Hong Kong. Urban Council. 1993. Profuse colour photographic plates throughout, black and white line illustrations and diagrams, 240pp. Text in traditional Chinese characters and English. 21 x 28cm. Minor wear corners and head and tail of spine but still a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please..... More
![Stock ID #218673 百越民族史 [Baiyue minzu shi]. [History of the Baiyue Minority...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/218673.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1752074131)
Beijing. 中国社会科学出版社. [Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe]. 1988. Fold out map, some photographic illustrations, 391pp, chronological table of main events, 20.7 x 14.8cm, text in simplified Chinese. Hardback in dustjacket, slightly worn, edges and endpapers foxed, else in good condition. This volume explores the history and culture of the Baiyue, the..... More
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1991. Line maps, xii + 266pp, appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. A very good hardback in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 221412. More
Various. Various Publishers. (1983 - 1988). Four books about the Dai national minority, text in simplified Chinese characters, approximately 21.5 x 14.5cm. Covers bumped and slightly worn, edges a little foxed, else in good condition. List of Books: 傣族文学简史 Edited by 王松, A Brief History of Dai Literature, Pub.1988, 490pp..... More
Tokyo. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. (2001- 2003. 3 volumes. Maps, extensive photographic reproductions of original handwritten contracts with printed versions alongside in traditional Chinese characters, dated 1736 to 1950. Volume 1: xxiv + 558pp , Volume 2: 728pp, Volume 3: 608pp. Illustrations captioned in Japanese and 190 pages of..... More
![Stock ID #220063 桂海虞衡志校注 [Guihai Yuheng Zhi jiaozhu]. [Treatises on the...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/220063.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776396709)
Guangxi. 广西人民出版社. [Guangxi renmin chubanshe]. 1986. 210pp, text in simplified Chinese characters, 18.3 x 13cm, paper wrapper. Edges slightly foxed, wrapper a little worn and foxed. a good secondhand copy. This Southern Song geographical and ethnographic work documents Guangxi's landscapes, flora, fauna, and ethnic customs. The annotated edition provides critical..... More
![Stock ID #219487 云南史料丛书 [Yunnan shiliao congshu]. [Yunnan Historical...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/219487.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759799175)
yunnan: 云南人民出版社. [Yunnan renmin chubanshe]. 1990. Photographic frontispiece of the main editor, 421pp, text in simplified Chinese characters, 21 x 14.5cm, hardback in original dustjacket. Edges lightly browned, dustjacket a little soiled and worn, good copy. This compilation of primary sources and scholarly analyses of Yunnan’s history, (including ancient texts..... More
![Stock ID #220142 西南通史 [Xinan tongshi]. [A General History of Southwest China]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/220142.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776396709)
Zhengzhou. 中州古籍出版社 [Zhongzhou guji chubanshe]. 2003. 794pp, text in simplified Chinese characters, 26.5 x 19.5cm, hardback in dustjacket. Occasional light browning, good hardback in dustjacket. This book is part of the series "A Complete History of China Borders". It provides an examination of the political, ethnic, and cultural evolution of..... More
London. Athlone Press. 1958. Map, 151pp, index, some pencilling throughout, endpapers lightly browned, dustjacket damaged and repaired with tape. Inscription front free endpaper. When referring to this item please quote stockid 139339. More
![Stock ID #220273 明史雲南土司傳箋注 [Mingshi Yunnan tusi zhuan jianzhu]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/220273.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761011571)
Kunming. 云南民族出版社. [Yunnan minzu chubanshe], 1988. 258pp, text in simplified Chinese characters, 20 x 14cm, paperback. Light foxing to edges, wrapper slightly worn. A very good copy of this book. This work provides annotated commentary on the Ming Shi’s accounts of Yunnan’s native chieftains (tusi). Through detailed annotations of historical..... More
![Stock ID #219720 闽产录异 [Minchan luyi]. [Records of Strange Products from...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/219720.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1760357712)
Changsha. Yuemlu shushe [岳麓书社]. 1986. First Edition. xiv + xviii +iii + 292pp, text in simplified Chinese Characters, 18.5 x 11.5cm, paper wrapper. Text block browned with foxing first and last pages, wrapper a little worn and foxed. A good paperback copy. This is a Qing Dynasty text documenting Fujian’s..... More
![Stock ID #218969 崖州志 [Yazhou zhi]. [Yazhou Chronicles]. GUO MORUO,...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/218969.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1752074200)
Guangdong: 广东人民出版社. [Guangdong renmin chubanshe]. 1988. Fold out map, tables, 527pp, paperback, text in simplified Chinese characters, 20.2 x 13.8cm, paperback. Wrappers a little worn The Chronicles of Yazhou is a historical and geographical work by Guo Moruo, focusing on the history, geography, culture, and local customs of Yazhou, the..... More
