Lanning Couling (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, blank front end paper, half title , frontis, title ,foreword, contents and list of illustrations leaves, 504pp, index and corrigenda leaf, all illustrations and plans called for present, ( 5 illustrations and 5 plans ) the first plan 'first sketch of the settlement' is loose but all good otherwise, the volume has been rebound in plain red cloth with title in gilt some time ago now i would have thought, cloth is a bit edge rubbed and aged but good and sound, both the front a rear blank end papers have cloth strengthening on one side to gutter edge, no doubt done when volume was rebound, the end papers are a little foxed and grubby in places, contents good clean and sound. a good tight copy of the first edition , images can be sent of course.

21,5*15,5 cm. OLeinenband. 504 S. Einband berieben und fleckig. Ecken gestaucht. Seiten nachgedunkelt mit leichter Randbräunung. Einige wenige Seiten leicht eselohrig, sonst gut. L05-2 Wichtiger Hinweis: Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung zur Zeit KEIN Versand in EU-Länder. Due to EPR, there is currently no delivery to EU-countries. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

First edition of this early comprehensive English-language account of Shanghaiâs transformation from a regional port into a major international city. Royal octavo, original publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of a folding plate of "The Bund", illustrated with numerous black and white plates and folding maps. In near fine condition with light shelf wear, name to the front pastedown. The History of Shanghai by George Lanning and Samuel Couling provides a chronological account of the cityâs development from a modest Chinese port into a major center of international trade and foreign settlement. Focusing on political change, commercial expansion, and the establishment of foreign concessions, the book documents Shanghaiâs rapid transformation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The authors draw on contemporary records and firsthand observation, offering insight into how Western observers understood the forces shaping the modern city.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. ii, [4], 504 pages, frontispiece, 5 folding plans, 4 (of 6) black and white plates. Dated 1920 on the title page, this volume differs in several ways from the imprint of 1921. Frontispiece plate, reproducing a painting of William Jardine (found facing page 467 in the imprint of 1921); dated 1920 on title page; recto of following leaf entitled "Preface," without further text; recto of following leaf entitled "List of illustrations and plans" without list, but with short note in Chinese laid in. Otherwise, the text of this and of the 1921 imprint are, as far as we are able to determine, identical, with three small exceptions: on pages 499, 500, and 503 of our copy three minor typographical emendations have been made in pencil and in pen; these corrections have been made in the 1921 printing. Our copy lacks the reproduction of a painting of The Bund, as well as an image of The Custom House, Shanghai, in the fifties. Publisher's cloth binding worn, exposure at corners and edges, boards and spine nearly detached, chipping to head and foot of spine; inner hinges broken, 2x2 blank paper label pasted to upper hinge corner of front free endpaper, contents age-toned, a few marginal marks, page numbers in blue pencil to upper fore-corner of plates. 1260 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition, original black cloth, Part I, 1~73pp.Part II,78~504pp. v(index) in one volume, rubbed and faded else internally clean, scarce 25x18cm.

First edition, first printing, with the delicate folding plans in excellent condition. This enduringly valuable history covers commerce, currency, extraterritoriality, expatriate social life, and even smuggling. The plans present Shanghai as it appeared in the mid-19th century, as well as the layout of the first British consulate and the anchorage at Suzhou Creek. Lanning and Couling (1859-1922) were veteran foreign residents of the city. An educator, Lanning ran a boys' school for several decades. His co-author was a missionary, as well as a correspondent of Sir Aurel Stein - Couling's collection of ancient Chinese oracle bones was purchased by the British Museum in 1911. Octavo. Folding frontispiece showing panorama of Bund, 6 plates, 5 folding plans. Original black morocco-grain cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front board panelled in blind. Spine rubbed, boards bright, joints expertly repaired, plates and plans well preserved: a very good copy.