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
No publication details. (circa 1980?). Five colour reproductions of prints by Thomas Allom of Chinese images loosely presented in a portfolio. Tissue guards with description of each print. These colour reproductions are larger than the original black and white engravings from which they were taken. The images themselves measure 19..... 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
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
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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
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
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
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
London. Lawrence & Wishart. 1943. Maps, 144pp, appendix, wrappers, lacks front free endpaper, covers a little marked and worn, text sound and clean. 21.5 x 14.5cm. "The war and the transition to a modern nation have raised great problems of democratic government and social progress. As yet they are only..... More
London. Lawrence & Wishart. 1943. Maps, 144pp, appendix, wrappers, some pencilling, short tear from foot upper joint, text block protuding a little from covers, dustjacket torn with loss, text sound and clean. 21.5 x 14.5cm. "The war and the transition to a modern nation have raised great problems of democratic..... 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
London. English Art Books. 2009. Colour illustrations throughout, 296pp, bibliography, index, opening a little between gatherings but nevertheless a very good hardback in dustjacket. 29 x 21cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173157. 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
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. Jonathan Cape. [ 1954]. 1st English edition. Black and white photographic frontispiece and six full page photographic illustrations. Original red cloth covered boards sunned on the spine, only the upper cover and portion of the spine of the soiled dustjacket remains. 286pp. 20.5 x 14cm. Loosely inserted are two..... 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
