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

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

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

(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

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

Stanford University Press. 1936. xxxix + 192pp, bibliography, a prior owner's signature preliminary leaf, ex-library copy with perforated stamp title page and occasional other leaves, portion of library pocket upper pastedown, library numbers on spine, occasional light soiling and marking on cloth. Text generally very clean, sound secondhand copy. (When..... More

Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1958. Black and white plates, 237pp, index, endpapers little browned, dustjacket trifle worn and chipped. Plays included are: Snow in Midsummer; The Wife-Snatcher; The Butterfly Dream; Rescued by a Coquette; The Riverside Pavilion; The Jade Mirror-Stand; Lord Kuan Goes to the Feast; Death of the Winged-Tiger..... More

Beijing. Foreign Language Press. 1981. Colour illustrations, 236pp, hardback, ribbon placeholder, lightly marked dustjacket little chipped along lower edge, a good copy. Classic novel of modern China. Describes the life of a rickshaw boy who attempts to build a decent life for himself. (When referring to this item please quote..... More

Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1992. Translated by Nancy C. Ing and Chi Pang-yuan. xiii + 154pp, frontispiece, lower edge little marked, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 143872). More

Sydney. Angus and Robertson Ltd., (circa1970). Index, plates and illustrations mainly in colour, 80pp, hardback, dustjacket torn and foxed, 22.2 x 28.3cm. In this book, the long and facinating Chinese history is presented as a series of easy to read stories. The text was originally written for the author's 7..... More

London. Hodder & Stoughton. nd. [1920s.]. Red cloth covered boards, rubbed along the edges spine and corners, paper browned, yet a good firm copy. 320pp. 17.8 x 11cm. Louise Miln was an American author who travelled to China in the 1890s. She mostly wrote romances set in China, her books..... More