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China Barbie du Bocage Mr. JG. J. G.
Asie dressee et dessinee Sous la Direction de Mr. J.G. Barbie du Bocage
Paris: Ancien Maison Basset 1860. Children's jigsaw puzzle game of Asia. Ca. 1860. 9 .25 x 10.5". Steel engraving period hand color mounted on card. From the Middle East to the Pacific Ocean including Arabie Turquie; Armenie Armenia Georgie Georgia Perse Beloutchistan Tatarie Kirghiz-Kasak Russie Empre. Chinois Indostan Thibet Indochine Empire du Japon. Top margin states "Atlas B. de B pl IV." Very good condition. HKD1160. <br/><br/> Ancien Maison Basset unknown
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China Fitch Taylor W.
A Voyage Round the World and Visits to Various Countries in the United States Frigate Columbia; Attended by her Consort the Sloop of War John Adams and Commanded by Commodore George C. Read
New Haven & New York: Mansfield & Appleton 1845. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in one. Volume II includes an account of "the visit of the ships to China during the opium difficulties at Canton and confinement of the foreigners in that city". Fitch served as Chaplain to the East India Squadron. 8vo Vol I: 317pp steel engraved b&w frontis ills. in text. Vol II: 332pp ads 2 with a hand colored frontispiece entitled "The Present Emperor of China". Original green blind & gilt stamped cloth with the original spine intact the hinges going corners rubbed. Internally lacks ffep scattered foxing o/w good - condition. <br/><br/> Mansfield & Appleton hardcover
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China Arrowsmith John
China
London: J. Arrowsmith 1832. Map of China by John Arrowsmith whose position in the Admiralty lead to the most recent discoveries being translated quickly to new information on his maps. 23 3/4 x 19 1/2". Original outline and wash color. Korea showed at the top right corners as well as Taisan Formosa and the Loo Choo Islands. Published 15 Feby. 1832. Slt. darkening at fold o/w very good condition. HKD5800. <br/><br/> J. Arrowsmith unknown
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Hucker Charles O
China's Imperial Past: An Introduction to Chinese History and Culture
Stanford CA: Stanford Univ Press 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Type: Hardback First Edition 1975 Hardcover In Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket Unclipped. 47 illustrations; 7 maps. A definitive study of Chinese culture and history unique in the sweep of its design and scope intended for the general reader interested in human history and culture. The author divides Chinese history into three great epochs: a formative age from high antiquity to the unification of China under the Ch'in in the third century B. C.; an early imperial age from the Han dynasty 202 B.C. - A.D. 220 through the T'ang 618-907 and its breakdown; and a later imperial age from the Sung dynasty 960-1279 to the mid-19th century. Each epic considers general history political institutions socio-economics religion literature and the arts. Bound in black cloth with red title panel on spine gilt titles within. Very clean and unmarked upper corner slightly bumped Tight & solid sewn binding square. Internals in Fine Condition--no marks of any kind no underlining or highlighting. xii 474 pages with Chronological Chart of Chinese History Notes on the Chinese Language Suggested Readings and Index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Stanford University Press Stanford CA 1975. Stanford Univ Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 027096 ISBN : 0804708878 9780804708876
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Terrill Ross
China in Our Time: The Epic Saga of the People's Republic from the Communist Victory to Tiananmen Square and Beyond
New York: Simon & Schuster 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. 1992. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Monotone illustrations. Red half cloth with bold and bright gilt titles cream boards; small smudge on lower front edge otherwise quite clean and unmarked; tight solid and square with sharp corners. First three chapters have some underlined text and notes in the margin and pages that have been dog-eared. Otherwise clean and unmarked. 366 pages with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 1992 Simon & Schuster New York. Simon & Schuster hardcover
Referência livreiro : 026739 ISBN : 067168096X 9780671680961
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Fraser John
THE CHINESE A Portrait Of A People
USA: Summit Books/Simon & Schister 1980. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Sixteen pages of b/w photographic Illustrations. Clean and unmarked wraps spine with light creases tight solid and square. Interior is very clean completely unmarked. An invaluable and captivating portrait of China and its people one to shatter pre-conceptions one may have about the Chinese. 463 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. New York. Summit Books/Simon & Schuster 1980. Summit Books/Simon & Schister paperback
Referência livreiro : 025527 ISBN : 0671448730 9780671448738
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Tong Shen with Yen Marianne
Almost a Revolution: The Story of a Chinese Student's Journey from Boyhood to Leadership in Tiananmen Square
