Peking: Foreign Language Press. As New; As new with clean pages; tight binding. 1976. First edition as stated; 1st Printing. Paperback. A short history of Taiping Rebellion Revolution reflecting Mao Zedong's glorification of the rebels as early heroic revolutionaries against a corrupt feudal system. 4 leaves of illustrations; folded map; index. ; History of Modern China Series Series; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall; 188 pages . Foreign Language Press paperback
Peking: Foreign Language Press. Very Good-; Stiff covers small tear and scuffs not affecting the clean . pages; tight binding. 1976. First edition as stated; 1st Printing. Paperback. A short history of the first Opium War that to this day enrages all discussions of modern Chinese history. 4 leaves of illustrations; index. ; History of Modern China Series Series; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall; 136 pages . Foreign Language Press paperback
Peking: Foreign Language Press. As New; As new with clean pages; tight binding. 1976. First edition as stated; 1st Printing. Paperback. A short history of the reform movement reflecting Mao Zedong's view of its leaders as bourgeois reformists who learned nothing from their failure and became counter-revolutionaries. 2 leaves of illustrations; index. Foreign Language Press questionaire laid in. ; History of Modern China Series Series; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall; 136 pages . Foreign Language Press paperback
Tuscon: The University Press of Arizona Press 1962 Two separate volumes sold as a set. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles renowned anthropologist scholar and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Condition notes for China: xiv 120 numbered pp 1; PB. 1971 5th printing. Pages: clean bright tight; B1247 inked to title p. Cover: red wraps gilt artwork front gilt titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear. Condition notes for Japan and Korea: x 125 numbered pp; PB. 1962 apparent First Edition. Pages: clean bright tight; price stamped to title p Dr. Suttles’ name penciled to front board. Cover: teal wraps gilt artwork front lt blue titles front/spine; moderate edge/shelfwear top corners bumped. The University Press of Arizona Press paperback
Time Life Books 1966. Nice tight copy with just mild wear. Pages of text are clean lightly toned and free of markings. We ship daily. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes not envelopes. A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Time Life Books Paperback
Free Press 1975. 1st Large heavy sturdy book fine dark blue cloth bright gilt lettering on spine light blue inside covers and adjacent end papers 338 lightly browned pages. DJ colorfully designed in white dark blue and red with three Chinese flags in color on front white spine very slightly and uniformly browned ad for related book on back. DJ has very slight wear to bottom front tip microtears at spine top edge. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Free Press Hardcover
<p>Christie´s: Fine Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art from the Edward James collection October 29 1990; London - Auction Catalogue. Lots 1-255 described; illustrations of many of the lots in color and black-and-white. Includes Ming blue and white Famille Rose Wucai Famille Verte Armorial and much more. Condition is Good. Moderate cover wear; back panel creased and chipped at top edge. Text is clean and unmarked. Prices realized are not included.</p> Christie, Manson & Woods paperback
Routledge. Used - Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Find out why millions of customers rave about Better World Books. Experience the best customer care and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Routledge unknown
<p>A change in dynasties: loyalism in thirteenth-century China. Book looks and feels new but on the white end page a name has been whited out. The dust jacket looks fine/new but the inner flap has a corner crease. a fascinating book in perfect condition except for that whited out name on the white end page. Includes bibliography p. 273-293 and index. xiv 309p. : 27 cm. Includes Maps.</p> Western Washington Univ Center for hardcover
Rubbed. Some dogearing. Rear cover chip. Good. Chinese Political History 1966 orig.wrappers 19x13cm 230 pp. Consists of approximately 200 leaves containing 230 handwritten pages. Mostly single-side pages. This is a 230-page handwritten diary entirely in Chinese authored by a production brigade leader at the beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in 19 66. Includes a great deal of detail on production activity farming work economic life political meetings studying Chairman Mao's instructions how the cultural revolution started in this brigade and related politial affairs of 1966. "A production brigade was formerly the basic accounting and farm production unit in the people's commune system. Production teams were largely disbanded during the agricultural reforms of 1982-85. In the administrative hierarchy the team was the lowest level the next higher levels being the production brigade and people's commune. Typically the team owned most of the land and was responsible for income distribution. Since 1984 most teams have been replaced by villages" - wikipedia unknown
Rubbed. Good. Chinese Political History Baoding Hebei China 1971 orig.wrappers 17x12cm 75 pp. This is a 75-page handwritten diary entirely in Chinese authored by a staff member of an agricultural university in Baoding City then capital of Hebei province during 1971 recording the effects of the Cultural Revolution at the university the violent struggle of two opposing student organizations violence and data on military interventions. unknown
Rubbed. Interior hinge cracks. Good. Chinese Political History 1965-1966 orig.boards 20x13cm 199 pp. This ia a handwitten diary authored by the leader of a Production and Construction Corps regiment entirely in Chinese dating from late 1965 to early 1966. Records many details of Production and Construction Corps activities as well as political affairs in the period immediately before Mao's launching of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in May 1966. "Before the Cultural Revolution the Production and Construction Corps was a paramilitary organization of 3 to 4 million people under joint government party and PLA control. The Production and Construction Corps was used in remote and unproductive areas to build roads reclaim land construct defense and water works and operate mines state farms and industrial plants. A secondary role was border defense and some units were armed with light infantry weapons. All received basic military training. Unlike the militia Production and Construction Corps personnel were full time and uniformed. The PLA took over the Production and Construction Corps during the Cultural Revolution then civilianized it in the 1970s. In the 1980s the corps appeared to have been abolished except in Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region" - wikipedia. hardcover
