New York. Ives Washburn. 1936. Black & white photographic plates, 317pp, index. Leaves occasionally pencilled, half title and upper edge little marked, spine trifle sunned, overall a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166457. More
London. Bodley Head. 1941. Endpaper map, 395pp, index, dustjacket, front endpapers and edges stained and browned, inscription verso front free endpaper, text sound and clean. Author was the Far Eastern correspondent for The New York Times. He was eye-witness to many of the crucial events that took place in the..... More
Christchurch. Caxton Press. 1973. 58pp, paper wrappers little marked and slightly creased, very good. Story written during Chiang Kai-shek's Anti-Communist campaign. Based on stories told to the author. When referring to this item please quote stockid 171027. More
Hong Kong. Oxford. 1985. Foreword by N.J. Miners. Maps, tables, black and white illustrations, xxiii + 302pp, appendices, bibliography, glossary, index, endpapers browned, good in dustjacket. Study of British and Chinese administrative methods in Weihaiwei which the British leased from China in 1898 and governed until 1930. When referring to..... More
London. Macmillan and Co. Limited. 1928. 1st English edition. Burgundy cloth covered boards, lettered in gilt on spine and within a decorative border in gilt on the upper cover. Top edge red as issued. fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Preface by the author. Illustrated with 10 striking black &..... More
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1989. Translated by Janet Lloyd. Map, x + 356pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket, hardback in very good condition with dustjacket evenly browned and a trifle shelf worn. "Favoured by the exceptional economic circumstances of the First World War and the immediate post-war years, Chinese entrepreneurs made..... More
New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 2014. Maps, black and white illustrations, x + 445pp, notes, index. Remainder mark lower edge, dustjacket a little shelf worn and lightly sunned on spine, still a good hardback copy. "A tour de force of narrative history, China 1945 examines the first episode in which..... More
Stockport. Lane Publishers. 1997. First Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 136pp, appendices, glossary, author's name written on side of spine, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 165925. More
Taipei. Southern Materials Center, Inc., n.d. Reprint. Taipei reprint, originally published in 1978. Maps, black and white illustrations, illustrations somewhat indistinctly reproduced, tables, 296pp, bibliography, character list, index, bookplate front free endpaper, edges very lightly foxed, otherwise a very good hardback copy with gilt lettering upper cover and spine. In..... More
London. University of London Press. 1946. Endpaper maps, numerous black and white photographic plates, diagrams and illustrations, 160pp, index. Yellow cloth-covered boards, name on the front free endpaper, the striking dustjacket is chipped at the head and tail of spine with some loss but now protected. A pleasing copy. Missionary..... More
New York. Franklin Watts. 1976. xiii + 249pp, notes, selected bibliography, index, reverse of slightly worn dustjacket mended on reverse with tape by prior owner, sunned spine, otherwise very good hardback copy. On the decade of change in an important transitional change for China. When referring to this item please..... More
Aberdeen. Hong Kong University Press. 2006. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 283pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, deacquisitioned ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, dustjacket trifle shelf worn, a sound secondhand hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166731. More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 1992. xi + 300pp, appendices.Very good hardback in dustjacket. Studies of the East Asian Institute. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166756. More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1958. Tables, 101pp, paper wrappers covered in clear contact and marked, covers marked, text sound and clean. When referring to this item please quote stockid 213753. More
Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1919. vii + 380pp, appendices, index, 19.7 x 13.6cm. Some pages little soiled and browned, dustjacket worn with head of spine chipped with little loss, protected by a previous owner, otherwise a good copy. Histories of the Nations series. "This book is an attempt to deal with..... More
New York. W. W. Norton & Company. 1999. First Edition. xx + 530pp, sources, upper edge trifle foxed, blue and black pen underlining and comments throughout first 71 pages of text, paperback, a sound secondhand copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166772. More
Peking. Chinese Social and Political Science Association. Vol. XXIV, No. 1. April-June, 1940. Quarterly publication of the Chinese Social and Political Science Association, issue 24, no.1, folding plan of the 太学 "Imperial Academy", 109pp, errata loosely inserted, some pages unopened, wrappers chipped with considerable loss. Papers in this issue are..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1967. Reprint. xii + 486pp, appendix, notes, index. A previous owner's name front free endpaper, light wear cover with remainder mark on upper edge, but a sound, clean paperback copy. "A detailed analysis of philosophical, literary, and socio-political ferment of early republican China, leading to and..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1967. Reprint. xii + 486pp, appendix, notes, index. Spine a little creased, ight wear cover and edges with some foxing, but a sound paperback copy. "A detailed analysis of philosophical, literary, and socio-political ferment of early republican China, leading to and spreading from the 1919 demonstrations..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 1977. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 340pp, notes, index, dustjacket has a non-obvious damp stain and sunned spine, slight foxing on edge otherwise very good hardback copy. Remainder mark upper edge. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166802... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 1947. Reprint. Endpaper maps, frontispiece, black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 379pp, bibliography. Inscription on the reverse of the frontispiece, pages little browned and foxed on edges and endpapers, a good hardback copy. Frank Clune's travels in China and Manchukuo. When referring to this item..... More
New Haven. Yale University Press. 1983. Double page map, black and white illustrations, xxvi + 290pp, appendices, bibliography, index, good copy in little sunned dustjacket. Collection of 84 responses to an advertisment placed in newspapers and magazines throughout China in the spring of 1936 calling upon people to contribute to..... More
Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. n.d. c 1918. xiii + 304pp, blue cloth covered boards, slightly marked, lettered in gilt, roughly cut edges, a very clean and firmly bound copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166841. More
London. Elm Tree Books. 1985. Endpaper maps, black and white illustrations, 184pp, notes, glossary, index, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 143476. More
London. Elm Tree Books. 1985. Endpaper maps, black and white illustrations, 184pp, glossary, index, dustjacket, nice copy. 24.5 x 19cm. British reminiscences of life in China in the period between the two World Wars. When referring to this item please quote stockid 170936. More