Berkeley. University of California Press. 2008. Black and white as well as colour photographic illustrations, xi + 300pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, very good hardback in dustjacket. In Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde, Xiaobing Tang studies the art and art theories of the first half of the twentieth century, when..... More
Tokyo. Hasegawa. 明治19. [1886]. 22 folded crepe paper leaves (including covers) with coloured woodblock illustrations in traditional Japanese style binding with silk ties. A few minor brown spots but a very good copy, clean and bright. Hasegawa's Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 10. (When referring to this item please quote..... More
Tokyo. Kobunsha. 明治19. [1886]. 28 folded crepe paper leaves with coloured woodblock illustrations in traditional Japanese style binding with silk ties.Some occasional light brown spotting but a very bright and tight copy, very good copy. Hasegawa's Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 8. 15.5 x 10.5cm. A classic Japanese fairy story..... More
Tokyo. Kobunsha. 明治19. [1886]. Second Edition. 18 folded crepe paper leaves, with coloured woodblock illustrations, in traditional Japanese style binding with silk ties. The spine has some minor chips with slight loss at head and tail but a very good, bright and tight copy. Hasegawa's Japanese Fairy Tale Series No..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. 2005. x + 620pp, index, notes, hardback, dustjacket lightly creased at upper and lower spine, very good copy. This volume addresses cultural and literary transformation in the late Ming (1550-1644) and late Qing (1851-1911) eras. Although conventionally associated with a devastating sociopolitical crisis, each of..... More
Singapore. Times Academic Press. 1998. [Reprint]. Maps, ix + 134pp, index, bibliography, appendices, slight bumps on extremities, hardback in very good condition. "The Nanhai trade was the ancient maritime trade between China and Southeast Asia. China's dealings with the west, at this time, extended as far s India and Ceylon..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 1999. Paperback edition. Maps and plans, photographic illustrations, xi + 228pp, notes, glossary, references, index, paperback, smattering of foxing lower edge half-title, spine beginning to sun, otherwise very good copy. 20.5 x 24cm. "The first synthesis of what is known from textual and archaelogical evidence..... More
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press. 1981. Black and white line illustrations, xiii + 181pp, index, bibliography, footnotes, paperback in very good condition. "T'zu's The Washing Away of Wrongs (Hsi yüan chi lu), printed in 1247, is the oldest extant book on forensic medicine in the world. Written as a...... More
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1998. Black and white as well as coloured maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 820pp, index, hardback in dustjacket, very good condition. "China's environmental problems long predate the modern era. official policies, sometimes local, sometimes on a massive scale, have often caused as many..... More
Taipei. Chinese Association for Folklore. 1975. Volume I: Black and white line illustrations, viii + 232pp, index, bilbiography, appendix, glossary, prior owner's initials front-free endpaper, slightly sunned spine, evenly browned contents, hardback in good condition. Volume II: Black and white line illustrations, vi + 234-448pp, index, bilbiography, appendix, glossary, prior..... More
Taipei. Commercial Press. 1971. iii + 484pp, index, notes, appendices, hardback in tan textured dustjacket, little wear on extremities, creasing along the upper edge of dustjacket, bright gilded letters on upper cover and spine, a good to very good copy. A characterization of the charismatic man who was the first..... More
London. British Museum Press. 1994. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, black and white line drawings, glossary, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy. 28 x 21cm. The author travelled throughout Nepal in search of its rich and varied textiles. In the lowland valleys and the Himalaya middle mountains..... More
Tokyo. Hasegawa. T., 1886. 22 folded crepe paper leaves illustrated throughout with colour woodblocks, the final page has advertisements for each of the previously published fairy tales and states that No. 14 is in the press. Traditional Japanese style binding with silk ties. Some very faint browning to rear cover..... More
Tokyo. Kōbunsha]*. 光文社, 1889. 26 crepe paper leaves illustrated throughout with colour woodblocks and bound in traditional Japanese style with silk ties. A few spots of foxing upper margin last leaves. Contents clean and sound. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169187). More
Tokyo. Hasegawa. T., 1886. 22 coloured woodblock illustrations on folded crepe paper leaves, small nick at foot of spine, barely visible small tear upper wrapper at joint, good copy. Hasegawa's Japanese Fairy Tale Series No 1. 15 x 10.5cm. This is one of the most famous of all Japanese fairy..... More
Tokyo. Hasegawa. T., 1892. 19 folded crepe paper leaves and 4pp publisher's adverts + cover, illustrated throughout with original colour woodblocks. Traditional Japanese style binding with neat silk ties. An extremely clean and bright copy in very good condition. Japanese Fairy Tales No 20. 15 x 10.5cm. Mrs Thomas H...... More
Tokyo. Hasegawa. T., 1896. 28 folded leaves, illustrated throughout with original colour woodblocks. Traditional Japanese style binding with neat silk ties. A clean and bright copy in very good condition. Japanese Fairy Tales No 18. 15 x 10.5cm. Mrs Thomas H. (Kate) James was the most prolific of Hasegawa's author's..... More
Tokyo. Hasegawa. T., 1896. 28 folded leaves, Japanese silk crepe paper, illustrated throughout with original colour woodblocks. Bound in traditional Japanese style binding with neat silk ties. Cover has a small hole and some faint spotting, but internally clean and bright. Japanese Fairy Tales (First series) No 16. A very..... More
Tokyo. Hasegawa. T., [c1886]. 22 folded crepe paper leaves illustrated throughout with colour woodblocks. Traditional Japanese style binding with silk ties. Some very faint spotting to edges and cover but a very good copy. 15 x 10.5cm. An early edition in the Japanese Fairy Tale Series, this being volume 5..... More
Southeast Asian Ceramic Society. Singapore. 1971. 10 colour photographic illustrations, profuse black and white photographic illustrations, 194pp, notes, bibliography, endpapers a trifle foxed, bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt upper cover and spine, original wrappers bound in. A good copy. 16 x 22cm. (When referring to this item please..... More
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1965. First edition. Black and white full page line illustrations, 184pp, decorated endpapers, trifle foxed on interior dustjacket with small tears on lower left corner, light soiling on edge and spine, very good. "This is another Chinese detective story featuring Judge Dee, the master detective..... More
London. Rapp & Whiting London 1973, 1973. 176pp, hardback, ight wear dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. "Now readers can savour the boisterous, bawdy and earthy wit of an early seventeenth century Chinese writer, an acknowledged major literary figure. They will enjoy stories strongly reminiscent not only of the great..... More
Honolulu. U Hawai'i P Honolulu 1995, 1995. Translated by Patrick Hanan. ix + 205pp, paperback. "Published within a few months of each other in 1906, Stones in the Sea by Fu Lin and The Sea of Regret by Wu Jianren take opposite sides in the heated turn-of-the-century debate over the..... More
Hong Kong. Regional Council. 1987. Black and white colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 139pp, very light wear covers. An exhibition catalogue illustrating life in the Qing dynasty. Daily life in the Qing dynasty was very much influenced by cultural interactions between the Manchus and the Hans, the North..... More
New York. Funk & Wagnalls. 1927. Colour frontispiece, black and white photographic illustrations, xx + 252pp, old price written on attractive Will Andrews illustrated golden endpapers, some occasional light foxing, spine trifle sunned, good copy in black cloth lettered in yellow upper cover and spine. Long term China resident gives..... More