Various. Various Publishers. (1988 - 1994). Three books about Hainan Island or Hainan Province, text in simplified Chinese characters, all approximately 21 x 14cm. Covers a little worn, edges browned and slightly foxed, else in very good condition. List of books: 海南岛历史上土地开发研究 by 司徒尚纪, Research on Land Development in Hainan..... More
London. S.W. Partridge & Co., 1886. 1st Edition. 3 double-page black & white maps prepared from the author's notes, showing Central Canton, Northern Canton and Hainan. Black and white frontispiece and 18 text illustrations + two plates, 511pp. 19 x 13.2cm. A little light foxing, text generally clean and sound..... More
![Stock ID #218755 中国大百科全书 - 民族. [Zhongguo da baike quanshu - Minzu]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/218755.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1752074134)
Beijing. 中国大百科全书出版社. [Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe]. 1986. Coloured and black and white photographic illustrations of minority groups and artefacts from around the world, with more extensive coverage within China. Text in simplified Chinese characters, 699pp, 26.6 x 20cm. Although this volume surveys the history, culture, languages, traditions, and social..... More
New York. Teachers' College Columbia University. 1925. Colour frontispiece - the Mystic Symbol of Familism, Plan, 16 black and white photo illustrations, 4 maps within the text, numerous tables xxx + 367pp, index, endpapers lightly browned. Original dark blue cloth covered boards, red & black title label with Yin-Yang symbol..... More
Datong. 大同印务有限公司 [Datong yinwu youxian gongsi]. 1984. Complete in two volumes - Volume I in hardback, Volume II in paperback. Maps, genealogical tables, some black line drawings, Volume I: 468pp; Volume II: 348pp. Text in traditional Chinese characters, Volume I, 21.4 x 15cm, hardback; Volume II, 21.2 x 14cm, paperback..... More
Kunming. Yunnan Education Publishing House. 1996. Maps, black and white photographic plates, 322pp, bibliography. Text in simplified Chinese characters and English. Dustjacket browned and a little abraded in places, occasional light browning, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219604. More
![Stock ID #220128 华南婚姻制度与妇女地位 [Huanan hunyin zhidu yu funu diwei]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/220128.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761011559)
Guangxi. 广西民族出版社. [Guangxi minzu chubanshe]. 1994. 261pp, text in simplified Chinese characters, 20.5 x 14, paperback. Edges a little browned, a good copy in very good condition. 17 essays by various authors, both Chinese and Western, on the subject of marriage, marriage customs in different areas of the south, and..... More
![Stock ID #219690 南诏野史会证 [Nanchao yeshi huizheng]. [Nanchao Unofficial...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/219690.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762217865)
Yunnan. 云南人民出版社. [Yunnan renmin chubanshe]. 1990. 410pp, text in simplified Chinese characters, 20 x 14cm, paper wrapper. Text block lightly browned, wrapper slightly worn at spine, white mark where price tag was removed. Good clean paperback copy. A critical annotated edition of the Nanzhao Yeshi (Unofficial History of Nanzhao), an..... More
![Stock ID #218564 多彩麗江 [Duocai Lijiang]. [Colourful Lijiang]. NIU TUN,...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/218564.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759799169)
Yunnan. 雲南美術出版社. 2005. Extensive colour photographic illustrations throughout by the author, captions and text in both English and simplified Chinese characters. 152pp, 29 x 21.7cm, in protective pictorial dustjacket, inscribed on title page by the author. In excellent condition. When referring to this item please quote stockid 218564... More
China: Oxford University Press (China) Ltd, 1982. Map, black and white illustrations, light browning edges, a good paperback copy. Turner, an English Wesleyan minister, was a missionary in China between 1886 and 1891. In this book he describes Canton (2 chapters) and Hong Kong (1 chapter) as well as devoting..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. 1989. Map, tables, 510pp, index, selected bibliography, notes, appendix, a very good paperback copy. "A landmark volume that describes in enormous detail the breakneck pace of change in one Chinese coastal region, Guangdong province . . . This book will stand up as one of..... More
Taipei. 黎明文化事業股份有限公司. (Minguo 81, 1992). Maps, tables, 472pp, text in traditional Chinese characters, 21 x 15cm, paperback. Text block very clean, minor foxing to first and last pages and edges, good paperback copy. This book explores the complex diplomatic, military, and cultural interactions between the Tang Empire and Nanzhao, a...... More
Guizhou. 贵州民族出版社. [Guizhou minzu chubanshe]. 1999. First Edition. 2 volumes. Maps, black and white line and photographic illustrations, text in simplified Chinese characters, Volume 1: 496pp. Volume 2: 602pp. 20.4 x 14cm. Paperbacks in dustjackets, edges slightly foxed, else in very good condition. When referring to this item please quote..... More