Schiff Friedrich (21 results)
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Hardcover. German Library 79. 8vo, 282 pp. Light dustsoiling to page edges, jacket lightly sunned. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket.
eigenhändig von beiden signierte und datierte Autogrammkarte.
GULDA, Friedrich (Pianist, Komponist) + SCHIFF, Heinrich (Cellist)
Published by München, 12.11.1984. 1984
Seller: Antiquariat Bebuquin (Alexander Zimmeck), Pegau OT Werben, GermanyAntiquariat Bebuquin (Alexander Zimmeck)
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Add to basket8 x 12,5 cm Karteikarte. Friedrich Gulda (* 16. Mai 1930 in Wien; 27. Jänner 2000 in Weißenbach am Attersee) war ein österreichischer Pianist und Komponist. Heinrich Schiff (* 18. November 1951 in Gmunden; 23. Dezember 2016 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Cellist und Dirigent. (Wikipedia) Sprache: deutsch.
CÉZANNE Vollendet Unvollendet Kunstforum Wien 20. Januar bis 25. April 2000 und im Kunsthaus Zürich, 5. Mai bis 30. Juli 2000 / CÉZANNE Completed Unfinished Kunstforum Wien January 20 to April 25, 2000 and in the Kunsthaus Zurich, May 5 to July 30, 2000
Cézanne, Paul - Teja Bach, Friedrich - Baumann, Felix - Benesch, Evelyn - Boehm, Gottfried - Feilchenfeldt, Christina & Walter - Maloon, Terence - Schiff, Richard - Schwarz, Birgit
Published by Wien: Kunstforum, 2000 2000
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Seller: °ART...on paper - 20th Century Art Books, Lugano, Switzerland°ART...on paper - 20th Century Art Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4° - 408pp - Color & B/w reproductions. Exhibition Catalog: Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically di…fferent world of art in the 20th century. First edition, text in German. Original boards. the last 12 pages had water marks, otherwise in good condition.
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Seller: Antiquariat Martin Barbian & Grund GbR, Saarbruecken, GermanyAntiquariat Martin Barbian & Grund GbR
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Add to basketOhne Ort (Shanghai), Hwa Kuo Printing Co., 1945 (13,5x19 cm), Quer-8°, illustrierter Titelblatt, 43 S., mit Zeichnungen und Abbildungen, illustrierter Original-Broschureinband mit Kordelheftung (etwas gebräunt) (ISCH) *Friedrich Schiff (* 6. November 1908 in Wien - 23. März 1968 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Maler und Zeichne…r. Er war bekannt für seine bunten Karikaturen des täglichen Lebens in Shanghai in den 1930er und 1940er Jahren.
Published by München (Herkulessaal), 12.7.1988. 1988
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Add to basket18 x 24 cm. Zeitungsausschnitt. Friedrich Gulda (* 16. Mai 1930 in Wien; 27. Jänner 2000 in Weißenbach am Attersee) war ein österreichischer Pianist und Komponist. Heinrich Schiff (* 18. November 1951 in Gmunden; 23. Dezember 2016 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Cellist und Dirigent. (Wikipedia) Sprache: deutsch.
More imagesPublished by The Hague, Netherlands: H.D. Leopolds 1937
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Seller: Picture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), Sunningdale, United KingdomPicture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Large octavo, pp 56. Illustrated photograph book with sketches by Frederic Schiff. Bilingual Dutch and English text by Ellen Thorbecke. Card covers illustrated by Schiff. Issued by the Java-China-Japan Line, with a map of their routes on the inside front cover. An att…ractive look at China and another successful collaboration among Schiff and Thorbecke. Very Good condition, fine, clean and unmarked internally, some red marks to the covers.
More imagesPublished by The Hague, Netherlands: H.D. Leopolds 1937
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Seller: Picture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), Sunningdale, United KingdomPicture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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Add to basketFirst edition. Large octavo, pp 56. Illustrated photograph book with sketches by Frederic Schiff. Bilingual Dutch and English text by Ellen Thorbecke. Card covers illustrated by Schiff. Issued by the Java-China-Japan Line, with a map of their routes on the inside front cover. An attractive look at China and another successful co…llaboration among Schiff and Thorbecke. Previous owner's name to first page. There is some blue ink staining on the rear cover. Overall in Very Good condition. Friedrich Schiff (illustrator).
