The Island of Formosa Past and Present: History, People, Resources, and Commercial Prospects; Tea, Camphor, Sugar, Gold, Coal, Sulphur, Economical Plants, and Other Productions

Verlag: SMC Publishing Inc, Taipei, 1992

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Quarto (10-1/2 by 8"). [6], iii, [3], 5, [1: blank], 646, xxviii, 46 (index), [2: colophon] pp; 168 illustrations from photographs, including a color frontispiece, 2 color maps (one large fold-out map in the back pocket), 2 color reproductions of Chinese posters, all appearing on plates with multiple images. Publisher's blue cloth with red lettering and gilt pattern; dust jacket (faint soiling around edges). Faint stain to fore-edge of book block. Faint discoloration on inside front cover, else a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket. "When this book was first published in 1903, it was the only comprehensive study of Taiwan in the English language. The author, who served as a war correspondent with the Japanese army during the takeover of Taiwan in 1895, was later appointed United States Consul for Taiwan. Over a period of eight years he devoted much of his time to research for the book. This study, still not surpassed as a source of information on the history and ethnography of Taiwan, traces the history of Taiwan from the beginning of Dutch rule in 1514 to the early twentieth century. The author describes natural resources, trade, and industry, as well as the people, their dialects, and bird and animal life. The volume contains many rare photographs and other illustrations, some in color" (jacket).…

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Bibliografische Details

Titel
The Island of Formosa Past and Present: History, People, Resources, and Commercial Prospects; Tea, Camphor, Sugar, Gold, Coal, Sulphur, Economical Plants, and Other Productions
Autor
Davidson, James W.
Verlag
SMC Publishing Inc, Taipei
Erscheinungsjahr
1992
Zustand
Nearly fine
Schutzumschlag
very good+
Einband
Publisher's pictorial cloth
Auflage
Third edition.
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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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