New York New York USA: Harper Perennial 1991. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. First Harper Perennial Trade Paperback Edition in Very Good Condition. Cover design by Archie Ferguson. Cover is clean and unmarked with slight wear to extremities. Binding is tight solid and square. Pages are lightly toned quite clean with no markings of any kind no creases. The first memoir about China's democracy movement and the massacre at Tiananmen Square in June 1989. A remarkable autobiograsphy of this courageous young man and a spiritual history of China's struggle for human rights. 342 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches. 1991 Harper Perennial New York New York USA Harper Perennial paperback
Referência livreiro : 024834 ISBN : 0060974303 9780060974305
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Jenner W. J. F
The Tyranny of History: The Roots of China's Crisis
London England: Allen Lane/The Penguin Press 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hardback First edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Clean unmarked tight & solid volume. W.J. F. Jenner is a Professor of Chinese and head of the China Centre at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is a most experienced observer of Chinese history and culture. His book deepens our understanding of recent events and the challenge of the future. 255 pages indexed. 6.4 x 9.5 inches. 1992 Allen Lane/The Penguin Press London England Allen Lane/The Penguin Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 024265 ISBN : 0713990600 9780713990607
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Witke Roxane
Comrade Chiang Ch'ing
Boston-Toronto: Little Brown and Company 1977. Hardcover. Good/Good. Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book and Jacket in Good Condition. This book is the outcome off interviews with Mao Tae-tung's widow Chiang Ch'ing within weeks after Mao's death. She and three other senior officials were arrested as enemies of the Party; she was charged with betrayal of national secrets. Both personal and public revelations about her impoverished violent rural childhood Chinese political history Mao's orthodoxy personalities--an incredible close-up view of the top power echelon in Peking. The author adds a commentary on Chiang Ch'ing's downfall. Over forty illustrations/photographs; maps of The People's Republic of China on the endpapers; double page map of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung's Journey. Bound in orange cloth with gilt Chinese symbol on front and lettering on spine. Clean tight solid book. Light wear to corner tips and spine heel. Top edge of text block is foxed. Jacket has illustration of Comrade and Madame Chiang Ch'ing. Clean with moderate wear to extremities. 549 pages with a Glossary of Terms 20th Century Chinese Personalities Abbreviations Chapter Notes and Index Also a Chronology of Chiang Ch'ing's life. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. 1977 Little Brown and Company Boston-Toronto Little, Brown and Company hardcover
Referência livreiro : 023141 ISBN : 0316949000 9780316949002
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Lord Bette Bao
Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic
USA: Ballantine Books 1991. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently used book clean and unmarked slight wear to edges. Solid and square. Internals quite clean and free from any markings lightly toned. "Legacies" helps to penetrate the conundrum of China in the 20th century written by Bette Bao Lord who was born in China raised in America author of the bestseller "Spring Moon" wife of a former ambassador to China and living in Beijing during the "China Spring" of 1989. Her web of relationships and insights have enabled her to observe Chinese life both high and low Communist and dissident intellectual and ordinary. 242 pages. 5 x 8. 1991 Ballantine Books USA. Ballantine Books paperback
Referência livreiro : 022545 ISBN : 0449906205 9780449906200
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Tong Shen; Yen Marianne
Almost a Revolution: The Story of a Chinese Student's Journey from Boyhood to Leadership in Tiananmen
U.S.A: HarperPerennial/HarperCollins Publishers 1991. First Thus. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. First HarperPerennial Edition. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. An eyewitness history and autobiography a history of China's struggle for human rights. Clean and unmarked wrappers with light wear to front corner tips trace wear to some edges. Binding tight and square. Pages toned clean and free from any markings no creasing. 342 pages. 5.25 x 8. 1991 HarperPerennial/HarperCollins Publishers USA HarperPerennial/HarperCollins Publishers paperback
Referência livreiro : 022708 ISBN : 0060974303 9780060974305
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Spence Jonathan D
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
USA: Elizabeth Sifton Books/Viking Penguin Books 1985. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperbook in Good Condition. The life of a Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci who in 1577 set out from Italy to bring the Christian faith and Western thought to MIng Dynasty China and a portrait of late 16th century cultural history in both the West and the East juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China. Wrappers hinged clean and unmarked light wrinkling along lower edge and light wear to extremities. No spine creasing. Tight and square. Former ownership stamp on first page. Pages toned clean and unmarked. 350 pages indexed with Notes and Bibliography. 5 x 7.75 inches. 1985 Elizabeth Sifton Books/Viking Penguin Books USA Elizabeth Sifton Books/Viking Penguin Books paperback
