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Hardcover with DW - in-8°, 223, Unclipped dustwrapper.- Book in very good condition +++ - DW with minimal wears, scuffing about all edges. [EMB-@]
Hardcover with DW - in-8°, 273, VG dustwrapper.- Book in very good condition +++ - DW with minimal wears, scuffing about all edges. [MA-3]
in-16°, broché, couv. Bon état. [BU-12]
petit in-4, 395 pp., tres nombreuses photographies et figures, broché. Exemplaire ayant été exposé à l'humidité, pages gondolées. [SO-8]
25 x 17 cm. 143 pp. Rijk geïllustreerd, bibliografie, iconografie. VG+++ Très bel exemplaire. [SO-8]
grand in-8 broché, couv. Très bel exemplaire non coupé. [SO-4]
1972347 pages. Normal library markings. Covers the daily recorded events concerning the People's Republic of China from the day of its inauguration in 1949 through 1970. Compiled from reports apearing in publications in China, England, France, India, and the United States. Includes a special index which enables readers to locate entries under Domestic Affairs or Foreign Affairs. Book
1992219 pages including article on 'China: The Coming Power' by Barber Conable and David Lampton. Small crease to bottom corner of back cover. Book
193971 pages. Covers: Economic Construction of South-West China, The China Affairs Board, Canton Letters, Japan's Reaction fo British Loan, Fare East News Budget - China, Japan, Manchuokuo, International, etc. Well-worn and soiled. Former owner's name atop front cover. Magazine
1990320 pages including index. Covers events in East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, China, South Africa and more. Author, as Foreign Affairs Editor of the BBC, was present at each of these events. Includes over 90 photographs and 12 maps. Book
1989206 pages plus index. Includes black and white photo seciton. An eyewitness account of the Chinese People's passionate quest for democracy. Book
1930Features: photo of interesting "new ears" for anti-aircraft gunners; a 4000 year food experiment - nutritional equilibrium in over-populated China; Editorials - spend for prosperity - Daniel Guggenheim - International affairs; Instrument flying to combat fog; Elevated highway to speed traffic in New York; X-ray fingers feel out the atomic structure of matter; A fact-finding laboratory; Archeology enters the stamp world; What is a quantum?; Feeding the crew of a battleship; More about pluto - further observations confirm its right to rank as a planet; Oil from below the ocean floor - oil derrick and pier are constructed in perilous waters; Factory wastes turned to profits; Scattered light and the Raman effect; An atom of Lutecium - its atomic structure is plotted for the first time; A murder, and the story the pistols told; When crude oil crosses the seas; Traveling home for phone linemen - a railroad train refitted as living, eating ,recreation quarters; Aviation in 1930, a summary. Back cover features colour advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes. An attractive woman is reclined beneath the caption "20,679 physicians say Luckies are less irritating." Cord front wheel drive automobile advertisement inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
1983102 pages. A sumptuously presented selection of the art collection displayed in The Regent in Hong Kong. This is a collection carefully acquired not only for its aesthetic beauty but also for the elements of oriental symbolism that are represented. Includes fine examples of skilfully executed screens, lacquerware and embroidery. There are specimens of Chinese export wallpaper, and several nineteenth-century China Trade oil paintings. These became popular as artistic records of the cultural and trading contacts of their period and are now collector's items. The selection of maps traces the pattern of adventure and romantic trade and travel over the centuries. Finally, a group of contemporary works pleasantly relate the collection to modern artistic trends. All illustrations in vivid colour photography. Attractive maroon cloth boards bear imprint of Chinese characters upon front board and gilt roman lettering upon spine. Illustrated slipcase shows light edgewear and several nicks. Book and slipcase bear the aroma of moth balls. Book
1974311 pages including index. "A vivid history of the Chinese Communist base areas during the war years.... Suggests that the Yenan experience gave the later rulers of China a unique education in, and model for, government." - Foreign Affairs. "A well-documented, erudite, and readable study." - Library Journal. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Book
