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2025Best.-Nr. x-1032311711Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 352 pages. 10.00x7.00x10.00 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025Best.-Nr. x-1032560932Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 222 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025Best.-Nr. x-1032539690Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 230 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025Best.-Nr. x-1032603054Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 186 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025Best.-Nr. x-1032768908Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 276 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025Best.-Nr. x-1032859156Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 210 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
1925Best.-Nr. 188317Beijing & Shanghai: Yangtse River Commission 1925-26-28. Measuring China's longest river First editions of these invaluable technical publications which record a wealth of data from gauging stations across hundreds of charts and diagrams. The Yangtse River Commission was formed by presidential order in December 1922 and the American engineer George Gottlieb Stroebe 1877-1965 served as the first head of its survey department. After several years of operation the commission switched its focus to the middle section of the river stretching from Hankou to Yichang. In 1925 it installed new gauges and discharge measurement stations while also collecting data with equipment maintained by the customs service. Until 1926 inclusive reports were released in the name of the commission's technical committee before responsibility transferred to the Ministry of Communications. The table of contents for the fifth annual report 1926 calls for 221 plates but numbers 150-221 were not issued. 3 works bound in 1 octavo 255 x 180 mm. Together 351 diagrammatic plates 2 folding tables; tables in text. Text in English and Chinese. 1966 tan buckram by the Heckman Bindery Indiana label on rear pastedown spine lettered in black original green card wrappers bound in. Ex-Library of Congress with its ink stamps and shelf-marks on the original wrappers index card holder on rear pastedown and "duplicate" deaccession stamp on front free endpaper. Contents toned one original wrapper creased at foot occasional marking and offsetting internally couple of short closed tears: very good. hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 188172Shanghai: Jiangnan zhizao ju "Jiangnan Arsenal" 1895. Turning China into an economic powerhouse First edition issued by Shanghai's Jiangnan Arsenal as part of the late-Qing "self-strengthening movement" during which a wave of radical commercial scientific and legal changes aimed to rapidly modernize China's economy. The text was overseen by John Fryer 1839-1928 who translated more Western scientific works into Chinese than any other 19th-century sinologist. In 1868 Fryer was recruited by the Jiangnan Arsenal a hotbed of political and military reform to join its dedicated Translation Office. Over the next three decades he produced dozens perhaps even hundreds of publications for the use of trainee officers and scientists. For the present work Fryer co-operated with the Westernized engineer Zhong Tianwei 1840-1900 and drew inspiration from provisions introduced in successive British parliamentary Acts regulating merchant shipping. Sections discuss systems of signal lights how ships can safely pass alongside each other and best practices for pilots and navigators. Quarto 295 x 175 mm ff. 1 38 25. Illustrations in text; text in Chinese. Near-contemporary brown wrappers renewed xianzhuang stitching Recent bookseller's manuscript ticket on rear binder's blank. Wrappers dust-soiled front cover sometime repaired at foot with repurposed piece of printed paper rear cover with a little worming at head extending into margin of last 2 printed leaves: very good. unknown
1915Best.-Nr. 188485Tokyo: Imperial Japanese Government Railways 1915. Meticulously compiled Second and preferred edition corrected from the first of the same year of this detailed handbook for tourists complete with all city plans called for and the large regional map in well-preserved condition. Issued between 1913 and 1917 the volumes of An Official Guide to Eastern Asia were Japan's answer to Baedeker and symbolized Tokyo's growing regional influence. Small octavo. With 9 plates 8 collotypes and 1 in colour and with captioned tissue guard 22 colour maps all but 1 folding large colour folding map in end pocket illustrations and tables in text. Original brown diagonal-grain cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt map endpapers top edge gilt green bookmarker. Contemporary ownership signature on title page; near-contemporary side- and underlining internally; recent bookplate of sinologist Keith Stevens 1926-2015. Cloth still fresh with only light rubbing and marking maps generally well preserved couple of stub tears: very good. hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. x-1009640534Cambridge University Press 2026. Hardcover. New. 290 pages. 6.00x0.69x9.00 inches. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 188457Guangzhou: Zhongguo shuili gongchengshi xuehui Guangdong fenhui "Guangdong Sub-Committee of the China Association of Hydro-Engineers" 1947. First edition of this report issued after an April 1947 meeting in Guangzhou of hydro-engineers from across China. Delegates discussed hydroelectric power flood dykes and the construction of spillways all pressing topics during the country's post-war economic reconstruction. The contents include a series of illustrated technical articles a report of the meeting's proceedings and a table of major donors to the Guangdong Sub-Committee of the China Association of Hydro-Engineers. Quarto pp. 30. With 2 plates 1 folding 3 tables 1 with additional information stamped in red ink as issued illustrations and tables in text. Text in Chinese. Original wrappers front cover printed in black. Wrappers worn and marked spine fold fragile at p. 30 browning internally as often: a very good copy of a fragile item. unknown
1980Best.-Nr. 189028Beijing: Wenhua bu "Ministry of Culture" 20 January 1979 - 22 March 1980. An informative publication issued during China's post-Mao cultural renaissance including discussion of advances in the spheres of film television and theatre as well as commentary and contributions from cultural and political leaders. A dedicated office at the Ministry of Culture presided over a year-long programme of events to mark the 30th anniversary. 40 issues and supplement together bound in 1 folio 380 x 265 mm each 4 pp. except for final number 8 pp. Illustrations in text. Supplement with masthead and headline printed in red. Bound as a serial volume in strictly contemporary wrappers front cover lettered in red. Contemporary ownership inscription on front cover. Wrappers lightly worn especially at foot of spine toning and cockling internally occasional tidemarks closed tear and old paper repair on final leaf: very good. unknown
