Spence Jonathan D. design Hugh O'Neill Antonina Krass Andongnina; art Zhu Bang Xie Shichen Zhang Hong Xiao Yuncong Yua
The Search for Modern China. The Late Ming; Manchu Conquest; Kangxi's Consolidation; Yongzheng's Authority; Chinese SOciety & the Reign of Qianlong; End of the Dynasty; New Republic; World War II; Fall of Guomingdang; People's Republic
New York : Norton 1990. 1990. Fine. xxv 876 pp. 136 pp. of plates : illustrated with 200 black & white and 25 color plates 45 maps ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0393027082 : LCCN: 89-9241 ; OCLC: 19553922 ; LC: DS754; Dewey: 951/.03 ; red cloth with gold lettering in color pictorial dustjack et ; BOMC edition ; heavy volume text in English; FINE/FINE New York : Norton, 1990. hardcover
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Matthewman Phyllis. subject quoted: Burns William Chalmers 1815 1868.
William Chalmers Burns. Heroes of the Cross series The Boy; The Young Man; The Missionay. Call to China; Hong Kong & Canton; Amoy; Shanghai Swatow; Peking & Nieu-Chwang
London ; Edinburgh : Oliphants Ltd 1954. 1954. Fair. 96 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. ; OCLC: 30194656 ; LC: BV3427 .B83 M37 1954; Dewey: 285.0924 ; yellow cloth with lettering in black and an excellent line drawing in colorful clipped dustjacket ; tears to jacket ; spine sunned at bottom ; previous owner name on front ep ; check marks on back dustjacket flap ; not-quite-juvenile version of the life of William Chalmers Burns the first British missionary into the interior of the Chinese mainland ; FAIR/FAIR London ; Edinburgh : Oliphants Ltd, 1954. hardcover
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Davey Cyril James. subject quoted: Taylor James Hudson 1832 1905.
On the Clouds to China : The Story of Hudson Taylor.Chemist's Shop; Drainside to Cheapside; Six Months at Sea; Shanghai China; Go Forward; Money Wanted; Brighton Beach; China Inland Mission; Never Walk Again; South of the LakeStories of Faith & F
Fort Washington PA : Christian Literature Crusade; Worcester ; London : Ebenezer Baylis and Son Ltd. The Trinity Press 1964. 1964. Good. 1st edition ; 92 pp. ; illustrated map ; 19 cm. ; OCLC: 21247820 ; LC: BV3427.T3 ; blue boards with black lettering in dramatic color dustjacket ; dramatic juvenile retelling of the life of Hudson Taylor the founder of the China Inland Mission ; slight tear to front top of dustjacket ; a trifle dusty else G/G Fort Washington, PA : Christian Literature Crusade; [Worcester ; London : Ebenezer Baylis and Son, Ltd., The Trinity Press], 196 hardcover
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Glover Archibald E. Archibald Edward 1860? 1954. Abridged by LT. Lyall ; foreword by JC. Pollock L. T. J. C.
A Thousand Miles of Miracle in China : A Personal Record of God's Delivering Power from the Hands of the Imperial Boxers. Moody Pocket Books ; 50
Chicago : Moody Press 1959. 1959. Fair. 23rd edition ; 192 pp. ; map ; OCLC: 4282944 ; LC: BV3415 ; stiff color pictorial paper wrappers ; ex-lib pocket ; foxing ; oxidation of side staples ; "Of the missionaries and their children martyred before the Boxer Rising was suppressed aft er the landing of an International Expeditionary Force and heavy fighting around Peking seventy-nine were of the China Inland Mission.One of the survivors was the Reverend Archibald Glover ; FAIR Chicago : Moody Press, 1959. unknown
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aaecaas ZhongGuo Jisuanji Xue Hui Chinese Computer Study Group
英汉计算机è¯å…¸ English-Chinese Computer Dictionary Sequel
北京 : 人民邮电出版社 Beijing : Ren Ming You Dian Chu Ban She People's Telecommunications Press 1995. 1995. Fine. Edition: 修订本 第2版. 2nd edition ; ISBN: 7115064741; 9787115064745 ;LC: QA76.15; Dewey: 004.03 ; red boards with gold lettering in orange tan black and gold dustjacket ; Tsinghua University Press stamp at back ep ; 394 pp. ; main entries in English with detailed definitions in Chinese ; FINE/FINE This listing contains text i n Chinese GB Fonts 北京 : 人民邮电出版社 (Beijing : Ren Ming You Dian Chu Ban She) [People's Telecommunications Press], 1995. hardcover
Référence libraire : 2215 ISBN : 7115064741 9787115064745
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McDonald Angus.
The Five Foot Road : In Search of a Vanished China.
San Francisco : HarperCollinsWest 1995. 1995. Very Good. 1st American paperback printing ; 192 pp. ; OCLC: 32590377 ; ISBN: 006258653X; 9780062586537 LCCN: 95-19971 ; numerous photographs those in color by the author those in black and white by George Ernest Morrison ; "In 1894 George Ernest Morrison started a journey which was to take him from Shanghai in the east through the heartland of China and into Burma. Alone and dressed in Chinese clothes but without speaking a word of the language Morrison travelled by foot sedan chair mule and boat several times nearly drowning. One hundred years later Angus McDonald. set out to follow him. Often travelling where no other Westerner has been for fifty years McDonald found both change and in some places a way of life virtually unchanged since Morrison's time"--Back cover.; VG San Francisco : HarperCollinsWest, 1995. hardcover
Référence libraire : 2204 ISBN : 006258653X 9780062586537
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Hobart Alice Tisdale 1882 1967.
