Auckland. New Zealand-China Society. 1964. Black & white photographic illustrations, 23pp 21.2 x14cm. Black & white wrappers. Some archival tape repairs to the spine but in good order. 'This report on China in 1964 is the work of a qualified academic observer who has known China under the Kuomintang -..... More
New York. Columbia U.P., 1951. Endpaper maps, illustrations, xii + 182pp, index, pencil underlining, price clipped dustjacket covers a little sunned and mended on reverse by prior owner, good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 166481). More
Armonk. M.E. Sharpe. 2004. Map, black and whtie illustrations, index, glossary, very good paperback copy. This title explores the love-hate relationship between the USA and China through the experience of Chinese students caught between the two countries. The book sheds light on China's ambivalence towards the Western influence, and the..... More
New York. Weatherhill. 1970. Maps, many illustrations, 443pp, bibliography, index, cloth covered boards with small mark, price clipped dustjacket with rubbing on extremities and sunned spine, small mark reverse of dustjacket, otherwise a good hardback copy. "Perhaps nowhere in all history is the confrontation between civilisations more dramatically highlighted than..... More
London. Longmans. 1967. ix + 222pp, bibliography, index, an ex-library copy, remainder mark, date front free endpaper, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 153951). More
United States. Little, Brown & Company. 1998. Translated and edited by David Selbourne. Black and white reproductions, vii + 392pp, index, contents, notes and references, a very good copy in a dustjacket. In 1270, Jewish scholar-merchant Jacob d'Ancona embarked on a remarkable voyage from his native Italy to Zaitun, the..... More
London. Oxford University Press, 1967. Maps, illustrations, xvi + 235pp, appendix, notes, index, spine a little faded, ex-library copy in protective covers adhered to upper and lower pastedown. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 166652). 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
United States. West Georgia College. 1990. Maps, black and white line illustrations, xix + 216pp, appendices, covers a little sunned and rubbed on extremities, inscription by the editor, good paperback copy. Volume XXVII of the West Georgia College, Studies in the Social Sciences. Contents include: The Historical Experience: Georgians in..... 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
Clayton. Monash University Press. 2012. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxvii + 143 pages, index, bibliography, notes, slight rubbing on extremities, good paperback copy. On the fortieth anniversary of Australia-China diplomatic relations, The China Breakthrough reflects on the political adventure story that propelled this relationship into being. It follows Whitlam's..... More
United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press. 2005. Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 346pp, index, notes, abbreviations, worked examples or Exercises, signed by author, small mark reverse of dustjacket, otherwise very good hardback copy. Henry Robinson Luce (1898-1967) founded Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated. Born in China to missionary..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 2005. Black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 236pp, index, bibliography, notes, very good paperback copy. "Throughout the history of the United States, images of China have populated the American imagination. Always in flux, these images shift rapidly, as they did during the early decades..... More
Canberra. Department of Far Eastern History, The Australian National University. 1966. lvii + 257pp, appendices, short bibliography, indices, typescript, paperback, upper corner of upper cover and first leaves little creased, quarto, good copy. Guide to bibliographies on China and the Far East. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... 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
Taipei. IIR National Chengchi University. 1986. viii + 318pp, footnotes, dustjacket a little worn and rubbed along extremities, otherwise a very good hardback copy. Contents include: Literature and the Arts; Academic and Intellectual Influences; Political Ideals and Political Style; Economics, Trade, and Science; Great Power Politics and International Relations; Europeans..... More
New York. Council on Foreign Relations. 1996. xi + 284pp, edges a trifle rubbed, very good in paperback. China is emerging as a new great power in Asia. But what kind of power will China become--a wealthy trading partner or a belligerent adversary? Will expanding economic links between China and..... 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
Cambridge. Mass. Harvard University Press. 1975. xv + 310pp, notes, bibliography, index, foxing to wrappers and edges, otherwise a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 155010). 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
London. Methuen & Co Ltd., 1914. 1st UK Edition. 404pp + 31 + [3] publisher's catalogues, Strikingly decorated blue cloth covers lettered in gilt, head of spine has a closed tear that has been reinforced, small puncture hole to the gutter on the front board, prior owner name in pencil..... More
