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Phone number : 852 95539385Paris, Editions Pierre Bossuet, 1937. 1 volume in-8, 135 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir beige, couverture conservée (avec un léger manque de papier), illustré d'une carte des Réseaux de Chemins de fer de la République Chinoise, bon état général. Peu courant.
Table des matières: Introduction - Aperçu des Oeuvres sociales existant dans les Entreprises industrielles en Chine - Les conditions de la vie personnelle et familiale des Cheminots - La vie professionnelle des Agents - Le problème de l'Education dans les Chemins de Fer - Un exemple des Oeuvres Sociales appliquées dans les réseaux de Chemins de fer étrangers. Bibliographie.
Paris, Collection de la Révolution Prolétarienne - III, 1954. 1 volume in-12, 158 pp., broché, couverture imprimée, quelques inscriptions sur les feuillets, bon état général.
HuaHin (Thailand), The Elephant Book Press, 2008. 2 volumes in-4, 700 pp., illustrés de 8 planches en couleurs, toile éditeur bleue, en coffret toilé bleu. Etat parfaitement neuf.
Bibliographie capitale des ouvrages en langues étrangères sur la Chine. 1550 volumes présentés, annotés et analysés. De toute importance pour tout bibliophile et collectionneur d'ouvrages anciens sur la Chine.
HuaHin (Thailand), The Elephant Book Press, 2008-2012. 3 volumes in-4, 700 pp. (2 premiers volumes) - XXIV-207 ppp. (supplément), illustrés de 8 planches en couleurs, toile éditeur bleue, en coffret toilé bleu. Etat parfaitement neuf.
Bibliographie capitale des ouvrages en langues étrangères sur la Chine. 1550 volumes présentés, annotés et analysés dans les 2 premiers volumes plus un grand nombre d'ouvrages présentés dans le supplément. De toute importance pour tout bibliophile et collectionneur d'ouvrages anciens sur la Chine.
Glasgow, James Brown & Son, Publishers, 1914. Reprinted by Cheng Wen Publishing Company, Taipei,1966. 1 volume in-12, 387 pp.+ XXXIII with illustrations and plan. Tiffany Cloth in very good condition.
On the basis of log books and information supplied by sailors, owners, designers, and builders, Lubbock has written an history of the China Clipper ship. This work describes and illustrates the structure of many of the ships, discusses the history of individual ships, and describes the China Clipper trade competition.
USA, Greenwood Press, 1982. 1 volume, hard covers, in-8, xi+194 pp., 7 illustrations, very good copy.
Content: Illustrations - Acknowledgments - 1. Introduction - 2. Ts'ai Yuan-p'ei 1898-1919: The Making of a New Cultural Liberal - 3. Breakdown of the New Culture Consensus and Emergence of a New Liberal Posture - 4. The Dilemmas of the Warlord Period - 5. The Early Nationalist Period, 1927-1933 - 6. Liberal Periodicals during the Nationalist Period, 1928-1937 - 7. The Japanese Threat and Gravitation toward the Government - 8. Modern Chinese Liberalism in Comparative Perspective - Abbreviations Used in the Notes - Notes - Bibliography - Index.
Paris, Editions A. Maloine, 1914. 1 volume in-12, 276 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir bordeaux, illustré de 270 figures représentant 270 caractères chinois, dûs à l'élégant pinceau de M. Ma-Si-Tsan, intérieur frais, bon état général.
Etude des caractères chinois relatifs à la maladie avec un inventaire de tous les maux physiques et psychiques. Ouvrage peu courant.
Paris, Editions A. Maloine, 1914. 1 volume in-12, 276 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir bordeaux, illustré de 270 figures représentant 270 caractères chinois, dûs à l'élégant pinceau de M. Ma-Si-Tsan, intérieur frais, bon état général.
Etude des caractères chinois relatifs à la maladie avec un inventaire de tous les maux physiques et psychiques. Ouvrage peu courant.
Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 2005. 1 volume, hard-cover with illustrated dust-jacket, in-8, xiii+269 pp., 1 map, 21 figures, 2 tables, a very good copy.
