Canberra. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, 1982. Black and white map, 30pp, notes on pronunciation, some pages carelessly cut, paperback in good condition with slight sunning on spine and insignificant marks on the cover, a few leaves carelessly trimmed. 15 x 21cm. Good copy. A Guide to Peking published..... More
London. Allen Lane. 2008. Maps, black and white photographic plates, viii + 370pp, bibliography, notes, index, dustjacket little creased at foot of spine, very good hardback copy. The great city of Beijing, capital of China from the ninth century, and given its form for five hundred years by the Ming..... More
Hong Kong. Oxford University. 1982. Reprint. 7 folding maps & plans (one in colour), 29 black and white photographic plates, xvi + 571pp, appendices, index, hardback, dustjacket, 22 x 15cm, very light browning edges, a good copy. First published in 1919. Bredon spent most of her life in Peking was..... More
Beijing: Foreign Language and Teaching Press. 2008. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 346, some sections of text translated to Chinese, good paperback copy with French flaps, A classic account, reprint. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170312). More
Shanghai. Kelly & Walsh. 1922. Second edition revised and enlarged. 6 folding maps & plans, black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 523pp, appendices, index, delightfully bound in bright orange silk covered boards, final folding map trifle browned on margins with some separation at folds in one or two places..... More
Belmont. Thomson. 2002. Second Edition. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 200, index, bibliography, glossary, prior owner's name partially blocked out with black marker on foredge. rubbed on extremities, slight creasing upper cover, a good secondhand copy. Contents include: The Meeting; Half Moon Village; Growing Up; Family Relations..... More
![The Three Wheeled Bicycles of Beijing. 北京的三轮车. [Beijing de san lun che]. THOMAS DEIGHTON](/pictures/thumb/163380.jpg?v=1589887844)
No place of publication. No details of publisher. (circa2010). Photographic illustrations in colour, 61pp, front free endpaper and upper pastedown little rubbed, good. Text in Chinese and English. 16.1 x 24.6cm. Snapshots of life on the streets of Beijing with three wheeled bicycles highlighted. Photographs by Thomas Deighton, Murray Edwards..... More
Berkeley. University of Cairo. 2003. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxiii + 380pp, index, bibliography, notes, dustjacket spine a little sunned, good hardback copy. "Old Beijing has become a subject of growing fascination in China's capital since the 1980s. While physical remnants from the past are being bulldozed every..... More
Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 1997. Black and white illustrations, biography, ix + 302pp, spine a little faded, a very good paperback copy. This collection of quotations, quips, anecdotes and descriptions conveys the spirit, atmosphere, society, art, and architecture of Beijing from the 14th century to the end of the..... More
New York. Doran. 1921). Maps & tables, illustrations, xxiii + 538pp, index, endpapers foxed, neat inscription front free endpaper. Dark green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine faded, head 7 tail of spine and extremities a little rubbed and worn, inner hinges split, text sound and clean. 22 x...... More
New York. Doran. 1921). Maps & tables, illustrations, xxiii + 538pp, index, endpapers foxed, neat inscription front free endpaper. Dark green cloth covered boards, spine slightly faded with gilt lettering, extremities a little rubbed and worn, text sound and clean. This important social survey of Peking assesses many factors including..... More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1945. Reprint. Colour frontispiece by Chiang Yee, 176pp, portions of dustjacket laid down front free endpaper, spine faded, neat date handwritten on front free endpaper. Novel by the author of Brave New China, Portrait of a Chinese Lady and Two Gentlemen of China. (When referring to..... More
London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1944. [Reprint]. Colour frontispiece by Chiang Yee, 175pp, neat signature and date of a prior owner slightly creased front free endpaper, binding patchily faded, upper cover a little marked. Good copy. Novel by the author of Brave New China, Portrait of a Chinese Lady and Two..... More
London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1944. [Reprint]. Colour frontispiece by Chiang Yee, 175pp, carelessly opened pages have left 2 leaves torn at lower corners, binding patchily faded, gilt lettering upper cover, hardback, contents clean and sound. Novel by the author of Brave New China, Portrait of a Chinese Lady and Two..... More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1945. Reprint. Colour frontispiece by Chiang Yee, 176pp, good copy in original cloth. Novel by the author of Brave New China, Portrait of a Chinese Lady and Two Gentlemen of China. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 140164). More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1956. Maps, black and white photographic illustations, 122pp, index, first and last leaves and edges browned, card covers with worn dustjacket, contents clean and sound. Good copy. Discusses the geography and history of Peking, places of interest and ancient monuments, municipal construction, culture and education, industry..... More
Peking. Foreign Languages Press. 1956. Maps, black and white photographic illustations, 122pp, index, chop at foot of titlepage, endpapers heavily browned. Neat archival tape repair along spine and upper hinge, some small staple holes in upper covers, card covers in slightly soiled dustjacket. Contents very good and clean. Discusses the..... More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1983. Black and white line illustrations, xxii + 239pp + 252pp, index, errata, endpapers slightly foxed, good hardback copy. Volumes I & II of The Adventures of Wu are an entrancing narrative of daily life in Peking, China. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
London. Robert Hale Limited. 1958. Black and white photographic plates, 190pp, appendix, glossary, index, dustjacket worn along extremities, a good hardback copy. Eye-witness account of life in Peking in the period 1950 - 1953 where the author lived while accompanying her British foreign service husband. Peter Lum brings to the..... More
Macdonald. 1962. Black and white illustrations, xi + 224pp, index, little foxing to first & last leaves, dustjacket extremities slightly worn, a good hardback copy. Foreign correspondent's experiences in revolutionary China. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 155995). More
San Diego. Thunder Bay Press. 2007. Black and white historical images face modern colour photographic images of the same view, 144pp, index, very good copy in dustjacket. 25 x 28cm. Explore the unique city of Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. Regarded as a political, educational, and..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1979. ix + 129pp, very good hardback in worn dustjacket. Biography. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 151619). More
Peking. China Booksellers, Ltd., 1927. 1st Edition. Map of Peking, numerous black & white photographicplates and black & white head and tail pieces. xviii + 135pp and errata. Red cloth covered boards decorated and lettered in black, a tiny minor dent to spine edge and endpapers browned, otherwise an extremely..... More
Beijing: Foreign Language Press. 2006. Second printing. Black and white photographic illustrations, 223pp, editor's note, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Contents include: Houses in the City; Signs and Signboards; The Missing Couplet; Passion for Paintings. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170316). More
Beijing: Foreign Language Press. 2001. First edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 223pp, editor's note, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Contents include: Houses in the City; Signs and Signboards; The Missing Couplet; Passion for Paintings. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 168427). More
