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Jenkins, Peter
ACROSS CHINA
DJ price clipped; A journey "deep intoTibet, to Mount Everest, and across China from the windswept plains of Mongolia to a forbidden fishing village south of Shanghai"; Color Photographs; 8vo; 351 pages
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Welsh, Frank
A BORROWED PLACE The History of Hong Kong
B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 624 pages
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McDonald, Angus
THE FIVE FOOT ROAD In Search of a Vanished China
DJ a bit sunned; In 1894, Australian George Morrison travelled from Shanghai, across central China, and into Burma. One hundred years on, Australian Angus McDonald retraces his steps; Color Photographs; 8vo; 192 pages
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Curtis, Lionel
THE CAPITAL QUESTION OF CHINA
Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Moderate foxing throughout; Four fold-out maps. Historical with a focus on trade; 8vo; 322 pages
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Destenay, Anne L.
NAGEL'S ENCYCLOPEDIA-GUIDE CHINA
Slight shelfwear to DJ; 14 colored maps or plans, 92 in black and white, and a 25-page atlas; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 1504 pages
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Theroux, Paul
RIDING THE IRON ROOSTER By Train through China
DJ with light shelfwear; 8vo; 480 pages
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Yu Ning
CREAM OF JIUZHAIGOU VALLEY AND HUANGLONG IN FOUR SEASONS
Many lovely photos of the Jiuzhaigou valley region; Color Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 84 pages
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[Thos. Cook & Son]
PEKING North China, South Manchuria and Korea
Minor rubbing to extremities. Endpapers and front map browned and brittle; Three fold-out maps printed on japon paper ; B&W Photographs; 16mo 7" - 7½" tall; 161, xxii pages
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[Thos. Cook & Son]
COOK'S HANDBOOK OF STEAMSHIP ROUTES FROM THE FAR EAST
Boards a bit darkened. Small stamp on first blank page. Marginal wear and darkening to a few pages. Bottom margin very narrow (binding error? ) with a few cut off texts; A steamship timetable. Including a japanese hotel booklet bound-in - a small travel guide to Tokyo with b&w photographs. Also includes "Information for Travellers Landing in Japan" with numerous beautiful b&w illustrations. Nd [1920's]; 8vo
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Fielde, Adele M.
PAGODA SHADOWS Studies from Life in China
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Light spotting to back boards. Very light foxing to endpapers. Former owner's name on front free endpaper ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 285 pages
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Wilson, Earnst Henry
A NATURALIST IN WESTERN CHINA: WITH VASCULUM, CAMERA AND GUN Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel, Exploration and Observation in the More Remote Parts of the Flowery Kingdom
Minute tears to top spine. Light rubbing and darkening to extremities; In two volumes, 101 b&w illustrations from photographs and one folding map at rear. In original blind-stamped red cloth with gilt spine lettering; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 251 & 229 pages
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Topping, Audrey
DAWN WAKES IN THE EAST
Light edgewear and small chip to DJ. Bookplate. ; The author "returned to the mainland China of her girlhood, covering more than twelve thousand miles and seventeen cities with her cameras and notebooks." The book "is a glowing photographic ecord of the Old China she revisited, the New China she discovered." ; Color Photographs; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 162 pages
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Etherton, P. T. ; Tiltman, H. Henssell
MANCHURIA The Cockpit of Asia
Boards with minor rubbing to extremitites. Light foxing to edges and occasionally on pages ; 17 b&w photos and 1 map. The book is focusing on the industrial and economic importance of Manchuria after the 1895 treaty of peace that was signed between China and Japan. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 256 pages
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[Art Institute Of Chicago]
MASTERPIECES OF CHINESE ARTS FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Small bump to one corner; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 156 pages
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Driscoli, Lucy; Toda, Kenji
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
One corner bumped; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; vii, 75 pages
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Glover, Archibald E.
A THOUSAND MILES OF MIRACLE IN CHINA A Personal Record of God's Delivering Power from the Hands of the Imperial Boxers of Shan-Si
Light wear to boards and with a bit of staining to front board. Spine sunned and with spine lettering faded. Light foxing to edges. ; An adventurous trip with an airplane through China; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 372 pages
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Sylvain Mangeot:
THE ADVENTURES OF A MANCHURIAN the story of Lobsang Thondup
Vg/Vg (protective transparent wrapper over price clipped dj lightly rubbed at edges, clean green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, internally no fault) octavo 281pp. First edition. Biography of Lobsang Thondup. Describes how the civil war in China was lost and won, what Tibet was really like in the twilight of its independence, and why India guards her Himalayan borders so jealously. Maps to endpapers, b/w photographs.
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Adeline Yen Mah:
A THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD a memoir of China's past through its proverbs
VG/VG near fine save for slight edgerounding at top of dj on spine. no inscriptions. octavo 310pp./ First printing. A memoir of China's past through its proverbs.
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Maxine Hong Kingston:
THE WOMAN WARRIOR Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts.
Near fine/near fine ( a very crisp bright clean copy with gift inscription front free endpaper, dj not clipped, no marks) octavop 209pp. Life in the modern West, haunted by China and its past. Best-seller which won the 1976 Critics Award.
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Bette Bao Lord:
LEGACIES a Chinese Mosaic
Fine/fine (book and dj both no fault) octavo 245pp. The author's own story and the individual stories of her clansmen and others , pouring out their memories of the tumultuous Chinese experience of the last half century.
