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

Ann Arbor. CCS University of Michigan. 1972. Michigan Papers in Chinese Studies No. 13. v + 82pp, wrappers with some wear and silverfish markings. Good 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..... More

San Francisco. Chinese Materials Center. 1975. v + 107pp, cloth a little worn, corners bumped, a good, secondhand hardback copy. Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Centre Occasional Series, No. 23. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166552. More

Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 2010. Black and white illustrations, 378pp, notes, words cited, character list, index, very good copy in dustjacket. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. Liu accompanied each figure, presented under the..... More

Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Press. 1964. [Reprint]. Maps, black and white plate, xiv + 319pp, index, bibliography, notes, hardback in dustjacket. Some light browning, dustjacket a little browned and chipped. Although there is no mention in the book, this copy appears to be a Taiwanese pirated copy. The paper is..... 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. English Art Books. 2009. Colour illustrations throughout, 296pp, bibliography, index, opening a little between gatherings but nevertheless a very good hardback in dustjacket. 29 x 21cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173157. More

New Haven. Yale University Press. 1973. Maps, black and white illustrations, 274pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, ex-library copy with a few cancelled stamps and label on spine, trifle faded spine, otherwise a good hardback copy in dustjacket. Portrait of Hsi-Liang, who born in 1853 became one of the most powerful..... More

Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 2001. Map, black and white line illustrations, ix + 243pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, no dustjacket as issued, very good hardback copy. "Controlling the Dragon examines Yellow River engineering from two perspectives. The first looks at long-term efforts to manage the river starting in the..... More

Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Press. 1967. xiii + 254pp, glossary, bibliography, index. Dustjacket spine somewhat sunned, otherwise a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166901. More

Oxford. Oxford University Press. 2002. Free endpaper maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 210pp, addendum, table of Chinese Dynasties and Periods, English/Pinyin and Cantonese/Pinyin glossary, illustration sources, bibliography, index, dustjacket worn along upper edge on lower cover, very good hardback copy. 25 x 22cm. A history..... More

Nedlands. University of Western Australia Press. 1970. Edited with introduction "Chinese Anti-Foreignism and the Boxer Uprising" by L.R. Marchant. Endpaper maps, plans, black and white photographic illustrations, xxvii + 212pp, bibliography, indices, inscriptions on half title and dedication page, a good copy in lightly worn dustjacket. When referring to this..... More