BLAKESLEE, GEORGE H. (EDITED BY)

China and the Far East Clark University Lectures

New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1910. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is some light toning to the spine of the book and there are several spots of ground-in dirtto the spine as well. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. "George Hubbard Blakeslee (August 27, 1871 – May 5, 1954) was an academic, professor of history and international relations at Clark University, and a founder (along with G. Stanley Hall) of the Journal of Race Development, which despite its name suggestive of eugenics was, in fact, the first American journal devoted to international relations. This journal was later renamed the Journal of International Relations, which in turn was merged with Foreign Affairs. Born in Geneseo, New York, he was the brother of the botanist Albert Francis Blakeslee. Having graduated from Wesleyan University (A. B.1893, A. M. 1897 ) , George Blakeslee then studied at Leipzig University and Oxford University between 1901 and 1903. He received his Ph. D. From Harvard University in 1903. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1908." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 50415

Catalogue: China

Keywords: China George H. Blakeslee The Far East Politics The Orient Clark University Lectures

DOLLAR, ROBERT

Private Diary of Robert Dollar on His Recent Visits to China

San Francisco, CA: Robert Dollar / W. S. Van Cott & Co, 1912. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The spine is noticeably toned. The text pages are clean and bright. The first printing consists of 800 copies. "In 1895, he (Robert Dollar) acquired his first vessel, a single steam schooner called Newsboy, to move his lumber from the Pacific Northwest to markets down the coast. Thus began his entry into the shipping industry that included lumber, commodities, mail, and passengers. In the process he became a San Francisco shipping magnate who entered the lumber trade in Canada. In 1903, Robert and his three sons incorporated their interests into the Robert Dollar Company. In 1910, Dollar built an 11-story office building in San Francisco, headquarters of the Dollar Steamship Company, which was expanded in 1919. During the inter-war years, his freighters plied the Pacific and were a common sight from Canada to Canton, San Francisco to Shanghai, and Tacoma to Tokyo. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 50401

Catalogue: China

Keywords: China Robert Dollar Memoirs Ships & Sailing The Far East Shipping

DUDA, PAUL

The Vanishing Hutongs of Beijing By Paul Duda

Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2007. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 981261527X. Color Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This edition is limited to 500 copies, signed by the author. This is copy 410. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly crisp and clean, but has some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. "In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods. Since the mid-20th century, many Beijing hutongs were demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, however, many hutongs have been designated as protected, in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history. Hutongs were first established in the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) and then expanded in the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties. "(from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 47302

Catalogue: China

Keywords: 981261527X China Paul Duda China Signed Edition Limited Edition Cities Travel & Exploration

FA, LU CHI & BECKY WHITE

Double Luck Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan

New York, NY: Holiday House, 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0823415600. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed in both English and Chinese on the front endpaper. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. ; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 47800

Catalogue: China

Keywords: 0823415600 China Lu Chi Fa Becky White Immigrants Chinese Signed Edition American Dream Biography

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRESS

The Seeds and Other Stories

Peking, China: Foreign Languages Press, 1972. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. This is a smaller than trade paperback book. The text is all in English. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued with French flaps instead of a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping, rubbing and nicking to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. This is a group of short fiction by Chinese authors, including: Red Cliff Revisited (Chen Hung-shan) , An Night in Potato Village (Tai Mu-jen) , Half the Population (Yin-Yi-ping) , Raiser of Sprouts (Chang Wei-wen) , Third Time to School (Lu Chao-hui) , The Case of the Missing Ducks (Hu Hui-ying) , A Detour to Dragon Village (Ho Hsiao-lu) , Raising Seedlings (Chiang Kuei-fu) , Selling Rice (Ching Hung-shao) , Two Ears of Rice (Hsu Tao-sheng and Chen Wen tsai) , Crossing Chungchou Dam (Hung Chung-wen) , The Seeds (Chia Wen-ling) , Where the Sunghua River Flows (Chi Hsin) , and, The Story of Tachai (Pien Hsi).. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 46144

Catalogue: China

Keywords: China Foreign Language press Short Stories Fiction Cultural Revolution China's Cultural Revolution

ROCKHILL, WILLIAM WOODVILLE

Inquiry Into the Population of China

City OF Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1904. Paperback. This is trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a side stapled spine. The covers have noticeable wear, some water spots and iron residue from the staples. There are several edge tears and a couple of chips, especially to the spine ends. The text pages are generally clean, but have some light toning and some curling to both corners. This is a monograph - reprinted from the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (vol. 47). "William Woodville Rockhill (May 1, 1854 – December 8, 1914) was a United States diplomat, best known as the author of the U. S.' s Open Door Policy for China and as the first American to learn to speak Tibetan." "With the outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion, U. S. Secretary of State John Hay, who knew little of the Far East, turned to Rockhill for guidance. As such, Rockhill drafted a memorandum that spelled out the famous Open Door Policy towards China; this memorandum was circulated to Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Japan, and Italy and in March 1900, Secretary Hay announced that all the Great Powers had signed off on the Open Door Policy. Rockhill was then despatched as President McKinley's special envoy, where he represented the U. S. In the Conference of Ministers that followed the ending of the Boxer Rebellion. During the negotiations surrounding the Boxer Protocol, Rockhill argued against full war reparations, instead encouraging the Great Powers to settle for a lump sum of $333 million in reparations to be divided amongst the Powers in proportion to their expenses incurred in intervening in China. " (from Wikipedia). Fair .

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Book number: 37055

Catalogue: China

Keywords: China William Woodville Rockhill China Policy Population Population Tallys Census Smithsonian Institute

SHU-LI, CHAO (TRANSLATED BY GLADYS YANG)

Changes in LI Village

Peking, China: Foreign Lang. Press, 1953. 1st English Language Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a patch of color loss to the front endpaper where a previous owner's address label was removed. The dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing, bumping and several small edge tears, along with rubbing and wear to the front flap joint. "Zhao Shuli (1906–1970) was a novelist and a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. He died in 1970, following persecutions during the Cultural Revolution." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 50245

Catalogue: China

Keywords: China Chao Shu Li LI Village Chinese History Chinese Culture Literature Gladys Yang

THARP, ROBERT N.

They Called Us White Chinese the Story of a Lifetime of Service to God and Mankind

Charlotte, NC: Eva E Tharp Pubns, 1994. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0963942506. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized book (very small folio, but quite thick ). The book is in Very+ Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in generally clean, bright condition, but there are a couple of small tears and nicks. "Robert Tharp was born on January 31, 1913 in Kuancheng, China, up north near the border with Mongolia, where his parents had lived since 1903. His missionary father, Edwin James Tharp, was born in Canterbury, England. As a teenager, Robert met Evangeline Elsje Kok (Eva) , through a chance encounter on a beach in China around 1929. Eva was born January 26, 1914, in Dali, in China's Yunnan Province, to missionary parents from Holland. Four years later, her family moved to Beijing, where her father, Arie Kok, joined the Dutch diplomatic corps. Eva had a brother, Gerard (Jerry) Kok. Robert and Eva were married in China on August 17, 1938. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tharp was sent to a Japanese internment camp and Eva was placed under house arrest in Mukden, China. In 1942, Eva and her Robert, along with many others, were traded for Japanese prisoners, and they went to India, where they worked for the Indian government and British intelligence in New Delhi. "(National Cryptographic Foundation).. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 50512

Catalogue: China

Keywords: 0963942506 China Robert N. Tharp Missionaries Religion