jar of Silver, The Tiger and the Donkey, Eggs For Sale,
A Lazy Man's Wish, The Tiger Seller, The Opium Smoker, &c..
$131
633 [CHIANG, Kai-Shek. [Mme. Jiang Jieshi]
WOMEN AND THE WAY: Christ and the World's Womanhood.
New York 1938, Friendship. Stiff pictorial wrs., 198p., very
good, 13.3 x 20.3 cm., solid, a bit of pen marginalia on
p.ix, else clean nice copy.
Subtitle continued:
A symposium by:
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek [China]
Mrs. Z. Matthews [S. Africa]
Tseng Pao-swen [China]
Gnanambal Gnanadickam [India]
Mrs. Flora A. Ylgan [Philippines]
Mrs. Frederic M. Paist [USA]
Baroness W.E. Van Boetzelaer [Netherlands]
Michi Kawai [Japan]
Jorgelina Lozada White [Argentina]
Helen K. Kim [Korea]
Una M. Saunders [England]
Muriel Lester [England]
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These contributors are the leading exponents of their
country, scholars, missionaries,doers, intellectuals,
educators, and role-types.
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Color scans can be setn by email
634 CHIANG, Monlin.
TIDES FROM THE WEST.
New Haven 1947, Yale Univ. Buff cloth, 282p.,index,very good
dj. S C A R C E
$46
Chiang was the Minister of Education under Chiang Kai-shek
was Secretary-General of the Yuan or Cabinet. Passing the
Imperial Examinations, he explains the corruption of the adminstration and the stagnant pleasant village he lived in.
Attended Nanyang & Chekiang colleges, passing the Imperial
Service examinatinos, worked with Sun Yat-sen, observed the
Japanese invasion, student riots, rebellions against the
foreigners, knew John Dewey. Came to the United States to
study & received a B.L from Univ. Calif., & Phd from Columbia. He was Prof. of Education at the National Peking Univ.,&
later its Chancellor for 15 years. Also address Peking life,
Japanese in Manchuria & Korea, South Manchuria Railway. Very
useful primary resource.
$99
635 CHIH, Yu-ju.
A PRIMER OF NEWSPAPER CHINESE.
New Haven 1956, Yale Univ. Stiff grey wrs., spiral bound,
219p., Mirror Series A, no. 12., very good, bend to front
cover, 6 appendices, 800 character list, vernacular lists...
An excellent lesson & study guide with 22 selections to read
and study from. English, Chinese, dictionary, glossary study
notes &c. Useful resource for any serious student.
AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE ON MEDICINE, SAMURAI SWORDS & BRONZES
636 CHIKASHIGE, Masumi.
ALCHEMY AND OTHER CHEMICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ANCIENT
ORIENT: The Civilization of Japan & China in Early Times
Tokyo 1936, Uchida. Black cloth, very good, 102p., 1 color,
171 photos, 4 charts, with "Compliments of the Author" slip
tipped in. FIRST & ONLY EDITION.
S C A R C E
An excellent monograph and superb resource for Alchemy in
both China and Japan with a valuable insight to the
metallurgy and anatomy of the Japanese Samurai sword. The
work is divided into three major sections:
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I: ALCHEMY IN THE EAST:
a. Addressing This obscure work covers the distinguished
-- alchemists in Ancient China
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b. Theories of Chinese alchemy
c. The medicines of the Immortals
$46
d. Art of gold-making
-- i.
Recipes for gold
-- ii.
Chemical reactions of gold-making
-- iii. Another recipe for gold-making
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II: BRONZE ARTICLES
a. Six receipts for Bronze
b. The method and results of bronze articles
c. The results of analysis of bronze articles [2]
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III: JAPANESE SWORDS:
a. Methods of forging
b. Anatomical investigations of Japanese swords
c. Swords of the natives of the Pacific coast.
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The ancient art of metallurgy as found in China begins ca
8000 b.c. and spread to Korea, Japan and S.E Asia. It was a
wondrous time and it afforded people the opportunity to make
ritual objects [mirrors, horse fittings only to cite a few]
as well as weapons and tools. The advent of combining raw
materials into solid metal objects was major and huge leap
forward for mankind. By and large the Chinese used bronze to
cast religious and ritualistic vessels, later bronze weapons
were made. The art of casting was the highest ebb of
technology at the time. It took great sophistication and
major skills in alchemy. As these arts were passed to Japan
and Korea iron replaced bronze as a material for weapons.
The migration from bronze to iron provided weapons that
would not fail like bronze did. The Japanese are perhaps the
one and only culture to push iron technology to its limit
with the multi-layered folded sword, forged and tempered
with a razor sharp edge. This sword was coveted by soldiers
and armies throughout Asia and was the weapon of choice as
it could sever a body with a single swift stroke.
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The anatomy and creation of a Japanese sword, with its multi
layered different hardness of metals combined to make the
finest quality sword ever made. Forging methods of the
Kawakane are outlined in much detail and with supporting
drawings and figures.
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This work provides essential material not found elsewhere to
give a good understanding of the chemical and scientific
footings of early science in China and Japan. A valuable
chronology is also attached. An essential resouorce for any
collector of Japanese swords & bronzes.
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$235
171 photos, 4 charts, nice copy.
FIRST EDITION
SCARCE
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-- i.
Recipes for gold
-- ii.
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II: BRONZE ARTICLES
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171 photos, 4 charts, slip case, 13 x 19.5 cm., largly uncut
copy, superb condition. SCARCE
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-- i.
Recipes for gold
-- ii.
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II: BRONZE ARTICLES
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$167
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AN EARLY COPPER ETCHED HAND-COLORED PROVINCAL MAP
639 CHILD, G.
PROVINCE OF FOKYEN: A Chart of the Bay of Chin-Chew or
Chang-Chew in China from Montanus, 1755.
[London 1755, Baldwin]. Single copper etched map, very good,
bit toned, hand-colored,sheet size:22.5 x 18.5 cm, map size:
20 x 14 cm., with handsome directional compass, no folds.
S C A R C E
A lovely and very early map of Amoy [Xiamen] Quemoy Island,
just off of Formosa [Taiwan].
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A small but very early and interesting map. Covers that part
$214
of the coastline from Pu-tay Point, down to the Chin Chew
river, with Ko-long-fu, Lakkateyn, Tano-fita, Roo Point,
Women's Isle, Petzoa Point and the An-hay river with On-hay
or An-hay town and its great bridge shown. Also, the great
island of Amoy, Lifsiou, Que Mwi [Quemoy], Toatta and
Gou-fou et al
to the far South. The directional compass is in the lower
central position, radiating out across the whole map. Key
top the scale of leagues noted. Delicately hand-colored in
pastels, suitable for framing and library display.
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Early maps of this region are quite.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
T. Suarz: EARLY MAPPING OF SOUTHEAST ASIA & R. Fell: EARLY
MAPS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA for more details.
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R.V. Tooley: TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY OF MAP MAKERS: p.115; Child
was an engraver, who produced the UNIVERSAL TRAVELLER in
2 vols., 1752-1753.
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$604
640 CHILD, Richard W.
CHINA'S EFFORT IN MODERN INDUSTRY.
[New York 1918, Asia]. Extracted article, very good, pp.962967, 3 b.w. photos.
The three most successful instances of Chinese business organizations and large industrial enterprise are described.
$32
641 CHILD, Richard W.
THE WAYS OF CHINESE BUSINESS.
341-348, 8 b.w. photos, stapled. Mr. Child's analysis of
Chinese business methods & principles is the result of personal investigation made under great difficulties, owing to
the lace of organized information in China. It shows an ununexpected condition, contrary in many respects to the conventional opinion long & persistently held. Covers: Fear the
Governing Note, Political chaos provokes distrust, Peculiar
barriers to be straddled, Exploded tradition of general honesty, System of responsibility the keynote to success in
business. With excellent photos of typical shop in Peking,
Nanking road in Shanghai, oranately decorated shop fronts,
camel trains, Chinese merchant of the better class, wealthy
shop districts stand behind barred gates &c.
642 CHILDERS, James S.
THROUGH ORIENTAL GATES: The Adventures of an Unwise Man in
the East.
$7
New York 1930, Appleton. Maroon cloth, 333p., 16 b.w. illustrations, very good, end paper maps.
This is a primary source, covering the author's adventures
of travel in Japan, Korea and China. Commentaries on Geisha,
Japanese house, cricket fighting in a Chinese garden, Chinese chow, Korea,beggars, "Peace in the North," the Great Wall
and "Golden Lilies of Cathay" or women's bound feet. Chinese
theater, funeral &c. Wonderful reading, just for fun.
$80
EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS AND NEWS ABOUT THE WAR AGAINST JAPANESE
643 CHINA AT WAR.
CHINA AT WAR.
[Chungking 1938, China Info. Pub. Co.]. Blue stiff wraps.,
very good, chips to cover edge, contents clean, 66p., vol.1,
no.3, June, 14.2 x 19.5 cm., cover edge a bit browned, else
very good.
Highly pro-Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi] & Mme. Chiang.
*
Detailed discussion of China at war, covers Japanese
incendiaries, new bombing tactics, Chinese pursuit of
fight, Chinese aerial training, Japan losing 848 planes,
the bombing of Luchow, military objective, education & the
Chekiang mass education, Kweichow Provincial College,
mass education, technical education, vocational schools,
industry in China, refugee labor camp, Chinese
communications, different financial connotations, Youth
corps camp, Japan's designs on Indo-China, &c.
*
Each issue outlines the current situation with the Japanese
war in China, work of Christians, missionaries and others
against Japanese efforts, refusal of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. to
allow Japanese troops or command to take over Y.M.C.A.
hotels, other anti-Japanese efforts of Chinese women in
arms, gallant efforts to sabotage Japanese in every way
possible, including railways, materials and anything that
would slow them down.
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These are eye-witness statements, not propaganda. An
interesting primary source loaded with factual evidence.
*
EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS AND NEWS ABOUT THE WAR AGAINST JAPANESE
$78
644 CHINA AT WAR.
CHINA AT WAR.
[Hong Kong 1940, South China Morning Post]. Blue stiff wrs.,
very good, 128p., 17 b.w. photos, Vol. IV, No. 4, clean and
solid copy, 14.2 x 20 cm.
Highly pro-Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi] & Mme. Chiang.
*
Detailed discussion of China at war, covers Japanese
incendiaries, new bombing tactics, Chinese pursuit of
fight, Chinese aerial training, Japan losing 848 planes,
the bombing of Luchow, military objective, education & the
Chekiang mass education, Kweichow Provincial College,
mass education, technical education, vocational schools,
industry in China, refugee labor camp, Chinese
communications, different financial connotations, Youth
corps camp, Japan's designs on Indo-China, &c.
*
Each issue outlines the current situation with the Japanese
war in China, work of Christians, missionaries and others
against Japanese efforts, refusal of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. to
allow Japanese troops or command to take over Y.M.C.A.
hotels, other anti-Japanese efforts of Chinese women in
arms, gallant efforts to sabotage Japanese in every way
possible, including railways, materials and anything that
would slow them down.
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These are eye-witness statements, not propaganda. An
interesting primary source loaded with factual evidence.
*
645 CHINA CHRISTIAN YEAR BOOK 1926.
Also known as the China Mission Year Book.
Shanghai 1926, Christian Literature Soc. Blue cloth, x-lib.
copy, 549p., index, 4 appendices.
Essays on the Christian movement & national affairs,
$78
changing function of the missionary, education, recent antiopium activities, new trends in literature, etc. Scans can
be sent by email.
$131
646 CHINA INFORMATION COMMITTEE.
ANTI-AGGRESSION PUBLICITY WEEK ENTHUSIASM THROUGHOUT CHINA:
All Sections of China's Millions Allied with International
Hankow [1938], C.I.C. New grey stiff wrs., old cover layed
down, 63p. FIRST & ONLY EDITION
OBSCURE
A world call to boycott Japan, and assist China. A peaceful
demonstration throught the world Feb. 6, 1938 united in the
peaceful demonstration to show Japan and the world opposition to Japan's war in China, Manchuria and that part of the
world. With statements by Chiang Kai-Shek, prominent religious leaders from both Christianity and Buddhism, as well as
others.
647 CHINA INFORMATION COMMITTEE.
CATHOLIC CHURCH ACTIVITIES IN WAR AFFLICTED CHINA.
'China is the Missionary's Adopted Home & for This Home You
Hankow n.d. ca. [1938], China Information Committee. Stiff
white wrs., bit wrinkled at top, else clean, solid, 33p.,
16 x 25 cm. FIRST & ONLY EDITION
SCARCE
Covers: Missionary ideals during war in China: "We must
pray, work and make sacrifices": Apostolic delegate to
China outlines duties of Catholics in China. Solemn requiem
high mass celebrated in Hankow for China's fallen soldiers:
"A prayer & an imploration for the dead and a
propitiations for the living in this valley of tears; a
prayer for the health, prosperity and peace, for
tranquility of order and justice and every good for China."
Nationwide celebration ceremony, Chinese press opinion.
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Catholics active in Chinese relief work: magnificent work
being performed by the Chinese Catholic war relief society.
"We hope that God may put an end to these scourge."
Catholic nun's heroism in the Shanghai evacuation of the
Sacred Heart Hospital bombed in Yangtze poo. Catholic priest
willing to die for China: Fr. Vincent Lebbe and his heroic
rescue work in the front lines of battle with Chinese
soldiers. Catholic University of Peiping starts important
relief work for the destitute.
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$53
China's fight to preserve honour championed by Catholic
paper. Catholic churches under Japanese occupation. Chinese
Catholic war relief, Catholic war relief in Shanghai,
ambulance unit organized by Catholic University.
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And many other essays & articles.
$39
648 CHINA INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SERVICE. ed.
CHINA TRAVEL: Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou.
Bejing 1975, China Travel & Tourism Press. Illustrated stiff
wrs., 110p., 6 color maps, many color photos, very good,
English text, 18.7 x 20 cm.
A lovely guide to the cities, sights, natural wonders, architecture, agriculture & industrial products. Including tea,
silk, loaded with maps & nice photos.
$5
649 CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY.
ANNUAL REPORT 1986.
[Hong Kong 1986, C.L.& P. Co., Ltd]. Blue & yellow wrappers,
v. good, 68p., color photos, tables, Chinese & English text.
Financial calendar, statistical highlights, directors report
as well as P&L and balance sheets, &c.
$26
650 CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK. 1925.
CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK. 1925.
Shanghai 1925, Christian Literature Soc. Blue cloth, 395p.,
index. Essays on education, medicine, social problems, religious thought and literature.
651 CHINA NEWS ANALYSIS.
RAILROADS AND HIGHWAYS. [In China]
Hong Kong 1964, China News Analysis. White wrappers, 7p.,
very good, with map, issue number 543, with list of new rail
roads 1949-1964, statistics, technical progress, highways &
$131
roads, provincian reports, English text.
OBSCURE
This work covers useful and timely information, with some
Chinese characters in the English text, foot notes.
$20
652 CHINA PICTORIAL. ed.
CHINA PICTORIAL.
[A Group of 7 Odd Issues 1980-1981]
[Beijing 1980-1981, China Pictorial]. Color pictorial covers
very good, large format: 26 x 37 cm., many color photos,text
in English, ca. average 22p., 7 odd issues, very good, a bit
of mildew on lower edge of one, else clean.
FIRST EDITION
A group of 7 issues:
.
1980: numbers, 9, 10.
.
1981: numbers: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8.
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CONTENTS:
1980:
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No. 9:
In Qinghai, Tibet Plateau; Upturn in Chinese cinema;
Reconstruction of Tangshan; Advancement of gymnastics.
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No. 10:
Small hydro-power stations; A volcanic rock area; Sylvia in
China; Veteran writer Ding Ling.
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1981:
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No. 2: Opening up the Sanjiang plain; The pagoda lamasery in
Qinghai; Li Keran; Landscape artist; Ascending the Pamir.
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No. 3: Damming the Changjiang River; Soong Ching Ling and
her times; Reservoir safe from pollution.
.
No. 5: Better life for Liuzhuang; Dinosaur finds in China;
The Monbas in Mdeog; Yuan Ming Yuan,
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No. 6: Nine mountains open to foreigners; Mao Dun China's
literary giant; China's first high-flux reactor.
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No.8: In deep memory of Soong Ching Ling; The Great Wall on
Jinshanling hill; Shaoxing Lu Xun's native home; More
artists to beautify Chinese life.
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CONDITION:
All issues are in the original color, pictorial covers, in
very good or better condition. Only #9, 1980 has a bit of
old mildew on the lower edges, else all tight, firm copies.
Each is profusely color-illustrated.
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$44
653 CHINA TAMES HER RIVERS.
CHINA TAMES HER RIVERS.
Peking 1972, Foreign Languages. Blue illustrated wrs., 51p.,
2 b.w. maps, 10 b.w. photos, consists of 5 articles dealing
with the harnessing of China's principle waterways, some pen
underlining, else very good.
$10
654 CHINA TODAY.
CHINA TODAY.
Bejing 1992-94, China Books & Periodicals. Illustrated wrs.,
very good, 12 issues, 1992: Vol. XLI - Nos. 8, 9, 12; 1993:
Vol. XLII - Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12; 1994: Vol. XLIII - Nos.
1, 2, 3. A nice group of journals on China, great essays !
This group covers a wide variety of useful and informative
[non-political] eassays on China, culture, tourist spots,
children's education, Beijing, fashion models, socialist
democracy, Tibetan opera, foreign consultants, agriculture
reform divorce, Bohai seaport, protecting women's rights,
Qinhuangdao opens, Song and Dance troup, urban problems in
Shanghai, Taiji boxing, open door to foreign trade, fight
against corruption, Yellow River disaster, Den Xiaoing &
reform &c...
$32
655 CHINA TOUR.
CHINA TOUR.
[Hong Kong 1978, New Evening Post]. Stiff color wrs., very
good, 159p., index, map, Chinese & English text, profusely
illustrated in color.
This excellent color photo work outlines & illustrates about
85 of the main tourist destinations within China. From the
Taiching Oil Field in the North near Harbin, down to Naning,
Urumchi in Mongolia, Kunming, Lanchow, great Central Asian
Buddhist sights Tun Huang, Turfan & Hantan. By and large a
very useful guide to the best sights. With many modern Chinese paintings, and photos of all cities: Macao, Hong Kong,
Shanghai, Peking, Canton, temples, pagodas, great rivers,
gardens & stone gardens, Mosques, ancient cities, Kirin and
a host of fabulous places. Memorable...
PASON J. TREAT'S SIGNED COPY
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656 CHINA YEAR BOOK 1912.
THE CHINA YEAR BOOK 1912.
London [1911], Routledge. Yellow cloth, 463p., very clean,
index, College gift book plate: PAYSON J. TREAT COLLECTION,
small library stamp on title & lower page edge, else clean,
12.5 x 19.3 cm.,bright sharp copy.
With general descriptions, geology, fauna, flora, climate &
meterology, people & language, products, money, weights and
measures, manufactures, commerce, trade statistics,
communications, posts and telegrahs, government, defence,
finance, shipping, land, education, public justice.
Constitutional developoment, religions, public health, China
in 1912, foreigners in China, conservancies, opium,
miscellaneous &c. With a map of Mongolia.
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COLLECTION.
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London 1913, Routledge. Mustard cloth, very clean, 728p.,
small library stamp on title & lower page edge, small red
mark on cover, else clean 12.5 x 19.3 cm.
FIRST & EDITION
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$173
The comprehensive yearbook, covering geology, fauna, flora,
climate, products, people & language, finances, commerce,
trade, opium, narcotics &c. The major resource on China.
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$190
London [1914], Routledge. Yellow cloth, very good, 781p., in
index, appendices, bibliography, statistical charts, foldout
map. SCARCE
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London [1914], Routledge. Yellow cloth, 781p., very clean
12.5 x 19.3 cm., bright, sharp copy.
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London 1916, Routledge. Yellow cloth, very good, 729, index,
$145
bibliography, statistics, charts, fold out maps, who's who.
Edited by H.T. Monague & H.G. Woodhead, bookplate.
SCARCE
A copious reference source book. Covering a general
description of the Republic, geology, fauna, flora, climate,
meteorology, people and language, products, money, weights,
communications, posts and telegraphs, the government,
defence, finance, shipping, land, education, public
justice, constitutional reform, religions, public health,
Who's Who, Greater China: Mongolia, Chinese Turkestan,
Tibet. China in 1916, Foreigners in China, opium, capital
punishment, constabulary, doctors, lawyers, newspapers,
political societies and parties, the Queue, trademarks,
bibliography of recent books, customs tariffs &c. &c.
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bibliography, statistics, charts, fold out maps, who's who.
Edited by H.T. Monague & H.G. Woodhead, ex-library copy,with
usual marks, solid, spine lacquered, top of spine chipped.
$230
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$202
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library stamp on title & lower page edge, else clean,
12.5 x 19.3 cm., bright, clean copy.
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$173
Tientsin [1923], Tientsin Press.Blue cloth, 1243p.,very good
charts, statistics, Who's Who, index, very clean, solid copy
edited by H.G.W. Woodhead, a slight fold to the center spine
else an unusually nice, tight copy.
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one copy.
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$202
Tientsin [1923], Tientsin Press.Blue cloth, 1243p.,very good
14 x 22 cm.
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665 CHINA YEAR BOOK 1925-6.
THE CHINA YEAR BOOK 1925-6.
Tientsin [1925], Tientsin Press. Blue cloth,1349p.,very good
charts, statistics, index, Who's Who. Excellent guide & reference, to all things Chinese. Many fold outs, edited by H.
G.W. Woodhead,
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index,College gift book plate: PAYSON J. TREAT COLLECTION,
14.5 x 22 cm.
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Tientsin 1929, Tientsin Press. Blue cloth, very good, 1267p.
statistics, charts, index, Who's Who, many fold outs. Excellent reference to all things Chinese. Ed. by H.G.W. Woodhead
A comprehensive work, covering virtually every aspect of
China: georaphy, geology, people, language, fauna, mines,
minerals, colonies, leased territories, settlements, public
health, medical events, customs revenur, trade returns,
Greater China: Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet, Chinese
Turkestan. River conservancy, harbour works, customs import
tariff, currency, banks, weights, measures,
communicatons: railways, roads, post, telegraph, aviation,
religion, education, labour, trademarks, finance,
government, army, navy, shipping, international problems,
Who's Who or Chinese biographies, trade, commerce,
products general, pastoral & agricultural, public justice,
with a whole section on the Kuomingtang by George E.
Sokolsky, and a final chapter on the Chinese-Eastern Railway
dispute.
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An essential reference and source book.
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$218
from the Library, an uncirculated reference copy, PAYSON J.
TREAT COLLECTION.
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$224
Tientsin 1929, Tientsin Press. Blue cloth, very good, 1267p.
14.5 x 22 cm.
A comprehensive work, covering virtually every aspect of
China: georaphy, geology, people, language, fauna, mines,
minerals, colonies, leased territories, settlements, public
health, medical events, customs revenur, trade returns,
Greater China: Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet, Chinese
Turkestan. River conservancy, harbour works, customs import
tariff, currency, banks, weights, measures,
communicatons: railways, roads, post, telegraph, aviation,
religion, education, labour, trademarks, finance,
government, army, navy, shipping, international problems,
Who's Who or Chinese biographies, trade, commerce,
products general, pastoral & agricultural, public justice,
with a whole section on the Kuomingtang by George E.
Sokolsky, and a final chapter on the Chinese-Eastern Railway
dispute.
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An essential reference and source book.
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from the Library, an uncirculated reference copy, PAYSON J.
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$209
Shanghai [1931], N. China Daily News. Blue cloth, 731p.,very
good, with index, statistics, charts, Who's Who, appendices
a superb reference to all things Chinese, edited by H.G.W.
Woodhead.
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Shanghai [1932], N China Daily News. Blue cl., v.good, 831p.
dj., index, appendices, Who's Who, charts, statistics. Very
good guide to all things Chinese. Edited by H.G.W. Woodhead.
General information, also covers Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet,
and Chinese Turkestan. Also products, colonies, public
health, climate, geology, trade, communications, the Yangtze
flood of 1931, economics, labor, religions, the Kuomintang,
military, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, government,
opium &c.
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Shanghai [1932], N China Daily News. Blue cloth, 831p., very
14.5 x 22 cm.
General information, also covers Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet,
and Chinese Turkestan. Also products, colonies, public
health, climate, geology, trade, communications, the Yangtze
flood of 1931, economics, labor, religions, the Kuomintang,
military, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, government,
opium &c.
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Shanghai [1933], N. China Daily News. Blue cloth, 787p, very
good, index, dj., appendix, charts, statistics, Who's Who,an
excellent reference to all things Chinese. Edited by H.G.W.
Woodhead
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Constitutional development, religions, public health, China
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CHINA YEAR BOOK 1963-1964.
[Formerly CHINA HANDBOOK]
Taipei [1964], China Publishing. Brown cloth, very clean,
sharp copy, unclipped dusjacket in mylar protector, 1006p.,
2 large color folding maps.
Comprehensive reference to everything Chinese.
$43
A 1676 BING CHEN NIAN FOJING 3 JUAN: 3 VOLUME BUDDHIST SUTRA
681 CHINESE BUDDHIST SUTRA.
CI BEI LAN PEN MU LIAN BAO CHAN JUAN SHANG, ZHONG, XIA:
THREE VOLUMES: MERCY ORCHID MULIAN REPENTENCE CHINESE SUTRA.