Yang and Yin : A Novel of an American Doctor in China.
Indianapolis ; New York : Bobbs-Merrill Company 1936. 1936. Fair. Red cloth with gold lettering ; 366 pp. ; LCCN: 36-30320 ; OCLC: 686053 ; LC: PZ3.H6516; PS3515.O134; Dewey: 813.52 ; front ep and flyleaf torn ; front cover a triffle shaken ; slight wear ; foxing ; FAIR Indianapolis ; New York : Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1936. hardcover
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Wei Betty Peh Tai 1930 ece' photos Frank and Shirley Chen Eric and Daisy Wang J. T. Chu Andrew Mitchell K. K. Sze
Shanghai : Crucible of Modern China. Shanghai Before the Coming of Foreigners; The Opium War & The Opening of Shanghai as a Treaty Port; The Revolution of 1911; The Nationalist Era; Shanghai after 1945; etc
Hong Kong ; New York : Oxford University Press 1988. 1988. Very Good. xi 299 pp. 16 pp. of plates : illustrated ; 22 cm. ; 2nd printing ; ISBN: 0195853407 ; LCCN: 87-22127 ; OCLC: 16582277 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; ".A good story told with wit verve and a sharp eye for the details of compelling local history such as a British geological survey that found that the subsoil of Shanghai could only stand buildings of six floors whereas London could take sixty and New York and Hong Kong any number a fetching snapshot of Daisy Wang Miss Shanghai 1947 the price of rice or the pseudo-urbanization that happened when a lumpen proletariat descended on Shanghai.She gives a sanitized version of Chiang Kai-shek's 12 April 1927 massacre of communists and leftists in which a total of 16 5 people were executed. There is no sense here that Chiang's men butchered for an eight-hour day and bled trade unionism dry."--Herman Mast III University of Connecticut ; "A Chinese city which owes a great debt to Western influence Shanghai is the largest city in Asia and one of its most fascinating. Complete with anecdotes and vignettes of everyday life this vivid biography traces the city's transformation from treaty port to the commercial industrial and financial centre that played a vital role in the development of China's political and social consciousness." ; slight mark on textblock else VG This online listing has Chinese fonts Hong Kong ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988. unknown
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Wiens Herold J. Herold Jacob 1912 1971. eds. Raymond E. Fideler Margaret Fisher Wayne McDowell Lila Grace Beattie Mario
China. Life in Other Lands
Grand Rapids MI : The Fideler Company 1962. 1962. Fine. 192 pp. ; 145 Richtone photos in black and white ; an appealing cover painting in full color by Jack A. Roderick ; unusual photos not found elsewhere document China's initial years under communism often showing less-than-ideal conditions ; also fou nd are images of propaganda whose texts are highly critical of the United States -- and these were included here in a US children's textbook! ; the English texts of the photos are themselves often examples of period American propaganda against the C hinese communists ; several maps photos of important individuals and scenes of domestic activity ; a typewritten letter from the publisher Raymond E. Fideler and possibly signed by him dated April 20 1962 is laid-in ; " 'China' is one of the most urgently need textbooks we have published.to enable students to study China by the 'unit or problem solving method' " ; a pink prospectus of other titles in also laid-in ; very slight edge wear to spine else FINE Grand Rapids, MI : The Fideler Company, 1962. unknown
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Chong Denise. jacket design Melissa Jacoby
The Concubine's Children : The Story of a Chinese Family Living on Two Sides of the Globe
New York et al. : Viking 1994. 1994. Fine. 1st edition 1st printing ; beige and black cloth with gold lettering in colored photographic dustjacket ; a horrific story of child abuse gambling alcoholism prostitution and mahjong among Chinese immigrants in British Columbia's Vancouver and in the United States and a family separated by two continents and cultures ; FINE/FINE [New York, et al.] : Viking, 1994. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1895
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Scovel Myra. with Nelle Keys Bell
The Chinese Ginger Jars : The Courageous Human Story of an American Missionary Family in China During the Japanese Occupation and Under the Communist Regime.
New York : Harper & Brothers 1962. 1962. Very Good. 189 pp. ; LCCN: 62-7299 red cloth with silver lettering in colorful black white red and peach colored dustjacket protected in mylar ; name blotted out on ep ; slight foxing ; VG/VG New York : Harper & Brothers, 1962. hardcover
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Bible. New Testatment. Living Bible. Chinese English.
