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"A Truthful Impression of the Country" British and American Travel Writing in China, 1880-1949 (SIGNED COPY)by: Clifford, Nicholas

"A Truthful Impression of the Country" British and American Travel Writing in China, 1880-1949 (SIGNED COPY)
by: Clifford, Nicholas

Hardcover. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 231 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, tight copy with light edge wear to covers.

Record # 369315

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"Truthful Impression of the Country, A" British and American Travel Writing in China, 1880-1949by: Clifford, Nicholas R.

"Truthful Impression of the Country, A" British and American Travel Writing in China, 1880-1949
by: Clifford, Nicholas R.

Hardcover. Ann Arbor , The University of Michigan Press, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 231 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. An erudite and authoritative guide of Chinese travel literature by American and British writers. Mild rubbing and slight fading to dust jacket. Unmarked and scarce; a tight copy.

Record # 952328

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A Descriptive and Illustrative Catalogue of Chinese Bronzes Acquired During the Administration of John Ellerton Lodgeby: The Staff of the Freer Gallery of Art

A Descriptive and Illustrative Catalogue of Chinese Bronzes Acquired During the Administration of John Ellerton Lodge
by: The Staff of the Freer Gallery of Art

Hardcover. Washington DC, Freer Gallery of Art, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt decoration and titling. 108 pages, 50 bw plates. Includes a preface and introduction by A.G. Wenley, a chronology (from the Hsia up to 1766 BC to the Republic of China), various maps, bibliography, list of plates, list of bronzes in numerical order, the catalogue itself and the index. Each plate is described in great depth. Includes ceremonial vessels, mirrors, blades and swords. Particular attention is paid to designs on the bronzes. Oriental Studies No. 1 of the Freer Gallery of Art; Smithsonian Publication No. 2805. Minor bowing to rear cover otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 379628

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A Magnificient Imperial Famille Rose 'Butterfly' Vase: Property of the Ping Y. Tai Foundation, 3 December 2008, Sale Number 2633by: Christie's Hong Kong

A Magnificient Imperial Famille Rose 'Butterfly' Vase: Property of the Ping Y. Tai Foundation, 3 December 2008, Sale Number 2633
by: Christie's Hong Kong

Softcover. Hong Kong, Christie's Inc., 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 65 pages, photographs throughout with English and Chinese text. Very slight corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853620

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Academic and Scientific Traditions in China, Japan, and the Westby: Nakayama, Shigeru

Academic and Scientific Traditions in China, Japan, and the West
by: Nakayama, Shigeru

Hardcover. Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 1st US, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 251 pages, beige cloth covers with dark brown lettering on spine. Scholarly, but accessible to a wider intellectual audience. Nakayama lucidly describes the similarities and differences between "Eastern" and "Western" science from Aristotle to the twentieth century.

Record # 403112

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Adventures of the Treasure Fleet: China Discovers the World by: Bowler, Ann Martin; illustrations by Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard,

Adventures of the Treasure Fleet: China Discovers the World
by: Bowler, Ann Martin; illustrations by Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard,

Hardcover. North Clarendon VT, Tuttle Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, gorgeous color paintings on every page by Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard. Adventures of the Treasure Fleet is the amazing story of seven epic voyages and their larger-than-life commander, Admiral Zheng He. Beginning in 1405, Admiral Zheng He led more than 300 gigantic, brightly-painted ships across the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean and all the way to the distant coast of Africa. The admiral and his crew battled pirates and raging storms, and were amazed by the people and ways of life in distant lands. At each port, Chinese goods were traded for pearls, precious stones, herbs and medicines which were given as tribute to China's powerful emperor when the ships' returned home. Clean copy.

Record # 381733

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After Imperialism: The Search for a New Order in the Far East, 1921-1931 by: Iriye, Akira

After Imperialism: The Search for a New Order in the Far East, 1921-1931
by: Iriye, Akira

NY, Atheneum, 1st pbk, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 375 pages. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396388

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After the Nightmare: A Survivor of the Cultural Revolution Reports on China Today (SIGNED COPY)by: Liang Heng and Shapiro, Judith

After the Nightmare: A Survivor of the Cultural Revolution Reports on China Today (SIGNED COPY)
by: Liang Heng and Shapiro, Judith

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 240 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR HENG on front fly leaf. The authors (husband and wife) return to China after the Cultural Revolution, interviewing hundreds of Chinese and observing the signs of a surprising new China in the making. Among those interviewed are Peng Ming, now a composer and television executive; Chen Yizhi, head of the planners; and Wu Tianming, one of China's best-known filmmakers. 1986. Minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 385405

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Among the Celestials: China in Early Photographs by: Bertholet, Ferdinand M.

