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Shanghai, La Presse Commerciale, 1919. 1 volume in-12, couvertures souples imprimées, 136 pp., avec tampons du Grand Séminaire de Nice, très bon état.
1er volume de cette grammaire française destinée à l'apprentissage du français par les étudiants chinois. Peu courant.
ALDRICH (Fred Davis) - FOSTER (Irving Lysander) - [SHANGHAI IMPRINT] [GRAMMAIRE FRANCAISE POUR ETUDIANTS CHINOIS]
Reference : 7667
Shanghai, La Presse Commerciale, 1919. 1 volume in-12, 179 pp. [137-315], couvertures souples imprimées, avec tampons du Grand Séminaire de Nice, très bon état.
2e volume de cette grammaire française destinée à l'apprentissage du français par les étudiants chinois. Peu courant.
Kelly & Walsh, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, 1939. 1 small volume in-12, 61 pp., original cover boards, spine re-backed, black and white drawings by Sapajou, a good copy.
A charming booklet of sketches in rhyme for the Shanghai Child of yesterday and today. A set of twelve poems, illustrated by the famous painter and cartoonist Sapajou from Shanghai. A scarce document.
Paris, Librairie Letouzé et Ané, sans date (vers 1900). 1 volume in-8, VIII-345 pp., reliure ancienne demi-basane, plats cartonnés marbrés, papier jauni avec quelques rousseurs, bon état d'ensemble.
Ouvrage de présentation générale de Shanghaï/Chang-haï. Table des Matières: Sur la Route de Chang-haï - Les Mers de Chine: Macao-Hong-Kong - Organisation administrative de Chang-haï - Police, tribunaux, volontaires, Ecole franco-chinoise - Oeuvre civilisatrice de la Mission Catholique de Chang-haï - L'orphelinat de Zi-ka-wei - L'infanticide - La franc-maçonnerie en Chine - Les Insurgés à Chang-haï - Intervention des Européens.
A.R. Hager, Shanghai, 1937 (first edition). 1 volume, 8vo, 52 pp., 44 illustrations by Sapajou, hardbound, illustrated hard cover, with the rare illustrated dustjacket, a very good copy. With a long letter from James A. Rabbitt written in Tokyo, on January 17th 1938
A very nice collection of humoristic poems related to Shanghai and Hong Kong life. Most of poems are illustrated by the famous cartoonist Sapajou (Georgii Avksentievich Sapojnikoff), a former Russian Army Lieutenant who worked as a Cartoonist for The North China Daily News from 1925 onwards.
Péking, Henri Vetch, MCMXXXV. 1 volume in-4, XXI-184-(22) pp., illustré de 115 planches hors texte en couleurs et de figures dans le texte, bibliographie et index. Edition limitée à 320 exemplaires dont 300 sur papier Croxley de luxe (exemplaire numéro 96). Bel exemplaire, broché, couverture illustrée avec image contrecollée, bords des plats effrangés mais intérieur très propre, très bon exemplaire.
Arlington était directeur des Postes Chinoises. L'édition anglaise a été traduite par G. Uhlmann. L'ouvrage présente les chapitres suivants: Sources - Rôles - Costumes - Grimages - Superstitions - Statuts - Argot de Scéne - Légendes - Musique Orchestrale - Instruments de Musique - Programmes: une étude d'ensemble de l'art théâtral de la Chine suivie de pièces et enrichie de 115 planches lithographiques en couleurs.
Péking, Henri Vetch, MCMXXXV. 1 volume in-4, XXI-184-(22) pp., illustré de 115 planches hors texte en couleurs et de figures dans le texte, bibliographie et index. Edition limitée à 320 exemplaires dont 300 sur papier Croxley de luxe (exemplaire justifié sans numéro). Bel exemplaire, reliure moderne plein cuir bordeaux, couverture illustrée conservée avec image contrecollée, quelques menus défauts sur les 2 derniers feuillets.