China 1711 Bing ch�n ni�n, autumn. Blue, gray & green cloth
covers, 3 vol. set, very good, clean, solid, in blue cloth
folding case [Juan], bone clasps, 11.8 x 33.8 cm, clean text
solid, accordion folding binding, Chinese text.
R A R E !
A QING DYNASTY BOOK:
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THE TITLE AND CONTENTS:
In the first month of autumn 1676 [bing chen nian] year,
under Repentance order by Buddhist monk [Bhikku] Muilan
begins to collect alms on an auspicious day lead by monk
Wan Jue.
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The Da Qing Emperor Kang Xi ordered this work done in Kang
Xi 10th year [1671], this is the Kang Xi 50th year [1711]
edition of the work.
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THE SUBJECT:
Repentance Buddhist sin of the instrument and practice of
mediation.
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THE SET OF 3 VOLUMES:
This work is complete in 3 Juan [volumes], very clean, no
damage. a minor touch of wear at lower margin of first 8
pages, no text or illustrations affected.
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Each is cloth bound:
a. vol.1: recent gray cloth, facsimile title slip, 129
double pages, 6 illustrative pages. .
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b. vol.2: original blue front, green back cloth [silk]
covers, title slip, 96 double pages of text.
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c. vol.3: original blue front, green back cloth [silk]
covers, title slip, 112 double pages of text, last 2 pages
are illustrated, with the date colophons.
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THE LAYOUT OF THE WORK:
Each page has 5 columns of 15 Hanzi [Chinese characters] of
text, in all there are 75 Hanzi per page.
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THE LETTER IN ENGLICH ACCOMPANYING THIS WORK:
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There is a very old hand-written penned letter, that
describes the contents of three volumes. This letter is
written in a difficult to read hand. The below represents
our best efforts to read it. Our rendering is therefore
hampered and in some places the script is quite illegible,
in that case, we have "interpreted" what seems appropriate
and an approximation in context.
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The letter begins:
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"Title of the set THE COMPASSIONS OF THE MOO LIENS PRECIOUS
REPENTANCE.
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Divided into [Shang character] upper or volume 1; [Zhong]
middle or volume 2, and [Xia] lower or volume 3.
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The Imperial scheme eternally insecure
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The rulers path as its fame most sure
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Buddhism increasing with glory & love
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The wheel of fate, unceasing in its time
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Appears this means in flowery clouds filling free all
quantities of the world nourishing all Buddha's and all the
students' who revere the law its boundless powers are head
of all among all the heavenly immortals rising up in
brightness to the left places for begins the timeless
format, thus lives Buddha receives service the perfume of
what affects all living and serves to keep the idol in
remembrance.
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Descriptions of Buddha hell. The great one asks blame them?
And this knife hill hell. Those in it are compelled often to
walk at damn the hills & these feet are all located and
these clothes torn. Why? Because in their lifetime not had
good things to eat and could kill all kinds of animals, how
so many therefore. Pounds of stones hell? Delighted to catch
fish & kill them by strike their head on rocks, therefore
&...&..."
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CONDITION:
The Books:
The work is very clean, with out any worming or other issues
to speak of. The paper is bright white, the Hanzi characters
are black and bold.
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The cloth [cotton on vol. 1;, silk on vols. 2-3] covers are
very clean, and a very minimal touch of rubbing on the
corners, else each is clean, solidly bound and tight.
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The Juan Folding Cloth Case:
The Juan blue cotton [?] cloth folding case] has been
recovered on the outside sometime in its long life. The
inside has what appears to be a more recent hand-made Washi
type paper, the case is solid and firm, complete with two
bone pegs, and closes tightly.
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All in all a handsome set of period books.
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SHANGHAI CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHER'S GROUP OF EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS
682 CHINESE CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
A GROUP OF NINE ca 1860 CHINESE CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
[Some Photographed by Hung Tai, A Shanghai Photographer]
[China n.d. ca. 1860-1870's]. A group of 9 photographs, each
board mounted as usual ca. 6 x 10.5 cm., some with verso
photographer's name, location, name of girl or family, in
Chinese,2 with English, a few minor flaws, by clean & solid.
Each photograph is protected & encased in a loose archival
plastic protective envelope.
*
These images are clear, but with the usual and expected
period fading. Each is a properly studio posed photograph.
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The images are:
1. A dashing very young man with a hat and long queue, and
is framed in an oval photo shape.
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2. Stunningly elegant young woman with fancy hair dressing,
sits next to a table with a clock and long foreign pipe. She
wears a very lovely Chinese traditional silk gown, and is
framed in an oval photo shape. Name in Chinese on verso.
*
3. A young woman holds a fan and wears elaborate Chinese
dress, seated next on a Chinese wooden bench with foot
stool. Verso shows: "Pun-lun Photographer," with Chinese
character name.
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4. A young lady with hat holds a scroll and is seated
wearing lovely typical Chinese dress gown. Verso shows
Chinese characters "Man Zhou" [Manchuria] "Nuu zi" [woman]
and the photographer's name in Chinese.
*
5. A young Chinese lady wears an elaborate and lovely
Chinese gown and matching hat, holds a book and has a
foreign looking table adjacent to her with flowers in a
vase. Version shows Chinese characters:" Mei Ren" her name
and other characters.
*
6. A lovely Chinese lady holds a round fan, has very long
$1501
nails on her left hand and is seated next to a table where
she rests her arm. Verso shows 6 Chinese characters, place
and name.
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7. A Chinese woman wears an elaborate gown and is framed in
an oval photo shape. Verso shows Chinese name and some
English: "Hung Tai Photography Onavpoac, No. 84, Shanghai"
with the family name.
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8. A Chinese girl poses for a memorial photograph, she has
"Lotus" feet [bound feet] and has an elaborate coiffeur, and
is seated next to a table with flowers and a vase. Verso
shows 4 Chinese characters, likely her name.
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9. A family photograph, shows what can be a man, his wife
and two daughters, the smaller of which sits on his knee,
they are adjacent to a table, and is framed in an oval photo
shape. Verso shows "Hung Tai Photography Onavpoac, No. 84,
Shanghai" but with "all the family and their name" in 4
Chinese characters.
*****
CONDITION:
These are early 1860-1870's period vintage carte-de-visite.
They are often somewhat faded although the images are very
sharp, its simply the nature of such old photographs. Each
image is quite nicely photographed, with clear, crisp image,
although there is some of the usual fading. By and large a
very nice set of quite SCARCE and early photographic
portrait studies.
*****
Each shows an elaborately dressed female with elegant
silken gowns, hats, elaborate coiffure, jewelry; opium
pipes & other decorations on a table, where their feet show,
most are clearly "Golden Lotus" or bound feet, four are
clearly posed at the same studio, near the same table and
decorations.
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One shows a particularly round-faced woman in the Canton
style, holding a fan, with non-bound feet resting on a small
stand. Other women have oval or more "Northern" type
faces, with Manchu-type silk gowns. Each is quite unique,
and a delight to behold. The have a very natural look
although posed, they seem to be very real and true-to-life.
They lack that common "stiff & posed" look that detracts.
*
Early photographs of Chinese are always scarce and seldom
found on the market. This group represents refined & clearly
upper-class Chinese in the most impressive silken gowns.
Careful observation yields that most all wear earrings and
rings, one even wears very long silver finger-extenders,
another wears rings on every finger ! The leisure class
recording an important moment in their life. One even
holds what looks like a Western book. A stunning collection
of the most charming Chinese images from over a hundred and
fifty years ago
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SOLD AS A GROUP ONLY.
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$3528
A VERY BEAUTIFUL & SUBTLE ALBUM OF 15 EROTIC PAINTINGS
683 CHINESE EROTIC ALBUM.
A QING DYNASTY EROTIC CHINESE SILK PAINTED ALBUM.
[China c.1820]. Wood covers, accordion folded album, 15 fine
color painted leaves each on silk, pastels colors, executed
with a most steady & fine line, minor soil, covers slightly
checked, silk border mounted, album size is 7.5 x 26 cm.RARE
****
A LOVELY SUITE OF 15 FINE COLOR QING DYNASTY EROTIC CHINESE
PAINTINGS.
***
Painting size is ca.11 x 20 cm. Each painting shows a
couple engaged in or preparing to enjoy sexual pleasure,
some with genitals exposed, each painted with the most
delicate and beautiful colors, as their faces display a
pink flush with excitement.
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The girls all have "Golden Lotus" feet or bound feet,
with tiny shoes tied on, they are all dressed in lovely,
flowing gown, with natural garden setting in the background,
with colorful flowers & trees.
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1. The first scene shows a very young couple preparing to
make love.
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2. The next is of a young girl using a dildo, while a
male lover looks on with erect penis.
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3. The third shows a girl sitting on her lover's knee, as he
fondles her vulva.
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4. Next shows a couple engaging in love-making in the
garden, as the girl sits facing her lover. The genitals
are shown where engaged.
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5. Two girls prepare to engage in love-making. They are both
on a sofa, one reclines holds a bronze mirror, while the
other girl holds her lover's right leg up. Both share
looking into the mirror to see the erotic scene [some mild
discoloration on her hip & face].
*
6. Shows a couple in the garden, while the girl rests her
face on her arm on a rock, bending over exposing her
posterior, while her lover enters from the rear and holds
her fast.
7. A couple are seated, the man first, then the woman sits
upon his lap, as she holds up one knee for deep
penetration.
*
8. While the mistress sleeps on her bed in the background,
the master unsatisfied pulls the servant girl to his exposed
penis. She resists.
*
9. A lovely garden scene shows the couple with the man
holding the girl by the shoulder as they hug each other.
*
10. In the garden, girl holds a fan, while she awaits her
lover who sends away a young girl so they may begin their
love-making.
*
11. While standing in a shallow stream the master exposes
his erect penis while the girl pulls him toward her showing
him her exposed vulva as they both hold up their gowns,
giving view to their genitals.
*
12. A couple on a blanket, with the man in the superior
position as he mounts her, while she entwines her legs
around him, holding him fast.
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13. A garden scene shows a man on a wall, as he "dallies"
with a young maid-girl, who reaches up to touch his hands,
likely to help him down. Probably a secret meeting with his
young lover.
*
14. Shows a beautiful woman at an open gate, while her lover
passes by, she flashes an enticing look his way. He turns
his head towards her, he is accompanied by a young servantgirl who carries his lute as he passes with his fan and
gives her a good look.
*
15. The last is a view of the male-scholar, as he sits at
his desk and books, while looking out a large round window
at the girl. She is wearing a lovely saffron robe, likely
exposing her posterior to him in an inviting sexy stance.
***
All of these lovely paintings show the most pleasant and
joyful expressions on the face and especially in the eyes
and lips. Books of this subject, style are vintage are
scarce. The Chinese had a very naturalistic view and open
attitude toward sex during this period. Love-making and
erotic scenes of this subject were drawn in the most natural
ways. People are shown with very pleasant "Yin & Yang" looks
between men and women, and the act of "Clouds & Rain"
[love-making] are done with pleasant and enjoyable
expressions
***
BINDING:
The work is period bound and mounted with silk, each
painting is on silk. The accordion folded book is bound in
hard-wood covers. Nicely executed, mounted & bound in the
traditional Chinese style. On the opposite pages to the
paintings is a lovely hand-made, gold-flecked Chinese
papery. A wonderful example of the best of Chinese painting
and bookbinding art form.
*****
$4000
OBSCURE 20TH CENTURY REPRINT OF A SUNG DYNASTY WORK
684 CHINESE FACIAL DIVINATION SCROLL.
ANNAL OF CHINESE FACIAL PHYSIOGNOMY:
A Hanging Scroll of Chinese Divination & Readings.
[China ca. 20th century]. A hanging scroll, very good, 34 x
95 cm., image 32.5 x 21.5 cm., mounted on buff silk, small
mend on lower part of silk, image not affected, else solid,
3 cinnabar chops/seal.
OBSCURE AND RARE WORK
The work shows two faces: one female [right], one male
[left], and are both woodblock printed on two joined sheets,
then the whole is mounted on an attractive hanging scroll,
with silk additions.
*
This exact work was used to illustrated item 110, p. 127-8
in Ecke's work: CHINESE FOLK ART II: see below for
bibliographic citation. We now quote and summarize what she
stated about this work: "The woman's face is divided in half
vertically by thirteen horizontally placed sections of
Chinese characters, which vary in the number of individual
characters they contain. The characters are terms of
physiognomy and a reading of the history of the woman's
life, past, present and future, can be taken from the
sections. The characters on the man's face also denote a
reading. Around the center of his face, between the eyes &
above the bridge of the nose, are twelve sections which
encircled the words. The physiognomic terms for this man are
numbered. From the placement of the characters on his face,
one can read about the people in his life, including his
relatives, and about his own health and fortune. Below the
facial diagrams are definitions of the terms."
*
PROVENANCE:
The work was acquired directly from Prof. Richard C. Rudolph
[1909-2003] the late, great author, professor and scholar
of Chinese studies at the University of California, Los
Angeles. His cinnabar chop is found in the lower center.
*
As per Ecke, this work was mounted as a hanging scroll or
Kakejiku in the Japanese style. It has delicate pale yellow
silk brocade mounting with a beige silk above that. It is
likely that Prof. Rudolph collected these silks in China
during his 1948-49 collecting trip. Google him for copious
details.
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ABOUT THE SEALS OR CHOPS: This copy was loaned to Ecke for
her book and used in the exhibition at LACMA [see below for
more details]. Our copy is the actual one exhibited in the
book, Prof. Rudolph affixed his seals to it prior to sale as
was his habit.
*
THE SCROLL & MOUNTING:
As per Ecke, this work was mounted as a hanging scroll or
Kakejiku in the Japanese style, it is 34 cm. wide, 95 cm.
long in all. The actual image is 31.5 x 32 cm. and consists
of actually two images joined together. The mounting silk is
a pale yellow brocade with beige silk above that, a very
clean, nice mounting. It is likely that Prof. Rudolph
collected these silks in China during his 1948-49 book
buying trip. Google him for copious details.
*
For a more in-depth discussion of this Chinese medical
practice, see Lessa below who illustrates a similar male
face on p.51 fig. #5, and throughout several very similar
examples. He explains the thirteen parts in much detail. The
whole of chapter 4 is on the face and head, he also offers
much valuable insight to the significance of reading the
face and its associated meanings.
*
The Chinese have reduced the reading of facial attributes to
a medical science, per Lessa: "No people have exceeded the
Chinese in their efforts to determine character and destiny
by the very scrutiny of the body itself. In China the
documentation is ancient and begins at the time before that
of Confucius [220 B.C.]." He also discusses the "Six
Treasuries, Three Forces and Three Sections;" also the "Five
Planets, Six Stars, Five Mountains, and Four Rivers;" the
"Twelve Temples and Five Senses;" in facial line reading.
The "Thirteen Parts" resembles our example in that half of
the face is covered with explanatory text covering these
"parts." All were extracted from Ku China, 1728. He further
details on pp.54-55 the meanings of lines on the face, marks
and significance. Moles, ear, eye, nose, eye brow and
forehead also has their various readings. This text supports
the information found on this set of prints we now offer.
*
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
*
Tseng Yu-ho Ecke: CHINESE FOLK ART I, see #58, p.90, 91
which again cites and illustrates this exact work.
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Tseng Yu-ho Ecke: CHINESE FOLK ART II: page 127 illustrates
this exact item offered, see our scan for a copy of this
article and example her # 110.
*
Another identical example is found, illustrated & described
in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Member's Calendar
July 1977, vol.14, no.7. This example is again the one used
in the Ecke book, loaned to her by Prof. Rudolph, ergo this
item offered.
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William A. Lessa: CHINESE BODY DIVINIATION: Its Forms,
Affinities, and Functions. This resource is valuable as it
illustrates and discusses in much detail this sort of
print and its significance. See chapter 4, pp.41-88, and
figures [plates] 1-17.
*
A very fascinating item and unusual subject, seldom found on
the market. The current example is an obscure 20th century
reprint of the Sung Dynasty original. Suitable for library
display.
*
$1913
EARLY HAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS: CHINESE FEET & FOOTBINDING
685 CHINESE FOOTBINDING ILLUSTRATIONS.
DONNE DELLA PROVINCIA DI KIA G-NAN PIEDI DELLE DONNE CINESI.
[An Early Etched Illustrations of Chinese Footbinding]
[Roma ? n.d. ca 1800, Bernieri]. A single sheet etched print
14.5 x 20.5 cm., mounted on a board, tav. 70, a bit toned,
extracted from an unknown early Italian work, suitable for
framing & display.
Illustrations of the "Golden Lotus" or bound feet are rare
from early periods. This is an excellent example of what
bound feet look like. Shows a pair of feet that have been
bound; a pair of shoes for bound feet, and the associated
silk booties, three Chinese women in full costume. The custtom of binding Chinese women's feet has been practiced for a
gnerations. It was also an erotic art form. First bound feet
made Chinese women walk in a strange way, which then influenced their leg muscles. These muscles were then used for
making love in a most erotic way, bring much pleasure to her
partner. The "Lotus Hooks" or "Golden Lotus" were adored by
Chinese men, who had a foot fetish. The caressed and kissed,
sucked them to no end. They held them while making love. A
color scan can be sent by email.
$39
686 THE CHINESE GUIDE IN AMERICA: Weekly. English Supplement.
Stanford 1927. A single sheet, browned, bit brittle, but an
unused copy of Vol. 1, No. 13. English front sheet, Chinese
verso. Three folds, nice copy.
This issue has editorial comments upon the Fall of Shanghai,
"Kuo Min Tang Plenum Creates New Ministries," "Kuomintang
Central Committee Assures American Public." How two Northern
California cities hail the K.M.T. capture of Nanking & Shanghai, and a host of other articles on the situation in China
at this time.
MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR DIAGNOSIS OF HIGH CLASS CHINESE WOMEN
$19
687 CHINESE MEDICINE DOLL.
NUDE FEMALE DIAGOSTIC FIGURENE CALLED THE "DOCTOR'S LADY" OR
"MEDICINE DOLL," A RECLINING FEMALE FIGURE.
[China n.d. ca 19th century.]. A carved nude Chinese woman
material unknown, possibly ivory or bone, 6.5 cm. long, ca.
1.5 cm at the widest, very nicely executed, no flaws, artist
has signed this work on the bottom of her left foot. OBSCURE
A hand-carved figurine of unknown whitish material. Elegant
Chinese women have used this kind of "doll" to indicate a
place of pain or malady to physicians who always men. The
woman was placed under a sheet or material and then the
doctor would palpatate her pulse. The doctor was neither allowed to view nor touch her skin or body. Often these women
were fully clothed while the doctor did his pulse observations. There are ample and diverse references on this object.
A good start would be with some general references: Harmut
Walravens: CATALOGUE OF CHINESE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE
LIBRARY OF THE WELLCOME INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE. Heinrich Wallnofer et al: CHINESE FOLK MEDICINE. William
Morse: CHINESE MEDICINE. Ilza Veith: THE YELLOW EMPEROR'S
CLASSIC OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. Jurgen Thorwald: SCIENCE AND
SECRETS OF EARLY MEDICINE: Egypt, Mesoopotamia, India, China
Mexico & Peru. There is a lovely color photo after p.236.
showing a nude woman "Medicine Doll." We quote from that
caption: "Ivory or alabaster figurines of this type used to
be standard items in households of the higher classes in
China. Since strict Chinese custom forbade a woman of statstation to undress in the doctor's presence, or to all him
to examine her body, the sick lady of the house would use
the model to point out to the doctor the site of her mal
ady." P. Huang et al: CHINESE MEDICINE. E. Hume: THE CHINESE
WAY IN MEDICINE. W. Lessa: CHINESE BODY DIVINATION: It's
Forms, Affinities, and Functions. P. Ho: A BRIEF HISTORY OF
CHINESE MEDICINE AND ITS INFLUENCES. Wellcome Historical
Medical Museum and Libarary: CHINESE MEDICINE: An Exhibition
Illustrationg the Traditinal System of Medicine of the Chinese People. See illustrations: 21, 25, 27 & 44; other female
figures cited in this book: 24-36. Also see the text on p.4.
J. Needham et al. SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA, vol. 6:
Medicine provides a wealth of useful background information.
The figurine is contained in a cotton calico-covered box
with clasp. A fine example for any medical library or collection.
688 CHINESE MINISTRY INFORMATION.
CHINA HANDBOOK 1937-1945: A Comprehensive Survey of Major
Developments in China in Eight Years of War.
New York 1947, Macmillan. Blue cloth, very good, 862p.,
folding chart, 2 color flags, 255 tables, index.
This edition includes the period up to the end of World War
II on September 9, 1945. Includes general information,
covers Kuomintang, government structure, foreign affairs,
public finance, comminucation, the judicial system, military
affairs, Sino-Japanese hostilities, education and research,
mineral resources, industry and labor, money and banking,
foreign trade, agricultural economy, price control, public
$393
health & medicine, the press, relief activities, Christian
movement, government directory, who's who, also a supplement
for 1946.
$99
689 CHINESE MUSIC.
CHINESE MUSICAL PAINTING: CHINESE WOMAN PLAYING THE FLUTE.
[China n.d. ca 1820's. A single sheet color goauche pith
painted work, ca.19 x 32 cm.,mounted on a backing paper,with
minor cracks, one a bit invasive, but the majority of the
painting is very good, clean solid.
R A R E !
This charming work shows an elegant Chinese woman, with an
elaborately decorated silk gown, and bound or "Lotus Feet."
.
She sits upon a rock, and near a table with a vase & flowers
nicely arranged. Her coiffeur is delicately done with two
high Chignons and wears two jade bracelets while playing her
black lacquered flute.
.
Suitable for framing & display.
***
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$100
ISSUED BY THE K.M.T. GOVERNMENT
690 CHINESE NEWS SERVICE.
CHINA INFORMATION BULLETIN.
New York 1948-1949, Chinese News Service. White wrs., A-4
size, from volume 1, May 1948, no. 8 through no. 23; vol. 2,
no. 24, complete run through Jan. 7, 1949, former library
copy, cover stamped, else clean,2 folds as mailed,17 in all.
A useful resource for the last year of fighting between the
Kuomingtang vs. the Chinese communists on the mainland. With
commentaries by both Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek and General Chiang
Kai-shek.
*
The official voice of the K.M.T. [Kuomingtang]. Opium
suppression, word from the Nanking Capitol, president
C.K.S.'s review, inaugural address, democracy,
administrative programs, Canton-Hankow Railway,
Chekiang-Kiangsi Railway, rural reconstruction, peace
efforts, Report on Japan, gold yuan regulations, president's
message 1949.
*
ORIGINAL BRASS AND BONE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE OPIUM SCALES
$51
691 CHINESE OPIUM SCALES.
CHINESE OPIUM SCALES: Hand-carved Violin-Shaped Case.
China, ca 1890. A native Chinese opium scale, contained in a
hand-made wooden clam-shell case, with pivot at one end,
inside matches exact form of the scale and bone measure bar,
case: 37 x9 cm., scale brass bowl: 8.5 cm., bone bar 32 cm.
A lovely piece of native workmanship. The wooden case was
carved to match the scales quite precicely, with a groove to
accomodate the scale bone bar and brass counter weight. To
open it, one simply slides the larger end at the pivot point
at the smaller end. The whole is kept closed with a matching
string that is slid fast to lock closed. At one of the bone
bar is a brass pointer to measure accuracy, the bar has many
graduations to measure various weights in ten's. The brass
bowl is held fast with four grey strings then hooked to the
bottom of the scale pointers. The counter balance is a brass
ovalweight. A practical and nice object with signs of soil
inside the box, which is normal for a piece of this age and
qualitY. This kind of scale was brought and used by the
Chinese throughout China and Southeast Asia from ancient
times. The format and method of use have not changed. Nicely
done work. See the reference in The Wellcome Historical
Medical Musuem and Library: CHINESE MEDICINE AN EXHIBITION
ILLUSTRATING THE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE OF CHINA, exhibit text
& photo numbers 233. This text describes the photo item as a
"violin-shaped" hand-carved wooden case with brass opium
scales. This example is exactly the shape and format of our
item. We quote: "...the ivory beams are not uncommon." An
unusual and fascinating piece ! Color scans can be sent by
email.
$99
692 CHINESE RECORDER.
CHINESE RECORDER: VOL. LVII.
JOURNAL OF THE CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT IN CHINA.
[Shanghai 1926, Missionary Soc.]. Green wrappers, very good,
p. 762-836, book reviews.
Articles include a study of the Teachings of Sun Yat Sen by
King Chu, the Christian and China's Cross-word Puzzle,
Studying the Kitchen God, Some chinese Ideas of the Supreme
Being, &c. Also correspondance, personals.
$111
VOL. LX. CHINESE RECORDER: Journal of the Christian
Movement in China.
Shanghai 1929, Presbyterian Mission Press. Stiff blue wrs.,
very good, 5 issues in all: 2, 5, 7, 8, 9; pp. 70-136, 272340, 408-474, 476-544, 546-610 respectively, many b.w. photos, Chinese characters in text, English text, as a lot.