Among the Celestials: China in Early Photographs
by: Bertholet, Ferdinand M.

Hardcover. New Haven, Mercatorfonds, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The flourishing of photography as a medium in the mid-19th century coincided with a rise in curiosity about China on the part of the Western world. As the number of foreigners living and traveling in China increased, early photographs of China were taken by and for an international audience. Among the Celestials assembles 250 fascinating images of China in the second half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th, captured by the Western camera lens. The photographs portray the gritty side of the country as well as stunning views of palaces, temples, harbors, and gardens. This juxtaposition of the sordid and the serene provides a multidimensional picture of China's physical and social landscape before Mao Zedong's ascent to power changed the country forever. The photographs, many published here for the first time, are both beautiful and moving, and together offer a new understanding of a social and cultural history associated with a time of significant historical change.

Record # 352677

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An Introduction to Chinese Secret Societies in Malayaby: Leon Comber

An Introduction to Chinese Secret Societies in Malaya
by: Leon Comber

Softcover. Singapore, Donald Moore, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 77 pages plus six plates in rear. A background to the Chinese secret societies, or triads, including the history, rituals, disciplinary code, secret signs and language. Smallink name on cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 378362

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Aristotle in China: Language, Catagories and Translationby: Wardy, Robert

Aristotle in China: Language, Catagories and Translation
by: Wardy, Robert

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 170 pages, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. This book considers the relation between language and thought. Robert Wardy explores this huge topic by analyzing linguistic relativism with reference to a Chinese translation of Aristotle's Categories. He addresses some key questions, such as, do the basic structures of language shape the major thought patterns of its native speakers? Could philosophy be guided and constrained by the language in which it is done? And does Aristotle survive rendition into Chinese intact? Wardy's answers will fascinate philosophers, Sinologists, classicists, linguists and anthropologists, and make a major contribution to the scholarly literature.

Record # 403100

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Beijing Springby: David Turnley, Peter Turnley, et al.

Beijing Spring
by: David Turnley, Peter Turnley, et al.

Softcover. NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 176 pages. Photographs show the students' occupation of Beijing's Tiananmen Square. For fifty days, the world watched as a generation of China's young people stood up and spoke out about democracy and freedom.

Record # 361905

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Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8Th-14th Century (Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology, No 48)by: Fong, Wen C.

Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8Th-14th Century (Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology, No 48)
by: Fong, Wen C.

Hardcover. US, Yale University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 549 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. This book presents a survey of Chinese painting from the eighth to the 14th century, a period during which the nature of China's pictorial art changed dramatically. Illustrated by works in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the author begins by describing the advent toward the end of the Bronze Age of figural representation in Chinese art, and next traces the development of Chinese landscape painting from the third to the tenth century. He then moves on to discuss the art of the Sung dynasty, when the imperial government was increasingly absolute and repressive. In this period artists shifted from a realistic rendition of nature to more symbolic representation of single flowers, rocks and trees. By the time of the Yuan dynasty, following the Mongol conquest of 1279, objective representation in art had been replaced by imagery that drew on the artist's inner response to his world. Because it was believed that the meaning of a painted subject, made complex by personal and symbolic associations, could no longer be expressed without language, the painter began to inscribe poems and incorporate calligraphy in his works, the multiple relationships among word, image and calligraphy forming the basis of a new art. At this stage Chinese art entered its richest and most diverse stage f development.

Record # 464663

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Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem About Chinaby: Young, Ed

Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem About China
by: Young, Ed

Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books , 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Vivid color illustrations throughout. In great shape, clean inside and out. "Lyrical text and illustrations featuring Chinese characters and paper collage introduce the beauty and richness of China."

Record # 30450

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Birds of China, Theby: Schauensee, Rodolphe Meyer de

Birds of China, The
by: Schauensee, Rodolphe Meyer de

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 602 pages. Dark blue cloth covers, silver titles to spine, illustrated dust jacket, 38 color plates, 39 b&w drawings, textured blue endpapers decorated with map of China, variant names list, checklist of species, Latin and English alphabetical indices. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked, clean covers; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 807575

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Boat Children of Cantonby: Ward/Helen Sewell, Marion B.

