‎China‎

‎MUSÉE GUIMET‎

‎Céramique contemporaine de la République populaire de Chine‎

‎Paris, Musée Guimet, 1970. 1 volume in-8, 16 pp., couvertures imprimées conservées, enrichi de plusieurs illustrations, très bon état.‎

Bookseller reference : 8206

‎FORGES (Roger V. des)‎

‎Hsi-Liang and the Chinese National Revolution‎

‎New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1973. 1 volume in-8, 274 pp., blue hardback with a blue illustrated dustjacket, two library stamps and a Chinese name stamp on the title page, library documents on the first page.‎

‎Table of Contents: Acknowledgments - Introduction - Part I. Resistance in North China, 1900-1903 - Part II. Expansion in Szechwan, 1903-1907 - Part III. Radicalism in Yunnan, 1907-1909 - Part IV. Disintegration and Collapse in the Northeast, 1909-1912 - Abbreviations Used in the Notes - Notes - Glossary - Bibliography - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8223

‎NOZINSKI (Michael J.)‎

‎Outrage at Lincheng - China Enters the Twentieth Century‎

‎Illinois, Glenbridge Publishing Ltd., 1990. 1 volume in-8, 243 pp., black hardback with a gold illustrated dustjacket, a library document on the first blank page, one Chinese stamp and small library stamps on the book edges, enriched with 38 photos hors texte, very good condition.‎

‎Contents: List of Illustrations - Foreword - Acknoledgments - The Major Players - I. The Attack - II. Hostage - III. Foreign Meddling - Iv. "It's Musso and I think he's dead!" - V. "The bandits llooked and behaved like soldiers" - VI. Climb to the Summit - VII. Negotiations - VIII. Early Naval Barbarians - IX. Haggling over the Loot? - X. "They use our towels, glasses, cups..." - XI. International Pressure - XII. Lincheng Commitee - Appendix - Notes - Select bibliography - General Bibliography - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8227

‎WOU (Odoric Y.K.)‎

‎Mobilizing the Masses - Building Revolution in Henan‎

‎Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1994. 1 volume in-8, 477 pp., brown hardback with an illustrated dustjacket, a Chinese name stamp on the title page, minor spots on the upper edge of the book, very good condition.‎

‎Contents: Introduction - Early Modernization - Wartime Mobilization - Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8231

‎CLUBB (O. Edmund)‎

‎China & Russia - The "Great Game"‎

‎New York and London, Columbia University Press, 1971. 1 volume in-8, 578 pp., red hardback with an illustrated dustjacket, enriched with 2 maps and some photos, quite good condition.‎

‎Contents: Preface - Introduction : Chinese, Russians, and Mongols - 1) The Meeting of Empires - 2) "The Normalization" of Russo-Manchu Relations - 3) The Kiakhta Agree ment and Mongol Disaster - 4) Triangle in East Asia - 5) Confrontation in the West Pacific, Mid-Nineteenth Century - 6) The "Great Game" in Central Asia - 7) Confrontation in Central Asia, Mid-Nineteenth Century - 8) Fin de Siècle in East Asia - 9) War, Revolution, and Imperialism - 10) Revolution and the Manchu Borderlands - 11) The Russian Revolution and China - 12) China, Outer Mongolia, and the Far Eastern Republic - 1) Turmoil in Central Asia - 14) Reestablishment of State Relations - 15) Peking-Moscow Relations in Crisis - 16) Moscow and Chinese Revolutionaries, 1923-1926... 36 Confrontation in the Borderlands - Epilogue: Chinese, Russians, and Americans - Notes, Glossary - Abbreviations - Selected Bibliography - Publications of the East Asian Institute - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8233

‎CHEN (Leslie H. Dingyan)‎

‎Chen Jiongming and the Federalist Movement - Regional Leadership and Nation Building in Early Republican China‎

‎Michigan, Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1999. 1 volume in-8, 358 pp., light red fabric hardback, one Chinese stamp on the title page, very good condition.‎

‎Table of Contents: Note on Currency, Romanization, and Sources - Preface - Chronology - Abbreviations - Introduction - Early Life - Reformer and Revolutionary - The Second Revolution and the Movement to Protect the Constitution - "Little Model China" in Southern Fujian - Guangdong as a Model Province: Federalism Ascendant - Jockeying for Contol: The June 16 Incident - Dwindling Hopes - The Defeat of Federalism - Working from Hong Kong - Conclusion - Appendices 1-6 - Glossary - Reference List - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8239

‎KNIGHT (Nick)‎

‎Li Da and Marxist Philosophy in China‎

‎Colorado and Oxford, Westview Press, Inc., 1996. 1 volume in-8, 326 pp., brown fabric hardback wrapped with an illustrated dustjacket, one Chinese stamp on the title page, very good condition.‎

