London. Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer. 1874. Black & white frontispiece and 44 black & white illustrations (mainly heliotypes), Plans, including a plan of Peking, x + 413pp, some foxing to rear of plates but the plates themselves are clean. Original decorated cloth elaborately stamped in red & gilt. The..... More

Hong Kong. Orientations Magazine Ltd., Volume 21, Number 3, March 1990. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 78pp, Quarto, wrappers. Articles in this issue include: 'Wu Guanzhong and the Task of Painting a New China' - Peter C. Sturman; 'Kang Youwei and the Westernization of Modern Chinese Art'..... More

London. Murray. 1841. First edition. Folding black and white frontispiece map showing the Gulf of Pechelee (supplied in facsimile), folding black and white lithographed plate of Chusan Harbour, xiii + 155pp + 4pp [advertisements], original gilt decorated cloth, gilt title and blind-stamped triple rule, charming gilt vignette of a courting..... More

London. Collins. 1946. Endpaper maps, 320pp, original cloth a little stained, dustjacket a little chipped and worn. Good copy. Novel set on the Chinese coast prior to W.W.II among the junk traders who were struggling to survive against the more powerful vested interests using who by using petrol-driven road traffic..... More

Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1954. vi + 296pp, indices, ink underlining and some notes in pencil throughout text, endpapers a little browned, cloth binding, spine and edges little browned, a clean and sound copy. From the library of Professor David K. Wyatt, renowned scholar of Thai history, with his signature..... More

New Jersey. Prentice Hall. 2001. Maps, black and white illustrations, xvii + 183pp, index, small damp stain extremities of upper section until vii, paperback covers a little warped and rubbed along extremities, good paperback copy. 23.5 x 17.8cm. For Introduction to Chinese History and Introduction to East Asia courses. A...... More

Crows Nest. ABC Books. 1990. Black and white illustrations, 208pp, paperback. Very good copy. "Trevor Watson headed a team of eight ABC Radio correspondents who covered the events from within China. ABC Radio and Television reports from China won three 1989 Australian Journalists Association's Walkley Awards and a Television Society..... More

New York. Pantheon. 1975. 480pp, index, minor wear and browning price-clipped dustjacket, pages a little carelessly cut by printer, good hardback copy. This book argues that the extraordinary process by which successive failures to free China from foreign domination and domestic oppression have been turned into lessons for the making..... More

South Australia. Rowett Print. 2007. 176pp, good paperback copy with slight rubbing along extremities. "Suzanne, do you want to come to China with us?" The inquirer was Finn Torjesen, who had received an invitation from government officials in northern China to establish the Shanxi Evergreen service, which would work with..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 株式会社大日本雄辯會講談社. [Kabushiki Kaisha Dai Nihon Yūben Kōdansha]. Showa 7 [ 1932]. Pictorial colour folding map, black and white photographic illustrations and text on reverse, 39 x 54 cm. A little very light browning but the pictorial map itself is very good and clean. This coloured pictorial map of..... More

New York. The MacMillan Company. 1st Edition. A double page black and white map of China, black and white photographic frontispiece and 20 photographic illustrations, xv + 476pp. Original yellow cloth covered boards, Chinese characters stamped in black, slight discolouration edges, small mark lower section of spine, 2 stamps on..... More

Shanghai. The Commercial Press Limited. 1930. Sepia-toned photo illustrations. Original burgundy cloth covered boards lettered in ink. 279pp. 22 x 13.5cm. Endpapers browned, some neat pencil annotations on the finals. Rear hinge split but holding some light discolouration to lower boards but a very good clean copy. A fictional tale..... More

Shanghai. Commercial Press Limited. 1914. 15 folding examples of telegrams, documents, insurance forms and delivery orders, importation declarations and more. 241pp. Brown cloth covered boards, lettered in gilt on the spine and bordered and lettered in white on the front board with Chinese characters. Prior owner label on the front..... More