Beijing: Foreign Language Press. 1959. Black and white illustrations, ix + 205pp, spine a little creased, good paperback copy with corners a little rubbed. 18.5 x 13cm. "For many centuries the Chinese people were exploited and oppressed by feudal rulers and with the coming of imperialists to China, their suffering..... More
London. Collins. 1941. 1st Edition. Original green cloth covered boards -spine lettered in gilt and sunned slightly. 380pp. Previous ownership oval indigo stamp of E. L. Corliss, on the endpapers and pastedowns. Very good copy in a very good dust wrapper with a little darkening on the spine, one small..... More
![散文选.第四册. [San wen xuan. Di si ce]. [Selected Prose. Vol.4]. BEIJING UNIVERSITY,...](/pictures/thumb/174296.jpg?v=1640178165)
上海.[Shanghai]. 上海教育出版社.[Shanghai jiao yu chu ban she]. 1979. Volume 4 only (of 4), 460pp. Paperback, some even browning in text, spine lightly browned. Good copy. Text in Chinese. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. When referring to this item please quote stockid 174296... More
Nedlands. University of Western Australia. September 1981. Black and white illustrations, 127pp, wrappers. When referring to this item please quote stockid 140780. More
London. Telegram. 2007. 126 pages, glossary, very good paperback copy. "In a fit of jealousy, Xiao Yanqiu, star of "The Moon Opera", disfigures her understudy with boiling water. Spurned by the troupe, she turns to teaching. Twenty years later, "The Moon Opera" is restaged, under the patronage of a rich..... More
![櫻花和友誼. [Ying hua he you yi]. [Cherry Blossoms and Friendship]. XIN BING,...](/pictures/thumb/169279.jpg?v=1640174578)
香港. (Hong Kong). 香港朝陽出版社.[Xianggang zhao yang chu ban she]. 1973. Black and white portrait of the author front free endpaper, 110pp, in paperback, as new. Text in traditional Chinese. 18.4 x 13cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 169279. 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
London. Methuen. 1949. Second edition. 392pp, some light foxing, dustjacket torn with a little loss, still a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 168634. 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
London. Pan Books. 1963. 191pp, tape damage upper and lower endpapers, margins of leaves browned, prior owner's signature on front free endpaper, extremities a little rubbed, sound paperback copy. 18 x 11cm. "It was a face not beautiful but passionate and good. One would say, here is a quick-tempered woman..... 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
London. Cape. 1987. 189pp, some light browning, Review copy with review stamp on front free endpaper marked out in a black marker. Dustjacket,. Fiction set in Szechuan during the 1920s it tells a story of an expedition in search of the rare and reclusive Giant Panda. When referring to this..... More
![文学概论. [Wen xue gai lun]. [Introduction to Literature]. YI CAI, 蔡仪...](/pictures/thumb/173851.jpg?v=1640178158)
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
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
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
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
Burwood, Sydney: The F. J. Thwaites Publishing Co., ( 1937.). 294pp, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, cloth a little stained and lightly sunned on the spine, still a sound secondhand copy in original red cloth boards. South Australian author Charles Cooper, a veteran of Gallipoli, wrote for The Bulletin..... 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
![長短錄. [Chang duan lu]. [The Long and the Short]. TUO DENG, WU HAN,...](/pictures/thumb/174268.jpg?v=1640178165)
香港.[Hong Kong]. 存真印書館.[Cun zhen yin shu guan]. 1966. 1st Edition. 159pp, contents little browned, spine little faded. Good in card covers. Selections of from the newspaper column 長短錄 [The Long and the Short] of People's Daily. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. When referring to this..... More
![邓拓散文. [Deng Tuo san wen]. [Essays of Deng Tuo]. TUO DENG, 邓拓](/pictures/thumb/173853.jpg?v=1640178158)
[北京].[Beijing]. 人民日报出版社.[Ren min ren bao chu ban she]. 1980. Inscribed to Professor Ryckmans by Timothy Cheek, 199pp. Some patchy browning paperback covers. Good copy. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173853. More
![西林獨幕劇集. [Xilin du mu ju ji]. [A Collection of Ding Xilin's One-Act Plays]. XILIN...](/pictures/thumb/169708.jpg?v=1640174584)
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
![1979-1980 中篇小说选. 第二辑. [1979-1980 zhong pian xiao shuo xuan. Di er ji]....](/pictures/thumb/173848.jpg?v=1640178158)
北京.[Beijing]. 人民文学出版社. [Ren min wen xue chu ban she]. 1981. 571pp, very light wear and soiling paperback covers. Richard Rigby's signature and chop on title page. Good copy. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173848... 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
![莎士比亚画册. [Shashibiya hua ce]. [Album of Portrait Paintings of Shakespeare's...](/pictures/thumb/170543.jpg?v=1640174592)
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