Referência livreiro : 022714 ISBN : 0140080988 9780140080988
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Crump J. I
Chinese Theater in Days of Kublai Khan Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies
Ann Harbor Michigan: Center for Chinese Studies The University of Michigan 1990. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked pale green cover with white line drawings of two Chinese dark green titles panel on front and spine. Light wear to front corners trace wear to edges. Soundly bound and square. Pages very clean a few pages have pencil underlined text no creasing no other markings. In the wake of the Mongol conquest of China in the 13th century a popular theater flowered combining poetry and song with pantomime acrobatics and lavish costumes. The more than 160 scripts that have survived--tragedies farce tales of heroism villainy and romance--are testimony to one of the world's great theatrical traditions. This book provides a complete introduction to the riches of the Yuan Dynasty by one of the foremost authorities on Chinese theater in the West--he recreates the lost world of Yuan Theater its plays and playwright stages and stagecraft. Then he presents three remarkable plays-- a bandit adventure a melodrama and a murder--in translations that bring Mongol-dynasty theater to life. 429 pages with Glossary Bibliography and Index. 9 x 6 inches. Center for Chinese Studies The University of Michigan Ann Harbor MI 1990. Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan paperback
Referência livreiro : 021247 ISBN : 0892640936 9780892640935
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Rodzinski Witold
The Walled Kingdom: A History of China from 2000 BC to the Present
London England: Flamingo/Fontana Paperbacks 1984. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean pictorial wrappers with Great Wall of China on front slight wear around edges no creases no tears no marks of any kind. Pages intact and clean free from any underliningno highlighting no marginalia lightly toned. Tight & solid glued binding. A narrative history of China beginning with the earliest times; it traces the evolution of Chinese society and civilization through successive dynasties to the period of decay and exploitation by the West in the 19th century. Particular attention is given to events since 1900: the civil wars of the twenties and thirties the emergence of the People's Republic of China in 1949 the rule of Mao the bitter years of the cultural revolution and its aftermath. 450 pages with index. 5 x 7.8 inches. Flamingo/Fontana Paperbacks London England 1984. Flamingo/Fontana Paperbacks paperback
Referência livreiro : 020524 ISBN : 0006540430 9780006540434
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State Council of the People's Republic of China
Peasant Paintings from Huhsien County
Peking: People's Fine Art Publishing House 1974. Soft cover. Near Fine. This is a near fine softcover copy published during Mao tse-tung's cultural revolution depicting the proletarian revolution in the city and the countryside. Includes many facsimiles of very colorful paintings done by peasants from Huhsien county that were exhibited in Peking in 1973. <br/> <br/> People's Fine Art Publishing House paperback
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Grousset Rene
The Rise and Splendor of the Chinese Empire
Bend Oregon USA: University of California Press 1962. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Three thousand years of Chinese history and culture providing a broad sweep of the major development but also packed with details of life itself at different time periods. Good used reading/study copy. Clean tight binding no creasing cover with bare touch of edge wear. Pages clean and free from any markings tanned. 312 pages with index. 8 x 5.5 inches. 1962 University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles California USA University of California Press paperback
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Tao Zhang
Qin Mausoleum and ItsTerra-Cotta Army
China: Shaanxi Travel Tourism Press 1980. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. World Cultural Heritage Trade Paperback. Heavy card pictorial cover is very clean and unmarked bright and colorful. Pages are heavy coated glossy paper. Chinese written by Zhang Tao. Enclish translated by Liu Daoxuan and Zang Yun. English Proof read by Robert Dorning Australia. Qin Shihuang Mausoleum is the tomb of the first Emperor in the Chinese feudal society. The vaults of Terra-cotta Army were discovered 1.5 km away east of the Mausoleum in March 1974. This discovery was called one of the great discoveries of archaeological history in the 20th century. This book is filled with magnificent color photographs and maps & diagrams of the archaeological site the vaults the Mausoleum and the Terra-cotta Army andother artifacts. It is in Chinese with English translation. 112 pages. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. 1980 Shaanxi Travel Tourism Press China Shaanxi Travel Tourism Press paperback
