Canberra. Institute of Advanced Studies. A.N.U. Black and white illustrations, iii + 181pp, small quarto, paperback, very good copy. The first issue of this excellent series. The seven papers in this issue are: The Three Kingdoms and Western Jin: A History of China in the Third Century AD - Rafe..... More
Canberra. Institute of Advanced Studies. A.N.U., 2000. Black and white illustrations, iv + 164pp, small quarto, paperback, signature of prior owner upper cover, very good copy. Fourth issue including: From Biographical History to Historical Biography: a Transformation in Chinese Historical Writing; Human Conscience and Responsibility in Ming-Qing China; In Her... More
New York. Harper & Row. Reprint.1965. Endpaper maps, 724pp, index, chronologies, good copy in torn dustjacket. Account of the rapid transformations and innovations that have taken place in China and Japan. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 29593). More
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard U.P., 1968. 134 - 215pp, paperback, wear to extremities, generally good. Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies XXIII. Includes 'An Outline of the Central Government of the Former Han Dynasty' - Wang Yu-chuan; Governmental Organization of the Ming Dynasty - Charles O. Hucker; Lien-Sheng Yang - Female Rulers in Imperial... More
New York. Fenelon Collier. 1898. With a supplementary chapter of recent events by Mayo W. Hazeltine. Black and white illustrations, 540pp, hinges split, endpapers little browned, binding worn, gilt lettering sunned spine, corners and head and tail of spine bumped, still a sound copy. A single volume history of China... More
Peking. China Reconstructs. 1962. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 126pp, stain on upper and fore edges, lower corners bumped, otherwise a good copy in little worn paperback. Articles on Chinese history, from ancient times to the People's Liberation War (1946-49). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127225). More
San Francisco. Harper & Row. 1990. Maps, xxvii + 269pp, chronology, bibliography, notes, index, signature prior owner front free endpaper, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "To probe the soul of China, Ching looks back across the decades. Starting with the formation of the Communist Party in Shanghai in... More
London. Pimlico. 2007. Maps, black and white illustrations, 16 pages of plates, xxvii + 304pp, trifle tears and rubbing dustjacket, otherwise very good hardback copy. 24 x 16cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164279). More
Paris. Presses Universitaires de France. 1952. Maps, xi + 174pp, index, bibliography, original wrappers bound in cloth, spine insect damaged rendering title illegible, ex-library, library label front endpaper, stamps copyright page, endpapers lightly browned, short closed tear front endpaper, internally clean and sound. French text. (When referring to this item... More
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Beijing. Zhonghua shuju (China Book Bureau). 1956. First edition. Volume 5 only in 3 parts. Part I 8 + 415pp. Part II 10 + 709pp. Part III 12 + 586 + 8pp. Minor soiling original wrappers, corners creased on some leaves, spine little chipped on one volume and on another... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. 1967. Black and white illustrations, folding tables, ix + 370pp + 18ads, name, title & subject indices; some browning endpapers, head of spine worn, otherwise a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 158639). More
Sydney. Wild Peony Pty Ltd., 1996. Maps, black and white illustrations, iv + 389pp, inscribed (by author?) title page. Very good paperback copy. "Some contribution to the study of the comparison between China and Europe, even though, more often than not, it does not appear overtly, has thus been the... More
London. Nicholson & Watson. 1934. Foreword by Professor J. Percy Bruce. 264pp, index, ex-library copy, library stamps first three leaves and one internal leaf, pale foxing first and last leaves and edges, newspaper clipping inserted, binding somewhat worn, spine lightly browned, internally sound. The eight chapters in this book trace... More
Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1975. xxxiii + 603pp, indices, a very good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160455). More
Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1971. xviii + 331pp, indices, some pencilling, paperback, covers worn, otherwise sound. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 30488). More
Rutland, Vermont. Charles E. Tuttle. 1955. xviii + 331pp, indices, ex-library, little bumped corners, otherwise a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160447). More
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. 1961. 608pp, index, name stamped edges, cloth hardcover spine little worn, a good copy otherwise. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160427). More
[Royal Asiatic Society]. 1924. 54pp, some browning particularly endpapers, library stationery lower endpapers, library classification details and title in gilt upper cover. Minor wear cloth, good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 153945). More
Boulder. Westview Press. 1979. xiv + 325pp, notes, bibliography of Wilbur's publications, index, trifle foxing front free endpaper and edges, dustjacket lightly soiled, small tear in cover at base of spine, otherwise good clean hardback copy. "While diverse in their subject matter, the essays reflect the historiographic concerns of a.... More
Boulder. Westview Press. 1979. xiv + 325pp, notes, bibliography, of Wilbur's publications, index, bookplate front free endppaer, dustjacket lightly soiled, very good hardback copy. "While diverse in their subject matter, the essays reflect the historiographic concerns of a group of scholars whose views were formed at least partly in response... More
London. New English Library. 1975. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, 207pp, appendices, bibliography, index, large octavo, few stains fore edge, a good copy in slightly worn dustjacket. The history of the Great Wall through five fundamentally important periods: 246-210 BC in the reign of Ch'in Shi... More
Beijing. Zhonghua shuju (China Book Bureau). 1985. 854 + 111pp, index. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt characters spine and upper, some shelfwear, extremities little bumped, a good, clean copy. A Combined Listing of Chinese Local Gazetteers. In Chinese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 124292). More
London. Kegan Paul, French, Trubner & Co, LTD., 1930. Maps, black and white plates, 443 + 19pp, bibliography, index, head of spine torn, signs of wear at extremities, very ligh browning at places, good hardback in protective covers. 24.2 x 15.4cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164254). More
London. Methuen. 1927. Endpaper maps, black and white plates, xi + 643pp, tables of dynasties, index, cloth binding worn, upper cover insect damaged, gilt lettered spine, some foxing, inscription to previous owner verso front free endpaper, neat name half title page, contents sound. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 87980). More
Geneva. Minerva. 1972. Colour and black and white illustrations, 141pp, top edge trifle soiled, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Translated by Lana Castellano and Christina Campbell-Thompson. This book offers information on Chinese customs, including marriage, laws, food, clothing, architecture and superstitions (When referring to this item please quote stockid 153870). More
