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1884réf. 187293Shanghai: Reprinted from the "North-China Herald and Supreme Court and Consular Gazette" 1884. Often considered the oldest newspaper in world history First edition. The mouthpiece of the Qing court the Peking Gazette was the "most important public source of information about the workings of the late Qing state. Through the gazette 'one is able to feel the pulse of the whole empire' wrote Jehu Lewis Shuck the first Baptist missionary to China" Harris p. 3. From the Macartney embassy onwards foreign missionaries merchants and diplomats relied on the Gazette as an indispensable source of information. Translations of articles regularly appeared in English-language newspapers journals and reports as well as in annual compilation volumes. The wide-ranging index for this instalment includes references for example to opium dens in the Forbidden City silk and porcelain manufacturing extortion riots and river management. Octavo. Tables and Chinese characters in text. Original yellow cloth spine and front cover lettered in red red vignette on rear cover. 1894 Beijing ownership inscription on title page; facing page with notes in same hand and 2 laid-down printed slips; contemporary pencilled notes on rear endpaper. Cloth lightly soiled and worn split at foot of front joint: very good. Lane J. Harris The Peking Gazette: A Reader in Nineteenth-Century Chinese History 2018. hardcover
1937réf. 187500Shanghai: Post Mercury Co. Federal Inc. USA c. 1937. Later edition of this vividly illustrated record of the Battle of Shanghai the first major confrontation of the Second World War. The photographs show the skyline of smoke and flame as well as the impact of devastating Japanese aerial bombardments. The front cover states that this is a fifth printing. Quarto. Many halftone illustrations in text. Original buff wrappers gatherings wire-stitched and glue into wrappers issued front cover illustrated in black and red map endpapers. Contemporary gift inscription from Captain E. Johnson China Navigation Company on title page. Spine mostly perished but volume still sturdy staining and creasing to covers and some pages: very good. unknown
2025réf. x-1032721596Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 158 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.02 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025réf. x-1032440732Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 208 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025réf. x-1032311711Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 352 pages. 10.00x7.00x10.00 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025réf. x-1032560932Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 222 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025réf. x-1032539690Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 230 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025réf. x-1032603054Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 186 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025réf. x-1032768908Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 276 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2025réf. x-1032859156Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 210 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
1925réf. 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
1895réf. 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
1915réf. 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
2026réf. x-1009640534Cambridge University Press 2026. Hardcover. New. 290 pages. 6.00x0.69x9.00 inches. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1947réf. 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
1980réf. 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
2026réf. x-1032483520Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 196 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2018réf. x-1138595845Routledge 2018. Paperback. New. 216 pages. 9.21x6.14x6.30 inches. Routledge paperback
2018réf. x-1138595837Routledge 2018. Paperback. New. 256 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.79 inches. Routledge paperback
1931réf. 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
1930réf. 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
2026réf. __3527354689Wiley-Vch Verlag Gmbh 2026. Hardcover. New. 176 pages. 6.69x0.59x9.61 inches. Wiley-Vch Verlag Gmbh hardcover
2009réf. 1-174179157XLonely Planet 2009. Paperback. New. 13 edition. 820 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.25 inches. Lonely Planet paperback
1990réf. 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
2025réf. x-1836993285Cabi Publishing 2025. Paperback. New. 448 pages. 6.77x2.00x9.61 inches. Cabi Publishing paperback
