[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

北京. [Beijing]. 科学出版社.[Ke xue chu ban she]. 1976. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Black and white line diagrams throughout, 234pp, signature and chop of prior owner with dates (May 1976) title page, stamp of a local Xinhua Bookstore lower cover. Occasional soiling on covers, a a little minor shelf wear, very..... More

Shanghai. Shanghai Chinese Classics Publishing House. 1982. Maps, decorative endpapers, frontispiece, colour and black and white photographic plates, viii + 835pp, bibliography, index, minor extremities wear to hardback covers, edges a trifle foxed, a good copy in lightly worn and sunned dustjacket. 19.5 x 26.5cm. Collection of papers compiled in..... More

Taipei. Taiwanese Reprint. 1961. Reprint. Maps (2 folding), black and white photographic illustrations, xxxviii + 319pp, index, bibliographies, some light browning and foxing but generally clean, dustjacket browned on reverse. Good secondhand copy. 25.5 x 18.3cm. Dr Joseph Needham's account of the Chinese achievement in science and technology will stand..... More

Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1989. Reprint. Maps, black and white line illustrations, xxxii + 718pp, index, bibliographies, dustjacket, 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 for ease of presentation..... More

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. 25 x 19cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160184). More

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..... More

Cambridge. Cambridge Uni Press. (c.1984). Reprint. 5 volumes in paperback. Volume I: Volumes I and II of the Major Series. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, tables, xi + 326pp, bibliography, index. Volume II: Volume III and a Section of Volume IV, Part I of the Major Series. ix +..... More

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

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

[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