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Dick Bell:
TO THE SOURCE OF THE YANGTZE
VG/VG octavo 380pp. Title page carries a dedication, but not unsightly. First edition. The British Hovercraft Expedition to China, March 1990. With 32pp colour photographs capturing all the excitement of tackling the great river.
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Willem Van Kemenade:
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc. The Dynamics of a New Empire.
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj) Octavo 446pp. From one of Europe's most knowledgeable foreign correspondents in Beijing. Written post 1997 handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese
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Sylvain Mangeot:
THE ADVENTURES OF A MANCHURIAN the story of Lobsang Thondup
Vg/Vg (protective transparent wrapper over price clipped dj lightly rubbed at edges, clean green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, internally no fault save for slight speckling top edge) octavo 281pp. First edition. Biography of Lobsang Thondup. Describes how the civil war in China was lost and won, what Tibet was really like in the twilight of its independence, and why India guards her Himalayan borders so jealously. Maps to endpapers, b/w photographs.
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Ross Terrill:
FLOWERS ON AN IRON TREE five cities of China
Fine/Vg (rear dj flap lightly creased else all clean tight and bright, no fault) octavo 423pp. An intimate observation of five of China's greatest cities: Shanghai, Dairen, Hangchow, Wuhan and Peking. Maps to endpapers, b/w photographs.
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Tsui Chi:
A SHORT HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION
G (no dj, blue cloth lightly darkened on spine and small stains edges of boards, small bump one corner but cloth not broken, internally a sound tight copy, neat signature front fixed endpaper and faint browning free endpapers, the pages are clean and tight with light age browning page edges) octavo 335pp. First published 1942. Second impression before publication. With preface by Laurence Binyon. Appendices of chronology and bibliography. Illustrated with 16 maps.
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Sylvain Mangeot:
THE ADVENTURES OF A MANCHURIAN the story of Lobsang Thondup
Vg/Vg (protective transparent wrapper over. not price clipped clean green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, internally no fault) octavo 281pp. First edition. Biography of Lobsang Thondup. Describes how the civil war in China was lost and won, what Tibet was really like in the twilight of its independence, and why India guards her Himalayan borders so jealously. Maps to endpapers, b/w photographs.
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knott margaret:
trek to the west a story of modern china
VG. no dj. good clean pictorial boards. foxing to edges of textblock plus darkening to top edge. 1st edition prize label but no name in it.
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LA REPÚBLICA DE CHINA DE CAMINO HACIA EL SIGLO XXI - Taipei 1992 - Ilustrado
Taipei. Edit. C. HU, 1992. Numerosas ilustraciones en color. 173p. 4º.mayor. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Muy buen ejemplar. 1ª edició. Primera edició. 1st edition. First edition.
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CHINA CIELO Y TIERRA - Barcelona 2000 - Muy ilustrado
Barcelona, Edit. La Caixa, 2000. Numerosas ilustraciones en color. 213p. 8º mayor apaisado. Rústica editorial ilustrada con solapas. Muy buen ejemplar.
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ANONIMO
OPUSCOLI INTORNO AD UNA CHINA BICOLORATA - 1825
In 8o, pp. 14, br. posticcia di epoca. Estratto dal Giornale sulle Scienze e Lettere delle Provincie Venete . XLIX. Esperimenti sulla riduzione delle febbri attraverso la china bicolorata o pitaya del Peru'. Gora di umidità. Ottimo (4314/TREVISO - MEDICINA - FARMACIA - BOTANICA - CHINA - FEBBRI)
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ORIENTAL CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. 23/11/1995. (512 grams)
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INDONESIAN PICTURES AND WORKS. 25/10/1995. (400 grams)
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ORIENTAL CERAMICS AND WORK OF ART CHRISTIE SOUTH KENSINGTON 28/11/1996. (440 grams)
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ORIENTAL IVORIES AND WORKS OF ART. 24/10/1974. (188 grams)
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ORIENTAL CERAMICS AND FURNITURE. 25/04/1974. (102 grams)
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ORIENTAL CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. 30/11/1972 ET 01/12/1972. (166 grams)
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FINE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN AND WORKS OF ART. 31/10/1977. (214 grams)
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FINE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN. 18/11/1986. (274 grams)
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DROUOT RICHELIEU
ARTS DE LA CHINE ET DU JAPON. 24/02/1992. (120 grams)
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FINE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN AND WORKS OF ART. 10/05/1993. (312 grams)
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ORIENTAL FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART AND CERAMICS. 31/01 ET 01/02/1973. (134 grams)
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HOTEL DROUOT
ART D' EXTREME-ORIENT. 29 ET 30/06/1994. (248 grams)
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FINE CHINESES EXPORT PORCELAIN, PAINTINGS AND WORKS OF ART. 29/01/1986. (308 grams)
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FINE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN AND WORKS OF ART. 13/10/1975. (198 grams)
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CHINESE AND JAPANESE WORKS OF ART INCLUDING SOUTHEAST ASIAN BRONZES. 07/06/1989. (178 grams)
AVEC LES RESULTATS DE LA VENTE
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ORIENTAL CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. 08/04/1993. (194 grams)
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ORIENTAL CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. 21/10/1993. (194 grams)
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FINE CHINESE EXPORT, PORCELAIN AND WORKS OF ART. 12/06/1978. (406 grams)
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CHINESE AND JAPANESE WORKS OF ART. 18/06/1983. (240 grams)
ESTIMATIONS
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FINE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN. 26/06/1979. (246 grams)
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