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Kristof Nicholas D. And Wudunn Sheryl
China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
U.S.A: Vintage Books/Random House 1995. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Colorful and bright clean and unmarked card cover no edgewear no creases. Interior is very clean free of any markings not toned no creasing. Soundly bound square. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beijing correspondents of The New York Times bring to life the people the politics and the paradoxes of China as never before. The authors husband and wife reporting team illuminate both the Chinese boom-state and the tottering dictatorship. They travel from the highlands of Tibet to the bloody environs of Tianamen Square and produce a portrait of peasants and real estate speculators dissidents and corrupt officials An insightful and colorful picture of China. 507 pages with Notes and Index. 5 x 8 inches. Vintage Books New York 1995. Vintage Books/Random House paperback
Referência livreiro : 018415 ISBN : 0679763937 9780679763932
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TIME LIFE BOOK EDITORS
China Library of Nations
USA: Time-Life Books 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket as issued. One of a series of books describing countries of the world-their natural resources peoples customs and traditions histories economies and governments. Beautifully illustrated with full color and b/w photographs. Bound in blue leatherette w/silver titles with paper illustration affixed to cover of fishing boats moored to the banks of the Lu River. Lower front spine edge gently bumped top edges of boards slightly rubbed. Tight and solid sewn binding square. Interior is pristine. Front and back endpapers: The major rivers mountains and other natural features; the principal regions and major towns. A beautiful and informative book. 160 pages with bibliography and index. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Time-Life Books Alexandria VA 1986. Time-Life Books hardcover
Referência livreiro : 017692 ISBN : 0809451042 9780809451043
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Bonavia Judy; Revised By Hurst William
The Yangzi River
U.S.A: Passport Books 1985. Paperback. Fine. Fourth Edition. Trade Paperback in FINE Condition. A concise readable guide taking the reader from the river's source in Tibet to the Yellow Sea. 39 illustrations. 14 easy-to-use maps. Includes literary excerpts an historical overview a guide to cultural sites and practical information. The Yangzi nearly 4000 miles long is China's main artery supporting a third of its people and also serves as the major commercial waterway. A selection of literary excerpt's from authors such as Paul Theroux and Han Suyin enrich the reader's understanding of China's 'Long River'. 220 pages. 1985. Passport Books Publishers USA Passport Books paperback
Referência livreiro : 017051 ISBN : 084424774X 9780844247748
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Bloodworth Dennis
The Messiah and the Mandarins: Mao Tsetung and the Ironies of Power
New York New York U.S.A: Atheneum 1982. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. 331 pp. Ivory quarter cloth w/gilt titles red cloth boards with blind-stamped title; top and bottom edges lightly rubbed. Text block edges have a few pale spots.Otherwise clean and unmarked tight and solid binding. Pages quite clean no markings. This book is a study in irony. The life of Mao and the story of his times provide the background for a tragicomedy of Chinese manners on a grand scale in which the characteristics of the hero that enabled him to perform the almost incredible feat of "liberating" all China then prompted him to shatter the society he created. Atheneum NY 1982. Atheneum hardcover
Referência livreiro : 017100 ISBN : 0689112971 9780689112973
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Kristof Nicholas D. And Wudunn Sheryl
China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
U.S.A: Times Books/Random House 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Type: Hardback Fourth Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. Binding of bright red cloth over spine w/gilt panel red titled and a gilt outlined red panel gilt titled on spine black boards with Chinese writing on front. Chinese calligraphy by Chingan Tang. B/w illustrations. Endpapers with a map of The People's Republic of China. Tight and solid volume. Beautifully illustrated jacket in reds and cream not price-clipped. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beijing correspondents of The New York Times bring to life the people the politics and the paradoxes of China as never before. 501 pages inc. Notes and Index. 9.6 x 6.5 inches. Times Books/Random House New ork 1994. Times Books/Random House hardcover
Referência livreiro : 016749 ISBN : 0812922522 9780812922523
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Rutstein Harry
The Marco Polo Odyssey: In the Footsteps of a Merchant Who Changed the World
