No place of publication. No details of publisher. Circa (1925). Four page manuscript in black and red ink, 34 x 42.5cm unfolded, paper evenly browned and lightly foxed, few small holes not affecting legibility. These handwritten journal shows the coal consumption of the Indasu-Maru during her voyages on the Australian..... More

London. Hart Davis. 1953. Reprint. Translated. Introduction by Peter Fleming. Map, colour frontispiece, black and white photographic plates, xiii + 288pp, edges and price clipped dustjacket foxed, name of a prior owner partially erased front free endpaper, a good copy. The author was tutor and confidant of the young Dalai..... More

New York. Palgrave Macmillan. 2004. Black and white photographic illustrations, index, bilbiography, notes, xiii + 334pp, very good hardback copy in dustjacket, 240 x 159mm. Dr. Albert Shelton was a medical missionary who spent nearly twenty years in the Tibetan borderlands at the start of the last century. Raising his..... More

Various publishers. (circa1925). A small archive of 30 catalogues, newsletters and other early 20th century trade ephemera reflecting the water pumps and motors that were available in Japan in the first quarter of the 20th century. Original wrappers, some are folded, occasional creasing at margins and minor soiling or browning..... More

Science Press np 1977, 1977. Double page sketch map showing the deserts in China, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, approximately 80pp (unpaginated), paperback, foxing on endpapers but generally very good. 25 x 22.3cm. "China Tames Her Deserts" is a brief true record of the efforts by the people..... More

[石家庄?]. [Shijiazhuang?]. No details of publisher. (circa1950). Chinese colour woodblock nianhua featuring a public struggle session. The target of the crowd's ire is a rich farmer or landlord being accused of having previously exploited the peasants. Ledgers or accounting records are piled at the feet of the accused, no doubt..... More

[石家庄?]. [Shijiazhuang?]. No details of publisher. [1950]. Chinese colour woodblock nianhua depicts a room full of people at a local election. Some cast votes into a green vase at the left, while others appear to be holding a heated discussion about the candidates and the election. A man at the..... More

[石家庄?]. [Shijiazhuang?]. No details of publisher. (circa1950). Chinese colour woodblock nianhua showing a group of women and children reading and learning together. In the centre two young women teach an elderly woman how to read. In the background a women and a child practice writing characters on a blackboard while..... More

[石家庄?]. [Shijiazhuang?]. No details of publisher. (circa1950). Chinese colour woodblock nianhua featuring a group of peasants delivering local produce to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) for the Chinese New Year. The red banner reading "People's Hero" is being presented to the PLA soldiers, while two young children wave small green..... More

[石家庄]. [Shijiazhuang]. 新美術社.[Xin mei shu she]. [1950]. Chinese colour woodblock nianhua in the style of Chinese brush painting featuring a busy scene of local villagers lining up to receive their land certificate. A temporary collection point, decorated with pink banner and red flags, is set up for the villagers to..... More

[石家庄?]. [Shijiazhuang?]. [大衆美術社?].[Da zhong mei shu she?]. (circa1950). Chinese colour woodblock nianhua featuring the strategic military manoeuvre, crossing the Yellow River led by 刘伯承 [Liu Bocheng] and 邓小平 [Deng Xiaoping]. Some occasional very light foxing and a little undulation in the paper in places along the margins, very good. Text..... More

[石家庄]. [Shijiazhuang]. [大众美術社].[Da zhong mei shu she]. (circa1950). Chinese colour woodblock nianhua. The upper section of the image shows a combined Chinese lunar and Gregorian calendar for 1949 accompanied by various agricultural activities for each solar period during the year. Below a rural scene shows two farmers and a peasant..... More

[石家庄]. [Shijiazhuang]. 華大美術工廠.[Hua da mei shu gong chang]. (circa1950). Chinese colour woodblock nianhua featuring nine young children playing the game of the People versus Chiang Kai-shek and American Imperialism. One child pretends to be "Chiang Kai-shek" with a wooden name tag wrapped around his neck, in black military jacket and..... More