‎Shanghai - A Century of Change in Photographs 1843-1949‎

‎Published and Printed in Hong Kong, Hai Feng Publishing Co, 1996 (5th edition). 1 large volume in-quarto, [10]- 150 pp., hard covers with illustrated dust-jacket, with numerous black and white illustrations depicting Shanghai scene and life during a century, as new.‎

‎Panorama of Peking during the Celebrations of the sixtieth anniversary of the Chinese Emperor Kang-He's birthday‎

‎Shanghai, Photo-lithographed from the original by Tien-Shih-Chai Photo-Lithographic works, 1879. 1 small volume in-16, chinese binding, original gilt pictorial purple silk covers (detached), illustrations in black and white on chinese paper, vi pp. of text in english by chinese publisher, 292 pages lithographed with illustrations and 7 pages of chinese text, good condition despite covers detached. Each illustration has an english caption below and a chinese caption on the side.‎

‎Extremely rare document, published by photolithography, a technical process new in China at that time. "The original of these sketches, printed over 150 years ago and expensively mounted on silk, was brought to the present publisher as a rare book of considerable value; and, giving as it does a glimpse of the Chinese in their Capital as they were a century and a half ago - portrayed by their own hands - a fac-simile reproduction, will, it is hoped, not be without interest to the European public." Introduction by the publisher.‎

‎China The Beautiful - A Pictorial Record‎

‎Hong Kong, Published by The China Culture Press, Printed by Asiatic Litho. Printing Press, 1956 (Second Edition). 1 volume in-folio, 228 p., beige hard covers, illustrated dust-jacket, fully illustrated with black & white and colour photographs on New China, a copy in pristine condition. An other copy, sold without dust-jacket at 60 euros.‎

‎A beautifully illustrated book on the different Provinces of China.‎

‎Le Saint-Edit - Etude de Littérature Chinoise‎

‎Shanghaï, Bureau des Statistiques, Inspectorat Général des Douanes, 1879. 1 volume in-4, xix-317 pp., reliure toile verte gaufrée éditeur, très bel état.‎

‎Traduction française du Saint-Edit, ensemble de seize maximes, ou préceptes de 7 caractères chacun, dont la rédaction est due au célèbre K'ang-His. Cet ouvrage fut publié en 1671. En 1724, Yung-Cheng, fils et successeur de K'ang His fit un commentaire de ces 16 préceptes et le publia sous forme de déclaration, le sheng-yu kuang-hsun ou amplification du Saint-Edit.‎

‎Le Saint-Edit - Etude de Littérature Chinoise‎

‎Shanghaï, Bureau des Statistiques, Inspectorat Général des Douanes, 1879. 1 volume in-4, xix-317 pp., reliure toile verte gaufrée éditeur, mouillures sur les plats, intérieur propre et très frais, bon état général.‎

‎Traduction française du Saint-Edit, ensemble de seize maximes, ou préceptes de 7 caractères chacun, dont la rédaction est due au célèbre K'ang-His. Cet ouvrage fut publié en 1671. En 1724, Yung-Cheng, fils et successeur de K'ang His, fit un commentaire de ces 16 préceptes et le publia sous forme de déclaration, le sheng-yu kuang-hsun ou amplification du Saint-Edit.‎

‎Au Pays des Pagodes - Notes de Voyage - Hongkong, Macao, Shanghai, Le Houpé, le Hounan, le Kouei-Tcheou‎

‎Shanghaï, publié par l'Imprimerie de la Presse Orientale, distribué par la Librairie Orientale et Américaine Jean Maisonneuve à Paris, 1900. 1 volume in-8, 429 pp., illustré de 56 gravures et photogravures, reliure moderne plein cuir brun, très bon exemplaire.‎

‎Récit de voyage en Chine, empreint de sincérité et de vérité sur la Chine. Belle préface du Général TchengKi-Tong. Rare impression de Shanghai.Table des matières; De Hongkong à Canton - Canton et ses indutries - Canton, çà et là - Les Pagodes de Canton - Canton - Le Port et la Rivière - Macao - Hongkong - Shanghai - Le Yang-Tze Kiang - Sur la Rivière Yuen - A travers le Hounan - Le Kouei-Tcheou - Tsinki - Le Kouei-Tcheou - Les Mindes de Mercure - -Kouy-Yang-Fou - A travers le Kouri-Tcheou - Le Rivière Yuen - Les Canaux - Le Yang-Tse Kiang.‎

‎Au Pays des Pagodes - Notes de Voyage - Hongkong, Macao, Shanghai, Le Houpé, le Hounan, le Kouei-Tcheou‎

