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

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

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, 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 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 & 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, 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

Macdonald London 1967, 1962. Black and white illustrations, xi + 224pp, index, ownership details of prior owner's front free endpaper, little foxing to first and last leaves and edges, dustjacket little damaged with neat repairs on the reverse, a good hardback copy. Foreign correspondent's experiences in revolutionary China. (When referring..... 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

Berkeley. University of California Press. 1989. Plan, black and white photographic illustrations, 364pp, dustjacket and endpaper glue remnants from when they were stuck together, dustjacket cover patchily sunned, ex-library copy. Winner of The Joseph Levenson Prize, AAS this book was described by John K. Fairbank in The China Quarterly as..... More

Beijing. Beijing Yanshan Publishing House. 1990. Maps, plans, profuse colour photographic illustrations, 181pp, list of museums in Beijing, a brief Beijing chronology, front free endpaper creased, chop at foot of titlepage, very good copy in slightly worn dustjacket. Text in English and Chinese. Art and architecture from Beijing from the..... More