China Society. 33pp, bibliography, notes, spiral binding with plastic covers, very good. 29.6 x 21.2cm. China Society Occasional Papers no. 26. It was a lecture given at a meeting of the China Society on March 20th, 1991. When referring to this item please quote stockid 170171. More
London. Cassell. 1974. 1st UK Edition. viii + 340pp, index, endpapers very lightly foxed, good copy in dustjacket. The author, the daughter of one of the great tea merchants of Shanghai, brings to life pre-WWII Shanghai. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166708. More
New York. Perennial Press. 2001. Map, 318pp, bibliography, index, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, foxed on edges and endpapers, spine little faded, sound paperback copy. Traces the history of Shanghai from the 1840s to post revolution days. "In this vibrant history, Stella Dong follows the rise and fall of..... More
United Kingdom. Palgrave Macmillan. 2011. Black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 192pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, hardback, very good. Thriving on its long-term collective memory of possessing futurity, the mega city of Shanghai on the Eastern seaboard of China is once more jockeying for the position as Asia's foremost..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 2004. Reprint. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvii + 465pp, appendices, notes, references, glossary, index, margins trifle yellowed, covers little shelf worn, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167669. More
Hong Kong. Earnshaw Books. (circa 2008). xiv + 114pp, glossary, hardback in dustjacket, very good. This wonderful book is written as the diary of a one-year-old baby in an American expat household in Shanghai in the early 1920s. The world of old Shanghai, the life of expats in Asia in..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong China Tourism Press. 2001. 2nd Edition, 1st Printing. Map, profuse photographic illustrations in colour, 117pp, indexes, hardback in pictorial colour boards, good. When referring to this item please quote stockid 170169. More
香港.Hong Kong. 中国通出版社. Old China Hand Press. 2003. Attractive colour illustrations throughout, 207pp, appendices, corners a little bumped, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Text in Chinese and English. 28.8 x 25.3cm. Topics include currencies and credit institutions of ancient China; early native banks in Shanghai; foreign-funded banks in Shanghai;..... More
Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1993. Endpaper maps, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, xiv + 65pp, index, glossary, bibliography, a very good hardback copy. 20 x 13.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178426. More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1978. Endpaper maps, xiv + 249pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket worn with few minor closed tears and one with some loss, spine sunned, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 143874. More