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The Mirror of News, Wylie: yul phyogs so so'i gsar 'gyur gyi me long, ZYPY: Yulchog Soseu Sargyour Mélong) or Mirror of News from All Sides of the World 1925 - 1931 the first five years complete. Not in any library worldwide
Kalinpong 1925 Gegen (Gergan) Dorje Tharchin Hardcover 1st Edition
Not in any library worldwide:. IFolio (34,4 x 19,5 cm): 60 installments (4 double) in blue and black stencil (install. 11, vol. III printed in gold) totalising 122 ff. hand-numbered in blue pencil, illustr. (2 textlvs on red paper bound with; overall good condition).. Contemp. half black sheep, title in gold on flat spine (joints cracked, corners blunt).. Only run known being complete of the first 5 years missing at all sets registered worldwide, including 1925-1926, the very first volume.rnIn 1925, "Yul phyogs so so?i gsar ?gyur me lon" (often abbreviated as "me lon" and "melon") or the "The Tibetan Newspaper", also known as "The Mirror of News" or "The Tibet Mirror", was founded at Kalimpong in West Bengal, India. Published after "The Ladakh Journal", it is the second Tibetan language newspaper to have been started, per available records. Its founder was one Gergan Dorje Tharchin, a Tibetan of Christian denomination who was a pastor at Kalimpong, at the time a border town that acted as a centre for the wool trade between Tibet and India. He was born in 1890 in Himachal Pradesh and was educated by Moravian missionaries although he did not use his newspaper as a platform for proselytising Christianity to his readers.rnPublished on a monthly basis, the journal's first record was given in October 1925 under the title "The Mirror of News of All Sides of the World", followed by a second one in February 1926. Only 50 copies were printed and all sent to Tharchin's friends in Lhasa, including one for the 13th Dalai Lama who sent a letter encouraging him to continue with the publication and became an ardent reader.rnIts founder Tharchin was at the same time journalist, chief editor and publisher. He would select the news from newspapers of which he was a subscriber, and translate them into Tibetan. He had assigned to himself opening up Tibet to the outside world. The journal reported on what went on in the world at the Chinese Revolution, at World War II, during the Indian independence movement, and covered events in Tibet, India, and in Kalimpong itself. The more it informed about western material civilisation such as gramophone, photographic camera, clocks, flashlite, horse saddle, fountain pen, printer's press, an automobile etc, all illustrated. One finds also in the text the photographic portraits of the 13th and of the 14th Dalai Lama, a small view on the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the crash of a zeppelin aircraft etc.rnStarted as a Tibetan language chronicle of world events, by the 1950's became a vehicle for the fight for Tibetan freedom from the Chinese invasion and occupation. By the early 1960's, with financial troubles that never seemed to end, Tharchin ceased the publication in 1963 and died in 1976.rnApparently, our set is the only one known to contain the complete first 5 volumes (1925/1926-1930), as neither the "Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Libray" at Yale University, nor "The Tharchin Collection" at Columbia University, being Tharchin's personal archives, have complete runs, both starting with the year 1930 (a part from only one record -vol. 2, n. 5- at Columbia).rnRef. Paul G. Hackett, Barbarian Lands: Theos Bernard, Tibet, and the American Religious Life. Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 2008.rnVolume 1 : 1925/1926 : 1 12 complete rnvolume 2 : 1927 : 1 12 completernVolume 3 : 1928 : 1 12 completernVolume 4 : 1929 : 1 12 completernVolume 5 : 1930 : 1 12 completern
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The Geology of Hsi-Shan or the Western Hills of Peking
Peking 1920 Geological Survey of China, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. Soft cover 1st Edition
Soft cover : The book was rebound, retaining the damaged original front cover. 25,5 x18,5 cm, 115 + 100 pp., English, 1st Edition, Illustrations: All the illustrations (15) and figures (16) are present, book condition: Very Good. This is a foundational geological study published in 1920 by Liangfu Ye (also cited as L.F. Yih). rnPublished as the first volume in the Memoirs of the Geological Survey of China (Series A, No. 1), the work represents a critical early effort by Chinese scientists to systematically map and describe the region's stratigraphy and mineral resources. rnKey Details of the Publication:rnAuthor: Liangfu Ye (L.F. Yih).rnPublisher: Geological Survey of China, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce.rnContent: The 115-page memoir includes detailed descriptions of geological formations, 15 plates/maps, and 16 figures. It features a bilingual format with a summary and significant sections in Chinese.rnScientific Contribution: Yih identified the Hungniiaoling Sandstone Series(Hongmiaoling) as a transitional sequence between the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic eras, a classification that remained influential until later fossil discoveries in 1927.rnScope: The study focuses on the Western Hills (Xishan), a mountain range that covers roughly 17% of the Beijing municipality and is vital for its coal-bearing formations, such as the Mentougou. rnThe second part of the 1920 memoir is the rnChinese translation and supplement, which mirrors the English text but provides essential context for the local scientific and mining community of the time. rnWhile the first 115 pages are in English, the latter portion consists of approximately 100 pages written in Chinese (using traditional characters and Chinese numerals). This section was not just a summary, but a comprehensive formal record intended to establish standardized Chinese geological terminology. rnKey Components of the Chinese Section:rnGeological Terminology: It was one of the first major works to formalize Chinese names for strata and rock types. For example, it solidified terms for the Sinian formation (???), igneous rocks (???), and physiography (??).rnStratigraphic Systems (????): This section details the local rock layers from the oldest Archaean foundations to the Quaternary loess, specifically focusing on the coal-bearing series of the Western Hills.rnEconomic Geology (????): A significant portion is dedicated to the practical mining of the region, including descriptions of the Men-Tou-Kou (Mentougou) and Chai-Tang coal fields, which were vital to Beijings economy.rnAdministrative Preface: It includes an introduction by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, positioning the work as a landmark in the modern scientific development of China. rnAll the illustrations (15) and figures (16) are presentrn
