Western Ephemera

JPC 057JPC 057

A collection of 25 European chromo trade cards from the late 19th and early 20th century illustrating the rise of militarism in Japan. M

Price: $500.00

JPC 055JPC 055

Collection of 7 out of 10 volumes of The Russo Japanese War Fully Illustrated. It was issued between April 1904 and September 1905. It was published by the Kinkodo Company in Tokyo. The complete run of 10 volumes consists of 1420 pages, loaded with photographic images and illustrations I have never seen before and there are quite a few advertisements for Japanese companies. Written in english, remarkably, all of the fold out maps are intact. This collection includeds volumes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10. B AH

Price: $650.00

JPC 042JPC 042

Collection of 117 cards from the card set Horrors of War, by Gum Inc of Philadelphia in 1938. The complete set consisted of 288 cards and it was devoted to three themes: the Japanese invasion of China, the Spanish Civil War and the Italian Invasion of Abyssinia.This collection consists of the Japanese invasion of China.  This is the only card set published that demonstrates US popular culture with respect to the Japanes invasion of China.  The propaganda on the reverse of the cards is noteworthy.

All cards are described on back and contain titles such as Twenty Naked Nationalists Charge Foe, Street Fighting Tactics in Shanghai, Japanese Slain in Ambush Near Peiping, Shelling the 'Lost Battalion' at Close Range, The Starving Children of China, Hsia Ching-yuan Saves his Doomed Men, Japanese Airmen Bombard Schools in Canton, Chinese Bombers Raid Japanese Territory, Nanking's Week of Horror, Chinese Women's Battalion on the March, Women Propagandists Urge Chinese Patriotism, 'Little Devil' Learns Jap Military Secrets, Shanghai University Head Slain by Gunmen, Chinese Airmen Score Spectacular Triumph, Lake Dwellers Sell out to Japs, Chinese Bombers Drop Leaflets on Japan, Chiang Kai-shek Commanding His Troops, Japanese General Killed in Ambush, Jap Officers Commit Hara-Kiri, Chinese Use Gas in Counteroffensive, Bombing an American School Building, Girl Scout Carries Flag to Doomed Men, and many more. A rare find

Price: $4000.00

JPC 041JPC 041

Complete collection of 88 cards entitled 'Battle' by UK ABC Gum made in 1964. The subject is World War 2 with scenes from both the European and Pacific theatre. The artwork, by Norm Saunders, portrays the Germans and Japanese as sadistic and the Americans and allies as victims and victors. All described on back. ASK FOR AVAILABILITY

Price: $600.00

CPC021CPC021

Collection of 20 19th/20th century Victorian scraps, Japanese and Chinese people. B

Price: $150.00

CPC026CPC026CPC026

Collection of 5 childrens illustrations for cut-outs on Japanese/American/Mongolian warriors, Spanish, 1961. M

Price: $150.00

CPC005

Set of 8 consecutive cards Old Pottery and Pocelain Japan, 1912, by UK R.J. Lea. B

Price: $50.00

JPC 040JPC040

Complete 125 card set Guerra Russo-Japonesa, c1905, by Spanish Chocolate-Juncosa. BB AH

Price: $1200.00

JPC 039

Collection of 7 cards on the Russian-Japanese War from different french chocolate companies, c1910

Price: $140.00

JPC 035JPC 035

Complete set of 12 cards, c1950, by Brazillian company Perfumaria Myrta, on Japan. M

Price: $120.00