Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 1987. Reprint. Introduction written for this edition by Geremié Barme. Maps, black and white illustrations, 382pp. This reprint doesn't include two of the maps in the first edition, but is otherwise a facsimile of the first edition. Very good hardback copy in dustjacket. An attractive..... More

北京.[Beijing]. 北京出版社.[Beijing chun ban she]. 2007. 1st edition. Profuse photographic illustrations mainly in colour, 205pp, appendices, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Text in Chinese and English. 31.7 x 30.9cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172570. 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 fore edge. rubbed on extremities, slight creasing upper cover, a good secondhand copy. Contents include: The Meeting; Half Moon Village; Growing Up; Family..... 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

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, 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

Beijing. Panda Books. 1982. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 141pp, 12mo, a good copy in paperback. These folk-tales by Jin Shoushen, an old manchu gentleman living in Beijing, were based on the tales told by generations of Beijing story-tellers. First published by the Beijing Publishing House in 1957. When..... More

London. Elek. 1961. Essay on the Art of Peking by Peter C. Swann. Maps, diagrams, colour and black and white illustrations, 227pp, appendices, bibliographical guide, index, endpapers and edges trifle browned, , dustjacket worn and chipped, good hardback copy otherwise. The history and art of Peking. When referring to this..... 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

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

[Beijing]. 中国书局.[Zhongguo shu ju]. 2008. Illustrated in colour and black white with reproductions of old postcards dated from the mid 19th century Beijing, 255pp, a prior owner's signature and chop title page, spine lightly sunned, very good in paperback. Text in Chinese and English. 28 x 21.1cm. When referring to..... More