Contents: Illustrations and Tables - Preface - Introduction - On the Rivers and Lakes - Sympathy Versus Antipathy - Legend Has It - Coping with Mendicants - Ruling the Street - The Wisdom of Mendicancy - Men's Limbs and Women's Mouths - Chairman Mao Picked on a Beggar - Conclusion - Character List - Appendix: The Sound of Mendicity - Notes - Bibliography - Index
London, Chinese Ministry of Information Pamphlets - Number 6, 1946. 1 pamphlet, 32 pp., stapled, used cover, paper yellowed, overall good condition.
Table of Contents: The Chinese Industrial Co-Operatives - Brief History of the Co-Operative Movement in China up to 1937 - Birth of the C.I.C Movement - Industrial Co-Operatives of North-West China - The Co-Operative Federations - Education, Training and Social and Welfare Work - "Paochi, a Co-Operative City" . Post-War reconstruction - International Co-Operation.
Printed by Manger, Hughes & Manger, Inc., New York, Primitive Edition, 1928. Privatelt Printed No 323. 1 volume in quarto, viii-108 pp., bound in pictorial, paper-covered hard boards, spine ends nicked with minor chipping, minor soiling to binding, a very good copy. Fully illustrated by Portraits of 15 illustrious Prime Ministers in China. These Portraits have been loaned for Monotone Reproductions, from the Rare Art Collection belonging to Colonel Horatio Seymour Rubens.
A rather scarce first edition of this book, privately printed and probably distributed by Long Sang Ti, Chinese Curio Co., in New York. Contents include: Three Ancient Sage Emperors as Frontispice - Presentation - Fifteen Illustrious Prime Ministers in China - The Ancient Wheel - A collection of Pearls: Everlasting Gifts from Ancient Sages - Precepts from the Chinese Golden Rule - Chinese Dynasties: Synoptical Table.
Printed by Manger, Hughes & Manger, Inc., New York, Primitive Edition, 1928. 1 volume in quarto, viii-108 pp., rebound in modern full leather, a very good copy. Fully illustrated by Portraits of 15 illustrious Prime Ministers in China. These Portraits have been loaned for Monotone Reproductions, from the Rare Art Collection belonging to Colonel Horatio Seymour Rubens.
A rather scarce first edition of this book, privately printed and probably distributed by Long Sang Ti, Chinese Curio Co., in New York. Contents include: Three Ancient Sage Emperors as Frontispice - Presentation - Fifteen Illustrious Prime Ministers in China - The Ancient Wheel - A collection of Pearls: Everlasting Gifts from Ancient Sages - Precepts from the Chinese Golden Rule - Chinese Dynasties: Synoptical Table.
Paris, Dujarric & Cie, Éditeurs, 1904. 1 volume in-12, 344 pp., reliure ancienne demi-chagrin, dos à nerfs orné, très bon état.
Traduction de l'anglais (The Path of Empire) par G. Giluncy. Table des Matières: De Kobe jusqu'en corée - Le chemin de l'Empire à travers la Corée - La Terre du Matin Calme - Dalny, point terminus commercial du Transssibérien - Port-Arthur, point terminus militaire du Transsibérien - A Pékin - La Japonisation de la Chine - De Pékin à Niou-Chouang - A travers la Mandchourie - L'importance de la Mandchourie - Le chemin de l'Empire à travers la Mongolie - Le Lac Baïkal - Irkoutsk - Mes compagnons de voyage - D"Irkoutsk à Tomsk - L'Express - La réforme du système d'exil - A travers le bassin de l'Obi - Le grand trek vers l'Est - A Moscou au coeur de la Russie - Où conduit, pour la Russie, le Chemin de l'Empire.
Paris, Fayard, 1978. 1 volume in-8, broché, couvertures souples illustrées, 456 pp., enrichi de nombreuses cartes et illustrations, tranches un peu piquées, un tampon chinois, bon état général.
Macau, Tipografia Mercantil de N.T. Fernandes & Filhos, 1929. 1 volume in-8, 132 pp. + 24 pp. de graphiques et statistiques, illustré de nombreuses reproductions photographiques et de 2 cartes en couleurs, reliure moderne plein cuir, couvertures illustrées conservées. Un rare témoignage bilingue (anglais et portugais). 1 volume, in-8, rebound in full modern leather, original covers kept but slightly soiled, some watermarks on lower part of pthe pages, overall a good copy.
