Nedlands. University of Western Australia. September 1981. 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, now protected, overall a good copy. Novel set in China. When referring to this item please quote stockid 143861. More

New York. John Day. 1956. 1st Edition. 346pp, prior owner's signature upper and lower leaves, endpapers browned pages, red cloth boards rubbed on extremities, otherwise a good copy. This fictionalised account of the life of Tzu Hsi (also known as Ci-xi) is the story of the last Empress in China..... 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

北京.[Beijing]. 人民文学出版社. [Ren min wen xue chu ban she]. 1979. 167pp, some browing particularly on spine. Good paperback copy. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173851. More

Beijing. Foreign Languages Press. 1957. Black and white photographic illustrations, 85pp,light rubbing and bumps on extremities, good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 171603. More

Sydney. Angus & Robertson. 1953. Endpaper maps, xvii + 320pp, brown stain in gutter of first 25 leaves, still a good secondhand copy in lightly worn red cloth covers. Novel, by well known Australian authors, set in the 19 years following the fall of the Ming Dynasty in 1644, it..... More

London. Oriental Translation Fund. 1829. 1st thus. 2 volumes. Volume I: black & white frontispiece "Fac-simile of the Title-Page to Haoukewchuen, or the Fortunate Union". A further page with borders decorated and printed in blue announce: Oriental Translation Fund Instituted 1828 under the patronage of His Most Gracious Majesty George..... More

香港.[Hong Kong]. 學林書店.[Xue lin shu dian]. No date circa 1970s. 149pp, occasional very light foxing covers, very good, paperback. Text in traditional Chinese. 17.3 x 12.4cm. Includes seven one-act plays written by Ding Xilin, Chinese play writer and physician. When referring to this item please quote stockid 169708... More

New York. Norton. (circa 2008). 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..... More

(Beijing). 文學古籍刊行社　Wen Xue Gu Ji Kan Xing She, 1955. 2 volumes. Volume 1. 790 pg. Volume 2. 830 page. Hardback. Some wear to extremities but otherwise a good sound and clean copy. In comparison with Feng's other works, "Gu Jin Tan Gai" is less literary but rather it is characterized..... More

上海.[Shanghai]. 上海人民美術出版社.[Shanghai ren min mei shu chuban she]. (circa 2014). 100 black and white illustrations accompanied by a short text left/right section of each page, small chips lower cover, light creasing upper cover, otherwise very good in wrappers. Text in Chinese. 10.4 x 14.2cm. When referring to this item please..... More

G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1916. 1st edition. Coloured frontispiece by Modest Stein, with tissue guard. vi + 447pp plus 4 pages of bookseller adverts. Original yellow cloth covered boards lettered and decorated in black, cloth slightly marked and a prior owner name on the front free endpaper, corners bumped but..... More