Hong Kong. Crown Lands and Survey Office. 1976. 1st Edition. Colour map of Lantau Island 59.4 x 88.4 cm folded to 22 x 15 cm, scale 1:35,000, legend showing tourist information (transportation, attractions, etc.) and geographical and territorial information, accompanied by one pamphlet (30pp) with general information and map notes..... More

New York. Henry Holt. 2000. First edition. 340pp, index, bibliography, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Traces the history of the infatuation the West has had with Tibet from the time of Marco Polo up until the present. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 70675). More

Los Angeles. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 1994. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, 175pp, references, index, hardback, dustjacket little chipped, 31 x 24cm, good copy. This book was published in conjunction with a travelling exhibition ' Genghis Khan: Treasures from Inner Mongolia' held in North America in 1994 -..... More

London. Bloomsbury. 2013. Colour photographic illustrations, 176pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback, 25 x 19cm, very good copy. This book is a fascinating introduction to how and why people coloured textiles and how fabric dye was indicator of social class or position in Western Europe, until chemical dye became widely available..... More

Shanghai. Kelly & Walsh. 1922. Second edition revised and enlarged. 6 folding maps & plans, black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 523pp, appendices, index, delightfully bound in bright orange silk covered boards, final folding map trifle browned on margins with some separation at folds in one or two places..... More

New York. Doran. 1921). Maps & tables, illustrations, xxiii + 538pp, index, endpapers foxed, neat inscription front free endpaper. Dark green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine faded, head 7 tail of spine and extremities a little rubbed and worn, inner hinges split, text sound and clean. 22 x...... More

Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 1987. Endpaper map, black and white illustrations, xvii + viii + 209pp, index, paperback, minor fading covers, some light browning throughout. First published in 1910. A first hand account of the siege of Peking. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170422). More

Peking. Art Photo Press. 1957. Photo book of Peking with very attractive colour endpapers showing a plan of Peking, black and white photographic plates throughout, unpaginated, chop lower corner title page, dustjacket a little browned with a few tears, very good copy. Text in Chinese, Russian, English, French, German and..... More

Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1956. Maps, black and white photographic illustations, 122pp, index, chop at foot of titlepage, endpapers heavily browned. Neat archival tape repair along spine and upper hinge, some small staple holes in upper covers, card covers in slightly soiled dustjacket. Contents very good and clean. Discusses the..... More

Peking. Head Office of China Intourist. 1956. Large coloured foldout pictorial map showing the sites of Peking, colour and black and white illustrations, 32pp, some ink and pencilled comments and marking, original pictorial wrappers rubbed and worn, signature and chop of a prior owner upper wrapper. Complete. This copy was..... More

United Kingdom. British Museum Press. 2005. 78 pages, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, index, notes, paperback, very good copy. The Forbidden City is located in the heart of Beijing/Peking. It has been the focus of authority in imperial China for over six centuries. A city within a city..... More

London. Macmillan. Reprint of revised edition.1979. Reprint of revised edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 396pp, index, bibliography, appendices, small tear slightly worn dustjacket, cloth covered boards a little browned at edges, a good hardback copy. "Hugh Trevor-Roper's masterly piece of scholarly detection, originally published as A Hidden Life, is..... More

Dumont, New Jersey. Homa & Sekey Books. 2002. Maps, profusely illustrated with colour photographic illustrations, 153pp, hardback, dustjacket, 29 x 22.5cm, very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170369). More