‎Table of Contents: Preface - The Life of a Philosopher During an Era of War and Revolution - Marxist Philosophy and Social Theory: The Origins of Li Da's Thought - Li Da and Marxism, 1919-23 - Li Da and Marxist Theory, 1923-32 - Translation and the Dissemination of Marxismnin China - Li Da's Elements of Sociology and Marxist Philosophy in China - Elements of Sociology: The History, Laws and Categories of Dialectical Materialism - Elements of Sociology: Epistemology and Logic - Li Da and Mao Zedong Thought - Writings on marxist Philosophy and Theory of the 1950s and 1960s - Conclusion: Li Da and Marxist Philosophy oin China - Bibliography - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8243

‎KERNER (Robert J.)‎

‎Northeastern Asia - A Selected Bibliography - Volume II - Contributions to the Bibliography of the Relations of China, Russia, and Japan, with Special Reference to Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Eastern Siberia, in Oriental and European Languages‎

‎New York, Burt Franklin,1968. 1 volume in-8, 621 pp., turquoise hardback, one Chinese stamp on the title page, very good condition.‎

Bookseller reference : 8246

‎DUARA (Prasenjit)‎

‎Culture, Power, and the State - Rural North China, 1900-1942.‎

‎Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1988. 1 volume in-8, 326 pp., paperback, printed covers, one Chinese stamp on the title page, enriched with 3 maps, 2 figures and 9 tables, very good condition.‎

‎Table of Contents: Introduction - The Cultural Nexus of Power - Brokering Rural Administration in the Late Qing - Building the Modern State in North China - Lineages and the Political Structure of the Village - Religion, Power, and the Public Realm in Rural Society - Networks, Patrons, and Leaders in Village Government - The State and the Redefinition of Village Community - The Modernizing State and Local Leadership - COnclusion - Postscript - Notes - Bibliography - Glossary of Chinese Terms - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8248

‎BIANCO (Lucien), Avec la collaboration de HUA Chang-Ming‎

‎Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle‎

‎Paris, Éditions de La Martinière, 2005. 1 volume in-8, 627 pp., broché, couvertures illustrées, un tampon chinois sur la page de titre, enrichi de 55 encadrés, 14 tableaux et 11 cartes in texte, très bon état.‎

‎Table des Matières: Introduction - Premier Partie: La résistance paysanne - Deuxième Partie: Conscience de classe ? - Troisième Partie: Révoltes paysannes et modernisation - Quartième Partie: Les paysans et la révolution - Remerciements - Notes - Bibliographie - Index - Liste de encadrés - Liste de tableaux - Liste des cartes.‎

Bookseller reference : 8253

‎WOU (Tchéng Ngen), Traduit du chinois par Louis AVENOL‎

‎Si Yeou Ki ou Le Voyage en Occident‎

‎Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 1957. 1 volume in-12 carré, 954 pp., reliure moderne toile avec une chemise illustrée, enrichi d'illustrations hors texte, très bon état.‎

Bookseller reference : 8255

‎LEYS (Simon)‎

‎Ombres Chinoises‎

‎Paris, Éditions Robert Laffont, 1978. 1 volume in-8, 309 pp., reliure moderne demi-cuir à coins, plats cartonnés, dos lisse, couveture illustrée conservée, très bon état.‎

‎Table des Matières: Préface, par Jean-François Revel - Avant-propos - Les étrangers en Chine populaire - Suivez le guide - Petit intermède hagiographique - Petit intermède philosophique - Bureaucrates - Vie culturelle - Universités - Bâtons rompus - Postface - Épilogue : L'après-maoïsme.‎

Bookseller reference : 8260

‎PETIT (Karl)‎

‎Talismans Monétiformes de Chine et du Japon - Coin-shaped Charms of China and Japan‎

‎Paris, Édition Trismegiste, 1981. 1 volume in-8, 184 pp., reliure moderne toile, enrichi de nombreuses illustrations in texte, très bon état.‎

Bookseller reference : 8263

‎BURGESS (John Stewart)‎

‎The Guilds of Peking‎

‎AMS Press, New York, 1970. 1 volume in-8, 270 pp., green paper hardback, a Chinese stamp on title page, enriched with multiple tables in texte, very good condition.‎

‎Contents: Foreword - Introduction - Method and Scope of Study - The Origin and History of the Guilds - A Descriptive Study of Three Peking Guilds - Number of Guilds, Guild Halls and Guild Offices - Guild Membership - Guild Organization - Guild Meetings - Guild Finance - The Apprentice System - The Charitable Work of the Guilds - The Regligious Life of the Guilds - The Function of the Guilds - Contemporary Trends in Guild Life and the Probable Future of the Guilds - Problems and Possibilities - Appendix - Bibliography - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8268

