COMMITTEE OF CHINESE REFORMATION
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
Softcover. Good condition. paperback
Bookseller reference : 36805X1
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HONIG EMILY & HERSHATTER GAIL
Personal Voices: Chinese Women In The 1980's
Stanford University Press Stanford: 1988. Softcover. Good condition. This book is based on extensive personal interviewing of urban women and study of contemporary literature and articles in the periodical press that touched on the problems of rural women. It is not only about the changes in women's lives but also about the excitement confusion and anxieties that Chinese women express as they contemplate the future of their society and their own place in it. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0804714312. Stanford University Press, Stanford: 1988 paperback
Bookseller reference : 36911X1 ISBN : 0804714312 9780804714310
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JOHNSON KAY ANN
Women The Family And Peasant Revolution In China
University of Chicago Press Chicago: 1985. Softcover. Good condition. ISBN: 0226401898. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1985 paperback
Bookseller reference : 36906X1 ISBN : 0226401898 9780226401898
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LO KENNETH
Chinese Regional Cooking
Pantheon Books New York: 1979. Softcover. Good condition. The back cover is bent. ISBN: 0394738705. Pantheon Books, New York: 1979 paperback
Bookseller reference : 37420X1 ISBN : 0394738705 9780394738703
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YOUNG KENETH T
Negotiating With The Chinese Communists: The United States Experience 1953-1967
McGraw-Hill Book Company New York: 1968. Softcover. Reading copy. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York: 1968 paperback
Bookseller reference : 37527X1
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SCURFIELD ELIZABETH; LIANYI SONG
Beginner's Chinese Script
NTC/Contemporary Publishing Lincolnwood: 1999. Softcover. Good condition. A step-by-step introduction to reading and writing simple Chinese. Teaches you how to build your skills with tips and practice suggestions. ISBN: 0658000810. NTC/Contemporary Publishing, Lincolnwood: 1999 paperback
Bookseller reference : 33525X1 ISBN : 0658000810 9780658000812
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GO PING GAM
What Character Is That: An Easy-access Dictionary Of 5000 Chinese Characters
Simplex Publications San Francisco: 1995. Softcover. Good condition. A dictionary that tells the reader how to read and write with Chinese characters. A step by step approach to the world of deciphering unknown Chinese characters. The best thing about this reference tool is that anyone can read its very understandable explanations and begin to search the meanings of Chinese characters. ISBN: 0962311359. Simplex Publications, San Francisco: 1995 paperback
Bookseller reference : 33913X1 ISBN : 0962311359 9780962311352
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GUILLERMAZ JACQUES
A History Of The Chinese Communist Party: 1921-1949
Random House New York: 1972. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. The dustjacket has a teeny tiny tear to it. This volume is a valuable contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the social and political evolution of contemporary China. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0394464796. Random House, New York: 1972 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 34015X1 ISBN : 0394464796 9780394464794
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SCURFIELD ELIZABETH
Chinese
NTC/Contemporary Books Lincolnwood: 1991. Softcover. Good condition. Written for complete beginners this book explains the complexities of spoken and written Modern Standard Chinese. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0844237574. NTC/Contemporary Books, Lincolnwood: 1991 paperback
Bookseller reference : 34247X1 ISBN : 0844237574 9780844237572
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MING LE YAO
The Conspiracy And Murder Of Mao's Heir
Collins London: 1983. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Tells for the first time the inside story of the strangest and most mysterious episode in the history of modern China: the attempt in 1971 by Lin Biao Mao Tse-Tung's chosen successor and the second most powerful man in the Communist hierarchy to kill Mao and seize control of the State. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0002171414. Collins, London: 1983 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31846X1 ISBN : 0002171414 9780002171410
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LINDBECK JOHN M. H
Understanding China: An Assessment Of American Scholarly Resources
Praeger Publishers New York: 1971. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Although Dr. Lindbeck died in 1971 and he did not complete the sections of his work on scholarly work abroad he made an invaluable assessment of American resources in China. This book contains his searching and timely analysis insights and data. Includes an Index. Praeger Publishers, New York: 1971 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32066X1
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DE RIENCOURT AMAURY
The Soul Of China
Coward-McCann New York: 1958. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Dustjaccket has chips and tears. Presents a comprehensive and challenging interpretation of Chinese history with emphasis on the two extremities of its time span. Includes an Index. Coward-McCann, New York: 1958 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32035X1
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BARRYMAINE NORMAN
The Time Bomb: Today's China From The Inside
Taplinger Publishing Company New York: 1971. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. This is a lucid and prophetic report on China today--and tomorrow. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0800877306. Taplinger Publishing Company, New York: 1971 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32197X1 ISBN : 0800877306 9780800877309
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PING CHING; BLOODWORTH DENNIS
Heirs Apparent: What Happens When Mao Dies
