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Der Canton-Strom Meistens nach den Englischen Aufnahmen von 1840-1857

by Petermann, A. H.

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First printing
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1858
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Map
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Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1858. First printing. Map. Very good condition. Map of China. On the left is the vicinity of Hong Kong and Macao extending up to the river to include Guangzhou (Canton). To its right is the extensive river delta from Guangzhou to Anunghoy Island. In the top right corner is an inset plan providing an even… Read more about this item
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A Thousand Peaks and Myriad Ravines. Chinese Paintings in the Charles A. Drenowatz Collection, 2 volumes
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A Thousand Peaks and Myriad Ravines. Chinese Paintings in the Charles A. Drenowatz Collection, 2 volumes

by Chu-Tsing Li

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First edition
Published
1974
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Hardcover book
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Switzerland: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 1974. First edition. Hardcover book. Fine condition. The Drenowatz collection studied and interpreted by Professor Chutsing Li who brings the Chinese paintings into historical context. "Grouping... paintings under 15 chapters according to schools and trends,... but also puts it in the context of the whole history of Ming and Ch'ing painting." Volume I is… Read more about this item
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Top Side Ricksha
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Top Side Ricksha

by Bixby, Harold McMillan

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Published
1938
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Hardcover book
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[Place of publication not identified}: Privately Printed, 1938. Hardcover book. A private printing of a typescript by Bixby [1890 - 1965], who was involved with aviation at an early stage and clearly spent extensive time in China in the aviation industry during the 1930s. The book exists in three copies on OCLC. This copy is inscribed on the ffep… Read more about this item
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Asia. From the best Authorities

Asia. From the best Authorities

by Kitchin, Thomas

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1770
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London, 1770. Very good condition. The Asian continent showing Russian Empire, China, Persia. Pre-Cook but includes Torres Strait and Northeast of Australia. 9 7/8 x 7 3/4", copper engraving.
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An Archive of mostly United States Consular Papers during the Japanese invasion of China
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An Archive of mostly United States Consular Papers during the Japanese invasion of China

by China; Japanese Invasion

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Published
1938
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Ephemera
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1938. Ephemera. Good + overall. An assortment of official and unofficial American Embassy communiqués, memoranda and paperwork, mostly from 1937, dealing with Japanese invasion and occupation of China. The collection is composed of 14 items, including 3 roneoed single page, folio, maps- The River Yangste, from Shanghai, the Blue Sea to Suifu (the limit of steam navigation) … Read more about this item
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Primitive Lumber Sawing in Peiping, China

Primitive Lumber Sawing in Peiping, China

by [China; Photography]

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Published
1937
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Meadville, PA: Keystone View Company, 1937. Fine. Stereoview card, Image # 23980, of two men sawing lumber by hand. Full description on verso. Also identified by number T539 on front center. Stereoview card with two real photographs mounted on gray stock, curved mounts, with captions and text on verso, the images are dark and sharp. The Keystone… Read more about this item
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Messrs. Ranck, Kelhoeffer and Butzbach. Our three Missionaries in China

Messrs. Ranck, Kelhoeffer and Butzbach. Our three Missionaries in China

by [China; Missionaries] The Art Nouveau (Platino) Stereograph

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1905
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Philadelphia: C.H. Graves, 1905. Very good condition. A stereoview of 3 graduates from North Western College, in Orange City, Iowa. 2 men sitting, 1 standing outside in front of a stairway and building. Written on the verso is North Western College, Orange City, Iowa in pencil. North Western College exists today as a Christian college. 7 x… Read more about this item
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A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Birds

by [Chinese Pith Paintings]

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Published
1870
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Silk covered boards
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Canton: SunQua Studio, 1870. Silk covered boards. 12 intricate bird paintings on pith with foreground, flowers and trees detailed around them. Images include partridges, Mandarin ducks, water fowl, pheasants, etc. Leaves mounted with dark pale turquoise silk ribbon to paper leaves. Oblong 8vo, 8 1/2 x 11 3/4" with original ties. Western binding opening from the right. Bound in… Read more about this item
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Collection of real photo views of Shanghai with captions in Chinese and English

by [China; Shanghai]

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1920
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1920. Very good condition. 17 b&w real photographs highlighting Shanghai views. Most are captioned in Chinese & English, some Chinese only. English captions read; Sampan Boat S'hai, Canton Junk, Lung Wha Pagoda, The Wing On Co. S'hai, Bird's Eye View of the Nanking Road S'hai, The Bund, Soochow Creek, Willow Tea House, Nanking Road, Sedan Chair Shanghai, Chinese… Read more about this item
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Illustrated London News for 1866 January to July

by Hong Kong; Brisbane Australia

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First printing
Published
1866
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Hardcover
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London: Illustrated London News, 1866. First printing. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. A half-yearly bound volume of the Illustrated London News, with woodblock illustrations on every page including panoramas of Hong Kong and Brisbane, Queensland. Folio bound volume, 652 pages with wood engraved illustrations. Bound in half calf and marble boards, rubbed on the edges.
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A 24-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of elegantly dressed Chinese Nobility

by [Chinese Pith Paintings]. Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870)

