‎China‎

‎Joint Borad Directors National Palace Museum Republic of China‎

‎Porcelain of the National Palace Museum: Underglaze Red Ware of the Ming Dynasty‎

‎Cafa Company Limited 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket in slip case. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Corner bumped. Tears to slip case. Light foxing. Pages unmarked. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Cafa Company Limited hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 2203090022

‎Guo jia di tu ji bian zuan wei yuan hui China‎

‎Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo guo jia pu tong di tu ji Mandarin Chinese Edition‎

‎Xin hua shu dian Beijing fa xing suo fa xing 1/1/1995. Hardcover. Very Good. Atlas folio. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelfwear. Clean unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Xin hua shu dian Beijing fa xing suo fa xing hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1703280010 ISBN : 7503118016 9787503118012

‎Mieville, China‎

‎Iron Council Bas-Lag‎

‎Del Rey July 2005. Trade Paperback. Used. Del Rey paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 0345458427 ISBN : 0345458427 9780345458421

‎Guo li li shi bo wu guan (China).; Bian ji wei yuan hui‎

‎Chinese Calligraphy: The Graphic Ballet of the Writer's Brush‎

‎Taibei Shi: Guo li li shi bo wu guan 1989. Hardcover. VG/VG. Tan boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine tan illustrated dust jacket with black lettering purple spine with black lettering 92 pp illustrated in color and bw. Text in Chinese and English. At head of title: The graphic ballet of the writer:s brush = Fei yue ling dong huan hua wan qian di. Guo li li shi bo wu guan hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 177398

‎Maitland, Derek (photographed by Nik Wheeler)‎

‎SETTING SAILS: A TRIBUTE TO THE CHINESE JUNK‎

‎Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Pub 1981. HC. good w/good dustjacket hardcover. B&W and color illustrations. 174pp. South China Morning Post Pub unknown‎

Bookseller reference : BOOKS073418I

‎Johns, Christopher M. S.‎

‎CHINA AND THE CHURCH: CHINOISERIE IN GLOBAL CONTEXT‎

‎Oakland CA: Univ. of California Press 2016. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket hardcover. B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 9780520284654 192pp. Univ. of California Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : BOOKS072581I ISBN : 0520284658 9780520284654

‎Morse Hosea Ballou‎

‎THE TRADE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE‎

‎Taipei: Ch'Eng-Wen Publishing Co 1966. HC. good light green cloth hardcover faded spine no dustjacket. fold-out maps illustrations. Light green cloth faded spine - no dustjacket. 451pp. Ch'Eng-Wen Publishing Co unknown‎

Bookseller reference : BOOKS072517I

‎Dai Ding‎

‎ANCIENT CHINESE ARCHITECTURE DECORATION -- Genuine Book of Ancient Chinese Architectural Decoration‎

‎China: Fine Arts Publishing House 2012. PB. very good wraps softcover. color illustrations. ISBN 9787534424038 Cataloging information title etc obtained by crossing ISBN to various website. Text in Chinese. 311pp. Fine Arts Publishing House unknown‎

Bookseller reference : BOOKS069182I ISBN : 7534424038 9787534424038

‎Lien Chan edited by‎

‎PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD SINO-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON MAINLAND CHINA‎

‎China: Institute of Int'l Relations 1974. HC. very good w/good dustjacket hardcover. This collection contains primarily papers and reports presented to the Third Sino-American Conference on Mainland China held between December 9 and 16 1973 Taipei under the sponsorship of the Institute of International Relations Republic of China. The purpose of the Conference was to gain a better understanding of the essential nature of the Chinese Communist regime and the situation in mainland China since 1949 through an exchange of views between Chinese and American scholars and other experts in this field. 986pp. Institute of Int'l Relations unknown‎

Bookseller reference : BOOKS035621I

‎[China]‎

‎The Living Age published under the auspices of the Atlantic Monthly". Saturday Jan 19 1924. With 3 articles on China‎

‎Concord NH: The Living Age Company 1924. Wraps. Very good condition. Single issue of this weekly journal containing "American Designs in China" by Georges Dubarbier concerning US economic interests in China p108; "Abolishing the Yellow Streak" about the need for foreigners to understand "that we Chinese are not barbarians and will not adopt foreign civilization under compulsion" p117 by Ku Hung-Ming; and "On the Threshold of a Dissolving Empire An Italian Journalist Sees Manchuria" by Arnaldo Cipolla p118. Also includes an article by an Irish contributor "Ireland As It Is". <br /> <br /> 8vo pp 100- 144 complete advertisements. In the original salmon pink printed wrappers; wrappers slightly dusty text bright and clean. The Living Age Company paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 25506