‎Shanghaï, publié par l'Imprimerie de la Presse Orientale, distribué par la Librairie Orientale et Américaine Jean Maisonneuve à Paris, 1900. 1 volume in-8, 429 pp., illustré de 56 gravures et photogravures, reliure moderne plein cuir, couverture illustrée conservée mais défraîchie, tranches effrangées et empoussiérées sinon bon exemplaire.‎

‎Récit de voyage en Chine, empreint de sincérité et de vérité sur la Chine. Belle préface du Général TchengKi-Tong. Rare impression de Shanghai.Table des matières; De Hongkong à Canton - Canton et ses industries - Canton, çà et là - Les Pagodes de Canton - Canton - Le Port et la Rivière - Macao - Hongkong - Shanghai - Le Yang-Tze Kiang - Sur la Rivière Yuen - A travers le Hounan - Le Kouei-Tcheou - Tsinki - Le Kouei-Tcheou - Les Mindes de Mercure - -Kouy-Yang-Fou - A travers le Kouri-Tcheou - Le Rivière Yuen - Les Canaux - Le Yang-Tse Kiang.‎

‎De Shang-hai à Canton‎

‎Paris, Editions Emile-Paul Frères, 1927. 1 volume in-12, 84 pp., frontispice de François de Marliave, cèlèbre peintre et illustrateur, broché exemplaire. Un des 1500 exemplaires sur Vélin Lafuma.‎

‎Recueil de trois nouvelles inspirées d'un voyage à Shanghai et à Canton. Table des Matières: Une Nuit de Shang-Hai - Musée secret - Bateaux de Fleurs.‎

‎Géographie de la Chine - I - La Région du Nord (Bassin du Hoang-Ho)‎

‎Chang-Hai, Imprimerie de T'ou-Sè-Wè, Zi-Ka-Wei, 1923. 1 volume in-12, reliure demi-toile, plats cartonnés, 206-19 pp., illustré de nombreux plans in-texte et de nombreuses cartes dépliantes hors texte, très bon état.‎

‎Le Père Richard était Professeur à l'Université l'Aurore de Chang-Hai.‎

‎Comprehensive Geography of the Chinese Empire and Dependencies - Translated into English, revised and enlarged by M. Kennelly.‎

‎Shanghai, T'usewei Press, 1908. 1 volume, 8vo, 713 pp, hard cloth boards, illustrated with 42 black and white maps, figures and illustrations, without the 4 color folding maps, a very good copy.‎

‎Memorandum on the Mixed Court of Shanghai‎

‎Pékin, 1879. 1 volume in-4, 20 pp., rebound in full modern leather, a very good copy.‎

‎Memorandum on the Mixed Court of Shanghai‎

‎Pékin, 1879. 1 volume in-4, 20 pp., rebound in full modern leather, a very good copy.‎

‎The Cross Stitch Book No. 5 ‎

‎Shanghai, Lee Hwa Women's Embroidering & Co, no date (1930?). 1 paper magazine, folio (38*50 cm), illustrated covers (front and back), with 8 folding patterns for embroidery, small tears in margins, overall in very good condition. The illustrated back cover figures a nice Shanghainese woman making embroidery.‎

‎A scarce copy of The Cross Stitch Book published by Lee Hwa Women's Embroidering Co, dealers in Chinese and foreign Pieces Goods, cross striped cloth, Turkish blankets, etc. - Manufactures in Table cloths,, blankets pillows, purses, cushions, shawls, pictures, handkerchiefs and many kind of embroideries such as figures, landscapes, plants, creatures, etc. ‎

‎Plan de Chang-Hai‎

‎Choisy-le-Roi, Imprimerie A. Baille, vers 1900. 1 plan de Chang-Hai, de dimensions 15 * 20 cm, sous Marie-Louise.‎

‎The China Journal - 3 issues - Vol XII - Nos 4-5-6 - April-May-June 1930 . Editors: Arthur de Sowerby and John C. Ferguson.‎

‎Shanghai, Printed by the North-China Daily News and Herald, 1930. 1 volume in-8, 206 pp. [177-382], 3 issues of China Journal rebound in modern full leather. The May edition is related and devoted to Shanghai, some light insect or mouse work on some pages (1 to 2 mm on the upper part), overall a good copy, With many black and white illustrations and advertisements.‎

