Christchurch. Caxton Press. 1960. Black and white photographic plates, 112pp, paperback, lower section of text damp stained. Wrappers a little browned and stained. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 97994). More about An Engineer in China
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1996. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxvii + 740pp, index, bibliographies, large octavo hardback, slight wear to dustjacket, now protected, bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, a very good copy. Volume 6. Part III of Science and Civilisation in China contains two separate works. The... More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume VI: Biology and Biological Technology. Part 3:...
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[长沙].[Changsha]. 湖南人民出版社.[Hunan ren min chu ban she]. 1978. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. Black and white line illustrations, 318pp, appendices, chop and signature of a previous owner title page. Light occasional foxing mainly on fore-edge, wrappers trifle chipped and worn, some marking in red ink first chapter otherwise clean, paperback. Text... More about 晶体管收音机与业余修理. [Jing ti guan shou yin ji yu ye yu xiuli]. [Transistor Radio...
Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1996. xii + 370pp, index, bibliography, notes, paperback, little creasing to upper cover, corners bumped, signature half-title, still a good to very good, internally clean copy. "When in 1989 Chinese astrophysicist Fang Lizhi sought asylum for months in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, later escaping... More about Science & Dissent in Post-Mao China: The Politics of Knowledge
Armonk. Sharpe. 1995. Map, figures and tables, xi + 208pp, notes, bibliography, index, very good hardback copy. Chapters include: Bureaucratic Politics and the Chinese Automobile Industry; China's Automotive History and Policy Development, 1949-1993; Automotive Political Structures and Individual Leaders; Beijing Jeep's Bumpy Road; Shanghai Volswagen: Success through Foresight and Local... More about China's Automobile Industry. Policies, Problems, and Prospects
Osaka. Kansai University Press. 1995. Maps, black and white line illustrations, xiii + 568pp, appendix, index, a very good paperback copy in slightly faded dustjacket. Includes: An Overview of the History of Chinese Science in the Ming-Qing Period - Du Shiran and Han Qi; Some Indices of the Rise of... More about East Asian Science: Tradition and Beyond. Papers from the Seventh International Converence on the...
Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publishers Group. 1992. xiv + 276pp, index, notes, paperback, some wear to covers, sunning to spine and spine area, name half-title, good copy. A collection of papers on philosophy of science, conceptual history of science, and sociology of science written by Taiwanese scholars. Some of the essays... More about Philosophy and Conceptual History of Science in Taiwan
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1988. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxxiv + 520pp, index, bibliographies, glossary, large octavo hardback, little wear to dustjacket, now protected, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good copy. This study, the first of two parts which will give a comprehensive account of Chinese... More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part 9: Textile...
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1999. Reprint. Maps, black and white line illustrations, xxvii + 724pp, index, bibliographies, large octavo hardback, slight wear to dustjacket, now protected, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good copy. This second part of the sixth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is the... More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume VI: Biology and Biological Technology. Part 2: Agriculture
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 2004. Black and white line illustrations, li + 283pp, index, bibliographies, appendix, large octavo hardback, light wear to dustjacket, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good copy. It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China series... More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume VII. Part 2: General Conclusions and Reflections
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1989. Reprint. Maps, black and white line illustrations, xxxii + 718pp, index, bibliographies, dustjacket trifle worn, now protected, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy. The sixth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth and fifth, is subdivided into parts... More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume VI. Biology and Biological Technology. Part 1: Botany
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1975. Reprint. Maps (2 folding), black and white photographic illustrations, xxxviii + 319pp, index, bibliographies, light extremities wear to dustjacket, now protected, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy. Dr Joseph Needham's account of the Chinese achievement in science and technology will... More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume I: Introductory Orientations
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1975. Reprint. Maps, one folding, many illustrations, one folding diagram, xlvii + 877pp, bibliography, index, errata to vols 1 & 2, light foxing edges, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160188). More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume III. Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and...
London. Cambridge University Press. 1971. 3 folding maps, black and white plates, lvii + 931pp, bibliography, index, quarto, protected dustjacket, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, some feint foxing upper edge, a very good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160183). More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume IV. Physics and Physical Technology. Part 3: Civil...
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1971. Black and white photographic plates, drawings and sketches, lv + 759pp, bibliographies, index, protected dustjacket, foxed edges and occasionally throughout, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160184). More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume IV: Physics and Physical Technology. Part 2: Mechanical...
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1962. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxxiv + 443pp, index, bibliographies, light wear to dustjacket, now protected, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, very good hardback copy. Dr Needham's fourth volume traces the development of physics and physical technology in ancient and medieval China. It is... More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume IV: Physics and Physical Technology. Part 1: Physics
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1974. Profusely illustrated with photographic plates, drawings and sketches, xxxii + 510pp, bibliographies, index, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy in protected dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160195). More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume V. Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part 2:...
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1980. Many black and white illustrations, xlviii + 772pp, bibliographies, index, protected dustjacket, light foxing edges, few stained spots preliminaries, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a good hardback copy. Taiwanese reprint of the Cambridge publication of 1976. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160186). More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part 4:...
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1976. Black and white photographic plates, xxxv + 481pp, index, bibliographies, large octavo hardback, light wear to dustjacket, now protected, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy. The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts... More about Science and Civilisation in China. Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part 3:...
Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1989. xv + 461pp, index, notes, paperback, some wear to covers, edges foxed, name front endpaper, a good copy. Harvard Contemporary China Series. Contents cover: historical precedents, reorganization of science and technology, application of the science and technology reforms, and technology transfer. (When referring to this... More about Science and Technology in Post-Mao China
Peking. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. 1974. Colour photographic illustrations, approximately 30pp (unpaginated), oblong octavo, paper wrappers trifle marked, otherwise good, clean copy, in protective sleeve. Trade exhibition booklet showing the various industries of China, including agriculture, textiles, food, handicrafts, heavy industry and science and technology. (When... More about Chinese Exhibition
New York. Hoover Institution and Praeger. 1965. 4 folding tables in rear pocket, 334pp, minor mark front free endpaper where a price sticker has been removed, light wear cloth. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 55963). More about The Steel Industry in Communist China
New York. M.E. Sharpe, 1982. xxvii + 225pp, hardback, inscribed by one of the authors, corners rubbed and bumped, edges trifle foxed, a good copy. Discusses science and science policy in China. Chapter titles include: How Has Science Emerged and Developed; The Condition of Science in Our Country in the... More about Science and Socialist Construction in China
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北京. [Beijing]. 科学出版社.[Ke xue chu ban she]. 1978. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Colour plate titled 大气构造图 "The Image of Atmosphere Structure", black and white line illustrations throughout, 113pp. A book review by prior owner about a book on Maxim Gorky title page shows his/her advanced revolutionary thoughts. Signature of a.... More about 飞行的科学. [Fei xing de ke xue]. [The Science of Flight
![養鷄學. [Yang ji xue]. [The Study of Chicken Farming]. XUEJIA ZHENG, 鄭學稼](/pictures/thumb/160718.jpg?v=1525830325)
[上海].[Shanghai]. 世界書局.[Shi jie shu ju]. Minguo371948. 5th edition. Black and white line illustrations, 114pp, trifle light stain on upper cover,light browning on edges, otherwise very good in paperback. Text in traditional Chinese. 18 x 12.7cm. Useful reference for scientifically raising, breeding and managing chicken farms. (When referring to this item... More about 養鷄學. [Yang ji xue]. [The Study of Chicken Farming
