Guildford. Curzon Press. 1984. Map, 139pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendix, a good copy in paperback. "This study presents an analysis of one of the regional governments of China, the administration of the Szechwan governor-general, from its apogee at the end of the nineteenth century to its nadir in the revolution..... More
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. 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
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
Ithaca. Cornell U.P., 1976. 259pp, appendices, bibliographies, index, light foxing edges, a very good copy in dustjacket. Examination of the origins of Chinese socialism. When referring to this item please quote stockid 1481. 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, 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
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
![Stock ID #150302 清代七百名人傳 [ Qīng dài qī bǎi míng rén chuán] 700...](/pictures/thumb/150302.jpg?v=1640169041)
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
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
London. Heinemann Educational. 1971. 210pp, references, index, price stamp on half title, worn dustjacket little foxed with paper repairs on reverse. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166776. 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
Arizona. University of Arizona Press. 1986. xv + 315pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 143688. More
Westwood. Privately Published. 1970. 214 + list of ships, genealogy, bibliography, a touch of foxing end leaves and edge, corners a little bumped, good hardback copy. 26 x 18cm. No. 207 of a limited edition. Compiled for the Cheney family this is a collection of the author's grandfather's letters from..... 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
Ithaca. Cornell UP Ithaca 1993-95, 1993. xiii + 305pp, index, very good in paperback. This volume brings together ten new essays by an interdisciplinary group of leading sinologists and offers a comprehensive framework for understanding the nature of Chinese national identity in past and contemporary settings. When referring to this..... 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
United States: University of Michigan Press, 1996. Map, 363pp, glossary, bibliography, index, upper edge upper cover bumped, inscription front paste down, very good hardback copy. "This seminal book translates and analyzes thirty-eight memorials to the [late Qing] throne and other documents dealing with important issues of Chinese political economy--water control..... 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
Armonk. Sharpe. (c. 1989). Translatons from Shigaku zasshi for 1983-1986. 181pp, notes, glossary, lists of citations, very good copy. Includes: Ming-Qing Studies in Japan: 1983 - Katayama Tsuyoshi; Japanese Studies of Post-Opium War China: 1983 - Harigaya Miwako. When referring to this item please quote stockid 66501. 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
Teibei. 國風出版社 Guo Feng Chu Ban She, 1964. 2 volumes. Volume I: 1070. Volume II: 1172. Endpapers little browned, few leaves unopened very good in maroon cloth titled in gilt. Text in Chinese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 150303. 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
Bethlehem. Lehigh University. 1991. Black and white illustrations, 310pp, notes, index, hardback, dustjacket, 24 x 16.5, very good copy. A collection of 16 papers by scholars this book deals with images in a variety of senses of the word from colonial times to the late 20th century through such media..... More