1968, ISBN: d8dae59ffd40a3f4c22e1eed79a12e88

No publication details.. No date. Late 20th Century.. Large Chinese Cultural Revolution papercut on red paper loosely presented on slightly marked paper backing. This papercut features a … More...

No publication details.. No date. Late 20th Century.. Large Chinese Cultural Revolution papercut on red paper loosely presented on slightly marked paper backing. This papercut features a crowd of people cheering together for the establishment of Hubei Revolution Committee. Members of the crowd cheer while holding musical instruments, their hands afloat while others wave their copy of The Little Red Book and still others carry Mao's framed portrait. An image of Mao dominates the background the rays of the sun extending behind him. Banners with slogans carried by balloons float around Mao. A pagoda and the famous Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge are also featured. In very good condition, blocks of text in Chinese, papercut measures 47.3 x 71.7cm. Text in right margin reads "Many Cheers on the Founding of the Revolution Committee of Hubei Province]./February 5th, 1968". The dates here shows the committee was established on February 5th, 1968. Text in left margin reads, "China Military (People's Daily) Editorial./Ten thousand miles of the Yangtze river encourages ambitious plans/Feburary 7th, 1968." This phrase is quoted from a poem by Mao Zedong after he swam across the Yangtze river in 1956. The dates indicates when the article was published in the paper. The blocks of texts on the banners and flags are the names of the committee, rebel factions and the Red Guards. ., No publication details., 0, No publication details.. No date. Late 20th Century.. Large Chinese Cultural Revolution papercut on red paper loosely presented on slightly marked paper backing. This papercut features a crowd of people cheering together for the establishment of Hubei Revolution Committee. Members of the crowd cheer while holding musical instruments, their hands afloat while others wave their copy of The Little Red Book and still others carry Mao's framed portrait. An image of Mao dominates the background the rays of the sun extending behind him. Banners with slogans carried by balloons float around Mao. A pagoda and the famous Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge are also featured. In very good condition, blocks of text in Chinese, papercut measures 48.1 x 71.7cm. Text in right margin reads "Many Cheers on the Founding of the Revolution Committee of Hubei Province]./February 5th, 1968". The dates here shows the committee was established on February 5th, 1968. Text in left margin reads, "China Military (People's Daily) Editorial./Ten thousand miles of the Yangtze river encourages ambitious plans/Feburary 7th, 1968." This phrase is quoted from a poem by Mao Zedong after he swam across the Yangtze river in 1956. The dates indicates when the article was published in the paper. The blocks of texts on the banners and flags are the names of the committee, rebel factions and the Red Guards. ., No publication details., 0, London.: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington.. First Edition.. 1888.. Folding map at the rear, xvi+ 316pp, index. Original boards re-backed with cloth, new head & tail bands, spine and new endpapers. The original black cloth covered boards stamped in red & gilt are faded and marked, edges worn and corners bumped. The top edge of the title page has a 1.3cm strip removed but the text is clean and sound. Rough cut page edges are slightly dusty. A firm and clean copy of the first edition. Journal written on the 2 month journey up the Yangtse River from Shanghai to Chung-king. ., Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington., 1888., 0<

1888, ISBN: d8dae59ffd40a3f4c22e1eed79a12e88

Hardcover

[SC: 17.5], [PU: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington., London.], CHINA - QING, Folding lithographed map, xvi, 368pp., 32pp adverts, original pictorial black cloth stamped in gilt & r… More...

[SC: 17.5], [PU: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington., London.], CHINA - QING, Folding lithographed map, xvi, 368pp., 32pp adverts, original pictorial black cloth stamped in gilt & red, black endpapers. Prior owners' names on the half-title, and the verso of the dedication page, endpapers creased with small, closed tears mended with archival tape, inner hinges starting, first gathering has been glued at the gutter and does not lie flat when fully opened. Cloth marked, gilt rubbed, head and tail worn with a little loss, corners bumped and a little worn, upper joint neatly repaired. 223 x 138mm. A firm and clean copy of the scarce first edition. Archibald John Little was born in 1838, the son of a doctor who came to specialise in congenital disorders of the feet ? his own deep concern about the Chinese practice of foot-binding may perhaps have its origin here. He first went to China in 1859 as a tea-taster for a German merchant house. He was fluent in Chinese, both spoken and written, and he prospered as a merchant. It was his ambition to open western China to trade by introducing steamboats to the rivers, which were then navigated by means of junks, either rowed, poled or even towed in back-breaking toil by the poorest of the poor. This account was first published in London in 1888 and describes his journey up the Yangtze River from Shanghai to Chongqing by a native junk boat in 1883. The upper Yangtze was full of gorges and rapids which made travel treacherous; Little's journey by junk took a month, whereas the journey by steamship would have taken only 36 hours. He was the first person to open the Yangtze River to steamboats in 1898, his wife Alicia, who accompanied him on some of his travels, was a noted campaigner against the practice of foot-binding.<

1888, ISBN: d8dae59ffd40a3f4c22e1eed79a12e88

Hardcover

[SC: 35.0], [PU: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington., London.], CHINA - QING, Folding lithographed map, xvi, 368pp., 32pp adverts, original pictorial black cloth stamped in gilt & r… More...

