Singapore. Graham Brash. 2nd ed. 1989. Revised Edition. iv + 766pp, index, dustjacket spine trifle sunned, upper edge mild foxing, otherwise a very good hardback copy. Encyclopaedia-style entries. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166499. More
Vancouver. Raincoast Books, 1998. Colour illustrations, xvii + 121pp, glossary, bibliography, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 156395. More
New York. Oxford University Press. 2004. Reprint. vii + 125pp, index, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166575. More
Beijing. Foreign Language Press. 1997. Reprint. Colour plates and black and white illustrations, 241pp, edges little foxed, spine sunned with author name in ink, covers creased, a sound secondhand paperback copy. An account of twenty-nine Chinese gods: includes the Bodhisattva Guanyin, a goddess who helps the needy and relieves the..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. 2011. Black and white illustrations, 291pp, notes, bibliography, index. Signed by author. Paperback covers a little soiled, otherwise a very good copy. "Humour in Chinese Life and Letters: Classical and Traditional Approaches presents an overview of humour and laughter in their many forms of..... More
Hong Kong. Privately Printed. 1966. Black and white line illustrations in the text, 48pp, bound in Chinese style string binding. Very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178801. More
Nanjing. Yilin Press. 1992. 3 volumes. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Hardcovers in dustjackets. With the card of the senior editor Zhu Zuci of the Yilin Press taped on the front free endpaper but otherwise very good. The selected works of five writers: Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Ba Jin..... More
New York. Scribner's Sons. (c. 1978). Black and white illustrations, 318pp, notes, further reading, index, dustjacket sunned on spine. Ex-library with a few neat stamps, endpapers a little marked or worn in places but overall a clean good hardback copy. "'The Chinese Experience' brings alive a civilisation in which emperors..... More
New York. Free Press. 1981. Map, xxxiii + 429pp, glossary, bibliography, index, deacquisitioned ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, upper edge foxed, a sound secondhand hardback copy. 24.1 x 19.1cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166906. More
Paris. Chevalier et Riviere. 1904. xi + 426pp, original wrappers little worn and soiled with few tears and little loss to edges, damaged spine with some loss repaired, some browning, signature and stamp title page, uncut edges lightly foxed, contents sound. Text in French. When referring to this item please..... More
Paris. Chevalier et Riviere. 1904. xi + 426pp, original wrappers little worn and soiled with few tears and little loss to edges, original cellophane protection, binding loosening, splitting at one upper gathering, neat inscription half title page, some browning, signature and stamp title page, uncut edges, contents sound. This French..... More
New York. Oxford University Press, 2009. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 278pp, index, good copy in hardback. "This book begins with two simple questions: Why has the West for so long and in so many different ways expressed the idea that the Chinese have a special relationship to..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1971. Reprint. Diagrams, ix + 370pp, appendices, bibliography, index, 22.2 x 14.3cm. Edges little foxed, cloth-covered boards little worn and marked, otherwise a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172430. More
Durham. Duke University Press. 1997. Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 444pp, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, spine trifle sunned, remainder mark lower edge, otherwise a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167403. More
New York. Richard Marek Publishers. (circa 1981). Maps, plans, profuse colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 192pp, notes, chronology, bibliography, index, stains lower edge dustjacket on reverse, overall very good hardback copy. 28.1 x 22.2cm. This attractively illustrated book examines the artistic and architectural heritage of China from the..... More
Kowloon. Swindon Book Company. 1978. Black and white line illustrations, 96pp, dustjacket, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168843. More
Hong Kong. University Book Store. 1961. Second revised edition. viii + 191pp, bilingual indice, notes. Endpapers browned, cream cloth boards marked, edges browned but text sound and clean. "I have used a term of very wide application for the title of this book: 'Sayings' could include anything from proverbs, quotations..... More
Kowloon. Swindon Book Company. 1971. Black & white line and photographic illustrations, 193pp. Half title price clipped, upper edge little foxed, dustjacket trifle browned, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168847. More
Kowloon. Swindon Book. 1979. Map, profusely illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations, one in colour, 248pp, glossary, dustjacket lightly sunned on spine, very lightly worn at edges, starting to open between gatherings in two places but binding still sound. Inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise a good clean copy..... More
United States. HarperCollins. 2005. 5 Rev ed. Black and white line illustrations, xxxix + 421pp, index, remainder mark lower edge, good paperback copy. 23.5 x 18.5cm. "Now in its fifth edition, The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes remains the definitive, classic work on this fascinating subject and artfully combines the Eastern..... More
Lewiston. Edwin Mellen. 1998. xx + 387pp, references, indices, very good in pictorial stamped blue cloth. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167577. More
London. Heinemann. 1937. Reprint. Black & white illustrations, xviii + 363pp, index, appendices. Front free endpaper removed, edges and preliminary leaves somewhat foxed, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168885. More
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Taiwan. 臺灣商務印書館 Tai Wan Shang Wu Yin Shu Guan Yin Hang, 1968. 232pp, paperback, lower cover a little soiled. A collection of description of wedding customs of minority groups in Taiwan and in select regions of mainland China. In Chinese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 137929... More
Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1969. 3rd impression. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 233pp, edges and cloth a trifle marked otherwise a very good clean copy. Covering the period from 1400 BC to AD 700 when printing was about to begin in China, this comprehensive study of early..... More
Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 1991. 354pp, notes, glossary, index, very good copy in dustjacket. This book is divided into three parts. The first five essays deal with historical topics, focusing on the Tang and Sung dynasties. The second group of five essays concentrates on Chinese attitudes to civilization, including..... More