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Grosier, J. B.
The world of ancient China / text by J.-B. Grosier ; translated [from the French] by Lana Castellano and Christina Campbell-Thomson.
144 p. : illus. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Hu, Puyu.
A Brief History of the Chinese National Revolutionary Forces.
xiv, 286, 15 p. illus. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Wolf, Bernard
In the year of the tiger
124pp. 21 x 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Payne, Robert.
Mao Tse-tung, Ruler of Red China.
303 p. Hardcover Good condition; hinges starting
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Onate, Andres D.
Chairman Mao and the Chinese Communist Party
289 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Terrill, Ross.
Mao, A Biography.
481 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Nathan, Andrew J.
Chinese Democracy.
313 p. Hardcover Very good condition good An investigation into the nature and meaning of democracy in China today with a report on the remarkable but short-lived Democracy Movement.
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Mydans, Carl & Demarest, Michael
China, a visual adventure
160pp. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition fair
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The Chinese Exhibition : A Pictorial Record of the Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China
Folio, unpaged illus. catalogue Paperback Very good condition
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Treasures from the bronze age of China : an exhibition from the People's Republic of China
192p., illus. 28 cm. Paperback Very good condition
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Cohn, William
Peinture Chinoise
Folio, 224 illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Ching, Frank
Ancestors, 900 years in the life of a Chinese family = [Qin shi qian zai shi]
528pp. 25cm Hardcover Very good condition good
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Lord, Bette
Legacies : a Chinese mosaic
245pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Treat, Payson J.
The Far East, a Political and Diplomatic History
549p. Hardcover Very good condition
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Myrdal, Jan
The Silk Road : A journey fronm the High Pamirs and Ili through Sinkiang and Kansu. Photographs by Gun Kessle
292p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Spence, Jonathan D.
The Chan's great continent : China in western minds
279pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Gulick, Edward Vose
Peter Parker and the opening of China [by] Edward V. Gulick Harvard studies in American-East Asian relations, no. 3
282pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Hinton, William
Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village
637pp. 19.8 x 12.7 x 3.3 cm Paperback Good condition. long gift inscription on title page
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Huc, Evariste Regis
A journey through the Chinese empire by M. Huc.
2 vols. (421, 422 p.) Hardcover Very good condition
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Merwin, Samuel
Silk: A legend as narrated in the journals and correspondence of Jan Po
267p.,frontis. Hardcover Good condition in green silk; spine faded
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Smith, R. T. (Robert T.)
Tale of a Tiger
362 p., [1] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good Signed by the author.
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Ma'oz, Moshe
Soviet and Chinese relations with the Palestinian guerrilla organizations Jerusalem papers on peace problems ; 4
35 p. ; 24 cm. PAMPHLET Very good condition
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Ayscough, Florence Wheelock
A Chinese mirror: being reflections of the reality behind appearance [by] Florence Ayscough; with drawings by Lucille Douglass
464 p. incl. front., illus., fold. map. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition Inscribed and signed by the illustrator for James P. Barnes Contents: The grass hut by the Yellow Reach.--The literary background of the great river.--The Chinese idea of a garden.--Symbolism of the Purple Forbidden City.--T'ai Shan: the great mountain.--Cult of the Spiritual Magistrates of city walls and city moats.--Synopsis of Chinese history from the legendary times to the founding of the republic.
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The Princess Der Ling
TWO YEARS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY
Minor spotting to front boards. Front hinge weak; Nicely INSCRIBED in ink by the author on front free endpaper. This is partially a biography of the Empress Dowager Cixi. The author Der Ling was her first assistant. She wanted to set the record straight in regards of Cixi's reputation after her death; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 383 pages
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Pisu, Renata
QUI PECHINO
Previous owner's name to front free endpaper; A profusely illustrated coffeetable book on Peking (in Italian) ; Grandi Citta Del Mondo; 4to; 64, 44 pages
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Cornaby, W. Arthur
A STRING OF CHINESE PEACH-STONES
Hinges not tight. Endpapers, first and last few pages darkened. Small open tear to top right corner of front free endpaper. Former owner's name on front free endpaper which has also bled through to the half title page; Black boards with gilt lettering and gilt design. Numerous b&w illustrations and two tissue guarded drawings in bold colors; 8vo; 479 pages
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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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