[SC: 35.0], [PU: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington., London.], CHINA - QING, Folding lithographed map, xvi, 368pp., 32pp adverts, original pictorial black cloth stamped in gilt & red, black endpapers. Prior owners' names on the half-title, and the verso of the dedication page, endpapers creased with small, closed tears mended with archival tape, inner hinges starting, first gathering has been glued at the gutter and does not lie flat when fully opened. Cloth marked, gilt rubbed, head and tail worn with a little loss, corners bumped and a little worn, upper joint neatly repaired. 223 x 138mm. A firm and clean copy of the scarce first edition. Archibald John Little was born in 1838, the son of a doctor who came to specialise in congenital disorders of the feet ? his own deep concern about the Chinese practice of foot-binding may perhaps have its origin here. He first went to China in 1859 as a tea-taster for a German merchant house. He was fluent in Chinese, both spoken and written, and he prospered as a merchant. It was his ambition to open western China to trade by introducing steamboats to the rivers, which were then navigated by means of junks, either rowed, poled or even towed in back-breaking toil by the poorest of the poor. This account was first published in London in 1888 and describes his journey up the Yangtze River from Shanghai to Chongqing by a native junk boat in 1883. The upper Yangtze was full of gorges and rapids which made travel treacherous; Little's journey by junk took a month, whereas the journey by steamship would have taken only 36 hours. He was the first person to open the Yangtze River to steamboats in 1898, his wife Alicia, who accompanied him on some of his travels, was a noted campaigner against the practice of foot-binding.<

1898, ISBN: d8dae59ffd40a3f4c22e1eed79a12e88

[SC: 33.9], CHINA: SOCIAL SCIENCE, ECLECTIC, ALL SUBJECTS & DISCIPLINES [NO ART]; GUIDEBOOKS ON OLD, SCARCE, CHOICE RARE ITEMS; FOREIGNERS IN PERIODS; OPIUM USE ASIA: ABUSE, ADDICTION, SA… More...

[SC: 33.9], CHINA: SOCIAL SCIENCE, ECLECTIC, ALL SUBJECTS & DISCIPLINES [NO ART]; GUIDEBOOKS ON OLD, SCARCE, CHOICE RARE ITEMS; FOREIGNERS IN PERIODS; OPIUM USE ASIA: ABUSE, ADDICTION, SALES, ANTI-OPIUM RELATED;, London 1898, Sampson. Yellow cloth, very good, spine a bit faded, contents very clean, 315p., index, foldout color map, 35 b.w. photo plates, 3rd. revised ed. teg, bookplate.SCARCE A published transcript of a journal kept by the author during a two months journey from Shanghai to Chung-king, the commercial metropolis of Western China. . With commentaries on the Chinese revolution, trade, taxes, our interests in Szechuen, imports, exports. The physiography of the Yang-Tse valley, the river course, gorges, rapids, absence of roads, coal fields, flora, fauna, mineral wealth. Shanghai to Ichang, Hankow, a Yang-tse boat, Shsze, Hupeh plains, flood district and approach to the hills. Ichang and environs, "Feng Shui," ascent of the Golden Peaks, Kwei-chow & weather. . Catholic missions, malt liqauor, silk weaving, Buddhist oracle, opium smoking &c. * An exciting primary narrative of travel. The author maintains that "the Yangtse is not only the main but the sole road of intercommunication between the East and West of this vast empire." *** Scans can be sent by email.<

1972, ISBN: d8dae59ffd40a3f4c22e1eed79a12e88

[SC: 33.9], CHINA: SOCIAL SCIENCE, ECLECTIC, ALL SUBJECTS & DISCIPLINES [NO ART]; GUIDEBOOKS ON OLD, SCARCE, CHOICE RARE ITEMS; FOREIGNERS IN PERIODS; OPIUM USE ASIA: ABUSE, ADDICTION, SA… More...

[SC: 33.9], CHINA: SOCIAL SCIENCE, ECLECTIC, ALL SUBJECTS & DISCIPLINES [NO ART]; GUIDEBOOKS ON OLD, SCARCE, CHOICE RARE ITEMS; FOREIGNERS IN PERIODS; OPIUM USE ASIA: ABUSE, ADDICTION, SALES, ANTI-OPIUM RELATED;, Taipei 1972, Ch'eng Wen. Red cloth, very good, 315p., index, foldout color map, reprint of the London 1898 edition, 35 bw photo plates, 3rd. revised edition, crisp copy. A published transcript of a journal kept by the author during a two months journey from Shanghai to Chung-king, the commercial metropolis of Western China. . With commentaries on the Chinese revolution, trade, taxes, our interests in Szechuen, imports, exports. The physiography of the Yang-Tse valley, the river course, gorges, rapids, absence of roads, coal fields, flora, fauna, mineral wealth. Shanghai to Ichang, Hankow, a Yang-tse boat, Shsze, Hupeh plains, flood district and approach to the hills. Ichang and environs, "Feng Shui," ascent of the Golden Peaks, Kwei-chow & weather. . Catholic missions, malt liqauor, silk weaving, Buddhist oracle, opium smoking &c. * An exciting primary narrative of travel. The author maintains that "the Yangtse is not only the main but the sole road of intercommunication between the East and West of this vast empire." *** Scans can be sent by email.<