Victoria. Praxis Exhibitions Australia. 2002. Maps, colour illustrations, 159pp, glossary, a very good paperback copy. 24 x 29cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169416). More

Nedlands. University of Western Australia Press. 1970. Edited with introduction "Chinese Anti-Foreignism and the Boxer Uprising" by L.R. Marchant. Endpaper maps, plans, black and white photographic illustrations, xxvii + 212pp, bibliography, indices, inscriptions on half title and dedication page, a good copy in lightly worn dustjacket. (When referring to this..... More

北京. [Beijing]. 中国审计出版社.[Zhongguo shen ji chu ban she]. 2001. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 317pp, appendix, notes, very good copy in paperback. Text in Chinese. The book introduces the major financial supervision systems and responsible organisations during the Song Dynasty. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169393). More

(circa1900). Hand painted embossed foil, 3 x 14 1/2 inches. A beautiful and unusual example of Chinese folk art of southern regions, this is an original hand painted embossed gold foil label, produced in China circa 1900 to be used as a decorative label on the outside of a box..... More

Melbourne. Penguin Books, (circa2010). Colour and black and white photographic plates throughout, 501pp, select bibliography, limp boards with dustjacket, very good copy. 34.5 x 26cm. The history of modern Shanghai through photographic images from private collections and institutions - a fascinating portrait of this compelling city. (When referring to this..... More

北京.[Beijing]. 中国社会科学出版社.[Zhongguo she hui ke xue chu ban she]. 2006. Black and white illustrations, 406pp, tables, charts, notes, very good hardback in dustjacket, spine a little faded. Includes case reports on death penalty, and discussions of death penalty worldwide and domestic. Text largely in Chinese (2 reports in English). List..... More

London. George Allen & Unwin London 1922-66, 1966. Second impression. 260pp, index, appendix, blue cloth covered boards, dustjacket spine little sunned, ex-library with the usual markings including mark on spine where label once was. A sound copy. Bertrand Russell spent a year as Professor of Philosophy at the University of..... More

London. I B Tauris. 2012. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxiii + 263 pages, index, bibliography, notes, dustjacket. With its fossil hunters and philosophers, diplomats, dropouts, writers and explorers, missionaries and refugees, Peking's foreign community in the early 20th century was as exotic as the city itself. Always a...... More

北京. [Beijing]. 人民出版社.[Ren min chu ban she]. 2003. 506pp, charts, notes, good paperback copy. Text in Chinese. Systematically examines the issues of marriage inequality, gender, marriage between Han and minorities, royal women, etc. during Song Dynasty. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169380). More

New York. The MacMillan Company. 1905. 1st American edition. vi + 408pp + 3 page publisher's catalogue at rear, index, original dark green cloth, gilt stamp of New South Wales Parliamentary Library upper cover, top edge gilt. Library stamp title page, some light foxing, half title foxed, good copy. 20..... More

Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 2010. Black and white illustrations, 378pp, notes, words cited, character list, index, very good copy in dustjacket. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. Liu accompanied each figure, presented under the..... More

Cambridge. Cambridge University. 2009. Maps, xxx+ 1095pp, index, bibliography, glossary, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "The first of two volumes on the Sung dynasty (970-1279) and its Five Dynasties and Southern Kingdoms precursors presents the political history of China from the fall of the T'ang Dynasty in 907 to..... More

北京. [Beijing]. 人民日报出版社.[Ren min ri bao chu ban she]. 1958. 167pp, a prior owner's signature title page, very light wear and browning on covers and edges, clean and sound internally, good paperback. Text in Chinese. 18.4 x 12.8cm. Second volume in 1957 including editorials by People's Daily, topics cover the..... More