Beijing: China Travel and Tourism Press. Black and white photographic illustrations, 279pp., paperback with french flaps. Tear upper edge lower cover, otherwise very good condition. The story of Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last Emperor of the Chinese feudal society era, who was forced to abdicate the throne at the age of... More
London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1930. Reprint. Black and white photographic plates, 404pp, some pencilled notes lowe paste down, original red cloth gilt a little marked and faded particularly on spine, cloth trifle worn in places. A good copy. . (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163129). More
New York. Columbia University Press. 2018. Black and white photographic illustration, ix + 323pp., index, notes. Small dent upper edge and lower cover, otherwise very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Lam traces how the emotion-realm underwent significant transformations from the dreamscape to theatricality in sixteenth-to seventeenth-century China" - Publisher's Description... More
Massachusetts. Addison-Wesley. 1991. [Reprint]. Coloured map, black and white as well as coloured illustrations throughout, 424pp., index, bibliography. End leaves unopened, small tear on bottom of dustjacket front and back, spine faded, good hardback copy in dustjacket. "China: Empire of Living Symbols is a book for everyone who has ever... More
London. Eland. 1993. New Edition. Facsimile text, black and white photographic illustrations, 405pp + adverts, appendix, notes, index, paperback. "The trail of discovery began when Hugh Trevor-Roper received in somewhat unusual circumstances the voluminous memoirs of Sir Edmund Backhouse, the celebrated Chinese scholar and co-author of two standard works on... More
Sydney. Angus & Robertson, 1967. Reprint. Folding map, black and white photographic illustrations, vi + 431pp, bibliography, index, large inscription front paste down, minor marking cloth. A sound secondhand copy. Biography of George Ernest Morrison. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 76784). More
Canberra. Institute of Advanced Studies. A.N.U., 2000. Black and white illustrations, iv + 164pp, small quarto, paperback, signature of prior owner upper cover, very good copy. Fourth issue including: From Biographical History to Historical Biography: a Transformation in Chinese Historical Writing; Human Conscience and Responsibility in Ming-Qing China; In Her... More
London. Downey & Co., 1899. New Edition. Black and white photographic and line illustrations, xii +189 + [2]pp, index. Two small booklets "The Chinese Problem" and "The Destruction of Schools for the Blind by Chinese in Peking in June 1900" tipped onto front free endpaper. Staples in the booklet "The... More
Peking. No publisher.. 1940. Reprint. Translated by W. Sheldon Ridge. 128pp, original wrappers, largely unopened, edges uncut. Light even browning throughout. 20 x 13.5cm. Very good. Translated from "Histoire des Relations de la Russia avec la Chine sous Pierre le Grand (1639-1730)" this work covers the history of Russian -... More
London. John Murray. 1847. Map, 3 full page lithographs, 15 black and white wood engravings, xxiv + 406pp. Some foxing and browning first and last leaves and occasionally throughout, upper joint split. Half calf binding, spine gilt, marbled paper covered boards, some wear at edges but generally very good. (When... More
London. Saunders and Otley. 1844. 6 lithograph plans, 47 black and white wood engravings mostly full page from original drawings by the author. The frontispiece shows an early view of Hong Kong from the harbour. xx + 522pp. Plates evenly discoloured, occasional browning at edges but the text is generally... More
London. Griffin, Bohn. 1861. Second Edition. Translated. 4 full page tinted lithographs, viii + 368pp. Bound in original embossed boards with modern cloth spine. Upper cover insect damaged in places, new endpapers. Very occasional spotting or soiling, small damp stain margin frontis but otherwise very good copy. The author of... More
London. John Murray, 1818. Second Edition. 2 volumes. Volume I: Portrait frontispiece, xii + 442pp, some light foxing and some neatly repaired tears (without loss) folding map. Volume II: Folding map at frontispiece a little browned, browned outline of map on title page, vii + 359pp, appendix, Itinerary of the... More
Charles Knight. 1841. 2 volumes. Volume I: Folding map wth outline colour, xii + 316pp. Volume II: Black and white full page map, viii + 322pp. Inscription dated 1857 blank preliminary leaf volume I; tear at one fold on map without loss, some occasional foxing and browning. Marbled endpapers and... More
Smith, Elder & Co, 1885. ix + 333pp, index. one page carelessly opened with loss in margin not affecting text, hinges cracked, one gathering loosening, cloth a little marked A good copy in original brown decorative boards lettered in gilt upper cover and spine. A little seen late 19th century... More
London. Smith, Elder & Co, 1838. 2 volumes. Volume I: Folding colour map frontispiece, folding plate "Specimen of the Various modes in which Chinese Characters are written", xvi + 510pp, map and title page foxed. Volume II: 570pp. Original blind stamped cloth covers, backstrips laid down on new spine, front... More
New York. Harper & Brothers, 1847. Folding map of China, 12 black and white engravings, xv + 467pp, bound in original embossed brown cloth, spine gilt. Foxing and browning throughout, a little loss of cloth at head and tail of spine. 20 x 12.9cm. Interesting description of China and its... More
London. Wm H Allen and Co, 1847. 2 folding charts, 4 coloured lithographs, (1 duplicated), folding coloured map 'A Sketch of the Province of Kwang-Tung....', xvi + 250pp, neat stamp of G.D. Musso, an Italian resident of inter-war Shanghai title page, signed J.C. Hall on browned half title. Both folding... More
London. Smith, Elder, 1834. 2 volumes in original blind stamped cloth. Volume I: Large folding general map of China, Chinese Tartary & Tibet, viii + 436pp. Folding map is lightly foxed with a small closed tear running in from the margin, repaired with Japanese tissue. Hinges cracked, small tears with... More
Shanghai. Carl Crow. (1921). Third edition, revised. Five colour folding maps and plans: China; Foreign Settlements Shanghai; Soochow; Peking; Tientsin, full blackand white full page maps, small black and white illustrations encorporating the initial letter of each paragraph, 314 + xpp+ 48 pages of adverts, light browning, light wear binding... More
London. MA Nattali, 1849. [Reprint]. 2 volumes in 1. Volume I: 18 full page black and white full page wood engravings, 9 in text. iv + 395pp, school prize inscription dated 22nd December, 1857 one blank. Volume II: 10 full page wood engravings and many in text, iii + 459pp... More
London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1887. Second Edition, Revised. Colour folding map, 7 full page black and white plates, decorations and illustrations in text, viii + 433pp, 7 leaves a little creased in one place. Very good in striking pictorial cloth covers, lettered in gilt on the spine. This... More
Glasgow. Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1933. Full page colour plate of flags, maps including two folding, folding panorama of Shanghai, black and white plates, xiv + 392pp, appendix, index. Corners bumped, cloth little worn at corners and head ad tail of spine, a little foxing mainly first and last leaves... More
上海.[Shanghai]. 民強書局.[ Min qiang shu ju]. 民國十三 (1924). 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Two volume set. Volume I: 23pp. Volume II: 22pp. 100 black and white full page line illustrations of young Chinese ladies from across the social classes depicted in modern dress. Original green light card wrappers, 4 hole stab... More
No publication details. (circa1920?). Album of twelve full page hand coloured illustrations on silk laid down on card leaves. Images measure 25.4 x 19.4cm. Silk along upper border of two images a trifle frayed, occasional light marks, some light browning card leaves, minor insect damage silk border of one leaf... More
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