This group contains the following articles: A Symposium:
"RIGHTS" AND SPIRITUAL POWER. CHRISTIANITY AND CHINA'S NONCHRISTIAN SYSTEMS OF RELIGION AND THOUGHT. A Symposium: WHAT
ARE RURAL CHRISTIAN THINKING ABOUT CHRISTIANITY?. WESTERN MONEY AND THE CHINESE CHURCH. George W. Ridout: THE CHRISTIAN
MESSAGE FOR THE CHINA OF TODAY. Chas A. Leonard: THE CHINESE
TREK TO MANCHURIA. Phillips Bradley: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN
INTERNATIONAL LAW. Karl L. Reichelt: THE DIVINE SEED IN THE
ETHICAL SYSTEM OF CHINESE BUDDHISM. William N. Blair: SELFSUPPORT IN KOREA. P. D. Twinem: SOUL SURGERY. THE STATE OF
THE CHINESE CHURCH. E. W. Burt: THE CHANGELESS MISSIONARY
MESSAGE: ANOTHER VIEW. Montgomery H. Throop: PROVERBS AND
THE ANALECTS. T. A. Bisson: SOME CHINESE RECORDS OF MANICHAEISM IN CHINA. Nettie M. Senger: SCIENTIFIC EVANGELISM. J.J.
Heeren: RELIGIOUS RECONSTRUCTION IN SHANTUNG. W. A. Noble:
LIFE AND WORK OF THE CHURCH IN KOREA. Franz Huhn: HAS THE MISSIONARY A PERMENENT PLACE IN THE CHINESE CHURCH?. Victor
E. Swenson: "FUTURE WORK AND LEADERSHIP OF THE CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT IN CHINA?". K. A. Baird: MISSIONARY MISTAKES. J. Leighton Stuart: CONFLICT OF CULTURES IN CHINA. Hans Koch: CRISIS IN THE MISSION FIELD. Dorothy J. Curtis: THE LEADERSHIP
OF JESUS TODAY. Emma Horning: A HOME WORSHIP PROGRAM. Nettie
M. Senger: LIVING STANDARDS OF THE SCIENTIFIC EVANGELIST.
Henry Payne: LAMAISM ON WU TAI SHAN. John C. Ferguson: AFTER
FORTY YEARS. D. C. Graham: IMAGE WORSHIP IN CHINA. Alex R.
Mackenzie: THE NAME. T. W. Douglas James: COMMUNISM AND THE
AGRICULTURAL UNIONS. C. W. Quentin: THE MISSIONARY HOME. P.
Oomman Philip: CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA. Stacy R. Warburton:
THE AUTHORITY FOR CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. C. E. Wilson: FELLOWSHIP AND AUTONOMY. U. Briner: THE MANCHU NEW TESTAMENT. Hans
Koch: CRISIS IN THE MISSION FIELD. A Chinese Christian Student: RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CHINESE CHURCH. D. C. Graham: THE
BOOK OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS. W. P. Mills: AIDS TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF SUN YAT SEN.
$150
VOL. LXIII. CHINESE RECORDER: Journal of the Christian
Movement in China.
Shanghai 1932, Presbyterian Mission Press. Stiff blue wrs.,
very good, 2 issues in all: 4, 6; pp. 200-260, 334-400 respectively, many b.w. photos, Chinese characters in the text,
English text, as a lot.
This group contains the following articles: Lewis S. C. Smythe: RELIGION AS THE QUEST FOR NEW VALUES. D. E. Hoste: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CHINA INLAND MISSION. W. Williams,
Jr.: CONFESSIONS OF A JUNIOR MISSIONARY. Nettie M. Senger:
THE GOSPEL OF THE ABUNDANT LIFE. F. Olin Stockwell: ANOTHER
FIRST TERMER "LOOKS AROUND". Kate L. Ogborn: A SENIOR MISSIONARY "LOOKS AROUND". D. C. Graham: BRIDGE FOR BECOMING IMMORTALS. Editor 204: THE SHANGHAI TRAGEDY. Merrill S. Ady.:
IS THE CHURCH IN CHINA CHANGING. F. Heslop: IMPRESSIONS OF
THE CHINA CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT. Z. K. Zia: WANTED - THE FOUNDATION STONE. CHANGES IN CHINA INLAND MISSION. Arthur Phelps:
THE SITTING MYSTIC. General Chang: OPEN LETTER TO CHINESE
CHURCHES. Scans can be sent by email.
VOL. LXIV. CHINESE RECORDER: Journal of the Christian
Movement in China.
Shanghai 1933, Presbyterian Mission Press. Stiff green wrs.,
very good,4 issues in all: 2, 9, 11, 12; pp.68-134, 550-618,
696-760, 762-836 respectively, many b.w. photos, Chinese characters in text, English text, seperate index, as a lot.
This group contains the following articles: "RETHINKING THE
MISSIONS" (SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS). Mark W. Brown:
THE ROMANCE OF NESTORIAN CROSSES. James M. Menzies: CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA IN MARCO POLO'S TIME. Paul G. Hayes: SCHWEITZER - LOVER OF GOD AND MAN. Emma Horning: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
BASIS OF WORLD PEACE. Sten Bugge: DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN
THOUGHT AND THEOLOGY DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. trans. Emma Horning: FAMILY INSTRUCTIONS BY EMPRESS JEN HSIAO WEN.
$85
P. C. Hsu: CHRISTIANS AND CHINA'S NATIONA CRISIS. T. T. Lew:
CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN CHINA. Frank Rawlinson: RELIGION AND ETHICS IN CHINA. W. P. Roberts: INTELLECTUAL GHOSTS AND REALITIES. Jane S. Ward: PERPLEXITIES OF WOMEN IN SOCIAL WORK.
Joseshine A. Brown: THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. Sam
Skold: "RE THINKING MISSIONS". Lewis L. Gilbert, Jr.: THE
URGENT CALL OF THE FARMER. A. H. Van Etten: THE URGENCY OF
SELF-EXAMINATION. Chiang Chih Chiang: MY CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. Liu Chiang: FUKIEN FOLKWAYS AND RELIGION. Chas F. Johannaber: CHRISTIAN SEX MORALITY. Lewis S. C. Smythe: CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY AND COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY. C. A. Nelson: ELIJAH COLEMAN BRIDGMAN. Paul G. Hayes: WISE MEN FROM THE MODERN EAST. A Symposium: REVIVAL MOVEMENTS IN MANCHURIA. Ronald Hongkong: WHY PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY IS EMBARASSED. A. J. Brace: CHRISTIANIZING ANCESTOR REVERENCE. Frank Rawlinson: CHRISTIANS AND OTHER RELIGIONISTS IN CHINA. Small oval school
stamp on covers, else clean, solid. Separate tipped index to
the whole volume included. Scans can be sent by email.
A RARE CHINESE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT
696 CHINESE TORTOISE SHELL BLEEDER.
ELABORATELY CARVED CHINESE TORTOISE SHELL POCKET BLEEDER.
[Surgical Scalpel]
[China nd.ca.1790-1800]. Elaborately carved tortoise shell
case, c. 2.3 wide x 7.5 cm. tall, 1.3cm. thick, with hinged
top, sterling silver inner lined cover, top with red velvet
internally. Exterior including all edges are finely carved,
reminscent of similar pattern and subjects found on classic
Chinese cedar chests carved in Canton and South China area.
The exterior is tortise shell fixed to the silver interior
with two small rivets on the side with cherry-blossom like
design, above which is a silver tab, used to open and lock
closed the top hinged cover. The bottom is carved in the traditional Buddhist swastika. The delicate & intricate carvving is done in the Southern style, with open gardens, tropical trees showing people relaxing & fanning themselves with
large fans, commonly used in the hot, sultry South. The carvings show a story of filial piety taken from a Confucian
text. The top portrays two elders [father & uncle ?] seated
with canes, and on the opposite side the eldest son fans his
aged father who reads a book. The lower or larger portion is
a domestic scene of a family in their garden with large
trees and small pagodas and bridges adorning. Opposite side
shows a mother holding very large folding fan and her daughter embroidering a silk cloth. The upper portion show the
father who also holds a round fan with his son nearby as the
$131
father faces & talks to him. Another child is also present
in the garden. The opposite side shows the father & uncle in
the garden. Upon opening the top, two distinct chambers are
present, each holds a small English made steel knife blade
[lanets] of the thinest grade sandwiched between two flat
tortise covers. Stamped on one is "GRICE" the other shows
the Brit- tish crown insignia with the letter "G" stamped.
Each blade is riveted, the covers rotate open to reveal
the blade and become a handle. They are 5.5 cm. long by 1cm.
at the widest. The cover tops of both are with very small
chips missing which do not detract from the over high quality of the complete object. One blade may have a small chip
off the tip, as this tip has two distinct sharp points,
much like saw- teeth for a 'saw action' to cut the skin and
vein for bleeding. The two blades are contained in the case
& the cover lockes shut. The case is without flaw or defect.
It has been miraculously preserved as issued. This medical
instrument was used by both Chinese & Western physicans for
blood cleansing treatment. This special elaborate Chinese
carved case was part the doctor's instruments & medical kits
obtained in China. For an excellent & good general background see H. Wallnofer: CHINESE FOLK MEDICINE, p.50 for use of
Cocculus thunbergii Mu Fang Chi snailseed achieves good results for cleansing of the blood. P. Huard: CHINESE MEDICINE.
E. Hume: THE CHINESE WAY IN MEDICINE. L. Morgan: THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE TO THE CHINESE. I. Veith: HUANG TI NEI CHING
SU WEN: THE YELLOW EMPEROR'S CLASSIC OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
for excellent Chinese view on bleeding as a form of therapy:
p.189 "One must first drain blood from the arteries in order
to harmonize, and then one can suppose without further examination of the illness that health is to be expected." On
p. 205, reference to kidney health:...one should select from
the vascular system those arteries which are controlled by
the lesser Yin and the great Yang and should draw blood from
them. To cure suffering from hand & foot "...Yin & Yang...
one must first remove blood..."p.210. See also p.130 et al.
See W. Morse CHINESE MEDICINE. The very high quality of carving should be appreciated. This was also used as a scapel
to make small incisions in the skin. The tortoise case is
carved with a very fine tool, even the facial features are
skillfully done, much attention to the details of leaves,
designs on the bridges, grass roof even the silken garments,
coifferu &c. A very similar scapel is illustrated in Benjamin Hobson's: XIYI LUELUN in Chinese or the Japanese title:
SEI I RYAKU RON, Kyoto 1858, on pages 10 & 24, in volume 1.
A most unique, obscure and RARE item ! Color scans can be
sent by e-mail.
A CHARMING FOLK-ART WORK USED TO CELEBRATE WEDDINGS IN CHINA
$3273
697 CHINESE WEDDING CELEBRATORY "DOOR GODS" WOODBLOCK PRINTS.
A GROUP OF EIGHT IDENTICAL COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINTED PERIOD
CHINESE WEDDING "DOOR GODS."
[China] n.d.ca. 1900-1920. Group of 8 sheets, color woodcut
prints, hand-colored, very clean, soft/mild center fold,32.3
x 32.4 cm.,8 identical prints,nice in collector's condition,
large format, wide clean white borders.
OBSCURE ART WORK !
A CHINESE WEDDING CONGRATULATORY COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT.
This is a lovely example of the kind of prints that were
adorned on the walls where the Chinese wedding ceremony took
place, as well as the hall where the following banquet
continued.
.
The print shows the husband, his two wives at the top, and
the lower half shows the celebrations consisting of five
women each involved in display of good luck charms, the
dragon, fish, cakes, and one boy at the lower right who is
about to light a very large firecracker to ward off the evil
spirits.
.
There is a lot of red in this print, symbolic color for
ample Good Luck !
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This work is done in the same style and use as the
well-known "Door Gods & Kitchen Gods" which are always
plastered at Chinese New Years to the front gate and in the
kitchen.
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THE CHINESE TEXT READINGS:
1. The top of the print shows four Chinese characters in the
center, with red background, reading: YI YON ZHI ZHU:
meaning: "The Lord of the Permanent." A Buddhist allusion to
granting the newly wed couple "Long Life."
.
2. The center shows a single Chinese character in red, with
yellow background and a green circle around it, this
symbolizes a "pair" or a "married couple & their happiness."
reading: "SHUANG XI" meaning "DOUBLE HAPPINESS." This
chaacter is commonly used in weddings and Chinese New Years.
The character is composed of two identical parts, each part
or radical means "happy" so naturally putting them together
makes "Double Happiness."
.
3. In the middle of the print are four Chinese chareacters
in red background, reading: QI LIN SON ZI: meaning Kirin
Song Zi. This comes from ancient times the "Qi" or "method".
The legendary "Kirin" is benevolent beast, the symbol of
"auspiciousness, and also to bring many children." A kind of
"fertililty" symbol commonly used in marriage.
.
4. In the lower half, at the far left is a girl holding a
yellow banner with 4 Chinese characters, yellow background,
reading: LIN TPI YOU SHU: meaning "A metaphors appear as
"Kirin Song Zi" the legendary benevolent beast who is
invited to the wedding to "vomit jade" to the wedding symbol
of the birth of outstanding people." What this means is that
the couple is wished to bear intelligent and outstanding
children !
.
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REFERENCES:
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WANG, Shucun: PAPER JOSS: Deity Worship Through Folk Prints.
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DAY, Clarence B. CHINESE PEASANT CULTS: Being A Study of
Chinese Paper Gods.
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ALEXEIEV, Basil, M. THE CHINESE GODS OF WEALTH: A Lecture
Delivered at the School of Oriental Studies. University of
London.
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ECKE, Tseng Yu-ho. CHINESE FOLK ART I: In American
Collections, From Early 15th Century to Early 20th Century.
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ECKE, Tseng Yu-ho. CHINESE FOLK ART II: In American
Collections, From Early 15th Century to Early 20th Century.
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HEJZLAR, Josef. EARLY CHINESE GRAPHICS.
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RUDOVA, Maria. CHINESE POPULAR PRINTS.
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[PAN, Yuen-Shih.] SPECIAL EXHIBITION COLLECTORS' SHOW OF
TRADITIONAL CHINESE WOODCUT PRINTS.
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A MARVELOUS PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG CHINESE
$201
698 CHINESE WOMAN MIRROR PHOTOGRAPH IN SILVER GELATIN.
A SUPERB PHOTOGRAPH OF A YOUNG CHINESE WOMAN ON DOUBLE
SIDED MIRROR-GLASS IMAGE.
[China n.d. ca. 1899-1903]. A double-sided glass mirror,
silver gelatin photo with oval view, superb and prinstine
crisp image, absolutely no fading, mirror/glass 6 x 9 cm.,
image ca. 4 x 6 cm., slightly off center. V E R Y R A R E !
A very RARE example of early silver gelatin technique with
the most remarkable preservation and results..
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This stunning and very early image is over 112 years old, ,
the portrait of the "page boy" coiffure Chinese girl is
marvelous. She wears a modern patterned "Chi-pao," a
high-neck split dress which reveals her legs [though not
shown], and also she sports a watch, ring and earrings with
a
serious but gentle pouting sail.
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Her arms are folded in front of her and showing a lot of
self-confidence. Her neck is completely covered by her tall
collar which exhibits not one but two "frogs" or Chinese
button-clasps. Her "Chi-pao" dress is of an 'earlier style'
and her sleeves are about half-way up her forearm.
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Her full lips and very straight nose give her a lot of
elegance and charm. Her very rounded face shows some
elegance. Her jet black bangs hang straight down without a
single hair out of place, to her eyebrows which are hidden.
An immaculate portrait of a charming and beautiful girl in
her early twenties.
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PHOTO TECHNIQUE:
Silver gelatin type photographs of this vintage
sandwiched between two sheets of glass seldom survive; most
are invaded by the air, oxidized and destroyed. Others have
broken glass, most are poor examples with defective images.
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CONDITION:
The two sheets of glass are intact and held together firmly.
The image is oval and has survived any exposure to the
outside air, but the exterior edges have some exposure, thus
darkening the silver. The image is without any problems. It
is strong, clear and not faded at all. This again is
"REMARKABLE" vis-�-vis the fact that the large majority by
now are damaged and defective. This is a RARE item in the
very best of collector's condition. SUPERB EXAMPLE !
.
THE VERSO:
The back side shows where the encroachment of air has enter
the edges. The interior shows a bit of discoloration, but
again this is in the silver margin, not near or behind the
image at all.
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RARE FIRST ISSUE, OF THIS MAJOR AND GREAT REFERENCE
$451
699 CHINESE YEAR BOOK 1935-36.
THE CHINESE YEAR BOOK 1935-36. PREMIER ISSUE.
Shanghai [1935], Chinese Year Book Pub. Red cloth, very good
1966p., index, copious appendices, statistics &c., edited by
Kwei Chungshu, ex-library copy, usual marks, neatly rebacked
using the old spine, solid, fold outs. FIRST & ONLY EDITION
A comprehensive reference tool, covering topgraphy, historical sketch, astronomy, climate, population, the Kuomintang,
central & local administrative systems, executive, legislative, Judicial, examination Yuans, reports of National economic council, foreign relations 1928-1935, Chinese overseas,
education, publications, physical culture, Navy, Army, aviation, railways, shipping, telecommunications, post office,
National development of Agricultural science, forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, rural economy, cooperative movement, labor, mining, insurance, hydraulic engineering, motion
pictures, famines, commerce, foreign trade, industry, public
finance, banking, currency, credit, Buddhism, Catholic mission, Christian movement in China under Protestant auspices
Mohammedanism, health, medicine, all municipalities are also
covered in detail, chronology of national events, &c. Scans
can be sent by email.
$230
700 CHINESISCHE GEISTER UIND LIEBES GESCHICHTEN.
Frankfurt am Main 1927, Rutten & Loening. Yellow decorated
cloth, very good, 204p., 16 b.w. illustrations from an old
Chinese book of the same title, German text.
A MAP OF CHINA, JAPAN, OKINAWA, FORMOSA & KOREA
701 CHIRI KENKYU KAI.
$3
MAP OF THE FAR EAST FOR ENGLISH STUDENTS.
Osaka [1905], Soeido. A folded color map, very good, with a
few penned milages & distances notes, else clean, key to the
signs, Japanese colophon Meiji 37, folds down to 10 x 18 cm.
open up to 54.5 x 78 cm., with insets of Asia & Europe, Port
Arthur, Dalnyh, & Ta-Iien-wan Bay, Vladivostok, St.
Petersburg. The map is about the same on both sides, the
front or main side is in English, verso in Japanese.
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The English side has been marked with a thin black pen line,
noting the former owner's journey
from apparently
Yokohama to the Inland Sea, to Nagasaki, on to Peking, to
Wei-hai-wei, Shanghai, Swatow, Hong Kong et al. The map is
quite detailed, showing a profusion of cities, capitals,
famous places, towns, railways, national boundaries,
provinces, the Great Wall, palisade barrier, rails under
construction.
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Scale of miles chart. Handsomely done, ready for framing and
display. S C A R C E
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$301
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY DOCTOR IN KOREA
702 CHISHOLM, William H.
VIVID EXPERIENCES IN KOREA BY A MISSION DOCTOR.
Chicago [1938], Bible Inst. Blue cloth, very sharp, 136p.,11
b.w. photos, foreword by Dr. Howard A. Kelly, 13 x 19. cm.,
dj. in mylar protector, clean bright copy.
FIRST EDITION
The vivid primary & personal experiences of a fifteen
year veteran & American physician who served the gospel in
Korea. The record of faithful and sacrificial labors of a
devoted missionary doctor.
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Contains 21 true and inspiring true stories from the
author's Korean mission experiences.
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY DOCTOR IN KOREA
$230
703 CHISHOLM, William H.
VIVID EXPERIENCES IN KOREA BY A MISSION DOCTOR.
Chicago [1938], Moody. Stiff pictorial wrs., very good, bit
of wear to corner edges, paper bit browned, else solid,125p.
foreword by Dr. Howard A. Kelly.
FIRST EDITION
The vivid primary & personal experiences of a fifteen
year veteran & American physician who served the gospel in
Korea. The record of faithful and sacrificial labors of a
devoted missionary doctor.
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Contains 21 true and inspiring true stories from the
author's Korean mission experiences.
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$90
704 CHO, Sihak Henry.
KOREAN KARATE FREE FIGHTING TECHNIQUES. [Tae-Kwon Do]
Rutland [1969], Tuttle. Black cloth, gilt stamped titles,
very clean copy with slightly damped stained dj. in mylar
protector, unclipped dj., 2nd printing, large size 18 x 26.5
cm., index, profuse b. w. photos, contents clean and solid.
Tae-Kwon Do is Korean for Karate. This excellent work covers
development of Karate [Tae-Kwon Do]; calisthenics & stances;
free fighting basics and foot moves; blocking techniques;
hand techniques; front, side, roundhouse kicks; other kicks.
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Superb "how-to" book, self learning easily done. Photos show
the progressive moves, step-by-step. Highly useful resource.
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705 CHOI, C.Y.
CHINESE MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT IN AUSTRALIA.
[Adelaide 1975], Sydney University. Brown cloth,
129p., 4
$26
figures, 26 tables, appendixes, bibliography, index, dj.,
very good. AUTHOR'S SIGNED & DATED PRESENTATION COPY
Excellent resource, covers the history of Chinese settlement
in Australia, representing an ambitious & successful venture
across the disciplinary borders between history and demography graphy. Shows the relationship between three sets of
phenomena: presures on the migrant originating in China;
pressures from Australian immigration restrictions; pressures from the Chinese community in Australia. Census, immigration & marriage registrations, joss-house & Chinese association records & other first-hand materials used. Survey of
the Chinese community in Melbourne in 1968 combined with
statistical & historical information.
$78
VERY EARLY FRENCH JESUIT ACCOUNT OF SIAM, S.E. ASIA & CHINA
706 [CHOISY, Abbe de.]
VOYAGE DE SIAM DES PERES JESUITES, ENVOYES PAR LE ROY, AUS
INDES & A LA CHINA. AVEC LEVRS OBSERVATIONS ASTRONOMIQUES,
Amsterdam 1687, Mortier. Full original vellum, minor usual
warping, 28 engravings some are folding, 227p.,index, French
text, nicely done, ca. 10 x 16 cm., a clean, bright copy.
SUBTITLE: cont. & Leurs Remarques de Physique, de geographie
d'hydrographie, & d'histoire.
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Essentially 6 books bound in 1 volume. Covers the voyage
from Brest to Siam, and the ports of stop in between. The
majority of the work is on Siam, but an interesting portion
also on Batavia and other areas.
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The meeting with the King of Siam, visits to Cochinchina
and to Tunquin, observations on the area flora & fauna,
letter to Verbiest, the people & their costume, customs and
much more.
*
A very fascinating early look at Siam from western eyes,
with
a careful description of the Siamese King, his character and
evaluation of him.
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The author was together with Chevalier de Chaumont sent by
Louis XVI in a great Embassy to Siam in 1685. Choisy's
official role was to be that of religious instructor to the
King of Narai of Siam. This interesting account offers an
early insight to the daily life in Siam.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
H. Cordier: Indosinica 941
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Q U I T E
R A R E
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EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE OF A FRENCH EMBASSY TO SIAM & CHINA
$6324
707 CHOISY, M. L'Abbe de.
JOURNAL DU VOYAGE DE SIAM FAIT EN 1685 & 1686.
Paris 1687, Mabre-Cramoisy. Contemporary calf, 2nd edition,
651p., spine worn, hinges cracked, corners rubbed, contents
clean, spolid, French text, 9.5 x 15 cm.
R A R E
Abbe de Choisy was together with Chevalier de Chaumont sent
by Louis XVI in a great embassy to Siam in 1685. Choisy's
King of Narai of Siam. This interesting account written in
the form of letters contains many details on the daily life
in Siam. Nice early work. Cordier Bl 941. Cioranescu 19372.
Works of this vintage on Siam are quite S C A R C E ! Color
$1581
EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE OF A FRENCH EMBASSY TO SIAM & CHINA
708 CHOISY, M. L'Abbe de.
JOURNAL DU VOYAGE DE SIAM FAIT EN 1685 & 1686.
Paris 1930, Editions Duchartre. Stiff wrs., very good, 296p.
16 b.w. plates, clean, glassine dj., French text.
R A R E
Abbe de Choisy was together with Chevalier de Chaumont sent
by Louis XVI in a great embassy to Siam in 1685. Choisy's
King of Narai of Siam. This interesting account written in
the form of letters contains many details on the daily life
in Siam. Nice early work. Cordier Bl 941. Cioranescu 19372.
Works of this vintage on Siam are quite S C A R C E ! Color
709 [CHOU En-lai].
CHOU MEETS MENON-COMMUNIST CHINESE PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI RIGHT
INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER V.K. KRISHNA MENON IN NEW DELHI
[New Delhi 1960, Associated Press Wirephoto]. Black & white
glossy photograph, 22.2 x 18.3 cm., English caption in photo
verso date stamped:"Apr 22 1960, & hand written V.K. Krishna
Menon," very clean excellent photograph.
This is a very rare and early photograph of Zhou Enlai. The
balance of the caption/text reads:
"They had a two-hour private talk. Chou is in India to
$316
discuss border dispute with Prime Minister Nehru and Indian
officials.[AP WIRE-PHOTO VIA RADIO FROM NEW DELHI] [SEE AP
WIRE STORY] [JWB4213ORCA] 1960."
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Zhou was an unwilling but had a dramatic influence on the
"RED GUARDS" ["HONG WEI BING"] and the cultural revolution.
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A profile of Zhou and Menon shaking hands, both smile as
they make eye contact.
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ZHOU ENLAI:
Zhou Enlai [5 March 1898 - 8 January 1976] was the first
Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from
October 1949 until his death in January 1976. Zhou served
under Mao Zedong and was instrumental in consolidating the
control of the Communist Party's rise to power, forming
foreign policy, and developing the Chinese economy.