Seattle Washington U.S.A: Bennett & Hastings Pub 2008. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hard Back HARDCOVER BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. Mylar jacket cover. 265 pages. Quarto 28 cm. BONUS DVD ENCLOSED IN BOOK: On the Roof of the World with Marco Polo. Harry Rutstein made history as the first person to retrace all of Marco Polo's footsteps from Europe to China. This is the account of his ten-year adventure in pursuit of the famous 13th century explorer. His quest over the course of three expeditions was to authenticate Polo's journey and document his own experiences traveling the same route--a compelling colorful and humorous chronicle by a master storyteller. Binding of brown cloth w/gilt titles very clean and unmarked. Tight and solid and square. Small pale spot on bottom edge of text block. Slight rubbing of spine edges and bottom corners. Very clean jacket will map illustration has sight rumpling along bottom edge. Bennett & Hastings Pub hardcover
Referência livreiro : 016818 ISBN : 0980207606 9780980207606
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Bordewich Fergus M
Cathay: A Journey in Search of Old China
New York: Simon & Schuster 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Type: Hardback First Printing. A Destinations Book. Foreword by Jan Morris. Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Fergus Bordewich seeks out the hidden China: The China of tradition religious speculation artistic fulfillment as he searches for the legacies of China's past. Lower edges of boards have slight wear otherwise Fine. Green half cloth gilt titled with ivory boards very clean and unmarked; tight and solid. Interior is Fine. Chinese illustration on chapter separation pages and also smaller ones at divisions within chapters. 304 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Simon & Schuster New York 1991. Simon & Schuster hardcover
Referência livreiro : 015315 ISBN : 0132021366 9780132021364
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SALISBURY HARRISON E
The Long March:The Untold Story
New York: Harper & Row 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Type: Hard Back Second Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. 419 pages. Small spot on bottom edge of text black else Fine. Very clean black cloth gilt titled; tight and solid volume. Interior is Fine. Photographic illustrations; maps on endpapers showing the route of the March. The story of The Long March of 6000 miles by the Red Army of China communists in the face of Chiang Kai-shek's legions as they marched across/over China. Salisbury interviewed scores of men and women who had endured this march and spoke to many verteran leaders of that time examined documents never before opened and cross-examined historians and archivists to find out what really happened in China 1934-35.419 pages with Notes Bibliography and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Harper & Row Publishers New York 1985. Harper & Row hardcover
Referência livreiro : 014872 ISBN : 0060390441 9780060390440
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Mosher Steven W
Broken Earth: The Rural Chinese
U.S.A: Free Press/Macmillan 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. A look at the real daily life in rural China prior to the 1980s the people the things they enjoy their sorrows their tensions their hopes and fears the life and rhythm of village life--and the physical and moral anguish wrought by the Chinese communist system. Book is clean bright unmarked bound in burgundy cloth gilt titled no cover wear tight and solid square . Front endpaper has a 3 inch circular area on the lower corner that is wavy. On half title page there is Chinese writing with a signature on top on the lower right corner which may or may not be the author's signature and a date stamp underneath of Sept 26 1983. Otherwise internals are clean no markings no creases. Fine unclipped jacket. 317 pages with index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Free Press/Macmillan New York 1983. Free Press/Macmillan hardcover
Referência livreiro : 014903 ISBN : 0029217008 9780029217009
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Wu Kuocheng
The Chinese Heritage: A New and Provocative View of the Origins of Chinese Society
New York New York USA: Crown Publishers 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A comprehensive history of Chinese civilization from the first appearance of written language to the time when China's basic political cultural and social institutions were well enough established to be codified in book form--from approx 2500 B.C. to A.D.1100. Binding of burgundy cloth over spine with gilt titles gold cloth-over boards no edgewear rear board has greyish cast on upper part from rubbing front and spine very clean and unmarked; heavy tight and solid volume. Internals very clean no markings pages up to about p. 50 are wrinkled on lower corner. Jacket is clean and unmarked spine head with small chips v-shaped closed tear on upper edge a touch of wear at some corners. 496 pages with Bibliography and Index. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. 1981 Crown Publishers New York New York USA Crown Publishers hardcover
Referência livreiro : 014919 ISBN : 051754475X 9780517544754
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Mahoney Rosemary
The Early Arrival of Dreams: A Year in China
