Beijing. New World Press. 1990. Black and white illustrations, 489pp, timeline of important historical and literary events, light foxing and browning endpapers and reverse of dustjacket, occasional closed tears fore-edge, hardback, good. Translated from Chinese into English. 21 x 15cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 165655... More

Beijing. Shijie wenhua mingren jinian da hui. 1956. Over 40 pages with text in Chinese, English and German. Original wrappers a little browned, corners creased, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 137696. More

台北.(Taibei). 廣東文獻委員會. [Guang dong wen xian wei yuan hui]. 民国六十六年 1977. Broken run containing 16 issues from 7 volumes of this quarterly periodical, black and white illustrations, in original wrappers, few chips with minor loss on spines but generally very good, 26 x 18.8cm, text in traditional Chinese. 廣東文獻季刊. [Guangdong..... More

Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. 1981. viii + 276pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, dustjacket, a very good copy. The history and place in Chinese society of the huaben, or vernacular story, a rich and varied form of Chinese literature. When referring to this item please quote stockid 7139... More

. 237 + 4pp. Evenly browned throughout, some foxing and browning on covers. A sound copy. Text in traditional Chinese. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. Originally published in 重慶.[Chongqing] in the 1940s by 希望社.[Xi wang she] however this appears to be a later Hong Kong..... More

香港. (Hong Kong). 中華書局.[Zhonghua shu ju]. 1990. Black and white illustrations, 236pp, book dealer's stamp front free endpaper, spine little faded, otherwise very good in paperback. Text in traditional Chinese. 16.5 x 11.4cm. 杜甫 [Du Fu] (712 - 770) is regarded as one of the greatest Chinese poets. When referring..... More

United States. Stanford University Press. 2007. viii + 289pp, index, bibliography, notes, character list, some creasing corner of leaves, dustjacket a little sunned along extremity, otherwise very good hardback copy. "As China's centrally planned economy and welfare state have given way to a more loosely controlled version of "late socialism,"..... More

Sydney. Wild Peony Book Publishers Pty Ltd, [ 1994]. 149pp, bibliography, covers trifle worn, a very good paperback copy. A series of essays which document chronologically the changes that have occurred in the thematic concerns of post-Mao fiction. By examining the responses of Chinese authorities and readers, the author provides..... More

Berkeley. Uni of California. (circa 1976). Black and white illustrations, x + 355pp, appendix, bibliography, ex-library hardback with stamps and library stationary on endpapers, dustjacket. Text largely clean, a sound ex-library copy. "Lu Hsun (1881-1936) is the literary giant of modern China. Through years of study, in both China and..... More

Taiwan. [Unlisted]. [ 1986?]. xii + 365pp, index, ownership stamp front free-endpaper, paperback covers little soiled with small closed tear upper edge, endpapers foxed, Taiwanese reprint of a Princeton University publication, a very sound copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 143705. More

Hong Kong. Lung Men Bookstore. 1966. lviii + 465 + xxiiipp, few leaves carelessly opened, upper cover lifting, occasional light pencilling. Navy boards lettered in gilt, spine a little faded. A sound and generally clean copy. Quarto. First published in Beijing in 1948 with the "two distinctive aims, which are..... More

Durham. Duke University Press. 2000. Colour illustration, black and white illustrations, xiii + 380pp, index, selected bibliography, glossary, remainder mark lower edge, good hardback copy. An analysis of the Chinese experience of modernity through the literary works, films and other cultural artefacts that represent it. When referring to this item..... More

香港.[Hong Kong]. 遠東圖書公司.[Yuan dong tu shu gong si]. (circa 1965). 6 + 2 + 496pp, appendices, browning and foxing at places, a prior owner's signature and date front free endpaper, still good in hardback. Text in traditional Chinese. 20 x 15.2cm Chinese New Literature Movement as part of the New..... More