New Haven. Yale University Press. 1988. ix + xiii + xv + 295pp, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. A fine copy. A comprehensive, entertaining historical and ethnographic account of Chinese food, from the Bronze Age to the 20th century. After showing how food has been central to Chinese governmental policies, religious... More

Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1964. Map, black and white plates, text illustrations, xx + 392pp, index, price clipped dustjacket shelf worn, endpapers and edges lightly foxed, good copy. A good general account of Chinese civilization by some of the leading scholars of the day. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 87868). 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. Columbia University Press. 2018. Black and white photographic illustration, ix + 323pp., index, notes. Small dent upper edge and lower cover, otherwise very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Lam traces how the emotion-realm underwent significant transformations from the dreamscape to theatricality in sixteenth-to seventeenth-century China" - Publisher's Description... More

London. William Heinemann. 1941. xiv + 495pp, appendices, index, pictorial endpapers, some occasional foxing, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 155941). More

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

China Beijing Tongrentang Group. Colour and black and white illustrations, 131pp, text in Chinese and English, a good paperback copy with some light wear to cover extremities. Approximately 30 x 22.5cm. Tongrentang (Chinese: 同仁堂), is a Chinese pharmaceutical company founded in 1669. This book serves as a historical overview and... More

Edinburgh. Edinburgh U.P., 1971. Maps, black and white illustrations, xv + 187pp + black and white photographic plates, index, dustjacket little soiled, head and tail of spine little chipped, few small closed tears, overall good, internally clean. "This book attempts to illustrate the variety and complexity of traditions which are... More

Shanghai. China Institute of Pacific Relations. 1931. Tables, black and white illustration, 373pp, ex-library, some red ink underlining and a few other annotations in red and other blue inks, some spotting and browning, very professionally rebound in modern cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, new endpapers. A sound copy. Prepared... More