Edinburgh. NMS Publishing. 2001. Black and white photographic illustrations, 104pp, bibliography, index, paperback. Ex-library copy with withdrawn stamp and sections of labels on title page, covers a little worn. Sound and otherwise clean. Scots' Lives series. Biography of the tutor to the young Puyi and the only foreigner working in..... More

Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1979. Second Edition. Two volumes. Volume One: 247pp; boards trifle bumped at corners. Volume Two: 253-496pp, index. Both volumes: Black & white photographic plates; upper edges little marked, dustjackets slightly worn, a good set; 21 x 15cm. From the library of Professor Anthony Reid, with his..... More

London. Jarrold & Sons. ( 1912.). First Edition. Maps including folding colour map of the Chinese Empire - by the London Geographical Institute, colour plate showing The National Flag of the Chinese Republic, black and white portrait frontispiece and numerous black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Lacks plate showing Rice..... More

London. Thames & Hudson. 1984. Black and white photographic plates, 246pp, bibliography, decorative endpapers, hardback, quarto, dustjacket little marked, very good copy. "This volume, published on the occasion of Sir Harold Acton's eightieth birthday, includes contributions on a variety of subjects, some relating directly to Sir Harold's life and writings..... More

New York. John Day. 1947. Translated by her husband Yuenren Chao. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 327, appendices. Brown cloth covered boards lettered in silver, faintly rubbed, textblock browned, prior owner's names front endpapers, yet a good firm copy. 20.5 x 13.5cm Translated into English by her..... More

London. Harrap. 1988. Endpaper maps, illustrations, 528pp, index, very good copy in protected dustjacket taped to pastedown. Frank Ching traces his family back 34 generations to the poet Qin Guan, the founder of the Ching clan and the common forebear of both the father and mother of the author -..... More

New York. Basic Books. 1995. Translated from the 1993 Chinese edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxiii + 498pp, index, notes, minor wear to dustjacket. Very good hardback copy. "A best-seller in China, 'Deng Xiaoping, My Father' is a revealing biography by Deng Maomao, the ruler's youngest daughter and..... More

Hong Kong. Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2009. Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 523 pages, index, notes. Lower edge trifle marked, a very good paperback copy. "Hu Shih's life touched virtually every important aspect of society in twentieth-century China. His most significant contributions were his support of Chinese..... More

New York. Carroll & Graf. 2004. Map, black and white photographic plates, xxix + 562pp, notes, bibliography, index, 24.3 x 16.5cm. Dustjacket protected by a prior owner, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 165995. More

United States. Simon & Schuster. 1999. Map, black and white illustrations, viii + 280pp, sources, note, indices, glossary, paperback copy in good condition. "'China Through the Sliding Door' offers a different insight into this most complex and unpredictable society. Understanding its recent history, John Gittings sheds light on its present..... More

Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. 1988. 272pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. Some foxing to outer edge, fading to dustjacket spine and upper edge, otherwise in very good condition. Li Yu, 1610 - 1680, was a brilliant comic writer and entertainer, a thoroughgoing professional whose life was in his work -..... More

Hong Kong. FormAsia. 2006. Black and white photographic illustrations, 111pp, very good hardback in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166044. More

London. Paul Hamlyn. 1969. Black and white photographic illustrations, v + 192pp, appendices, index, a prior owner's details obscured by black ink front free endpaper, occasional foxing, opening between gatherings in one place, author's name neatly inked on spine, hardback in dustjacket. Account of the author's experiences and observations of..... More