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

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

Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1996. xviii + 256pp, notes, bibliography, character lists, index, very good copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166526. More

London. Harper. 1899. Large folding map, folding table, but lacking the Area and Total Population map, 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..... 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

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

Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1958. Tables, 101pp, edges and wrappers lightly browned, small octavo. When referring to this item please quote stockid 63425. More

London. Lawrence & Wishart. 1943. Maps, 144pp, appendix, wrappers, upper endpaper cut out, worn dustjacket, text sound and clean. 21.5 x 14.5cm. "Six years of modern war is a tremendous text. The Chinese people have faced it. Through that resistance a new China is arising. Here is its story." -..... More

London. Harper & Bros. 1912. Revised & enlarged edition with two maps. Maps (1 colour folding), v + 302pp, appendices, index, light foxing, spine sunned, hinges starting, spine lettered in gilt a little discoloured, a good sound copy. Chapter headings include the geographical question, foreign relations, the economic problem, communications..... 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

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, Mass. Harvard University Press. 2004. Maps, black and white illustrations, xix + 453 pp, bibliography, notes, index, character list, very good, hardback in dustjacket. Yangzhou, located in Jiangsu Province, a major salt trade stop along the Grand Canal north of the Yangtze River. This book looks at the history..... More