More imagesKUNST DER ZEIT. Zeitschrift der Künstler-Selbsthilfe. Ausgabe B. Komplett mit 1. Jahrgang, Heft 1 vom Oktober 1929 bis Heft 12, September 1930). In einem Buch. Mehr nicht erschienen!
KUNST DER ZEIT. - Redakteur: J.J. Ottens. - A. Behne / O. Brattskoven / R. Breuer / Jan W.E. Buijs / R. Busoni / L. Diel / M.Fingesten / P. Friedrich / H. Kubsch Nico Rost / F. Schiff / Paul F. Schmidt / R. Seitz / H. Siemsen / F. Spiegel / W. Wagne
Published by Berlin Künstler-Selbsthilfe, J.J. Ottens Verlag gedruckt bei Julius Sittenfeld 1929 und 1930. 1930
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Seller: Antiquariat Carl Wegner, Berlin, GermanyAntiquariat Carl Wegner
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Add to basketHARDCOVER. 22,3 : 15,2 cm. Reich an schwarz-weiß Abbildungen. Brauner Halbleinenband mit den eingebundenen farbigen Original-Umschlägen. 288 (+2) Seiten. Vorsätze etwas gelbfleckig. Bis auf die fast durchgehende Stauchspur an oberer Ecke gut erhaltenes, vollständiges Exemplar dieses seltenen Werkes. Mit einem Register "Kunst der… Zeit". Dietzel-Hügel 1697. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Nehmen Sie sich ein gutes Buch mit auf die Sommerwiese. Bei uns werden Sie fündig! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! FL0102.
More imagesPublished by Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh 1940
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Seller: Picture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), Sunningdale, United KingdomPicture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Small quarto, pp 81. Illustrated paper covered hard boards. Book about Shanghai, mainly targeted at tourists and visitors, with text and photographs by Ellen Thorbecke and embellished with drawings by Friedrich Schiff. The book is in Very Good condition, bookplate to f…ront pastedown, some rubbing to spine extremities, boards a little bowed, clean and unmarked internally, binding solid. Overall solid copy of an increasingly difficult book to find.
More imagesPublished by Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh 1934
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Seller: Picture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), Sunningdale, United KingdomPicture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Folio, 27cm x 38cm, 87 pages. Beige cloth covered boards decorated with a pasted down photograph of a Pekinese Temple Lion, a red cloth vertical banner with the book title in black and a small cartoon in red by Frederich Schiff. This was Ellen Thorbecke's first book on… China and was published using her maiden name (Ellen Catleen). Full page colour map of the city, and with Thorbecke's gravure printed photographs throughout and further embellished with Friedrich Schiff's drawings. No dust jacket. In Near Fine condition, clean and unmarked and with the binding remaining tight. An attractive copy of this charming 1930's book about Peking.