.
A skilled and able diplomat, Zhou served as the Chinese
foreign minister from 1949 to 1958. Advocating peaceful
coexistence with the West after the stalemated Korean War,
he participated in the 1954 Geneva Conference and helped
orchestrate Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China. He helped
devise policies regarding the bitter disputes with the U.S.,
Taiwan, the Soviet Union (after 1960), India [our photo is a
photo documentation of that meeting] and Vietnam. Zhou is
best known as the long-time top aide to Mao Zedong,
specializing in foreign policy. Their contrasting
personalities made them an effective team, according to
Henry Kissinger, the American diplomat who had extensive
dealings with both men:
.
Mao dominated any gathering; Zhou suffused it. Mao's passion
strove to overwhelm opposition; Zhou's intellect would seek
to persuade or outmaneuver it. Mao was sardonic; Zhou
penetrating. Mao thought of himself as a philosopher; Zhou
saw his role as an administrator or a negotiator. Mao was
eager to accelerate history; Zhou was content to exploit its
currents.
.
Largely due to his expertise, Zhou was able to survive the
purges of other top officials during the Cultural Revolution
of the 1960s. His attempts at mitigating the Red Guards'
damage and his efforts to protect others from their wrath
made him immensely popular in the Revolution's later stages.
As Mao Zedong's health began to decline in 1971 and 1972,
Zhou and the Gang of Four struggled internally over
leadership of China. Zhou's health was also failing,
however, and he died eight months before Mao on 8 January
1976. The massive public outpouring of grief in Beijing
turned to anger towards the Gang of Four, leading to the
Tiananmen Incident. Although succeeded by Hua Guofeng, it
was Deng Xiaoping, Zhou's ally, who was able to outmaneuver
the Gang of Four politically and eventually take Mao's place
as Paramount leader by 1977.
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REFERENCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Enlai
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$85
710 CHOU, Chin-sheng.
AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF CHINA.
[Washington State 1974, W. Washington College.] Mustard wrs.
very good, vol. 1 & 2 together, pencilled marginalia, very
clean, 173p. + pp. 125 - 273, [misnumbered] b. w. illustrations, appendices, dynastic table, glossary-index, pages
are facsimile. Translated by Edward H. Kaplan.
This comprehensive scholarly study covers the stages of
Chinese economic development, with an outline of the evolution of the Chinese economy, and evidence for economic history from mythical accounts. Also discusses society and
economy, commerce, science, and technology. From the Founding period: Yin-Shang and Western Chou, to the age of
fermentation: the Ch'ing Dynasty.
$85
711 CHOU, En-lai.
WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI.
Peking [1977], Foreign Languages Press. Blue cloth, very
good, 196p., b.w. photos, 9 b.w. photos, d.j. FIRST EDITION
All across China's vast lands, Premier Chou's image is forever etched in the hearts of the Chinese people. This book
is a small selection of articles that appeared in the press
to commemorate the first anniversary of Chou's death.
$32
712 CHOU, Hsiang-Kuang.
DHYANA BUDDHISM IN CHINA: Its History and Teaching.
Allahabad 1960, Indo-Chinese Literature. Red cloth, very
good, 216p., several b.w. photos, very clean.
OBSCURE WORK
This excellent work covers Dhyana for becoming Buddha by
understanding the mind, Patriarchal Dhyana excelling, Dhyana
of the Five Lines of transmission of the lamp excelling Patriarchs, Dhyana masters not belonging to the Dhyana School,
the Dhyana Buddhism in the Sung, Yuan Ming ande Ch'ing
dynasties. A very useful work, with excellent appendix on
Hui-Neng.
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$197
713 CHOU, Yi-Liang.
TANTRISM IN CHINA.
[Cambridge 1945, Harvard-Yenching Inst.]. Gray stiff wrs.,
extracted article, pp.241-332, the complete monograph, 20
appendices, HJAS, 17.5 x 25.5 cm.
An excellent and scholarly essay. Covers Tantrism in Early
Chinese Buddhism, Tsn-ning and his sources. With biographies
of Shan-Wu-Wei, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra and notes. A useful
resource obscure coverage. Chinese characters in the text,
copious foot notes.
$7
714 CHOY, Bong-youn.
KOREA A HISTORY.
Rutland [1971], Tuttle. Blue cloth, very good, 474p., index,
notes, bibliograhpy.
Covers Three Kingdoms, Silla unifies the peninsula, the
Koryo Kingdom, the Yi dynasty, centralized feudal society,
Korea under Japanese domination, anti-Japanese struggle. New
Korea: postwar, four national issues, first Republic under
Syngman Rhee, Rhee sets up a police state. The Korean War,
student revolution and the second republic. Military coup
d'etat, South Korea's economy, problems of economy, Soviet
control of North Korea, N. Korea's economy, solution for
Korea: permanent neutrality. prospects of the Korean people.
A LOVELY COLOR CALENDAR FOR 1939, THAT STANDS UP
715 CHOY, Sin Young.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 1939
[Korean Calendar for 1939, Printed in Chosen]
Pengyang 1938, Choy. An articulating color calendar for 1939
printed in "Chosen, Japan," standing to 8.5 cm, tall, with
12 months calendar and cover = 13 sheets in all + the stand
showing a figure of a Korean boy carrying the calendar. RARE
This is a charming calendar, designed to stand up. With 13
articulating color illustrated month cards plus the cover
card stating: "MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 1939."
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Each card illustrates a different play scene for Korean
children. The English text below describes the different
$71
play for the corresponding months.
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This work was printed in Chosen, part of occupied Korea,
and is dated Showa 13, or 1938. There is a colophon in
Chinese [Korean] characters stating the place, printer,
name, publisher and bibliographical details. At the top is
the author's note:
" Made by Sin Yung Choy, 77 Kyung Chang Ri, Pyengyang, Korea
[Chosen, Japan]." Coming from North Korea means this one is
that much rarer than a few other items mostly from Seoul
area.
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We see that this author also wrote another charming
descriptive work about Korea about the same time, with
title: KOREAN WAYS.
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CONDITION:
The item is in excellent condition, without any markings.
The neck of the boy was reinforced on the verso [back] side
with some archival paper, else exceptionally clean and
lovely item.
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RATITY:
In the nearly 50 years since we have been doing this, this
is the first copy we have ever seen or had. I believe this
to be quite rare !
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Please see the various color scans posted to our website,
or ask us to send them to you.
*.
$503
716 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN CHINA.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN CHINA: A Study Made by an Educational
Commission Representing the Mission Boards & Societies Work
New York [1922], Comm. of Reference & Counsel. Green cloth,
430p., index, appendices, oval Church stamp on title page,
else clean copy, 14 x 21 cm.
FIRST EDITION
Covers the origin, personnel, work and challenge of the
Foreign Missions Conference, present status of education in
China, scope of Christian education, special problems. With
regional recommendations for all parts of China.
*
Highly detailed, covers the complex problems. Scholarly &
well-documented, copious index.
*
$99
717 CHRISTIE'S AMSTERDAM.
SALE ARTIA. SALE OF FINE CHINESE & JAPANESE CERAMICS, WORKS
OF ART, FURNITURE, PAINTINGS & PRINTS. Sale of June 6, 1985.
Amsterdam 1985, Christie's. Yellow over white stiff wrs.,95p
very good, 512 well described lots, price estimates & prices
realized list, many b.w. photos.
Covers Inro, Japanese lacquerware, boxes, screens,porcelain.
Chinese blue & white porcelain, polychrome. Japanese & Chinese paintings, books, sacreens, Blanc-de-Chine, jade, furniture of Japan, Korea & China, Yixing ware, Japanese woodcut
prints et al. A useful priced reference.
718 CHRISTIES SOUTH KENSINGTON.
SALE COR 4550. ORIENTAL CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART.
SALE OF 6 FEB., 1992.
London 1992, Christie's. Stiff white wrs., very good, 39p.,
365 well described lots, many b.w. photos, price estimates,
very clean solid. FIRST & ONLY EDITION
Japanese woodblock prints, Chinese cloisonne, ivories, Japanese swords, Chinese & Japanese ceramics, Chinese erotica, &
$22
A LOVELY HAND-PAINTED COLOR PAINTING ON A CHRISTMAS CARD
719 CHRISTMAS CARD FROM CHINA.
A HAND-PAINTED CHRISTMAS CARD SHANGHAI CHINA, 1945.
Chinese Greeting Reads: "GON HE XIN XI"
[Shanghai 1945, n.p.]. A lovely hand-painted Christmas card,
printed in China, 11.8 x 13.5 cm.,opens up to be double wide
to be 23.5 cm., contents English text, cover shows Chinese
greeting, pen text: "To Jim, Best Bob, Shanghai China 1945."
This is a lovely card, with gold embossed Chinese greeting
on the covers.
.
There is also inset to the cover a stunning long-feathered
"Good Luck" bird and a prig of red cherry blossoms with
white plum blossoms. This is painted on a silk-covered
paper. The spine is tied with a red silk ribbon.
.
$60
T
THE FRONT COVER:
"GON HE XIN XI" or translated to be: "WITH BEST WISHES FOR A
HAPPY NEW YEAR !"
*
THE INSIDE:
The inside has a separate printed double-page with English
text:
"With best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year."
.
The left side of that page sows five little Chinese children
with lanterns, and other toys suspended on poles in
celebration of the New Year.
*
The back of the card has a tiny "China" printed in gold in
the lower right corner.
*
Very good, clean item, a good Shanghai souvenir !
***
$63
720 CHRISTY, Arthur E.
THE ASIAN LEGACY AND AMERICAN LIFE.
New York [1945], Day. Black cloth, 276p., index, reference
notes, appendixes, 25 b.w. plates, text clean, very good.
With essays on orient & Western music, orient & western art,
our agricultureal debt to Asia, ties that bond: essays on
Christian Colleges in China & mission work. Orient & contemporary poetry. Trancendentalilsm in contemporary literature.
Living relitions & a world faith, understanding and reunion:
an oriental perspective. A series of essays by leading exponents, scholars. Nice anthology, authors were: C. Sachs, L.
Roberts, W. Swingle, S. Penrose Jr., J.Fletcher, W. Tindall,
W. Hocking, A. Coomaraswamy & Pearl Buck respectivly.
$3
721 CHU, K.
EDUCATION.
[Shanghai 1930]. New grey wrs., extracted article, p.206-223
bibliography, very good, first page in facsimile. Educational reforms p rior to 1929, after the revolution, charts, under the national government, pre-school, elementary, secondary education, new curriculum, table of national, provincial & private universities, programme for the next 20 years.
Missionary & social education.
722 CHUN, Richard. et al.
TAE KWON DO: The Korean Martial Art.
New York [1967], Harper. White cloth, very good, 20 x 27 cm.
profusely illustrated, 522p., index, glossary, co-author
$39
Paul Wilson.
FIRST EDITION
An excellent "how-to" book. Covers an introduction to Tae
Kwon Do, outline of the techniques, history of, what is.
Basic principles, calisthenics, breathing and meditation,
basic stances, walking, turning, lunging, basic striking
weapons and vital points. Hand, arm & head attacking techniques, blocking, self-defense techniques, breaking & special
techniques, using equipment for training. All you need to
learn this ancient martial art.
$14
723 [CHUN, Shin-Yong]. editor.
CUSTOMS AND MANNERS IN KOREA. KOREA CULTURE SERIES 9.
Seoul [1982], Sisayongosa. Blue cloth, very good, dj., 132p.
2 color, 10 b.w. photos. An anthology of ten essays by
Korean scholars.
Essays are: Traditional and Modern Values by Dhun. Korean
Culture & Mental Health by Lee. Annual Ceremonies & Rituals
by Choi. Korean Mudang Rites for the Dead & Traditional Catholic Requiem by D. Kiester. Several Forms of Korean Folk
Rituals by Kim. Humanism in the Traditional Korean Culture
by Kang. Study of Footman Characters in Pansori Novels by
Kwon. Shaman's Spiritual Value Judgement by Kim. Psychic
Values of Korean Mythology by Kim. A useful study.
$46
724 CHUNG, Kyung Cho.
KOREA TOMORROW: Land of the Morning Calm.
New York 1961, Macmillan. Buff cloth, dj., very good, 384p.,
4 maps,
b.w. photos, with preface by Gen. Mark. W. Clark,
index, notes, copious bibliograhy, glossary, 3 appendices.
The author has assembled a wealth of material and presents
it in a highly readable form without bias. Covers natural &
historical aspects, social & cultural aspects, the economic
& political aspects, the divided Korea & the Korean war.
$71
725 CHUNG, Yang-mo.
CERAMIC WARES RECOVERED OFF THE COAST OF KOREA.
[Hong Kong 1981]. Stapled extracted article, pp 104-112,very
good, 23. x 30 cm., 22 b.w. photos.
COPIOUS BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE POLITICAL REVOLUTIONS 1959-1963
$26
726 CHUNG, Yong Sun. comp.
KOREA: A Selected Bibliography 1959-63.
[Kalamazoo 1965], Korean Research Pub. Black cloth spine
over yellow stiff wrs., ca. A A4 size, mimeo-printed, 117p.,
indices, very good.
OBSCURE AND IMPORTANT REFERENCE
An excellent bibliograhical resource, covers publications in
the era of political revolutions, 1959-1963. Contains 967
indexed entries, English text, valuable source.
*
$66
AN EARLY MAP OF CANTON AND ENVIRONS
727 CITY AND SUBURBS OF CANTON.
CITY AND SUBURBS OF CANTON.
[China n.d.ca 1800]. Single sheet map, sheet size:30 x 26.5
cm., map size: 28 x 23 cm., minor foxing but stable, 3 old
folds, else excellent early work.
OBSCURE AND RARE !
This is a charming Chinese map. The city has two distinct
walls around its exteriors, with suburbs being outside these
walls. At the top are some shrines and temples, and
mountains. Each individual block and road is drawn in
clearly as are rivers and canals.
*
.
$1244
728 CLARK, James H.
STORY OF CHINA AND JAPAN, EMBRACING THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL
POSITIONS, ENORMOUS RESOURCES, WEALTH, EMPERORS AND COURTS,
[Philadelphia 1894], Oriental Pub. Red pictorial boards, map
63 b.w. photos, 416p., assisted by Chang Wong and K. Tatoni,
spine head/tail worn, crudly mended, else clean, solid, 19 x
27 cm., also covers Corea, edges rubbed.
FIRST EDITION
SUBTITLE: cont. CHINA AND JAPAN OF TO-DAY, TOGETHER WITH A
SKETCH OF COREA AND THE COREANS, AND THE CAUSES ,.LEADING TO
THE CONFLICT OF 1894.
*
This ambitious work covers much territory, giving the
geographical descriptions, nature of the government,
administration, laws, people city & country, trades,
professions, manufactures, agriculture, religion, the dress,
amusement, society, language, literature, art, architecture,
commerce, foreign relations, army & navy for each of the
three countries.
*
A nicely written early and comprehensive work.
*
729 CLARK, James H.
STORY OF CHINA AND JAPAN, EMBRACING THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL
POSITIONS, ENORMOUS RESOURCES, WEALTH, EMPERORS AND COURTS,
[Philadelphia 1894],Oriental Pub.White pictorial boards, map
63 b.w. photos, 416p., assisted by Chang Wong and K. Tatoni,
clean & solid copy, 19 x 27 cm., also covers Corea.
FIRST EDITION
SUBTITLE: cont. CHINA AND JAPAN OF TO-DAY, TOGETHER WITH A
SKETCH OF COREA AND THE COREANS, AND THE CAUSES ,.LEADING TO
THE CONFLICT OF 1894.
*
This ambitious work covers much territory, giving the
geographical descriptions, nature of the government,
administration, laws, people city & country, trades,
$201
professions, manufactures, agriculture, religion, the dress,
amusement, society, language, literature, art, architecture,
commerce, foreign relations, army & navy for each of the
three countries.
*
A nicely written early and comprehensive work.
*
$201
730 CLARK, Leonard.
THE MARCHING WIND.
New York 1954, Funk. Grey spine over brown boards, very good
347 index, 5 maps, 32 b.w. photos, dj.
FIRST EDITION
The archaeological adventures in N. Tibet, in the Lanchow ar
area. Together with R.C. Rudolph and Prince Dorje the three
scholars began to unearth old sites near the Mohammedan City
of central Asiatic architecture. Later they proceeded to the
high Amne Machin mountains to continue archaelogical investigations in the Tibetan high country. Fascinating primary
work done while on avoiding the advancing Chinese Red army.
$5
731 CLARK, Leonard.
THE MARCHING WIND.
London [1955], Hutchinson. Red cloth, very good, dj., 347p.,
index, 5 maps, 32 b.w. photos.
The archaeological adventures in N. Tibet, in the Lanchow ar
area. Together with R.C. Rudolph and Prince Dorje the three
scholars began to unearth old sites near the Mohammedan City
of central Asiatic architecture. Later they proceeded to the
high Amne Machin mountains to continue archaelogical investigations in the Tibetan high country. Fascinating primary
work done while on avoiding the advancing Chinese Red army.
$5
732 CLARK, Milton J.
CENTRAL ASIA: How the Kazakha Fled to Freedom.
pp.621-644, 15 color, 4 b.w. photos, 2 b.w. maps, librarystamped, very clean & nicely bound in stiff wrs.
"Decimated by Chinese Reds & the hazards of a hostile land,
nomads of the Steppes trekked 3,000 miles to Kashmir." The
author spent a year among the refugees. Superb color photos
of the land, people, customs and sights.
$39
733 CLARK, Robert S. et al.
THROUGH SHEN-KANG: The Account of the Clark Expedition in
North China, 1908-9.
London 1912, Unwin. Yellow cloth, very good, frontispiece
map, + folding pocket map in pocket, 6 color, 69 photos on
58 plates, clean x-lib. copy.
F I R S T
E D I T I O N
A major contribution to the exploration of the area: Ordos,
Kansu, Shensi and Shansi. Co author was Arthur de C. Sowerby
edited by C.H. Chepmell. Tipped-in color illustrations also
by Sowerby. This book carries the imagination of the reader
by pen, brush and film, into the very heart of the Celestial
Empire. Preparation and the expedition itself was throughout
a period of eighteen months, during which time about 2,000
miles of road were traversed. The large map [1/1,000,000]
which accompanies the book was compiled from the plane-table
survey made on the expedition by an expert. Special attention is devoted to the zoological work of the expedition,
also meteorological observations. The photos & color plates
where chosen with a view to presenting different types of
natives, geological formations, scenery, and other matters
of general interest. Overall, exceptionally well-done! Scans
734 CLARK, Sydney.
ALL THE BEST IN JAPAN With Manila, Hong Kong & Macao.
With Manila, Hong Kong and Macao.
New York [1958], Dodd. Grey cloth, very good, 305p.,endpaper
maps, index, 30 b.w. photos.
The Orient by air and sea, Japan on balance, things you'll
love the language, religion and things to cope with. Useful
information, manners, customs, festivals, background picture
$852
&c. Tokyo, subways, fabulous fleshpots, girls, nude shows,
red light turning blue...From Nikko to Kobe, Kyushu, Inland
Sea, Hokkaido. Manila: a complete guide to everything,
Baguio, Bataan & Corregidor, sightseer's paradise, customs,
drink & clothing. Hong Kong: Peninsula lounge, close-up insights to the colony, food, sites, sea trips. Macao:Portugal
in China the Tai Yip ship, facts and impacts, strange sites,
scenes. A very solid and practical guide to it all !
$51
735 CLARKE, Joseph I.C.
JAPAN AT FIRST HAND: Her Islands, Their People, the
Picturesque, the Real, with Latest Facts and Figures on
New York 1920, Dodd. Red cloth, 482p., index, 125 b.w. illustrations, very good.
SUBTITLE: On Their War-Time Trade Expansion and Commerical
Outreach. Covers home life, education, religion, fine arts,
gardens, rickshaws, Geisha, Japan & big business, finance,
Peking, with a large section on Korea & North China.
$70
736 CLARKE, Joseph I.C.
JAPAN AT FIRST HAND: Her Islands, Their People, the
Picturesque, the Real, with Latest Facts and Figures on
New York 1920, Dodd. Red cloth, 482p., index, 125 b.w. illustrations, very good.
SUBTITLE: On Their War-Time Trade Expansion and Commerical
Outreach. Covers home life, education, religion, fine arts,
gardens, rickshaws, Geisha, Japan & big business, finance,
Peking, with a large section on Korea & North China.
737 CLAYTON, B.
AMOY, ONE OF THE FIVE PORTS OPENED BY THE LATE TREATY TO
BRITISH COMMERCE.
very good, sheet size 23 x 15 cm., print size 18 x 12 cm.,
done after a painting by Piqua.
A nice harbour scene. Shows the lively port with a large
amount of native vessels some under sail, most at anchor,
with one large sea-going junk in the foreground. The small
port city in the background, with two larger buildings on
$70
hill-tops possibly foreign owned showing two tall masts
each. And the very tall Pagoda adjcent to the center. Nicely
executed and with good detail.
$32
738 CLAYTON, B.
BURNING OF THE CHINESE BOOKS, BY ORDER OF THE EMPEROR WHO
BUILT THE GREAT WALL.
done after a painting by Fo Shang.
A fascinating work. Shows the great Emperor commanding the
books be burned before his eyes. Shows the Emperor with his
left arm uplifted, while servants are shown burning several
books, while six of his disciples look on. A scan can be
sent by email.
739 CLAYTON, B.
CULTURE AND PREPARATION OF TEA.
London n.d. ca.1850's, Dean. A single lithographic print,
very good, sheet size: 23 x 15 cm., print size 18 x 12 cm.,
A very lovely scene. Shows a large tea plantation with young
camellia tea plants in very straight rows. Several workers
shown tending the plants. Some haul water on the traditional
$32
Asian shoulder yokes, while others dispense that water. Some
are roasting the leaves, another dumps newly collected tea
leaves into baskets. A typical scene of the period. A scan
$32
740 CLAYTON, B.
THE EMPEROR WEI-T-SOONG AND HIS COURT, TAKEN PRISONER BY THE
TARTERS.
done after a painting by Foshang.
A dramatic scene. Shows several Tartars soldiers with long
swords drawn threatening the Chinese Emperor, while his ministers and women look on. A scan can be sent by email.
$32
741 CLAYTON, B.
THE EMPRESS AND HER ATTENDANTS PROCEEDING TO THE TEMPLE FROM
THE MULBERRY GROVE.
London n.d. ca 1850's, Dean. Single lithographic print, very
good, sheet size 23 x 15 cm., print size 18 x 12 cm., done
after a painting by Fo Shang.
A lovely work, shows the Chinese Princess holding incense &
nine of her attendants three of whom also hold incense
sticks. Her principal attendent holds an umbrella over her.
The whole setting is within a nice architectural building &
chinese garden. A scan can be sent by email.
$32
742 CLAYTON, B.
FOO CHOO FOO: One of the Five Ports Opened by the Late
Treaty to British Commerce.
London n.d. ca 1850, Dean. A single lithographic print, very
good, sheet size: 23 x 15 cm., print size 18 x 12 cm., done
after a painting by Piqua, extracted from ? title.
A lovely panoramic view of Foo Choo harbor and the primitive
village. Shows many native vessels at anchor or being moved
with long oars, a long stone bridge and teh mountains in the
background. In the foreground are several Chinese looking on
one smokes a very long pipe. A scan can be sent by email.
$32
743 CLAYTON, B.
NINGPO: One of the Five Ports Opened by the Late Treaty to
British Commerce.
very good, sheet size: 23 x 15 cm., print size 18 x 12 cm.,
A lovely view of Ningpo harbour and the small city in the
background. Shows a lively harbour scene, with many native
junks. An early British factory can be seen on the far left
with its flag pole. Other Chinese native buildings dot the
horizon and top of the hill. Nicely done. A scan can be sent
by email.
$32
744 CLAYTON, E.H.
HEAVEN BELOW.
New York 1944, Prentice. Blue cloth, very good, map, 282p.
An American missionary caught in the Japanese military while
in the Shanghai area. The Claytons had been China since
1912, and worked to establish a college prepartory school at
Huchow, Chekiang Province. This is the story of the family
after the Japanese invaded. There austere life, the severe
life style under Japanese military forces for both Chinese &
foreigners. Shanghai life, life as a refuge, Tojo's nightmare. An excellent primary resource.
$46
EARLY STORY ON THE "FLYING TIGER" & THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS
745 CLEMMENS, William.
CHENNAULT AND HIS FLYING TIGERS.
[Pleasantville] 1942, Reader's Digest. Lime green covers,
very good, [5p.] article, 13.5 x 19.5 cm.
OBSCURE ESSAY
An excellent article on General Claire L. Chennault, father
of the A.V.G. [American Volunteer Group] and the "FLYING
TIGERS" and his efforts to defend China against the Japanese
Air Force with the American P-40 Tomahawk fighter planes.
*
U.S. TREATIES AND AMERICAN VIOLATORS SELL OPIUM IN CHINA
746 CLEVELAND, Grover [President of U.S.]
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THEU NITED STATES,TRANSMITTING
$131
A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE RELATIVE TO LEGISLATION
[Washington D.C. 1886, G.P.O. New grey stiff wrs., very good
6p. report 49th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 148.,
complete.
