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
Massachusetts. Harvard University Press. 1971. First edition. xiii + 287pp, bibliography, glossary, index, edges little foxed, dustjacket extremities light wear, name stamp title page and last leaf, a good hardback otherwise. Chang Chih-tung held various important government positions in Shansi, Liang Kuang and Hu Kuang, starting ironworks, cotton factories and..... 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
Athens. University of Georgia. Black and white illustration, xii + 324pp, notes, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, hardback, dustjacket, very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165638). 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
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
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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
London. KPI. 1986. With illustrations by author and photographic illustrations, xxx + 306pp, a good paperback copy. "Katherine Carl, the artist who painted the portrait of the Empress Dowager of China, was the only Westerner ever to live as a member of the Chinese court. Hers was an unparalleled opportunity..... More
New York. Fleming H. Revell Company. 1900. Portrait frontispiece, 151pp, appendix, a prior owner's signature and date in pencil front free endpaper, very light foxing endpapers and pastedowns, spine little chipped at head, very good in original pictorial cloth boards. Following it's presentation to the Qing Court this book, was..... 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. Curzon. 1979. xii + 298pp, index, bibliography, notes, paperback, covers slightly rubbed and a little marked, endpapers a trifle browned, a good copy. A study of the history of Jardine Matheson and Co. Shows that there were significant qualitative changes in the rapid disintegration of the old structure and..... More
Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1967. [Reprint]. Maps, xvi + 159pp, bibliography, index, spine slightly discoloured, otherwise good hardback copy. 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 this item..... 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. Charles H. Kelly. 1895. Colour frontispiece illustration with tissue guard, numerous text illustrations but lacks the other colour plate: xv + 479pp. Dark blue pebbled cloth covered boards, spine lettered in gilt and stamped with decorative gilt device. Lower spine chipped with some loss, covers slightly marked but an..... More
Cambridge. Cambridge UP Cambridge 1962 for The Hakluyt Society 2nd series No. CXVII & CXIX, 1962. 2 volumes. Volume I: Maps, illustrations, cxx + 163pp. Vol II: Folding maps and illustrations, x + 165 - 475pp, index. Dustjackets, endpapers and edges foxed, small tear in dustjacket of volume 2, otherwise..... 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
New York. Henry Holt and Company. 1911. 1st Edition. Folding map showing Dingle's travels in China 1909-1910, numerous black and white photographic plates, xvi, 446pp, index, appendices. Red cloth covered boards lettered in black, & Chinese characters stamped on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. Head and tale of..... 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. Uni of California. 1993. Maps, tables, xviii + 450pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, paperback. Light bumping corners, good copy. "This important volume affords a panoramic view of local elites during the dramatic changes of late imperial and Republic China. Eleven specialists present fresh detailed studies of subjects ranging from..... More
Hong Kong. FormAsia. 2008. Coloured map, packed with full-spread photographic illustrations, 228pp, index, bibliography, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "China has compressed almost inconceivable change into little more than a century, shedding the last vestiges of age old imperial dynasties to confront the modern world head on. Even before..... 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