More imagesPublished by Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai 1934
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Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, U.S.A.Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated with photographs by the author and sketches by F H Schiff. Map. Cream cloth with photographic illustration inset on front board with red cloth title ribbon lettered in black. Some soiling and spotting to boards and spine, Very Good+. Internally clean and bright.… Stunning images "taken by the Rolleiflex camera" of Catleen, who was Ellen Thorbecke, the wife of the former Dutch ambassador to China, and is here using her maiden name. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) was Austrian and came to China in 1930, where he worked as a newspaper caricaturist.At is core, Peking Studies presents an early adoption of street photography - but what streets: Exotica from another era. Friedrich Schiff (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by The Yellow Hall?, Shanghai. 1940
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Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United KingdomEmJay Books
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Add to basketConcertina. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 22pp (title and 21 illustrations) concertina style in fabric covered boards. No imprint-details as Copac. Hand painted illustrations by rather obscure artist though respected by a number of cartoonist/caricaturists, an Austrian-Jew, arriving in Shanghai in 1930 when he was… 22 years old, and lived there until 1947, he illustrated a number of publications, usually with a humorous edge. No indication of number of copies, this one is A498. Regrettably spoiled by damp to every page, although in most cases this does not affect the images but certainly only a 'starter' copy, though professional paper restoration might be possible. 1.4kg. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by No publisher noted 1930
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Seller: Picture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), Sunningdale, United KingdomPicture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, no publisher or date noted, but from the 1930's. Cartoon style book in concertina binding with green silk brocade covered boards in a bamboo design; 19cm x 26.5cm. 22 panels, comprising title page, second page blank plus 20 pages of hand coloured cartoons. Verso of all… boards blank. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) was an Austrian Jewish cartoonist and long-time resident of Shanghai where he was a keen observer of the people and life of the city in the war-torn late 1930 s. Printed in an unspecified limited edition, this book numbered I201. Hand coloured and signed by the artist to the titlepage. In Very Good condition, page edges gently tanned, silk covers faded to edges.
More imagesPublished by N.P. [Shanghai?]: N.P. [The Yellow Hall?], n.d. [ca. 1940?]. 1940
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Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, U.S.A.OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Contact seller5-star sellerIllustrated by Title and 20 hand colored pages (30 separate illustrations, 13 captioned). Limited signed edition. "Of this book only a limited and numbered edition has been printed. Each book is hand-colored and signed by the Artist. This is book number 517." . Gold silk bamboo brocade, accordion fold (or concertina or zigzag fo…ld) housed in a custom box by KTB of Old Working Books & Bindery of acid free Hewit cloth and calf lined with gold/multi color oriental floral paper and Japanese tissue. Hand-dyed looped silk ribbon by Ramune Jauniskis (Boston) and Chinese coin closure on both boards which tie into a bow with no loose ends. 4to (27x19.5cm). pp. 22 double leaves . Very Good/No jacket, as issued/As New. Edge toning to some cartoons, colors still brilliant, several foxed spots to pages, light rubbing to fabric folds. An "oh mosaic" of 'Shanghailander' life observed by Jewish-Austrian cartoonist who lived and worked in the refuge of Shanghai 1930-47. World Catalog states 3 editions were published in 1940. This is equivalent to state A with the "Limited." statement and number on last page with last name signature on title. I have seen a copy 550, but exact numbers are unknown. A collection of his works was later published in Austria in 1983 as China gemalt - Chinesische Zeitgeschichte in Bildern Friedrich Schiff by Gerd Kaminski. [We restore and rebind books and sets and make custom storage boxes].
Language: German
Published by Shanghai, Yellow Hall, 1939
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Seller: Antiquariat an der Uni Muenchen, München, GermanyAntiquariat an der Uni Muenchen
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Add to basket4°, Leinen. "Of this book only a limited and numbered edition has been printed. Each book is hand-colored and signed by the Artist. This is book number 19.". Illustrated by 21 hand colored pages. Limited signed edition. Red silk bamboo brocade, accordian fold. 4to (27x19.5cm). pp. [21] colored paste-on cartoons to concertina bou…nd boards. Very good copy. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 5550.
More imagesPublished by [Likely Shanghai: c.1930s] 1930
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Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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Add to basketSigned limited edition, number A430 of an unknown edition signed by the cartoonist on the title page. Schiff's pen skewers the modern decadence of Shanghai's concessions and the cast of expatriates and "modern girls" who frequent them. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) fled Nazi persecution in his native Austria and settled in Shangh…ai in the 1930s. "He started his career by providing illustrations to Kelly and Walsh, the largest English-language book publishers in China at the time. He then provided cartoons for the Tientsin Times, but it was in hedonistic Shanghai that he found his oeuvre and started to satirise the foreign community. [Schiff captured] a new Shanghai of modernist architecture, avant-garde styles, high fashion and jazz" (French, p. 162). Paul French, Through the Looking Glass: China's Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao, 2009; Arthur Hacker, China Illustrated: Western Views of the Middle Kingdom, 2012. Quarto, concertina-style. Original blue brocade covers, 20 hand-coloured sheets with captions and cartoons. Covers and contents bright: a fine copy.