Consists of diplomat's letters: the first from Mr.T. Bayard,
reporting on the continued opium traffic citing a letter
from Mr. Charles Denby, U. S. Minister at Peking about an
American who leased a British warehouse for opium traffic.
Another letter from J. Young outlining the traffic of opium
from Hong Kong, India by an American. The balance is a Supplemental Treaty between the U.S. and China concerning commercial intercourse and judical proceedure, some four articles
in all. Ratified by Chester Arthur, the President.
$20
747 [CLEWLOW, Carol.]
HONG KONG, MACAU & CANTON. [Lonely Planet Guide]
[Victoria 1981, Lonely Planet]. Stiff color wrs., very good,
184p., glossary, color, b.w. photos, many maps, some Chinese
text.
Everything one needs: history, facts, guides, where to stay,
food, shopping, night life &c. Hong Kong: Kowloon & New Territories, outer islands, Macao, China, Canton, nightlife,
topless & girlie bars, living in Hong Kong.
EXCELLENT HISTORICAL RESOURCE FOR ALL S.E. ASIA
748 CLIFFORD, Hugh.
FURTHER INDIA BEING THE STORY OF EXPLORATION FROM THE
EARLIEST TIMES IN BURMA, MALAYA, SIAM & INDO-CHINA.
New York [1904], Stokes. Green pictorial cloth, very good,
36 photos, index, fold-out color map, copious bibiography
378p., appendix, 13 x 20 cm., map by J. G. Bartholomew, very
clean, sharp copy.
FIRST EDITION
S C A R C E
An excellent historical resource for the area of S.E. Asia.
*
Chapter headings are:
Chryse the Golden and the Chersonesus Aurea; the medieval
wanderings; the coming of the filibusters; the explorations
of the Portuguese; East India Companies, and after; Francis
Garnier, the man; the problem of the Khmer civilization;
from Pnom Penh to Ubon; Ubon to Luang Prabang-Mouhot and
other explorers; the Shan States and Yun-nan; journeys of
$20
exploration in Burma; further exploration of Siam, French
Indo-China and the Malay Peninsula; Chryse the Golden as it
stands revealed to-day.
*
With a large folding b.w. panoramic view of the Western
Front of Angkor Wat. At the back, a large color folding map
showing two maps of "Farther India." The author shows Assam
in the upper left corner Kachins, Yunnan, Kwangsi provinces
to the upper West; Southward showing all of the island of
Hainan, all of Annam, Tonking, Cambodia, Laos, Cochin China,
Siam, Burma, down the Mergui Archipelago, Malaysia, Malay
Peninsula, Singapore, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands,
upper half of Sumatra, Sarawak, Borneo, Natuna Islands and
that area. The second map attached to the above shows the
exact same places, but with different colors, essentially a
map of altitude. The map has a small mend on the verso, and
was reinforced where it attaches to the book, very bright,
crisp map !
*
A reliable and substantial resource, nicely done !
*
THE ORIGINAL STUNNING EDITION:
This is the original edition printed on heavy paper, in a
lovely pictorial cloth binding. This is NOT the shoddy,
substandard reprint on thin paper with fuzzy printing !
*
$177
749 CLIFFORD, John W. S.J.
IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES.
New York [1963], Norton. Buff cloth, very clean, solid,sharp
copy dust jacket in mylar protector, 239p., 14 x 22 cm.
FIRST EDITION
"The inspiring story of one American Jesuit's victory over
his Red Chinese captors."
*
The author was an American Jesuit, working in Shanghai, when
the communists arrested him. The communists gave up when the
author refused to sign any confession. Clifford was born in
San Francisco and studied in San Jose, California to be a
Jesuit. He went to Shanghai and was ordained there. He
continued his studies with students in Shanghai. He was held
for some three years by the Chinese communists until the
gave up on him. He lived and worked in Shanghai from
1950-1956.
*
750 CLIFT, C. Winifred L.
VERY FAR EAST.
London [1909], Marshall. Red cloth, very good, 242p., 8 b.w.
illustrations, preface by A.A. Head.
The primary notes, letters & diary of Dr. & Mrs. Clift who
established the Emmanuel Medical Mission in Nanning,in South
China. This is a poignant work, reflecting the true sensit-
$15
ivitiy of compassionate medical missionaries. Dr. Clift was
a Cumbrian doctoro assigned to China. There are prey few
accounts of the newly established Nanning 'treaty port'whose
population was composed of a "motley crowd of about 100,000
of many races and tongues...faces of a more Western type...'
Their mission was to administer to those who led "squalid,
aimless lives to enter eternity with no knowledge of the
Christ dead and risen for them !" By and large, an excellent
primary resource on the area as well as the people, customs,
and medical work in Kuei Lin, Kwangsi...
$163
751 CLOSE, Upton.
EUROPEANIZATION AND THE ANCIENT CULTURE IN PACIFIC ASIA.
article, pages 174-180. Scholarly article on Occidentalization means clash, when inscrutable China awakes, the object
lesson of Japan, Chinese culture is unique, clashing standards, traits that gall & viepoints hard to reconcile. A very
interesting article, by a long time China & Japan watcher.
$32
752 CLOSE, Upton.
IN THE LAND OF THE LAUGHING BUDDHA: The Adventures of An
American Barbarian in China.
New York 1924, Putnam's. Blue cloth, very good, 358p., 33 bw
photos, glossary.
Essentially the recorded commentaries of a sojourn in China.
A guide to the country, people, sights, insights, humor, the
Chinese character and a good look a China's political stew,
war lords, war, lords & the advancing Japanese. In Shantung,
Tsingtao, salat country, youth rebels, viewing a Chinese war
Peking besieged by its own army, famine,woman writer in the
famine region to the West: Mongolia-A full treck in Rip Van
Winkle land, where mountains walked. Chinese Cleopatra, Bandit King, searching for the President, the shrine of the
laughing Buddha...great reading about the journey mostly on
foot or horseback through China's more isolated places...
753 CLOSE, Upton.
THE REVOLT OF ASIA: The End of the White Man's
World Dominance.
New York 1927, Putnam's. Red cloth, very good, 325p. Close
was a pseudonymn for Josef Washington Hall. FIRST EDITION
The author was a well known adventurour, explorer, observer
and writer on Asia. Documenting his journey from Tokyo to
Cairo. The social revolt in Japan, Imperialism, political
phase to the fore in China. Problems in Indo-China, the
peaceful revolt in Siam. Paternalism fails in the Dutch East
Indies. Burma uniquely demonstrates her feelings "Keep Burma let India Go." China becomes the spearhead, punitive exp-
$71
edition, Gunboat Diplomacy, How the White Man Came to Dominpeaceful revolt in Siam. Paternalism fails in the Dutch East
Indies. Burma uniquely demonstrates her feelings "Keep Burma let India Go." China becomes the spearhead, punitive expedition, Gunboat Diplomacy, How the White Man Came to Dominate. "Yellow Peril," "Red Barbarian-Pirate," arrival of J.
Bull, height of white man's grandeur. How the White Man lost
his Dominion: preaching equality, practising Dominion, white
prestige, Russian shift. Russia in revolt: Asiatic comradeship, China-Japan-race pride. Japan fails as a colonizer.
The Philippines, revolt & Christianity in Asia.
$51
754 CLOSE, Upton.
THE REVOLT OF ASIA: The End of the White Man's
World Dominance.
New York 1927, Putnam's. Red cloth, very good, 325p. Close
was a pseudonymn for Josef Washington Hall. FIRST EDITION
THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED & DATED PRESENTATION COPY
The author was a well known adventurour, explorer, observer
and writer on Asia. Documenting his journey from Tokyo to
Cairo. The social revolt in Japan, Imperialism, political
phase to the fore in China. Problems in Indo-China, the
peaceful revolt in Siam. Paternalism fails in the Dutch East
Indies. Burma uniquely demonstrates her feelings "Keep Burma let India Go." China becomes the spearhead, punitive expedition, Gunboat Diplomacy, How the White Man Came to Dominpeaceful revolt in Siam. Paternalism fails in the Dutch East
Indies. Burma uniquely demonstrates her feelings "Keep Burma let India Go." China becomes the spearhead, punitive expedition, Gunboat Diplomacy, How the White Man Came to Dominate. "Yellow Peril," "Red Barbarian-Pirate," arrival of J.
Bull, height of white man's grandeur. How the White Man lost
his Dominion: preaching equality, practising Dominion, white
prestige, Russian shift. Russia in revolt: Asiatic comradeship, China-Japan-race pride. Japan fails as a colonizer.
The Philippines, revolt & Christianity in Asia.
$70
755 CLUBB, O. Edmund.
20TH CENTURY CHINA
New York [1964], Columbia University. wrs, 470p., corners
rubbed.
756 CLUBB, O. Edmund.
CHINA & RUSSIA: The 'Great Game.'
New York 1971, Columbia Univ. Red cloth, very good, dj.,578p
index, notes, bibliograhy, end paper maps, 10 maps, 34 b.w.
photos & illustrations, glossary, abbreviations.
Two years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the
first Russian mission arrived in Peking.Thus began Russia's
$2
early relations with China. This work takes the reader thru
three and a half centureies of relations between those two
great powers. A superb work, written by a former U.S. diplomatic corps officer. From the beginning down to 1945.
$71
757 CLYDE, Paul H.
THE FAR EAST: A History of the Western Impact and the
Eastern Response [1830-1965].
Englewood Cliffs 1971, Prentice Hall. Pictorial cloth, 5th
ed., very good, 536p., index, 45 maps, book plate, 2 charts,
2 rubber stamps top, bottom signatures. Covers 1830-1970.
Excellent coverage of the expanding dynamics of European and
Western civilizations in Asia: Focus on China, Japan, S.E.
Asia, Korea, Philippines, Russo-Chinese competition, Manchuria, Kuomingtang, Nationalism in China, occupation of Japan
and the Communist take over of China, to the Cold War. With
historical background for each of the cultures & countries.
$32
758 CLYDESDALE. et al.
THE PILOTS' BOOK OF EVEREST.
Garden City 1936, Doubleday. Blue cloth, very good, 270p.,
frontis., 17 b.w. photos, e.p. maps, appendix.
Written by the squadron leader Marquess of Douglas & Clydesdale & flight lieutenant D. F. M'Intyre. Informative reading
about each flight, assembly & the flight across India, base
operations, & high-altitude flying. Excellent photography,
one photo is a fold-out.
$71
759 COATES, Austin.
A MACAO NARRATIVE.
Hong Kong [1978], Heinemann. Brown stiff pictorial wrs.,very
good, 112p., index, bibliography, 15 b.w. photos.
The history of Macao. Portuguese Asia: Why & how. Squatters
on the China coast. The golden age of the Japan trade. Dutch
assaults on Macao. The passing of Macao's golden epoch. Outpost of all Europe. Sovereignty. Highly readable work, with
may period illustrations from Borget, Chinnery & current
photos.
$60
760 COCHRAN, Jean C.
THE BELLS OF THE BLUE PAGODA: The Strange Enchantment of a
Chinese Doctor.
Philadelphia 1926, Westminster. Blue cloth, very good, 251p.
5 b.w. photos.
S C A R C E
Biography of Dr. Ida Kahn and Dr. Mary Stone, physicians to
the Chinese women in China, outlining their stay in China
and the work done by and for women by women physicians.
***
$99
761 COCHRANE, John D.
NARRATIVE OF A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY THROUGH RUSSIA AND
SIBERIAN TARTARY, FROM THE FRONTIERS OF CHINA TO THE FROZEN
Philadelphia 1824, Carey. Full leather, raised bands, marble
end papers,very good copy, minor damp stain first & last few
pages, tiny bit of foxing, 415p., otherwise pages bright and
clean. Howes C528.
R A R E
Excellent primary source for travel in desolate places. View
into the more obscure places during the early 19th century.
A detailed work based on the author's four year treck.Visits
to the frozen areas, N. China, Kamtchatka, Nertchinsk &c.
SUBTITLE: cont. Frozen Sea Kamtchatka, Performed During the
Years 1820, 1821, 1822 & 1823. A remarkable journey, alone &
on foot, across the great expanse of a country considered at
the time impassable. Cochrane left St. Petersburg in 1820,
crossing Russia & Siberia to Irkutsk, Yakutsk, & Nizhnekolymsk.There he met Baron Wrangell, who was starting his Kolyma
River Expedition. Returning to Okotsk & Kamtchatka, Cochrane
tells of the start of Vassillieff's expedition to the East
of Icy Cape. An important and early primary resource.R A R E
"While in Kamschatka he married a lady of the country & abandoned the idea of prosecuting his journeyi any furhter."DNB
762 COHEN, Jerome A. et al.
CHINA TRADE PROSPECTS AND U.S. POLICY.
New York [1971], Prager. Black cloth, very good, dj., 329p.,
index, notes, appendices, copious statistical tables, coauthor R. F. Dernberger & J.R. Garson.
Scholarly anthology, covers the American trade embargo against China, Chinese law & Sino-American trade. Prospects for
trade between China & the United States. Copious tables and
$1114
statistics as supporting documents.
$60
763 COHEN, Warren I.
AMERICA'S RESPONSE TO CHINA: An Interpretative History of
Sino-American Relations.
New York [1971], Wiley. White stiff wrs., 242p., index, bibliographical essay, 5 b.w. maps by John Morris, very good.
$3
764 COLE, Allan B. ed.
YANKEE SURVEYORS IN THE SHOGUN'S SEAS: Records of the United
Records of the United States Surveying Expedition to the
New York [1968], Greenwood. Brown cloth, reprint of 1947,
edition, very good, crisp copy, 116p., b. w. illustrations.
The primary source of the earliest mapping expedition to
Japan by Americans. Based on the letters of the survey
expedition members: John Rodgers, Commander to the
Secretary of the Navy, Hon. James C. Dubbin.Including his
commentaries of visits to Hong Kong, Kyushu, Honshu,
Okinawa, Hokodati as well as Hawaii & San Francisco.
*
They mapped the harbors, coasts, anchorages, rocks &c.
*
$70
A MOST UNUSUAL STUDY OF JAPAN VS RUSSIA AFTER WWI IN SIBERIA
765 COLEMAN, Frederic.
JAPAN MOVES NORTH: The Inside Story of the Struggle for
Siberia.
London 1918, Cassell. Blue cloth, very good, 178p. SCARCE
This work addresses the issue: should Japan go to Siberia ?
Japan's conflict with Russia's Far East intentions. Covers
new Japan, Japan and the First World War, concerning Siberia
and the revolution comes to the Russian Far East. New hands
at the helm of government, discipline, Agarev-Mayor of Vladivostok, the Trans-Siberian tansportation problem, fanatic
element, German propaganda, Manchuria, back to Japan & home.
A most unusual resource.
AN EXCELLENT REFERENCE
766 COLEMAN, Graham. ed.
$31
A HANDBOOK OF TIBETAN CULTURE: A Guide to Tibetan Centres &
Resources Throughout the World.
Boston 1994, Shambhala. Stiff wrs., ex-library copy, usual
marks, contents clean, solid, 430p., appendices, glossary,
biographies, b.w. photos, back cover a bit warped, sold
"as is" only, 14 x 21.5 cm., not refundable.
Compiled by the Orient Foundation. Covers histories of the
Kagyu, Sakyu, Bon, Nyingma & Gelug traditions,maps of ethnic
Tibet. International resources directory, biographies of
contemporary Lamas & scholars, notes tothe biograhies.
Glossary of key Tibetan, Buddhist & Sanskrit terms,
preface by the Dalai Lama. A very useful resource book.
$7
A GRAND BIOGRAPHY OF JAPAN'S EARLIEST CATHOLIC MISSIONARY
767 COLERIDGE, Henry J.
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER.
London 1921, Burns. Red cloth, paper labels, 2 vols., spines
split, paper tape mended, solid, 424+579p., 4th edition, new
impression, solid, as is.
S C A R C E
A superb biography & history of this Jesuit. From the birth
of Francis to his saliling for India 1506-1541. From the return of Francis to India to his sailing for Japan 1548-1549.
Francis Xavier at the University of Paris, labours in Italy
& Rome, Francis in Lisbon, voyage to India and first labours
at Goa, among Paravas, Travancore, Manaar, Jafanapatam and
Meliapor, at Malacca, Moluccas. Francis revisiting the Paravas, Francis and Don Joam de Castro, his religious bretheren
the arrangements of the missions in India. Francis starting
for Japan, Joam Bravo, Vasco de Gama, Zeal of Perez & Oliveria. Voyage to Japan [1549-1552] and stay at Cagoxima, Firando, Amanguchi and Meaco, King of Boungo. Voyage from Japan
to India. Mission work in Japan. Francis at Cochin and Goa,
Francis and Don Alvaro d'Ataide in China. A valuable insight
to his mission work and circle of colleagues. Nicely documented work. Essential for early Far Eastern Jesuit study.
$311
768 COLLIER, Basil.
THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST 1941-1945.
New York 1969, Morrow. Black cloth, very good, 530p., index,
appendices, 50 maps, 18 tables, statistics, bibliography,end
paper maps.
A most copious resource on the prelude, Japan confronts the
West, Japanese offensive 1941-1942, allied offensiver 19421945, with rich appendices. A strong reliable resource on
the whole conflict from Indonesia to Tokyo.
769 COLLIER, D.M.B.
$14
LE MANDCHOUKOUO: Le Mandchoukouo, Joyau de L'Asiae,
Naissance d'un Pays, Populations, Moeurs, Coutmes, Religion,
Paris 1938, Payot. Stiff wrs., very good, 234p., French text
largely uncut, quite clean, solid copy, 14 x 23 cm., map.
$39
770 COLLIS, Maruice.
THE LAND OF THE GREAT IMAGE: Being Experiences of
Friar Manrique in Arakan.
London [1953], Faber. Red cloth, very good, 317p., index, 5
maps, 5 b.w. illustrations.
The experineces and narrative of the Portuguese Augustinian
Friar when in 1628 he set out n a diplomatic mission to the
independent kingdom of Arakan. A magnificent book. Scans can
be sent by email.
$71
771 COLLIS, Maurice.
THE FIRST HOLY ONE.
New York 1948, Knopf. Red cloth, very good, 280p., notes 4
maps, index, 21 b.w. photos.
An important essay about Confucius, his impact on the thought & morals of China. His system of thought, reason, loyalty
and honest behavior influenced all of China and much of Asia
and speculations about Heaven. How his ideas applied to government, official conduct and how his thought became a state
cult. Quite readable source. Scans can be sent by email.
AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE ON OPIUM & THE OPIUM WAR
$60
FOREIGN MUD: Being an Account of the Opium Imbroglio at
Canton in the 1830's & the Anglo-Chinese War that Followed.
London [1946], Faber. Yellow cloth, very good, 318p., 24 b w
photos, index, 5 maps.
FIRST EDITION
Opium & the opium traffic between China and the rest of the
world, England in particular are the subject of this
brilliant and fascinating history.
*
In the early 1880's opium came to mean politics and
skulduggery. In the maze of its history the author guides
us through the spellbinding road. Covering Macao, the
Mise-en-scent, the misadventures of a barbarian eye,Foreign
Mud or the introduction of British opium to China, Sliding
into War, the War.
*
A useful resource covering the whole event quite well,
referencing original documents.
*
London [1946], Faber. Yellow cloth, very good, 318p., 24 b.w
photos, index, 5 maps, a bit of foxing to covers, else clean
and solid.
FIRST EDITION
*
$39
into War, the War.
*
*
$39
London [1956], Faber. Yellow cloth, very clean, 318p.,24 bw.
photos, index, 5 maps, crisp, bright copy.
*
into War, the War.
*
*
FIRST AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE PORTUGUESE TRAVELLER TO ALL ASIA
$46
THE GRAND PEREGRINATION: Being the Life & Adventures of
Fernao Mendes Pinto.
London [1951], Faber. Red cloth, dj., 313p., index, bibliography, maps, b.w. illustrations, very good.
An excellent biography of the 16th century Portuguese adventurers. He travelled all over Asia. This is a translation of
his autobiography. Pinto left Portugual as a common soldier
in 1537 after experiences in Abyssinia, India, passed on to
Malacca and the Far East. His intention was to succeed as a
merchant. He was drawn to pirates, thrown into prison by the
Chinese, then follows his discovery of Japan where he was
the first to introduce fire-arms. He became rich & met the
famous St. Francis Xavier and is dazzled by his personality.
Pinto devotes his wealth to the conversion of Japan he joins
the newly formed Jesuit Society. Fascinating reading.
CHINESE DYNASTIC HISTORY AT THE END OF THE MING DYNASTY
THE GREAT WITHIN. [Forbiddin City in Peking]
London [1956], Faber. Purple cloth, very good, 349p., 2
maps, folding map, 16 b. w. photos, dust jacket in mylar
protector, 13.7 x 22 cm., sharp clean copy.
This excellent resource covers the Forbidden City or Palace
of Peking. Divided into three parts: The Ruin of the Great
Ming, The Great Ch'ing's Opportunity, The Ruin of the Great
Ch'ing.
*
Divided in three parts:
a. THE RUIN OF THE GREAT MING: the dramatic fall f that
dynasty, corruption of the government under the eunuchs,
rise of China's greatest bandit Li, and his sack of the
Forbidden City. Irruption of the Manchus and there flight
of the last Ming prince to Burma.
.
b. THE GREAT CH'ING'S OPPORTUNITY: how the Jesuits offered
the Manchu or Ch'ing dynasty the scientific knowledge which
would have enabled them to lay the foundations of a modern
state. The Ch'ing missed their chance.
.
c. THE RUIN OF THE GREAT CH'ING: we see them approached by
the Europe whose science they had refused, and finally
overwhelmed by a movement whose strength they had failed to
understand.
$131
***
A stunning essay on earl China.
*
Excellent episodic sketch of Chinese dynastic history.
*
$20
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE LAST EMPRESS OF CHINA
THE MOTHERLY AND AUSPICIOUS: Being the Life of the Empress
Dowager Tzu Hsi in the Form of a Drama with Introduction and
London [1943], Faber. Yellow cloth, very good, 179p., some
roughly opened, genealogical tables, list of authorities,
chronology, list of characters, 2 b.w. photos.SUBTITLE:Notes
Excellent insight to the life and times of the last Empress,
her milieu, offspring, palace intrigue, the great city of
Peking from 1835 through 1912, and the fall of the dynasty,
a highly useful & insightful biographical
study. A color
scan of the cover can be sent by email.
$71
778 COLQUHOUN, Archibald R.
CHINA IN TRANSFORMATION.
New York 1899, Harper. Blue cloth, 391p., very good, index,
glossary, bibliograpy, frontispiece, 25 maps, illustrations,
bookplate.
Covering China at the turn of the century with focus on the
critical
questions dealing with
geography, economics,
foreign relations & communication. England's objectives in
terms of commercial development, government, administration,
diplomatic intercourse, the native press, democracy and
political questions are well covered. This work is authorative because of the author's keen observation while in China
for several years as a special correspondent of the London
Times.
779 COMBE, G.A.
A TIBETAN ON TIBET: Being the Travels & Observations of Mr.
$71
Paul Sherap [Dorje Zobda] of Tachienlu; With an Introductory
London [1926] Unwin. Red cloth, 212p., frontis, folding map,
very good, lite foxing, corners bumped, folding map.SUBTITLE
cont. Chapter on Buddhism & a Concluding Chapter on the
Devil Dance. With a b.w. photo frontis, bibliograph, orthographical note by Rev. R. Cunningham. Two appendices: table
of tutlelary demons mentioned in the text. Stages on roads
across Tibet from Tachienlu to Lhasa. This is a superp work,
covering the aspects of Buddhism, a Sherap introduces himself, man & the universe, some religious customs, birth, infancy, adolescence. On marriage customs, nomads, Drogba,
Kamba & Lhasawa, contact with Chinese & trade. Anchorites on
pilgrimages with Pedma Rinchen,the devil dance at Tachienlu,
and a host of other fascinating subjects & essays. Scans can
be sent by email.
$163
780 COMBER, Leon.
CHINESE ANCESTOR WORSHIP IN MALAYA.
Singapore 1957, Morre. Stiff yellow wrs., very good, 41+20p.
bibliography, appendix, 20 b.w. photos.
Covers religious aspects, preparation for a journey, the paraphernalia of departure,the journey,geomancy of "Feng Shui"
the funeral procession, mourning rites &c. Useful study of
what they believe and practice.
$60
781 COMBER, Leon.
THE TRADITIONAL MYSTERIES OF CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES IN
MALAYA.
Singapore 1961, Eastern Univ. Green stiff wrs., very good, 8
full pages of plates, 8 colored, 8 figs., 1 chart, 113p., 2
appendices, bibliography.
S C A R C E
Covers authorities, traditional history, triad ritual & disciplinary code, diplomas, secret signs & language, with a
very useful summary. Chinese character index.
AMERICA'S MOST ASTUTE ECONOMIST & CAPITALISM ADVOCATE
782 CONANT, Charles A.
$85
THE UNITED STATES IN THE ORIENT: The Nature of Economic
Problems.
Boston 1900, Houghton. Red cloth, very clean, 237p., index,
12.5 X 19 cm., solid copy, private book plate. FIRST EDITION
.
.
.
AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN ECONOMIST & STOCK ADVOCATE
.
.
HOW AMERICA V.S. RUSSIA BEGAN IN 1900
.
HIS MOST IMPORTANT BOOK:
This work consists of the following chapters:
1. The economic basis of imperialism.
2. Russia as a world power.
3. The Struggle for commercial empire
4. Can new openings be found for capital
5. The new economic problems
6. The United States as a world power-nature of the economic
.