Important monography of Macao, published for the Portuguese Exhibition in Sevilla (Spain) in 1929. With many photographic illustrations, maps and graphics.
A Paris, Chez F. Buisson, Imprimeur-Libraire, An XII (1804). 1 volume in-4, reliure ancienne demi-basane, plats cartonnés fortement frottés, intérieur propre, comportant une collection de 37 Planches et 4 Cartes dessinées à Londres, et gravées en taille-douce par Tardieu l'aîné, bon état.
Atlas seul, sans les 5 volumes de texte. Only the atlas of maps and prints, without the 5 volumes of text.
Paris, Chez M.me V.e Lepetit, Libraire, 1817. 1 volume in-12 oblong, couverture cartonnée d'éditeur salie (soiled covers), enrichi d'une carte dépliante de la Chine et de 22 petites gravures en noir et blanc (1 map of China and 22 small prints), quelques rousseurs (some foxing), état correct.
Cet atlas du voyage en Chine de Macartney fait partie de la Bibliothèque portative des Voyages, traduite de l'anglais par MM. Henry et Breton, Tome XXXV.
A Paris, Chez F. Buisson, Imprimeur-Libraire, An XII (1804). 5 volumes de texte, reliure plein veau, plats ornés de liserés, dos ornés, très beaux exemplaires et 1 volume d'atlas in quarto, reliure ancienne plein veau, comportant une collection de 37 Planches et 4 Cartes dessinées à Londres, et gravées en taille-douce par Tardieu l'aîné, excellent état. REMISE POSSIBLE POUR ACHAT DIRECT - DISCOUNT OFFERED FOR DIRECT SALE - PLEASE CONTACT THE BOOKSELLER FOR MORE INFORMATION
Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, The MIT Press, 1972. 1 volume in-8, 525 pp., paperback, illustrated covers, two Chinese stamps on the title page, very good condition.
Contents: Politics and Organisation - Economic Development - Culture and Society - Foreign Relations.
London, The Reader's Digest Association Limited, 1972. 1 volume in-8, 171 pp., rhardback with an illustrated dustjacket, enriched with multiple photographs, very goof condition.
London, T. Fisher Unwin, Adelphi Terrace, (1912), reprinted by Ch'eng Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1974. 1 volume in-12, 351 pp., red cloth hardcover with 38 illustrations, very good condition.
New York, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1896, Reprinted by Cheng Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1972. 1 volume in-12., 346 pp. with Portraits, illustrations and Maps, blue cloth, in very good condition.
This Account of Formosa includes thorough descriptions of geography, animal and plant life, and some history. The main portion of the text is devoted to Dr. Mackays experiences among the Chinese on Formosa in his attempts to christianize them.
USA, University of California Press, 2008. 1 volume, hard-cover with illustrated dust-jacket, in-8, xiv+182 pp., photographic illustrations by Robert Capa, 3 maps, 2 tables, a very good copy.
Contents: Wuhan before the War - Defending Central China, 1938: Military Leadership and Strategy - The Battle for Xuzhou and the Defense of Wuhan - Wuhan's Refugee Crisis - Culture and the Press - Mobilizing Youth - Romantic Hankou: The International Dimension - Conclusion.
USA, University of California Press, 1987. 1 volume, hard-cover with illustrated dust-jacket, in-8, xxx+230 pp., 1 map, very good copy.
Contents: Preface - Notes on Romanization and Typographic Conventions - Cast of Characters - Chronology - Introduction by James Thomson - Henry Luce and the Gordian Knot - The Shanghai Scene in the 1930s - Romantic Hankow, 1938 - Chungking: A Different time and a Different Place - Newsgathering and Censorship - The Gatekeepers: Deciding What Finally Reaches the Reader - The Missed Stories - Political Objectivity and Personal Judgments - Press Coverage of China, American Government Policy, and Public Opinion - Conclusion.
USA, Stanford University Press, 2007. 1 volume, hard-cover with illustrated dust-jacket, in-8, 380 pp., 6 maps, 16 tables, very good copy.
Contents: State Formation: Japan Guomindang Efforts at Nationwide Coordination - The Early Occupied Areas - The Later Occupied Areas - Unoccupied or Partially Occupied Areas.