Dragon Seed.
London. Methuen. 1949. Second edition. 392pp, some light foxing, dustjacket torn with a little loss, still a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168634. More
London. Methuen. 1949. Second edition. 392pp, some light foxing, dustjacket torn with a little loss, still a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168634. More
New York. Reynal & Hitchcock. 1936. 315pp. Edges little browned, boards slightly faded and shelf worn, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 165932. More
New York. Reynal & Hitchcock. 1936. 302pp,foxing endpapers, a prior owner's inscription front free endpaper, dustjacket chipped with loss and repaired on reverse with paper, good hardback copy. Biography of Pearl Buck's missionary father and his life in China. "Companion volume to 'The Exile', a biography of the author's mother..... More
London. White Lion. 1976. Reprint. 450pp. Endpapers evenly browned, upper edge little foxed, dustjacket spine somewhat sunned, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168635. More
Rutland, Vermont. Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1960. First edition. Duotone frontispiece with bold monotone line illustrations throughout 98pp, lower cover bottom edge and spine little faded with some foxing upper edge of leaves, prior owner's name half-title, slightly faded covers, some marking upper fore-edge, a good hardback copy. 23 x...... More
Sydney. Allen & Unwin. 1989. xxiv + 242pp, appendices, notes, index, a very good paperback copy. In 1978 China's leaders decided to "open the door" - to dramatically change the economic and political course of the country. This concise study outlines what these changes have meant both for domestic and..... More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1959. 245pp, reverse of dustjacket and edges foxed, large ink annotation front free endpaper declares this copy to be from the library of Gartness Gospel Hall Library and requests its immediate return after use(!), a sound and clean secondhand copy in shelf worn dustjacket. A sequel..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge University Press. 2006. Reprint. Maps, tables, xvi + 283pp, index, bibliography, appendix, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166339. More
Melbourne. World Unity. 1952. 190pp, browned throughout, covers foxed. Good secondhand copy. Well known and controversial left wing journalist's account of the changes that took place in China after 1949. When referring to this item please quote stockid 180582. More
Hong Kong. Earnshaw Books. 2012. 221 pages, bibliography, paperback. "Karaoke bars with prostitute hostesses are standard fare in Chinese cities, college students accept jobs as highly paid mistresses, sex stores are as common as corner convenience shops, venereal disease and HIV/AIDS are soaring, and China's social media are buzzing with..... More
Hong Kong. Earnshaw Books. 2012. 221pp, bibliography, paperback in very good condition. "Karaoke bars with prostitute hostesses are standard fare in Chinese cities, college students accept jobs as highly paid mistresses, sex stores are as common as corner convenience shops, venereal disease and HIV/AIDS are soaring, and China's social media..... 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
Oxford. Monarch Books. 2008. Maps, colour photographic plates, 384pp, glossary, bibliography, notes, index, covers trifle shelf worn, a very good paperback copy. "China is an economic giant and influential part of the current world order. What drives its leaders, and what values do they hold? David Burnett answers this question..... More
Stoke-on-Trent. Tentmaker. 2005. Reprint. Pictorial endpapers, black and white frontispiece, viii + 598pp, appendix, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Burns was a Scottish Evangelist and Missionary to China with the English Presbyterian Mission who originated from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. He was the coordinator of the Overseas missions for the..... More
London. Cape. 1987. 189pp, some light browning, Review copy with review stamp on front free endpaper marked out in a black marker. Dustjacket,. Fiction set in Szechuan during the 1920s it tells a story of an expedition in search of the rare and reclusive Giant Panda. When referring to this..... More
New York. Random House. (c. 2001). xxv + 367pp, index, notes, glossary of names, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. "What does it mean to be Chinese? Few questions in history have been as fateful. 'Bad Elements' is the result of Ian Buruma's five years of travels throughout the Chinese-speaking..... More
New York. Council on International and Public Affairs. 1982. 3rd edition. Maps in black and white, xiii + 111pp, bibliography, covers lightly worn. Neat inscription half title. Paperback. 26.4 x 17.8cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 171143. More
London. Hamlyn. Reprint (c. 1969). Trans., profuse colour illustrations, 158pp, attractive bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, very light browning endpapers, cloth covers trifle soiled, still a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 2589. More
London. Cassell. 1987. Trans., profuse colour illustrations, 150pp, paperback, a good copy. 13 x 19cm. "The origins of bronze-working in China are mysterious and deeply rooted in ancient Chinese myths. Metallurgy in all its forms seemed miraculous to the ordinary man, and every object, sword or vessel was thought to..... More
London. Paul Hamlyn. (c. 1969). Profuse coloured photographic illustrations, many full page, 157pp, front free endpapers and prelims browned with a little foxing, dustjacket trifle faded, very slight browning to edges of boards, a good hardback copy. 19 x 13cm. The book begins with a sketch of the paintings from..... More
London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1982. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 468pp, index, price clipped and slightly browned dustjacket, spine slightly sunned, upper edge lightly foxed, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166694. More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1982. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 468pp, index, good copy in slightly foxed dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 41207. More
Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1978. viii + 553pp, bibliography, glossary, index, dustjacket. Covers lightly marked, dustjacket marked and faded on spine, a good copy. "The first section includes an examination of the standards and rules for marriage during Han times, and of divorce in traditional Chinese law. The second..... More
Great Britiain. Oxford University Press. 1929. Maps, black and white illustrations, xviii + 333pp, abbreviations, index, cancelled ex-Evangel College Library, Springfield, Missouri copy, with usual stamps, some pencilling marginalia, cloth worn with loss head and tail of spine. Text sound and clean. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Melbourne. Melbourne University Press. 2023. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 277pp, index. Paperback. New. "A study of the history and impact of Chinese-Australian migration. The China-Australia Migration Corridor traces the legacy of migration from China to Australia from the 1840s until the present day. It offers a multidimensional examination..... More