Xianggang. 元朗區議會. 1996. Maps, black and white and colour illustrations, 136pp, references, little foxing first and last leaves, lower right corner little bumped, a good copy otherwise. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160018). More
New Haven. Yale University Press. 1988. xvi + 313pp, index, bibliography, notes, paperback, lightly foxed edges, a good 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 rituals..... 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
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..... 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. Richard Marek Publishers. (circa1981). 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 neolithic..... 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
Melbourne. Heinemann. 1946. First Australian edition. xiv + 495pp, appendices, index, pictorial endpapers by Chiang Yee, spine a little faded with one chip, a prior owner's signature title page. Good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164670). More
Massachusetts. Addison-Wesley. 1991. [Reprint]. Coloured map, black and white as well as coloured illustrations throughout, 424pp., index, bibliography. End leaves unopened, small tear on bottom of dustjacket front and back, spine faded, good hardback copy in dustjacket. "China: Empire of Living Symbols is a book for everyone who has ever..... 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
Hong Kong. Eric White Associates Pty Ltd., 1976. Colour illustrations, 40pp, bilingual text in English and Chinese, a very good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 156178). More
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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
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
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香港. (Hong Kong). 商務印書館. [Shang wu yin shu guan]. 1977. Comparison charts, 32pp, excellent condition in paperback. A guide to covert between Gregorian calendar and Lunisolar calendar. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 155883). More
Ithaca. Cornell Uni. Press. 1994. viii + 370pp, index, glossary, bibliographies, paperback, very good copy. "An elaborate and pervasive set of practices, called guanxi, underlies everyday social relationships in contemporary China. Obtaining and changing job assignments, buying certain foods and consumer items, getting into good hospitals, buying train tickets, obtaining..... 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
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