193552 pages of poetry including black and white sketches. Circa 1935. "This volume of verse has grown out of a deep human sympathy with life as lived each day in and around the small walled city of Changli (North China) and neighboring districts. Each poem imparts an experience of the writer, who has resided in North China for twelve years. As we read her poems they live for us, who know and love China." - from the foreward. Blue patterned cloth-covered boards show moderate wear and sunning at spine. Pages unmarked and moderately yellowed. Gilt title upon front board. Book
1990198 pages. Author's nice inscription, rubber stamp and signature upon front flyleaf. Rather than a travelogue, this is an attempt to see events in China through author's own eyes and to interpret some of its history through personal experience... "The story of someone who has had a love affair with China." - from back cover. A very personal account of author's involvement with the three modern eras of Chinese history: the last days of the Ching dynasty, the republican years, and the years since the Communist Revolution. Author was born in Hong Kong in 1909. Includes black and white illustrations plus a special slip laid in which depicts the actual size of a shoe worn by women with bound feet. Minimal wear. No markings. Attractive glossy illustrated covers. Book
1974230 pages including index plus black and white photographic plates. Subject (1873-1960) had two great careers, first as a missionary in China, and then as a collector and curator of one of the world's greatest museum collections of Chinese archeology. Recounts the history of a rich life that bridged two diverse cultures. Book unmarked, clean and square with minimal wear. Small tear and moderate edgewear to dust jacket. Book
1975128 pages including index. Sections include: art nouveau clocks; bracket clocks; bee hive clocks; calendar clocks; carriage clocks; china clocks; clock sets; cottage clocks; cuckoo clocks; empire clocks etc.; frame clocks; grandfather clocks; mantal clocks; novelty clocks; ogee clocks; pequegnat clocks; schoolroom clocks; sharp gothic clocks; ships clocks; steeple clocks; vienna regulators; wall clocks; and more. Most clocks shown were offered for sale during the past seven years, but the values given are those current at the time of printing. Prior owner's rubber stamp and date handwritten upon front flyleaf, else unmarked. Average wear. Book
1987311 pages. An exquisite pictorial work which displays the essence and spirit of the land. Wonderful flawless copy. Light wear to slipcase. Book
1977276 pages including index. Describes the domestic sources of conflict and change which influenced China's response to the coming of the West. Minimal quantity of light pencil markings. Bright clean copy with very light wear. Book
198964 pages. A collection based on the tumultuous and brave history of the Chinese immigrants to Canada. Drawing upon the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the settling of the west coast in the nineteenth century, Yee has created eight original stories that combine the rough-and-tumble adventure of frontier life with the rich folk traditions that these immigrants brought from China. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Very light wear. Lovely copy of this attractive volume. Book
1997405 pages including index. In a wry, absorbing and often sureal narrative, she relates the horrors that led to her disillusionment with the "worker's paradise." Creates an extraordinary portrait of the world's most populous nation. Book is clean, unmarked and shows negligible wear. Dust jacket shows light soiling and wear. Very nice copy. Book
2000288 pages. After flipping from the Stanley Cup Playoffs to Martha Steward, author resolved to follow Canada's best export to the rest of the world, to find out whether the true game still existed elsewhere. Weaves hilarious stories of encounters with odd-sized rinks and players of wildly different talents and experiences with tales of his travels and bang-on observations about the game and players in North America. As he discovers, the tropic of hockey connects players and fans around the world. A wonderful gift for your special hockey fanatic. Book
1999321 pages including bibliography. The first anthology devoted exclusively to climbing on the world's two highest and best-known mountains. Spans the years 1933 through 1996. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1989261 pages including index and black and white illustrations. A fascinating account of the revolutionary changes in a Sichuan village during the past 40 years. Author was born in Shanghai of missionary parents and grew up in China before the Communist revolution. Light wear. Usual library markings else unmarked. Nice copy. Book