Farrar Straus & Giroux New York: 1973. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Examines through Chinese eyes and in Chinese terms the often confusing Chinese and enigmatic Chinese political situation in order to discover who will probably control the destinies of a quarter of humanity in the coming years. The purpose of Mr. Bloodworth's book is to explain what makes China tick to explain why Mao Tse-tung acted as he did what motivates Chinese youth how the Chinese milions really feel about the West and not how the Westerner thinks they ought to feel. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0374168989. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York: 1973 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32206X1 ISBN : 0374168989 9780374168988
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HUNTER DIERDRE; HUNTER NEALE
We The Chinese: Voices Of China
Praeger Publishers New York: 1974. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. The selections reprinted here range from a 2000-year-old cautionary tale to a poem by a young Red Guard celebrating the new world in 1967. Includes an Index. Praeger Publishers, New York: 1974 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32195X1
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WU YUAN LI
China: A Handbook
Praeger Publishers New York: 1973. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. The dustjacket is slightly torn in the front. This handbook is a comprehensive and authoritative reference work indispensable for anyone conmcerned with China. Includes an Index. Praeger Publishers, New York: 1973 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32290X1
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HARDING HARRY
China's Second Revolution: Reform After Mao - A Study Produced In Cooperation With The Council On Foreign Relations
The Bookings Institution Washington: 1987. Softcover. Very good condition. An overview of China's "second revolution" - the sweeping political and economic reforms undertaken in the post-Mao era under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping. The reforms are unsurpassed in scope and complexity involving nothing less than a fundamental reshaping of Chinese society. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0815734611. The Bookings Institution, Washington: 1987 paperback
Bookseller reference : 32360X1 ISBN : 0815734611 9780815734611
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PORTER ELIOT; PORTER JONATHAN TEXT BY
All Under Heaven: The Chinese World
Pantheon Books New York: 1983. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Slight tearing andsoiling to dustjacket. This is a book of breathtaking visual and intellectual discovery; equally so for those who have traveled to China and those who never will. ISBN: 0394529278. Pantheon Books, New York: 1983 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32568X1 ISBN : 0394529278 9780394529271
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SCHURMANN FRANZ
Ideology And Organization In Communist China
University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles: 1971. Softcover. Good condition. Contains three themes that are of interest about Communist China---1 Comparisons between the USSR and China 2 the historical problems of continuity in China 3 Industrialization. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0520015538. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles: 1971 paperback
Bookseller reference : 32926X1
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GROUSSET RENE
The Rise And Splendour Of The Chinese Empire
University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles: 1968. Softcover. Good condition. .This work is a history of Chinese civilization with special emphsis on cultural achievements.An unusually broad perspective and a sure eye for significant detail are demanded of an author who sets out to delineate three thousand years of a people's culture - on the one hand accurately and on the other interestingly. Both these competencies Grousset had." - Far Eastern Quarterly Translated into Engllish from the French. Includes an Index. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles: 1968 paperback
Bookseller reference : 32881X1
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MOORE OLIVER
Chinese
University of California Press Berkeley: 2000. Softcover. Very good condition. Demystifies one of the world's oldest writing systems introducing the basic principles of the language the formation of written characters and the way these characters have developed. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0520228448. University of California Press, Berkeley: 2000 paperback
Bookseller reference : 28234X2 ISBN : 0520228448 9780520228443
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MCGOVERN JAMES
To The Yalu: From The Chinese Invasion Of Korea To Macarthur's Dismissal
William Morrow and Company New York: 1972. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Tells for the first time in its entirety the tragic story behind the twenty-year-long break in Chinese-American relations. Includes an Index. William Morrow and Company, New York: 1972 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30580X1
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CANDLIN A. H. STANTON
Psycho- Chemical Warfare: The Chinese Communist Drug Offensive Against The West
Arlington House New Rochelle: 1973. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. The solid documentation in this expose will shock the reader. Gives historical examples of narcotics as a political weapon and reveals the link between Chinese intelligence services and other clandestine organizations. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0870002147. Arlington House, New Rochelle: 1973 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30530X1 ISBN : 0870002147 9780870002144
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PU YU HU
A Brief History Of The Chinese National Revolutionary Forces
Chung Wu Publishing Co. Taipei: 1973. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. An account of the expeditionary Forces of China with stress on the War in China and the suppression of certain wars. Includes an Index. Chung Wu Publishing Co., Taipei: 1973 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30658X1
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BLOODWORTH DENNIS
The Chinese Looking Glass
Farrar Straus & Giroux New York: 1967. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Essentially a book for the layman not an academic study and it is enlivened by the author's personal experiences with the Chinese. Includes an Index. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York: 1967 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30578X1
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FRASER JOHN
The Chinese: Portrait Of A People
