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. 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

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

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

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

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

Wilmington. Scholarly Resources. 1973. Fold out maps,vii + 526pp, appendix, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166923. 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