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Art and the Sacred in Mumuyeland
Oostkamp 2018 Stichting Kunstboek Hardcover 1st Edition
Hardcover, 29 x 22 cm, 144 pp., English, 1st Edition, Illustrations, book condition: Very Good. Despite some field research our knowledge of the sacred among the Mumuye is still embryonic. In all these acephalic groups of a binary and antinomic nature, the complex va constitutes an extremely varied semantic field in which certain aspects are accentuated depending on the circumstances. Religious power is linked to the strength contained in sacred objects, of which only the elders are the guardians. Moreover, this gerontocracy relies on a system of initiatory stages which one must pass to have access to the status of 'religious leader'. Geographically isolated, the Mumuye were able to resist the attacks of the Muslim invaders, the British colonial authority and the activities of the different Christian missions for a long time. As a result, the Mumuye practised woodcarving until the beginning of our century.In 1970 Philip Fry published his essay on the statuary of the Mumuye of which the analysis of the endogenous network has so far lost nothing of its value. Basing himself on in situ observations, Jan Strybol attempted to analyze the exogenous network of this woodcarving. Thus he was able to document about forty figures and some masks and additionally to identify more than twenty-five Mumuye artists as well as a specific type of sculpture as being confined to the Mumuye Kpugbong group. During and after the Biafran war, hundreds of Mumuye sculptures were collected. Based on information gathered between 1970 and 1993 the author has demonstrated that a certain number of these works are not Mumuye but must be attributed to relic groups scattered in Mumuye territory.
Early European Researches into the Flora of China
Shanghai 1881 American Presbyterian Mission Press Hardcover 1st Edition
Hardcover The original soft covers are bound in. The hard cover has the usual minor signs of wear. The text section is in very good condition. ex library book, 20 x 13 cm, 194 pp., English, 1st Edition, book condition: Very Good. This work was originally published as a paper in the Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series, Vol. XV) for the year 1880. The separate book edition followed in 1881.rnEmil Bretschneider was a Baltic German physician attached to the Russian legation in Beijing. Unlike many of his contemporaries who focused on physically collecting plants, Bretschneider was fascinated by sinology (the study of Chinese texts).rnHe noticed that Western botanists had difficulty identifying plants mentioned in ancient Chinese medical and agricultural texts. This 1881 edition was his first large-scale attempt to bridge that gap.rnContents of the 1881 editionrnThe publication is not so much a flora in the modern sense (a list of plants in an area) as a bibliographical and historical overview. It contains:rnAnalyses of the Pên-ts'ao (Materia Medica): Bretschneider discusses the most important Chinese herbal books, in particular Li Shizhen's Bencao Gangmu.rnIdentification: He attempted to link the Chinese names of plants to their scientific Latin names.rnClassical Literature: He examined plant references in the Shijing (Book of Songs) and other ancient Chinese classics.rnThe Publisher: American Presbyterian Mission PressrnThe choice of the American Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai was logical for the time. This was the most advanced printing press in China in the 19th century.rnThey had the necessary typefaces for both Latin script and Chinese characters, which was essential for Bretschneider's work.rn
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Twilight in the Forbidden City
London24 x 15 1934 Victor Gollancz Ltd, Hardcover 1st Edition
Hardcover, 24 x 16 cm, 486 pp., English, 1st Edition, Illustrations, book condition: Very Good. This book is the famous memoir by Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston, who served from 1919 to 1924 as the private tutor and advisor to Puyi, the last emperor of China. First published in 1934 by Victor Gollancz Ltd., the book provides a unique eyewitness account of the final years of the Qing Dynasty within the walls of the imperial palace. rnThe work is more than just a portrait of the emperor; it is an extensive history of a turbulent era in China: rnAs one of only two foreigners allowed into the "Inner Court," Johnston provides detailed descriptions of palace ritualssuch as Puyi's weddingand the political intrigues of the time.rnJohnston was a great admirer of Chinese culture and an advocate for a constitutional monarchy based on the British model. He was critical of the young Republic of China and often defended the interests of the imperial family.rnThe book features a preface written by Puyi himself (dated 1931) and covers key events including the 1911 Revolution and the emperor's ultimate expulsion from the Forbidden City in 1924. rnThe linen binding is discoloured. Light foxing on the first and last pages. Corners bumpedrn
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