Collins Toronto: 1980. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Some small tears in dustjacket. An exciting and passionate personal odyssey of adventure The Chinese is also the most revealing and cliche-shattering portrait of the inhabitants of the People's Republic of China yet to appear. As the award-winning Peking Bureau Chief of the Toronto Globe and Mail from 1977 to 1979 when his reports were carried in newpapers throughout the world he headed the oldest established Western newspaper bureau in China. ISBN: 0002168170. Collins, Toronto: 1980 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30782X1 ISBN : 0002168170 9780002168175
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DULLES FOSTER RHEA
American Policy Toward Communist China: 1949-1969
Thomas Y. Crowell Company New York: 1972. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. The necessary background for the general reader who wants the developments in relations between the two countries the U. S. and China put unto perspective. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0690076134. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York: 1972 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30790X1 ISBN : 0690076134 9780690076134
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ECKSTEIN ALEXANDER; GALENSON WALTER; LIU TA CHUNG
Economic Trends In Communist China
Aldine Publishing Company Chicago: 1968. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Presents the work of twelve experts in different aspects of economics and offers a comprehensive assessment of economic development in mainland China since 1949. Includes an Index. Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago: 1968 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29017X1
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ZHISUI DR. LI
The Private Life Of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs Of Mao's Personal Physician
Random House New York: 1994. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. The author vividly reconstructs his extraordinary experience. The result is a book that will profoundly alter our view of Chairman Mao and of China. ISBN: 0679400354. Random House, New York: 1994 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29144X1 ISBN : 0679400354 9780679400356
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SNOW EDGAR
The Long Revolution
Random House New York: 1972. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Adds immeasurably to our knowledge of "the truth" about China and its leaders. Author is a journalist and longtime China expert who helped make Nixon's historic trip possible. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0394468597. Random House, New York: 1972 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28753X2 ISBN : 0394468597 9780394468594
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GRAY JACK; CAVENDISH PATRICK
Chinese Communism In Crisis: Maoism And The Cultural Revolution
Praeger Publishers New Yoirk: 1968. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. The works of leading figures in literature drama and the cinema are described and analyzed in relation to the Maoist criteria for socialist culture. Includes an Index. Praeger Publishers, New Yoirk: 1968 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29598X1
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LIU LEO YUEH YUN
China As A Nuclear Power In World Politics
Taplinger Publishing Company New York: 1972. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. China's basic foreign policy objectives are examined in this timely book from both the historical and the contemporary points of view as well as present and future nuclear strategies. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0800814703. Taplinger Publishing Company, New York: 1972 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29795X1 ISBN : 0800814703 9780800814700
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TUCHMAN BARBARA W
Stilwell And The American Experience In China 1911-45
Macmillan Publishing Company New York: 1971. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Barbara W. Tuchman won the Pulitzer Prize for Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45 in 1972. She uses the life of Joseph Stilwell the military attach to China in 1935-39 and commander of United States forces and allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek in 1942-44 to explore the history of China from the revolution of 1911 to the turmoil of World War II when China's Nationalist government faced attack from Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents. Includes an index. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York: 1971 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1586X1
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SNOW EDGAR
The Long Revolution
Random House New York: 1972. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Adds imeasurably to our knowledge of "the truth" about China and its leaders. Author is a journalist and longtime China expert who helped make Nixon's historic trip possible. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0394468597. Random House, New York: 1972 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28753X1 ISBN : 0394468597 9780394468594
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China Mieville
Perdido Street Station
Del Rey 2001. Later Printing. Trade Paperback i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover. New Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition/N/A volume is softcover. Novel Del Rey paperback
Bookseller reference : 000-037774 ISBN : 0345443020 9780345443021
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China Mieville
Looking for Jake
Del Rey 2005. Later Printing. Trade Paperback i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover. New Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition/N/A volume is softcover. Contains the stories Foundation Details Go Between Different Skies and more. Collected Short Fiction Del Rey paperback
Bookseller reference : 000-131358 ISBN : 0345476077 9780345476074
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MOORE OLIVER
Chinese
University of California Press Berkeley: 2000. Softcover. Good condition. Demystifies one of the world's oldest writing systems introducing the basic principles of the language the formation of written characters and the way these characters have developed. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0520228448. University of California Press, Berkeley: 2000 paperback
Bookseller reference : 28234X1 ISBN : 0520228448 9780520228443
