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M. Ferenczy & Kincses Károly, Mandarin Ösvérháton[Mandarin on a mule] Hopp Ferenc Fényképei, Hungary 1999. Softcover 20 x 23 cm. 156 pag. with 137 sepia coloured photo's. Text Hungarian, photo captions and short introduction also in English.
With regard to old Asian photography the catalogue contains 29 photo's of Asia nearly all made in 1903: China[3]: no.'s 31, 124, 126, Siam[1]: no.56, Japan[9]: no.'s 59, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111 Korea [10]: no's 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, Rest of Asia[6]: no's 96, 98, 99, 100, 132, 133
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ALPHEN, J. Van, Mensen voorbij de Grote Muur. Foto's uit Jehol Oost-mongolie China 1910 -1939, Tentoonstellingscatalogus 1990, Etnografisch Museum Antwerpen, Antwerpen 1990. Softcover, 25 x 29,5 cm.95 blz. 76 foto's. CONTENT: Introduction from page 8 till 17, the following 76 pages, one photo per page. This exhibition [Antwerp 1990] catalogue contains 76 photo's made in the period 1910-1939 probably by Father R. Verbois, who was a member of the so-called “Scheut” Congregation. The area in which this Belgian Roman Catholic Congregation was active was Inner Mongolia [later on focus was shifted to Belgian Congo]. The photo's in the catalogue have been printed from black-and-white prints of negatives on glass, that were originally used for educational purposes. The introduction introduces the reader to the region, the political situation in China at that time and the role of the missionary. Contemporary reports of missionaries travelling and working there have been used to underline some aspects of the introduction. The photo's are more of documentary than artistic value although the quality is quite good. They depict mostly the daily working life of the Chinese inhabitants of the region. This concurs with the fact that christening of the inhabitants was nearly only limited to the Han Chinese. The descriptions of the photo's are based on the actual descriptions on the glass originals.
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Museé Guimet, Missions archéologiques francaises en Chine. Photographes et itinéraires 1907-1923, Parijs 2004. Hardcover, 25 x 29 cm. 240 pag. met ca. 175 zwart-wit foto's plus CDROM met ca. 2564 foto's. Cet ouvrage, accompagné d'un cédérom de 2564 photographies, rassemble pour la première fois, l'intégralité des photographies des premières missions archéologiques françaises en Chine de 1907 à 1923. Les fonds photographiques présentés concernent: la mission Édouard Chavannes (1907), le voyage de Victor Segalen et Augusto Gilbert de Voisins (1909), les missions Henri Maspero (1914), Victor Segalen - Augusto Gilbert de Voisins Jean Lartigue (1914), les excursions de Victor Segalen (1917) et la mission Jean Lartigue (1923).
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HARRIS,D., Of Battle and Beauty. Felice Beato's Photographs of China, Santa Barbara 1999. Softcover, 27 x 27 cm. 186 pag. met 85 foto's. CONTENT:
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SHEN JIAWEI & DOU KUN, Old China through G.E.Morrison's Eyes, Beijing 2007. Slipcase with 3 Volume, 28,5 x 21cm. Vol.I: 132 pag.;Vol.II:164 pag.;Vol.III: 237 pag. full black-and-whit photographs. "Vol.I : Morrison of Peking; Vol.II: Catastrophe at the Turn of the Century; Vol.III: Eyewitness of the Reformation. The text is in English and Chinese giving background information as well as comprehensive captions to accompany over 500 photographs from the late Qing dynasty to the early part of the Republic of China.The collection draws upon a vast collection of photos, which were donated to the State library of NSW by Morrison’s son Alister. Some of these photographs were taken by George Morrison himself while others were collected during his residency in Beijing. This compilation includes pictures of great historical events, as well as scenes of daily life in Beijing and other parts of the country. As such, this amounts to an important historical archive, which documents a country and a people that have changed beyond recognition in the last hundred years."
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Old Postcards of Peking, China 2008. Soft cover 21 x 28 cm. 255 pag. with 250 postcards in colour. Captions in Chinese and English.
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MÜLLER,m. & POLLACHI, E., OMBRE ELETTRICHE Cento anni di Cinema Cinese 1905-2005, Milano 2005(publisher: Mondadori Electa SpA // ISBN9788837037154). Soft cover 24,5 x 17,5 cm. 312 pages fully illustrated. Text in Italian. “ Il volume è il catalogo della Rassegna Retrospettiva sul Cinema Cinese di Roma (Complesso del Vittoriano, 29 giugno 24 luglio 2005), organizzata dal Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, dall'Istituto LUCE, e da Comunicare Organizzando al Complesso del Vittoriano in collaborazione con l'Amministrazione Statale della Radio, Cinema e Televisione Cinesi, e con l'Ambasciata della Repubblica Popolare Cinese presso l'Italia. La mostra, con i suoi oltre 250 manifesti storici provenienti dal China Film Archive di Pechino e dallo Shanghai Film Group e con i suoi filmati e montaggi di pellicole, in alcuni casi mai visti prima in Italia, vuole ripercorrere lo sviluppo della cinematografia cinese.”