‎[China]‎

‎Greetings from Tientsin. N. China". New Year's card with silvertone photograph of Zhiyuan Pagoda in Beining Park‎

‎1906. Very good condition. English language New Year's card from Tientsin or Tianjin a northern Chinese city one of the five "national central cities" of the People's Republic of China. The card features a black and white photograph of the botanical garden known as Beining Park built in 1906 and located to the east of the North Railway station. Twenty nine arched bridges link ponds and pavilions throughout the park whose main feature is the 244 foot tall Zhiyuan Pagoda. <br /> Message in green embossed font at front cover of card; greeting message in green font and signed from "Geo. Yurasko". White embossed floral patterned card stock; internally traces of green ribbon originally used to attach card to its cover. 4 x 6" unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17852

‎[China] Rose Series‎

‎Stereoscopic view: Railway Station Tientsin China‎

‎Sydney: The Rose Stereographs 1905. Very good condition. A fascinating large image of the train and the bustle on the platform. Number 6209 with the additional text "this railway extends to Peking and belongs to a European company. Travelling on this line is quite up to date". Text at verso explains "this railway which connects Tientsin with Peking was made use of by the Japanese Government to convey soldiers to the front during the war with Russia in 1904 but the Chinese authorities apparently yielding to outside pressure temporarily closed the line to prevent trouble". Visible in the crowd awaiting departure are commission agents "touts" for the various hotels and Japanese soldiers. Card measures 7 x 4" The Rose Stereographs unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 20259

‎China‎

‎Chinese embossed Christmas card with cut stamp montage on a watercolor landscape‎

‎China 1905. Very good condition. Oblong 8vo. Folding card stock with printed Christmas greeting in both Chinese and English on inlaid sheet. The original cut stamp post card laid inside the open cut front cover. The stamps form people and 2 junks sailing on a water colored water scene with hills in the distance. Post card with space for address only. Ribbon tie. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4" unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 19939

‎[China]‎

‎Chinese embossed Christmas card with cut stamp montage on a watercolor landscape‎

‎China 1914. Very good condition. Oblong 8vo. Folding card stock with printed Christmas greeting in both Chinese and English on inlaid sheet. The original cut stamp post card laid inside the open cut front cover. The stamps form Chinese junk with three sails with two men and mountains in distance. Ribbon tie. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4" unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 19940

‎China‎

‎Zhenhai Tower or "Five Storey Pagoda" Canton China. Albumen photograph‎

‎1880. Very good condition. An albumen photograph of an ancient Canton Guangzhou landmark known as the Five Storey pagoda once part of the city wall which still stands today in the city's largest park Yue Xiu Park. The pagoda also known as Zhenhai Tower was built in 1380 by Zhu Liangzu during the Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 and stands on the Yuexiu Hill. It is 92 feet high and has been destroyed and rebuilt five times. The building now houses the City Museum which exhibits the history of Canton from Neolithic times. 5 1/2 x 4". Printed on lightweight paper very small mark upper right not on the image. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 19806

‎China‎

‎Boult English & Brandon's Freight Circular Per "Asia" Steamer From Liverpool August 6 1859‎

‎Liverpool England: Benson & Mallett 1859. Price list with shipping rates for coal railroad equipment & salt. Destination cities in the coal shipping table include Ceylon Bombay Calcutta Singapore Hong Kong Shanghai and Rangoon among others. Also a table for Railway Iron and Fittings to Calcutta Bombay and Ceylon; and Salt to Calcutta. Includes an "East India Freights" shipping price table. Two color printed circular on shaded background. Self folding mailing form with hand lettered address to Daniel W. Lord Esq. in Kennebunk Maine & canceled one penny stamp. Self mailing folds o/w very good. Benson & Mallett unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 15140

‎China‎

‎China Resists. Progressive Womens Council #33‎

‎New York: Board of Education City of New York 1946. Pamphlet. Very good. One page mimeographed flyer advertising public forum with text "Paul Maurice Youth Director of "China Today" Wed Jan 12 9:00 PM 'China Resists'. This is one of a series of forums held in cooperation with the forum division W. P. A. Adult Education Program of the Board of Education City of New York. Free Public Forum". 8 1/2 x 11" Board of Education, City of New York unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 15182

‎NEW YORK. CHINA HOUSE GALLERY. CHINA INSTITUTE IN AMERICA‎

‎The Communion of Scholars Chinese Art At Yale by Mary Gardner Neill‎

‎New York: 1982. 1982. 4to. pp. 144 4. extensive illus. some colour. 1 map. biblio. wrs. Exhib. Cat. New York: [1982]. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : OWeNEW Y28