當代ç¦éŸ³ = The Planters Chinese-English New Testament
Knoville i.e. Knoxville TN : Planters 1987 1987. Fine. 1st printing ; 557 pp. ; OCLC: 19292704 ; LC: BS315; LC:B971.2 B47D 1987 Dewey: 225 ; red leatherette covers with gold decoration no titles on spine or cover to protect the user; In Chinese and English./ Chinese text of the New Testament from the Chinese Living Bible./ English text of the New Testament from the Living Bible "當代è–經出版社 香港 ; FINE Knoville [i.e. Knoxville], TN : Planters, 1987 hardcover
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Zee. Li Zhongzing and Zheng Xian Wen
ç¾ä»£å¸ç”Ÿè©žå…¸ Xian Dai Xue Sheng Ci Dian Modern Students' Dictionary
香港 : 人光 Xiang Gang : Ren Guang Chu Ban She Hong Kong : Enlightenment Editions 1988 1988. Very Good. Thick purple yellow and white wrappers ; 678 5 pp. ; detailed students' dictionary with stroke counts pinyin bapomofo definitions common constructions and stroke count index ; crease on spine ; small smudge on front ; ISBN: 9622600786; 9789622600782 ; OCLC: 731355429 ; VG This listing contains text in Chinese GB fonts 香港 : 人光 (Xiang Gang : Ren Guang Chu Ban She) [Hong Kong : Enlightenment Editions], 1988 unknown
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Fung Edmund S. K. 1943 design Kirsty Morrison
The Military Dimension of the Chinese Revolution : The New Army and Its Role in the Revolution of 1911. Army Reform & the Social Order; Military Subversion & Mutinies; The Revolution & Its Aftermath
Vancouver B.C. : University of British Columbia Press 1980. 1980. Very Good. viii 349 pp. 4 pp. of plates : illustrated ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0774801298; National Library: 800912195 ; OCLC: 7322845 ; brown cloth with gold lettering in photographic dustjacket ; map on endpapers ; 11 tables 2 maps 6 plates ; signature of Jan Dryton Kider ; ".relatively little has been written about the New Army and its role in the Revolution of 1911. This book fills the gap with a description of the military reform which led to the establishment of the New Army and the relationships of the New Army with the social order.The state of the army in a number of provinces is examined showing that there was widespread discontent and the loyalty of the troops with a few exceptions was highly suspect." ; slight foxing else VG/VG Vancouver [B.C.] : University of British Columbia Press, 1980. hardcover
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acacee Shi jie shu ju World Book Company ; Wen hu Chan Chao lung Su
英漢求解作文文法辨義四用è¾å…¸ Ying Han qiu jie zuo wen wen fa bian yi si yong ci dian = A daily use English-Chinese dictionary
世界書局 Xianggang : Shi jie shu ju Hong Kong : The World Book Company ; Da Xin Yin Hang Gong Si 1954. 1954. Very Good. ii 1497 10 2 pp. ; 14 cm. ; Edition: Xin 30 ban 新30版 ; gray firm embossed wrappers with pale sea green blue and white dustjacket ; very thick massive pocket-sized or rather satchel-sized volume ; foxing ; pink and white endpapers ; fading and wear to dustjacket else VG/G This listing contains text in Chinese GB fonts 世界書局 Xianggang : Shi jie shu ju, [Hong Kong : The World Book Company] ; Da Xin Yin Hang Gong Si, 1954. unknown
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ea Shen Da Ren Shen Yao Chen Ta Jen
æˆæ›²çš„美å¦å“æ ¼ XiQu de MeiXue PinGe Studies in the Aesthetics of Drama ä¸å›½æ–‡è”晚霞文库 = China Federation of Literary and Art Circles "evening glow" library
北京 : ä¸å›½æˆå‰§å‡ºç‰ˆç¤¾ : æ–°åŽä¹¦åº—总店北京å‘行所ç»é”€ Beijing : Xin Hua Shu Dian New China Books1996. 1996. As New. 第1版 ; ISBN: 7104007237; 9787104007234 ; OCLC: 36940350 ; White paper wrappers with photograph of the author and lettering in gold red and black ; 4 3 547 p. 1 leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 21 cm. ; a minor scuff on back ep ; AS NEW This listing contains text in Chinese Fonts 北京 : ä¸å›½æˆå‰§å‡ºç‰ˆç¤¾ : æ–°åŽä¹¦åº—总店北京å‘行所ç»é”€, [Beijing : Xin Hua Shu Dian (New China Books)],1996. unknown
Référence libraire : 2084 ISBN : 7104007237 9787104007234
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Mather Julie.
Taiwan As I Saw It.
Teipei Taiwan : Chin Shan Books 1961 1961. Fair. Green cloth with silver lettering in green and yellow decorative dustjacket ; front ep missing ; details of a trip by a retired missionary recounting views on Chinese religion festivals and a sight of Chiang Kai-Shek at the festivities of National Day ; foxed ; nick on dustjacket ; FAIR [Teipei, Taiwan] : [Chin Shan Books?], [1961?] hardcover
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aaaa. eezc Beijing University Occidental Language and English Special Projects Organization
英語常用詞用法詞典 Ying Yu Chang Yong Ci Yong Fa Ci Dian; Dictionary of English Language Rules for Common Expressions
香港 : 商務尿›¸é¤¨ Shang Wu Yin Shu Guan; The Commercial Press1974 1974. Very Good. 594 pp. ; tan buckram with gold lettering ; slightly shaken ; ownership stamp from American Embassy School in Taiwan ; slightly foxed else VG 香港 : 商務尿›¸é¤¨ [Shang Wu Yin Shu Guan; The Commercial Press],1974 hardcover
Référence libraire : 1830
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Schell Orville. cover illustration Jeanette Adams ; cover design Louise Fili
Watch Out For the Foreign Guests : China Encounters the West.