‎This volume contains 3 consecutive issues of the China Journal. Contents of Vol XII, No 4, April 1930: The Insanity of War - The Chinese Lunar Calendar - Liang Ch'i-Ch'ao - Editorial Contents - Art Notes - Correspondence - Reviews - House-Boating in Kiangsu and Chekiang - Travel and Exploration Notes - Chemical Fertilizers in China - Enginnering and Industrial Notes - The Honey Bee as a Pollinating Agent - Notes on Trees ans Shrubs of North Manchuria - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Keenel - The Garden - Publications. Contents of Issue Vol XII, No 5, May 1930 (Shanghai Issue): Shanghai Industrially Considered - Labour in Shanghai - The German Industrial Mission to China - The Printed World in Shanghai - The Art-Crafts of Shanghai - Architecture, Interior Decoration and Building in Shanghai, Twenty Years ago and To-Day - Some Present Aspects of the Real Estate Business in Shanghai - The Chinese Rug - Art Notes - Reviews - Shanghai at the World' Cross-Roads - Shipbuilding in Shanghai - Travel and Exploration in Shanghai - The Cotton Industry in Shanghai - Shanghai and the Silk Industry - Engineering and Industrial Notes - The Scientist and Industry in China - Electricity in China - The Value of Coal Gas to China - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - Miscellanea. Contents of Volume XI, No 6, June 1930: THe Municipal Council and the R.A.S. Building - Chinese Lunar Calendar - Richard Wilhelm - The Sheng or Male Character of the Chinese Stage - Hyacinth - Editorial Contents - Art Notes - TRavels in Manchuria - Travel and Exploration Notes - China's Economic Position - Notes on Dead-Leaf Butterfly Kallima and a new Species of Papilio - A New Species of Swalloy Ray - Notes on Trresand Schrubs of North Nanchuria - Pole-Shift and Climatic Cycles - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Miscellanea.‎

‎The Dawn of Chinese Civilisation - Papers of the Literary Department of the American Women's Club of Shanghai. 1921 - 1922 - 1923‎

‎American Women's Club, Shanghai, 1923, first edition. 1 volume 8vo, 256 pp., with a few vignettes in the text, 4 pages of advertisements in fine. Hardboard in original quarter cloth over printed boards with printed wrappers and string binding. Strings are cut and text inside is a bit loose. Overall a good copy. An other copy, with strings uncut, but with some waterstain on the first borard, is sold at the same price, 200 euros.‎

‎Twenty-nine papers published by The Liteary Department are presented in this volume including "The Golden Age of Yao and Shun", "Early Feudalism and its Continuation in the Chou Dynasty", "Annals of the Spring and Autumn", "High Lights in the Dark Ages of China", "The Development of Design in the Chou Dynasty", "The Chess Players of Nanshan", "The Outstanding Men of Shang Dysnasty". (NS)‎

‎The Chinese Railways - A Historical Survey‎

‎Shanghai, China United Press, 1935. 1 volume, 8-vo, 214 pp., with one map of chinese railways, full original grey cloth, a bit soiled and dusty, very good condition.‎

‎This volume is No 5 of "China To-Day" Series, a collection of books covering social, economical and political problems in China in the thirties. Chapters cover: 1) Development of Railway Construction . 2) The scramble for concessions . 3) The Railway Loans. 4) The Railway Lines. 5) The Administration of the Railways. 6) Miscellaneous Railway Problems . 7) The future of Chinese Railways . 5 appendices.‎

‎China's Problems and their Solution‎

‎Shanghai, China United Press, 1934. 1 volume in-8, xxii-199 pp., original publisher's grey cloth, a good copy..‎

‎This volume is the Number 2 of "China To-Day" Series. Table of Contents: Wang Ching-Wei: A biographical Sketch by T'ang Leang-Li. Introductory - Revolution still in Progress - The Use and Abuse of Military Power - Agricultural Problems and Policies - The Communist Bandit Problem - Unification by Reconstruction - What Kind of Government Does China Need? - National Defense and Dictatorship - On Local Self-Government and Democracy - Party Government in Theory and Practice - Efficiency in Government Department - China's Foreign Policy - Meeting Japan's Challenge - The "Life-Lines" of the Republic - Two Years of National Reconstruction - The Road to National Salvation - Appendices.‎

‎Reconstruction in China - A Record of Progress and Achievement in Facts and Figures with Illustrations and Maps.‎

‎Shanghai, China United Press, 1935. 1 volume 4vo, hardcover, grey cloth covered boards, xiv-401 pp., illustrated with full page photographs, a very good copy. A loose pocket contains 3 large folding maps: General Sketch Map of China - Produce and Population Map of China - Road Map of Kiangsu, Chekiang and Anhwei.‎

‎This volume is Number 3 of "China To-Day" Series, Edited by T'ang Leang-Li in Shanghai. Table of Contents: Preface - Political Rehabilitation - Aims and Machinery of Reconstruction - Industrialization - Educational Reforms - Athletic Progress - Public Health and Social Relief - Cultural Reconstruction - The Law and its Enforcement - The Banking System - Railway Development - Road Construction - Commercial Aviation - Mercantile Marine - Posts, Telegraphs, Telephones -Rural Rehabilitation - Town-Planning and Municipal Development - National Defence - Miscellaneous Progress.‎