U.S.A: Fawcett Columbine/Ballantine Books 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover and Jacket in Fine Condition. Bound in black half cloth with gilt titles taupe paper-wrapped boards very clean no marks square tight binding. Mahoney has written a sensitive portrayal of Chinese attitudes towards politics sex corruption progress democracy and necessity. She participated in a teacher exchange between Radcliffe College and Hangzhou University where she came to know her students and colleagues very well. and describes her experiences and discussions during her year in China with insight. 325 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Fawcett Columbine/Ballantine Books New York 1990. Fawcett Columbine/Ballantine Books hardcover
Referência livreiro : 015120 ISBN : 0449905527 9780449905524
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Lord Bette Bao
Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic
New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc 1990. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. Type: Hard Back A timeless book of China by an author whose web of friendships enables her to bring the reader into the essence of China through her own story and that of her clansman and others with individual voices pouring out their memories of the tumultuous experience of China of the last half century. FIRST PRINTING. HARDCOVER BOOK AND JACKET AS NEW. Mylar jacket cover. 245 pages. Alfred A Knopf Inc hardcover
Referência livreiro : 014108 ISBN : 0394583256 9780394583259
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Cotterell Arthur
The First Emperor of China: The Greatest Archeological Find of Our Time
New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1983. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Type: Hardback First Printing of First US Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Jacket. Mylar Jacket Cover. Book has inscription from prev owner on half-title page else Fine. Introduction by Mr Yang Chen Ching. Curator. Magnificently illustrated. Binding of tan cloth with gilt-border panel on spine gilt titles within. Clean and unmarked tught & solid square with sharp corners. Chinese symbols on endpapers. An account of the discovery in 1974 of the tomb of the first Emperor of China on Mount Li. The excavation revealed rows upon rows of over 7000 life-size terracotta infantry crossbowmen chariots and cavalry an army guarding the First Emperor's tomb in strict battle formation. Also includes the history of the First Emperor. Jacket photo shows the army of the First Emperor in columns; back side shows a crossbowman found in the first pit; The Frontspiece is a 17th century drawing of the First Emperor of China. A fascinating book. 7.5x10" tall. 208 pages with Chronologies Bibliography and Index. 10x7.5 inches. Holt Rinehart & Winston New York 1983. Holt, Rinehart & Winston hardcover
Referência livreiro : 014214 ISBN : 0030598893 9780030598890
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CHINA FEATURES
POCKET PEKING BEIJING
Bejiing: China Features 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Stated First Edition. Small paperback book about Peking in Very Good Condition. Slight cover wear very clean and unmarked. 135 pages. 4.25" x 5.5" tall. . Errata slip page 30 34. Illustrated. The"first ever guide to China's capital completed exclusively by Chinese experts". 135 pages. 5.5 x 4.25 inches. Publisher: China features Beijing China 1980 China Features paperback
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Morath Inge and Miller Arthur
Chinese Encounters
U.S.A: Farrar Straus Giroux and McGrow-Hill Ryerson Ltd 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Profusely illustrated. Navy cloth binding with blind-stamped design on front silver foil titles on spine. Quite clean and unmarked with a faint sunned line on lower edge slight rubbing of lower edges gently small bump to lower front corner. Tight and solid sewn binding. Navy endpapers prev owner name on ffep. Interior is very clean no markings of any kind. Clean unmarked jacket with edgewear around spine tail and a closed tear nearby; lighter wear to spine head. The author's time in China coincided with China's political and social turn-about after the death of Mao and the fall of Jiang Qing and the Gang of Four. He discusses the growing sense of intellectual and artistic liberation the dawning sense of isolation from the West and the eagerness to communicate and learn. Also the reader will see the vivid street scenes caves mountains waterfalls--the fantastic natural areas of China. 255 pages. 7.75 x 9.8 inches. Farrar Straus Giroux New York and Toronto 1979. Farrar, Straus, Giroux and McGrow-Hill Ryerson Ltd hardcover
Referência livreiro : 013460 ISBN : 0374122083 9780374122089
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Bordewich Fergus M
Cathay: A Journey in Search of Old China
New York: Prentice Hall Press/Simon & Schuster 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FINE Condition. Mylar Jacket Cover. Introduction by Jan Morris. Fergus Bordewich seeks out the hidden China: The China of tradition religious speculation artistic fulfillment as he searches for the legacies of China's past. Binding of green quarter cloth with gilt titles ivory boards very clean completely unmarked square with sharp corners. Rough cut. Internals immaculate. Chinese illustration on chapter separation pages and also smaller ones at divisions within chapters. 304 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Simon & Schuster New York 1991. Prentice Hall Press/Simon & Schuster hardcover
Referência livreiro : 012504 ISBN : 0132021366 9780132021364
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Meskill Johanna Menzel
