New York. Coward McCann & Geoghegan. 1979. Maps, black and white illustrations, 248pp, index, list of Principal Dates in Sino-Western Relations, bibliography, index, very good copy in stained dustjacket although the staining really most visible on the reverse. Traces the fall of Shanghai to the Communists. "The takeover, when it..... More
China Society. 33pp, bibliography, notes, spiral binding with plastic covers, very good. 29.6 x 21.2cm. China Society Occasional Papers no. 26. It was a lecture given at a meeting of the China Society on March 20th, 1991. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170171). More
London. Cassell. 1974. 1st UK Edition. viii + 340pp, index, endpapers very lightly foxed, good copy in dustjacket. The author, the daughter of one of the great tea merchants of Shanghai, brings to life pre-WWII Shanghai. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 166708). More
New York. HarperCollins. 2000. Plans, black and white photographic plates and illustrations, xi + 318pp, index, 23.3 x 15.5cm. some wear extremities of dustjacket and mended nick lower edge extremities, insignificant marking on edge, good hardback copy in dustjacket. Traces the history of Shanghai from the 1840s to post revolution..... More
New York. International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations. 1944. Second Edition. viii + 143pp, index, a paperback ex-library copy with worn extremities. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 155691). More
Berkeley. The Speed Press. 2005. Colour and black and white illustrations, vii + 152pp, index, bibliography, good paperback copy with French flaps. 25.5 x 25.5cm. "It was within the sensual, cinematic setting of 1930s Shanghai that traditional Chinese fashion changed forever. Beverley Jackson explores the city that fostered radical cultural..... More
United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. 2011. Black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 192pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, hardback, very good. Thriving on its long-term collective memory of possessing futurity, the mega city of Shanghai on the Eastern seaboard of China is once more jockeying for the position as Asia's foremost..... More
Taipei. Ch'eng Wen Publishing. 1973. Only 6 illustrations were published in this edition (the 1st edition has 12). 2 title pages (1 facsimile of 1921 edition). In 2 parts. Continuous pagination ii + 504 + vpp. Green cloth covered boards and gilt lettered spine. Very good copy. A detailed study..... More
Hong Kong. Earnshaw Books. (circa2008). xiv + 114pp, glossary, hardback in dustjacket, very good. This wonderful book is written as the diary of a one-year-old baby in an American expat household in Shanghai in the early 1920s. The world of old Shanghai, the life of expats in Asia in those..... More
Hong Kong. Joint Publishing. 1984. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 239pp, index, paperback, some marking in ink in margins, otherwise sound and clean. Historical account of gangsters, crime (and the major events of) in Shanghai focusing on the first half of the 20th century. (When referring to this..... More
Hong Kong. Joint Publishing. 1983. Maps, colour and black and white illustrations, 143pp, index, paperback, extremities worn, a prior owners signature front free endpaper, author's name circled upper cover, a sound paperack copy in rubbed covers. Pre-1949 Shanghai - how it felt and how it looked. When referring to this..... More
No publication details. Facsimile. Folding colour map, folding panorama of the Bund in 1928, six other black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 336pp, index, bibliography, very occasional light spotting, a very good copy in dustjacket. Facsimile reprint of the 1928 Kelly & Walsh edition. A history of Shanghai, includes..... More
Hong Kong. Earnshaw Books. 2007. Black and white cartoon illustrations throughout, 160pp, dustjacket, very good hardback copy. A classic of old Shanghai, first published in 1937 and featuring a host of superb and rarely seen Sapajou cartoons. Lovingly reproduced with volumes 1 and 2 together and a foreword by China..... More
香港.Hong Kong. 中国通出版社. Old China Hand Press. 2003. Attractive colour illustrations throughout, 207pp, appendices, corners a little bumped, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Text in Chinese and English. 28.8 x 25.3cm. Topics include currencies and credit institutions of ancient China; early native banks in Shanghai; foreign-funded banks in Shanghai;..... More
United States: University of California Press, 1978. Endpaper maps, xiv + 249pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket worn with few minor closed tears and one with some loss, spine sunned, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 143874). More
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上海.[Shanghai]. 上海人民美術出版社.[Shanghai ren min mei shu chuban she]. 2008. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Text translated from Chinese into English. Two folding maps in colour, profusely illustrated with photographic illustrations in colour and black and white, folding photographic poster "150 Years of ups and downs of the Bund" loosely inserted showing..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 2007. xiii + 305pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Rich with details of everyday life, this multifaceted social and cultural history of China's leading metropolis in the twentieth century offers a kaleidoscopic view of Shanghai as the major site of..... More
Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press. 2006. Maps, xxx + 295pp, notes, bibliography, index, few faint marks on edge, very good paperback copy. Even before the romanticised golden era of Shanghai in the 1930s, the famed Asian city was remarkable for its uniqueness and East-meets-West cosmopolitanism. In Shanghai and the Edges..... More
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上海.[Shanghai]. 上海书画出版社.[Shanghai shu hua chu ban she]. 2010. Profuse illustrations some in colour, 155pp, editor's signature and chop title page, endpapers little foxed, spine little faded, very clean internally. Text in Chinese and English. 28.4 x 21.1cm. "Most pictures in this collection are selected from various postcards of sceneries and..... More
