Nedlands. University of Western Australia. September1981. Black and white illustrations, 127pp, wrappers. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 140780). More

London. Jonathan Cape. 1971. Reprint. xi + 299pp, front free endpaper signed by previous owner, dustjacket rubbed and foxed on reverse. Good copy. Novel set in China. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 143861). More

Rutland, Vermont. Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1960. First edition. Duotone frontispiece with bold monotone line illustrations throughout 98pp, lower cover bottom edge and spine little faded with some foxing upper edge of leaves, prior owner's name half-title, slightly faded covers, some marking upper fore-edge, a good hardback copy. 23 x...... More

Edinburgh. Edinburgh U.P., 1973. x + 466pp, dustjacket little torn and patchily faded, neat signature upper edge of dustjacket. The purpose of this book is to introduce the English reader to two contiguous realms of Chinese literature, fiction in the colloquial language and the drama, ranging from the 13th century..... More

Philadelphia. The Westminster Press. 1926. Black & white frontispiece; 4 full page black and white photographic illustrations. Upper margin of frontispiece and title page show a small stain from a paper clip. Original blue watered silk cloth stamped in white with b/w pagoda photograph laid down on the front cover..... More

Peking. China Booksellers Ltd., 1926. 1st Edition. Black & white line illustrations throughout. 198pp and with the errata slip tipped-in on the final leaf. Yellow cloth covered boards decorated and lettered in brown, some light discolouration, spine slightly sunned and some light discolouration to edges but a remarkably fresh and..... More

New York. Norton. (circa2008). 416pp, hardback in dustjacket, very good, Novel based on the life of Chinese painter, Pan Yuliang. It aims to stay true to the broad strokes of Madame Pan's life as depicted in the few sources available but for the most part the characters, events and placed..... More

(Beijing): 作家出版社 Zuojia Chubanshe, 1956. 3 volumes. 640pp; 452pp; 647pp Volumes uniformly bound in attractive modern dark blue cloth with original wrappers bound in with the exception of the lower wrapper of volume I. All volumes titled on spine in silver Chinese characters. Foxed and browned throughout. This trilogy is..... More

London. Jonathan Cape. 1956. 249pp, upper corner little bumped, price clipped dustjacket. foxing on fore-edges, otherwise good in hardback. A story of 3rd B.C. ancient China in social turmoil and its first emperor Qin shi huang (259 B.C.-210 B.C.). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164556). More

臺北.[Taipei]. 聯經出版事業公司.[Lian jing chu ban shi ye gong si]. 2001. [Reprint]. 554pp, appendix, very good paperback copy. Text in traditional Chinese. Famous Chinese novelist, 高行健 [Gao Xingjian] (1940-) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000. The novel was first published in 1990. This copy is the 11th printing..... More

Beijing. Culture & Fine Arts Publishing House. 1999. xiv + 422pp, paperback, very good. Chpater titles include: 'Songs of the Self', 'Self-enclosure and Self-Absortion', 'Emotions and the Origin of Evil' and 'Weeping and Wailing'. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154174). More

Hong Kong. Chinese University Press. 1994. xx + 263pp, notes, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "This book is a collection of nine articles on various paradoxical aspects of traditional Chinese literature. The literary works chosen for analysis range from the Tang dynasty to the late Qing. Besides providing new..... More

Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1953. Map, frontispiece, xi + 126pp, dustjacket a little worn with a small tear, good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 149148). More