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Total number of records: 25

Count of Record type

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Books and printed items14
Textiles11

Count of Collection group

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International Textile Collection11
Brotherton Collection4
Herbert Read Collection2
Leeds Russian Archive2
English Literature1
Liddle Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
books2
libraries2
art objects, chinese1
art, chinese1
authors, russian1
book auctions1
bronzes europeens1
bronzes, european1
carpets1
china trade art1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
China25
England1
Great Britain1
Harbin (China)1
Japan1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Left Book Club (London, England)3
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Baynes, Cary F1
Beevers, David1
Chiang, Kai-Shek, 1887-19751
China. Zhong Guo Ren Min Jie Fang Jun1
Confucius1
Dropmore (Burnham, England)1
Gamsa, Mark (1970-)1
Great Britain. Royal Air Force1

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From 18007
From 190011
From 20003

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Up to latest3

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Battle hymn of China

Smedley, Agnes (1892-1950); Left Book Club (London, England)

1944

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What war means : the Japanese terror in China : a documentary record

Timperley, Harold J (1898-1954); Left Book Club (London, England)

1938

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The secret of the golden flower : a Chinese book of life

Lü, Dongbin (798-); Wilhelm, Richard (1873-1930); Jung, C G (1875-1961); Baynes, Cary F

1938

Title in Chinese on cover. Date of translator's preface: 1931. "Translated into English by Cary F. Baynes." - t.p. verso.

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Japan's war on China

Young, A Morgan

1937

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The vigil of a nation

Lin, Yutang (1895-1976)

1946

"First published 1946."

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Six months with the Chinese expedition : or, leaves from a soldier's note-book

Jocelyn, Robert Jocelyn 1st viscount (1688?-1756)

1841

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Our ally China

Owen, Frank (1905-1979)

1942

On Cover: A Hurricane book.

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The reading of Russian literature in China : a moral example and manual of practice

Gamsa, Mark (1970-)

2010

Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-216) and index.

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panel of silk brocade
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panel of silk brocade

late 19th century

This item is a panel of silk brocade with a jade green satin ground and polychrome weft patterns. The patterning is composed of twelve small auspicious motifs which include four different types of bu...

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panel of silk brocade
Textile

panel of silk brocade

19th century

This item is a piece of Zuanghua satin, a type of Yun brocade which was produced in Nanjing, with a red ground and polychrome weft patterns. The patterning is composed of oval motifs, including the p...

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panel of silk damask
Textile

panel of silk damask

late 19th century

This panel has a satin ground and 2 colour weft patterning. The central motifs are large stylised chrysanthemums on leafy stems. In between are groups of different auspicious objects. These include...

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