Paris-Lille: Desclée de Brouwer et Cie, 1900. 2nd Edition. Profusely illustrated with 524 illustrations, French text, 416pp, margins & edges browned, handsomely rebound in red cloth with original pictorial wraps, a little stained, laid down on covers. New endpapers. Chop on lower front free endpaper. A fascinating work on all..... More
Bangalore. White Lotus. 2008. [Reprint]. Folding maps, black and white photographic plates, xx + 269pp, index, originally published in 1904, paperback, chop on title page, 21 x 15cm, very good copy In 1900 a party of British citizens fleeing the Boxer Rebellion left China using the back-door. This unusual group..... More
New York. Better Link Press. 2019. Illustraions in colour, hardback in dustjacket. Text in English and Chinese. 23.8 x 24.4cm. "In this book, you will go on a journey of daily life in a Chinese household, where harmony of three generations echoes in the scenes of a Chinese garden" --..... More
United States. Tuttle Publishing. 2012. Black and white line drawings, xxix + 226 pages, paperback. Join the Monkey King on his fantastic travels in this exciting version of the traditional Chinese folktale "Journey to the West." This legend has delighted countless generations, and this lovely retelling is a wonderful introduction..... More
United States: Tuttle Publishing, 2010. 992pp, paperback. The Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the "Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature." It is renowned for its huge scope, large cast of characters and telling observations on the life and social structures of 18th century China and is..... More
United States: Tuttle Publishing, 2010. 848pp, paperback. Based upon the historical bandit Song Jiang and his companions, this Chinese equivalent of the English classic Robin Hood and His Merry Men is an epic tale of rebellion against tyranny and has been thrilling and inspiring readers for hundreds of years. This..... More
United States: Tuttle Publishing, 2014. The Three Kingdoms is the epic saga of loyalty and treachery, brotherhood and rivalry-and the deeds of legendary heroes and villains during one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history. This classic tale of brotherhood and rivalry, loyalty and treachery, victory and death will..... More
United States: Tuttle Publishing, 2014. 448pp, paperback. The Three Kingdoms is the epic saga of loyalty and treachery, brotherhood and rivalry-and the deeds of legendary heroes and villains during one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history. This classic tale of brotherhood and rivalry, loyalty and treachery, victory and..... More
Australia: Black Inc., 2013. 256pp, paperback. At twenty-something, Alice is eager for the milestones of adulthood- leaving home, choosing a career, finding friendship and love on her own terms. But with each step she takes she feels the sharp tug of invisible threads- the love and worry of her parents..... More
United Kingdom: Pan Macmillan, 2016. Map, black and white illustrations, xiii + 455, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. On the eve of the Second World War, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century's most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the illustrious Sir Victor..... More
London. Cresset Press. 1941. Maps, black and white photographic plates, 280pp, index, dustjacket cellotape repaired on reverse and chipped in places, a very good copy of an uncommon book. Study of the Min Chia culture in the 1940s, with particular focus on religion. Includes two useful sections on Min Chia..... More
London. Murray. 1841. First edition. Large folding black and white frontispiece showing the Gulf of Pechelee, China. And Great Wall and Town of Shaw-Hai-Wei. Folding black and white lithographed plate of Chusan Harbour. xiii + 155pp and 4pp adverts. Bound in original cloth, titled in gilt on front board, charming..... More
New York. Dorset Press. 1968. [Reprint]. Maps, black and white illustrations, 208pp, index, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. Covers four important centuries in Chinese history during the Han dynasty. This period broke new ground in relation to chief political, economic, cultural and social structures that were to characterise Chinese..... More
Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 2000. Revised & enlarged edition. xxiv + 1181pp, contents, appendix, index of names, indext of titles of books, subject index, paperback, chop on title page, old price in ink inside upper cover, upper cover little creased and lifting. Contents very good and clean. A comprehensive very..... More
New York and Philadelphia. Revell and the China Inland Mission. 1908. Maps, 2 folding, illustrations, vii + 54pp, few marks and light wear cloth particularly on lower cover, good copy in pictorial cloth. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165299). More
Glebe: Florilegium. 2002. Profusely illustrated with colour photographic plates throughout, 400pp, bibliography, index,. Fine copy in dustjacket. 29 x 22cm. This record of Chinese gardens at the turn of the twentieth and twenty first centuries describes over 200 gardens in China which Peter Valder has visited. He examines how over..... More
