Shen of the Sea. Chinese Stories for Children.
Hamilton. Reprint. 1969. Striking black and white illustrations, 221pp, remainder mark lower edge, slightly faded dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176417. More
Hamilton. Reprint. 1969. Striking black and white illustrations, 221pp, remainder mark lower edge, slightly faded dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176417. More
Montreal. McGill-Queen's University Press. 2005. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 292pp, notes, bibliography, index, edges trifle foxed, dustjacket little shelf worn, a very good hardback copy. "The principle narrator of In War and Famine is the author's father, a young missionary doctor who, in a hair-raising journey..... More
New York. Columbia University Press. 1967. Translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Illustrations, xli + 441pp, bibliography, glossary, index, spine lightly faded, some shelf wear, a good paperback copy. "A summary and introduction to the vast literature of Neo-Confucian philosophy." Publisher's description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 213727... More
Peking. Foreign Language Press. 1974. First edition. Map, colour portrait frontispiece Mao Tsetung, black and white photographic illustrations, 212pp, spine a little faded, a very good paperback copy. A typical piece of Communist Chinese propaganda from the 70's. The publisher describes the book as follows: "This is a book of..... More
Peking. Foreign Language Press. 1974. First edition. Map, colour portrait frontispiece Mao Tsetung, black and white photographic illustrations, 212pp, a very good paperback copy. A typical piece of Communist Chinese propaganda from the 70's. The publisher describes the book as follows: "This is a book of easy-to-read reportage in depth..... More
New York. Crown. 1978. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 144pp, bibliography, index, cellotape marks on endpapers, minor browning dustjacket, good hardback copy. "More than 250 examples of carved jades are pictured in the book - from magnificent monumental treasures to the small jade flowers and jewellery items that..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 1977. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 340pp, notes, index, dustjacket has a non-obvious damp stain and sunned spine, slight foxing on edge otherwise very good hardback copy. Remainder mark upper edge. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166802... More
北京.[Beijing]. 人民文学出版社. [Ren min wen xue chu ban she]. 1974. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 164pp, good paperback copy. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173854. More
Armonk. M E Sharpe. 1994. 308pp, glossary, index. Paperback, trifle worn at corners, very good copy. Study of Li Hung-chang which represents a collaboration of Li experts among Chinese and Western scholars. The biography examines the beginnings of China's modernisation; the Confucian as a patriot and pragmatist; his formative years..... More
Peking. Foreign Language Press. 1952. Notes, 91pp, annotations in red pink in margins, lower corner creased, spine chipped with minor loss, wrappers. Text translated from Chinese into English. It was originally a military reporte by General Zhu De delivered on 25th April 1945 at the Seventh Congress of the Chinese..... More
Shanghai. Commercial Press Ltd., 1922. Second Edition. Original buff coloured card wrappers with re-enforced spine. text block evenly browned, corners rubbed, a name on the front cover and a presentation inscription on the free endpaper dated 1932. xvi + 176pp and 3 pages of adverts. First published in 1914 this..... More
No place of publication. Chunichi Shinbun. 1977. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, maps and plans, 169pp, chronology, elegant bookplate tipped in one prelim, edges and first and last leaves lightly foxed, paperback covers little worn at extremities, upper right corner bumped, square quarto. Text in Japanese with captions..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1994. 281pp, index, bibliography, notes, paperback, a very good copy. This collection of six essays traces the path of modern Chinese history from the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949 to the present day. It describes the transition from the early belief that denial and..... More
New York. Council Press. n.d. (c. 1970). ix + 212pp, notes, index, ink front free endpaper, light rubbing corners. very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166348. More
Armonk. M.E. Sharpe. 1995. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 236pp, glossary, bibliography, index, covers trifle worn, prior owner's personal stamp on endpapers and edges, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166813. More
London. Harvill Press. 1984. First Edition. Endpaper and in text maps, colour and black and white illustrations, xxi + 281pp, index, notes, dustjacket, upper edge trifle foxed, a very good hardback copy. 27.8 x 21.6cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166814. More
London. Robinsons. 2010. Maps, xiv + 274 pages, index, notes, bibliography, chronology, paperback. Very good copy. "His grandfather was the Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed from childhood for a position of authority, Khubilai snatched the position of Great Khan, becoming the overlord of a Mongol..... More
Sydney. George Allen & Unwin. 1985. Black & white photographic illustrations, xii + 319pp, sources, index. Endpapers significantly browned, edges foxed, paperback covers somewhat worn, overall a sound copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166817. More
London. Auhentic. 2007. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations and frontispiece, xiii + 126pp, bibliography, notes, author name inked on spine, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 165961. More
London. Scala Publishers. 2009. Maps, black and while and colour photographic plates, 384pp, glossary, chronology, bibliography, index, slight bump upper right hand corner, touch rubbed on extremities, otherwise very good paperback copy with French folds. 21.5 x 13cm. Here is a collection of the most exciting museums to be seen..... More
New York. Harper Business. 2005. Map, xiii + 252pp, a touch of sun on dustjacket spine, otherwise excellent hardback copy. The idea of China has always exerted a pull on the adventurous type. There is a kind of entrepreneurial Westerner who just can't resist it: red flags, a billion bicycles..... More
Taipei. Ch'Eng Wen Publishing. 1971. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 110pp, prior owner's signature front pastedown, covers trifle worn, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166821. More
New York. Columbia University Press. 1968. First Edition. Map, 122pp, annexes, dustjacket spine and upper cover trifle sunned, otherwise a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166822. More
London. Reaktion Books. 2004. Black and white and colour illustrations, 223pp, index, bibliography, references, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. 28.5 x 21.5cm. "This book takes an innovative approach to one of the great figures of Chinese culture, the writer and painter Wen Zhengming (1470-1559). Renowned as one of the..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 1947. Reprint. Endpaper maps, frontispiece, black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 379pp, bibliography. Inscription on the reverse of the frontispiece, pages little browned and foxed on edges and endpapers, a good hardback copy. Frank Clune's travels in China and Manchukuo. When referring to this item..... More