New York : Pantheon Books 1980. 1980. Poor. 1st Paperback edition ; pictorial wrappers ; ex-lib ; tears ; a READING copy only ; POOR New York : Pantheon Books, 1980. paperback
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Hervey Harry 1900 illustrations by Christopher Murphy ; association copy: Medora Field Perkerson 1892 1960
Where Strange Gods Call : Pages Out of the East. Mid-Pacific; Fire Island; Kingdom of the Clattering Shoes; The Silken Dragon; Shinto; Madame Branch-of-Love; The Heavenly City; I Walk With Loti: A Mood at Nagasaki; Zamboanga; etc
New York and London :The Century Co. 1924. 1924. Good. 6 pp. 1 Ieaf 3-349 pp. ; frontispiece plates ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 24-23065 ; OCLC: 1355107 ; dark green and orange cloth with gold lettering and designs ; ex-library stamps white lettering on spine ; presentation copy to Medora Field Perkerson SIGNED by Hervey October 1924 ; foxing ; wear ; Medora Field is the author of the well known detective novel Who Killed Aunt Maggie She was the wife of Angus Perkerson editor of the Atlanta Journal's Sunday magazine and Margaret Mitchell's co-worker ; G New York and London :The Century Co., 1924. hardcover
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Glover Robert Hall.
The Progress of World-Wide Missions.
New York ; London : Harper & Brothers Publishers 1953. 1953. Very Good. xix 418 pp. ; 4th revised ed. with maps ; textured beige cloth ; some underlining ; detailed histories of missionary movements throughout the world ; probably the only source for explanations of the various groups and personages involved in missio nary work in Japan and China ; an important resource for Asian colonial studies ; with index and bibiliographes ; flap of jacket tipped into front endpaper ; scratch on back cover ; VG New York ; London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1953. hardcover
Référence libraire : 479
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Sallee Annie Jenkins. foreword J. M. Dawson; letters W. Eugene Sallee 1878 1931 ; Li Lien Sheng Liu Chen To S. J. Townshe
W. Eugene Sallee Christ's Ambassador. Beginnings at Chengchow; Preaching & Teaching; The Dairy & The Farm; Wars & Rumors of Wars; etc
Nashville Tennessee : Sunday School Board Southern Baptist Convention 1933. 1933. Good. viii 256 pp. ; frontispiece plates portraits facsimile ; 22 cm. ; LCCN: 34-33084 ; OCLC: 788734 ; LC: BV3427.S3 ; purple cloth with gold lettering ; spine sunned ; maps on end pages ; interesting photos include Chinese baptisms Kaifeng Baptist Bible College students and teachers etc ; exploits during the 1926 southern Chinese campaigns; G Nashville, Tennessee : Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1933. hardcover
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Pott Rev. F. L. Hawks Francis Lister Hawks 1864 1947. association copy: Myrtle E. Law 1907 1999
The Emergency in China. Forward Mission Study Courses Results of the Recent Revolution; Industrial & Commercial Developments; New Education; Religious Conditions; The Influence of Christianity; Orthography & Pronunciation of Chinese Names; etc
New York : Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada 1913. 1913. Fair. xii 309 pp. ; illustrated ; plates portraits folded map folded table ; 20 cm. ; LCCN: 13-13751 ; OCLC: 1399571 ; grey wrappers ; very worn ; signature of Myrtle E. Law 1907-1999 on front cover ; numerous photographs of important figures in Chi nese politics and church work ; photos of various buildings and schools ; notations in pencil and pen by Myrtle Law throughout ; Myrtle E. Law became an early 20th century missionary to China and it is clear that this book was instrumental in formi ng her initial opinions concerning China ; it is very interesing to observe by her commentary and underlining what she felt was important to her forthcoming work as a missionary often revealing how the young missionary laid the groundwork for many things she undoubtedly would have to unlearn upon her arrival in China ; this book almost certainly accompanied her to China ; FAIR New York : Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1913. unknown
Référence libraire : 3105
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Steiner Stan. book design Sidney Feinberg; jacket design Irving Freeman; blurbs Maxine Hong Kingston Ashley Montagu
Fusang : The Chinese Who Built America. 扶桑 Voyage to the Land of Fusang 441 AD; Masters of the Golden Mountain; Chinese Railroad Men; Fishermen & Farmers; Chinese Cowboys & Indians; Paper Brothers & Sisters; Chinatown Blues; etc
New York : Harper & Row 1979. 1979. Very Good. 1st edition 1st printing ; xii 259 pp. ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0060140879 ; OCLC: 3913546; LCCN: 78-2172 ; LC: E184.C5; Dewey: 970/.004/951 ; text in English; red cloth with gold lettering in yellow and red pictorial dustjacket ; slight foxing else VG/VG This online listing contains Chinese fonts New York : Harper & Row, 1979. hardcover
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Hopkirk Peter. maps Denis Baker
Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet. Kodansha Globe Tibet the Forbidden Land; Red Guards at Lhasa
Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International 1995. 1995. As New. 2nd printing ; viii 276 pp. 14 pp. of plates : illustrations maps ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 1568360509 ; LCCN: 94-48629 ; OCLC: 31776720 ; Originally published: 1st American ed.: Los Angeles: J. P. Tarcher ; AS NEW Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1995. unknown
Référence libraire : 2849 ISBN : 1568360509 9781568360508
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Smedley Agnes 1892 1950.