A Chinese Pioneer Family: The Lins of Wu-feng Taiwan 1729-1895
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. A Social History of Late Imperial China and a frontier family's rise to local eminence from its pioneer days in 18th century Taiwan through its attainment of gentry status a century later A most unusual book. Binding of green cloth gilt lettered with small gilt design on front. Very clean and unmarked; light corners and spine edge wear. Small palish spot on fore edge of text block near upper corner. Interior is pristine. Frontis: a Taiwanese country scene late 18th century in color. Jacket with the same illustration is clean and unmarked with light edgewear. 375 pp. Includes Chapter Notes Bibliography Glossary and index. Princeton University Press Princeton NJ 1979. Princeton University Press hardcover
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Chang Pang Mei Natasha
Bound Feet & Western Dress
U.S.A: Doubleday 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hardback Third Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in FINE Condition. Tan quarter-cloth with copper titles tan speckled paper-wrapped boards. Immaculate condition. A moving account of what it has meant for a Chinese woman in this century trying to be modern--of a woman's struggle for independence against traditions as old as China of being Chinese and becoming American. 215 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Doubleday New York 1996. Doubleday hardcover
Referência livreiro : 012408 ISBN : 0385479638 9780385479639
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Schafer Edward H. and The Editors of TIME LIFE BOOKS
Ancient China: Great Ages of Man A History of the World's Cultures
Alexandria Virginia: Time-Life Books 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back 6th Printing revised 1976. Large Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No dust jacket. One of the "Great Ages of Man" Series. Books in this series are elegantly and elaborately illustrated in full color and provide a concise history of the culture peoples society religion art technology demographics and more of various ages of civilization from ancient nomadic primitive societies to more highly developed civilizations. This volume provides a comprehensive and extensive survey of ancient China--the history art discoveries religion architecture economic conditions social conditions and more. Bound in gray buckram over spine with gilt tiles pictorial cloth boards with illustration of an official of the T'ang Dynasty 618-907 A.D. in stately robes. Clean unmarked tight and solid square. Spine lightly sunned around spine head and heel. Internals clean and free from any markings. 192 pages with Chronologies Bibliography and Index. 11 x 9 inches. Time-Life Books Alexandria VA 1976. Time-Life Books hardcover
Referência livreiro : 011534
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Spence Jonathan D
Chinese Roundabout: Essays in History and Culture
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in FINE Condition. Very clean tight & solid in black half cloth w/red titles black boards. No markings no underlining as new really. A widely acclaimed book of scholoarship on the modern history of China. 400 pages. 8vo. 1992 W W Norton & Co Inc New York W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
Referência livreiro : 010192 ISBN : 0393033554 9780393033557
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Newman Joseph Editor
A New Look At Red China
U.S.A: U.S. News & World Report 1971. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Over 25 photographs. Includes maps and charts. Special texts- Sino-Soviet tensions 1953-1971; How the Chinese Communists See Us; Thought of Mao Tse-tung from the "Little Red Book"; A Day in the Life of mao Tse-tung. Appendices on various U.S. Senate hearings and debates. Clean red cover with light edgewear; spine head lightly scuffed; lower corner rubbed. Light corner wear. Maps in color on endpapers. Illustrated with maps charts photos. Interior is clean and unmarked pages toned. 316 pages with index. 5.25 x 8 inches.1971 U.S. News & World Report Washington D.C. USA U.S. News & World Report paperback
Referência livreiro : 010539
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Wolf Arthur P. Editor
Studies in Chinese Society
Stanford CA USA: Stanford University Press 1989. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Quite clean unmarked slight corner wear back cover has a wrinkle. No underlining no highlighting. Tight glued binding. The eleven papers in this volume are a selection from the seven volume Studies in Chinese Society Series. Selections deal with anthropology sociology and history in Chinese culture. 372 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 1989 Stanford University Press Stanford CA USA Stanford University Press paperback
Referência livreiro : 008357 ISBN : 0804710074 9780804710077
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Fraser John
THE CHINESE A Portrait Of A People
USA: Summit Books/Simon & Schister 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Sixteen pages of Photographic Illustrations. Brown half cloth with bold gilt titles tan speckled paper wrapped boards with Chinese letters on front. Very clean and unmarked trce wear to corners Tight solid and square. Interior is very clean completely unmarked. Clean jacket has light corner wear with chipping of spine head/tail. Four small closed tears on edges. An invaluable and captivating portrait of a people a cliche- shattering portrait. 463 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. New York. Summit Books/Simon & Schuster 1980. Summit Books/Simon & Schister hardcover