& political problems.
7. The United States as a world power-their advantage in the
.
competition for commercial empire.
***
IMPACT OF CHARLES A. CONANT UPON AMERICA:
Conant predominantly offers economic discussion of the topic
based on his "well-informed" information pertinent to the
times. Also discusses the struggle for commercial empire,
new openings for capital and new economic problems. The U.S.
as a world power in Asia and the U.S. in competition for a
commercial empire with Russia and other countries coming up
the economic ladder.
***
WHO WAS CHARLES A. CONANT:
Charles Arthur Conant was an American journalist, author,
and promoter who became recognized as an expert on banking
and finance.
.
He was descended from one of the earliest New England
settlers [Roger Conant] and was born in Winchester,
Massachusetts, studied in public schools and with private
tutors, and from 1889 to 1901 was correspondent in
Washington, D.C. for the New York Journal of Commerce and
Commercial Bulletin.
.
WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES:
In 1901-1902 he was in the Philippines to investigate
coinage and banking, on a commission organized by the U.S.
Secretary of War.
.
He returned to take a positions as treasurer of the Morton
Trust Company of New York where he specialized in overseas
banking.In 1915 Elihu Root sent him to Cuba, but he died of
a fever there.
.
CONANT'S IMPORTANCE: CAPITALISM V.S. COMMUNISM:
.
In retrospect, Conant's most important work consists of
journal articles collected in The United States and the
Orient, in which he argued, before John A. Hobson and
Vladimir Lenin, that imperialism was a natural, necessary,
and ultimately positive outgrowth of capitalism.
.
Conant was also among the first economists to articulate the
economic utility of speculation on organized stock
exchanges. In essays that were collected in the book "Wall
Street and the Country, "He argued, in what is a familiar
formulation today, that stock prices reflect all of the
information available about a corporation, economic
conditions, etc., and that those prices were thus a measure
of a stock's "true value." The trends of the market, he
concluded, were an indication of where the nation's capital
could most profitably be invested. His main caveat was that
pure gambling by uninformed speculators could hurt the
market's ability to reflect true values. He urged that
speculation only be carried on by experienced investors with
the ability to understand and process complex financial and
economic information.
***
REFERENCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Arthur_Conant
***
AMERICA'S MOST ASTUTE ECONOMIST & CAPITALISM ADVOCATE
783 CONANT, Charles A.
THE UNITED STATES IN THE ORIENT: The Nature of Economic
Problems.
Boston 1901, Houghton. Green cloth, very clean, 237p., index
12.5 x 19 cm., solid copy, second edition.
.
.
.
AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN ECONOMIST & STOCK ADVOCATE
.
.
HOW AMERICA V.S. RUSSIA BEGAN IN 1900
.
HIS MOST IMPORTANT BOOK:
This work consists of the following chapters:
1. The economic basis of imperialism.
2. Russia as a world power.
3. The Struggle for commercial empire
4. Can new openings be found for capital
5. The new economic problems
6. The United States as a world power-nature of the economic
.
& political problems.
7. The United States as a world power-their advantage in the
.
competition for commercial empire.
***
IMPACT OF CHARLES A. CONANT UPON AMERICA:
Conant predominantly offers economic discussion of the topic
$36
based on his "well-informed" information pertinent to the
times. Also discusses the struggle for commercial empire,
new openings for capital and new economic problems. The U.S.
as a world power in Asia and the U.S. in competition for a
commercial empire with Russia and other countries coming up
the economic ladder.
***
WHO WAS CHARLES A. CONANT:
Charles Arthur Conant was an American journalist, author,
and promoter who became recognized as an expert on banking
and finance.
.
He was descended from one of the earliest New England
settlers [Roger Conant] and was born in Winchester,
Massachusetts, studied in public schools and with private
tutors, and from 1889 to 1901 was correspondent in
Washington, D.C. for the New York Journal of Commerce and
Commercial Bulletin.
.
WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES:
In 1901-1902 he was in the Philippines to investigate
coinage and banking, on a commission organized by the U.S.
Secretary of War.
.
He returned to take a positions as treasurer of the Morton
Trust Company of New York where he specialized in overseas
banking.In 1915 Elihu Root sent him to Cuba, but he died of
a fever there.
.
CONANT'S IMPORTANCE: CAPITALISM V.S. COMMUNISM:
.
In retrospect, Conant's most important work consists of
journal articles collected in The United States and the
Orient, in which he argued, before John A. Hobson and
Vladimir Lenin, that imperialism was a natural, necessary,
and ultimately positive outgrowth of capitalism.
.
Conant was also among the first economists to articulate the
economic utility of speculation on organized stock
exchanges. In essays that were collected in the book "Wall
Street and the Country, "He argued, in what is a familiar
formulation today, that stock prices reflect all of the
information available about a corporation, economic
conditions, etc., and that those prices were thus a measure
of a stock's "true value." The trends of the market, he
concluded, were an indication of where the nation's capital
could most profitably be invested. His main caveat was that
pure gambling by uninformed speculators could hurt the
market's ability to reflect true values. He urged that
speculation only be carried on by experienced investors with
the ability to understand and process complex financial and
economic information.
***
REFERENCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Arthur_Conant
***
$141
784 CONGER, Dean.
CENTRAL ASIA: Siberia, Russia's Frozen Frontier.
pp.297-346, 47 color, 1 b.w. photos, 2 color maps, librarystamped, very clean & nicely bound in stiff wrs.
An bright piece about the frozen frontier, Oymyakon, earth's
coldest town inhabited by Russians, Buryats & Yakuts. A very
fascinating look at the frozen city, people, customs and
life style. Burrr.....
$26
COVERING INDONESIA, INDIA, CHINA & S.E. ASIA
785 CONISTON, Ralph.
THE FUTURE OF FREEDOM IN THE ORIENT.
New York [1947], Norton. Green cloth, 233p., very good.
A well-written discussion about the Dutch in Indonesia, India, and China. Also discusses the communists in China. A
good study of the post WWII Orient.
$37
786 CONN, Peter.
PEARL S. BUCK: A Cultural Biography.
[Cambridge 1996], Cambridge Univ. Black cloth, very good, dj
468p., index, notes, 44 b.w. photos, clean.
FIRST EDITION
Buck was one of the most renowned, interesting & controversial figures to influence American and Chinese cultural and
literary history, yet sheremains of the least studied, honored, or remembered. A significant reconstruction of her life
and significance, and to restore this remarkable woman to
visibility. Born into a missionary family, she lived the
first half of her life in China & was bilingual from childchildhood. Winner of the Nobel & Pulitzer prizes and was the
author of some 80 books. She was also passionately committed
to the cause of social justice.
CELEBRATING THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF TIBETAN ARTS IN AMERICA
787 CONNOLLY, Louise.
$12
TIBET: The Country, Climate, People, Customs, Religion,
Resources.
[Newark 1921, Newark Museum]. Stiff buff wrs., very good,39p
5 maps, 15.5 x 23.5 cm., 26+ photos, written and published
for members of the Newark Museum Assn., introduction the
Tibetan Collection for the first time. FIRST EDITION OBSCURE
This special publication documented the first exhibition of
the Tibetan objects accumulated by the American missionary
Dr. Alfred L. Shelton, who was stationed in Tibet for ten
years. While there his collection of objects grew to be the
largest know group amassed. Upon his return to Tibet, Dr.
Shelton continued to collect items not represented in his
first collection. He was persuaded by a local citizen of
Newark, New Jersey, a Mr. Edward N. Crane to lend him the
collection for exhibition in the Newark Museum. Some 18,000
people visited this first of its kind in America in 1921-22.
This item was an introduction to Tibet for the museum
members and served to inform a hitherto uninformed public
about Tibet and its culture and traditions. It was sent to
all 3500 members.
*
Accompanying the exhibition was a brief "CATALOG OF OBJECTS"
again the first of its kind in America, which in the forward
outlines the history of the collection and collector. Please
inquire with us about this obscure item.
*
The Newark Museum subsequently issued five separate catalogues covering most all items in the entire collection. These
catalogues were organized by subject. Please inquire with us
as we try to keep it in stock.
*
Dr. Shelton's famous book: PIONEERING IN TIBET is also a gem
and covers his seventeen years tenure as a missionary in
Tibet. Please inquire with us as we also try to keep this
one in stock.
*
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Yakushi C330
*
$71
788 CONSIDINE, John Joseph.
WHEN THE SHORGUM WAS HIGH: Narrarive Biography of Fr. Gerard
Donovan of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a Maryknoll Missioner
New York [1941], Longmans. Pictorial wrs., 177p., 23 b.w.
photos, very good.
A narrative biography of Fr. Donovan, an American missionary
of Maryknoll [Catholic], slain by bandits in Manchukuo. He
was held hostage for several months, starved, then strangled
a martyr of the mission filed. This is his story.
789 CONSTANTINI, Otto.
PEKING: The Old Imperial City.
Munich [1958], Andermann. Buff cloth, small book, very good,
$71
61p., 30 color plates, in English, slight light cover stain.
A very concise, and well written guide-book to Peking & her
architectural wonders, and sights in the City. With German &
French captions to the plates.
$99
A MOST EARLY RESOURCE ON THE CHINESE IN AMERICA
790 CONWELL, Russell H.
WHY AND HOW: Why The Chinese Emigrate, and the Means They
Adopt for the Purpose of Reaching America. With Sketches of
Boston 1871, Lee. Brown pictorial cloth, very good, 283p.
corners a bit bumped, else clean, solid copy.
S C A R C E
With illustrations by H. Billings. First emigration, coolie
dueling, sold for debt, slavery, opium and burial insurance.
This is an early work devoted to the earliest Chinese immigrants and immigrations to Northern California, the San Francisco and Sacramento areas. Excellent coverage of the early
plight of these hard-working Chinese immigrants and of the
hard discrimination they suffered at the hands of the white
men who worked them and who worked with them. Early primary
resource. Scans can be sent by email.
$250
791 COOK, A.B.
HONEY TWO OF LISU-LAND.
Philadelphia [ca. 1920], China Inland Mission. Stiff wrs.,
very good, 14 illustrations & photos by N. Baker, 110p.
This is an excellent and quite obscure primary resource on
the fourteen years missionary activity of the Cook family in
who worked under the China Inland Mission with the tribes of
South-West China. Fascinating story of their acceptance by
the aboriginal tribes people, The Miao, Lisu et al. Of their
customs & costume [see frontis of the Cooks in native Lisu
dress], customs and life style. A fascinating resource.
AN EXCELLENT COLOR MAP OF THE WHOLE REGION
$111
792 COOK, Thomas & Son.
MAP OF JAPAN WITH CONNECTIONS CHOSEN-MANCHURIA-NORTH CHINA.
Yokohama n.d. ca. 1915, Curios Press. Grey boards, very good
folded down to 10.5 x 17 cm., folds open to be a large color
map 38.5 x 31 cm., quite crisp, clean, NO FOLD TEARS, bright
pristine copy. Q U I T E
S C A R C E in this condition !
A great map, shows an inset of about 1/3 of the entire map
area of China, from the tip of Kyushu to Chosen [Korea],
Manchuria, Tientsin, Shanghai, Kiukiang to the South, Peking
& Taku. All of Japan, with a red line showing the routes and
connections, nicely done. Seldom found.
$117
A FASCINATING PERIOD GUIDE TO THE WHOLE AREA
PEKING AND THE OVERLAND ROUTE.
[Peking] 1917, Cook. Green cloth, 62 b.w. photos, 5 maps, 3
fold out maps, very good, 181p.,index, 3rd. edition. A valuable reference and guide book, 13 x 18 cm.
S C A R C E
By and large, a very through directory & guide to all China.
The major cities, including Manchurian & Korean areas. The
industries, folk art manufactures, main cities, ports, railroads, shipping, scenic spots, & shopping guide. Well done!
A WONDERFUL GUIDE TO PEKING, MANCHURIA, TIENTSIN, KOREA &c.
PEKING, NORTH CHINA, SOUTH MANCHURIA, AND KOREA: With Maps,
Plans & Illustrations.
Peking 1920, Cook. Green cloth, index, 3 foldout maps maps,
161p., b. w. photos, plans & illustrations, very good, ca.
$163
an excellent guide, ca. 12.5 x 18 cm., 4th edition.
SCARCE
A most execllent guidebook with historical sketches, suggested tours &c. Port Arthur, Seoul, Shanhai-kwan, Shingishu,
S. Manchuria Railway, Taku, Tientsin, Tongku and other spots
of beauty. Excellent coverage, nicely illustrated with folding maps, notes, local products. A valuable primary resource
to the area. Also great coverage of Peking: Forbidden City,
historical sketch, Imperial City, Legation Quarater, Siege
of the Legations, local information, official buildings, the
people, shopping, sightseeing, Tartar City. A thorough and
great reference. There is a different binding cover for each
of the editions, contents remains about the same.
$230
A WONDERFUL GUIDE TO PEKING, MANCHURIA, TIENTSIN, KOREA &c.
PEKING, NORTH CHINA, SOUTH MANCHURIA, AND KOREA: With Maps,
Plans & Illustrations.
Shanghai 1924, Cook. Green cloth, 5th ed., 143p., 3 fold out
maps, plans, 41 b. w. photos, index, ca. 13 x 19 cm., very
good.
SCARCE
A most execllent guidebook with historical sketches, suggested tours &c. Port Arthur, Seoul, Shanhai-kwan, Shingishu,
S. Manchuria Railway, Taku, Tientsin, Tongku and other spots
of beauty. Excellent coverage, nicely illustrated with folding maps, notes, local products. A valuable primary resource
to the area. Also great coverage of Peking: Forbidden City,
historical sketch, Imperial City, Legation Quarater, Siege
of the Legations, local information, official buildings, the
people, shopping, sightseeing, Tartar City. A thorough and
great reference. There is a different binding cover for each
of the editions, contents remains about the same.
A MAJOR REFERENCE ON CHINESE COINS
$216
796 COOLE, Arthur B.
COINS IN CHINA'S HISTORY.
[Mission 1963, Inter-Collegiate]. White cloth, very good,
191p., 379 b.w. illustrations, map, charts, tables, bibliography, oblong format, 63 color charts, 21.4 x 30 cm., very
clean solid copy.
Covering all aspects of Chinese coins, including the flags
of China found in whole or in part on some metallic coins,
numerals found on coins, a short glossary for Chinese coins,
telling the date of some modern coins, types of metallic
mediums of exchange and dates of issue, a list of bronze,
copper, brass & iron coins found in use in China, ancient
spade coins, odd-shaped mediums of exchange, early round
coins, sword coins, the dynasties, &c. &c. This work is not
only of value as a reference on coins but also contains a
dynastic history of China. The author is not only an expert
on coins but also has a rich knowledge of Chinese
history.
Excellent reference source.
*
$58
797 COOMARASWAMY, Dona Luisa.
THE PERILOUS BRIDGE OF WELFARE.
Cambrige 1957, Harvard-Yenching Institute. New grey wrs.,
extracted article, pp.196-213, very good, 1 facsimile page.
$26
798 COONS, Arthur G.
THE PROBLEMS OF PEACE IN THE FAR EAST.
Claremont 1939, Claremont Oriental Studies. White wrs., 11p.
Covers the chaos & problems of Japan & China, the undeclared
war, British & American interests, loans, with suggestions,
back page library perforation, else very clean. S C A R C E
A timely work, outlines the conflict between Japan's idea to
invade and control China and China's objections. Scholarly.
WITH DONALD MENNIE PHOTOGRAPHS
$43
799 COOPER, Elizabeth.
MY LADY OF THE CHINESE COURTYARD.
New York [1914], Stokes. Brown cloth with glued-on b.w.
photo on cover, 262p., 31 b.w. photos, very good, bookplate.
FIRST EDITION
Letters written by Kwei-li, the wife of a very high Chinese
official. She was also the daughter of a viceroy of Chih-li,
who was one of the foreunners of the educational movement in
China. To show his belief in the new spirit that was breaking over is country, he educated his daughter along with his
sons. Kwei-li's letters show her education, as well as her
depth of character, as a progressive woman of new China. Her
suffering under a despotic mother-in-law, the long absence
of her husband in foreign lands. Her great & pathetic joy in
the birth of her son, the gentle touching of her life by
Christianity. A keen insight to Chinese human nature.
***
This is the first appearance of Donald Mennie's photographs
in any book form. He is well-known for his stunning photos
of Peking, in his own book: PAGEANT OF PEKING.
***
WHO WAS DONALD MENNIE:
Donald Mennie [1875/1876-1941]), was a Scottish businessman
and amateur photographer who worked in early twentieth
century China. Mennie was born in Scotland in 1875 or 1876
being aged 15 when listed as a chemist�s apprentice in the
Scottish census of April 1891 for a residence in Main
street, Golspie, Sutherlandshire with 2 younger brothers by
name of James and Adam and apparently an elder brother
Archbald Argo as head of household. His brother appears to
also a chemist. Little is known of Mennie's early years or
how he came to China, but having arrived there by 1899 he
first worked as an assistant in the firm of Mactavish &
Lehman & Co. in Peking [now Beijing] and then joined A.S.
Watson & Co. in Shanghai,eventually becoming the firm's
managing director.
***
REFERENCES:
Donald Mennie:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Mennie
***
London [1926], Foulis. Yellow cloth color frontis, 126p.,13
b.w. photos, very good.
$46
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managing director.
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REFERENCES:
Donald Mennie:
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New York [1914], Stokes. Brown cloth, very good, 262p., 31
b.w. photos.
FIRST EDITION
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$39
managing director.
***
REFERENCES:
Donald Mennie:
***
$46
802 COOPER, T[homas] T.
TRAVELS OF A PIONEER OF COMMERCE IN PIGTAIL AND PETTICOATS:
Or, an Overland Journey from China towards India.
London 1871, Murray. 3/4 red leather over marbled boards,
very good, 475p., 13 b.w. plates, folding map, appendix,
bookplate.
QUITE
S C A R C E
A fascinating primary narrative of the overland journey
from the plains of Hoopeh to Ichang, Chun China, Chen-tu,
Hi-Yan-Ky, Tai-Tsian-Loo, Eastern Thibet, Bathang, Atenze,
the tribes of the Lan-Tsan-Kiang and amongst the Tze-Fans.
.
Imprisonment at Weisee, return to Ta-Tsian-Loo and
homewards. This wonderful resource is a careful description
of what and who the author saw, the customs and actions of
the people, their interactions with the expediton, and
commentaries on the natural history, geography, customs and
environment he travelled in.
.
"A valuable book..." by "one of the most adventurous of
modern English travellers." D.N.B. The 1st edition was
published in 1869 soon after the author's return from
Hankow.
.
He had attempted to traverse Tibet to India against the
orders of the Chinese authorities. Three days from Weisei
he was imprisoned on suspicion of spying and kept for weeks
weeks, then forced to descend the Min & Yangtsze rivers to
Hankow.
***
Color scans of this and most of our other items are posted
to our website.
$721
EXCELLENT GUIDE TO CHINA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, MALAYA & PACIFIC
803 COOTE, Walter.
WANDERINGS, SOUTH AND EAST.
London 1882, Sampson. New half brown leather over marbled
boards, 369p., index, 46 woodcut illustrations, 2 color maps
1 foldout, very good, solid and nice copy
This excellent text covers the Australasian colonies, Queensland, New South Wales & Victoria, New Zealand, Norfolk Isl.
Fiji, Rewa district. Pacific Islands: Oahu & Maui, Hawaii &
its volcano, New Hebrides, the Banks' & Torres' Islands, the
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia & the
Loyalty Islands, labor & trade in the South Pacific. The
Far East: China ports, Penang, Malayas, Singapore,Hong Kong,
Swatow, Foochow & district. Japanese ports & Kioto, Nagasaki
harbour, tea houses, Kobe, Osaka, Yokohama, Odawara,Nagasendo road, Nikko & Tokio. Spanish America: Central America,
Peru, Chile, La Plata, Monte Video, Brazil. Loaded with very
nice woodcut drawings. Excellent primary source for travels
and useful commentaries upon the people, customs, lands &
conditions. Nicely written narrative. Scans can be sent by
email.
$366
804 COOX, Alvin.
JAPAN THE FINAL AGONY.
New York [1970], Ballantine. Stiff pictorial wrs., very good
159p., profuse period b.w. photos, dramatis personae, bibliography.
This excellent pictorial work documents the end of Japan's
action in World War II. Covers the year of doom opens,
Tojo's appreciatin, cauldron of death, realities on the home
front, when the enemy lands, bamboo spear psychology, How to
be defeated "gracefully" ? Japan in the death throes,
finally, aftermath. Nicely done.
THE VERY RARE AND HITHERTO UNFOUND SUPERB INDEX TO THE SET
805 [CORDIER, Henri.]
AUTHOR INDEX TO THE BIBLIOTHECA SINICA, Dictionnaire
Bibliographique des Ouvrages Relatifs a L'Empire Chinois.
New York 1953, East Asiatic Lib. XEROX COPY in folder, is an
index to the classic bibliography of the 2nd edition, Paris
Paris 1904-08 & supplement, 1 vol., Paris, 1924,
!!! NO EDITION OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY COMES WITH THE INDEX !!!
This index is useful for all sets and is the universal
$2
index. Without this index you can waste a lot of time
hunting and pecking around ! This work directs the user to
the author title or subject one is looking for, thus making
the whole set that much more useful.
*
SIZE:
The index is about A-4 size, contained in a binder.
*
THIS INDEX WAS COMPLIED LATER AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE
BIBLIOGRAPHY, THEREFORE IT IS !! NOT !! CONTAINED IN ANY OF
THE ORIGINAL OR REPRINT EDITIONS.
*
HARD TO USE THE BIBLIOGRAPHY WITHOUT THE INDEX:
The bibliography is poorly organized, and its exceptionally
difficult to locate books without the index. The index makes
the bibliography useful and fast to reference a title or
author citing column numbers. Without this index you can
waste a lot of time hunting and pecking around !
***
$102
A VERY OBSCURE AND IMPORTANT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON FORMOSA/TAIWAN
806 CORDIER, Henri.
BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES OUVRAGES RELATIFS A L'ILE FORMOSE.
Chartres 1893, Durand. White wrappers, A4 size 21.5 x 28 cm.
59p., very good, a complete XEROX COPY of the original edition, which was a LIMITED EDITION OF 150 COPIES.
This is an exceptionally rare and early bibliography on the
Island of Formosa. Covers: Chinois et Japonais. Espagnols et
Portugais, les Hollandais, Voyages, Les Francais, Cartes,
George Psalmanazar, History Naturelle, Ethnographie, Langue,
ouvrages divers, with a list of Gouverneurs de Tai-ouan,
list des missionnaries Protestants a Tai-ouan. By and large
a most valuable monograph and reference resource.ALWAYS RARE
A GRAND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH EAST ASIA CA. 20,000 ENTRIES
$46
807 CORDIER, Henri.
BIBLIOTHECA INDOSINICA: Dictionnaire Bibliographique des
Ouvrages Relatifs a la Peninsule Indochinoise.
New York 1967 Franklin. Red cloth, very good, 5 vols bound
in 3, reprint of Paris 1912, index, 16.5 x 26.5 cm., as new
copy, brilliant, sharp, clean copy, large type exact copy of
the original.
!! NOT THE SMALL PRINT MARTINO REPRINT !!
THIS IS THE EXACT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL, LARGE FONT, READABLE
***
This comprehensive work covers some 20,000 items from all
fields and is the pioneer work in the field and the standard
bibliography on Southeast Asia.
*
Countries covered are Annam, Tonking, Laos, Cambodia,
Siam, Burma, Singapore, Malaya, Straits Settlements,
Malacca, and virtually all of the areas in between from
Indochina and around. With an author & title and subject
index, each entry keyed to entry page numbers.
*
Covers the whole spectrum of subjects for each country &
culture: ethnography, anthropology, climate, natural history
history, botany, zoology, population, government,
jurisprudence, history, religion, science, arts, language,
literature as well as costume, customs, folk-lore, voyages,
commerce & navigation, relations with foreigners, foreign
missions and other diverse subjects.
*
Issued under the auspices of L'ecole Francaise
D'Extreme-Orient series. The index was compiled by Mme.
M.A., Roland-Cabaton, under Cordier's direction.
*
French text. A major and most valuable standard reference
resource, index, making this bibliographic tool highly
easy to use.
*
BINDING:
This is beautifully bound in heavy maroon buckram, gold
stamped titles, built for heavy use and reference, nicely
done !
***
REFERENCES:
Besterman 3050
*
Sheehy DE 212
*
Walford II: 278 [1968]
*
$145
AN OUTSTANDING COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CHINA & E. ASIA
808 CORDIER, Henri.
BIBLIOTHECA SINICA DICTIONNAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DES OUVRAGES
RELATIFS A L'EMPIRE CHINOIS.
Paris 1904-1924, Libairie Oriental & Americaine. Blue wrs.,
19 x 28 cm., French text, incomplete set, from colum number
417 to 4427 only, "as is" copy, 5 parts, uncut, bright,clean
copy, index, "as is" only, NOT returnable or exchangable.
*
*
*
. THE BEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CHINA,
.
. TIBET, MAMCHURIA, KOREA, JAPAN, RYUKYU ISLANDS [OKINAWA],
.
. MANCHURIA, CENTRAL ASIA, MONGOLIA, GOBI DESERT, FORMOSA,
.