<p>New York NY: Dover Publications 1982. Dover Edition. Trade paperback. US. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Dover Publications; 1982 Dover Edition. New Softcover book. Minor shelf wear to cover. HALL01 From Foreword-Unabridged reprint of 1873-1874 book. John Thomson photographed China from 1862 to 1872 traveling with the specific goal of making a photographic record of the Orient. Not allowing the complexities and wonders of Asia to awe or distract him he honed his eye and exerted a harsh self-discipline. The author was always able to sublimate his personality and to allow the essence of his subject to register clearly.</p> Dover Publications paperback
Washington 1979 Defense Mapping Agency. Pinyin to Wade-Giles; Wade-Giles to Pinyin. Oblong 4to. 919pp. original illustrated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. VG. . paperback
New York and Beijing: China Square 2008. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. Stiff wrappers soft back large format book from China Square Publishers New York City. Beautiful 128 page full color catalog of Contemporary Chinese Art including Shen Jingdong Huang Yan Zhao NengzhiGuangci Chihung yang Cui Guotai Chen Chiehjen photographer Zhang Hongtu Ye Yongqing and others. Mostly painters and sculptors. Very impressive and well made book and there is quite an impressive art scene in China. Can find this and other publications of Chinese contemporary art at China Square New York. This large catalog-like publication goes for $55 on China Square site. This is a catalog of all their other catalogs combined giving enough examples of each artist to get a very good indication of his or her work. <br/> <br/> China Square paperback
China Water Power Press 2014-07-10. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Language:Chinese.China Water Development Report 2014 2014 China Water Development Report Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. <br/><br/> China Water Power Press paperback
Mystic CN: Mystic Seaport Museum 1996. Original red paper over boards gilt on spine. Blind stamped upper cover. Book and pictorial dust jacket condition very good. Former owner name on last postliminary. The Canton-Boston correspondence of Robert Bennet Forbes from 1838 to 1840. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Trade. Mystic Seaport Museum Hardcover
Boston: Little Brown & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Red hardcover with gilt spine titles; . clean pages; tight binding; illustrated; index. 1992. First edition as stated; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0316809101 . A dual biography of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping draws from conversations with colleagues to present the people behind the political figures and at the same time creates a narrative history of twentieth-century China. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 544 pages . Little Brown & Co hardcover
<p>House-Warven Los Angeles PublLithographed By Trojan Press 1950. HBDJ 1ST LIMITED EDITION#89/1000 1950 DJ Is Clear with Gold Border & Title with light wear rub Scuff Edges NF-/VG- AS-IS Black cloth Decorated & Lettered in Gold Gilt light wear Interior nice tight clean light FOXWear 140 pgs .A wisdom tale put together during four years in a concentration camp. The author was a spiritual leader and educator in China for over thirty years and was forced into a concentration camp for four years during WWII. . First Edition. Hard Cover.</p> House-Warven, Los Angeles, Publ,Lithographed By Trojan Press hardcover
Berkeley: University Of California Press. New; Pictorial paperback; clean pages; tight binding; illustrated; index. 2008. First Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. 9780520265851 . What sank the Mongol Fleet Delgado unravels the mystery. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages . University Of California Press paperback
China International Travel Service. 1978. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Softcover; owner's stamps; minor edgewear; o/w in very good condition. . China International Travel Service. Paperback
London: Faber & Faber 1964. VG Shelfwear dealer sticker ink name foxing/G Price-clipped edgewear small chips tears staining foxing. Novel of the Chinese Revolution. Author's first novel she is the daughter of Naomi Mitchison. The Chinese characters on the jacket signify REVOLUTION. Expanded condition report/scan on request. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Faber & Faber Hardcover
New York: Columbia Univ Pr. Good; Trade paperbacks covers shelf worn; clean pages; tight binding; . former owner's name on ffep. 1967. First Edition Thus; 3rd Printing. Paperback. Volume one covers the classical period and volume two focuses on the challenge of the West. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 578/322 pages . Columbia Univ Pr paperback
Woodbridge:: Antique Collectors' Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1851493905 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Antique Collectors' Club, hardcover
Hill and Wang 2010. 432pp. Softback VG corner tips are slightly bumped 3rd Edition index UNDERSDTANDING CHINA : a Guide to China's Economy History and Political Culture . Soft Cover. Very Good. Hill and Wang Paperback
<p><em>Description of China by an anonymous traveller of the 18th century</em>. 1762. Lisbon. Pedro Ferreira. In 8vo 190 mm x 138 mm. 8 pp. Unbound. Lightly browned.</p><p>First edition in Portuguese. Extremely rare relation on China probably by a missionary although no trace of authorship may be found; it contains a variety of subjects including notes on China´s fortifications house decoration gardens hydrography places of notices religion customs and its army. Short as it is no vast amount of detail is found however a intriguing set of observations on what a visitor might be faced-upon when visiting China in the mid 18th century.</p><p>Rare we could trace no copies having sold at auction and only three copies held institutionally Newberry Library University of Minnesota and University of British Columbia Library.</p>
<p>Signed and inscribed in both English and Chinese. Cover shows some discoloration but otherwise near fine interior is fine. 92 pages.</p> Merlin Books Ltd paperback
Law Press China 2009. Chinese text. Infrequent underlining. Covers edge & shelfworn. 3/4"tear along upper front edge of spine. Binding firm. Paperback. Acceptable. Law Press China Paperback
Boston: Little Brown 1983. 240pp. Index. Wonderfully illustrated making it more than a cookbook. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. Square 4to. Book. Little Brown hardcover
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2000. 478pp. Glossary & index. Biblio. 100's of color photos drawings. "Antique Hunter's Guide". An excellent source. Soft Cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Paperback