Hong Kong: Blacksmith Books, 2016. Paperback. William Mesny.ran off to sea as a boy and jumped ship at Shanghai in 1860 when he was just 18. Amid the chaos of foreign intrigue and civil war in 19th-century China, he became a smuggler, a prisoner of the Taiping rebels, a gun-runner... More about The Mercenary Mandarin. How a British Adventurer Became a General in Qing-Dynasty China

Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. 1937. First edition. 2 volumes. Volume I: 5 - 231pp. Volume II: 232 - 469pp. Black and white line illustrations in both volumes. Light browning endpapers. Marked and worn dustjackets torn with some loss and mended with tape in places. Overall a very good set... More about A Grammar of Chinese Lattice

[Hangzhou]. 浙江人民出版社.[Zhejiang ren min chu ban she]. 1973. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. The short stories bound in one volume, 65 black and white illustrations accompanied by a short text lower section of each page, damp damage, a prior owner's chop at places, even light foxing low cover, good in wrappers... More about 女炮工. [Nü pao gong]. [Chinese Lianhuanhua Book - A Female Miner Handles Explosives

上海.[Shanghai]. 上海人民出版社.[Shanghai ren min chu ban she]. 78 black and white illustrations accompanied by a short text lower section of each page, a publisher's stamp lower cover, minor creasing on covers, very good in wrappers. Text in Chinese. 9.2 x 12.5cm. The story sets place in People's Liberation Army Songbin... More about 特别处方. [Te bie chu fang]. [Chinese Lianhuanhua Book - Special Prescription

北京. [Beijing]. 人民美術出版社.[Ren min mei shu chu ban she]. 1973. 2nd Edition. 55 black and white illustrations accompanied by a short text lower section of each page, stamp of a prior book seller lower cover, a 0.5cm horizontal closed tear upper cover, corners little creased, good in wrappers. Text in... More about 雷锋的少年时代. [Lei Feng de shao nian shi dai]. [Chinese Lianhuanhua Book - The Childhood...

上海.[Shanghai]. 上海人民出版社.[Shanghai ren min chu ban she]. 1976. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 86 black and white illustrations accompanied by a short text lower section of each page, three pin-holes along spine with minor chipping on fore-edge, light ink stain lower cover to spine, very good internally, in wrappers. Text in... More about 女清洁工. [Nü qing jie gong]. [Chinese Lianhuanhua Book - Female Cleaners

北京. [Beijing]. 人民美術出版社.[Ren min mei shu chu ban she]. 1975. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 76 black and white illustrations accompanied by a short text lower section of each page, three pin-holes along spine, upper cover an ex-library stamp, signs of wear at extremities with corners creased, small loss on one... More about 槽头战斗.[Cao tou zhan dou]. [Chinese Lianhuanhua Book - Battleground at Feedlot

北京. [Beijing]. 人民美術出版社.[Ren min mei shu chu ban she]. 1975. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. 78 black and white illustrations accompanied by a short text lower section of each page, a prior owner's signature title page, very light browning first leaves, signs of light wears at extremities covers, overwise good in... More about 海姑娘. [Hai gu niang]. [Chinese Lianhuanhua Book - Sea Girl

上海.[Shanghai]. 上海舊書店.[Shanghai jiu shu dian]. 1957. A Chinese 1950s receipt of Shanghai Old Bookstore, showing the date of transition, category of the book, number of book, price of the book and cashier's surname. The bookstore's stamp in the centre, a serial number of the receipt upper right section. Text in... More about 上海舊書店門市發票. [Shanghai jiu shu dian men shi fa piao]. [1957 Receipt of Shanghai...

北京. [Beijing]. 五洲传播出版社.[Wu zhou chuan bo chu ban she]. 2004. 139pp, profuse colour illustrations, small ink stains on covers, generally good in paperback. Translated from Chinese into English. Includes various forms of Chinese folk art works: papercuts, leather silhouette, woodcut New Year Picture, masks and kites. (When referring to this... More about Chinese Folk Arts. 中国民间美术. [Zhongguo min jian mei shu

No place of publication. 中共中南直屬機關委員會宣傳部.[Zhong gong Zhongnan zhi shu ji guan wei yuan hui xuan chuan bu]. 1953. 32pp, in wrappers, closed tears and chipping on covers and spine, prior owner's signature and chop upper cover, and annotations on p.32 showing the owner was a local government official of ethnic... More about 民族政策學習文選. [Min zu zheng ce xue xi wen xuan]. [Selected Works of Policies for...