Boat Children of Canton
by: Ward/Helen Sewell, Marion B.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 92 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color, black & white illustrations by Helen Sewell. Previous owner's bookplate. Dust jacket chipped, worn with two chunks missing.

Record # 67113

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Boat Children of Cantonby: Ward/Helen Sewell, Marion B.

Boat Children of Canton
by: Ward/Helen Sewell, Marion B.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay, 1st, 1944, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth with red lettering and boat design on front cover. Color, black & white illusration by Helen Sewell. 92 pages. Light wear to covers, old price blacked out on front fly leaf, internally VG.

Record # 65051

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Boy Who Swallowed Snakes, Theby: Yep/Jean & Mou-Sien Tseng, Laurence

Boy Who Swallowed Snakes, The
by: Yep/Jean & Mou-Sien Tseng, Laurence

NY, Scholastic, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Jean and Mau-Sien Tseng. Honesty and resourcefulness triumph over greed and evil as a boy takes desperate measures to save himself and his neighbors from the malevolent magic of the dreaded ku snake. Clean copy.

Record # 66271

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Catalogue of Chinese Coins From the VIIth Century B.C. to A.D. 621 Including the Series in the British Museum edited by Reginald Stuart Pooleby: De Lacouperie, Terrie

Catalogue of Chinese Coins From the VIIth Century B.C. to A.D. 621 Including the Series in the British Museum edited by Reginald Stuart Poole
by: De Lacouperie, Terrie

Hardcover. London, Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1st, 1892, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Orange cloth covers with black lettering and rules on spine and both covers, 443 pages with hundreds of pictures. Front and rear hinges partially cracked, previous owner's initials on front fly leaf, otherwise the book is very good, clean throughout.

Record # 407683

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Celestial Horses & Long Sleeve Dancers: The David W. Dewey Collection of Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculptureby: Jacobsen, Robert

Celestial Horses & Long Sleeve Dancers: The David W. Dewey Collection of Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculpture
by: Jacobsen, Robert

Hardcover. Chicago, Art Media Resources, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 305 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear to cover boards, otherwise clean bright copy. Color pictures throughout. 12x12x1 dimensions. Numbering over 250 works spanning nearly 1500 years, the Dewey collection of ancient Chinese tomb sculpture is exceptional for its breadth and outstanding quality. Representing nearly all figural types, stylistic traditions and themes, it provides a comprehensive visual record with fascinating insights into the customs and fashions, inventions and superstitions of ancient China's ruling elite during the golden age of the Great Silk Road.

Record # 471895

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Ch'i Pai-shih: Paintings, Calligraphy, Sealsby: Laurence C. S. Tam-Assistant Curator

Ch'i Pai-shih: Paintings, Calligraphy, Seals
by: Laurence C. S. Tam-Assistant Curator

Softcover. Hong Kong, The Urban Council, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 146 pages. Illustrated in b&w, some color. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 373224

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Chang Cheeby: Lee, Melicent Humason and Jung Ho (illustrated by Laura Bannon.)

Chang Chee
by: Lee, Melicent Humason and Jung Ho (illustrated by Laura Bannon.)

Hardcover. New York , Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped with red decoration. Ex-library with bookplate and mild residue to rear end papers. The story of a Chinese boy who starts school, attractively illustrated in black and white with soft drawings by Laura Bannon.

Record # 410364

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China and Charles Darwinby: Pusey, James Reeve

China and Charles Darwin
by: Pusey, James Reeve

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Asia Center, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 544 pages. Minor corner and edge wear, spine bump, otherwise, spotless and tight copy.

Record # 456603

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China and the Chinese: A general description of the country and its inhabitants; its civilization and form of government; its religious and social institutions; its intercourse with other nations; and its present condition and prospe

China and the Chinese: A general description of the country and its inhabitants; its civilization and form of government; its religious and social institutions; its intercourse with other nations; and its present condition and prospe

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, faded blue pebbled cloth, 456 pages, gilt title on spine. The work of an American Protestant missionary, with much material on missionaries in China. Many b&w engravings, fold-out map.

Record # 412181

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China Diaryby: Spender, Stephen, David Hockney

China Diary
by: Spender, Stephen, David Hockney

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, just a bit age-yellowed. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine, bound in red cloth. Other than a slight age-yellow, pages clean and unmarked inside. Touch of foxing to top edge and back of dust jacket. In great shape.