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Published
1870
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Canton: Youqua Studio, 1870. Silk covered boards. Very good overall. 24 large and intricate paintings of Chinese nobility dressed in their finery. This album bears the red stamp with border for "Youqua Painter, Old Street, No. 34" affixed to the inside cover. Leaves mounted with pale turquoise silk ribbon to paper leaves. The album size 33.2… Read more about this item
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Atlas of the Chinese Empire; containing separate maps of the Eighteen provinces of China Proper ..... together with an index to all the names on the maps and a list of all Protestant Mission Stations, &c

by Stanford, Edward

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Published
1908
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London: The China Inland Mission, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Maps in very good condition. Offered as a collection of Chinese provincial maps, interesting for the locations of the Protestant mission stations, an ex-library copy that would require rebacking. Small folio, xii, index map plus 22 province maps in color, some double-page and one with a fold down flap,… Read more about this item
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A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Chinese Nobility

by [Chinese Pith Paintings] SunQua

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1870
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Canton: SunQua, 1870. Silk covered boards. Otherwise very good condition. This album bears the red stamp of Sunqua, with border & stars. The nobility include the Emperor and Empress, who are followed by the nobility, men and their women. The painting is particularly fine, with intricate robes and portraits. The National Library of Australia in their collection holds… Read more about this item
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The French Industrial Exhibition of Beijing 1965, Album of Photos, menus etc.

by China; France

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Published
1965
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Beijing, 1965. Hardcover book. Very good condition. A keepsake album of the French Industrial Exhibition which opened in Beijing on Friday 19, November 1965, which was a gathering of French-Chinese industrial and trade partners. Inside are invitations written in French and Chinese, typewritten seating chart, photographs of Chinese architecture and sculpture, postcards - some with pencil notations "Isphahan-Khazoo… Read more about this item
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Collection of 16 Chinese Firework package decorations for the firm Fat Shan Lai Wo Cheong

by [China; Fireworks; Fat Shan Lai Wo Cheong]

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1910
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Guangdong, China, 1910. Ephemera. Very good condition. Attractive Chinese firework labels with the manufacturers name, 'Fat Shan Lai Wo Cheong' printed with a red rubber stamp on the verso of most. According to the description of a group of labels held by the MOA at the University of British Columbia, they were made in Guangzhou, Guandong and Canton,… Read more about this item
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A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Processionals

by [Chinese Pith Paintings]. Kheshing Studio

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Published
1860
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Canton: Kheshing Studio, 1860. Silk covered boards. Otherwise very good condition. With the Kheshing stamp in the front stating that they we26592re dealers in silks and other sundry articles. We can locate only one other listing for a pith painting album from Kheshing at the Sydney Living Museum. The processionals include children, men playing instruments, carrying temples that… Read more about this item
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Map of North Eastern China, prepared in the War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Military Information Division

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Second edition
Published
1900
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Washington DC: Norris Peters Co., 1900. Second edition. Paper map covering Mt. Suma Hada in the West to Sheng King, and South to Hang Chou Bay, with inset Index Map showing proximity to Japan. Printed in brown and green, later printed in b&w by National Geographic Society. 30 x 59", original folds, splits at fold lines, otherwise… Read more about this item
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Reiserrouten des Indischen Punditen in Gross Tibet und dem Mongolei 1879-1882

by Atkinson, G.W.E.

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1885
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Justus Perthes, 1885. Very good condition. A map of Mongolia and the upper portion of Tibet,with an inset of Plan von Lhasa. Atkinson was a British expert on Tibet. 18.25 x 22", stamped "Militar Weissenschaftlicher Verzein in Graz" at top.
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A 36-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Birds, Shells and Chinese life

by [Chinese Pith Paintings] In the school of Sunqua

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Published
1830
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Canton: SunQua Studio, 1830. Silk covered boards. The 12 bird images are full page, finely done with grass, rocks and flowers with shrubs or trees. Unusually, the half page images are mounted on the verso of the sheets of bird images. The half page images include collections of shells (4); women playing musical instruments (8); men sitting, a scribe,… Read more about this item
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Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan. An Account of the Activities and Adventures of the Second and Third German Turfan Expeditions

by von Le Coq, Albert; Anna Barwell (transl.)

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First UK edition
Published
1928
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Hardcover
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1928. First UK edition. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. A translation of the German book describing their discoveries in the Turfan oasis. With the book plate of Arcadi Gluckman [1896 - 1983] who was a Colonel in the US Army. He spoke fluent Chinese and was among Stillwell's primary officers in the… Read more about this item
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