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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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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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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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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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SPENCE,J. & CHIN,A. ,The Chinese Century, Londen 2002. Hardcover, 25 x 32 cm. 264 pag. met ca. 250 zwart-wit foto's. “More than two hundred and fifty black-and-white photographs culled from archives, libraries, and private collections throughout China, Taiwan, and the West. Many of these images have never been seen outside China. They represent a veritable time machine of historical events which took place during the 20th century, ranging from images of the Boxer Rebellion through to the events of Tiananmen Square. The accompanying narrative text traces China's disintegration into civil and world war, Communist revolution, and its slow re-emergence as a military and economic power. " CONTENT:
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MAU DICKER,L., The Chinese in San Francisco A pictorial history, NewYork 1979. Softcover 28 x 21 cm. 134 pag. met 168 zwart-wit foto's. CONTENT:
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CARRINGTON GOODRICH, L & CAMERON, N., The Face of China As Seen by Photographers & Travelers 1860-1912, Hong Kong 1978. Hardcover, 29 x 23 cm.160 pag. ca 100 photographs. CONTENT:
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Christie's, The Lau collection of 19th Century Chinese and Japanese photography, Londen 1994. Sales catalogue 19 October 1994[5264]. Softcover 21 x 27 cm. 42 pag. met 66 foto's; 87 lots. Good copy. With price list.
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Tuulikki Vilhunen e.a., ltään ja Etelään Lähetyssaarnajat valokuvaajina 1890-1930 / To the East and South Missionaries as photographers, Helsinki 1995. Hardcover 28 x 21,5 cm.197 pag. met 130 foto's waarvan 64 over China. Tekst in het Fins, Engels, Chinees en Ndongo. CONTENT:
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FALCONER,J.,a.o, Van Bombay naar Shanghai /From Bombay to Shanghai, Rotterdam 1994. Softcover, 21 x 25 cm. 112 pag.met 78 zwart-wit foto's. Tekst in het Nederlands en Engels. Zeer interessante introductie op de oude (1860-1900) fotografie in Zuid- en Zuidoost Azië met o.a. 500 korte biografische omschrijvingen van fotografen uit die tijd. Text in Dutch and English. Very interesting and concise introduction on early (1860-1900) Western photography of South and South East Asia with short biographical notes on around 500 photographers of that time.
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CABOT,M.H., Vanished kingdoms. A woman explorer in Tibet, China & Mongolia 1921-1925. Hardback, oblong.190 pag. met veel zwart-wit foto's en een paar in kleur. Vanished Kingdoms is the story of Janet Elliott Wulsin who explored together with her husband remote corners of Western China, Inner Mongolia, and northwestern Tibet. Wulsin's story went largely untold until, after her death in 1963, her daughter, Mabel Cabot, found her mother's private letters and diaries. Cabot spent the next four years conducting research in the Harvard University Library and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology to unravel her mother's fascinating story. They documented tribes people and sublime desert landscapes, and, most remarkably, were allowed to photograph the interior of several of the great Tibetan Buddhist lamaseries, including Choni, Kumbum and Labrang. Several dozen rare, hand-painted lantern slides survived and are reproduced here in color. The photographs from the Wulsin Expedition, are now in the collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. (see also: AlLONSO, M.E.ed. China's inner frontier Photographs of the Wulsin Expedition to Northwest China in 1923. Cambridge, 1979).
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FALCONER,J., Western Eyes. An exhibition of Historical Photographs of China taken by European Photographers, 1860-1930, Beijing 2008. 2 Volume set in a cassette. Softcover 25 x 25 cm. together 615 pag.met ruim 500 foto's. CONTENT: The photographs in this exhibition present a cumulative impression of China, through the prism of landscapes, architecture, people and historical events, photographed by and for westerners over three-quarters of a century, from the closing phases of the Second Opium or Arrow War in 1860, through to the work of amateur photographers in the 1930s. The photographs are divided in 14 sections:
€ 245.00
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