London. Heinemann. 1965. Maps, eight black and white illustrations drawn by the author in Chinese style, 144pp, endpapers browned, dustjacket worn along extremities and a trifle chipped, spine of dustjacket faded, cloth and contents clean and sound. The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, "The Morning of the..... More
Tokyo. 陸軍美術協会. Autumn1942. Colourful map showing places in the Pacific attacked by Japan between February 1942 and August 1942, colour double-page illustrations throughout by Japanese war artists, [48]pp, original coloured wrappers foxed and marked, crease upper cover, wear with minor loss edges still a good copy. 18 x 15.5cm. This..... More
東京日日新聞社. [Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbunsha]. [1939]. Colour folding illustrated map, charts, black and white photographic illustrations, some light browning on reverse. 55 x 79cm. Very good copy. The map of China and surrounding areas are richly illustrated with pictographs showing the resources and products of the countries of East Asia together..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong Division of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist College. 1989. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout, 192pp, a very good paperback copy. Bilingual Chinese and English text. 21 x 29cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 157497). More
London. Cassell. 1898. First edition. Black and white illustrations, 374pp + 15 page publisher's list at rear, frontispiece with tissue guard, index, rear gutter split, some foxing on endpapers and edges, cloth a trifle rubbed in places, corners lightly bumped but overall a very good copy in dark grey cloth..... More
上海.[Shanghai]. 光明書局.[Guang ming shu ju]. 民國25 (1936). 387pp, some foxing on covers, light creasing at corners and edges, spine a little chipped, clean and sound internally. Text in traditional Chinese. 20.5 x 14.9cm . Contributors include leading Chinese writers and educators: 胡適 [Hu Shi], 蔡元培 [Cai Yuanpei], 徐志摩 [Xu Zhimo]..... More
Peking. Foreign Language Press. 1967. 16 + [2]pp, light signs of wear on covers, a prior owner's signature upper pastedown original wrappers. Text in French. 20.3 x 13.9cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169705). More
Peking. Foreign Language Press. April1969. Folding map showing Soviet Revisionist Troops' Intrusion into Chinese Territory Zhenbao Island, black and white photographic illustrations, 39pp, a prior owner's signature, errata loosely inserted, some staining, browning and wear covers but still good internally. 21.6 x 13.8cm. An official statement issued by the Ministry..... More
吉隆坡.[Kuala Lumpur]. 世界書局.[Shi jie shu ju]. 149pp, very light staple stain prelims, otherwise very good in paperback. Original text in Chinese with English translation on opposite leaf. Translated by 韋尹 [Wei Yin], includes Lu Xun's correspondence between 1927 and 1936. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169689)... More
北京.[Beijing]. 商务印书馆.[Shang wu yin shu guan]. 1985. 78 + 1343pp, appendices, light signs of wear, otherwise very good in hardback. Text in Chinese and English. 18.9 x 13.1cm. Specially designed dictionary that collects together compound words which each have the same final character. (When referring to this item please quote..... More
北京.[Beijing]. 外语教学与研究出版社. [Wai yu jiao xue yu yan jiu chu ban she]. 1995. 1st Edition, 4th Printing. 1769, notes, a prior owner's inscription, very good hardback in dustjacket. Text in Chinese and English. 20.7 x 14.3cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169683). More
外语教学与研究出版社.[Wai yu jiao xue yu yan jiu chu ban she]. 1994. 1st Edition, 13th Printing. Black and white illustrations, 32 + 1219pp, notes, appendices, hardback in dustjacket, very good. Text in Chinese and English. 19 x 13.5cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169647). More
Oxford. Oxford University Press, 1993. Black and white photographic plates, xx + 227pp, index, notes, glossary, hardback copy in good condition with slight browning of endpapers, spine very slightly sunned. "Perhaps no other part of post-war Hong Kong experienced the trauma of rapid urbanization and industrialization as intensely as did..... More
Hong Kong. S.H. Book Co., Ltd., 1981. Black and white line illustrations, 65pp, some occasional foxing, spine faded, good in dustjacket. "YOU are in this little book, your friends and your relations, with comment on, almost all Hong Kong situations. Foreign devils, local folk, property tycoons, everyone and everything from..... More
Hong Kong. Belongers' Publications Ltd., 1981. Extensive maps, colour and black and white illustrations, 205pp, appendix, small section of tape on pastedowns, slight rubbing on extremities, very good paperback copy. 28 x 21cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169727). More
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北京.[Beijing]. 机械工业出版社.[Ji xie gong ye chu ban she]. 1988. Black and white illustrations, 767 + [20]pp, good hardback. Text in traditional Chinese. 13.3 x 9.5cm. Special dictionary of Chinese input method invented by Mr. Huang Jinfu. It was awarded the Governors Award for Hong Kong Design Competition in 1988. (When..... More
London. Religious Tract Society. 1897. Black & white frontispiece and four full-page photographic plates,158pp + 2 pages of publisher's adverts, first and last leaves foxed, prize book label on front paste-down dated Feb.1902. Tan coloured cloth lettered in gilt on the upper spine and upper board and a black stamped..... More
Los Angeles. Carroll Lunt, 1965. Tipped in colour plate, black and white photographic illustrations, 180pp, inscribed by the author front free endpaper. Light even browning but otherwise very good in original cloth. The author states in his foreword that "the important part played by the United States of America and..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. 2011. Map, colour & black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 389pp, bibliography, index, little creasing lower endpapers, still a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. 23.5 x 18cm. Articles on Chinese culture originally published in the South China Morning Post. (When referring to..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. 2013. Black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 454pp, index, notes, bibliography, appendices, dustjacket spine a smidge sunned, very good copy in dustjacket. During the nineteenth century, tens of thousands of Chinese men and women crossed the Pacific to work, trade, and settle in..... More
Black and white maps, black and white plates, xii + 276pp, index, appendices, notes, dustjacket covers a trifle shelf-worn with some scratching on lower cover, still a very good copy. "In 1899, a year after the Convention of Peking leased the New Territories to Britain, the British moved to establish..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. 1983. Numerous black and white maps including a large foldout map, x + 151pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendix, glossary, spine a little faded, fore-edge a little spotted, good hardback copy in protected dustjacket. "This book looks at the 1819 edition of the gazetteer, the..... More
日本オリンピック後援会. [Nihon Orinpikku Koenkai]. 昭和31[1956]. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 160pp, charts, hardback, dustjacket, 30.4 x 21.5cm, cardboard sleeve box and edges worn, very good copy. This book was published on June 1956 in Japan to mark the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia which were to..... More
香港.[Hong Kong]. 滙通書店.[Hui tong shu dian]. 1966. Four Chinese classic texts bound into one, 21 +43 +184 +351pp, notes, paper on backstrip a little torn and now neatly repaired, minor wear paperback covers, edges a trifle foxed, contents clean and sound. Original Chinese text accompanied by English translation. Good copy..... More
香港.[Hong Kong]. 文言書局.[Wen yan shu ju]. No date circa 1970s. 2 volumes set, 483pp, neat dates upper pastedown showing a prior owner's study sessions in University of Sydney in late 60s and early 70s, some signs of light wear with occasional foxing and spot soiling, overall good in paperback. Text..... More