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HAY,J., On Big Flowery Hill A soldier's journal of a secret mission into occupied China 1942, Londen 2004. Softcover 17 x 26 cm. 87 pag met ca 40 zwart-wit foto's. "On Big Flowery Hill tells the story of a secret British commando mission into occupied China in 1942. The narration, with its detailed account of daily routines depicting the gradual decline of the mission's morale, health and military effectiveness is juxtaposed with the young soldier's discovery of China. The country's mysterious landscapes and unexpected magnificence are seen through his eyes and portrayed here in astonishing photographs and writing of intimate simplicity. More than a beautiful book, this is moving document of one man's story of war, conveyed with the eloquent power of authenticity."
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C.CORNET & F.VERDIER, Paysans de l'eau. Chine, 1932 Photographies du Pere Joseph de Reviers de Mauny, Lyon 2004. Hardcover, oblong 26 x 22 cm. 244 pag. met ca 250 zwart-wit foto's. Franse tekst, foto's Chinees ondertitelt. Photo's made by a French missionary in 1932. French text with Chinese undertitling; 250 photographs in black and white.
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PERCKHAMMER, H. von / Forword: HOLITSCHER, A., PEKING, Berlin Albertus-Verlag, 1928. Hard cover 30 x 22,5 c. XX, 200 pages, 200 full-page sepia-tone reproductions of photographs. Captions in English, German, French and Spanish. Subjects include architecture, religion, common scenes and the people. Good copy. 
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SUCHOMEL, F. & SUCHOMELOVA, M., ...and the chinese cliffs emerged out of the mist. Perception and Image of China in early photographs, Prague 2011(publisher: Arbor Vitae // ISBN 978-80-86863-19-1). Hardcover 23,5 x 29 cm(oblong) 294 pages with around 200 hotographs. "The book introduces the reader to the topic of depictions of China, its inhabitants and life and customs in the 19th century in photographs and in illustrations in contemporary magazines and books. The essays follow up in detail the gradual transformation of this documentation in the usage of the new media of photography and the establishment of its role as a model for improving the recording of daily life and customs. The book deals at great length with the boom of photography in several Chinese open ports as well as in other important Chinese locations where, apart from views of the landscape and cities, posed images of local people were taken. Foreigners from Europe and America focused on the production of photographs but soon the first local photographers also started their own thriving photography studios. The authors also discuss the contemporary travel literature, mainly that which was available at the time in Central Europe. One part of the book is a comprehensive catalogue with detailed descriptions of 125 photographs from the collections of the Moravian natives Erwin Dubsky and Heinrich Wawra who visited China in the 1860s and 1870s and acquired important collections of Chinese albumin images in the local photographic studios from European and Chinese photographers. The book has an index of names and places and rich visual documentation accompanying individual chapters."
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ARTCURIAL, Photographies occidentaux en Chine-View from space-photographies de la Nasa, Parijs 2007. Soft cover 22 x 28 cm. 52 pag. CONTENT: Sales catalogue with 325 lots:
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BOSMA, R.a., Photography meets Film: Capa, Ivens and Fernhout in China, 1938, Amsterdam 2011. Hard cover 26,5 x 21 cm. 55 pages with 38 photographs. Volume 8 of the Rijksmuseum studies in Photography.
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BENNETT, T. & BOURGAREL, G. & COLLIN, D., Pierre Joseph Rossier, Photographe Une mémoire retrouvée, Fribourg 2006. Pro Fribourg no. 153(ISSN 0256-1476) Soft cover 21 x 21 cm. 108 pag. with ca. 70 photo's "This is the most comprehensive coverage of the life of the pioneer Swiss photographer, Pierre Rossier. Famous for being the first to take commercial photographs of China, Japan, Thailand and probably the Philippines. As well as discussing Rossier’s time in the Far East, this rare booklet also looks at his life before and after his photographic tour."
