Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 1996. Colour and black and white maps, colour and black and white illustrations, viii + 88pp, index, selected bibliography, glossary. Edges slightly foxed, otherwise a very good hardback copy. Images of Asia series. "For nearly two thousand years, the Chinese Emperor proclaimed himself ruler of..... More
Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 1998. Plan, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 88pp, index. Upper corner trifle bumped, a very good hardback copy. Images of Asia series. "This illustrated introduction exposes the private world hidden behind imperial walls, bringing to light the palace's grand ceremonies and..... More
Durham. Duke University Press. 1993. First Edition. Foreword by Fredric Jameson. Black and white photographic illustrations, vi + 316pp, index, list of contributors. Neat prior owner's details and chop front free endpaper, covers a little rubbed and sunned but overall a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please..... More
Grand Rapids. Zondervan. (Circa 1931). x + 157pp, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, cloth clean and bright, a good ex-library copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166012. More
New York. McGraw-Hill. x + 325pp, appendices, index. Cream cloth-covered boards somewhat soiled, dustjacket worn and chipped with some loss, now protected, text clean. "The opening chapters are devoted to the history of shifting American attitudes toward China from the 18th Century to the present. The present image of China..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1995. Reprint. xviii + 298pp, notes, bibliography, Chinese character list, index. Fore-edge little marked, otherwise a very good paperback copy. Chapters include: The Question of Chinese Allegory; The Prefaces as Introduction to the Book of Odes and Hegel's Chinese Imagination. When referring to this item please..... More
Melbourne. Cambridge University Press. 1996. Maps, black and white illustrations, xiv + 374pp, notes, bibliography, index. Paperback covers trifle worn, a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214550. More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1958. Translated by Sidney Shapiro. Black and white illustrations, 322pp. Boards little worn, overall a good copy. Set in China in the turbulent 1920s this famous autobiographical novel discusses the disintegration of a traditional family. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214549... More
New York. McGraw-Hill. 1934. Reprint. Fold out and in-text maps, endpaper illustrations, black and white photographic illustrations, xvii + 436, index, bibliography. Occasional notes in red pencil, title on spine almost illegible, boards little worn, otherwise a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214548... More
Boulder. Westview Press. 1994. Map, black and white photographic and line illustrations, xiv + 386pp, index, bibliography, notes. Edges little foxed, otherwise a very good paperback copy. "The Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912), a crucial bridge between traditional and modern China, was a period remarkable for its expansiveness and cultural..... More
Nanking. 1948. 282pp. Inscribed by the author front free endpaper. Leaves evenly browned throughout, dustjacket worn with upper cover marked in pen, protected by a prior owner, overall a good copy. 21 x 14.5cm. "Modern war is fought, not only with the demolition bomb and the machine gun, but with..... More
New York. Columbia University Press. 1967. Second Printing. Tables, xviii + 386pp, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index. Notes in pen and pencil throughout Chapter 7, endpapers trifle foxed, cloth-covered boards little insect damaged. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214542. More
Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 1991. xiv + 633pp, bibliography. Upper edge foxed, dustjacket little browned at extremities, otherwise a very good copy. Facsimile of 1917 edition. First published in 1917, Samuel Couling's Encyclopaedia Sinica provides a wealth of information about Chinese society and history, culture and customs, much of..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1982. Maps, 315pp, index, notes, bibliography, character list. Edges foxed, boards trifle shelf worn, dustjacket worn and marked with small closed tear upper cover, otherwise a good copy. "A history of the very late Yuan and early Ming period, a time of momentous changes in Chinese..... More
Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1984. xii + 267pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Edges foxed, trifle shelf wear to boards, a good copy. Reprint of a University of Washington Press publication which was first published in 1984. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214536. More
London. Reaktion Books. 1997. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations, 221pp, index, bibliography. Edges little foxed, otherwise a very good hardback copy in like dustjacket. "The 16th century was a period of rapid and unprecedented economic expansion in China. It also saw a parallel expansion in the sphere of..... More
[Melbourne]. Australia-China Society. 1977. Black and white photographic illustrations, 22pp. Wrappers little worn, with small closed tear lower wrappers, a good copy. 30.5 x 21.5cm. A collection of articles and images extolling the progress of China under the leadership of the Communist Party. Special attention is given to the leadership..... More
London. Peter Davies. 1943. Reprint. 394pp. Red cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt on the spine which is faintly sunned. With a prefatory poem by John Masefield, dated 15th October 1942. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168804. More
New York. Institute of Pacific Relations. 1940. xiv + 250pp. Red cloth-covered boards, endpapers and text block edges age-toned, an ex-library copy with withdrawn stamp and usual markings, a good firm copy. An inquiry organised by the Institute of Pacific Relations into the problems arising from the conflict in the..... More
New York. The John Day Company. 1949. Map, xi + 363pp, index. Original cloth-covered boards, sunned on the spine, part of the dustjacket has been laid down on the front and rear free endpapers, a prior owner's name penned front pastedown, otherwsie a very good firm copy. 21 x 14cm..... More
London. Jonathan Cape. 1928. [Reprint]. 254pp, blue cloth, pictorial spine gilt, endpapers browned, prior owner's ex-libris label and dedication on the front paste-down, dust wrapper head & tail of spine chipped, still a very good copy. Traveller's Library edition. 17.5 x 11.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
New York. Appleton-Century. 1944. 297pp, library stamps on the endpapers. Orange cloth covered boards, sunned on the spine, text block clean and tight. 20 x 13cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168836. More
Boston. The Christopher Publishing House. 1937. First Edition. 90pp. Red cloth covered boards in near fine dustwrapper, very faintly sunned at the spine, text block edges and endpapers age-toned but a firm and clean presentation copy from the author with his handwritten signature and Chinese characters on the front free..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Yenching Institute. December 1950. 362 - 430pp. Offprint from Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. Volume 13. Numbers 3 and 4. Stapled wrappers browned and a little worn in places but still sound. Good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176646. More
Hong Kong. The Newspaper Enterprise. 1952. Reprint. Maps, line drawings and photographic illustrations throughout the text, 209-244pp. Original wrappers little worn and lightly soiled, signature of a prior owner upper cover, still a good copy. 25 x 16.5 Reprinted from the Hong Kong Naturalist, Vol. VIII, Nos 3 & 4..... More