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
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
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
London. Routledge. 2006. xiv + 200pp, index, very good hardback copy. Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia. This is an in-depth account of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, a uniquely cosmopolitan institution established in the wake of China's defeat in the Opium Wars (1842 to 43), 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
Ithaca. Cornell University Press. 2002. Maps, 217pp, bibliography, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. James H. Carter outlines the birth of Chinese nationalism in an unlikely setting: the international city of Harbin. Planned and built by Russian railway engineers, the city rose quickly from the Manchurian plain, changing from..... 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
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
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
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
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
Oxford University Press, 1986. Reprint. With an introduction by H.J. Lethbridge. Folding maps and plans, xviii + 390 + index, paperback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 162754. 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
United Kingdom. Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd., 1992. Black and white line illustrations, xii + 251pp, bibliography, index, very good copy in lightly faded dustjacket. "The first systematic study of a topic which cuts straight through the heart of many aspects of intellectual life in modern China and has hitherto..... 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..... More
London. Macmillan. 1946. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic plates, vi + 216pp. Few preliminary leaves lightly foxed, pages 213-216 upper portion foxed, boards little worn near spine, dustjacket worn with tail of spine cellotaped, otherwise a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 166685... More
New York. Chinese Studies Press. 1937. 1st Edition. Numerous pen & ink drawings by Arthur G. Learned. 143pp. Original yellow cloth covered boards lettered in black. Hand lettered author name on the spine. The author offers glimpses of China's secret soul as he recounts some of her alluring legends and..... 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..... 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
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
Shanghai. Kelly & Walsh, Limited. 1931. 6 full-page photographic illustrations, fold-out table. Brown cloth spine with some closed splits at the hinges and fraying with a little loss at the head & tail. Pp185. 22.8 x 14.8cm. Some browning to endpapers and two minor insect holes to inner hinges else..... More
Canberra. Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University. March 1979. 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..... More