.
TARTARY, AND THAT PART OF THE WORLD
.
This is the legendary and perhaps the most important single
bibliography ever compiled on China and that part of the
world. This is the classic of all bibliographies on the
area, comprehensive coverage of Europoean languages, every
subject: La Chine proprement dite. Les etrangers en Chine.
Relations de etrangers a avec les Chinois. Les Chinois chez
les peuples etrangers. Les pays tributaires de la Chine.
General subject categories: geographie, names,
ethnography, climate, natural history, population,
government, jurisprudence, history, religion, missionary
work, sciences & art, language & literature, customs,
voyages, travels, commerce, ports, commerce &c.
.
Describing some 70,000 works in vols 1-4, including 20,000
included in the supplement (volume V), this superb reference
set is the only most comprehensive bibliography for China in
any European language.
Consisting of 4428 columns of entries, listing thousands of
titles.
*
A most valuable reference book, indespensible tool for any
student of Chinese art, culture, history, philosophy,
voyages, missionaries and virtually any other subject on the
area.
*
*
This work also covers M. Aurel Stein, Mission Pelliot,
Mongolia, Tartars, Buddhism, Coree, and Ryukyu [Okinawa]
Islands and much more..
***
INDEX:
We shall provide a reprint of the index later compiled as a
separate publication. This set is very difficult to use
without the RARE index. Index is provided as a copy only.
!!!! THE INDEX IS NEVER FOUND IN THE REPRINT EDITION !!!!!
***
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY:
bibliography ever compiled on China. This work also covers
M. Aurel Stein, Mission Pelliot, a large number of primary
resources and rare books.
*
CONTENTS:
The work is divided into general subjects: La Chine
proprement dite. Les etrangers en Chine. Relations de
etrangers a avec les Chinois. Les Chinois chez les
peuples etrangers. Les pays tributaires de la Chine.
*
Consisting of 4428 columns of entries, each page has two
columns of book listings, approximately 70,000 entries in
all. Excellent coverage of of books on China, Tibet, Ryukyu
Islands [Okinawa], Corea, Mongolia, Manchuria, Tartary &c.
*
This work organizes the books into general subject
categories:
geography, names, ethnography, climate, natural history,
population, government, jurisprudence, history, religion,
missionary work, sciences & art, language & literature,
customs, voyages, travels, commerce, ports, commerce &c.
****
A most valuable reference book, indispensable tool for any
student of Chinese art, travel, primary resources, culture,
history &c...
*
Seldom found in complete form, or in any of the separate
volumes, in the original French text.
*
AN OUTSTANDING COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CHINA & E. ASIA
$77
809 CORDIER, Henri.
BIBLIOTHECA SINICA DICTIONNAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DES OUVRAGES
RELATIFS A L'EMPIRE CHINOIS.
Beijing 1939, Wen Dian Ge Shu Zhuang. Stiff wrs.,5 vol.set,+
photo copy of index [A5 size], complete,excellent clean copy
solid, many pages are uncut, book size: 18.7 x 27 cm. same
size as original edition. !NOT A CHEAP POOR QUALITY REPRINT!
*
*
*
. THE BEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CHINA,
.
. TIBET, MAMCHURIA, KOREA, JAPAN, RYUKYU ISLANDS [OKINAWA],
.
. MANCHURIA, CENTRAL ASIA, MONGOLIA, GOBI DESERT, FORMOSA,
.
.
TARTARY, AND THAT PART OF THE WORLD
.
bibliography ever compiled on China and that part of the
world. This is the classic of all bibliographies on the
area, comprehensive coverage of Europoean languages, every
subject: La Chine proprement dite. Les etrangers en Chine.
Relations de etrangers a avec les Chinois. Les Chinois chez
les peuples etrangers. Les pays tributaires de la Chine.
General subject categories: geographie, names,
ethnography, climate, natural history, population,
government, jurisprudence, history, religion, missionary
work, sciences & art, language & literature, customs,
voyages, travels, commerce, ports, commerce &c.
.
Consisting of 4428 columns of entries, listing thousands of
titles.
*
A most valuable reference book, indespensible tool for any
student of Chinese art, culture, history, philosophy,
voyages, missionaries and virtually any other subject on the
area.
*
*
This work also covers M. Aurel Stein, Mission Pelliot,
Mongolia, Tartars, Buddhism, Coree, and Ryukyu [Okinawa]
Islands and much more..
***
INDEX:
We shall provide a reprint of the index later compiled as a
separate publication. This set is very difficult to use
without the RARE index. Index is provided as a copy only.
!!!! THE INDEX IS NEVER FOUND IN THE REPRINT EDITION !!!!!
***
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY:
bibliography ever compiled on China. This work also covers
M. Aurel Stein, Mission Pelliot, a large number of primary
resources and rare books.
*
CONTENTS:
The work is divided into general subjects: La Chine
proprement dite. Les etrangers en Chine. Relations de
etrangers a avec les Chinois. Les Chinois chez les
peuples etrangers. Les pays tributaires de la Chine.
*
Consisting of 4428 columns of entries, each page has two
columns of book listings, approximately 70,000 entries in
all. Excellent coverage of of books on China, Tibet, Ryukyu
Islands [Okinawa], Corea, Mongolia, Manchuria, Tartary &c.
*
This work organizes the books into general subject
categories:
geography, names, ethnography, climate, natural history,
population, government, jurisprudence, history, religion,
missionary work, sciences & art, language & literature,
customs, voyages, travels, commerce, ports, commerce &c.
****
A most valuable reference book, indispensable tool for any
student of Chinese art, travel, primary resources, culture,
history &c...
*
Seldom found in complete form, or in any of the separate
volumes, in the original French text.
*
$445
810 CORDIER, Henri.
THE LIFE AND LABOURS OF ALEXANDER WYLIE, AGENT OF THE
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY IN CHINA: A MEMOIR.
[London 1887, Trubner]. New stiff gray wrs., very good, pp.3
351-268, extracted article from JRAS, ca 15.5 x 23 cm., an
obscure resource.
An excellent and sympathetic biography of the celebrated
Sinologist and missionary.
$32
811 CORDIER, Henri.
MELANGES D'HISTOIRE ET DE GEOGRAHIE ORIENTALES.
Paris 1923, Maisonneuve. Wrappers, very good, mostly uncut,
272p., French text, Tome IV.
Contains: Pere Gerbillon S.J.: MISSIONNAIRE FRANCAIS A PEKING XVII ET XVIII SIECLES. Andre Michaux: UNE LETTRE INEDITE DU VOYAGEUR ANDRE MICHAUS. VOYAGE DE PIERRE DUPRE DE
CONSTANTINOPLE A TREBIZONDE 1803. UN ORIENTALISTE ALLEMAND:
Jules Klaproth. LA MISSION DUBOIS DE JACIGNY DANS L'EXTREME
ORIENT 1841-1846. NOTES SURE ESEBE DE SALLE. EDOUARD CHAVANNES. Excellent articles, covers Macao, Siam, early Jesuit
missionary work in Peking, copious bibliography of Chavannes
& necrology. Scholarly research, well documented work.
*
SCARCE
$262
812 CORMACK, J.G.
EVERYDAY CUSTOMS IN CHINA.
Edinburgh [1935], Moray. Blue cloth, 264p., very good,small
tear top dj. in mylar protector, 31 b. w. photographs,
glossary, index, bright clean copy, 14 x 22 cm.
Covers births, birthdays, betrothal, marriage, weddings,
funerals, mourning rites, food, festivals, special days,
etc. A virtual guide to all that makes the Chinese tick.
*
The author was a long-time resident in China. She describes
the domestic usages of the people, more especially in
Pekking, in the intimate happenings of daily life.
A fascinating resource givinb symathetic insight to Chinese
mentality.
***
A color scan of the cover can be sent by email.
GENERAL CLAIRE CHENNAULT AND THE "FLYING TIGERS" IN CHINA
$235
813 CORNELIUS, Wanda. et al.
DING HAO: America's Air War in China 1937-1945.
Gretna 1980, Pelican. Blue boards, very good, 502p., index,
bibliography, appendices, many b.w. photos, co-author Thayne
Short, 15 x 23.5cm., sharp copy, dj. in mylar protector.
SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS
FIRST EDITION
With map of the CBI [China, Burma, India Theater 1940].
*
"Ding Hao" in Mandarin means "Its Good" or "You are
Good/Great!" This is what the Chinese said to the Americans
when ever they were seen in China, on the streets and where
ever then lingered. This was accompanied with the "Thumbs
Up" gesture by the Chinese who to this day claim and believe
it came from the Americans that is to say from the "Flying
Tigers" or the A.V.G. [American Volunteers Group] who
protected China from the Japanese air force. Even today, the
Chinese in Southwestern, Kunming, Yunnan areas, up to
Changsha have never forgotten the "Flying Tigers"
or as they are called in Mandarin "Fei Hu Dui."
*
A meticulous account of the contribution to China and the
heroic aerial defense of Southern China by the Americans. It
is also a primary resource of several actual pilots of the
A.V.G., which was directly under the command of Mme. Chiang
Kai-Shek, who bought the "Flying Tigers" some 100 P-40
Curtiss fighter planes. They were later embellished with the
famous shark-tooth design. This instilled great fear in the
Japanese pilots who commonly were shot down and it was the
last thing they ever saw. Their fame was wide spread through
out China and even the Japanese feared them often turning
tail and trying to return to base once the "Flying Tigers"
arrived on the scene. Though greatly out numbered five or
fifteen to one, the Americans nevertheless attacked the
Japanese until every machine-gun bullet was spent. "Blood
and Guts" was what these pilots were about...
*
This small band of fighters eventually turned the tide
against the Japanese air force and naval vessels, mortally
wounding their expansionist efforts in China and Southeast
Asia.
*
The celebrated commander of the A.V.G. was the attractive
and formidable Major General Claire L. Chennault. His
brilliance in addressing the Japanese air force and
weaknesses in their planes gave the A.V.G. the upper hand in
"hit and run" attacks, and the P-40 had heavier machine guns
and faster dive speeds that could drive the Japanese planes
like dogs herding cattle. Though their force was small man
for man, plane for plane the A.V.G. chalked up the most
impressive kill and 'probable' list of any force in the
history of aviation combat. The record still stands today !
*
APPENDICES:
Show a list of FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE ACES: names, group,
kills on the ground, in the air, totals; list of A.V.G.
[American Volunteer Group] personnel; and 14th Air Force
Aces Victories as A.V.G.s.; Japanese aircraft
identification.
*
$413
A FASCINATING PRIMARY WOMAN'S RESOURCE ON CHINA & S.E. ASIA
814 [CORNER, Julia.]
CHINA PICTORIAL, DESCRIPTIVE, AND HISTORICAL. With Some
Account of Ava and the Burmese, Siam and Anam.
London 1853, Bohn. Green cloth, very good, 521p., index, 86
b.w. illustrations, map, spine bit faded, worn. QUITE SCARCE
This excellent work covers the geography, islands, animals,
bird, fish, insects, language, earliest European intercourse
and the early history of China. A close look at the ancient
annals, coins, archery, silk weaving, law, Confucius, each
dynasty, foreign embassies, civil war, government, tea trade
famine, imperial family, Burmese war, literary nobility, covering the main cities, Peking, Josses, festivals, ladies
costume, Japan-ware, printed books, ivory, Hong Kong, Canton
River, Amoy, Ningpo &c. The balance addresses Indu-Chinese
Nations, Anam, or Cochin-China, Siam, Burma &c. Turon Bay,
Tonquin, Kamboja, Chinese colonists, climate, French in Anam
Mr. Crawfurd's Mission, scenes at Court, national vanity,
nobility, religion, Buddhism, condition of females, punishment, smoking & drinking. Camboge, French troops in Siam, of
rice production, Siamese cunning, Bang-Kok the Capital,white
elephants, their character & naval forces. And Ava or Burma.
$223
815 CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING RUSS
CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF
MANCHURIA AND NEWCHWANG.
London 1904, HSMO. White wrs., folio, stitched, 98p., old
library stamps, else very clean, British Parliamentary Paper
China. No.2 [1904].
Telegrams,memoranda and reports including contributions from
Count Lamsdorff, Sir c. Scot, Sir E.Satow, Consul Hosie, Mr.
Choate, Sir M. Herbert, Mr. Townley, Russian occupied
Mnachuria after objecting to Japan being given a special
mandate in China.
816 COSTAIN, Alfred J.
THE LIFE OF DR. ARTHUR JACKSON OF MANCHURIA.
$92
London [1911], Hodder. Blue cloth, very good, 188p., 4 b.w.
photos, appendix, 2nd edition.
Excellent biography of a missionary in Manchuria. Covers his
early days, college, story of the Manchurian missions, journey East, Moukden, died a victim of the plague, aftermath,
conclusions, inscription on memorial tablets. Scans can be
sent by email.
$99
817 COSTAIN, Thomas B.
THE BLACK ROSE.
New York 1945, Doubleday. Black cloth, very good, 403p., end
paper maps. FIRST EDITION. Novel about travel from Europe
through Central Asia, into China, and Hangchow, and sailing
back to London. Clean copy, solid.
$2
818 COTES, Everard.
SIGNS AND PORTENTS IN THE FAR EAST.
New York 1907, Putnam's. Red cloth, very good, 308p., index,
35 b.w. illustrations, 4 appendices.
S C A R C E
Covering the Chinese in British territory, the situation in
Canton, anti-foreign movement in middle China, the missionaries, Nemesis of the mixed motive, Hankow & its factories,
to Peking by rail, coolie traffic in Chihli, Port Arthur,
Manchuria, Mukden, difficulties in Korea, Japanese coefficient, contradictions in the Japanese character, New & Old in
Tokyo &c. A useful primry source. Scans can be sent by
email.
819 COTTERELL, Arthur.
THE FIRST EMPEROR OF CHINA: The Greatest Archaeological Find
of our Time.
New York [1981], Holt. Buff cloth, 208 p., 16 color, 48 b.w.
plates, 11 maps, 12 b.w. illus., index, plans, bibliography,
chronology, very good, dj., very clean, solid copy.
FIRST EDITION
Outlining the most spectacular excavation of modern archaeology, the tomb of the First Emperor of China. Located at Mt.
Li in Northern Shensi,this site revealed over 7000 life size
size terracota infantry, crosswomen, chariots, cavalry in
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strict battle formation, protecting China's First Emperor.
This text is divided into three parts: archaeological discoveries, historical context, and the Ch'in Empire. Great !
Ch'in Empire. Excellent resource.
$5
820 COTTRELL, Arthur.
THE FIRST EMPEROR OF CHINA: The Greatest Archeological Find
of Our Time.
New York [1981], Holt Reinhart.Buff cloth, very clean, dj.in
mylar protector, 19 x 25 cm., profuse color plates, 208p.,
index, chronology, bibliography, list of maps, plans.
FIRST EDITION
Covers the superb find of the tomb of [Emperor] Ch'in
Shih-huang-ti in Xian, China.
*
$5
821 COWMAN, Lettie B.
CHARLES E. COWMAN MISSIONARY: WARRIOR.
Los Angeles [1939], Oriental Missionary Soc. Blue cloth,very
good, 433p., 24 b.w. photos, maps. A biographical source,
written by his wife.
This work covers Cowman's 25 years missionary work in China,
Korea as well as in Japan. An excellent primary source book.
LIMITED EDITON OF 500 COPIES, 450 OF WHICH FOR SALE
822 COX, E.H.M. ed.
THE PLANT INTRODUCTIONS OF REGINALD FARRER.
London 1930, New Flora & Silva. White cloth, top gilt, 113p.
12 color, 5 b.w. photos and a complete bibliography of all
books & papers by Farrer.
R A R E
A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES, 450 OF WHICH ARE FOR SALE
With 12 Farrer paintings and a complete list of Farrer plant
numbers of which the names have been determined. Farrer's
naming & introduction of plants from the Kansu & Upper Burma
expeditions was a great contribution to the botanic world.
Originally planned as a small printed list of his plants,
the work was enlarged to add Farrer's own notes & additional
information on how the various plants grew in gardens. Done
as a memorial volume directed to gardeners. With much focus
on Farrer's notes on plants sent home from Kansu, with additional notes on their horticultural value and behavior in
gardens. Edited by E.H.M. Cox from information supplied by
Mr. R. L. Harrow, Mr. K. Mcdoual, the Hon. H. Mclaren, Mr.
Lionel de Rothschild and others. A very important and scarce
primary resource for plants from the Ahkyang Valley. The
Farrer-Purdom Expedition to Kansu 1914-1915 is herein carefully outlined in much detail. The Farrer Expediditon to
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Upper Burma 1919-1920 is also illucidated in much detail,
this was Farrer's last, as he died at Nyitadi and was carried down the Ahkyang valley to Kwanglang Po [Konglu] his
grave is tended by Nung headman. Therefore this is the last
writings by Farrer, and documents new plants he discovered:
Rhododendrons, Coffin Tree, Berberis, Aralias, red lilies,
Magnolias, primulas and so many others which are outlined &
illustrated here. A most valuable and precious resource,
seldom found on the marked due to its very Limited Edition
of only 450 copies for sale. PRIZED BY BOTANICAL LIBRARIES &
COLLECTORS ALIKE ! A L W A Y S
R A R E ! ! Color scans can
be sent by email.
$685
A FINE PRIMARY RESOUCE FOR FARRER'S PLANT COLLECTING
823 COX, E.H.M.
FARRER'S LAST JOURNEY: Upper Burma, 1919-20. Together With a
Complete List of All Rhododendrons Collected by Reginald
London 1926, Dulau. Red cloth, index, map, end paper maps,29
b.w. plates, appendix of all rhododendrons collected by Reginald Farrer & his field notes, very good, crisp copy. RARE
SUBTITLE: cont. Edinburgh.
*
Reginald Farrer, who died while collecting plants in the
Burmese Alps, was known as one of England's great plant
hunters and botanists.
*
Cox and Farrer traveled through Upper Burma, Yunnan &
Tibet, discovering & naming plants for the Royal Botanic
Garden, Edinburgh.
*
A fascinating narrative based on Farrer's observations &
letters, and paying homage to his personal charm. Covering
the start, Hpimaw, exploring, the rains, summer camp, the
harvest. Maymyo and the journey North, his hunting ground,
the summer the end.
*
With appendices: the hardiness of plants from upper Burma;
Rhododendrons collected by R. Farrer. This text, along with
Farrer's ON THE EAVES OF THE WORLD & THE RAINBOW BRIDGE has
become a classic and completes the full bibliographical
list on Farrer.
*
Always an elusive title, superb !
*
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Yakushi C361
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$685
824 COX, E.H.M.
PLANT HUNTING IN CHINA: A History of Botanical Exploration
in China and the Tibetan Marches.
London 1945, Collins. Red cloth, 230p., colored frontis, 25
b.w. photos. 3 maps, index, dj.
FIRST EDITION
SCARCE
An excellent work, addressing the East India Company & China
a look at the botanist Robert Fortune and his period, the
awakening of China, Ernest Wilson and his plant hunting, modern British, American and American plant collectors. With
technique of plant introduction. Valuable look at the early
plant collectors & the plants they introduced. Yakushi C152.
AN EARLY RUSSIAN MONOGRAPH ON CHINA & ASIAN EXPLORATION
825 COXE, William.
ACCOUNT OF THE RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES BETWEEN ASIA AND AMERICA.
To Which are Added, the Conquest of Siberia, and the History
London 1780, Nichols. Half leather over marbled boards, very
good, wide margins, untrimmed, some foxing, large engraved
folded map, 4 other folding maps, small folio, 22.5 x 30 cm.
recent binding, solid copy, [10p.] index, 4 of which foxed.
A very important source on Russian exploration and expansion
into the Northern Pacific and the attempt to open trade with
Alaska & the Aleutians Islands based partly on existing
narratives, but also on the author's personal knowledge
gained on a visit to Russia, during which he consulted with
G.F. Muller and P.S. Pallas. "He also succeeded in securing
additional material: for instance the narrative and maps of
Krenitzin and Levashev's "secret" expedition, the first
official Russian government expedition since Bering's 2nd
expedition of 1741. He was able to secure this particular
information, not widely known at the time even in Russia,
from Dr. Wm. Robertson, who in turn obtained it through
his friend Dr. Rogerson, first physician to the Empress
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Catherine II." Lada-Mocarski.
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FIRST EDITION, with bibliography.
*
CONDITION:
The book is solid, and complete, with occasional browning to
the edges where exposed to the air, internally cleaner,
uneven decle edges as issued. There is some minor foxing
spots here and there, on plates, maps and text pages, 4
pages of index has some heavy foxing.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Hill p.385, 392
Sabin 17309
H. Cordier: SINICA 2447
Forbes 134
Holmes 107
Lada-Mocarski 29n
Lust: 170 [3rd. ed]
Morrison: I, 198 [p3rd. ed]
Taylor, Louise: CATALOG OF BOOKS ON CHINA IN THE ESSEX
INSTITUTE: p.226
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$8509
826 COYE, Molly J. et. al. eds.
CHINA: Yesterday and Today. From Imperial China to the New
China. 85 prominent Authors Provide a Rich & Fascinating
New York [1979], Bantam. Illustrated stiff wrs., 549p., annotated bibliography, index, 2nd edition, Jon Livingston coeditor, very good.
$3
A VISIT TO JAPAN, CANTON, HONG KONG & MACAO
827 CRAWFORD, M. Leola.
SEVEN WEEKS IN THE ORIENT: By An American Girl.
Chicago 1914, [Berrett]. Green cloth, very good, 234p., 67
b.w. photos.
The author visited Japan, China, Macao, Canton, and several
places in between. This is a travellogue of her visit and a
guide to the places she toured. Arriving in Yokohama, she
went off to Enoshima, Kamakura and the Great Buddha, Tokyo,
the Imperial Theater, Nara, Kyoto, Kobe and the Inland sea,
Nagasaki and environs, then off to Manila, Hong Kong, Macao,
Canton and up the Canton River. A fascinating narrtive, well
written and nicely illustrated with careful descriptions.
828 CREEL, Herrlee G.
CHINESE THOUGHT FROM CONFUCIUS TO MAO TSE-TUNG.
$70
[New York 1960], Mentor Book. Color wrs., 240p., index, bibliography, very good. Covers Chinese thought in the modern
world, Mo Tzu, Mencius, Hsun Tzu, Legalists, eclectic Han,
Buddhism & neo-Confucianism &c.
A useful resource, covers three thousand years of Chinese
philosophy and shows how traditional attitudes have shaped
the policies of 20th century.
$14
THE ORIGINS OF STATECRAFT IN CHINA.
.
Chicago, [1970], Univ. Chicago. Stiff wrs., very good, 559p.
index, bibliography, underlined. Volume 1: The Western Chou
Empire.
$7
SHEN PU-HAI: A CHINESE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOURTH
CENTURY B.C.
Chicago [1974], Univ. Chicago. Green cloth, exceptionally
clean copy, bright dj., 446p., bibliography, concordance,
index, 16 x 23.5 cm.
FIRST EDITION
831 CRESPIGNY, R.R.C. de.
CHINA: THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE.
New Yyork [1971], St. Martin's. Blue boards, very good, dj.,
235p., index, bibliography, 55 b.w. photos, statistics, 10
figures, charts, 25 maps, dj has library sticker on spine,
top signature rubber-stamped otherwise a clean copy.
This excellent & scholarly work gives a picture of China as
it really is-to show not only its problems but also the real
achievements in political unity and economic progress in the
struggle for independence & national unityi. A comprehensive
survey of the land of China but also relates these geographical determinants to the course of Chinese history & cultural developmeint in an attempt to understand past, present &
the possible trends of the future. Chapter headings: Nation
of China, patterns of nature & man, the North China plain,
Manchuria, Outer China: Mongolia, Sinkiang & Tibet. Yangtze
basin: Tibet to the Gorges, Wuhan to the Sea, tropical China
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& Taiwan. Government & geography. Useful resource.
$60
832 CRESSEY, George B.
ASIA'S LANDS AND PEOPLES: A Geography of One-third the Earth
& Two-thirds its People.
New York [1944], Whittlesey. Grey cloth, very good, 608p.,
index, bibliography, maps, many b.w. photos.
A scholarly resource, with indepth coverage of China, Japan,
India, Southeastern Asia, Southwestern Asia & the Soviet
Union. China: physical environment, farming, regions, new
world nationalism. Japan: natural foundations, human response, regions, world position. India: people & activities,
regions, world place. Southeastern Asia: Burma, Thailand,
Indo-China, Malaya, Philippines, Netherlands Indies. SouthwesternAsia: Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan. Soviet Union, the realm, mineral resources, economic
development, regions. A very useful study.
$46
833 CROCHERON, B.H. et al.
FRUIT MARKETS IN EASTERN ASIA
Berkeley 1930, University Calif. Stiff buff wrs., covers and
title page bit stained, corners bit rubbed, else solid,clean
366p., 112 tables, many b.w. photos, 15.5 x 23.5 cm.. coauthor was W.J. Norton.
FIRST AND ONLY OBSCURE EDITION
This monograph addreses fruit markets throughout Eastern and
Southeastern Asia. Beginning with Japan, Korea, all of China
the Philippines, French Indo-China [Cambodia, Laos & Annam
or old Vietnam Soouth & North, Siam, British Malaya, the
Netherlands East Indies, Burma, India and Ceylon.