Arlington était directeur des Postes Chinoises. L'édition anglaise a été traduite par G. Uhlmann. L'ouvrage présente les chapitres suivants: Sources - Rôles - Costumes - Grimages - Superstitions - Statuts - Argot de Scéne - Légendes - Musique Orchestrale - Instruments de Musique - Programmes: une étude d'ensemble de l'art théâtral de la Chine suivie de pièces et enrichie de 115 planches lithographiques en couleurs.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, April 1929-May 1929-June 1929, Vol. X, Nos 4-5-6. 1 volume in-8, with 3 issues of China Journal bound together, modern full leather binding, illustrated covers kept, with many black and white photographs and advertisements, a very good copy. First issue, XXVI-[161-216]-XXVII-XLII pp., Second issue, LII-[217-284]-LIII-XCII, Third issue: XXXIV-[285-352]-XXXV-L pp.
Contents for April 1929: China's Wheelbarrow Civilization by Arthur de C. Sowerby The Description and Determination of Sung Dynasty Porcelain Unearthed at Ping-Yang Hsien, Shansi by Aitchen K. Wu - A Comparison of Ancient Chinese Philosophy with that of Greece by Homer H. Dubs - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Replies to Enquiries - Reviews - Some Aboriginal Tribes of South-Eastern China by W. R. Price - Travel and Exploration Notes - Migration Notes by G. D. Wilder - Description of A New Species of the Genus Polypedate by L. S. Chen - A Second Species of Stonefly from Peiping by Chenfu F. Wu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received. Contents for May 1929: China's Transport Problem by Arthur de Sowerby - Water Transport in China by Dr. H. Chatley - Economics of Transportation for China by Dr. J.A. L. Waddell - Transport in Chinese Art - China's Transport Workers, Men and Beasts by Arthur de C. Sowerby - The Junks, Sampans and Inland Waterways of China by Arthur de Sowerby - Transportation on the Yangtze Kiang by H. Foote Carey - Harbours and Conservancy Work in China - The Motor Roads in China - The Railway in China - Motor Transport in China - Aviation in China by Captain B. Holland, The History of Aviation in China - China's Overseas, Coastal and Riverine Shipping - Transportation Notes. Contents for June 1929: In Shanghai to have a Museum? by Arthur de Sowerby - Kuan-Yin: Goddess of Mercy by Clarence Burton Day - The Hibiscus Painting translated by Elfrida Hudson - Formosa, The Island Beautiful by Franklin Metcalf - Travel and Exploration Notes - An Autogenous Chimera in Chrysanthemum and its Bearing upon certain biological problems by W. M. Portefield - Notes on Trees and Shrubs of Northern Manchuria by W. Skvortzow - Description of a new species of Microhyla from Kwantung by L. S. Chen - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Publications received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, March 1924, Vol II, No2. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXII+(105-198)+XXXIII-LVI pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine.
Contents: China Tea Grey Timbers by Juliet Bredon Folk-Music in China by Elizabeth N. Shirokogoroff The Great Chinese Philosophers by J. C. Keyte - Reviews Sinimillia by W. B. Goldrick Recent Explorations in China and Neighboring Regions Fishing in China by L. W. Lorden - Migration Notes by G. D. Wilder - The Termites(White Ants) of China, with Descriptions of Six New Species by F. S. Light The Genetic of Two Mutations in the Fruit-Fly Drosophila Melanogister by Tse-Yin Chen - Biological Notes and Reviews Shooting and Fishing Notes The Solar Chromoneter by T. T. H. Ferguson Some Shansi Waters Chemically Examined by E. T. Nyström - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Books and Periodicals Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, May 1925, Vol III, No5. 1 volume in-8, I-XXII+(247-302)+XXIII-XXXVIII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine.