‎PERRY (Elizabeth J.)‎

‎Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor‎

‎Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1993. 1 volume in-8, 327 pp., purple paper hardback, a Chinese stamp and library stamps on the title page, library documents on the end pages, enriched with several photos and 3 maps hors texte, 11 tables in texte, quite good condition.‎

‎Contents: Introduction - Part I: The Politics of Place, 1839-1919 - Part II: The Politics of Partisanship, 1919-49 - Part III: The Politics of Production - Appendixes - Character List - Notes - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8270

‎JOHNSON (Chalmers A.)‎

‎Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power - The Emergence of Revolutionary China‎

‎Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1963. 1 volume in-8, 256 pp., blue paper hardback with a printed dustjacket, tears on the dustjacket, a Chinese stamp on the title page, enriched with two maps on end pages, good condition.‎

‎Contents: Peasant Nationalism in China - The Japanese Role in Peasant Mobilization - The Communist Army - The Growth of Communist-controlled Territory in North China - The New Fourth Army and the North Kiangsu Base - Peasant Mobilization in Wartime Yugoslavia - Communism in the Service of the Nation-state - Appendix - Notes - Bibliography - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8274

‎WILBUR (C. Martin) and HOW (Julie Lien-ying)‎

‎Documents on Communism, Nationalism, and Soviet Advisers in China, 1918-1927 - Paper Seized in the 1927 Peking Road‎

‎New York, Octagon Books, 1972. 1 volume in-8, 617 pp., navy hardback, a Chinese stamp on the title page, enriched with 2 illustrations hors texts, very good condition.‎

Bookseller reference : 8278

‎SCHALLER (Michael)‎

‎The U.S. Crusade in China, 1938-1945‎

‎New York, Columbia University Press, 1979. 1 volume in-8, 364 pp., red hardback, a Chinese stamp on the title page, very good condition.‎

‎Contents: Preface - Images of China - The Economics of Containment, 1938-1940 - American Aid and Chinese Politics, 1939-1941 - American Air Strategy and the Origins of Clandestine Warfare - Allies in a New War - American Military Strategy and the Chinese Nationalists - Chungking Intrigues - The General or the Generalissimo? - The Yenan Connection - The Connection Broken - SACO! The Counterrevolution in Action - The Japanese Surrender - Backing into the Future - Abbreviations and Locations of Collections Cited in the Notes - Notes Bibliography - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8280

‎MORLEY (James William)‎

‎The Japanese Thrust into Siberia, 1918‎

‎New York, Columbia University Press, 1957. 1 volume in-8, 395 pp., grey hardback a Chinese stamp on the ttile page, library documents on end pages and stamps on edges, enriched with a map hors texte, good condition.‎

‎Contents: Samurai in Siberia - Clansmen and Politicians - Enemies and Allies - Reconnaissance in Siberia - The Manchurian Sanctuary - International Complications - A Crisis Weathered - The Army's Problems - Unruly Protégés - Unaccomodating Allies - The Impasse Broken - A Decision Forced - Hidden Messages - Chronology - Appendixes - Bibliography - Index - Map.‎

Bookseller reference : 8284

‎WAGNER (Donald B.)‎

‎Dabieshan - Traditional Chinese iron-production techniques practised in southern Henan in the twentieth century‎

‎London and Malmö, Curzon Press Ltd, 1985. 1 volume in-8, 112 pp., library hardback, a Chinese stamp on the title page, library labels on the cover with library documents on end pages, good condition.‎

‎Contents: Preface - Sources on the iron industry of southern Henan - Traditional iron-production techniques of southern Henan - Ironsand - Forestry and charcoal production - Blast furnaces - Refining furnances - Notes - Chinese characters - References and abbreviations - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8287

‎[HONG KONG IMPRINT] [TRADE WITH CHINA]‎

‎Trade with China - A Practical Guide‎

‎Hong Kong, Ta Kung Pao, first edition, 1957. 1 volume 8vo, hard cloth covers, 125 pp., with numerous advertisements in black and white, a very good and clean copy.‎

‎"China is a large market with 600,000,000 customers. Following the gradual restoration and development of international trade, trading with China has become a matter of great interest to businessmen in various countries as well as in Hongkong. How to trade in China? What imports does China need? What exports can China offer? What are the economic conditions in China? What is China attitude towards foreign trade? How is China's foreign trade to develop? Businessmen all over the world have been seeking answers to these and many other interesting and practical questions". Questions asked more than half a century ago and still very modern!‎

