Auckland. New Zealand-China Society. 1973. 36pp, black and white line illustrations, small stapled booklet. 7 personal snapshots loosely inserted. Two photographs in black and white dated 1973 show George Hatem and another unidentified man in China. Annotated on the reverse but unfortunately, the writing which appears to be Rewi Alley's..... More

London. Harper. 1899. Large folding map, folding table, xviii + 509pp, appendix, index, foxed throughout, binding heavily marked and worn at corners and considerably so at head and tail of spine, closed tear to margin of map, hinges split, still sound. "Although my report deals mainly with trading and commercial..... 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

Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1954. Maps, xvi + 159pp, bibliography, index, endpapers foxed, a good hardback copy in slightly worn covers. This study of the Nien Rebellion is a valuable contribution to the understanding of the changes which took place within China during the nineteenth century. (When referring to..... More

Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1976. Folding map, black and white photographic illustrations, 188pp, paperback, covers worn with a little loss. Good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 157675). More

Taipei? (circa1980). Maps, xx + 754pp, bibliography, index, glossary, slightly smaller format than the original Cambridge University Press edition this appears to be a Taiwanese reprint. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 133730). 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

Canberra. Australian National University. 1969. Map, xvi + 271pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, light foxing edges, upper edges stained, still a good copy in little worn and rubbed dustjacket. First full study of British reactions to the major civil war which ravaged China in the mid 19th century. (When referring..... More

Stroud. Amberley. 16 unnumbered pages of plates some coloured, xii, 305 pp, bibliography, index, notes, corners little bumped, very good hardback copy inscribed by the author, in dustjacket. 24.1 x 16cm. "At the age of only twenty, Walter Medhurst set sail in August 1816 from London, aboard the General Graham..... More

Tucson. University of Arizona Press. 1984. Translated and edited by Djang Chu. Black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 656pp, index, glossary, hardback, dustjacket little soiled, marked, with small torn loss upper edge of lower cover, now protected, internally very clean, a good copy. "A Chinese magistrate in the imperial..... More

Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1997. x + 500pp, index, notes, bibliography, character list, paperback, light foxing edges, name half-title, a good copy otherwise. The 14 papers in this volume re-examine the assumptions of how state power functioned in China, particularly the assumption of a sharp divide between state and society..... More

London. Methuen. 1901. 1st Edition. 2 folding maps and plan, black and white portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. xxvi + 386pp + 47pp publisher's adverts dated April 1901 at the rear, index. Original maroon cloth, spine slightly sunned, lower front board slightly creased, preliminary leaves, endpapers and edges foxed, prior..... More

Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University. 1976. Map, xii + 317pp, bibliography, glossary, index, very good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 10170). More