‎Letters of a Shanghai Griffin‎

‎Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1923. 1 volume 8vo, 438 pp., original cloth backed boards, illustrated by H.W.G. Hayter (21 full page drawings), one corner bumped, a very good copy.‎

‎"The aim of "Letters of a Shanghai Griffin" is to convey an impression of life in the Far East as it apperared to an individual for whom the serious side of any subject has never possessed so powerful an attraction as has its humorous aspect" (Extract from Preface by Jay Denby). A rare insight of chinese way of life, customs, food and culture.‎

‎Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - No. XV, 1880‎

‎Shanghai, American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1880. 1 volume in-8, xv-132 pp., newly bound in full bordeaux morocco leather with marble endpapers, with 92 full pages of illustrations of coins during the Qing period, including the coins of Tai Ping Rebels and other illegitimate dynasties, 2 folded facsimiles of Qing cash notes, internal clean, a very nice copy.‎

‎Contents: Report of the Council for the year 1880 - List of Members - Treasurers Report - Librarians Report - Report of the Curator of the Shanghai Museum for the year 1880 - Article I. Early European Researches into the Flora of China by E. Bretschneider - Article II. Coins of the present Dynasty of China - Article III. The Naturalistic Philosophy of China by Frederic H. Balfour.‎

‎Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - No. XIV, 1879‎

‎Shanghai, American Presbyterian Mission Press(?), 1879. 1 volume in-8, xv-132 pp., newly bound in full bordeaux morocco leather with marble endpapers, with 1 folded illustration and many illustrations of Siamese Coins in text, internal clean, a very nice copy.‎

‎Contents: Report of the Council for the year 1879 - List of Members - Treasurers Report - Librarians Report - Article I. The Intercourse of China with Central and Western Asia in the Second Century B. C. by T. W. Kingsmill - Article II. Rock Inscriptions at the North side of Yentai Hill by J. Rhein - Article III. Siamese Coinage by Joseph Haas.‎

‎Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Vol. II, No. 1, 1860.‎

‎Shanghai, The North China Herald, 1860. 1 volume in-8, 128 pp., newly bound in full bordeaux morocco leather with marble endpapers, slight yellowing on the pages, internal clean, a nice copy.‎

‎Contents: I. A Sketch of the Life of Confucius - II. The Ethics of the Chinese, with special reference to the doctrine of Human Nature and Sin - III. On the Cosmical Phenomena observed in the neighborhood of Shanghai, during the past thirteen centuries - IV. On the ancient mouths of Yangtsi kiang - V. Dissection of a Japanese Criminal - VI. Notes on the Mineral resources of Japan, etc. - VII. Supplemental Memorandum on the present state of the Magnetic Elements in China and places adjacent - VIII. Temperature of Hakodai - IX. Winds and Weather at Chefoo - X. Record of Occurrences.‎

‎Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - No. XIV, 1879‎

‎Shanghai, American Presbyterian Mission Press(?), 1879. 1 volume in-8, xv-132 pp., newly bound in full bordeaux morocco leather with marble endpapers, with 1 folded illustration and many illustrations of Siamese Coins in text, internal clean, a very nice copy.‎

‎Contents: Report of the Council for the year 1879 - List of Members - Treasurers Report - Librarians Report - Article I. The Intercourse of China with Central and Western Asia in the Second Century B. C. by T. W. Kingsmill - Article II. Rock Inscriptions at the North side of Yentai Hill by J. Rhein - Article III. Siamese Coinage by Joseph Haas.‎

‎Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - No. VIII, 1874‎

‎Shanghai, A. H. De Carvalho, 1874. 1 volume in-8, xii-173 pp., newly bound in full bordeaux morocco leather with marble endpapers, with 15 full pages of illustrations of Chinese instruments of Music out of text and 12 pages of diagrams of the stone drums of the Chou Dynasty, internal clean, a very nice copy.‎

‎Contents: Reports of the Council for 1873 - Article I. Recollections of China prior to 1840 by S. W. Williams - Article II. The Legend of Wen Wang, Founder of the Dynasty of the Chows in China by Thos. W. Kingsmill - Article III. Extracts from the History of Shanghai by the Rev. C. Schmidt - Article IV. Chinese Fox-Myths by T. Watters - Article V. Brief Account of the French Expedition of 1866 into Indo-China by S. A. Viguier - Article VI. A Visit to the City of Confucius by the Rev. J. Edkins - Article VII. Short Notes on Chinese Instruments of Music by N. B. Dennys - Article VIII. The Stone Drums of the Chou Dynasty by S. W. Bushell - Article IX. Retrospect of Events in China for the Year 1873.‎