Sewall John Kirk (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Edgewear and some soil to board, some light foxing to pages. John Kirk Sewall (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. This is a VG 153 page second edition paperback copy. With a wrap around cover painting of 10 guests at a round table at the "Bright Illustrious Springtime" Restaurant. A deep dive into eating out in China, dated August 1934 by the author. [Which happens to be the exact month that your old book seller was born]. Photos on request. SEWALL, JOHN KIRK (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Second edition, first was in 1935. Uninscribed. Pictorial soft boards, with a wrap around drawing, are rubbed along edges and there is faint damp staining. . Binding slightly loose. Includes the Chinese translation of key wording and an English-Chinese dictionary. End papers have slight damp 152 pages, plus photographic plates. John Kirk Sewall (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. original orange cloth, endpapers slightly damp stained, cover has some soiling, no jacket, contents fairly clean, reading copy, 153 pages illustrated, please see pictures (inv-20fl).

Condition: Gut. 2. Auflage. Gebundene Ausgabe, Zustand: Buch mit altersgemäß etwas stärkeren Gebrauchsspuren. Schnitt etwas fleckig, berieben und bestoßen. Einband etwas berieben und leicht fleckig. An den Ecken bestoßen, am Buchrücken oben und unten beschädigt, Bindung leicht sichtbar. Papier altersbedingt leicht gebräunt und minimal fleckig, aber ohne Beschädigungen. Bindung teilweise leicht gelockert, vorne ist die Bindung sichtbar. Namenseintrag im Vorsatz, Bleistifteintrag auf dem vorderen inneren Einband. Insgesamt für das Alter noch gut erhalten. 341 Aufgrund der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) erfolgt der Versand nur nach Deutschland, ins Nicht-EU-Ausland und nach Österreich. Für einen Versand in alle anderen EU-Länder (außer Österreich) nutzen Sie bitte Paketweiterleitungsdienste und hinterlegen bei der Bestellung eine deutsche Versandadresse. Due to the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR), we ship only to Germany, non-EU countries, and Austria. For shipping to all other EU countries (except Austria), please use a package forwarding service and provide a German shipping address when placing your order. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 325 20 cm, Hardcover/Pappeinband, ohne Schutzumschlag.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Binding is Stiff Paper Book has been moderately worn, rubbed, and soiled. John Kirk Sewall (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Second edition stated. Octavo, 153pp, line and half-tone illustrations, publisher's pictorial wrappers, pictorial endpapers with culinary map of China (covers worn, small closed tears, creases chips to edges, still good or better).

First state, uncommon in this condition and with the original wallet, of this colourful 1930s tourist map decorated with drawings of major landmarks and silhouette vignettes of street life. WorldCat records just four copies. With this map on hand, visitors to the old imperial capital could experience its rich mix of stunning architecture, imperial finery, bustling street life and modern conveniences. All the major sights are noted, including the Forbidden City, Drum Tower, Lama Temple, and the Temple of Heaven. Also highlighted are Liulichang street (famous for its curio shops), the market at Longfusi, several theatres, and the 50-metre public swimming pool located to the west of the imperial residence. The layout of the Legation Quarter is shown in detail, with each legation decorated with the appropriate national flag. Visitors are also able to find the location of hotels, the post office, the police department, the Peiyang Press itself, and many other services. The many silhouette adornments display Peiping's full cast of street figures: pedlars, a traveller with camels, cyclists, scholars, a rickshaw puller, a funeral procession, musicians, and many more. Various dates have been proposed for this map state based on the design of the tri-band German flag in the Legation Quarter. Copies have been misdated to before 1933 due to the flag being incorrectly identified as the black-gold-red Reichsbanner, used up to the electoral victory of the Nazi party in 1933. On this copy, and others we have traced, the flag appears as the black-white-red design of the German Imperial Flag, used between 1933 and 1935. A later state is titled "Peking" and shows the Nazi swastika flag on the German and ex-Austrian legations. Single sheet (590 x 494 mm), lithographed in colour and finished by hand, folding away to 202 x 103 mm. Housed in original red card wallet lettered in black. Colours sharp and bright, traces of production process including several faint red smudges and a few spots of ink mostly falling outside neatline, light creasing at top-right. A near-fine copy in the well-preserved wallet with a little creasing and small loss to one corner.…

Coloured folding plan of Peking with original envelope. 60 x 50cm. A few neat repairs at folds, two panels evenly browned on reverse. A very good copy of a scarce pictorial plan with its envelope. This delightful and scarce pictorial map of Peking with landmarks and streets in romanised Chinese, with occasional Chinese characters, is surprisingly scarce. Although apparently issued in several editions in the 1920s and 30s, it appears relatively infrequently on the market. The divisions of the Legation District are indicated by their flags - this edition shows the German Legation by use of the black, white and red bands of the German flag. This flag which was no longer used after 1935 helps date this edition. Other landmarks and attractions shown included theatres, foreign shopping area adjacent to the legations quarter, Liu Li Chang Curio District, the racecourse, the many city gates etc. …

None. Condition: None. Large folding color pictorial map, 60 × 50 cm (23.6 × 19.7 in.), folding into the original red paper wallet. Recently backed for preservation. Red offset traces from prolonged contact with the original wrapper remain visible; wrapper worn and creased, with a small loss at the upper edge. A well-known pictorial map of Republican-era Beijing, then officially Peiping, by the American illustrator John Kirk Sewall, published by the Peiyang Press for the foreign visitor market. Sewall combined a practical street plan with a highly stylized and humorous vision of the city, emphasizing monuments, foreign legations, hotels, shops, transportation, and characteristic figures of urban life. The map is particularly evocative of interwar foreign Peiping, with the Legation Quarter and international presence prominently represented. The flags shown there help date this state to the early-to-mid 1930s. Later states appeared under the title Peking with altered political details. The present copy retains its original red paper wallet, whose color has transferred onto portions of the map along the old folds and contact areas.…