Battle Hymn of China. Fields of Life & Death; Teror in Shanghai; Lu Hsun; Shanghai Guerrilla Warfare; March of Death; The End of Hangkow; The Hoofs of the Japanese; The Fiftieth Army; Swords for the Japanese; Winter Soldiers in Hupeh; Chungking; et
New York : Alfred A. Knopf ; Reprinted by the Blakiston Company; Distributed by Book Find Club Inc. 1943. 1943. Very Good. Published August 23 1943; First Second and Third Printing before pubication 3 pp. 1 leaf v-vii pp. 1 leaf 528 xvi pp. 1 leaf. ; 22 cm. ; similar to LCCN: 43-12192 ; OCLC: 411003 ; LC: DS777.47; Dewey: 951.0425 ; although 16 illustrations / photographs are listed after the table of contents this war-time edition was "produced in full compliance with all government regulations for the conservation of paper metal and other essential materials" and thus does not contain same ; black textured cloth with designs and lettering in red ; some foxing ; pencilings on front ep else VG New York : Alfred A. Knopf ; Reprinted by the Blakiston Company; Distributed by Book Find Club, Inc., 1943. hardcover
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Hawes Charlotte E. c1860 ; Crow Carl association copy: Myrtle E. Law 1907 1999
New Thrills in Old China. A Brief Narrative of the Chinese Revolution; Wei Hsien Mission; The Boxer War; Paotingfu Martyrs; Delights of Country Work in China; Missionary Work at Home
New York : Hodder & Stoughton George H. Doran Company 1913. 1913. Good. 272 pp. ; frontispiece plates portraits ; map. ; 21 cm. ; yellow cloth with red and black lettering and designs ; dusty ; spine sunned ; spotting to top of textblock ; signature of Myrtle Law 1907-1999 on front ep ; LCCN: 13-6531 ; OCLC: 1117861 ; Myrtle Law graduated from Missionary school and traveled to China as a missionary--undoubtedly this book accompanied her ; photos of Yuan Shi Kai and Sun Yat Sen the graduation class of Shangdong University and several photographs of country life and the school at Wei Hsien ; "No one who has the pleasure of knowing Miss Hawes and has heard her speak will be surprised at the humor inconsequence and human interest of the phantasmagoria which she presents " ; G New York : Hodder & Stoughton, George H. Doran Company, 1913. hardcover
Référence libraire : 3104
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Morath Inge ; Miller Arthur ; 1915 2005. jacket and book design by Cynthia Krupat
Chinese Encounters.
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux 1979. 1979. Very Good. 252 pp. ; ISBN: 0374122083 ; 9780374122089 LCCN: 79-13128 ; OCLC: 4933348 ; dark blue embossed cloth with white lettering in color photographic dustjacket ; remainder mark on bottom of textblock ; 11st edition 1st printing ; dustjacket has a few tears ; numerous photographs some in color ; VG/FAIR New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. hardcover
Référence libraire : 2197
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Chang Iris.
The Rape of Nanking : The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II.
New York : Basic Books 1997. 1997. Very Good. 1st paperback edition 17th printing ; photographic thick paper wrappers ; several plates ; 290 pp. ; slight wear else VG New York : Basic Books, 1997. paperback
Référence libraire : 1665
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Snow Edgar.
The Battle for Asia.
Cleveland New York : World Publishing Company c1942. 1942. Fair. 385 pp. ; illus. ; black cloth with blind stamp and red lettering ; first signature creased ; student's notes on a few pages ; store label remains on ep major poets featured: Ch'en Lin Chia Yi Ch'u Kuang-hsi Ch'u Red and gray cloth ; owner's stamp contemporary on ep ; slight foxing possible excise of front ep ; water mark on spine; FAIR Cleveland, New York : World Publishing Company, c1942. hardcover
Référence libraire : 357
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Schram Stuart R. Mao Zedong 1893 1976. Tse Tung; trans. John Chinnery Tie Yun
Chairman Mao Talks to the People:Talks & Letters 1956-1971Pantheon Asia LibraryChengdu Conference; Questions of Philosophy; Talk to the Music Workers; Talks with Mao Yuan-hsin; Ten Great Relationships; Lushan ConferenceUnrehearsed
New York : Pantheon Books 1975 ©1974. 1975. Very Good. 1st American edition ; 352 pp. ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0394486889 ; LCCN: 73-18731 ; OCLC: 841337 ; LC: DS778.M3 ; Dewey: 335.43/4 ; "This collection contains speeches never before translated or only available in small sections.and brings together in one book some of Mao's most important speeches.in addition many of Mao's most important discussions during the Cultural Revolution and the controversies surrounding Lin Biao's fall are made available."--jacket ; wine-red cloth with gold lettering in photographic color dustjacket ; scratch to front cover ; edge wear to dustjacket ; VG/VG New York : Pantheon Books, 1975, ©1974. hardcover
Référence libraire : 3190
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Hinton William. maps Anita Karl Kim Kemp; book design Lilly Langotsky; jacket design Bob Silverman; calligraphy Carma Hint
Shenfan : The Continuing Revolution in a Chinese Village Shansi Land of the Oxhide Lanterns; Return to Shangtang; Propaganda Team; Flash Floods & Feudalism; Yamens New & Old; Wheat Planting; All About Pigs; Learning from Tachai; etc
New York : Random House 1983. 1983. Very Good. 1st edition 1st printing ; xxxix 785 pp. 16 pp. of plates with color photographs ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0394481429 LCCN: 82-5270 ; OCLC: 8347742 ; LC: HD1333.C6 ; Dewey: 307.7/2/095117 ; red and black cloth with gold lettering in red gold and white dustjacket with a little wear ; "William Hinton first visited China in 1937. On his third trip for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in 1947 he stayed on in the liberated area of north China as a tractor technician a nd teacher until 1953. It was during that time that he lived in Long Bow and gathered material for his classic work 'Fanshen : A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village'. In 1971 he was invited back to China by Chou En-lai and spent three months in Long Bow village. Out of that visit came the idea for 'Shenfan' a second look at the ongoing revolution in China through the eyes of the villagers of Long Bow." ; VG/G New York : Random House, 1983. hardcover