Bookseller reference : 8296

‎MORSE (Hosea Ballou) - [CANTON [GILDS OF CHINA]‎

‎The Gilds of China - With an Account of the Gild Merchant or Co-Hong of Canton‎

‎Cheng-Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1972, reprint of the original edition, published by Longsmans, Green & Co, 1909. 1 volume in-8, hard covers, 92 pp., with 2 illustrations, a good copy.‎

‎Contents: Introductory - The Religious Fraternity - The Craft Gild - The Provincial Club - The Gild Merchant - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8308

‎[SHANGHAI IMPRINT][AMERICAN WOMEN'S CLUB]‎

‎The Dawn of Chinese Civilisation - Papers of the Literary Department of the American Women's Club of Shanghai. 1921 - 1922 - 1923‎

‎American Women's Club, Shanghai, 1923, first edition. 1 volume 8vo, 256 pp., with a few vignettes in the text, 4 pages of advertisements in fine. Hardboard in original quarter cloth over printed boards with printed wrappers and string binding. Strings are cut and text inside is a bit loose. Overall a good copy. An other copy, with strings uncut, but with some waterstain on the first borard, is sold at the same price, 200 euros.‎

‎Twenty-nine papers published by The Liteary Department are presented in this volume including "The Golden Age of Yao and Shun", "Early Feudalism and its Continuation in the Chou Dynasty", "Annals of the Spring and Autumn", "High Lights in the Dark Ages of China", "The Development of Design in the Chou Dynasty", "The Chess Players of Nanshan", "The Outstanding Men of Shang Dysnasty". (NS)‎

Bookseller reference : 8320

‎FABRE (Capitaine Maurice) - [PEKIN]‎

‎Pékin - Ses Palais, Ses Temples et ses Environs‎

‎Tien-Tsin, Librairie Française, 1937. 1 volume in-8, XV-347-14 pp., couverture toilée rouge, sans la jaquette d'origine, dos usagé, bon état. L'ouvrage est enrichi de nombreuses photographies et d'illustrations par Y. Darcy et J. Malval. Il comporte en outre une vingtaine de cartes, plans et vues à vol d'oiseau.‎

‎Ce précieux guide historique et descriptif de Pékin présente 3 parties: Le Pékin d'autrefois (Historique de Pékin - Les Palais et Monuments Impériaux - Les Parcs de chasse Impériaux - La Grande Muraille de Chine), Les Temples (Ville Tartare, Ville Chinoise, Autour des enceintes, Temples des environs), Les Sépultures impériales, Le Pékin d'aujourd'hui (Pékin centre intellectuel, l'activité Française à Pékin, les restaurants et théâtres chinois, les magasins de curios, les Concessions françaises de Shanghai, Tientsin, Canton et Hangkeou).‎

Bookseller reference : 8323

‎[PEIPING] [GUIDE TO PEIPING]‎

‎Guide to Peiping and its Environs‎

‎Peiping, The Peking Bookshop, 1946. 1 volume in-12, viii-144 pp., illustrated soft covers , with 4 folding maps (Peiping City Map - The Sites of Peiping - The Forbidden City - Peiping and its environs), 16 photographic plates and many commercial advertisements, slight yellowing on the paper, overall a good copy. An other copy, with modern new binding is sold 260 E.‎

‎Contents: Part I: General Information - A short History of Peiping - Table of the Principal Dynasties - Some Features of Chinese Architecture - The Chinese Cuisine - The Chinese Theatre - Festivals and Temple Fairs - English-Chinese Vocabulary - Part II: Tours in the City; The Diplomatic Quarter - The Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Agriculture - The South Section of the Forbidden City - The Northwest Section of the Forbidden City - The Northeast Section of the Forbidden City and the Coal Hill - The T'ai miao and the Central Park - The Nan Hai and the Chung Hai - The Pei Hai - The Temple of Confucius and the Lama Temple - Around Hata Men Street and Morrison Street - The Tartar City - Between Hou Men and Te Sheng Men - The West Sections of the Imperial City and the Tartar City - The Eastern Half of the Chinese City - The Western Half of the Chinese City - Other Points of Interest in the Tartar City - Part III: The Environs of Peiping: The Eastern Suburbs - The Northern and Northwestern Suburbs - The Western Suburbs - The Summer Palace and the Jade Fountain - Wo Fo Seu, Pi Yun Ssu, the hunting Park and Pa TaCh'u - Some other Temples and historic Grounds around Peiping - The Great Wall near K'ou - The Ming Toms - Index.‎

Bookseller reference : 8326