Beijing. 文物出版社.[Wen wu chu ban she]. 2004. Colour and black and white illustrations, 173pp, bilingual text in Chinese and English, complimentary copy stamp front free endpaper, foxed upper edge, rubbed dustjacket with closed tears head of spine, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159361). More

Tokyo (東京): 東京地形社. 1940. 18 double page coloured maps, monotone maps in blue 3 double page others at head of page, 42pp, some light even browning, a good copy in dustjacket and original glassine wrapper. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 157345). More

London. Religious Tract Society. no date. (circa1855). [Reprint]. Folding map of China Proper, black and white engraved frontispiece, text engravings, viii + 323pp, half leather binding very worn and darkened. Map foxed, with a mended closed tear and small holes at folds, occasional spotting in text, first and last leaves... More

Osaka. 大阪朝日新聞社 [Osaka Asahi Shinbunsha]. 1932. Large folding colour map of Manchuria and Mongolia with the Korean and Shandong Peninsulas in the lower section of the map. 91 x 64.5cm. Few small chips along margins, stained at upper and lower left, few small holes along folds. This large map, the... More

Colombo. Lake House Investments. 1966. Endpaper maps, maps, black and white illustrations, 259pp, notes, bibliography, index, some browning throughout, dustjacket little foxed with chipped edges, a sound hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159390). More

London. HMSO. 1890. Colour folding map, 13pp, original wrappers, quarto, very good copy. P.D. Coates, author of The China Consuls...(Hong Kong, OUP, 1988) states (p. 171) that for a considerable time, consular promotion of British trade seems to have been largely confined to recommendations and hints in the annual trade... More

London. Macmillan. 1901. Reprint. 4 coloured folding maps, 40 black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 234pp, index, signature of a prior owner front paste down, front free endpaper browned, stitching weakening but still largely sound, original maroon cloth binding little rubbed at extremities, lower corner upper cover little bumped... More

Macao. Imprensa Nacional. 1949. 248pp, neat signature recto front wrapper, index, corrigenda, occasional light foxing, original wrappers little creased at corners, cracks along spine but binding still sound, head and tail of spine chipped, stitching between two gatherings weakening. A good copy of a scarce work. "Western Pioneers, first published... More

London. Governments of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. 1935. 1st Edition. 2 volumes. Volume I: xi + 1220pp. Volume II: 1221- 2402pp. Endpapers little browned, upper hinge volume I split, upper cover volume I little marked. Upper and lower covers of both volumes a little damp stained, upper... More

Germany: Steidl Publishers, 2005. Profusely illustrated throughout with Edward Burtynsky's images including one folding,147pp, hardback in dustjacket, excellent condition. 38 x 30.5cm. Although the word extraordinary is often over used I can find no other for this collection of images of the remnant and newly established zones of Chinese industrialization... More

United Kingdom: Phaidon Press Ltd, 2016. Colour illustrations, 720pp, gilt page edges, hardback. The definitive cookbook bible of the world's most popular and oldest cuisine "China The Cookbook is a magnificent insight into the history of Chinese cuisine. I will treasure it in my collection and it will be no... More

London. Haus Publishing Limited, 2016. Maps, ribbon bookmark, 157pp, hardback with colour laid down upper cover. As China s global influence continues to rise, its capital, Beijing, has become increasingly important and a popular tourist destination, greeting close to five million international visitors each year. "An Armchair Traveller s History... More

London. Murray. 1865. 191pp + 32 page publisher's catalogue bound in at rear, upper section of title page reads "Library of University College/Presented by the author" neatly written in ink, the middle section of the title shows a University College London small oval stamp with "withdrawn" stamped across it. 19th... More