Contents: Shanghai's Crying Need by Arthur de C. Sowerby - The Story of the Three Kingdoms translated by Z. Q. Parker - The Yi Ching, or "The Book of Changes' by Kiang Kang-Hu - To Thy Love Be True translated by Elfrida Hudson - Hong Kong Night by Maud Hubbard Brown - Editorial Comments - Reviews - The Dalai Dabasu by Gene Lamb - The Eastern Tombs by R. H. Lefevre - Wild Life Today in the Eastern Tombs Forest by G. D. Wilder - On A Species of Talorchestia by Chas. Chilton - Descriptions of Some Fresh-Water Sponges from China by N. Gist Gee and C. F. Wu - Chinese Restaurant in America by G. H. Danton - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Books and Periodicals Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, September 1925, Vol III, No9. 1 volume in-8, I-XX+(471-526)+XXI-XL pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: The Boxer Indemnity Funds and Museums in China by Arthur de C. Sowerby The Civilization and Religion of the Shang Dynasty by J. G. Ingram Canton Medley by Maude Hubbard Brown Old Chinese Folk Song translated by Norman Page - Editorial Comments Reviews Remarks on Some Ancient Relics in Honan by L. C. Arlington - Travel and Exploration Notes The Chinese Terrapin by Arthur de C. Sowerby Preliminary Studies in the anatomy of the Chinese Terrapin, Geoclemys Reevesii by Stephen F. Lee A Preliminary Report on Botanical Investigation in South and Central Shansi by H. Smith The Loess of China by George B. Barbour - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence Books and Periodicals Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, October 1925, Vol III, No10. 1 volume in-8, I-XX+(527-578)+XXI-XXXVI pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine.
Contents: Chinas Sorrow by Arthur de C. Sowerby Ka Pu Chiao by J. H. F. Chinese Postage Stamps by Clifford M. Drury The Civilization and Religion of the Shang Dynasty by J. H. Ingram The Way Is Not in Strife by Robert Merrill Bartleff - Editorial Comments Reviews A River through the Paradise of China by Katharine R. Green Remarks on Some Ancient Relics in Honan by L. C. Arlington - Travel and Exploration Notes The Chinese Ide by L. W. C. Lorden Migration Notes by George D. Wilder - Descriptions of Some Fresh-Water Sponges from China by N. Gist Gee and C. F. Wu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence Books and Periodicals Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, November 1925, Vol III, No11. 1 volume in-8, I-XX+(579-626)+XXI-XL pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: Evolution v. Revolution by Arthur de C. Sowerby Ancient Beads Unearthed by K. C. Wong The Shu Ching, or Book of History by Dr. Kiang Kang-Hu A String of Chinese Peach-Stones by Robert B. Ekvall - Editorial Comments Reviews With Lens and Shutter among the Wild Life of Northern Tibet by Gene Lamb - Travel and Exploration Notes Egg-Hatching in China by P. A. Mohraba Cher - Migration Notes by George D. Wilder Notes on Collecting Microvellia (Heteroptera, Veliidae) by William E. Hoffmann - Descriptions of Some Fresh-Water Sponges from China by N. Gist Gee and C. F. Wu The Chinese Cinnamon and its Products by K. K. Chen - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence Books and Periodicals Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, November 1927, Vol VII, No5. 1 volume in-8, I-XXII+(219-270)+XXIII-XXXVIII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: The Shanghai of the Future - Ancient Jades by K. C. Wong - Chinese Versus Western Chiromancy by L. C. Arlington - White Swan in November by Robert Merrill Bartlett - Correspondence - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Lumbering in Fukien by Sie Tung-Shan - Travel and Exploration Notes - The Identification of Some of Shanghais Commonest Deciduous Trees by Their Twigs and Leaf-Scars by W. M. Porterfield - Contributions to Knowledge of Myrmecophilous and Termitophilous Arthropoda of China and Formosa by Dr. F. Silvestri - The Origin of Wheat as Recorded in Chinese Literature by W. P. Liu and Ho Liu - Further Notes on Peking Ma-Huang by Ju-ChIang Liu - Description of Some Fresh Water Sponges from China by N. Gist Gee and C. F. Wu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, April 1929, Vol X, No4. 1 volume in-8, I-XXVI+(161-216)+XXVII-XLII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine.
