Genève, Editions Olizane, 1986. 1 volume, broché, in-8, 350 pp., 11 photos, excellent état.
Contenu: LExpansion Romaine En Méditerranée Orientale (à L'époque De La Bataille De Carrhes) - La Chine Des Han En L'an 2 De Notre Ère - L'euraise Et Les Routes De La Soie Aux Premiers Siècles De Notre Ère - Parties Orientale De La Route De La Soie - Le Système Géographique De Ptolemee - Diffusion Du Bouddhisme - Relations Entre Les Empires Byzantin Et Sassanide - Le Perse Muslmane Au Temps Des Abassides - (VIII-IX Siècles Environ) - Itinéraire De Marco Polo - L'asie Centrale - Le Chemin De Fer Sino-Sovietique.
Tielt, Lannoo 1948 332pp.+ 10pp.buitentekstills., orig.omslag, geïll. stofwikkel, goede staat, [BOUTSEN Gabriël O.F.M., Dilzen,1903 - Sint-Truiden,1970], T40764
Kasterlee, De Vroente 1963 287pp.+ 16pp.buitentekstills., [BOUTSEN Gabriël O.F.M., Dilzen,1903 - Sint-Truiden, 1970], T25371
London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1953. 1 volume 8vo, xii-388 pp., with 12 plates, 8 maps, appendix, bibliography, glossary, uncut edges, gilt pictorial upper cover, original cloth binding in very good condition.
Three narratives describing South China as it appeared to Iberian visitors between 1550 and 1575. "De Rada and da Cruz were Spanish and Portuguese missionaries; Pereira was a Portuguese merchant, captured off the Chinese coast in 1549 and imprisoned for four years. The narrative describes events in the period 1550-1575."
Hongkong, Imprimerie de Nazareth (Missions Etrangères), 1925. 1 volume in-8, 31 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir, couvertures imprimées conservées, illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc, à pleine page, discrets cachets de bibliothèque, bon état général.
Présentation de cette fameuse Léproserie de Shek-Lung, située près de Canton, sur une île de la Rivière des Perles. Intéressant document publié par l'Imprimerie Nazareth, des Missions Etrangères d'Hong Kong.
Bucuresti [Bucharest], Muzeul national de arta al Romaniei 1999 134pp., with colour illustrations, illustrated softcover, 27cm., text in Romanian, good condition, [Catalogue of an exhibition of the Chinese Art Collection in the National Museum of Romania], S97152
Printed by the Government Printing Press, Macau, 1968 (revised edition). 1 volume octavo, soft cover, 74 pp., numerous illustrations on buildings, temples, cathedral, hospitals, factories, junks and sampans, hotels
A very nice copy, fresh and clean. Published by the Information and Tourism Department with a useful bibliography on Macau (10 pages). When Macau had only 169000 inhabitants and was a quiet and provincial sino-portuguese city.
Cambridge (Massachusetts), 1958. 1 volume in-8, 226 pp., blue cloth hardback, flat spine, one Chinese stamp on the title page, clean pages, very good condition.
Contents: I. Lenin and Asian Nationalism: Sources of an Alliance - II. The Comintern and Sun Yat-Sen: Preliminaries of an Alliance - III. The Communists in the Kuomintang: An Alliance in Operation - IV. The Communists in the Kuomintang: To Whom the Hegemony? - V. A Defeat out of Victory and a Devil out of the Machine - VI. Aftermath and Retrospect - Bibliography - Notes - Index.
New York, Frederick Ungar 1964 503pp., 21cm., 4th printing, publisher's hardcover in cloth, text and interior are clean and bright, good condition, X114154
Jakarta, GoAsia Verlag, 2008. 1 large volume, square folio (29*31 cm), pictorial hard boards, profusely illustrated with black and white and color documents, as new. Very scarce, very heavy volume, extra-postage will be required.
A beautiful illustrated album depicting Chinese People and China Life through old postcards.
Shanghai, China, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1927, reprinted by Ch'eng Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1972. 1 volume in-12, XI-514 pp. + XX pp. (index), with 38 illustrations in half-tone and 2 in colour, a chart of the Chinese year, red cloth hard cover, very good condition, as new.?
A useful introduction to the customs and festivals of the Chinese lunar year based on personal observation, Western translations, and other secondary works. The authors outline the history of the lunar calendar, discuss popular deities, note Imperial ceremonies related to the lunar calendar, and describe the popular customs and festivals month by month. Preparations, attitudes, ceremonies, and paraphernalia which are part of the proceedings are detailed.
Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 1982. First published by Kelly and Walsh, Shanghai, 1919, then 1931. 1 volume in-8, xiii-571 pp., hard boards, with illustrated dustjacket, with 6 maps, plans and many black and white illustrations and a large map of Peking rear, a very good copy.
An impressive panorama of Peking, in the twenties, with descriptions of temples, Ming Tombs, Palaces and Great Wall. This new edition with an introduction by H.J. Lethbridge.
Paris, Nepveu, Libraire, 1811. 4 tomes in-16, xxxvi-144-169-184-220 pp., demi-chagrin, dos lisse, plats cartonnés marbrés, ornés de 75 gravures en noir et blanc et de 4 frontispices, 4 volumes contenus dans un petit boîtier légèrement abîmé.
