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, 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

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

Peiping. Yu Lien Press. 1935. Second Edition. Map, 3 black and white plates, 62pp, pictorial paper covered boards with maroon cloth spine. Spine a little worn, boards a little faded in places, very good copy. Text in English with a preface in Chinese. Published to raise funds for the Tsunhua..... 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

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

济南.[Jinan]. 山东画报出版社.[Shandong hua bao chu ban she]. 2002. Illustrated with reproductions of the European 19th century prints in black and white, 89pp, tipped in plate, minor wears on covers, otherwise very good hardback copy. Text in Chinese. 21.1 x 19.4cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170543)... 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

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

Toronto. McClelland & Stewart. 1996. 251pp, spine a little faded, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "In this, his highly accomplished first novel, John Fraser, the award-winning journalist and author, has penned a lively and satirical tale of politics and human fallibility in communist China and the capitalist West." -..... 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