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WARTIME GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-Elementary School Supplementary Textbook (Middle Level) Military manual China 1938 《战时常识》—小学补充材料
Shanghai: The Commercial Press, distributed by branches in Guangzhou, Wuzhou, Kunming, Guiyang, Hong Kong, Shantou, and Fuzhou, 1938. 8vo, 30 pages in total, pictorial wrappers, good condition.
A general knowledge book on war by Zhao Jing, Xu Ying, basic knowledge about army, navy, and air force, air defense, use of gas mask, wartime hygiene as well as patriotism. Two maps and nineteen illustrations included.
《战时常识》为小学生补充中年级教材，由商务印书馆1937年第一版，1938年再版印刷，由多个分馆同时发行。共30页。书以19张图片和2个地图图文的形式描写了陆军，海军，空军，防空，毒气口罩使用等多方面的知识。

WOODCUT: Insist on Struggling in Dabie Mountain 坚持大别山斗争
Shanghai: Published by Shanghai Magazine Company, 1950, illustrated by Guan Fusheng, including 21 pieces of woodcuts about the war in Dabie Mountain between the Communist Party and Nationalist Party. 12mo, [ii] 51pp. +3, library label around spine, slight tears to spine and cover, else very good condition.
本木刻集出版于1950年上海杂志公司，关夫生主编，21张木刻版画，主要内容介绍了大别山国共的战争。12×18cm，51页，稍有磨损，整体品相很好。

Shanghai: The Commercial Press, distributed by branches in Guangzhou, Wuzhou, Kunming, Guiyang, Hong Kong, Shantou, and Fuzhou. 1938. 8 vo. 30 pages in total. Good condition.
A general knowledge book on war by Zhao Jing, Xu Ying, basic knowledge about army, navy, and air force, air defense, use of gas mask, wartime hygiene as well as patriotism. Two maps and nineteen illustrations included.

《战时常识》—小学补充材料
《战时常识》为小学生补充中年级教材，由商务印书馆1937年第一版，1938年再版印刷，由多个分馆同时发行。共30页。书以19张图片和2个地图图文的形式描写了陆军，海军，空军，防空，毒气口罩使用等多方面的知识。

CHUBB (Ralph):
Water Cherubs. A Book of Original Drawings and Poetry by Ralph N. Chubb Maker of the "Book of Loves" &cHand-Printed & Published by the Author:
Fair Oak, Kingsclere Woodlands, Hants.: By the Author, 1936.
Illustrated with lithographic designs throughout.
Folio, [26] ff. printed on one side of hand-made paper; three-quarter dark green Niger morocco with black cloth boards (spine darkened, leather corners lightly rubbed). One of 24 copies (Number 7) of a total edition of 30 (the first 6 of which have several hand-colored illustrations).
Together with 2pp. pictorial Prospectus and Order Form laid in front.
Reid A12b
Ralph Chubb was a pioneering spirit in promoting these uniquely conceived hand-made private press books mixing prose and poetic heroic and pseudo-religious texts combined with free-spirit illustrations, highly influenced by William Blake, and homoerotic overtones. A landmark in LGBTQ+ literature, generally considered the best designed and illustrated work of the author's oeuvre.

Shanghai: Chao Feng Publishing House 1951, 3,000 copies were printed, edited by Tan Ge, designed by Chi Ning, Zhang Yutian. Small 12mo, [ii] 62 pp. pictorial wrappers, paper cutting defect on the last (62) page while printing but overall fine condition.
MacArthur was described as a professional killer whose power in Japan overwhelmed that of the Japanese Emperor. Six cartoons were adopted from newspapers and magazines. Library stamps of Renmin University of China on the cover.
Price: $650
《日本的白脸天皇》覃葛编著——美国内幕小丛书
1951年1月出版于潮锋出版社，共印刷3000册，本书编号是40. 由覃葛编著、池宁、张雨田设计。书中共有6个摘选自报纸和杂志的图片，描述出了杜格勒斯·麦克阿瑟作为一个超过日本天皇势力的职业杀手。树上有人民大学图书馆的印章。

STEIN (Gertrude)
The World is Round. Pictures by Clement Hurd
New York: William R Scott, Inc., 1939
4to., [iv] 67 pp.; gilt letter-stamped ivory boards: "Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose" in a circle (spine browned, handling wear), two-color publisher's slipcase (shelf wear, edge tears), otherwise a very good copy.
Signed Limited edition, one of 350 unnumbered copies, signed by both Gertrude Stein and Clement Hurd, author and illustrator.

HEARN, LafcadioWritings
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922.8vo., In 16 volumes. #161/750 numbered sets of the large-paper edition, signed by Koizumi Setsuko, Hearn's second wife, in Japanese characters and with her red seal, on a tipped-in leaf of japon vellum. The special edition includes a tipped-in single leaf of manuscript from Hearn's stories (in Vol. 1).Publisher's deluxe binding of quarter japon vellum over green silk jacquard-covered boards, (some spotting to spines, dent in top edge of front board in volumes 6-10, tidemark to bottom of spine on volumes 13-16, affecting silk on Volume 16); top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed; printed decorative endpapers; each volume in linen dust-jacket, stamped in gilt; book-plate of Samuel Crawford Gillespie on verso of first free leaf in Volume 12 only. Reference: BAL 7977
The autograph manuscript included in this set appears to be a draft from Hearn's short story, "The Reconciliation", which was originally published in 1900 in his book… Read More