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

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

Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press. 1978. xi + 295pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, small mark on endpapers, trifle worn dustjacket, very good hardback copy. Analysis of several aspects of the 1895-1911 period in China, which "illuminates some of the main political, social and intellectual configurations of the post-1911 era"..... 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

No place. Naval Records Society. 1954. 3 maps, xxii + 413pp, index, cloth binding gilt. Ex-library with library numeration on the spine in gilt, cream cloth a little soiled but generally clean and sound copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166576. More

Taipei. Ch'eng-Wen. 1966. Black and white plates, vi + 151pp + 24pp, bibliography, indices, closed tears now repaired title and half title pages, endpapers browned, a good copy. "This is a sketch of the Chinese press during the time when the modern journalism began and the indigenous periodical press expired."..... 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

New York. Octagon Books. 1963. 223pp, appendices, bibliography, index, prior owner's name front free endpaper, covers trifle shelf worn, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166703. More

Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. 1981. Reprint. xvii + 369pp, bibliography, index, a very good hardback copy. In this consideration of the professional life of the gentry, Dr Chang has been able to reconstruct the pattern of activities and to show the complexity of the gentry's role in imperial Chinese society..... More

New York. Columbia University Press. 1914. 117pp, prior owner's chop front free endpaper and title page, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, cloth a little worn and marked, a good ex-library copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166763. 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

Taipei. Ch'Eng Wen Publishing. 1971. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 110pp, prior owner's signature front pastedown, covers trifle worn, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166821. More

New York. Columbia University Press. 1997. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 428 pages, index, bibliography, glossary, notes, abbreviations, reverse of dustjacket a little marked in two places, very good hardback copy. "The Boxer Rebellion of 1898-1900, an outcry against foreigners led by a group largely comprised of..... More