南滿州鐵道株式會社. 1933. Coloured pop-up style brochure printed on card, 19.5 x 17cm with detached card 19.5 x 9cm. Some minor wear and browning. The card, detached along a perforated line has an outline colour map, fares and timetable. Folded decorative card with a pop-up coloured image of the landscape of... More about 滿鉄舘萬國婦人子供博覽會. [Mantetsu-kan bankoku fujin kodomo hakurankai

[London]. George Philip & Son. [1922]. Very large, handsome coloured linen backed map 167.5 x 114.5cm, folds into cloth boards 28.5 x 23.5cm. Scale 1:3,000,000 or 48 miles to an inch. Marbled front free endpaper creased and torn with some loss. Ribbon ties detached, cloth soiled, corners of corners worn... More about Philips' Commercial Map of China

No place of publication. No details of publisher. (circa 1966-1976). Pocket size Chinese Cultural Revolution red cloth bag in red. One side of the bag depicts four people inspired by the spirit of the "Foolish Old Man" determinedly pushing an enormous rock. A propaganda slogan printed on reverse is a.... More about 愚公移山. [Yu gong yi shan]. [Chinese Cultural Revolution Little Red Bag - Foolish Old Man...

北京. [Beijing]. 中國青年出版社.[Zhongguo qing nian chu ban she]. 1953. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. 85pp, wrappers chipped and worn with considerable loss spine, a prior owner's signature title page, in secondhand condition. Text in traditional Chinese. 18.3 x 12.9cm. From the series titled 語文學習叢書 "Chinese Language Study Series", this book is... More about 怎樣寫應用文.[Zen yang xie ying yong wen]. [How to Write Practical Composition

No place of publication. No details of publisher. 1970. 7pp, in red wrappers, few minor tears at extremities, light foxing lower cover, good copy. Text in Chinese. A small Chinese political propaganda booklet commemorating the 49th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. It is a joint... More about 共产党员应是无产阶级先进分子. [Gong chan dang yuan ying shi wu chan jie ji xian jin...

[Beijing]. 中国青年出版社. [Zhongguo qing nian chu ban she]. Black and white line illustrations, 153pp, original pictorial wrappers little worn, good ex-library copy, label on spine, library pocket at rear and some occasional stamps. Text in Chinese. The book includes 21 stories which demonstrate the bravery of Vietnamese people in the... More about 越南青年英雄的故事. [Yuenan qing nian ying xiong de gu shi].[The Story of Young Heroes...

上海.[Shanghai]. 商務印書館.[Shang wu yin shu guan]. 1957. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. [1025]pp, tables, commentaries printed in smaller font alongside the original text. A little light foxing, minor wear extremities, good copy in hardback. Text in traditional Chinese. Shiben or "Book of Origins", is one of the earliest Chinese classics recorded... More about 世本八種. [Shi ben ba zhong]. [Eight versions of Shiben

Sydney. Florilegium. 1999. Reprinted with corrections. Map, colour photographic illustrations, 400pp, glossary, references, table of dynasties, index, dustjacket, very good copy. 28.5 x 21.6cm. A comprehensive reference to ornamental plants grown in Chinese gardens, their history and their place in art, literature and symbolism in everyday life. (When referring to... More about The Garden Plants of China

Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1996. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 217pp, bibliography, index, neat signature of a prior owner half title, spine little faded, very good paperback copy. This study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85%... More about The Temple of Memories. History, Power and Morality in a Chinese Village

Canberra. Australian National University Press. 1972. Maps, plans, xxi + 230pp, index, bibliography, hardback, dustjacket, front free endpaper a trifle foxed, small damp stain upper cover, very good. Chinese in Southeast Asia including discussion of the Chinese expansion by land into Vietnam and Yunnan, the decline of Chinese sea power... More about The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People. Southern Fields and Southern Ocean

Braziller. New York. 1958. 2 volumes. Vol I: Maps, illustrations, xxxiv + 391pp. Vol II: Folding map, illustrations, vi + 802pp, appendices, indices. Endpapers browned. A good hardback set. Reliable general account of Chinese art. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 18377). More about Chinese Art

[甘肃].[Gansu]. No details of publisher. (1957-1968]. 1954 Chinese pocket size notebook with colour plates. The notebook includes notes in Chinese in ink and pencil on many leaves. Bound in cloth featuring the embossed head and shoulders portrait of Mao on the upper cover. Issued on February 17th 1954, one year... More about 慰问手册.[Wei wen shou ce]. [1954 Korean War Notebook - A Chinese Woman's Personal Notebook

北京. [Beijing]. 人民音乐出版社.[Ren min yin yue chu ban she]. 1979. Includes 14 Chinese songs for children with modern Chinese musical notation, one Cambodian song and two Japanese songs. 30pp, in wrappers. A prior owner's signature upper cover, small chips upper wrapper, light browning throughout, very good. Text in Chinese. 18.5... More about 少年儿童歌曲. 第一集. [Shao nian er tong ge qu. Di yi ji]. [Teenager and Children's...