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MANCHU AND MUSCOVITE. Being Letters from Manchuria Written during the Autumn of 1903 with an Historical Sketch Entitled "PROLOGUE TO THE CRISIS". Second edition.
London, Macmillan and co, 1907 Fort in-8, black publisher hardcover, XX-563pp, 28 B/W photographics plates, folding color map, index.
Foxing to some text pages and on the edges, good copy. - Frais de port : -France 6,9 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 15 €) (z C : 25 €)
The Pageant of Peking comprising Sixty-Six Vandyck Photogravures of Peking & Environs from Photographs by Donald Mennie
Shanghai, A.S. Watson, 1922, 3rd edition. 1 volume, folio, VIII-40 pp., original full cloth binding, a good copy with usual foxing, some loss of silk on cloth covers. This volume is illustrated with 66 photographs on tipped-in plates by the famous photographer Donald Mennie.
Donald Mennie was a photographer in Shanghai and Peking from 1920 until late 30'. This volume shows includes photographs of famous views such as the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and scenes of shopkeepers, merchants, travellers, and monks going among other people...
The Pageant of Peking comprising Sixty-Six Vandyck Photogravures of Peking & Environs from Photographs by Donald Mennie
Shanghai, A.S. Watson, 1922, 3rd edition. 1 volume, folio, VIII-40 pp., original full cloth binding, a very good copy without the usual foxing. This volume is illustrated with 66 photographs on tipped-in plates by the famous photographer Donald Mennie.
Donald Mennie was a photographer in Shanghai and Peking from 1920 until late 30'. This volume shows includes photographs of famous views such as the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and scenes of shopkeepers, merchants, travellers, and monks going among other people...
The Fight For The Republic In China
Lexington, KY, Forgotten Books, 2011 (Reprinted Edition). 1 volume, in-4, 367 pp., softcover, with frontispiece of President Li Yuan-Hung, enriched with 28 black and white illustrations, stamp on front page, in excellent condition.
Contents: Chapter I: General Introduction, pages 1-16. Chapter II: The Enigma of Yuan Shih-kai, pages 17-29. Chapter III: The Dream Republic (From the Manchu Abdiction to the dissolution of Parliament), pages 30-43. Chapter IV: The Dictator at Work (From the Coup d'état of the 4th Nov. 1913 to the outbreak of the World-war, 1st August, 1914), Papes 44-53. Chapter V: The Factor of Japan, pages 54-66. Chapter VI: The Twenty-One Demands, pages 67-92. Chapter VII: The Origin of The Twenty-One Demands, pages 93-108. Chapter VIII: The Monarchist Plot ,1° The Pamphlet of Yang Tu, pages 109-127. Chapter IX: The Monarchy Plot ,2° Dr. Goodnow's Memorandum, pages 128-140. Chapter X: The Monarchy Movement is Opposed, The Appeal of the Scholar Liang Chi-chao, pages 141-158. Chapter XI: The Dream Empire ("The People's Voice" and the action of the Powers), pages 159-173. Chapter XII: "The Third Revolution", The Revolt of Yunnan, pages 174-183. Chapter VIII. "The Third Revolution" (continued), Downfall and Death of Yuan Shih-kai, pages 184-199. Chapter XIV: The New Régime, From 1916 to 1917, pages 200-215. Chapter XV: The Republic in Collision with Reality: Two Typical Instances of "Foreign Aggression", pages 216-228. Chapter XVI: China and The War, pages 229-272. Chapter XVII: The Final Problem: Remoddeling The Politico-economic Relationship Between China and The World, pages 273-292. Appendices, Documents and Memoranda pages 293-367.
