No publication details. (circa 1980?). Five colour reproductions of prints by Thomas Allom of Chinese images loosely presented in a portfolio. Tissue guards with description of each print. These colour reproductions are larger than the original black and white engravings from which they were taken. The images themselves measure 19..... More

Berkeley. U California P Berkeley 1991, 1994. Two black and white photographic illustrations, 8 figures, 1 map, 10 tables, reign titles of the Ch'ing Emperors (1644-1911), five appendices, notes, bibliography, glossary-index, xxii + 417pp, a very good copy in a dustjacket. "This book describes the transformation of Ch'ing governance from..... More

Ann Arbor. CCS University of Michigan. 1972. v + 82pp, covers trifle marked, a very good paperback copy. Contents include: Observations on the Expediency of Opening a New Port in China, by Samuel Ball; A Dissertation Upon the Commerce of China; Minute on the British Position and Prospects in China..... More

London. The British Association for Chinese Studies. 1993. 93pp, notes, covers trifle shelf worn, a very good paperback copy. Rom is a 'ritual of diplomacy', performed to establish or re-establish friendly relations with neighbouring communities by presenting them with elaborately decorated totemic poles. When referring to this item please quote..... More

London. Gibbings & Co., 1900. New Edition. Ochre cloth covered boards with red dragon device stamped on upper board, spine lettered in gilt, covers slightly soiled, endpapers foxed, but a very good firm binding. 436pp, a chronological table and appendix. 22.5 x 15cm. Rewritten and rearranged by the author with..... More

Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge University Press. 2006. Reprint. Maps, tables, xvi + 283pp, index, bibliography, appendix, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166339. More

中國書店 Zhongguo shudian, 1987. Reprint. 3 volumes. 1918pp. Paperbacks. A few inked annotations, soiling and light shelf wear covers, corners little bumped, a few leaves creased. A sound clean set. The third volume contains a supplement and two appendices (chronology of major events and eminent people during the Qing dynasty)..... More

Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. 1981. Reprint. xvii + 369pp, bibliography, index, a very good hardback copy. In this consideration of the professional life of the gentry, Dr Chang has been able to reconstruct the pattern of activities and to show the complexity of the gentry's role in imperial Chinese society..... More

New York. Columbia University Press. 1914. 117pp, prior owner's chop front free endpaper and title page, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, cloth a little worn and marked, a good ex-library copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166763. More

Armonk. M E Sharpe. 1994. 308pp, glossary, index. Paperback, trifle worn at corners, very good copy. Study of Li Hung-chang which represents a collaboration of Li experts among Chinese and Western scholars. The biography examines the beginnings of China's modernisation; the Confucian as a patriot and pragmatist; his formative years..... More

London. John Murray. 1988. Revised Edition. Black and white line illustrations, x + 252pp, covers trifle shelf worn, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166830. More

Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1976. Maps, black and white photographic and line plates, 131pp, endpapers little foxed, covers marked and faded, sunned spine with some loss and author name inked on tail, a sound secondhand paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166847. More

Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1991. Maps, xi + 305pp, notes, bibliography, index, remainder mark lower, covers trifle shelf worn, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166631. More