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Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, U.S.A.A Cappella Books, Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerOversized Clothbound. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Limited. Leporello binding w/ original decorated red silk covers in a bamboo motif; Hand-colored illustrations; Signed by Schiff at title page; Hand-numbered 'B 360' of unspecified limited edition; Date/printing not stated; Sound binding; Signific…ant edge-wear to boards w/ fraying corners; Significant damp-staining at rear board, pages/art unaffected; Pages moderately worn w/ mild creasing/scuffing/spotting present throughout; A Fair copy overall, significantly worn. Signed By Author.
More imagesPublished by [Likely Shanghai: c.1930s] 1930
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Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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Add to basketSigned limited edition, number 217 of an unknown edition signed by the cartoonist on the title page. Schiff's pen skewers the modern decadence of Shanghai's concessions and the cast of expatriates and "modern girls" who frequent them. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) fled Nazi persecution in his native Austria and settled in Shangha…i in the 1930s. "He started his career by providing illustrations to Kelly and Walsh, the largest English-language book publishers in China at the time. He then provided cartoons for the Tientsin Times, but it was in hedonistic Shanghai that he found his oeuvre and started to satirise the foreign community. [Schiff captured] a new Shanghai of modernist architecture, avant-garde styles, high fashion and jazz" (French, p. 162). Paul French, Through the Looking Glass: China's Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao, 2009; Arthur Hacker, China Illustrated: Western Views of the Middle Kingdom, 2012. Quarto, concertina-style. Original brownish orange brocade covers, 20 hand-coloured sheets with captions and cartoons. Covers lightly worn and bowed, panels foxed at margin, bump to top edge, illustrations almost entirely unaffected: a very good copy.
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Add to basketFirst and only edition. Numerous photographic illustrations and sketches (partly in colour). Folio. Original cloth, a very good copy. 87pp. Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, A rare Kelly & Walsh imprint and one of the most evocatively illustrated books of the period. The work follows Mr. Pim and Mr. Wu on their perambulations through Pek…ing and it's surroundings. The mixture of excellent photography with sketches by the caricaturist Schiff makes for a thoroughly enjoyable item. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) was born in Austria and came to China at the age of twenty-two. Here he worked as charicaturist for several newspapers, designed postcards, illustrated books, and even painted murals in public buildings and clubs in Shanghai. The Historical Museum in Vienna devoted a small exhibition to Schiff in March 2002. Catleen was Ellen Thorbecke's (1902-1973) maiden name. She married the Dutch ambassador to China Willem Thorbecke in the early 30s.
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Seller: Librairie L'Abac / Gimmic SRL, Bruxelles, BelgiumLibrairie L'Abac / Gimmic SRL
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Add to basketS.n.e., sans lieu, sans date [circa 1940]. 27 x 19,5 cm, une page de titre, 20 pages et une page de collophon, leporello, les dessins sont colorés à la main par l'artiste et contrecollés sur carton fort. Reliure de soie bleue. Reliure légèrement usée et salie sinon bon exemplaire. Édition à tirage limité non précisé, ici le numé…ro 101, et signé par l'artiste sur la page de titre. Friedrich Schiff (1908-1968) était un caricaturiste juif autrichien qui a longtemps résidé à Shanghai, où il était un observateur attentif des habitants et de la vie de la ville à la fin des années 1930, déchirés par la guerre. Peu de détails sont connus de la vie de Friedrich Schiff, l'un des grands dessinateurs de Shanghai entre les guerres mondiales. Il est né en 1908 en Autriche et s'est exilé à Shanghai en 1929. Il est retourné en Autriche en 1947 et y est mort en 1968. En 1929, Schiff arrive à Shanghai pour échapper à la persécution nazie. Au cours de son séjour de 18 ans dans la ville il a énormément dessiné. Une rétrospective de ses uvres a été publiée en Autriche en 1985 sous le nom de China gemalt - Chinesische zeitgeschichte dans Bildern Friedrich Schiff. Pour plus de détails, voir Kaminski, Gerd, Der Blick durch die Drachenhaut: Friedrich Schiff: Maler dreier Kontinente, Wien, Eigenverlag, 2001. Livres.
