Hankow (10 results)

Condition: gut. 45 S., 23 cm, gebräunt. Sprache: Deutsch.

xv, 440pp, 4 maps, 4 figs, 10 tables, bibliography. Cloth, 24x16. Very good, in dust wrapper, this slightly creased and marked. Interesting study of society of 19th Century Chinese city.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stedn; Soft cover - English - - Pamphlet. Small Octavo. ptd wrappers ex-Hartfor theol seminary library blind stamp on front wrapper, small ink stamp on front wrapper otherwise VG: 31pp+ 1pg ads back cover. 5 Articles 4 are on China 1 on Japan. Early peaceniks for world peace.Logan Herbert Roots, [Bishop of Hankow China]bp.; J H De Forest; Ernest DeWitt Burton; Gilbert Reid; John Watson Foster; American Association for International Conciliation.The outlook for China; being notes from a lecture delivered in Hankow, December, 1909, by the Rt. Rev. L.H. Roots.--Extraterritoriality in china [by] Rev. J.H. De Forest.--Good and bad in the western invasion of China, by E.D. Burton.--Conciliation in China; an example of international conciliation in the Far East, by the Rev. G. Reid.--The Japanese war scare, by Hon. J.W. Foster.

1 plaquette in-8, brochée, couverture souple imprimée, 41 pp., très bon état. Rare document publié à Hankow en 1909, définissant les réglements administratifs et juridiques sur le territoire Français de la Concession de Hankow, l'actuelle ville de Wuhan,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 30 original photos. Album size: 21.9*15.4cm; Image size: 14.8*9.3cm. 15 card leaves, each with 2 mounted black and white photographs (148mm*93mm) with printed captions, very good condition in card covers. Photos available upon request.

5 newpapers published in Hankow, 1927. Good copies of this rare newspaper, each with 4 pages, illustrated with a front page cartoon.

1 set of 5 daily newspapers, published in Hankow, October 1927 ), large size (60*48 cm), all numbers in good condition. With many full page advertisements. Each issue offers various contents, such as political news, commercial news, shipping news, etc.Vol 17, Nos 4890-4891-4892-4893-4894. An interesting set of 5 chinese daily newspapers, published in Hankow, in english language.

1 set of 5 daily newspapers, published in Hankow, all numbers in good condition. With many full page advertisements. Each issue offers various contents, such as political news, commercial news, shipping news, etc. An interesting collection of chinese daily newspapers, published in Hankow, in english language.

First edition, first printing, of this guide to the towns and counties traversed by the Peking-Hankow railroad, China's first long-distance railway line and the lifeblood of the country's modernizing economy. Aimed at the armchair traveller and tourist alike, the parts discuss scenery, local customs, important historical events, and matters of cultural interest The Peking to Hankow railway was built as a co-operative venture between the Imperial Chinese Railway Company and the Belgian China Railway Survey Company. The German engineer Heinrich Hildebrand was engaged to survey the 1500-mile route, and in June 1898 the contract was awarded to a Belgian syndicate. Bonds worth 112 million Francs were issued to French investors to raise the necessary finance. Construction began at both ends of the line and progressed at a rate of 500 metres per day. The first trains began to run on sections of the track in 1901, and in 1902 the Empress Dowager Cixi made her triumphant return to the capital using part of the line. Four years later, construction was finally completed. An engineering triumph, the project facilitated unprecedented levels of commercial and leisure travel between north and central China. The title evokes the long history of the Beijing and Hankow regions by referring to them as "Yan" and "Chu", the names of their equivalent Zhou dynasty states. This guide was issued the Peking-Hankow Railway Administration (Chinese: Jinghan tielu guanli ju). In 1927, Chiang Kai-Shek's government established its capital at Nanjing, and the name of the route was changed to "Beiping-Hankow Railway", providing a terminus ante quem for the date of publication. Copies are recorded at Berkeley, Chicago, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, the University of Hong Kong, and Bukkyo. 20 parts in 8 vols, octavo (253 x 149 mm). Original brown paper wrappers, white thread xianzhuang stitching, front covers lettered in black. With original blue cloth folding case, contemporary manuscript title label, bone toggles. Contemporary Beijing bookseller's ink stamp on final page of first volume, contemporary red ink stamp on rear wrapper of same volume. Covers with a few small closed tears and chips, rear wrapper of volume I soiled, contents toned, a few leaves browned. A near-fine copy in like case.

A scarce map, unrecorded institutionally, displaying Hankow's emergence as an industrial and commercial centre, as well as the decline of colonial power in the former treaty port. Following its designation as a treaty port in March 1861, Hankow grew with the presence of Britain and other foreign powers into an economic powerhouse to rival Shanghai. Its various industries included tobacco, cotton, iron, steel, and oil. This map, oriented west-north-west, shows the city's expatriate quarter on the western bank of the Yangtze. Markers along the foot divide it into the different concessions: French, Japanese, and three present and former Special Administrative Districts (S.A.D.). On the extreme left, the Chinese part of the city is drawn out of scale. In the era in which this map was produced, the age of Western imperial incursion in the city was over, with former concession either repatriated or, in the case of the British sector, placed under joint administration. The plan refers to two "ex-S.A.D." areas: following China's declaration of war on Germany in 1917, it seized the German concession, re-designating it S.A.D. One, while in 1920 the Russian part of the city became S.A.D. Two. In both cases, S.A.D. status was revoked in 1929, returning these areas to full Chinese control. This left only S.A.D. Three, created from the old British concession by the 1927 Chen-O'Malley Agreement in the wake of Chinese popular demonstrations against British imperialism. S.A.D. Three, administered by a six-person council of Chinese and British officials, survived until 1938 when it was surrendered by the Royal Marines to the advancing Japanese army. The map captures the impressive array of businesses and infrastructure developed by foreign powers. Marked businesses include the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the extensive Jardine Matheson operation, Mackenzie, and the Asiatic Trading Corporation. Also identified is the large racing and recreation club, as well as the Peking-Hankow railway line with the spur originally built by the Germans to the main line to their concession. The mapmaker, R. N. Hewitt, worked for Hankow's Atkinson & Dallas from around 1910 before joining the firm of Nielsen & Malcolm in 1920 as head of the architectural department. Diazo-chemical whiteprint map (328 x 664 mm), red crayon outlining of most buildings. Creases where sometime folded, a few faint stains not affecting legibility, 32 mm closed tear just crossing lower left corner neatline, neatly repaired with white archival tape verso. A very good example.