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
Manchester. Manchester University Press, 2012. Maps and plans, 290pp, bibliography, index, very good paperback copy. Studies in Imperialism series. In the new world order mapped out by Japanese and Western imperialism in East Asia after the mid-nineteenth century opium wars, communities of merchants and settlers took root in China and..... More
Manchester. Manchester UP Manchester 2000-12, 2012. Maps and plans, 290pp, bibliography, index, very good paperback copy. Studies in Imperialism series. In the new world order mapped out by Japanese and Western imperialism in East Asia after the mid-nineteenth century opium wars, communities of merchants and settlers took root in China..... More
Heinemann. 1932. Reprint. 358pp, index, Bradford Library and Literary Society labels front pastedown, library markings on spine, head and tail of spine torn with a little loss, original cloth soiled, lower edge marked, contents clean and sound. A reading copy only. "The purpose of this book is to describe and..... 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
Vancouver. UBC Press. 2010. Maps, xxviii + 180pp, notes, appendix, bibliography, index. Very good copy. This work deals with the acquisition of arms and the tools of war necessary to maintain political and military power during the warlord era of 1916 to 1928. (When referring to this item please quote..... More
Honolulu. U Hawaii P Honolulu 1992, 1992. xi + 300pp, appendices.Very good hardback in dustjacket. Studies of the East Asian Institute. "Through the prism of educational circles in central Jiangsu province, Schoolhouse Politicians challenges assumptions about local elite conservatism by showing how actively politics were pursued in local municipalities well..... 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: Some..... 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
Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1928. 4 folding maps including Map of Shanghai showing Various Areas of Municipal Districts, folding chart, tables, xiii + 630pp, appendices, index, spine little darkened, gilt lettered upper cover and spine, lower corners bumped, light even browning endpapers, folding map at frontis creased, overall very..... 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
New York. Columbia University Press. 2001. xvi + 441pp, black and white photographic illustrations, index, appendices, bibliography, character list, spine showing slight fading, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Examines the radical changes in Chinese society during the first half of the twentieth century through the lens of the..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. (c.1948). ix + 299pp, index, bibliography, upper edges little marked, very good in little sunned and worn dustjacket. "Mr. Dirlik examines the application of the materialist conception of history to the analysis of Chinese history in a period when Marxist ideas first gained currency in..... More
Chicago. Daily Worker Publishing. 1926. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 267pp, appendices. Two closed tears title page, original wrappers worn and a little soiled, label on section of upper and lower cover. Text is sound and clean. Left wing view point on the changes taking place in China at..... More
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长春.[Changchun]. [长春市地方史志编纂委员会].[Changchun di fang shi zhi bian zuan wei yuan hui]. 1987 -1988. 3 volumes, Volume. 1: 193pp, Volume. 2: 144pp, Volume. 3: 185pp. All in original wrappers showing some soiling and light wear, neat library stamps on one leaf of volumes 2 & 3, overall a good set. Text..... More
Paris. Librairie Armand Colin. 1937. Maps, 210pp, original wrappers bound in modern blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine, some browning throughout as usual, occasional marginal pencilling, good copy. Text in French. Discusses Chinese civilisation and reconstruction. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 132719). More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1976. xi + 324pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, hardback, a good copy in dustjacket with little chipping and few small closed tears to edges, lightly foxed edges, name front endpaper. In this work the author seeks the social and political origins of the 1911 Revolution..... More
Honolulu. U Hawai'i P Honolulu 2000, 2000. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, x + 278pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket, 24 x 21cm. "Unlike past treatments of early twentieth-century China, which characterize the period as one of failure and decay, the contributors to this volume describe an exciting urban..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 2002. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, x + 278pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback, small square octavo, a very good copy. "In China today skyscrapers tower over ancient temples, freeways deliver lines of cars and tour buses to imperial palaces, cinema houses compete with..... More
New York. Knopf. 1990. xlviii + 336pp, bibliography, appendix, glossary, light browning endpapers and edge, inscription front free endpaper, spine a touch faded, a very good copy in dustjacket. "In his first collection of writings to be published in English, Fang Lizhi, the world-renowned astrophysicist and human rights activist, reveals..... More
Beijing: Foreign Language Press. 2003. xvii + 550pp, bibliography, notes, very good hardback copy. Part of the China Society for People's Friendship Studies (PFS) in cooperation with the Foreign Language Press (FLP) in Beijing series titled 'Light on China'. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165993). More
Canberra. Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University. March1979. Issue no.19 of the excellent scholarly journal Papers on Far Eastern History, a special issue on China's 1911 Revolution. Appendix, 228 pp, typescript in original wrappers. Spine and covers a little faded, but overall in very good condition. This issue..... More
Melbourne. Arcadia. 2001. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 298pp, index, bibliography, notes, spine lightly creased, good paperback copy. Signed by author. "In 1921 Edward Little was appointed by Prime Minister William Morris Hughes as Australian trade commissioner in China, based in Shanghai. His appointment was envisaged by Hughes..... More
Berkeley. UCP. 1977. xvii + 237pp, index, paperback, verso lower cover little browned and creased, occasional marking, otherwise a good copy. Looks at the transitional period of the Chinese Revolution, 1911-1919, with a particular focus on the identification of causes of the intellectual's rejection of liberalism and the rise of..... More
