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Shanghai, Shanghai Mercury Limited, 1910 (2nd edition) (first published in 1895). 1 large volume quarto, 284 pp., rebound in modern full bordeaux leather, illustrated with many black & white maps and drawings, some light foxing but internally very good and clean.
Second edition of this scarce book on travelling, shooting and hunting along the Yangtze River. Chapters include yachts and yachting, houseboats, sporting dogs, shooting districts, topographical notes. Intended chiefly for the Shanghai Expatriate Community.
Dabieshan - Traditional Chinese iron-production techniques practised in southern Henan in the twentieth century
London and Malmö, Curzon Press Ltd, 1985. 1 volume in-8, 112 pp., library hardback, a Chinese stamp on the title page, library labels on the cover with library documents on end pages, good condition.
Contents: Preface - Sources on the iron industry of southern Henan - Traditional iron-production techniques of southern Henan - Ironsand - Forestry and charcoal production - Blast furnaces - Refining furnances - Notes - Chinese characters - References and abbreviations - Index.
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume V: 11
UK, Cambridge University Press, 2008. 1 volume, hard-cover with illustrated dust jacket, in-4, xxxiii+477 pp., 48 plates, 139 figures, 4 tables, 14 text boxes, very good copy.
Contents: Introduction - Introductory orientations: the traditional Chinese iron industry in recent centuries - The earliest use of iron in China - The flourishing iron industry of the -3rd and -2nd centuries - The Han state monopoly of the iron industry - The arts of the smith from late Han through Tang - Techincal evolution and economic revolution in the Song period - Economic expansion in the Ming period - Some Chinese contributions to modern siderurgical technology - Epilogue - Bibliography - Index - Table of Chinese periods and dynasties.
The State and the Iron Industry in Han China
Copenhagen, NIAS Publishing, 2001. 1 volume in-8, 148 pp., paperback, illustrated covers, one Chinese stamp on the title page, enriched with 20 figures, 2 text boxes and 2 tables in texte, very good condition.
Table of Contents: Introduction - Outline history of the monopoly - Dicourses on salt and iron - The administration of the iron monopoly - Reasons for the monopoly, reasons for opposition - The technology of the Iron Offices - 7. Conclusing remarks - Tables 1-2 - References - Index.
The Traditional Chinese Iron Industry and its Modern Fate
Surrey, Curzon Press, 1997. 1 volume in-8, 106 pp., paperback, illustrated cover, cover shows a folded line, enriched with 29 figures in texte, good condition.
The Shanghai Badlands: Wartime Terrorism and Urban Crime, 1937-1941
USA, Cambridge University Press, 2002. 1 volume, illustrated paperback, in-8, 227 pp., 3 maps, very good copy.
Contents: Prologue - Island Shanghai - Blue Shirts - National salvation - Retaliation: Pro-Japanese terrorism - Provocation: The Chen Lu assassination - Capiulation: The Xi Shitai assassination - The puppet police and 76 Jessfield Road - Terrorism and crime - Rackets - Terrorist wars - Dimout - Epilogue.
Shanghai Sojourners
USA, University of California, 1992. 1 volume, illustrated paperback, in-8, 362 pp., with map, very good copy.
Contents: The Shanghai Banker's Association 1915-1927 - Three Roads into Shanghai's Market - New Culture, Old Habits - The Evolution of the Shanghai Student Protest Repertoires - Regulating Sex in Shanghai - Progressive Journalism and Shanghai's Petty Urbanites - Migrant Culture in Shanghai - 'The Pact with the Devil' - Strikes among Shanghai Silk Weavers.
Planning in Chinese Agriculture: Socialisation and the Private Sector, 1956-1962
Great Britain, Frank Cass & Company Ltd., 1967. 1 volume, hard-cover, in-8, xviii+109 pp., 16 tables, very good copy.
Contents: Preface - Introduction - Part One: The Background to Socialisation - Part Two: The Economic Significance of the Private Sector of Agriculture - Part Three: Socialisation and the Treatment of the Private Sector of Agriculture 1956-1962 - Appendices - Index.
Mes Chasses en Chine - Le Takin. - Le Mouflon du Kansou. - Le Serow à Crinière blanche. - Le Chevreuil et le Wapiti du Kansou. - La Gazelle de Przewlski. - La Gazelle de Mongolie.
Paris, Payot, 1939. 1 volume in-8, 227 pp., broché, couverture illustrée, dos blanc, enrichi de 12 plaches et de deux cartes, très bon état.
The Kiangsi Soviet Republic: Mao and the National Congresses of 1931 and 1934
Berkeley, The Regents of the University of California, 1973. 1 volume in-8, 116 pp., orange cloth hardback with a grey paper printed cover, ex-library with markings, labels and stamps on endpages, spine and some pages, the upper left corner of the cover is damaged by adhesive tape, fair condition.
The Local Government of China: A Study of the Administrative Nature of Local Units
China, China Institsute of Pacific Relations, 1945. 1 volume, paperback, in-12, iii+50 pp., stapled and last cover nearly detached, ex. library.
Une Prononciation Chinoise de Po-Pei (Province de Kouang-si), étudiée à l'aide de la phonétique expérimentale.
Paris, Librairie Ernest Leroux, 1932. 1 volume in-8, 158 pp., broché, dos insolé, bon exemplaire.
The History of Science and Technology in China
Beijing, Chinese Science Publisher, 1998. 1 volume, hard-cover with dust-jacket, in-4, X-422 pp., 3 tables, a very good copy.
Le Travail Industriel des Femmes et des Enfants en Chine
Paris, Editions Pedone, Editeur, 1933. 1 volume in-8, VI-298 pp, broché, non coupé, état de neuf.
