United Kingdom. Saqi Books. 2007. 126 pages, glossary, paperback. "In a fit of jealousy, Xiao Yanqiu, star of "The Moon Opera", disfigures her understudy with boiling water. Spurned by the troupe, she turns to teaching. Twenty years later, "The Moon Opera" is restaged, under the patronage of a rich local..... More
Denmark. NIAS Press. 2010. Colour photographic illustrations, xvii + 269 pages, index, bibliography, dustjacket. Although the interrelationship between oral (or performing) and written traditions in Chinese popular literature is an issue that concerns practically everybody who reads or teaches Chinese literature, surprisingly it has never been properly treated in a...... More
London. Penguin. [ 1973]. Reprint. Translated by David Hawkes. 540pp, appendix, genealogical tables. Paperback. "The first volume in the classic Chinese work of literature also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, a novel which follows the glory and decline of the Jia family." Publisher's description. When referring to..... More
London. Penguin. [ 1977]. Reprint. Translated by David Hawkes. 601pp, appendices, genealogical tables. Paperback. "The second volume in the classic Chinese work of literature also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, a novel which follows the glory and decline of the Jia family." (Publisher's description). When referring to..... More
London. Penguin. [ 1980]. Reprint. Translated by David Hawkes. 637pp, appendices, genealogical tables. Paperback. "The third volume in the classic Chinese work of literature also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, a novel which follows the glory and decline of the Jia family." (Publisher's description). When referring to..... More
London. Penguin. [ 1986]. Reprint. Translated by John Minford. 383pp, genealogical tables. Paperback. The fifth volume in the classic Chinese work of literature also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, a novel which follows the glory and decline of the Jia family. When referring to this item please..... More
Melbourne. Tantanoola. 2016. 261pp. Paperback. "Restless China scholar Rubert Robinson leaves the refuge of his studio in Montsalvat artists' colony in outer Melbourne and embarks upon travels with Xiaorong, his former student, in order to discover and illuminate fragments of the age-old encounter between China and the West. During their..... More
Melbourne. Tantanoola. 2017. 207pp. Paperback. "'One of my Buddhism for dummies books says there are three fires to be avoided at all costs - desire, anger and delusion. I think my greatest desire - and delusion - is to see a meaning in the events that have taken place in..... More
Norwalk. EastBridge, 2003. Reprint. xix + 432pp, paperback. "Oil for the Lamps of China (1934) was a best-selling novel when it was first published, just a few years after Pearl Bucks The Good Earth (1931). The hero of the story is a keen, young American businessman who wants to bring..... More
New York. Robert Grier Cooke. 1904. 1st American Edition. Colour frontispiece with slightly foxed tissue-guard, 426pp + 2 adverts, prior owner name on front free endpaper, light rubbing head & tail of spine and corners, spine slightly discoloured but a very good clean & firm copy. 19.3 x 12.8cm. A...... More
New York. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2004. Plan of the Forbidden City, xiii + 336pp, hardcover in fine dustwrapper. A very good copy. 23.5 x 16cm. "A stunning tale of power, love, politics and a world that is lost forever. It is the final days of the Chinese Empire. Trade in..... More
New York. Columbia University Press. 2000. Maps, 1176pp, bibliography, index, endpapers bound in upside down but otherwise a very good hardback in dustjacket. The summation of more than 2000 years of Chinese literary tradition, this volume also represents the achievements of 400 years of Western scholarship on China. The selections..... More
United Kingdom. Bloomsbury. 2011. 354 pages, paperback. "Nineteen-year-old Joy Louie has run away from her home in 1950s America to start a new life in China. Idealistic and unafraid, she believes that Chairman Mao is on the side of the people, despite what her family keeps telling her. How can..... More
United Kingdom: Granta. 2017. Photographic illustrations, notes, 473pp. Paperback. "In Canada in 1991, ten-year-old Marie and her mother invite a guest into their home: a young woman who has fled China in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests. Her name is Ai-Ming. As her relationship with Marie deepens, Ai-Ming..... More
London. Michael Joseph. 1960. First UK Edition. Bird's eyeview map of Han-Yuan on front endpapers, decorated rear endpaper and twelve plates drawn by the author in Chinese Style. Endpapers and edges some foxing but the rest of the text block unaffected. 270pp, in the original dustwrapper, trifle chipped and worn..... More
China. Penguin China, 2015. Translated from Chinese by Eric Abrahamsen. 320pp, paperback. "Dongzhou City needs a new mayor. Devious plots, seduction, blackmail and bribery are all on the table in a no-holds-barred scramble for prestige and personal gain as the city's two vice-mayors compete for the top honour. At the..... More