(circa1900). Hand painted embossed foil, 3 x 14 1/2 inches. A beautiful and unusual example of Chinese folk art of southern regions, this is an original hand painted embossed gold foil label, produced in China circa 1900 to be used as a decorative label on the outside of a box..... More

東京 [Tokyo]. 海国少年団. [Kaikoku Shonen Dan], 大正11[1922]. Large colour folding sugoroku or Japanese board game, 54 x 79cm, a little minor wear and some tears in places on folds but overall a very good copy. This sugoroku was published as the New Year supplement by the magazine, Kaiyo Shonendan [Marine..... More

[上海].[Shanghai]. Shanghai Museum. (circa1997). Colour plates, 48pp, chronology, text in Chinese and English, very good in paperback. 28.5 x 18.9cm. Beautifully illustrated exhibition catalogue from Shanghai Museum showcasing examples of Chinese pottery from Neolithic period to Ming and Qing Dynasty. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169389). More

London. William Heinemann. 1901. 1st Edition. Large coloured folding sketch map of North and Central Sze Chuan, showing Little's journey 1892-1897. 15 black & white photos. Light blue cloth covered boards stamped in black with mountain illustration, spine and upper front board lettered in gilt. Covers a little marked, spine..... More

Melbourne. Penguin Books, (circa2010). Colour and black and white photographic plates throughout, 501pp, select bibliography, limp boards with dustjacket, very good copy. 34.5 x 26cm. The history of modern Shanghai through photographic images from private collections and institutions - a fascinating portrait of this compelling city. (When referring to this..... More

台北.[Taipei]. 月旦出版社股份有限公司.[Yue dan chu ban she gu fen you xian gong si]. 1998. Map, 488pp, bibliography, charts, some parts highlighted with marker pen and some underlining in red, little light staining lower margins of some leaves, otherwise sound and clean. Reading copy. Paperback. Text in traditional Chinese. (When referring to..... More

臺北.[Taipei]. 聯經出版事業公司.[Lian jing chu ban shi ye gong si]. 2001. [Reprint]. 554pp, appendix, very good paperback copy. Text in traditional Chinese. Famous Chinese novelist, 高行健 [Gao Xingjian] (1940-) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000. The novel was first published in 1990. This copy is the 11th printing..... More

Hong Kong. Hong Kong Museum of Art. 2005. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout with reproductions of George Chinnery's paintings and sketches, 223pp, bibliography, hardback with colour plate laid down on upper cover. A few fingerprints one preliminary leaf but otherwise an excellent copy. 31 x 23.5cm. Published to accompany an..... More

New York. Garland. 1980. Reprint. Black and white portrait frontispiece, 308pp + publisher's catalogue. Ex-library copy in original navy cloth boards lettered in white on spine, front free endpaper a little stained, some library stamps title and preliminary leaves, library marking on spine but otherwise very clean and sound. First..... More

北京. [Beijing]. 人民出版社.[Ren min chu ban she]. 2003. 506pp, charts, notes, good paperback copy. Text in Chinese. Systematically examines the issues of marriage inequality, gender, marriage between Han and minorities, royal women, etc. during Song Dynasty. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169380). More

London. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., no date. (circa1912). New and cheaper edition. Revised by Mrs Archibald Little. Black and white photographic frontispiece and plates, 330pp + 7 pages of publisher's adverts. Endpapers browned, previous owner signature and label on the front paste-down and f.f.e.p. Some pencil annotations throughout. Head..... More

Shanghai. The Commercial Press, Ltd., 1929. Black & white map of Tsinan Area, a photographic portrait frontispiece of the General and 3 photographic illustrations throughout the text. viii + 107pp. Black cloth covered boards, lettered on the spine and upper front board in gilt. An extremely good copy except for..... More

Manila. National Museum Manila. 1979. Maps, black and white illustrations, 18pp, bibliography, stapled paperback in lightly soiled covers, slight foxing endpapers and edge, prior owner's neat signature front free endpaper, good copy. 25.4 x 18cm. Site was excavated to systematically retrieve cultural artefacts from sites in danger of being destroyed..... More