2026Best.-Nr. x-1032483520Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 196 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2018Best.-Nr. x-1138595845Routledge 2018. Paperback. New. 216 pages. 9.21x6.14x6.30 inches. Routledge paperback
2018Best.-Nr. x-1138595837Routledge 2018. Paperback. New. 256 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.79 inches. Routledge paperback
2025Best.-Nr. x-9819525012Springer Nature 2025. Hardcover. New. 300 pages. 9.26x6.11x9.21 inches. Springer Nature hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 189252China: 1931. A lively account of a young woman's first encounters with China with descriptions of the sights and sounds of Swatow Fuzhou Weihaiwei Tianjin and Beijing. On 23 December 1930 she married Lieutenant John Gerald Wolfe-Barry 1906-1991 Royal Artillery at the cathedral in Hong Kong where he was stationed. The Wolfe-Barry family had connections to the colony via their engineering firm Sir John Wolfe Barry and Partners. The pair honeymooned the following May. This volume one of two kept by Wolfe-Barry during the trip the other has not survived covers the journey northward. Swatow and Fuzhou made particular impressions Fuzhou being great for shopping but also full of "violently bolshie" students in the opinion of a European local the city is "an absolute death-trap". Also appearing in the narrative is the captain's dog Buster who helped onboard ship by "devouring such morsels as on the rougher nights we find unpalatable" p. 30. Tianjin was memorable for the number of Russians then in the city and in Beijing they visited the legation quarter the Forbidden City and other popular haunts. Accompanying the diary is another volume which includes Wolfe-Barry's diary from 25 February to 26 March 1930 and a few later remarks by her husband on their wedding day honeymoon and family history. Diary: Octavo. Completely filled with approx. 190 pp. of neat manuscript printed map tipped in at rear. Original red marbled boards black cloth backstrip. Accompanying vol.: Octavo. Only couple of dozen leaves filled remainder blank. Original marbled boards black cloth backstrip edges sprinkled blue. Both vols with later annotations and additions mostly by John Gerald Wolfe-Barry. Vols handling well main diary with one leaf docketed pp. 183-4 now loosely inserted: very good. hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 189255China: late 1930s. Cruising competition and conflict on the China station A well-preserved collection divided into sections concerning naval life in Weihaiwei and other ports and the Sino-Japanese hostilities. The lead in its class HMS Dorsetshire was launched in 1929 and following refitting served on the China station with the 5th Cruiser Squadron from 1936 until the general outbreak of war in 1939. The album is a combination of personal snapshots and occasional professional compositions. It opens with photographs of Weihaiwei including of the naval canteen the China fleet moored in the bay and the Ah Fong photography studio on main street. Others show the port in winter 1938 several snowmen in evidence fleet and gunnery exercises and the crew's victories in the Weihaiwei football competition and the China station's pulling regattas. One studio image shows their bevy of trophies foremost among them the coveted Yokohama Bowl. In Shanghai Jordan snapped many of the famous vistas and sights. The second half is focused on the Sino-Japanese War which had been raging since 1937. Photographs of ruined Japanese cotton mills in Qingdao are followed by shots of Japanese troops entering the city to consolidate their control and others some perhaps from studios document the 1937 hostilities in Shanghai including the burning city skyline. Material on the final four leaves date from after the ship's departure from China. Landscape post-binder album 280 x 360 mm. With 148 gelatin silver photographs predominantly vernacular snapshots approx. 55 x 90 mm or slightly larger corner-mounted on 11 black card leaves with glassine guards groups or individual photographs neatly captioned in white manuscript 3 other leaves unused. Original blue cloth boards metal posts front cover decorated in blind in relief name of compiler and their vessel in white manuscript on inner front cover. Album lightly worn photographs bright and still fresh on account of guards: an excellent collection. hardcover
2009Best.-Nr. 1-174179157XLonely Planet 2009. Paperback. New. 13 edition. 820 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.25 inches. Lonely Planet paperback
1990Best.-Nr. ZB1343472Pergamon Press 1990. 3 vols. 709 688 629 pp. hardcovers minor internal library markings else texts and bindings clean tight and bright. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Pergamon Press hardcover
2025Best.-Nr. x-1836993285Cabi Publishing 2025. Paperback. New. 448 pages. 6.77x2.00x9.61 inches. Cabi Publishing paperback
1930Best.-Nr. 189718Shanghai: China Travel Service c. 1930. An attractive advertising brochure issued by Republican China's main travel agency shortly after Chiang Kai-Shek had changed the Chinese capital from Beijing to Nanjing. Folding wire-stitched brochure 190 x 90 mm illustrations and maps in text. A little marking and creasing small hole in one margin: very good. unknown
2026Best.-Nr. x-9819823455World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 552 pages. 6.00x0.76x9.00 inches. World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. 9722Picador 2026. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. New in new dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the first free endpaper/signature page signature only. 1st UK edition 1st printing complete numberline with SPRAYED edges. New unread copy with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve. "Waterstones signed exclusive edition" sticker. Although new and unread there is mild edgewear to the dust jacket from shipping. By the Arthur C. Clarke Award- British Fantasy Award- BSFA Award- Hugo Award- Locus Award- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire- Ignotus Award- Italia Award- Kurd Lasswitz Preis- SF Site Readers Poll- Kitschie Award- and World Fantasy Award-winning author of the Bas-Lag series and "Railsea". Rare signed. Where possible all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve sealed in a ziplock bag wrapped in bubble wrap shipped in a box. Picador hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. x-9819826861World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 286 pages. 6.00x0.69x9.00 inches. World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd hardcover
