‎L'énigme chinoise‎

‎, Paris, Payot 1928, 208pp., cachet, X21030‎

‎Unruly Gods. Divinity and Society in China‎

‎Honolulu, University of Hawai'i Press 1996 Livre en anglais. In-8 reliure éd. sous jaquette 24 cm sur 16. 290 pages. Jaquette en très bon état. Très bon état d’occasion.‎

‎Sommaire, bibliographies, glossaire, index. Très bon état d’occasion ‎

‎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. ‎

‎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.‎

‎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. XLIX, 1928.‎

‎Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1928. 1 volume in-8, soft covers a bit used, VII-363 pp., inside in good condition, a good copy of this publication. Illustrated with many full page plates (Jews of Honan, Chinese foot measures, Early Christianity in Japan)‎

‎Contents: Three Score Years and Ten by Isaac Mason - The Jews of Honan by D. MacGillivray - Shapes of Porcelain vessels by John C. Ferguson - The Great Wall of China by Newton Hayes - The Ching Dynasty criticism of Sung Politico-Philosophy by Mansfield Freeman - Chinese Foot Measures of the past Nineteen Centuries by Wang Kuo Wei - A german translation of the Hsi Hsiang Chi: A review by M. Meerkerk - The place of Music in the platonic and confucian systems of moral education by D.L. Philips - The origin of growth of deserts and the encroachment of the desert in North China by A.L. Enlaender - Early Christianity in Japan by Laura White - The origin of the Chinese Priesthood by E.T.C. Werner - Contributions from the Herbarium of the Shantung Chrsitian University by Paul Jacot - Wang Mang, the socialist Emperor of Nineteen Centuries ago by Dr. Hu Shih - Ku Yuan, his life and poems, by Dr. F.X. Biallas - The Kite's Message, translated from the chinese by Elfrida Hudson - The murder of Achmach Bailo; Note by the Rev. A.C. Moule - Reviews of recent books.‎

‎Les Secondes Lectures Enfantines avec Traduction Chinoise - A l'usage des Ecoles Françaises en Chine‎

‎Shanghai, La Presse Commerciale, 1916. 1 volume in-12, 169 pp., broché, couvertures souples imprimées, bon état. ‎

‎Recueil de textes français destinés à l'apprentissage du français par les étudiants chinois. Peu courant. Leçons de vocabulaire, de grammaire, d'arithmétique, leçons de choses, etc. . Ouvrage adapté du fameux manuel de Ed. Rocherolles, destiné originellement aux écoliers français depuis la fin du 19e siècle.‎

‎Five months of war: the hostilities between Japan and China in narrative and picture: cartoons by Sapajou, photographs by the North-China Daily News studio and many other sources.‎

‎Shanghai, North-China Daily News & Herald Limited, 1938. 1 volume, oblong in-quarto (23*29 cm), 163 pp., fully illustrated with photographs and cartoons by Sapajou, hard illustrated covers, a very good and clean copy.‎

‎A revised edition of 4 months at war with new photographs and cartoons, maps on lining papers. Extremely rare. (NS)‎

‎Le Journal de Shanghai - Organe des intérêts Français en Extrême-Orient‎

‎Shanghai, Avril 1928. 3 numéros du Journal de Shanghai, in folio (45*60 cm), Deuxième Année, 1928‎

‎Journal Français créé à Shanghai en 1927 publié sous la Direction de Jean Fontenoy. Enrichi de nombreuses publicités et de reproductions photographiques.‎

‎Quand la Chine s'ouvrait - Charles de Montigny - Consul de France‎

‎Paris, Société de l'Histoire des Colonies Françaises et Librairie Larose, 1953 (2e édition). 1 volume in-8, XV+292 pp., broché, non coupé, état de neuf, illustré de nombreuses reproductions photographiques, de cartes et de documents hors texte, frontispice de Charles de Montigny. 2e édition de ce fameux ouvrage. La première édition parut à Chang-hai en 1943.‎

‎Biographie de Charles de Montigny, premier Consul de France à Shanghai-Changhai de 1847 à 1859. Importante bibliographie in fine.‎

‎Quand la Chine s'ouvrait - Charles de Montigny - Consul de France‎

‎Shanghai, Imprimerie de T'ou-Sè-Wè, 1943, première édition. 1 volume in-8, IV-310 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir tabac, couvertures conservées, orné de nombreuses photographies in et hors texte, très bon état général. ‎

‎Biographie de Charles de Montigny, premier Consul de France à Shanghai-Changhai de 1847 à 1859. Importante bibliographie in fine.‎

‎Municipal Gazette of the Council for the Foreign Settlement of Shanghai, Vol. XXVIII - Friday November 15, 1935 No 1773.‎

‎Shanghai, 1November 1935. 1 issue of The Shanghai Municipal Gazette, 8 pages, a good copy.‎

‎The China Critic - A weekly Newspaper‎

‎Shanghai, published by the China Critic Publishing Co, 1930 (February to June). 1 set of 10 newspapers, published in Shanghai, between February 27th and June 26th 1930, all numbers in good condition. With many full page advertisements. Each issue offers various contents, such as editorial paragraphs on political events, special articles, facts and figures, events of the week, press comments and book review.‎

‎An interesting collection of chinese weekly newspapers, published in Shanghai, in english language. The chief editors were D.K. Lieu and Kwei Chung-Shu. The different issues offered here are dated February 27th to June 26th 1930. Volume III: Nos 9-11-12-13-14-22-23-24-25-26‎

‎Shanghai 1911-1940 - Photographies du Musée d'Histoire de Shanghaï‎

‎Paris, Editions Findakly, 2003. 1 album in-4, 125 pp., illustré de photographies anciennes de Shanghaï. Album publié à l'occasion de l'Exposition de photos du Musée Carnavalet (décembre 2003-mars 2004). A l'état de neuf, as new.‎

‎Shanghai 1911-1940 - Photographies du Musée d'Histoire de Shanghaï‎

‎Paris, Editions Findakly, 2003. 1 album in-4, 125 pp., illustré de photographies anciennes de Shanghaï, reliure moderne plein cuir, couverture illustrée conservée. Album publié à l'occasion de l'Exposition de photos du Musée Carnavalet (décembre 2003-mars 2004). A l'état de neuf, as new. Un autre exemplaire, broché, couverture à rabats, est vendu 30 euros.‎