Référence libraire : 3200
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Zhu Hong Fa compiler
英汉化å¦åŒ–å·¥å¸¸ç”¨è¯æ±‡ Ying Han Hua Xue Hua Gong Chang Yong Ci Hui English-Chinese Industrial Chemistry Current Word Collection English-Chinese Dictionary of Theoretical and Applied Chemistry
北京 : 商务å°ä¹¦é¦† : æ–°åŽä¹¦åº—北京å‘行所å‘行 Shang Wu Yin Shu Guan Beijing : Commerical Affairs Press 1997. 1997. Very Good. 611 p. ; 14 cm. ; Edition: 第2版. ï¼› LCCN: 84-171476 ï¼› LC: QD5; Dewey: 540/.03/21 ï¼› A Very small volume in ¼ simulated leather spine and decorative paper-covered boards with blue lettering gold lettering on spine ; English main entries with phonetic pronunciation followed by concise definitions in Chinese ; includes an abbreviated listing of participles in English and a Period Chart of Elements in English Chinese and Pinyin ; also includes a list of common chemical prefixes and a Greek character alphabet ; slight wear to covers slight foxing ; writing on both endpages else VG This listing contains text in Chinese GB Fonts 北京 : 商务å°ä¹¦é¦† : æ–°åŽä¹¦åº—北京å‘行所å‘行, (Shang Wu Yin Shu Guan) [Beijing : Commerical Affairs Press), 19 hardcover
Référence libraire : 2218 ISBN : 7100024692 9787100024693
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Kirtland Lucian Swift.
Finding the Worth While in the Orient : Japan China Korea The Philippines The Dutch East Indies The Malay Straits Settlements Siam French Indo-China Burma India Ceylon
New York : Robert M. McBride & Company 1926. 1926. Fair. 1st Macbride edition ; dark green cloth with green decorations and gold lettering ; covers soiled ; very shaken; front hinge starting ; with 48 photographic plates ; FAIR New York : Robert M. McBride & Company, 1926. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1247
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Hinton William. map Wang Yung Hsien Tsu Hung Liang
Hundred Day War : The Cultural Revolution at Tsinghua University. Stuffed Duck & Surprise Attacks; :Liu's Work Team; Liu Shao-Ch'i Exposed; Armed Struggle; Siege; Use Reason Not Violence; Kuai's Last Stand; etc
New York Monthly Review Press 1972. 1972. Good. 1st edition 1st printing ; 288 pp. ; map ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0853452385 ; LCCN: 72-81759 ; OCLC: 508347 ; red cloth with gold lettering ; ex-library label stamps etc ; soiling to front cover ; G New York, Monthly Review Press, 1972. hardcover
Référence libraire : 3196
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Witke Roxane. design Paul Bacon; photographs Jiang Qing Chiang Ch'ing
Comrade Chiang Ch'ing.
Boston ; Toronto : Little Brown and Company 1977. 1977. Very Good. 1st edition ; xxvi 549 p. 17 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. ; OCLC: 2798518 ; ISBN: 0316949000; 9780316949002 LCCN: 77-935 ; red cloth with gold lettering in frayed photographic dustjacket ; VG/FAIR Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown and Company, 1977. hardcover
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Kristof Nicholas D. and Sheryl Wudunn.
China Wakes : the struggle for the soul of a rising power. 驚蟄ä¸åœ‹
New York : Times Books ; Random House c1994 1994. Very Good. 501 pp. ; 4th printing ; black and red blind stamped cloth ; A Chinese-American journalist confronts the Chinese at the beginning of their economic takeoff. ; some marks on a few pages else VG in a FINE dj. New York : Times Books ; Random House, c1994 hardcover
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Foster Harold D. ; Lai Chuen yan David ; 1937 ; Zhou Naisheng.
The Dragon's Head : Shanghai China's Emerging Megacity.Canadian western geographical series ; v. 34 Chronology of Chinese Dynasties from Xia to the Warring States Period; Classical Chinese Rhetoric; School of Daoism; etc
Victoria B.C. : Western Geographical Press 1998. 1998. Very Good. xxiii 317 pp. : illustrated maps ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0919838243 :; Series ISSN: 1203-1178 ; National Library: 989103374 ; LCCN: 99-160543 ; OCLC: 38990991 ; Contents: A Chronology of Chinese Dynasties from Xia to the Warring States Period Chinese Sch ools of Thought and Major Thinkers Ch. 1. Perceptions and Methodology in the Study of Classical Chinese Rhetoric Ch. 2. Cultural Contexts and Rhetorical Practices of the Pre Qin Period Ch. 3. Chinese Terminology of Rhetoric Ch. 4. Rhetorical Feature s in Literary and Historical Texts Ch. 5. Conceptualization of Ming Bian: The School of Ming Ch. 6. Conceptualization of Yan and Ming Bian: The School of Confucianism Ch. 7. Conceptualization of Ming Bian: The School of Mohism Ch. 8. Conceptualizati on of Yan and Ming Bian: The School of Daoism Ch. 9. Conceptualization of Shui and Ming Bian / Han Feizi Ch. 10. Conclusions and Implications. ; stiff color pictorial wrappers ; a few marks to cover else VG/G Victoria, B.C. : Western Geographical Press, 1998. unknown
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Kinkead Eugene 1906
In Every War But One. The Study of Something New in History The Exceptional War; Why They Collaborated; The Treason Trials; THe Life of a Prisoner; Interrogation Techniques; Communist Use of Mail; Turkish Triumph-American Defeat;The Army and the
New York : Norton 1959. 1959. Good. 1st edition ; 219 p. 22 cm. ; Expanded from an article published in the New Yorker Magazine Oct. 26 1957 under the title: The study of something new in history ; ex-lib copy stamps label pocket ; foxing ; exposé of the systematic brainwashing of American prisoners of war held by the Communists in Korea ; Based on the five-year U.S. Army study of the effect of Communist indoctrination on those held prisoners of war in Korea. Includes reports on the collaboration of prisoners with the enemy. ; G New York : Norton, 1959. unknown
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Lewis Elizabeth Foreman 1892 1958 ; Wiese Kurt 1887 illus.
