New York. Columbia University Press. 1995. xiv + 252pp, notes, index, small mark upper cover, a very good hardback copy. Part1: Visuality, Modernity, and Primitive Passions. Part 2: Some Contemporary Chinese Films - Digging an Old Well: The Labor of Social Fantasy, Silent is the Ancient Plain: Music, Filmmaking, and..... More
西安.[Xi'an]. 西安音乐学院学报发行组.[Xi'an yin yue xue yuan xue bao fa xing zu]. 1991. Issue no. 54 of the quarterly journal "Orchestra", black and white illustrations, 78pp, index of all four issues published in 1991, neat ink inscription title page, light wear on covers, good in wrappers. Text in Chinese. 25.8 x...... More
Beijing. Foreign Languages Press. 1985. Black & white illustrations and colour plates, 125pp. Paperback covers somewhat worn and browned on reverse, a good copy. Traditional Chinese Arts and Culture series. An introduction to Chinese acrobatics, tracing its history from "more than 2,000 years ago" through to contemporary times. When referring..... More
![Stock ID #164034 红色火车头 : 话剧.[Hong se huo che tou: hua ju]. [The Red Engine: A...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/164034.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699559409)
哈尔滨.[Haerbin]. 北方文藝出版社.[Bei fang wen yi chu ban she]. 1966. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Black and white plates, 125pp, ex-library copy with library stamps, pocket and label on spine, paperback covers a little chipped and worn. Text in Chinese. 18.5 x 13cm. Play set against the background of a locomotive depot..... More
![Stock ID #152920 蔡文姬 [Cài wén jī.] [ Madam Cai Wenji]. LIBRETTO](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/152920.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697758310)
Beijing. 文物出版社 Wenwu Chubanshe . 1959. 18 plates in black and white and one in colour, 132pp, wrappers, tail of spine torn with a little loss, some even browning throughout. Good copy. Small quarto. Text in Chinese only. The libretto for a musical (historical comedy）about Madam Cai Wen, who was..... More
Paris. Centre de Publication Asie Orientale. 1978. Black and white illustrations, 105pp, bibliography, small ink annotation half title, endpapers little foxed and browned, otherwise a very good copy in paperback, tall quarto. Text in French. Contents: Devinettes, dictons, histoires drôles; Les chansons; Anciens récits chantés; Les tanci; Les ballades pour..... More
London. George Allen & Unwin. 1957. Colour frontis, black and white line and photographic illustrations, 250pp + 6 page Chinese index, glossary, indices in English & Chinese, dustjacket trifle browned and very lightly worn. Traces the history and development of the Peking theatre with a detailed explanation of the acting..... More
California. University of California Press. 1970. Translated with introduction by Jeremy Ingalls. 160pp, dustjacket spine faded with few closed tears upper edge, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 148889. More