【哈佛馆藏摄影家遗产】毕敬士（毕嘉恩）私藏本：1944年首版《中国传统故事》—— 史大伟外交官家族传承孤品
From the Archive of a Legend: Traditional Chinese Tales (1944 First Ed.) —— Owned by Claude L. Pickens, Jr. (Harvard Collection), Grandfather of Stephen Schlaikjer
• 一代宗师的印记：扉页精美的十字架藏书票属于 “毕敬士”（后来也叫毕嘉恩）。作为 20 世纪初著名的传教士“中国通”，毕敬士因其对中国西北穆斯林文化的开拓性研究与数千幅纪实摄影而闻名。他的摄影遗产如今是哈佛大学研究中国近代史的核心馆藏。
• 跨越三代的传承：作为史大伟的外祖父，毕敬士于 1944 年 4 月 30 日购入此书，他手写记录了购于Sambo。该书随家族从战火中的汉口撤离，跨越太平洋，最终陈列在外孙史大伟先生的官邸中。
• 历史的物证：书中的“Hankow汉口”标签与后来在马萨诸塞州安尼斯奎姆（Annisquam）的地址标签，完整勾勒出一位杰出学者毕嘉恩，从中国抗战现场到美国学界的学术生命轨迹。
A truly museum-quality association copy from the personal library of diplomat Stephen Schlaikjer, tracing back to one of the most significant American chroniclers of 20th-century China.
• Harvard-Collected Heritage: The book features the personal bookplate of Claude L. Pickens, Jr. (known in China as Bi Jing-shi). A pioneering missionary-scholar, Pickens’ life’s work—comprising thousands of rare photographs of Chinese culture—is now a cornerstone collection at Harvard’s Harvard-Yenching Library.
• Family Provenance: This volume represents a direct line of descent from the legendary Pickens to his grandson, the senior diplomat Stephen Schlaikjer. Purchased in April 1944, it survived the evacuation from Hankow to become a cherished heirloom in the Schlaikjer household.
• A Scholarly Gateway: To own this copy is to hold the same pages once turned by the man whose lens captured a vanishing China for the world's premier academic institutions.
【规格与细节 / Specs】
• Translator: Chi-Chen Wang (王际真)
• Edition: 1944 First Edition, Columbia University Press
• Signature Mark: Original Claude L. Pickens, Jr. (Bi Jing-shi) Hankow bookplate and Annisquam sticker
• Historical Note: Includes original dust jacket and handwritten purchase record from April 30, 1944