More imagesSeller: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, U.S.A.RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller[Shanghai 1938?, Schiff]. Red silk accordion folded album, 21 hand colored charming sketches, 19.5 x 27 cm., mild stain on the first two pages and at the center on all other pages. FIRST & ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR *** *** *** . . A GREAT CARAIATURE OF SHANGHAI LIEF IN THE LATE 1930'S . . . DEPICTING IN…TERACTIONS BETWEEN . . . FOREIGNERS, CHINESE DANCE HALL GIRLS & PROSTITUTES . . *** WHO WAS THE ARTIST & AUTHOR FRIEDRICH H. SCHIFF [1908-1968]: Schiff was an Austrian-Jewish artist. He was a keen observer of the Chinese spirit, showing the more fascinating visual insights to Shanghai life., living there 1930-1947. . Schiff arrived from Austria in Shanghai in 1930 when he was 22 years old, and lived there until 1947. His charming cartoons captured the foreign community's interest and many were also published in local newspapers and journals such as the China Journal & the North China Daily News. . He also illustrated several books on China, a suite of Shanghai postcards, and was attributed to decorating the walls of the Cercle Sportif Français and other clubs. . After receiving an invitation to visit Shanghai from a cousin Schiff lived there for 17 years, becoming known as one of the city's great cartoonists between the two world wars. . Schiff's importance lies, first of all in the fact he depicted indelible characters that manifest what it meant to dwell in Shanghai, then an international City. . "He manipulates his works as a form of attack. Socially marginalized groups, such as prostitutes, 'taxi-girls' and beggars, are all subjects of his scrutiny." . *** Gerd Kaminski, author of a chronicle and geographical study of the artist, described the opus of Schiff as extensive, ascertaining that cartooning was the genre that prodded him into telling stories from the point of view of a spectator on the street. See below. . * "Schiff's opus goes beyond cartoons and illustrations for newspapers. Artistically, he was equally excellent in landscape and portrait oil paintings, gouache and watercolor works," Kaminski said. . * "Schiff, from the very beginning of his residency in China, had already developed sharp eyes -not only in face-reading Chinese physiognomy, but also the social realities in which Chinese and foreigners were being subjected to." . *** THE SETTING: The setting is the "Roaring 1930's Shanghai" scene. Sketches depict the Free-Wheeling, "Anything Goes" wild attitudes of "why not" war torn Shanghai. . * THE SKETCHES: TWENTY-ONE HAND-COLORED DRAWINGS: . The first page shows a beautiful, slinky Chinese girl in Cheongsam: "Miss Shanghai: "Me no worry-me no care ! Me go marry millionaire ! If he die me no cry ! Me go marry other guy !!" . Followed by 19 other full-page hand-colored drawings. Some with and with out captions, the meanings obvious ! . These fascinating color-drawings shows how Occidentals inter-relate with the Chinese & western [mostly Russian] girls, Shanghai Party time English style, "Having a Ripping Time," American sailors caress and dance with their willowy Chinese girls wearing sexy Cheongsam split up to their hips. . Also stunningly beautiful, blond & blue-eyed Russian prostitutes with their Chinese sisters competing for the Yankee dollar. "Taxi-girls, "sing-song girls," bar girls, lonely and hungry house wives. . *** THE MEANING OF "MASKEE:" The tile "MASKEE" is a very old China coast Pidgin English corruption of the Portuguese word meaning "Never Mind." This and other Pidgin English was commonly used by both Chinese and foreigners along the treaty port cities on China's east coast since the 1820's. . *** THE HAND-COLORED ART WORK: Schiff drew the illustrations, then had the book printed in black-outline, after which he hand-colored each page and signed the title page, adding a hand-written number on the last page. . *** BINDING: The work was bound in various colors of silk [red, maroon, green, blue], with brocade designs, such as bamboo, or the dragon. There may have been othe.