Contents: China's Wheelbarrow Civilization by Arthur de C. Sowerby - The Description and Determination of Sung Dynasty Porcelain Unearthed at Ping-Yang Hsien, Shansi by Aitchen K. Wu - A Comparison of Ancient Chinese Philosophy with That of Greece by Homer H. Dubs - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Replies to Enquiries - Reviews - Some Aboriginal Tribes of South-Eastern China by W. R. Price - Travel and Exploration Notes - Migration Notes by G. D. Wilder - Description of A New Species of the Genus Polypedate by L. S. Chen - A Second Species of Stonefly from Peiping by Chenfu F. Wu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, October 1929, Vol XI, No4. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXII+(167-214)+XXXIII-XLVIII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: Widening Our Scope - A Brief Study of Chinese Lexicography by K. T. Wu - Palladius by John C. Ferguson - Fire in Trees by J. H. - Art Notes - Reviews - Moods of Mount Omei by Charles Hooker - Travel and Exploration Notes - Industrial and Engineering Potentialities of Manchuria by Arthur de C. Sowerby - Engineering Notes - The Sika or Spotted Deer of Eastern Asia by Arthur de C. Sowerby - A Study of the Proteins of Kaoliang by Lo Teng-Yi - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, December 1929, Vol XI, No6. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXVI+(269-328)+XXXVII-LXXII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: Christmas in China Yuletide Music Stranger Than Fiction by Elfrida Hudson Recent Scholarship in China by John C. Ferguson Up the Min River by John M. B. - Editorial Comments Art Notes Correspondence Reviews Random Notes on Mexico by Alfred Batson - Travel and Exploration Notes- Famine Afforestation and Conservancy in China by Arthur de C. Sowerby The World Engineering Congress and World Power Conference - Engineering and Industrial Notes Some Fascinations in the Study of Butterflies by Harry R. Caldwell - Scientific Notes and Reviews Shooting and Fishing Notes The Kennel The Garden Societies and Institutions Education Notes and Intelligence Publications Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, April 1930, Vol XII, No4. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXII+(177-232)+XXXIII-L pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: The Insanity of War - The Chinese Lunar Calendar - Liang ChI-ChAO - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Correspondence - Reviews - House-Boating in Kiangsu and Chekiang by Arthur De C. Sowerby - Travel and Exploration Notes - Chemical Fertilizers in China - Engineering and Industrial Notes - The Honey Bee as a Pollinating Agent by C. R. Kellogg - Notes on Tree and Shrubs of North Manchuria by B. W. Skvortzow - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, June 1930, Vol XII, No6. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXII+(313-382)+XXXIII-LVI pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine.
Contents: The Municipal Council and the R. A. S. Building - The Chinese Lunar Calendar - Richard Wilhelm by J. C. Freguson - The Sheng or Male Characters of the Chinese Stage by George Kin Leung - Hyacinth - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Correspondence - Reviews - Travels in Manchuria by Tsao Lien En - Travel and Exploration Notes - China s Economic Position - Engineering and Industrial Notes - Notes on the Dead-Leaf Butterfly, Kallima and A New Species of Paoilio by Harry R. Caldwell - A New Species of Swallow Ray(Pteroplatea) from China by Yuanting T. Chu - Notes on Tree and Shrubs of North Manchuria by B. W. Skvortzow - Pole-Shift and Climatic Cycles by Herbert Chatley - Scientic Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, September 1930, Vol XIII, No3. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXII+(101-160)+XXXIII-XLIV pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: Who Pays? - The Chinese Lunar Calendar - The Cantonese Theatre to Day by George Kin Leung - The Origins of Chinese Art as Recorded in Pre-Han Literature by T. A. Bisson - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Reviews - The Western Hills by A. C. Hyde Lay - Travel and Exploration Notes - China s Greatest Needs-Road - Engineering and Industrial Notes - Contributions to the Ichthyology of China by Yuanting T. Chu - The Mechanism of Growth in Bamboo by W. M. Porterfield - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, November 1930, Vol XIII, No5. