Christchurch. Canterbury University Press. [2017]. Coloured map, illustrations some in colour, 176pp, bibliography, index, very good hardback in dustjacket. Text in Chinese and English. "New China Eyewitness is the fascinating account of the 1956 visit to the People's Republic of China by a group of prominent New Zealanders - including..... More

London. Garnstone. 1970. Pictorial endpapers, xvii + 144pp, appendix, index, a good copy in dustjacket. Part of the Teilhard Study Library. Examines the significance of Chinese social, political, economic & religious experiments within the global pattern of human evolution. Articles by Joseph Needham, Jaon Robinson, William Sewell, Stuart Schram, Ernan..... More

Canberra. Contemporary China Centre. Australian National University. 1980. Black and white photographic illustrations, 187pp, paperback covers trifle worn, a good paperback copy. Fifteen contributions by Australian Sinologists including: An Afternoon in Beijing - September, 1978 - Geremie Barme; Fangcaodi Primary School, Beijing - Jocelyn Chey; Isolation and Integration: Personal Relationships..... More

Stanford. Hoover Institution. 1986. Endpaper maps, 263pp, notes, bibliography, index, some pencil marking, dustjacket lightly faded, a good copy. United States Foreign Policy Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 94814). More

Thailand. Hua Hin, The Elephant Press. 2008. Complete set in 3 volumes. Volume I: 1477 - 1776. Black and white frontispiece, 4 full page colour plates, 264pp. Volume II: 1777 - 1877. Black and white frontispiece, 4 full page colour plates, 374pp. Publisher's cloth, pictorial dustjackets. Supplement: 1477 - 1776..... More

London. Collins. (circa1946). No date. Maps, 11 full page colour plates, numerous black and white plates, 126pp, list of Chinese dynasties, bright cloth binding lightly marked in one place, small stain first few prelims, bookplate and inscription front free endpaper, very good copy. An overview of the relationship between China..... More

New York. Norton. 1998. First American edition. xviii + 279pp, index, credits, notes, little shelfwear to dustjacket, page foredges uncut, a very good hardback copy. This work explores the intricacies of Western attitudes towards China as they have developed over centuries of trade, conflict and sometimes edgy co-existence. (When referring..... More

Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1954. vi + 296pp, indices, some minor wear to cloth binding, spine and edges little browned, a clean and sound copy. Includes sections on The Problem and its Background; Recognition of China's Need to Know the West, 1839-1860; The Desire for Western Technology, 1861-1870; Efforts at..... More

London. Noel Douglas. 1976. Foreword by Dr Tsai Yuan-Pei and Preface by Bertrand Russell. xvii + 176pp, index, some underlining and annotations first chapters, rebound in dark blue cloth lettered on the spine, new endpapers, some insect damage without any loss to text. In this book the author frankly presents..... More

Bloomington. Indiana University Press. 2007. Black and white photographic illustrations, xi + 210pp, bibliography, index, paperback, corners trifle bumped, still a very good copy. "Provocative insights into China, travel, and technology in the 21st century. In these often playful, always enlightening "tales," the author journeys from 19th century China into..... More