London. Hogarth. 1735. Etching and engraving 31.8 × 38.7cm 46.4 × 62.2 plate-mark 36.2 × 41.1 cm. and twelve-line verse caption. An eighteenth century reprint in fine condition. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170756). More
New York. G. W. Dillingham Company. 1904. 1st American edition. Colour frontispiece with tissue-guard, 426pp + 2 adverts, neat pencilled inscription front free endpaper dated 1910, light rubbing head and tail of spine. A very good clean copy. 18.5 x 11.9cm. A curious collection of short stories set in China..... More
Christchurch. Caxton Press. 1973. 58pp, paper wrappers little marked and slightly creased, very good. Story written during Chiang Kai-shek's Anti-Communist campaign. Based on stories told to the author. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171027). More
Harmondsworth. Penguin. No date. Late 20th century. [Reprint]. Complete in 5 paperback volumes. Volume I: 540pp. Volume II: 601pp. Volume III: 635pp. Volume IV: 398pp. Volume V: 383pp. Very good set with occasional wear covers. Volume 5 a later reprint so covers though the same size are not uniform. (When..... More
New York. The American Federation of Arts. 1978. Map, profuse colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 128pp, bibliography, 26.7 x 20.9 cm. Paperback, spine and rear cover showing signs of wear, otherwise in very good condition. The Newark Museum Collection of Tibetan Art and Ethnography. Catalogue of exhibition held..... More
Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2016. Illustrations, 360pp, paperback. Inscribed by the author titlepage. Very good. 'Amidst all the chatter about China lies this rock of a book, a magnificent memoir/ history from the very core of modern Chinese society and history. It's a wonderful thing where the essential book and..... More
London. Thames and Hudson. 1975. Profusely illustrated in black and white throughout, 128pp, 27.4 x 20.5cm. Foxing to upper edge of first leaf, paperback covers marked, otherwise a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171014). More
Berkeley. Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai. 1997. xii +170pp, index, glossary, 24.2 x 16.3cm. Very good condition. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171013). More
United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2020. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout, 208pp, paperback. 29 x 20.5cm. An extraordinary exploration of the beauty and complexity of Japanese garments and accessories, Japanese Dress in Detail reveals the elaborate embroidery, intricate pleats and delicate dyes that make up some of the most..... More
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Hong Kong. International Culture Press. 1956. Second Edition. Revised by Wu Chia Ching. Translated by Liang Shih Chiu. Maps, including very attractive double page colour pictorial map, 7 striking full page colour photographic plates by well known Chinese photographers of the day, profuse black and white photographic images throughout, attractive..... More
London. Allen Lane. 2008. Maps, black and white photographic plates, viii + 370pp, bibliography, notes, index, dustjacket little creased at foot of spine, very good hardback copy. The great city of Beijing, capital of China from the ninth century, and given its form for five hundred years by the Ming..... More
New Haven. Yale Uni. Press. 1983. Maps, black and white illustrations, xxi + 286pp, notes, index, covers lifting slightly, dustjacket little worn, good copy. This book provides a new perspective on the relationship of Chinese peasant society to the modern Chinese revolution. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
London. Batsford. 1968. Maps, black and white illustrations, 208pp, index, price clipped dustjacket little worn and lightly faded on spine, endpapers a little browned, a good copy. Covers four centuries in Chinese history during the Han dynasty, which broke ground in relation to chief political, economic, cultural and social structures..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1958. Translated, portrait frontispiece. 383pp, endpapers a little browned, good copy in slightly soiled dustjacket. "The appearance of this novel was a notable event in the literary circles at that time, for two reasons. First, it was the first novel whose scene was set within its..... More
Cambridge. Cambridge Uni Press. (c.1984). Reprint. 5 volumes in paperback. Volume I: Volumes I and II of the Major Series. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, tables, xi + 326pp, bibliography, index. Volume II: Volume III and a Section of Volume IV, Part I of the Major Series. ix +..... More
Beijing: New World Press. 1983. Black and white photographic illustrations, 269pp, index, very good paperback copy. China Studies Series. Drawn from the author's field work in Kaixian'gong Village, Jiangsu Province, in 1936, 1957 and 1980. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170998). More
Taipei. Cheng Wen. 1971. Reprint. xxi + 440pp, index, minor wear boards, light foxing on fore-edge, good condition. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170996). More
Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. 2003. Black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 281pp, pictorial boards, very good copy. Light on China series. American journalist Agnes Smedley was an eye-witness to the Chinese civil war. A supporter of the Communists she travelled with them and was at Yan'an at the end..... More
London. The Folio Society. 1996. Reprint. Endpaper maps, maps, colour frontispiece and full page colour plates, 310pp, index, a very good clothbound hardback copy in card slipcase. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170973). More
Tokyo. Kodansha International. 1974. Reprint. Map, colour photographic illustrations, 92pp, paperback with French folds, 25.7 x 18.4cm. Slight browning to lower corner front endpaper, faint pen mark to front cover, otherwise in very good condition. The book captures Hiroshige's work on 53 stations of the Tokaido with Narazaki's interpretations. (When..... More
Taipei. Chen-Wen. 1966. Reprint. xii + 306pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendix, hardback, cancelled ex-library copy, endpapers browned, bookplate laid down front pastedown, library slip laid down lower free endpaper, lower pastedown torn with loss, stamps title page, printer's imprint, and edges, gilt shelf designation spine, spine little discoloured, otherwise sound..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1990. Translated with introduction and notes by Roger R. Thompson. Black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 278pp, appendices, bibliography, character list, index, spine of dustjacket a little sunned. "In May 1930, Mao Zedong conducted an investigation and wrote a report on the people, economy, society..... More
Provo. Repressed Publishing. (c.2012). Reprint. Portrait frontispiece, 151pp. Facsimile copy. Each leaf has a darkened background suggesting a scan made on low quality equipment, however the text is still very legible. Bound in brown cloth and lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover. A sound clean copy. First published..... More
New York. Century. 1923. Folding colour map, 171 black and white photographic illustrations, xx + 502pp, pictorial upper cover and spine, extremities lightly rubbed, endpapers browned, withdrawn from Alexander Mack Memorial Library, Bridgewater with a few stamps and small label on spine. Includes chapters on Korea, Manchuria and Mongolia. (When..... More
London. Ivor Nicholson & Watson. 1934. Foreword by Professor J. Percy Bruce. 264pp, index, endpapers browned, dustjacket lightly foxed and neatly repaired on reverse, blue boards very bright, good copy. The eight chapters in this book trace the history of China through to the 1930s with a chapter on its..... More