Referência livreiro : 001174 ISBN : 0671448730 9780671448738
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TERRILL ROSS
800000000 THE REAL CHINA
U.S.A: Little Brown and Co 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Diverse photographs throughout of Chinese people public figures activities sports etc. This book is the product of Ross Terrill's trip to China in 1971 as one of the first correspondents for an American publication Atlantic Monthly to be admitted after Peking opened its doors. Binding of green cloth with gilt titles tight sewn binding very clean no marks lightly rubbed on some edges. Map of China on endpapers. Internals very clean and completely unmarked. Jacket clean on front back is dingy with light corner and edgewear and a tear about 2 inches long along the center of the front spine as it folds over the front board. Protected with a mylar cover. Interesting illustration of Chinese scene on jacket. 235 pages. 1972 Little Brown and Company USA Little, Brown and Co hardcover
Referência livreiro : 003051
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China Wildlife Conservation Association
Wildlife of China
China Forestry Publishing House 1985 edition not stated hb dw 4to illustrated slight wear to dw at head of spine else f/f. Spectacular colour photos with rather terse text descriptions. Hardcover. China Forestry Publishing House Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 4826
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All China Federation of Democratic Youth compiled by
Songs of New China
Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1953. Bottom corner bumped wraps tanned; internally clean and tight. Music and words using both Chinese symbols and transliteration into romance alphabet of patriotic songs of New China; also each song is translated into English. 47 pages. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good Plus. Foreign Languages Press Paperback
Referência livreiro : 17486
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North China Herald Extraordinary and James Bruce Lord of Elgin and Kincardine
Convention & Treaty of Peace between Great Britain & China with Tariff & Rules
Newspaper clipping suffering some foxing and stain to bottom of leaf. Includes proclamation dated 11/20/1860 regarding the "re-establishment of peace" between the British and Chinese empires and introducing the publication for general information of the "Convention of Peace between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China" dated 10/24/1860 which modifies parts of the 1858 Treaty of Tientsin/Tienjin; and the truncated "Treaty of Peace Friendship Commerce and Navigation between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China" originally dated 6/26/1858 printed with ratifications exchanged 10/24/1860. ; 13 1/8 x 6 7/16 in.; 1 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
Referência livreiro : 3271
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China Academy of Building Research
The Mammoth Tangshan Earthquake of 1976 Building Damage Photo Album
np: China Academic Publishers 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1986. 256 pp. Hardcover red cloth gilt titles illustrated Chinese and English text square 4to. 10". Photo album of the 1976 earthquake. Near Fine copy no dust jacket protected in mylar sleeve. Owner's signature at fly leaf; slightest signs of edgewear. Contents fine text and images bright and unmarked. Scarce on the market. Square 4to. China Academic Publishers hardcover
Referência livreiro : 0056639
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China
Laws of the Peoples Republic of China
China Books & Periodicals. Used - Very Good. Ships from Reno NV. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! China Books & Periodicals unknown
Referência livreiro : GRP96360537 ISBN : 0835119890 9780835119894
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China Williams
Bangkok Encounter
Lonely Planet 2007-09-01. 1. Paperback. Used:Good. Lonely Planet paperback
Referência livreiro : DADAX1741045703 ISBN : 1741045703 9781741045703
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Acaemia Sinica Beijing China Institute of Electronics
Advances in Circuits and Systems: The Proceedings of China 1985/International Conference on Circuits and Systems
World Scientific Pub Co Inc 1985-08-01. Hardcover. Good. World Scientific Pub Co Inc hardcover
Referência livreiro : SONG9971978350 ISBN : 9971978350 9789971978358
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Robert Hart China. Hai Guan Zong Shui Wu Si Shu Creator
Opium
Nabu Press 2010-03-05. Paperback. Good. Nabu Press paperback
Referência livreiro : SONG1146606532 ISBN : 1146606532 9781146606530
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Di'an Fan Director of the National Art Museum of China Scott A. Shields PhD
Jian Wang 2009: Contemporary Art
Hebei Education Press. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Hebei Education Press unknown
Referência livreiro : GRP107049960 ISBN : 7543464675 9787543464674
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