‎Collective; Lethbridge, HJ. (introduction) H. J.‎

‎All About Shanghai. A Standard Guidebook‎

‎Hong Kong: Oxford University Press 1984 Many b.& w. photos and facsimiles. « First published in 1934 this book brings Shanghai in its heyday vividly to life. Shanghai remains the most modern city in China although today much of the glamour is gone. With All About Shanghai the enterprising tourist can recapture the atmosphere of this extraordinary city. There are sections on history customs superstitions and police powers and many other diverse topics. This is a must read for one preparing to travel in the Far East.». Soft cover. As New/As New. Oxford University Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 000930 ISBN : 0195815947 9780195815948

‎[China] Mudge, Hannah‎

‎Ivory coated Embossed Coated Calling Card of Hannah B. Mudge with Chinese characters‎

‎Boston: Dickinson 1840. Good condition. The embossed coated calling card of an American woman in China possibly a medical missionary as the caduceus is embossed at each side of her calling card. There is a vignette within an oval at the bottom of the card showing goods packed in crates at the dock tall-masted sailing ships and a locomotive in the distance. With Mudge's name in elaborate contemporary ink with Chinese characters below. "Dickinson" embossed at lower left corner. 3 3/4 x 2 1/2". Small chip at left edge of card. Dickinson unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 23526

‎[Shanghai, China]‎

‎Postcard. Shanghai City Tea House‎

‎Shanghai: Toyo Murakami. Ephemera. Very good overall. B&w Chinese finely printed picture postcard showing pagoda like structure of the City Tea House in Shanghai built over water with a bridge leading to it. On verso 'Work of Art and Curio Dealer Palace Hotel Building Shanghai'. Postcard not mailed very good. Toyo Murakami unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 19750

‎[Hangchow, China]‎

‎Postcard. General view of Lakeview Hotel Hangchow China‎

‎Ephemera. Very good overall. B&w Chinese printed picture postcard showing building and garden of 'General view of Lakeview Hotel Hangchow China. Also written in Chinese characters. Postcard not mailed very good. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 19745

‎Staff of South China Morning Star Edited By Edith Terry‎

‎Pearl River Super Zone: Tapping Into the World's Fastest Growing Economy‎

‎Hong Kiong China : SCMP Book Publishing 2003. Hong Kong built its fortunes as a gateway to trade with the mainland first as an outpost of British entrepreneurialism against the crumbling backdrop of the Qing Dynasty then as an outlet of free enterprise for the Communist nation that rebuilt China a fter 1949. As China's economic reforms exploded after 1978 Hong Kong emerged as the mainland's premier source of capital and manufacturing prowess concentrated in the regions along both banks of the Pearl River. Today nearly a quarter century after nearby Shenzhen was designated special economic zone the former fishing village vies with Hong Kong for density and office towers and Hong Kong's fate is still very much a prod of its location. Now however it is up to Hong Kong to continue to find to add value as the economy of the Pearl River Delta is transformed by rap' growth. If Hong Kong has been at the centre of one of the century's most fascinating economic and social transformations the South China Morning Post has had a front-row seat covering the story. This collection of articles and essays from the Post's business n ews and opinion pages reflects the depth and breadth our reportage and commentary.We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions and all types of Academic Literature. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. SCMP Book Publishing Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 083486 ISBN : 9621786797 9789621786791

‎China‎

‎The Chino-Japanese Negotiations. Chinese Official Statement with Documents and Treaties with Annexures‎

‎New. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : A9781313602020 ISBN : 1313602027 9781313602020

‎Republic of China‎

‎Postal Romanization‎

‎Taipei Taiwan : Directorate General of Posts 1961. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. Variously paginated. 6 x 8 1/4 inches. Tan printed wrappers. A good working copy in the original wraps base of spine perished minor soiling and warping of covers. Wraps. "Three systems for the romanization of Chinese characters prevail in this country viz. the 1 Inland Mission System 2 the Wade-Giles System and 3 The National Language Romanization System. Such systems though good for phonetic purpose are not applicable to the romanization of places in China in which respect the Postal Romanization is the only one enjoying a wide circulation in various circles as may be seen in newspapers periodicals maps charts books writings dictionaries etc.With such a book in hand one will have no difficulty to find out the standard romanization for 1 names of people 2 names of places and 3 the accurate sound of every character." from the preface. <br /> <br /> This edition published in 1000 copies. Less than a dozen copies in OCLC. Directorate General of Posts unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 14476