The People Have Strength. Sequel to Yo Banfa!
Peking. The Author. 1954. First edition. Black and white photographic plates, 281pp, dustjacket slightly soiled and worn. Good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 131620). More
China - 1949-1989
The China Academy. Bulletin of the Institute of Pacific Research.
Hwa Kang, Yang Ming Shan, Taiwan. Institute of Pacific Research. March,1967. 130pp, Exchange copy with stamps on endpapers (offset on to leaves opposite), original wrappers a little browned, large octavo, neat duplicate Hoover Institution stamp upper cover, very good copy. Includes a chapter in two parts titled Students Abroad, in..... More
Seeds of Fire. Chinese Voices of Conscience.
New York. Hill and Wang. 1988. Black and white photographic and other illustrations, 491pppp, appendices, list of further reading, dustjacket a very good hardback copy. "Seeds of Fire provides a critical selection of the original works of controversial writers and artists whose ideas inspired the events of 1989. It is..... More
Inside China Mainland. Volume X, 1988.
Taipei. Institute of Current China Studies. (circa1988). Approximately 360pp, hardback, some soiling to top edge, little extremities wear, a good copy, quarto. A collection of Inside China Mainland for the year 1988 (Volume 10, Nos. 1-12). As Inside China Mainland states, "The articles published herein are all first-hand material dealing..... More
The Chinese Communist Regime. Documents & Commentary.
London. Pall Mall. 1967. x + 344pp, bibliography, ex-library, damaged dustjacket with loss and faded spine, now protected, binding trifle shelf worn extremities, stamps and remnants library labels endpapers, neat name front free endpaper, fore edge trifle stained, occasional pen marks and pencilling, still a sound copy. (When referring to..... More
China: The People's Republic, 1949-1976.
Sussex. Harvester. 1979. Translated. Maps, xii + 255pp, glossary of Chinese names and terms, index, light browning edges, a good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 64924). More
China: The People's Republic, 1949-1976.
Sussex. Harvester. 1979. Translated. Maps, xii + 255pp, glossary of Chinese names and terms, index, light bookseller stamp front free endpaper, a good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 64925). More
China Quarterly. An international journal for the study of China.
London. 1974. 4 issues complete. 853pp + xi, index. Black and white illustrations. Nos 57-60, Jan-Dec, 1974. Blue cloth binding with original wrappers bound in. Very good. Includes: Methods of Communication within the Chinese Bureaucracy - Michel Oksenberg; Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong, 1931 - 31 - Dennis J...... More
The China Quarterly. An International Journal for the Study of China.
London. Contemporary China Institute. School of Oriental and African Studies. 1975. 821pp, index. The 4 issues for 1975 (complete with their original wrappers) bound in black cloth. Very good copy. Articles include: Juxtaposing Past and Present in China Today - Wang Gungwu; The "Second Wang Ming Line" (1935-38) - Gregor..... More
China Reconstructs. 10 issues from 1955.
10 issues of 12. Each issue 32pp, ll are in original coloured pictorial wrappers, profusely illustrated throughout in black and white and some colour photographic illustrations. Quarto. Published to present a positive image of China to the outside world these interesting magazines are filled with articles on a huge range..... More
China Reconstructs. 11 issues from 1956.
Peking. China Welfare Institute. Volume V, No 1 -1956. 11 issues of 12. Lacks September issue. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographic illustrations and a few in colour, all magazines are in their original coloured pictorial wrappers, each issue 32pp, quarto, minor wear wrappers. A good set. Published to..... More
China Reconstructs. January - December 1954.
Peking. China Welfare Institute. Volume III, No 1 - No. 6.1954. 6 issues. Each magazine 52pp, striking colour photographic original covers. Some light wear to extremities but overall very good. Published to present a positive image of China to the outside world these interesting magazines are filled with articles on..... More
Inside a People's Commune Report from Chiliying
Peking. Foreign Language Press. 1974. First edition. Map, colour portrait frontispiece Mao Tsetung, black and white photographic illustrations, 212pp, a very good paperback copy. A typical piece of Communist Chinese propaganda from the 70's. The publisher describes the book as follows: "This is a book of easy-to-read reportage in depth..... More
Speaking to History The Story of King Goujian in Twentieth-Century China
Berkeley. Uni of California. 2010. Illustrations, xxiv + 354pp, index, paperback, minor wear binding, but generally very good. The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex fifth-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during China's turbulent twentieth century. Yet most Westerners - even students and specialists of this..... More
The Centre of the World. Communism and the Mind of China.
London. Methuen. 1963. Endpaper maps, 379pp, biblio, index, worn and price clipped dustjacket, still a good copy. "In his significant new book, Robert Elegant provides a comprehensive picture of the Chinese Communist regime and probes the historical and psychological roots of the new 'mass mind' of Red China." Publisher's Description..... More
Mao's Great Revolution.
New York. World. 1971. xiv + 478pp, index, neat name of prior owner front free endpaper, very pale foxing endpapers, patchily faded and little worn dustjacket, still a sound and clean copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 5214). More
From the Soil. The Foundations of Chinese Society.
United States: University of California Press, 1992. ix + 160pp, glossary, index, cover spine lightly faded, lower corners little bumped, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. This text by Fei Xiaotong, one of China's finest social scientists, was first published in 1947 and is Fei's chief theoretical statement about..... More
Chinese Communist Studies of Modern Chinese History.
Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1970. 3rd Printing. xxv + 287pp, index, some wear to paper wrappers, quarto, designation on tail of spine and front free endpaper, a good copy. This volume describes nearly 500 books published in the People's Republic of China between 1949 and 1959, which provides an introduction..... More
Chinese Communist Studies of Modern Chinese History.
Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1970. Third printing. xxv + 287pp, index, some wear and a little marking to paper wrappers, quarto, spine browned and faded. This volume describes nearly 500 books published in the People's Republic of China between 1949 and 1959, which provides an introduction to the vast outpouring..... More
Flood Tide In China.
London. Cresset. 1958. Endpaper maps, ix + 285pp, index, minor wear dustjacket. An appraisal of China, its government and people, six years after the 1949 Revolution. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 66270). More
The Chinese. Portrait of a People.
Toronto. Collins. 1980. Map, black and white illustrations, 463pp, dustjacket. John Fraser was the Peking bureau chief of the Toronto Globe and Mail from 1977 to 1979. As the newspaper was the longest established Western newspaper bureau in China Fraser was given unprecedented access to news sources. (When referring to..... More
Coming Alive. China after Mao.
London. Deutsch. 1981. viii + 458pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, sello tape marks endpapers, very good in dustjacket. Roger Garside, a resident of Beijing for many years, gives his impressions of post-Mao China. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 6193). More
People's War. The Conditions and Consequences in China and South East Asia.
London. Allen and Unwin. 1969. Maps, 244pp, annotated bibliography, index, ex-library copy, cancelled library stamp and signature front free endpaper, remains of library label lower free endpaper, still a good hardback copy, gilt lettering on spine, contents sound. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 6397). More
China Changes Face The Road from Revolution 1949-1989
Oxford. OUP Oxford 1989, 1989. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiv+ 290pp, bibliography, indices, very good in dustjacket. Analysis of the political, social and cultural changes in China during the last four decades. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 167172). More
China Changes Face. The Road from Revolution 1949-1989.
Oxford. O.U.P., 1990. Paperback edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiv+ 322pp, bibliography, indices, evenly browned throughout, worn paperback copy. Analysis of the political, social and cultural changes in China during the last four decades. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 71048). More