Heroes of China's Great Leap Forward. Two Stories.
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 2010. 132pp, glossary. Upper edge trifle foxed, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168832. More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 2010. 132pp, glossary. Upper edge trifle foxed, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168832. More
New York. Everyman's Library. 2005. Reprint. xxix + 541pp, chronology, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167466. More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1958. Black and white plates, 237pp, index, endpapers little browned, dustjacket trifle worn and chipped. Plays included are: Snow in Midsummer; The Wife-Snatcher; The Butterfly Dream; Rescued by a Coquette; The Riverside Pavilion; The Jade Mirror-Stand; Lord Kuan Goes to the Feast; Death of the Winged-Tiger..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1958. Translated from Chinese by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang. Black and white plates, 237pp, index, 21.7 x 14cm. Slight browning to endpapers, dustjacket worn with minor loss, otherwise a good copy. Plays included are: Snow in Midsummer; The Wife-Snatcher; The Butterfly Dream; Rescued by a...... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1953. Map, frontispiece, xi + 126pp, dustjacket a little worn with a small tear, good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 149148. More
Hong Kong. Kelly & Walsh. 1978. First Edition. Black and white illustrations throughout text, 127pp, insc ription from author to previous owner half title, dustjacket shelf wear with spine and adjacent cover slightly faded, otherwise a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 177102... More
Beijing. Foreign Languages Press. 1981. First Edition Thus. Colour & b/w illutrations. Cloth covered boards, near fine copy in like dustwrapper with silk marker tie. 236pp. 22x 13.5cm. A classic novel of modern China focusing on the life of a rickshaw boy. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Shanghai. Shanghai Literary Publishing. Shanghai wenyi chuban she. 1982. 357pp, text in simplified Chinese characters. Cover a little shelf worn and faded, but otherwise a paperback in good condition, 20.2 x 14cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 215272. More
Hong Kong. Joint Publishing Co. Hong Kong Branch. San Lian Shu Dian. 1980. Black and white photographic illustrations, text in traditional Chinese characters, 562 pp. Cover a little shelf worn but otherwise a very good paperback copy. 18.5 x 11.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 215269... More
Beijing. Foreign Language Press. 1981. Colour illustrations, 236pp, hardback, ribbon placeholder, lightly marked dustjacket little chipped along lower edge, a good copy. Classic novel of modern China. Describes the life of a rickshaw boy who attempts to build a decent life for himself. When referring to this item please quote..... More
香港.(Hong Kong). 滙通書店.[Hui tong shu dian]. 1975. 233pp, a prior seller's stamp and price tag lower cover, as new in paperback. Text in traditional Chinese. 18.5 x 13cm. The novel, set in Beijing, was first published in 1927 by Chinese leading novelist and dramatist Lao She (1899-1966). This is a1975..... More
New York. Reynal & Hitchcock. First American Edition. Translated from the Chinese by Evan King. Yellow cloth covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, coloured decorated endpapers and black & sepia sketches throughout the book by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. 384pp. A good firm and clean copy. 21.5 x 14cm. When referring..... More
London. W.H. Allen. 1962. First British Edition. Cloth covered boards, an ex-library copy with stamps on the verso of the title page, lacks the front free endpaper, but a very good copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. 20.5 x 14cm. One of the first novels to be published about everyday life..... More
New York. Cambria Press. 2012. xxiii + 244pp, pencilled annotations, inscription from translator on title page, hinge starting to split front free endpaper, otherwise very good hardback copy. "Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian is amongst the most challenging writers of the present era. He has probed the dynamics of Chinese and..... More
London. Andre Deutsch. vi + 296pp, title page pen marks, endpapers some partial browning, otherwise a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 161849. More
北京.[Beijing]. 人民文学出版社.[Ren min wen xue chu ban she]. 1972. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 148pp, paperback, lower cover trifle browned. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173858. More
香港.[Hong Kong]. 七十年代雜誌社.[Qi shi nian dai za zhi she]. 1980. Black and white line illustrations, 287pp, light wear paperback covers. Good copy. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173842. More
Indianapolis. University Indianapolis Press. 1994. First Edition. Black and white frontispiece and photographic and line illustrations in text, xix + 232pp, index, notes, appendix, dustjacket, edges trifle foxed, underlining and notes across circa 20 pages of the text, a good reading copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1961. 146pp, covers shelf worn and marked, author's name in ink on spine, a sound secondhand hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179843. More
Australia. Pan Macmillan Australia. 2008. 248pp, paperback with some foxing lower edge, good copy. "Mei Wang is a modern, independent Chinese woman. She runs her own private investigation business in Beijing; she owns a car; she even has that most modern of commodities, a male secretary. When a famous young..... More
臺北.[Taipei]. 文星書店. Book World Co., 民國54 ( 1966). 223pp, a prior owner's signature front free endpaper, minor wear at extremities, good in paperback. Text in traditional Chinese. 18.5 x 10.2cm. Collection of essays by Chinese writer Liang Qiushi (1903 - 1987). When referring to this item please quote stockid 169278..... More
上海.[Shanghai]. 上海人民美術出版社.[Shanghai ren min mei shu chuban she]. (circa 2014). 186 black and white illustrations accompanied by a short text left/right section of each page, as new, in wrappers. Text in Chinese. 10.4 x 14.2cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172482. More
上海.[Shanghai]. 上海人民美術出版社.[Shanghai ren min mei shu chuban she]. (circa 2014). 142 black and white illustrations accompanied by a short text left/right section of each page, as new, in wrappers. Text in Chinese. 10.4 x 14.2cm. Adapted from Chinese historical novel 隋唐演義 "Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties". When referring to..... More
London. William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. First Edition. 124pp, endpapers heavily browned with some occasional browning on other leaves but largely clean, neat ownership details front free endpaper, cloth covered boards in the original dustwrapper.124pp. 20.5x 14cm Novel based on a Chinese popular legend the earliest known written version being the..... More
Melbourne. Heinemann. 1955. 351pp. Edges somewhat foxed, dustjacket price clipped, torn with loss at rear, mended on reverse by a prior owner, otherwise a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168894. More