Edition pour la jeunesse de cette célèbre série de gravures sur la Chine. With 75 + 4 black and white prints. Très jolie et intéressante illustration gravée en taille-douce et entièrement coloriée, comprenant 4 frontispices et 75 figures, montrant de très nombreux habits des chinois, des arts et métiers, us et coutumes, dont plusieurs jamais publiés en occident, d'après les compositions croquées sur le vif par des missionnaires et des émissaires du célèbre ministre de Louis XV et protecteur des arts et de l'industrie, Henri-Léonard Bertin (1719-1792).
London, Howlett and Brimmer, 1824. Small 8vo. Bound in 2 very nice full red longgrained morocco, richly gilt backs, all edges gilt, broad gilt and blindtooled borders on covers, inside gilt borders. With 4 halftitles, 4 engraved handcoloured frontispieces and 76 fine hand-coloured plates (stipple-and line engravings), in all 80 plates. Text, as well as leaves fine and clean.
A beautiful copy of the Howlett & Brimmer edition from 1824, based on the original French edition from 1811. - Colas 435 and Lipperheide No 1525. - Abbey No. 535.
Paris, Ernest Leroux, Editeur, 1879. 1 volume in-8, 133 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir brun, couvertures illustrées conservées, enrichi de 5 planches hors texte, très bon exemplaire.
Très rare publication de l'Ecole des Langues Orientales Vivantes. Traduction française par V. Collin de Plan, Interprète de la la Légation de France à Pékin. Table des Matières: Histoire de Pékin et ses noms aux différentes époques - Position et restes de l'ancien Pékin - Palais Impérial de Pékin - Collines et lacs qui en dépendent - Voies navigables qui, autrefois, reliaient Pékin au système des grands fleuves de la Chine - Le Pont lou-keou-k'iao, le Houenn-ho ou Sang-kann et la route du Changtou - Explication des cartes.
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, M.DCCC XCIII (1893). 1 volume in-8, 51 pp., sous reliure toilée, couverture imprimée conservée, bon état.
Extrait du Journal Asiatique (1898)
UK, Ian Allan Ltd., 1973. 1 volume, hard-cover with illustrated dust-jacket, in-8, 167 pp., with photographs, very good copy.
Contents: The War - The Beginning - The Defence of Shanghai - The Ladybird and Panay incidents - The Shantung Campaign - The Blockade - The Capture of Canton and the Defence of Hankow - The Pearl River Blockade - The Deterrent - The Hopeful Year - The Wuhu Beer Incident - The Blockade of Tientsin - The Hitler War - The Deterrent is Despatched - The End of an Era - Appendices.
Zürich, Porf. Dr. Helmut Brinker 1979, 220x205mm, 104Seiten, broschiert. Guter Stand.
S/W Photographien,
Zürich, Museum Rietberg, 1985, in-4to, 144 S. + 381 Abb. auf Tafeln + 9 Bl ., Original-Leinenband mit OU.
Phone number : 41 (0)26 3223808
Boston/Tokio, J.B Millet Cie 1902, 240x170mm, 285pages, shagreen half-binding. illustrated, limited edition, N° 20 of 500.
Iris 2002 74 pages 1x22x14cm. 2002. Relié. 74 pages.
angles quatrième de couverture très légèrement frottés intérieur frais bonne tenue
Paris, Promotion et Edition, 1968. 1 volume in-8, 284 pp., reliure moderne, plats cartonnés, dos lisse rouge, couverture illustrée conservée, très bon état.
Table des Matières: Préface - Lettre du Professeur Bernard Fall - Avant-propos - Première Partie: L'Eclairage du Passé - Deuxième Partie: La Péninsule Indochinoise dans l'Indépendance et la Subversion - Troisième Partie: Le Monde Malais en Question - Quatrième Partie: Le Sud-Est Asiatique et L'Occident - Annexes: Extraits des Accords sur la Cessation des Hostilités en Indochine (Genève, 20 juillet 1954) - Vietnam - Laos - Cambodge - Documents relatifs à la Conference de Genève sur l'Indochine (21 juillet 1954) - Documents relatifs à la Conference de Genève de 1962 sur le Laos - Traité de Défense collective pour l'Asie du Sud-Est - Bibliographie Sommaire.
Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh, 1933 (first edition). 1 volume 8vo, vi-151 pp., rebound in modern brown leather, printers still wrappers kept, a bit soiled, overall very good condition. With 24 plates illustrating Chinese Periodical Press.
A scarce copy in chinese edition. Contents: Indigenous newspapers and Gazettes - Introduction on Western Journalism - Chinese reactions to the Alien Press - Wang Tao and the Hongkong newspapers - Alien Periodicals in the Treaty Ports - The Shun Pao and other Shanghai Papers - General Newspaper Developments - Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and the Reform Press - Authority and the New Press - The Revolutionary Press - The new and the Old - Bibliography - Index of Periodicals and Persons.
Paris, Publié par Armand Guérinet, [ca 1920]. 1 volume in-folio, rebound in modern bordeaux full leather, 32 prints in colour or black and white, a very good copy, 32 planches en couleurs ou en noir et blanc, très bon exemplaire.
Collection de 32 planches de Broderies Chinoises anciennes et d'Indiennes et toiles de Jouy.
, Antwerpen, Sheed & Ward, 1953, 447pp. + 16 buitentekstill. & 3 kaarten, linnen band, goede staat, H13245