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

Feltham. Paul Hamlyn. 1968. Profuse colour and black and white illustrations, 141pp, index, pictorial upper cover, prior owner mended sunned dustjacket on reverse, a touch rubbed along extremities, good hardback copy. 28.5 x 21.5cm. "The art of China, delicate and powerful at the same time, is splendidly equipped to portray..... More

London. Oxford University Press, 1964. Map, black and white illustrations, xix + 392pp, index, occasional light foxing edges and endpapers, very good in dustjacket. A good general account of Chinese civilization by some of the leading scholars of the mid 20th century. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... 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. (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

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

Sydney. Powerhouse Publishing. 2006. Colour photographic illustrations and maps, 303pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, chronology, index, paperback, quarto. The Great Wall of China consists of 13 essays divided into 6 themes on various aspects of the Walls. There is no single Wall but a series of smaller walls - the oldest..... 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

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

Berkeley. University of California Press. 2000. Black and white photographic illustrations, 283pp, index, glossary, very good copy in paperback. "Presents interpretive essays by scholars from different disciplines on seven core pre-modern classical Chinese texts. The remarkable diversity of these works - drawn from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history -..... More

New York. Paragon Books. 1969. 316pp, sticker damage front pastedown, light scrape upper cover, otherwise a very good hardback copy. First published in Shanghai in the 1930s this book covers many aspects of China and the Chinese including the Chinese woman, past and present, religion and philosophy, painting and calligraphy..... More