Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 2005. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 241pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, little extremities wear, a very good paperback copy. In a remarkable and broad-ranging narrative, Yangwen Zheng's book explores the history of opium consumption in China from 1483 to the late twentieth century..... More
Auckland. University of Auckland. 1967. Maps, 84pp, footnotes, hardback, minor wear and marking dustjacket, touch of foxing on fore-edge and endpapers, good hardback copy. This book contains lectures given at the University of Auckland during the second term of 1966. Lectures included are China, Its Tributaries and the West -..... More
New Brunswick. Transation Publishers. 2007. xv + 333pp, index, appendix, bibliography, index, paperback, spine a touch sunned, corners and extremities a little rubbed, good copy. "Except for Soviet citizens, no people in this century have endured so much mass killing as have the Chinese. They have been murdered by rebels..... More
USA. University of Chicago Press. 1995. x + 275pp, index, references, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, dustjacket cover a little sunned along extremity, otherwise a very good hardback copy. "This work offers a systematic account of the relationship between the nation-state, nationalism and the concept of linear history. Focusing..... More
New York. Osprey Publishing. 2009. Map, colour and black and white illustrations, 64pp, index, bibliography, glossary, paperback with slight rubbing on corners. 25.5 x 19cm. "It has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without a roof. Even the smallest..... More
Italy. White Star. 2006. Profuse colour photographic images, some full-page, 447pp, bibliography, dustjacket, hardback in very good condition. 26.5 x 26cm. "Over 28 years during the beginning of the 15th century, Admiral Zheng He made seven voyages, visiting 30 countries. With his fleet of hundreds of junks, he travelled from..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. Reprint with additional notes. 1953. xii + 429pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, endpapers and fore-edge a touch browned, dustjacket with some signs of wear, good hardback copy. "The T'ung-chih Restoration marked the first and most nearly successful effort to modify the Chinese state to a point..... More
New Haven. Yale University Press. 1987. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 270pp, index, notes, selected reading, highlighted passage 236pp, note in black ink front free endpaper, fore-edge and spine a little foxed, otherwise good paperback copy. "During the eighteenth century, China's new Manchu rulers consolidated their control..... More
Reading. Privately Printed by Tokio Printing. 1912. Number 260 of 300 copies. 88 full page collotype plates with descriptive tissue guards, xxix + 317pp, errata slip loosely enclosed, 32 x 26cm, original buckram backed boards lettered in black on the upper cover, top edge red, others uncut, paper title label..... More
New York. Knopf. 1978. Maps, 237pp, index, bibliography, notes, inscription front free endpaper, fore-edges foxed, price-clipped dustjackets extremities a little browned and small mend on reverse by prior owner, a good and tight hardback copy. "In A.D. 581, when a North China warrior prince named Yang Chien took the imperial..... More
Albany. State Univ NY Press. 1998. Black and white illustrations, xvi + 205pp, index, notes, glossary, works cited, very good hardback copy. SUNY Series in Chinese Local Studies. "This book presents a wealth of historical, ritual, and musical data preserved in authentic Ming documents, describing ritual and musical structures, thoughts..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 2001. Maps, viii + 239pp, index, selected bibliography, notes, glossary, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "In this the first detailed study in English of the mercantile activities and social role of Tianjin's salt merchants, Kwan Man Bun reveals how they helped stablise the city..... More
New Haven. Yale University Press. 1981. Frontispiece, black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 278pp, index, notes, bibliography, appendices, smattering of foxing fore-edges and endpapers, reverse of dustjacket with light rubbing on extremities lightly foxed, good hardback copy. In 1587 the year of the pig, nothing special happened in China..... More
United States. State University of New York Press. 2006. Maps, black and white figures, xiii + 357pp, index, bibliography, notes, very good paperback copy. A reappraisal of Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty, finding that his legacy provided the foundation for the celebrated civilization of the Tang dynasty. When referring..... More
Tokyo. Graphic-sha. 1991. First Edition. Profuse colour photographic illustrations, 79pp. Dustjacket little worn and marked, otherwise a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173993. More
Tokyo. Shufunotomo. 1989. Reprint. 175pp, bibliography, index. A very good hardback copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173992. More
New York. Columbia University Press. 1983. xvii + 200pp, appendices, bibliography, glossary, index. Several pages marked in pencil, edges trifle foxed, dustjacket slightly worn and chipped, protected by a previous owner, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173990. More
New York. John Weatherhill. 1972. First Edition. xvi + 359pp, appendices. Front free endpaper neatly inked with inscription, edges slightly browned, dustjacket worn and chipped with spine sunned, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173989. More
London. Greenhill Books. 1991. Maps, black and white engravings, xxxii + unpaginated plates + 395pp, appendices, hardback, light foxing to top edge, otherwise a very good copy in dustjacket. "Andrew Wilson in this splendidly comprehensive study of the rise and fall of the Tai-pings, the involvement of the British from..... More
Baltimore. Publish America. 2007. Black and white photographic illustrations, 102pp, glossary, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173987. More
New York. Columbia University Press. 1999. Reprint. xvi + 687pp, glossary, index. Edges slightly marked, paperback covers little worn, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173986. More
Baltimore. Waverly Press Inc., 1935. prior owner's bookplate upper pastedown, xii + 275pp, index, bibliography, appendices, markings on fore-edge, good hardback copy with light rubbing on extremities. 26.5 x 18cm. American Council of Learned Societies, Studies in Chinese and Related Civilizations, Number 1. When referring to this item please quote..... More
Nettetal. Institut Monumenta Serica, Sankt Augustin and Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation, Louvain. 1990. Black and white illustrations, 260pp, index, selected bibliography, glossary, abbrieviations, fore-edge a little foxed, extremities a touch rubbed, paperback in good condition. The book contains the proceedings of the 1986 International Conference on Philippe Couplet, organized by the..... More
St Leonards. Allen & Unwin. 1999. 228pp. Edges slightly browned, spine little sunned, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173981. More
New York. Harper Perennial. 2004. Reprint. Map, 321pp. Remainder mark lower edge, otherwise a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173980. More