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Foreword by J. Hersey and L. Carrington, introduction by Jonathan D. Spence, Sidney D. Gamble's China, 1917-1932. Photographs of the Land and Its People, United States 2000/ publisher: Alvin Rosenbaum. ISBN 9780874919165. Black and white photographic illustrations(70 full page photo's and 15 text photo's), 191 pages, folio, brown cloth boards with black & white photo illustration tipped on the upper boards, black lettering stamped direct on upper board, in a matching brown cloth covered folding portfolio with loop closure. In publisher's shippping box. Sidney D. Gamble (July 12, 1890 – 1968) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to David Berry and Mary Huggins Gamble; grandson of James Gamble, who, with William Procter, founded Procter & Gamble in 1837. He visited China for four extended periods, 1908, 1917–1919, 1924–27, and 1931–1932, doing Christian social work for the Y.M.C.A and conducting social surveys. He is now best known for his remarkable and extensive photographs of Peking and North China. In 1917, he joined the work of Princeton-in-Peking and the Peking YMCA where his Princeton friend John Stewart Burgess invited him to do the surveys which resulted in Peking: A Social Survey, which included more than fifty photographs. In 1919 Gamble was on hand to capture dramatic photographs of the May Fourth demonstrations. The motto of the May Fourth Movement, "To save China through science and democracy," and the missionary ideal of "Saving China through Christianity" for a time seemed to be united. Jonathan Spence concludes of Gamble that his "findings were open-minded, clear headed, methodologically intelligent (though not always beyond criticism by scholars of different views), startlingly imaginative, and -- when presented in photographic form -- vigorous, ebullient, unsentimental, and starkly, yet never cruelly, illustrative of the deep and real suffering that lay at the heart of China's long revolution."
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SOTHEBY'S, Travel Atlasses Maps and Natural History[11/2012], London 2012. Auction catalogue London 15 November 2012[sale: L12405], soft cover 27 x 21 cm. 163 pag. 340 lots. Old photography lots: 99 & 103 China*112-119 India / 121 Korea / 123 Nepal / 142 Corfu / 143 Antartic / 212 French Riviera / 222 Russia / 229 Abyssinia / 230 Madagascar / 235 Zanzibar / 249 Turkey[Constantinople] / 255 Egypt / Geece-Corfu 262 & 263 / 265 Mecca / 270 Turkey[Constantinople] / 276 P. Loti a.o. / 282 Egypt / 290 Persian Gulf / 293 Arabia 301-304 Saudi Arabia / 306 Turkey.  Lot 103: THOMSON, JOHN. FOOCHOW AND THE RIVER MIN. A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS. LONDON: AUTOTYPE FINE ART COMPANY, 1873 Estimate: 70,000 - 100,000 GBP LOT SOLD. 349,250 GBP (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium) First (and only) edition, large oblong folio (362 x 558mm.), letterpress title, 2 page list of photographs and a 6 page introduction by Thomson, 80 carbon prints mounted on 50 leaves, comprising 40 large prints (from 105 x 310mm. to 248 x 300mm., or the reverse) and 40 smaller prints (124 x 97mm.), most with paper guards, original dark-green half morocco gilt, spine with raised bands gilt, upper cover titled in gilt, gilt edges, slight wear to title affecting text, spotting to title and mounts, paper guards browned or torn (some with loss), short tear to 2 mounts (25 and 37) not affecting the photographs, binding rather rubbed
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George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Image vol 37 nos 3-4 Special issue with "Souvenirs of Asia Photography in the Far East 1840-1920", New York 1994. Softcover 21 x 28 cm. 62 pag. met 40 foto's waarvan 4 in kleur. Softcover 62 pages with 40 photo's of which 4 in colour.
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WASILEWSKA-DOBKOWSKA, J., Steam Age in the Land of the Dragon Joseph Skarbek and His China Pictures 1906-1909, Warsaw 2001. Softcover 18 x 25,5 cm. 48 pag. met 41 sepia coloured photographs. "From the black and white photographs there emerges a colorful image of traditional China, which was just then facing the impact of Western modernity. Fairs, picturesque New Year celebrations, half naked workers on the construction site, women treading carefully on their deformed feet - all this variety of senses appealed to the photographer. Joseph Skarbek photographed not only every day life but also the then little known historical monuments of Henan province, the heart of the Middle Kingdom, whose pictures emanate peace and melancholy."
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Unknown, SUN YAT-SEN commemorative album, China 1956. Soft cover 24,5 x 17,5 cmover some slight wear. Good copy.
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XIE SENZHAN, Taiwan Huijiu / Taiwan Revisited 1845-1945, Taibei 1994. Hardcover in slipcase 31 x 22 cm. 462 pag. with around 1000 early photographs and postcards arranged thematically.  XIE SENZHAN, Taiwan Huixiang / Taiwan Recollected 1845-1945, Taibei 1994. Hardcover in slipcase 31 x 22 cm. 438 pag. with around 1000 early photographs and early postcards arranged thematically. Sequel to "Taiwan Revisited 1845-1945". 
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