Berkeley. University of California Press. 1998. Maps, black and white line illustrations, xxv + 320pp, notes, bibliography, glossary and index, edges slightly foxed, small label mark front dustjacket, but a very good hardback copy. "The Confusions of Pleasure marks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history..... More
London. Robinsons. 2010. Maps, xiv + 274 pages, index, notes, bibliography, chronology, paperback. Very good copy. "His grandfather was the Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed from childhood for a position of authority, Khubilai snatched the position of Great Khan, becoming the overlord of a Mongol..... More
Durham. Duke University Press. 1996. Colour and black and white illustrations, 240pp, references, bibliography, index, few tiny marks spine, very good hardback copy. "Gardens are sites that can be at one and the same time admired works of art and valuable pieces of real estate. As the first account in..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1982. Maps, 315pp, index, notes, bibliography, character list. Edges foxed, boards trifle shelf worn, dustjacket worn and marked with small closed tear upper cover, otherwise a good copy. "A history of the very late Yuan and early Ming period, a time of momentous changes in Chinese..... More
Kuala Lumpur. University of Malaya Press. 1968. xxv + 347pp, indices, endpapers lightly browned, some light fading and soiling dustjacket but generally a very good copy. 26 x 17.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 5914. More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 1987. xxi + 336pp, index, glossary, bibliography, dustjacket trifle shelf worn, edges trifle foxed, a very good hardback copy. "This book presents a compelling account of the many different schools of Ming Confucianism and the lives and teachings of representative thinkers and scholars, all organised..... More
New York. Columbia University Press. 1969. 285pp, index, glossary, notes, appendices, some fading to dustjacket spine, wear and few small tears to clipped dustjacket, edges lightly foxed, name front endpaper, internally clean, good hardback copy overall. Essays on seven aspects of government during the Ming Dynasty. Titles include: Ming Local..... More
Shanghai. Huadong renmin chubanshe [East China People's Publishing], 1954. 1st Edition. Map, 2 + 58 pp, original wrappers trifle browned, a very good copy. A detailed account of the attack by Wala (one of the Mongolian clans) on China and China's counter-attack in the mid-15th century. Text in Chinese. When..... More
Albany. State Univ NY Press. 1998. Black and white illustrations, xvi + 205pp, index, notes, glossary, works cited, very good hardback copy. SUNY Series in Chinese Local Studies. "This book presents a wealth of historical, ritual, and musical data preserved in authentic Ming documents, describing ritual and musical structures, thoughts..... More
Albany. State Univ NY Press. 1998. Black and white illustrations, xvi + 205pp, index, notes, glossary, works cited, very good paperback copy. SUNY Series in Chinese Local Studies. "This book presents a wealth of historical, ritual, and musical data preserved in authentic Ming documents, describing ritual and musical structures, thoughts..... More
New York. Oxford University Press. 1991. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic and colour illustrations, 69pp, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index, spine trifle sunned, otherwise a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168452. More
China. Oxford University Press (China) Ltd., 1991. Endpaper maps, colour and black and white illustration, viii + 69pp, index, bibliography, appendix, glossary, good hardback copy with very slightly browned spine. 22.5 x 15cm. "Few visit Beijing without going to the Ming Tombs, the burial grounds of the Ming dynasty who..... More
United States. University of California Press. 2009. Maps, xv + 405pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, abbreviations, very hardback copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168063. More
Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California. 1980. Plan laid down on one leaf, 210pp, paperback, covers worn with some minor loss at lower corner and joint. A sound secondhand copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 133669. More
Berkeley. University of California. 1980. Map, viii + 210pp, appendices, glossary-index, spine a touch sunned, a good paperback copy. China Research Monograph 17 IEAS. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168178. More