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXII+(241-288)+XXXIII-LII pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: Chinas Opportunity by Arthur De C. Sowerby - The Chinese Lunar Calendar - The Story of the Meen Keah or Tibetan Nut of Ko-Chow Fu by F.A. Perry - Bretschneider by John C. Ferguson - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Reviews - The Wider Environs of Peking - Travel and Exploration Notes - Railway Development in China - Engineering and Industrial Notes - The Peking Man by G. Elliott Smith - Some Chinese Birds of Prey by Arthur De C. Sowerby - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, June 1931, Vol XIV, No6. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXVI+(283-350)+XXXVII-LXIV pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: The Holiday Round of China - Legendary Figures in Chinese Art - Old Ivory of China by Ross Leibrand - Blessing the tea by R. V. C bodley - Editional Comments - Art Notes - Correspondence - Reviews - The Legend of The Battok by R. Dubois St Marc - A Panorama of Japanese Summer Resorts - Travel and Exploration Notes - The Malabar Radio Station by Milling Jones - The Lena Goldfield's Concessions In The Western Altai by G.T Eve - Engineering, Industrial And Commercial Notes - Elephant and Tiger Hunting In Indo China by Ernest Edgar - A Handsome Moth From Szechwan by George M. Franck - Notes On Trees and Shrubs of Northern Manchuria by B. W. Skvortzow - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, September 1931, Vol XV, No3. 1 volume in-8, I-XXXVI+(115-166)+XXXVII-LIV pp., illustrated covers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: Chinas progress in Science by Arthur de C. Sowerby - The Floods in China - The Khumb Mela by W. Stokes - Lao Tzu and The Tao Te Ching by T. A. Bisson - Editorial Comments - Art Notes - Reviews - The Luan Gorges by John Goette - Some Javanese Legends by R. Dubois St. Marc - Travel and Exploration Notes - The Romance of Cinchona by Arthur de C. Sowerby - Engineering, Industrial and Commercial Notes - Contribution to the Ichthyology of China by Yuanting T. Chu - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, January 1934, Vol XX, No1. 1 volume in-8, A1-A34+(1-60)+A35-A50 pp., illustrated ccvers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition.
Contents: Prospects for 1934 by Arthur de C. Sowerby - An All Chinese Number - The China Society of Science and Art - Chinese Symbolism by Florence Rush Nance - Some Players of the Magic Sword translated by Pan Tze-Yen - Art Notes - Correspondence - The Library - The Huang Ho and The Roads from North China to Sinkiang by Guenther Koehler - Travel and Exploration Notes - A Giant Mat-Shed in Tientsin by H. Wright - Engineering, Industrial and Commercial Notes - The Chinese Mink or Golden Weasel by Arthur de C. Sowerby - A New From of Kolonock or Mink from North Manchuria by A. S. Loukashkin - Scientific Notes and Reviews Shooting Notes - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Publications Received.
North-China Daily News and Herald Ltd, July 1935, Vol XXIII, No1. 1 volume in-8, A1-A32+(1-64)+A33-A48 pp., illustrated ccvers, with many b.&w. photographs and advertisements, good condition but damaged spine.
Contents: Events and Comments - Flower Arrangement, A Living Art by Lillian Shively - Notes on the Origin of Chinese Private Gardens by Grace M. Boynton - Divination and Ritual During The Shang and Chou Dynasties by H. E. Gibson - Art Notes - The Library - The Sacred Mountains of China: Tien Tai Shan, A Home of Buddhist Philosophy in China by E. R. Lapwood - A Tour in Kiangsi by D. Bourke-Borrowes - Travel and Exploration Notes - Shanghais Dirty Linen by Stuart Lillico - Engineering, Industrial and Commercial Notes - Migration Notes by G.. D. Wilder - Notes on Tree and Shrubs of Northern Manchuria by B. W. Skvortzow - Scientific Notes and Reviews - Shooting and Fishing Notes - The Kennel - The Garden - Societies and Institutions - Education Notes and Intelligence - Publications Received.