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
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
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 & Brothers, Publishers. 1899. 1st Edition. 2 large folding maps and a folding table - a comparison of imports of cotton goods and yarns into all China, 1887 and 1897. xviii + 509pp, appendix, index. 2 pages of adverts. Navy blue cloth covered boards lettered in gilt, an..... 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
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. 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, Mass. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1913. Edited by Francis Mannix. Black and white frontispiece with tissue-guard, xviii + 298pp, a prior owner's name is stamped in red on the title-page. Yellow cloth covered boards, soiled and sunned on the spine, inner hinges cracked but the text block is firm and..... 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. 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
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
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
McCrae. Slouch Hat Publictions. 2001. Plan, black and white photographic plates and line illustrations, bibliography, appendices, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. 25 x 17.5cm. This wonderful reference book is the first to deal with all levels of Australian involvement in China at the time of the Boxer Rebellion. Attractively..... More
Westwood. Privately Published. No. 207 of a limited edition.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. Compiled for the Cheney family this is a collection of the author's grandfather's letters from China..... More
Oxford. Blackwell. 1997. Maps, black and white illustrations, 239pp, notes, bibliography, index, very good copy in dustjacket. Peoples of Asia Series. A history from the origins of the Manchus to the murder of the former last Manchu emperor. The book explains how the Manchus achieved their empire and what the..... More
Beijing: Foreign Language Press. 2003. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxiii + 290pp, bibliography, chronologies, author's name written on spine in ink, extremities bumped in places, very good hardback copy. Contrasts between Americans who sought to intervene in and control China and those who came to assist pose the dialectic..... 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
London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1887. Second Edition, Revised. Colour folding map, black and white frontispiece with slightly foxed tissue-guard and 6 full-page plates, decorations and illustrations in text, viii + 433pp, pictorial cloth covers, lettered in gilt on the spine. Head & tail of spine fraying and corners..... More
London. E. & C. Dilly in the Poultry. 1775. Second edition with Large Additions and Amendments. 2 volumes apparently both from the same second edition with the text block size being almost uniform but non uniform bindings which slightly differ in size. Volume I: engraved frontispiece of Confucius, a folding..... 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
Berkeley. University of California Press. 2000. xlii + 847pp, index, bibliography, hardback, light wear extremities of dustjacket, very good hardback copy. In this multidimensional analysis, Benjamin A. Elman uses over a thousand newly available examination records from the Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing dynasties, 1315-1904, to explore the social, political, and..... More