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CLAYRE ALASDAIR
The Heart Of The Dragon
Houghton Mifflin Boston: 1985. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Takes the reader into China exploring the private lives of individual families the work of the villages the problems and successes of factories and mines and the closed world of the country's courtshospital asylums an d prisons - a rare look at areas that will once again be closed to public view. Numerous photographs and illustrations. Includes an Index. ISBN: 039535336X. Houghton Mifflin, Boston: 1985 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3680X2 ISBN : 039535336X 9780395353363
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CHANG IRIS
The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War I I
Basic Books New York: 1997. Hardcover with dustjacklet. Good condition. Tells the story of the brutal massacres of more than 300000 Chinese in China from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers who performed it; of the Chinese civilians who endured it; and finally a group of Europeans and Americans who refused to abandon the city and were able to create a safety zone that saved almost 300000 Chinese. Includes an Index. "Meticulously researched . . . A gripping account that holds the reader's attention from beginning to end." -- Nien Cheng author of Life and Death in Shanghai ISBN: 0465068359. Basic Books, New York: 1997 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21108X1 ISBN : 0465068359 9780465068357
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China
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMUNICATING A STATEMENT OF THE EXPENDITURES UNDER THE ACT OF 3D MARCH 1843 PROVIDING THE MEANS OF FUTURE INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA
29th Cong. 1st Sess.: SD17. 1845. 2pp dbd. Very Good. SD17. unknown
Bookseller reference : 14378
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China Travel and Tourism Press
Subterranean Army of Emperor Qin Shi Hua
China: Republic of China. Soft cover. New. SIGNED TWICE BY Yang Zhi Fa discouver of the Terracotta army. Includes picture of Yang signing the book the second time. Text & illustrations completely pristine. Your satisfaction guaranteed. Please ask us any questions. <br/> <br/> Republic of China paperback
Bookseller reference : 002351 ISBN : 7503216123 9787503216121
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SCHELL ORVILLE
In The People's Republic: An American's Firsthand View Of Living And Working In China
Vintage Books New York: 1978. Softcover. Reading copy. Binding slightly broken. The result of the author's unique experience of everyday life in China provides a portrait of China and the Chinese as few experts or diplomats have ever known them. ISBN: 0394725182. Vintage Books, New York: 1978 paperback
Bookseller reference : 18694X1 ISBN : 0394725182 9780394725185
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Doulton Fine China Limited.
ROYAL DOULTON FIGURES.
Doulton Fine China Limited: 1965. Collectors Book No. 9 Jan. 1965 108 pages illustrated in color with the 1966 suggested price list. "An authentic Royal Doulton Figure embodies all the traditions the research the skill and the artisity of a hundred years of English craftsmanship in Ceramics." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Doulton Fine China Limited: Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012263
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SINCLAIR KEVIN
The Yellow River: A 5000 Year Journey Through China
The Knapp Press Los Angeles: 1987. Hardcover no dustjacket. Very good condition. A book based on the acclaimed ABC television documentary. This book is a record of and a tribute to the might Yellow River. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0895351927. The Knapp Press, Los Angeles: 1987 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17103X1 ISBN : 0895351927 9780895351920
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O'NEILL MICHAEL J
China Today
Newspaperbooks New York: 1976. Softcover. Good conditrion. To see the mental conformity first hand is a jarring experience for an American. But what is disturbing to us may not be disturbing to the Chinese. This book explains the history and culture of the Chinese people. Newspaperbooks, New York: 1976 paperback
Bookseller reference : 17305X1
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BONOSKY PHILLIP
Dragon Pink On Old White
Marzani & Munsell New York: 1963. Softcover. Reading copy. Chinese color symbolism differs drastically from that in the West illuminating the contrasts in cultures. Here is a friendly but critiical eyewitness account by an American novelist sensitive to the art culture and social psychology of China - areas generally neglected by other reporters. Marzani & Munsell, New York: 1963 paperback
Bookseller reference : 4306X1
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LAWRENCE ANTHONY
The Love Of China
Octopus Books London: 1979. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition with very small tear to DJ. Beautiful color photographs of the people and history of China. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0706411404. Octopus Books, London: 1979 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14401X1 ISBN : 0706411404 9780706411409
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SALISBURY CHARLOTTE Y.; SALISBURY HARRISON E. INTRODUCTION
China Diary
Walker & Co. New York: 1973. Hardcover with dustjacket. reading copy. Dustjacket is worn and torn. Gift inscription signed by Charlotte Salisbury. A useful guide as to what to expect; where it is interesting to go; what living is like; the nature of hotels and restaurants as well as providing some key to the main facets of Chinese life. A useful handbook for travel in that country. ISBN: 0802704069. Walker & Co., New York: 1973 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11123X1 ISBN : 0802704069 9780802704061
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FAIRBANK JOHN KING
The United States And China
Harvard University Press Cambridge: 1948. Hardcover with dustjacket. reading copy. Dustjacket is worn and torn. The best one-volume job on China I have ever read." -Theodore H. White. Includes an Index. Harvard University Press, Cambridge: 1948 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11088X1
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CHINA. CANTON. MINIATURE ENGRAVING
Canton
Miniature Engraving trimmed to image Shows junk and harbour buildings. unknown
Bookseller reference : RGW13847
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