CPC 221
4 brochures from the 1929 Barcelona Exposition.
Price: $300.00
Western Ephemera
CPC 220
CPC 220
Interesting advertisement from a Spanish hardware company selling wine! The pop-up image on the front shows and English dentist extracting a tooth from a Chinaman. The cover reads “It's the one on the right. Stay still, I'm going to throw” When you open the flap it reads “those superhuman thumps, and in a moment, it's ready”. The advert reads “CHICHIMECO is the best red wine. It invigorates the young, rejuvenates the old, and cheers everyone who drinks it.”
Price: $120.00
CPC 219
Small poster published by ESTUDIOS in 1936, showing the major powers all ready to pounce on Chinna.
Price: $250.00
CPC 214
Early 20th century complete German chromo card set from Gartmann Chocolate on China. Rare.
Price: $250.00
CPC 212
CPC 212
Complete set of 6 early German chromos on China Scenes.
Price: $150.00
CPC 210
CPC 210
8 early German chromo cards on the Boxer Rebellion from Vitello Margarine. B
Price: $400.00
CPC 209
Set of 11 vintage German chromos titled “Tea in China”, c1910. B
Price: $350.00
CPC 208
CPC 208
Armband from the German Customs office in Tsingtau China, 1907.
Price: $500.00
CPC 207
1883 illustration from the London Illustrated News on foreign gunboats laid up in winter at Tien-Tsin. Complete text. B
Price: $60.00
CPC 206
CPC 206
CPC 206
Collection of 19 illustrated pags from L’Illustration, Journal Universel in 1858, relating to the Second Opium War. B
Price: $420.00
Note: The Second Opium War, also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the British Empire and the French Empire against the Qing dynasty of China that lasted from 1856 to 1860.
It was the second major war in the Opium Wars, fought over issues relating to the exportation of opium to China, and resulted in a second defeat for the Qing dynasty. The agreements of the Convention of Peking led to the ceding of Kowloon Peninsula as part of Hong Kong.
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