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Yangzijiang shang you de Xiaofuzi A City Set on a Hill; Service at the Point of a Rifle; For Sale: Dragon's Breath Cheap; Tilting with Fire; A Footstool for Bandits; A River on the Rampage; A Use for Curiosity; etc
Chicago : Cadmus Books ; E. M. Hale and Company 1932. 1932. Fair. v 265 pp. : illustrated ; 21 cm. ; OCLC: 7412159 ; ex-library stamps date due tape-reinforced spine and corners ; text in English ; Summary: In the 1920's a Chinese youth from the country comes to Chungking with his mother where the bustling cit y offers adventure and his apprenticeship to a coppersmith ; "This special edition is published by arrangement with the publisher of the regular edition The John C. Winston Company." ; this is an intelligently illustrated edition with pictures fou r in color by Kurt Wiese ; the illustrations are full of details and unlike many texts from the period dealing with Chinese culture the writing and cultural artifacts depicted are true-to-life ; includes a glossary of Chinese words and chapter no tes about China's geography people and customs ; wear and foxing ; red cloth with gold/yellow lettering and picture ; won the Newbery Medal ; both Lewis and Wiese lived and worked in China for a number of years and here draw on their experiences to paint a realistic portrait of China ; FAIR Chicago : Cadmus Books ; E. M. Hale and Company, 1932. hardcover
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Tennien Mark A.
No secret is safe : Behind the bamboo curtain = Zhong gong jian chiang by Mark Tennian of Maryknoll. Ge qiang you er
New York : Farrar Straus and Young 1952. 1952. Very Good. 270 pp. ; illustrated with diagrams and photographs ; 22 cm. ; LCCN: 52-13933 ; OCLC: 1349901 ; red cloth with black lettering in nicked photographic dustjacket ; Father Tennien having lived through imprisonment at the hand of the Japanese in China was later imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese Communists ; "He is probably the first American to be put through a communist indoctrination course a course he successfully passed--and resisted. During the hours of torment he lived through he witnessed the mental cruelty the purge the tortures used to dehumanize and enslave a nation."--Dustjacket ; text in English ; VG/VG New York : Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. hardcover
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Whitney Eleanor Noss. jacket design S. Katakura
Mah Jong Handbook : How to Play Score and Win the Modern Game. majong ma jong majjong ma jongg cheuk
Rutland VT. : Charles E. Tuttle Co. ©1964 1985. 1985. Fine. ISBN: 0804803927 :; LCCN: 64-17162 ; textured green cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; details of strategies defensive and offensive examples of play and variations as well as rules ; FINE/FINE Rutland, VT. : Charles E. Tuttle Co., ©1964, 1985. hardcover
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Huang Joe C. 1929
Heroes and Villains in Communist China : The Contemporary Chinese Novel as a Reflection of Life.
New York Pica Press; distributed by Universe Books 1973. 1973. Fair. xviii 345 p. 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0876637101 LCCN: 73-78947 ; OCLC: 827918 ; LC: PL2443; Dewey: 895.1/3/083 ; ".presents the first full-length study of the Chinese Communist novel.Systematically gathered together available information on all novels published in China and the author read all the novels available outside of China.Presents the most important themes of the best novels" ; red cloth with gold lettering in dustjacket ; some wear to dustjacket ; front ep excised ; tear on back ep ; ex-library stamps label pocket ; FAIR New York, Pica Press; [distributed by Universe Books], 1973. hardcover
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Witke Roxane. jacket design Paul Bacon jacket photograph Jiang Qing Ye'
Comrade Chiang Ch'ing. Jiang Qing æ±Ÿé’ 1914-1991
Boston ; Toronto : Little Brown and Company 1977. 1977. Very Good. 1st edition ; red cloth with gold lettering in photographic dustjacket ; numerous unusual photographs several taken by Jiang Qing and reproductions of written texts ; ISBN: 0316949000 ; LCCN: 77-935 ; OCLC: 2798518 ; political cartoons and characters ; dustjacket has a few small tears else VG/VG Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown and Company, 1977. hardcover
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e. eae. Zhan Wenhu. ; Su Zhaolong. aaeaas Wai Guo Yu Wen Xue Hui Foreign Language Literature Study Group
英漢求解作文文法辨義四用è¾å…¸ Ying Han Si Yong Ci Dian English Chinese Four-Use Dictionary Century English-Chinese Dictionary Unabridged ±¾ Êé ±à ºÅ £º 295 Ben Shu Bian Hao : 295 Series Number : 295 Reference Composition Etymology
上海 : 啟明書局, Shanghai : Qi Ming Shu Ju Shanghai : Qi Ming Book Company 1947. 1947. Very Good. Blue silver and black textured stiff wrappers with lettering and Chinese characters in silver ; 8 1027 21 5 49 52 4 1 pp. ; 2 x 3¼ x 1¾ in. ; 48mo. ; this miniature unabridged dictionary is a marvel of printing ; title page subtitle : 求解作文æˆè¯ç¿»è¯‘ qiu jie zuo wen cheng yu fan yi Reference - Composition - Etymology - Translation ; Subsections include Synonyms and Antonyms - Irregular Verbs - Uses of Prepositions - Abbreviations - Pronunciation Chart ; slight wear to edges of covers ; pages foxed ; binding tight ; a very scarce dictionary not held by any known library in any edition ; OCLC: 32476961 ; VG This listing contains text in Chinese GB fonts 上海 : 啟明書局, [Shanghai : Qi Ming Shu Ju] (Shanghai : Qi Ming Book Company), 1947. unknown
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Bible. Chinese. English. Living Bible.