Le Travail Industriel des Femmes et des Enfants en Chine
Paris, Editions Pedone, Editeur, 1933. 1 volume in-8, VI-298 pp, broché, petit manque de papier sur la première couverture et le dernier plat, bon état général
La Femme dans la Société Chinoise - Sa situation sociale, civile et politique
Paris, A. Pedone Editeur, 1933. 1 volume in-8, XI-252 pp, reliure moderne plein cuir brun, couvertures imprimées conservées, très bon état.
Table des matières: La situation sociale de la Femme: La femme et la famille - L'instruction féminine - Les occupations féminines - La situation civile de la Femme: Le mariage -Le régime matrimonial - Le divorce - Les successions - La situation politique de la Femme: le mouvement féminin - - Le vote féminin - La participation de la femme à la vie politique - Conclusion - Bibliographie.
The Land of the Blue Poppy - Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet
London, Cambrige: Printed by John Clay, M.A., 1913. Reprint by Ch'eng Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1971 1 volume in-12, 283 pp., dark green cloth hardcover with illustrations, very good condition.
A record of the authors experiences and observations in Western China and south eastern Tibet during 1911 when he was engaged in collecting plants for a horticulture firm in England. Contains maps and photographs of the area covered, along with an appendix giving a list of plants collected during the expedition.
Pamphlets on China and Things Chinese - Chinese Drama - Peiping Theaters and Their Performers
Peiping, Published by the War Area Service Corps (W.A.S.C.) National Military Council, March 1946. Series PB, No 1. 1 pamphlet, stapled, soft covers, 24 pp., a good copy printed on war-time paper.
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Those pamphlets on China were published by the War Area Service Corps, established by Chiang Kai-Shek and cover all phases of Chinese life, thought, history and institutions. This number focuses on Chinese Drama.
Pamphlets on China and Things Chinese - A Symposium on the New Life Movement
Peiping, Published by the War Area Service Corps (W.A.S.C.) National Military Council, March 1946. Series PC, No 3. 1 pamphlet, stapled, soft covers, 29 pp., a good copy printed on war-time paper.
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Those pamphlets on China were published by the War Area Service Corps, established by Chiang Kai-Shek and cover all phases of Chinese life, thought, history and institutions. This number focuses on the New Life Movement, initiated by Chiang Kai-Skek on February 1934.
China - Before the Han Dynasty
London, Thames and Hudson, 1961. 1 volume in-12, 264 pp., green cloth hardback with a red illustrated dustjacket, one Chinese stamp on the title page, enriched with 77 photographs, 66 line drawings and 3 maps, very good condition.
Chinese Ivories - Catalogue and Souvenir of the Grice Collection
Sheffield, England, The Graves Art Gallery, 1958. 1 volume, in-quarto, printed covers, soft back, viii-72 pp., illustrated with b/w photographic plates, a very good copy.
This is an exhibition Catalogue of the Collection of Chinese Carved Ivory formed by Dr J.N.N. Grice whilst living and working in China and acquired from him by Dr J.G. Graves for presentation to the Graves Art Gallery founded by him in Sheffield. Reputed to be one of the best collections of such objects in the world. Forward and accompanying text by William Watson and Edited by Richard Seddon.
Fleurs et Epines du Kiang-Si
Lyon, Bureau des Missions Catholiques, 1921. 1 volume in-8, XVI-272 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir bordeaux, couvertures illustrées conservées, orné de nombreuses photographies et illustrations et d'une carte dépliante, envoi de l'auteur, très bon état général.
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Counting House: The History of Pricewaterhouse Coopers on the China Coast
Hong Kong, Published by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Printed by The local Printing Press, Ye Olde Printerie, 2002 (limited edition). 1 volume in-folio, hard covers with an illustrated dust-jacket, 276 pp. + [30] pp. (Acknowledgements-Bibliography-Index), with numerous illustrations, some light foxing on end-pages, overall a very good copy.
The History of PricewaterhouseCoopers on the China Coast."In addition to covering PwC's history as a firm in what is today a reunified China mainland, Counting House describes that broader evolution, and introduces those who played a role in it. Here is a story of, at times, personal and professional struggle, of internment and malady, inquiry and litigation - compensated for by ultimate triumph." A very scarce copy of this internally distributed document.
Shanghai: Crucible of Modern China
Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 1990. 1 volume, illustrated paperback, in-8, 299 pp., 21 plates, very good copy.
Contents: Shanghai before the Coming of the Foreigners - The Opium War and the Opening of Shanghai as a Treaty Port - The Creation of a Foreign Community in Shanghai - Chinese Rebellions and the Growth of Shanghai into a Major Metropolis - The Cosmopolitan City of Shanghai - Shanghai Moves into the Modern Age - The Shanghai of the Foreigners - The Chinese Adjust to Living among Foreigners - Shanghai as China Entered the Twentieth Century - From Enlightenment to Revolution - The Revolution of 1911 in Shanghai - The 'Good Old Days': Intellectual and Political Ferment in Shanghai - The Nationalist Era - Epilogue: Shanghai after 1945.
La Politique Missionnaire de la France en Chine 1842-1856 - L'ouverture des cinq ports chinois au commerce étranger et la liberté religieuse
Paris, Nouvelles Editions Latines, 1960. 1 volume in-8, 654 pp., reliure demi-basane à coins, dos à nerfs orné, couverture souple illustrée conservée, enrichi d'illustrations, très bon état.
Thèse présentée par Louis Wei Tsing-Sing, Docteur de l'Université de Paris, ancien élève de l'Institut Franco-Chinois de Lyon. Préface de M. Pierre Renouvin, Membre de l'Institut. Ouvrage publié avec le concours de Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.Très importante bibliographie sur les ouvrages consacrés à la Chine.