THE PRIMARY LETTERS OF AN EARLY AMERICAN SILK MERCHANT
834 CROCKER, Antoinette C.
FRANK WOODBRIDGE CHENEY:Two Years in China & Japan 1859-1861
[Westwood 1970, Privately printed. Brown cloth over boards,
very clean sharp solid copy, 214p., frontis portrait. b. w.
photographs, illustrated endpapers, genealogical table, 17 x
26 cm.
FIRST & ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED COPY
$24
Issued in a Limited Numbered Edition. Written & compiled by
his granddaughter.
*
This work outlines and illustrates the commercial
activities of Cheney in China & Japan during the 1850's.
*
Cheyey Bros. Silk Mills were located in Connecticut, and
were one of the largest in Eastern America. This group of
personal letters among family members covers Frank's keen
impressions and observations on both the Japanese & Chinese,
their characteristics, methods of business, culture & habits
of life.
*
Fascinating observations on the charm of the Japanese and
the astitute business prowess of the Chinese.
*
$46
835 CRONIN, Edward W. Jr.
THE ARUN: A Natural History of the World's Deepest Valley.
New York 1979, Houghton Mifflin. White cloth spine over boards, very good, dj., many photos,236p., index, bibliography,
appendix of species list & scientific names.
A treasure trove for biologists and laymen alike, this book
recounts the four-year scientific exploration of the famed
Arun Valley in the Himalayan mountains of far Eastern Nepal.
Cronin, a zoologist, headed a team of 14 wildlife specialists who conducted the first ecological survey of the Arun's
rich and abundant wildlife. They climbed from the tropical
evergreen forests in the foothills through the middle regions where they found some of the most remarkable creatures
they have ever seen. The orange-rumped honeyguide, a curious
little bird with the most extraordinary diet & love life, &
a red panda, a small and more winsome edition of its black-&
white brother. Up at the higher elevations they found eviddence of the creature that has bedeviled scientists & Nepalese Sherpas alike: the elusive Yeti otherwise known as the
Abominable Snowman. An accurately describe flora & fauna as
well as several speicies unknown to the scientific community
in this first natural history of the Eastern Himalayas. It
is also the description of the eight native tribes, culture
& language, village life. Fascinating work.
836 [CROOK, JABEZ B.].
$99
A HOLOGRAPHIC LETTER BY J.B. STAPLES, ATTORNEY FOR JABEZ B.
CROOK, 1843.
New York, 1843. A holographic letter, sheet size opens to be
40 x 25.4 cm., folds down to be 13 x 7 cm., very good, wax
seal [torn to open the letter], single page of text 20 x 25.
4 cm., very good, written in a bold hand Dated Dec. 9, 1843.
This is a fascinating and superb piece of diplomatic history
vis-�-vis the first American commercial trade treaty with
China, thus stabilizing trade with China and America. This
item concerns the gift to China of a working steam train
model.
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The letter is addressed to Gilbert Thompson, Chief Engineer
of the U.S. Navy, Washington City, D.C. Forwarding a $60
claim for the model of a Steam Train Engine, made by Jabez
B. Crook "to your order last summer, to be taken to China."
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WHO WAS JABEZ B. CROOK:
Crook was a very skilled machinist, and he produced a model
Steam Train of such high quality that it was intended as a
diplomatic gift to the Emperor of China, to open commercial
trade with America. Crook was later known for his superb
quality bamboo fishing rods and was a pioneer for his
hand-crafted fishing reels.
.
With the new appointment of Caleb Cushing to be the
Honorable U.S. ENVOY EXTRAORDIANARY TO CHINA [and former
Massachusetts Congressman] Cushing wanted to impress the
Chinese with America's new and technological marvels such as
the telegraph, new daguerreotype photography and a model
steam train engine. To that end, Cushing enlisted John R.
Peters, Jr., a brilliant young engineer to accompany his
diplomatic mission to China in order to "exhibit the finest
fruits of American mechanical ingenuity before the Chinese."
It was most likely that Peters commissioned Crook to sell
the U.S. Government this steam train placing the order
through Thomson, a lawyer who was the Navy's "Chief
Engineer" because his father, a Justice of the Supreme court
had once been a Secretary of the Navy. More research is
needed about the model train and its voyage and delivery to
the Chinese.
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THE STEAM TRAIN:
A fascinating association in that a similar if not identical
steam train, telegraph and other American marvels were
delivered to the Japanese in 1854 as gifts to the Japanese,
all of which is well documented in the Commodore Perry
Expedition. We are still researching to confirm this is the
exact one made by Crook. The fact remains that a steam train
was given as one of many gifts to the Japanese, and for
sure, Caleb Cushing was also involved with these gifts to
Japan with the opening of trade with Commodore Perry just a
few years after the opening of China. See Pineau below.
*
Although Cushing did petition to have audience with the
Emperor of China, after his arrival to Canton, this was
denied, instead met with the Governor of Guandong & Guangxi
who was the highest Chinese official he could muster, and
said to be the emissary of the Emperor of China. The Treaty
of Wanghia was signed on July 3, 1844, at Kun Iam Temple, a
village in north Macau.
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CONDITION:
The letter is in excellent condition, with a very faint and
small stain on the recto, and another on the verso which
does not affect any text. There are two black stamps from
"BARNUM'S CITI HOTEL, MONUMENT SQUARE BALTIMORE" on the
verso, along with the addressee's address "Gilbert Thompson
Esq, Chief Engineer of Navy, Washington City. D.C." Folded
and red seal wax sealed, a minor bit of paper was torn
[naturally] when this letter was opened. The remains of the
seal closure on opposite side. No envelope as was standard
for the times, but having an integral envelope, by folding
and wax sealing the paper.
Nice condition boldly written in wide pen.
Signed by J.G. Staples the lawyer.
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REFERENCES:
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The Treaty of Wanghia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Wanghia
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[PINEAU, Roger.]: THE JAPAN EXPEDITION 1852-1855 OF
COMMODORE MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY: see pages 173-174 last
paragraph: "We have established a magnetic telegraph....we
have laid down the entire railroad track sent from the
United States, and put the steam engine, tender, and car in
excellent practical operation, carrying round the circle
many of the astonished natives. We have exhibited and
explained the use of numerous useful inventions of our
country...."
And on p. 176-177: AMERICAN GIFTS.
"...First assistant engineer Danby with the requisite number
of mechanics, was employed in unpacking and putting in
working order the locomotive engine, whilst Messrs. Draper
and Williams were equally busy in preparing the erect the
telegraphic posts for the extension of the magnetic lines
[for the telegraph]."
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RE: Crook:
Crook's fishing tackle:
http://fishinghistory.blogspot.com/2009/01/thursday-review-o
rcas-reel-news-january.html
***
$794
837 CROOKE, W.
THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES OF INDIA: Their History,
Ethnology, and Administration.
London 1897, Methuen. Green cloth, very good, 361p., frontispiece, 15 b.w. photos, fold-out color map, index.
Discussion of social problems including crime, the crusade
against filth and disease, famine, depressed classes, and
the development of agriculture & trade. Also describes some
of the more interesting tribes, and some of their religious
beliefs. A useful resource on Central Asian ethnography.
$393
838 CROOKE, W.
SCIENTIFIC ETHNOGRAPHY IN NORTHERN INDIA.
[London 1893, Committee of the Congress.] Extracted from the
Transactions of the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists, grey w rs., pages 870-882.
A brief sketch of what has been and was being done, at the
time, to advance the scientific study of ethnography in
Northern India, Himalayan Nepal & Tibetan area.
$60
JAPAN'S PLANS FOR WAR WITH AMERICAN AND TAKE OVER OF ASIA
839 CROW, Carl. ed.
JAPAN'S DREAM OF WORLD EMPIRE: The Tanaka Memorial.
New York [1942], Harper. Black cloth, very good, 118p.
An important apprasial of a military and political plan
called the "MEIN KAMPF" of Japan. In 1927, Emperor Hirohito
was informed of this grand scheme to control all of Asia. It
outlined the military take over scheme for the possession of
Manchuria, China, S.E. Asia, American outposts in Asia and a
victorious Axis alignment.
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The plan was followed closely as written. A valuable insight
to the Japanese plan for WWII in the Pacific area.
*
Tanaka stated:
"In order to take over the world, you need to take over
China. In order to take over China, you need to take over
Manchuria and Mongolia."
*
REFERENCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Memorial
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840 CROW, Carl.
CHINA TAKES HER PLACE.
New York 1944, Harper. Red cloth, very clean bright copy, dj
282p., unclipped dj. in mylar protector, signed:"James Burke
New York 1944," 12.5 x 21. cm.
Carl Crow was a long time "CHINA HAND" who lived and worked
in China for over 20 years. A stirring account of the War
$61
Lords, the Sun Yat-sen Revolution, the birth of modern
China, industrialization of New China, the threats from
Japan, rule of Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi], supplanting
of Manchuria and the onslaught of the Japanese along China's
coastal cities.
*
The author was the head of an advertising and merchandising
agency with headquarters in Shanghai, and he was also
associated with the China Press in Shanghai in the early
1930's. Check with us for books published by this press.
*
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$37
841 CRUEL CITY: AND OTHER KOREAN S
THE CRUEL CITY: And Other Korean Short Stories.
[Seoul 1983], Si-sa-yong-o-sa. Red cloth, very good, 150p.,
dj.
The stories in this volume give a vivid picture of the
years from the late 1930's through the Korean war and into
the early 1960's. Choe Chong-hui writes in particular about
the hard life of the poor caught in an economic system and a
tradition from which the only escape was death. Stories also
by Yi Chong-jun, Hwang Sun-won, and Pak Yong-jun. Translators are Genell Y. Poitras & Choe Yong. An anthology of six
stories.
$60
842 CRUMP, J.I.
INTRIGUES: Studies of the Chan-kuo Ts'e.
Ann Arbor [1964], Univ. Michigan. Yellow cloth, very good,
212p., appendices, index, e.p. maps, pictorial d.j., top &
bottom signatures rubber stamped, very clean, tight copy.
Intrigues of the Warring States has long been considered an
important source of early Chinese history - although highly
criticized for inconsistencies and ethical content. In this
book, Crump analyzes the origins and prose of the Intrigues,
contending that the work was not written as history, maintaining that the work is largely a series of exercises for
the teaching of rhetoric and emphasizes its literary rather
than its historical value. Crump discusses the kinds of
prose found in the Intrigues and demonstrates how fictional
persuasion was grafted to historical fact.
843 CUENOT, Claude.
TEILHARD DE CHARDIN: A Biograpical Study.
London [1965], Burns. Red cloth, very good, 492p., index,
addenda,major bibliography of Teilhard De Chardin's writings
two old library stamps, else very clean, 17 b.w. photos.
This major biographical study covers his forative years, the
$26
discovery of the human, first period in Tientsin [1923-4;
Paris interlude [1924-6]. Second Tientsin Period [1926-7].
Other areas. First Peking period [1932-8], China & elsewhere
the last field expeditions, last months, Second Peking period with the Franco-Americans, Second Peking period [1939-46]; & [1946-51]. Work in America, life in New York, work
in Paris, African visits, anthropology & anthropogenesis &c.
$111
844 CURRENT CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
A CURRENT CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
Hong Kong 1978, Cosmos. Brown cloth, very good, 750p.,
tables, dj. in mylar protector, bright clean copy.
Words arranged by Pinyin in alphabetical order, listed on
Words arranged by alphabetical order, listed on
*
Aside from the Chinese-English dictionary, also covers
abbreviations of parts of speech, character stroke
index, scheme for the Chinese phonetic alphabet, list of
simplified characters and their original complex forms.
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Also includes names & abbreviations of Chinese provinces,
autonomous regions & municipalities, names of main
government organizations, nationalities in China, common
Chinese family names, a chronological table of Chinese
history, weights & measures, & chemical elements.
*
AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS IN TIBET, NEPAL, ASSAM &c.
845 CUTTING, Suydam.
THE FIRE OX AND OTHER YEARS.
London 1947, Collins. Blue cloth, 393p.,index, mammal & bird
index, index of planats, 3 maps, 178 b.w. photos, very clean
bright copy in likewise dustjacket in mylar protector, 17 x
25 cm., second and best edition, 3 color plates.
The author's narrative covers some fifteen years of travel
in Tibet & Nepal beginning in 1925 as a member of the
Roosevelt expedition to Chinese Turkestan. Covering over
7200 miles alone, in native garb, he mingled with the
civilizations & primitive life.
.
Cutting writes of the land, people, customs, & the adventure
$71
itself, rather than hardships. He presents the vivid parade
of geological wonders, animate & inanimate life in his
travel through largely uncharted lands.
***
With three lovely color plates by Alezandre Iacovleff.
This work covers the author's travels in 1926 to Ethiopia,
in 1927 Assam, in 1928 Chinese Tibet, in 1930 the Galapagos,
in 1934 the Celebes, in 1937 Nepal and in 1939 he visited
upper Burma.
***
REFEREMCES:
Yakushi C177
***
$63
AUTHOR'S LIMITED SIGNED & NUMBERED FIRST EDITION 750 COPIES
846 CZECH, Kenneth P.
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ASIAN BIG GAME HUNTING BOOKS, 1
BOOKS, 1780-1980. Including Note of Works Devoted to Pig
St. Cloud [2003], Land's Edge. Brown boards, as new copy, dj
15 x 23.5 cm., 254p.,index, bibliography, appendix, 32 color
plates of book covers.
AUTHOR'S LIMITED SIGNED & NUMBERED FIRST EDITION 750 COPIES
An excellent bibliography on sporting in China, Tibet,
India, Central Asia, Burma, Mongolia, Ceylon, Nepal,
Indo-Chine, Malaya, Manchuria and those areas of the Far
East and South East Asia.
*
A substantial work with good annotations, useful index, and
sample photos of book covers. Large number of entries.
*
A GRAND HAND-COLORED COPPER-ETCHED MAP OF EASTERN ASIA
$65
847 D'ANVILLE, [Jean Baptiste].
SECOND PARTIE DE LA CARTE D'ASIA. CHINA, TIBET, KOREA,
JAPAN, JESSO [HOKKAIDO], LIEU-KIEU [RYUKYU] & FORMOSA &c...
[Paris 1752, Galerie des Louvre]. Single-fold folio sheet,
very good, attractive hand-colored outline map, 84.5 x 57 cm
This companion map title was penned on the verso,small faint
damp stain in lower margin, can be matted out, else clean.
A grand folio size map, with delicate outline & other accent
color outline. Shows from 20 degrees South to ca. 50 degrees
North, 160 degrees East to 100 degrees West,including all of
China proper includes the Northern area of the Kalkas, Gobi
Desert, Calmuks Eluts [Mongolia], South to Tonkin or the N.
Vietnam area, all of Formosa & the Ryukyu Islands, all of
Korea & Japan up to Hokkaido and the Manchurian area to the
Yuppi Mountains.
*
A superb & marvelous solid look at Eastern Asia, with much
detail in the display of the capital, cities & towns & small
villages, rivers, mountains, bayks, even the Great Wall is
indicated.
*
Scale key shows Chinese, Japanese & Siamese Li or miles,
with French leagues noted. Key to the symbols on the map,
with longitude and latitude lines. This very handsome work
is suitable for framing and display in your library. Maps of
this size, period and quality are R A R E.
*
THE KOREAN MARTYRDOM OF FRENCH MISSIONARY BRETENIERES, 1866
848 D'HULST, Mgr. [Monseigneur]
VIE DE JUST DE BRETENIERES MISSIONNAIRE APOSTOLIQUE
MARTYRISE EN COREE EN 1866.
Paris 1888, Poussielgue. Restored stiff wrs., 374p., a tiny
mend to title page lower corner, 374p., 12 x 18 cm., frontis
$1824
portrait of Bretenieres, contents foxed, else solid, cover
title in facsimile, back cover preserved.
FIRST EDITION
The author, Monseigneur D'Hulst [1841-1896] was the founder
and rector of the Catholic Institute of Paris. He wrote the
true and historic story about the missionary activities of
Bretenieres and his fellow missionaries, all of whom were
murdered by the Koreans in 1866.
.
***
.
WHO WAS JUST DE BRETENIERES [1838-1866] MISSIONARY TO KOREA:
.
Just de Bretenieres was martyr in Korea, was the only
brother of the late venerable and respected superior of
Saint Francis de Sales College in Dijon, his father was the
Baron of Bretenieres, a small village about seven miles out
side of Dijon.
.
Just de Bretenieres entered the Paris Seminary for Foreign
Missions in 1859. His parents were staying in that city at
the time, and the news which the son announced was a severe
blow which they both faced with silent grief, but with
perfect resignation, the father actually presenting his son
in person at the Mission House in the Rue du Bac.
.
The allotments to missions are not known at the Missions
Etrangeres [Foreign Missions] until shortly before the young
priests departure. When Just de Bretenieres was told that he
should go to Korea, his joy knew no bounds. Three others
were to accompany him, Fathers Dorie, Beaulieu and Huin. The
class numbered eleven and all departed together.
.
They stopped at Cairo and after a voyage of forty days
arrived in Hong Kong. The four "Koreans," as they were
called, then went on to Manchuria to await a favorable
opportunity for landing on the closely guarded coasts of
Korea. Ten months from the time they left Paris these young
priests reached their mission. Just de Bretenieres remained
with Bishop Berneux, living in the back room of a Korean
Christian's house, where he stayed in hiding. "It is the
only place I have," he wrote to his parents, for exercising
my long limbs. "Like a squirrel in his cage, I turn round
and round, and imagine myself making delightful excursions
in the mountains." As the room was not high enough for the
tall young man who occupied it to stand erect, we can
understand his special difficulty in securing exercise. Here
the Korean Christians assembled in turn to attend Mass and
to receive the Sacraments.
.
Through the perfidy of a native Korean Christian, Bishop
Berneux was captured February 23, 1865. Four days later,
Just de Bretenieres was arrested and tried, at first without
torture. He had as yet learned only enough of the Korean
language to fulfil a necessary ministry, and could make but
one reply to all questions: "I came to Korea to save souls,
and I will joyfully die for God." He was tried again on
each of the four following days, and every question was
accompanied by the bastinade, administered with heavy
cudgels on the leg-bones, the bottom of the feet and the
great toes. He did not utter a cry during this ordeal.
.
After each interrogatory, Just�s mangled limbs were wrapped
in oiled paper and he was taken back to prison. When the
sentence of death had been pronounced, he was thrown into a
filthy jail which the deafening noise of a bell ringing
continuously night and day, the darkness, the vermin and
foul air made more dreaded than torture itself. Although
Just de Bretenieres had to spend several days in this awful
abode, where his wounded body had no resting place except
the bare, humid ground, he had the supreme consolation of
meeting there his Bishop with Fathers Beaulieu and Dorie who
had all undergone similar treatment and brutal punishment at
the hands of the Korean magistrate..
.
On March 8th the four prisoners were carried in wooden
chairs, their legs and arms bound to the rungs, their heads
drawn backward and tied. Above the head of each was an
inscription: Just�s bore these words: "Paik [Just�s Korean
name], rebellious and disobedient, condemned to death after
many tortures."
.
Bishop Berneux was the first summoned. His head fell to the
ground at the third blow. Just was called next. His
attendants unloosed him and tore off his clothing. Then they
threw water on his face and sprinkled it with lime. Each ear
was bent over and fixed with a dart. Under his arms, tied
behind his back, they passed a pole, by which he was
suspended and carried about the arena in decreasing circles
until he finally reached the centre. Here they placed him on
his knees, a soldier holding the cord by which his hair was
tied. Six executioners, armed with immense broad-bladed
knives, surrounded the young priest whose serenity never
forsook him for an instant. Four blows were struck, and Just
de Bretenieres was among the band of martyrs.
.
His body was thrown by the Pagans into one grave with his
three companions in martyrdom. Five months later, the
faithful ventured to give these sacred remains a Christian
burial.
.
It was not until September of that year that Mr. & Mrs. de
Bretenieres received word of their son's glorious end. The
father shed tears abundantly, but the mother did not weep;
her mute agony was terrible to behold, but these parents had
the grace to renew, in the presence of Bishop Rivet who
brought the news, the sacrifice, which they had made to God,
of their child; and, together with Christian, they recited a
Te Deum.
.
***
CONDITION:
The book has been restored, using a facsimile front cover
title, the original back cover was preserved over new stiff
covers. Contents solid, clean, usual foxing for a book of
this period from France. Rough cut edges as issued on three
edges, typical French format binding.
.
***
REFERENCES:
WorldCat locates copies of this title:
.
http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AVIE+DE+JUST+DE+
BRETENIERES+MISSIONNAIRE+APOSTOLIQUE&qt=advanced&dblist=638
***
Color scans of this and other items are posted to our web
site.
$230
FRENCH TRAVELS FROM HANOI, VIA THE MEKONG, TSEKOU & CALUCTTA
849 D'ORLEANS, Henri.
FROM TONKIN TO INDIA BY THE SOURCES OF THE IRAWADI,
JANUARY '95 - JANUARY '96 [1895-1896].
London 1898, Methuen. Green pictorial cloth, 467p., index, 2
appendices, glossary, vocabulary, 94 illustrations by G.
Vuillier, color fold out map, top gilt.FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
A fabulous journey & meticulous essay, with a fantastic and
detailed narrative. The journey began in Hanoi, & continued
in Mongtse, Yunnan, Lolos, Mafous, Mekong Basin, Ssumao,
Yang-pi Valley, Tali-Fou, Tibet, Tsekou, Khamti, and on to
India. They experienced treacherous river crossings, plague,
elephants, murder, persecution of Christians, native dance,
crossbow attack on missionaries, and managed to study the
flora, fauna and hunting of the areas. Great primary travel.
With appendes of scientific observation, vocabulary &
transcription of Mosso Manuscripts regarding the creation
story.
*
Basically an expediton from Hanoi to the valley of the
Bramaputra, mostly through uncharted country, and the
discovery of the sources of the Irawadi.
*
THE ORIGINAL SUPERB EDITION:
This is the stunning and superbly printed original edition.
This is NOT the substandard reprint, on thin, shoddy paper
with fuzzy illustrations !
***
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
H. Cordier: SINICA 347.
*
H. Cordier: INDOSINICA p.2439
*
Kaul Early Writings 2094
*
FRENCH TRAVELS FROM HANOI, VIA THE MEKONG, TSEKOU & CALUCTTA
850 D'ORLEANS, Henri.
FROM TONKIN TO INDIA BY THE SOURCES OF THE IRAWADI,
JANUARY '95 - JANUARY '96 [1895-1896].
New York 1898, Dodd. Red Cloth, very good, 467p., index, appendix, foldout color map, 93 drawings by G., Vuillier, book
plate, very clean, large format. FRIST AMERICAN EDITION.RARE
A fabulous journey & meticulous essay, with a fantastic and
detailed narrative. The journey began in Hanoi, & continued
in Mongtse, Yunnan, Lolos, Mafous, Mekong Basin, Ssumao,
$316
Yang-pi Valley, Tali-Fou, Tibet, Tsekou, Khamti, and on to
India. They experienced treacherous river crossings, plague,
elephants, murder, persecution of Christians, native dance,
crossbow attack on missionaries, and managed to study the
flora, fauna and hunting of the areas. Great primary travel.
With appendes of scientific observation, vocabulary &
transcription of Mosso Manuscripts regarding the creation
story.
*
Basically an expediton from Hanoi to the valley of the
Bramaputra, mostly through uncharted country, and the
discovery of the sources of the Irawadi.
*
THE ORIGINAL SUPERB EDITION:
This is the stunning and superbly printed original edition.
This is NOT the substandard reprint, on thin, shoddy paper
with fuzzy illustrations !
***
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
H. Cordier: SINICA 347.
*
H. Cordier: INDOSINICA p.2439
*
Kaul Early Writings 2094
*
$291
A CLASSIC EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE ON THE AREA
851 DAINELLI, Giotto.
BUDDHISTS AND GLACIERS OF WESTERN TIBET.
London 1933, Kegan Paul. Blue cloth, 304p., 1 map, 32 b.w.
photos, very good, minor corner wear, spine bit darkened,
else, contents clean, solid.
R A R E
Diary of an Italian traveler in Western Tibet, from Kashmir
to Leh, the Shyok Valley, across the Siachen Glacier & back.
With observations on the Tibetan people & culture & on travel, the Tibetan mountains and climbing. A very famous work,
covers from Hanoi to the valley of the Bramaputra, much of
the time through unexplored country. A great primary source.
$328
852 DALLEK, Robert. ed.
THE ROOSEVELT DIPLOMACY AND WORLD WAR II.
New York [1970], Holt. Stiff orange wrs., very good, 125p.,
map, bibliography.
covers the War in Euroope & the American involvement & public will. Origins of war with Japan, wartime leadership of
the U.S. The policy of uncondidtional surrender. Diplomacy
at Yalta. An anthology of writings by leading scholars in
the field.
$3
853 DALTON, Charles.
MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN DALTON, H.E.I.C.S. DEFENDER OF
TRICHNOPOLY, 1752-1753.
London 1886, Allen. Red cloth, very good, 249p., appendix,
bookplate, frontis of Dalton.
A keen biographical study from the beginning...to entrance
in the military service. The cruise of H.M.S. Preston 17431748, sketch of the East India Company's affaiars, Rev. F.
Fordyce vs. Lt. Clive & Capt. Dalton, the first and second
expedition against Devi Cotah. Troops sent to Trichinopoly,
affair at Volcondah, French slanders, defeat of enemy,
disasters at Kistna

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