當代ç¦éŸ³ = The Planters Chinese-English New Testament. Chinese Living Bible
Knoxville TN : Planters 1987. 1987. Fine. 1st printing ; OCLC: 19292704; 557 p. ; 19 cm ; brick red cloth with gold lettering and decorative element ; Chinese text of the New Testament from the Chinese Living Bible./ English text of the New Testament from the Living Bible. ; FINE This listing contains text in Chinese GB fonts Knoxville, TN : Planters, 1987. hardcover
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Schak David C.
A Chinese Beggars' Den : Poverty and Mobility in an Underclass Community. History of the Liong-Hiat Community; Whys and Whos of Giving; Sexual Relations & Behavior; Fictive Kinship; Leadership; etc
Pittsburgh Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press 1988. 1988. Fine. xiii 245 pp. : illustrated with 3 tables and 4 charts ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0822938227 LCCN: 87-16191 ; OCLC: 16095221 ; detailed examination of a Chinese beggar community near Taipei Taiwan in 1973 with relationship map of the community details of sexual attitudes and community activities ; a name list and word list in Hakka dialect is at the back ; very unusual ; red cloth with gold lettering ; FINE Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. hardcover
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Delgaudio Richard A. intro. G. Russell Evans; Dan Lewis National Security Center Thomas Moorer; trans. James Florez; Bob Sc
Peril in Panama : China as the Gatekeeper of the Panama Canal Threatens New Missile Crisis. Red China : Enemy #1; December 31 1999 : USA Out Red China In; A Sinister Plot; The Next Cuban Missile Crisis; etc
Washington DC : National Security Center November 1 1998. 1998. Very Good. 111 pp. ; 18 cm. ; ISBN 0965834816 ; LCCN 98-067470 ; OCLC: 42757824 ; color pictorial wrappers with design by Paul D'Innocenzo ; an interesting premise is outlined wherein Hutchinson Whampoa acting as an agent of the Red Chinese government may intend to secretly seize control of the Panama Canal in order to add to the offensive and defensive capabilities of China ; VG Washington, DC : National Security Center, November 1, 1998. unknown
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Hsu Francis L. K.
Americans and Chinese : Two Ways of Life.In search of origins Mirrors of life ; The individual reality ; The beginnings of contrast ; Where Europe ends and America begins -- Men gods and things Marriage and class ; Success and the hero ; Two attitudes toward government ; The ills of government ; Two kinds of religion ; The bases of religious faith ; Two approaches to economic life ; Industrial failure and economic strife - - Dilemma American problems ; Chinese weaknesses ; Chinese communism ; World unrest communism and America
New York : Henry Schuman 1953. 1953. Fair. Red cloth with black lettering ; inscription on front ep ; front signature badly shaken at tp ; Contents : In search of origins Mirrors of life ; The individual reality ; The beginnings of contrast ; Where Europe ends and America begins -- Men gods and things Marriage and class ; Success and the hero ; Two attitudes toward government ; The ills of government ; Two kinds of religion ; The bases of religious faith ; Two approaches to economic life ; Industrial failure and economic strife - - Dilemma American problems ; Chinese weaknesses ; Chinese communism ; World unrest communism and America ; foxing ; FAIR New York : Henry Schuman, 1953. hardcover
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Brown Ronald C. ed. eds. Daniel Cole Cynthia Ning Matthew C. Olson Carine Defoort AN Pingqiu Liu Dong; calligraphy Tse
China Review International Vol. 8 No. 1 Spring 2001 “Like Kissing through a Handkerchief â€: Traduttore Traditore a review of Lydia Liu editor Tokens of Exchange: The Problem of Translation in Global Circulations; Göran Malmqvist Bernhard K
Honolulu Hawaii : University of Hawai'i Press 2001. 2001. Fine. iv 281 pp. ; ISSN: 1069-5834 ; OCLC: 28108670 ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: "Like Kissing through a Handkerchief" : Traduttore Traditore a review of Lydia Liu editor Tokens of Exchange: The Problem of Translation in Global Circula tions / Reviewed by Joshua A. Fogel -- Göran Malmqvist Bernhard Karlgren: Ett Forskarporträtt / Reviewed by Lothar von Falkenhausen -- Second-Language Studies and College-level Chinese Language Textbooks in the U.S. / By Cynthia Y. Ning ; several reviews of new books ; FINE Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. unknown
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