Hong Kong. Oxford University Press, 1982. Reprint of the 5th edition with introduction. With a new introduction by H.J. Lethbridge. xvi + [2] + iv + 766pp, index, browning particularly on edges, dustjacket lightly worn. A good copy. An extraordinary work by James Dyer Ball, this comprehensive encyclopaedic work covers..... 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

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

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

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

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. 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

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

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

Taiwan. 星光出版社 Xingguang Chubanshe, 1981. First edition. 195pp, very good paperback copy. Text in Chinese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 137932. More

London. Harrap & Co., 1924. Reprint. Thirty-two full page colour plates by Chinese artists, 454pp, glossary and index, a few leaves careflessly opened, very good copy in original decorative cloth gilt. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168217. More

Taiwan. 臺灣商務印書館 Taiwan shang wu yin shu guan, 1972. 2nd Edition. 210pp, paperback. Clear contact on covers. Text clean and sound. An account of customs through historical periods in ancient China. When referring to this item please quote stockid 137930. More