Record # 5560089

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China's Gentry: Essays in Rural-Urban Relationsby: Fei, Hsiao-Tung & Margaret Park Redfield, Ed.

China's Gentry: Essays in Rural-Urban Relations
by: Fei, Hsiao-Tung & Margaret Park Redfield, Ed.

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth stamped in dark green, 290 pages with index. Includes six life-histories of Chinese gentry families by Yung-teh Chow. Illustrations based on drawings by Hames K. Y. Kuo. Studies the social role of the scholar-gentry in imperial and modern China. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 380363

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China's Old Dwellingsby: Knapp, Ronald G.

China's Old Dwellings
by: Knapp, Ronald G.

Softcover. Honolulu, University of HawaiinPress, 2nd pr., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 362 pages, b&w illustrations and photos. China's Old Dwellings is the most comprehensive critical examination of China's folk architectural forms in any language. It begins by tracing the interest in Chinese vernacular buildings in the twentieth century. Early chapters detail common and distinctive spatial components, including the interior and exterior modular spaces that are axiomatic components of most Chinese dwellings as well as conventional structural components and building materials common in Chinese construction. Later chapters examine representative housing types in the three broad cultural realms--northern, southern, and western--into which China has been divided. Knapp completes his survey with an exploration of China's old dwellings in the context of the rapid economic and social changes that are destroying so

Record # 351243

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China: Fifty Years Inside the People's Republic by: Yang, Rae

China: Fifty Years Inside the People's Republic
by: Yang, Rae

Hardcover. NY, Aperture, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 228 pages. Photographs by Robert Capa, Lois Conner, Stuart Franklin, Zhang Hai-er, Wu Jialin, Wang Jinsong, Hiroji Kubota, Sebastiao Salgado, Liu Heung Shing, and others. This magnificent volume unfolds a series of in-depth portfolios by twenty of the most important Chinese and Western photographers of the era, conveying the extent of their involvement in politics, culture, and everyday life.

Record # 358995

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Chinese Biographical Dictionary, Aby: Giles, Herbert A.

Chinese Biographical Dictionary, A
by: Giles, Herbert A.

Hardcover. NA, NA, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1022 pages. Red cloth covers with titles in gilt. Clean, tight copy. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE & WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 609153

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Chinese Communism and the Rise of Maoby: Schwartz, Benjamin I.

Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao
by: Schwartz, Benjamin I.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 258 pages. The beginnings of the Chinese Communist Party, and the personalities and backgrounds of the two party founders, Ch'en Tu-hsiu and Li Ta-chao. Analyses of the perculiar nature of the Communist-Kuomintang alliance of 1924. Very good, no dust jacket.

Record # 57758

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Chinese Eunuchs: Inside Stories of the Chinese Courtby: Wang Yongsheng; Wang Yongsheng [Editor]

Chinese Eunuchs: Inside Stories of the Chinese Court
by: Wang Yongsheng; Wang Yongsheng [Editor]

Singapore, Asiapac Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover 121 pages. The infamous and powerful eunuchs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties come to life in this graphic novel. Illustrated in b&w line.

Record # 397659

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Chinese Family and Marriage in Singaporeby: Freedman, Maurice

Chinese Family and Marriage in Singapore
by: Freedman, Maurice

Softcover. London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stiff orange paper wrappers. 249 pages. An interesting and comprehensive exploration of Chinese families in Singapore. Maurice Freedman (1920-1975) was a British scholar who was one of the world's leading experts on Chinese anthropology. Includes chapters on 'The Social Background', 'The Household', 'The Kinship System', and many more. Frontispiece photograph of a Chinese Mass Wedding. There are also an appendix of tables, another on Chinese characters for Hokkien words used in the text and an index. Clean copy.

Record # 378405

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Chinese Figure Paintingby: Lawton, Thomas

Chinese Figure Painting
by: Lawton, Thomas

Softcover. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 236 pages. Paperback with faded paper wrappers. Black and white and colored pictures throughout. Tight copy

Record # 369310

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Chinese Ideas of Life and Deathby: Loewe, Michael

Chinese Ideas of Life and Death
by: Loewe, Michael

Hardcover. London ; Boston, Unwin Hyman, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 226 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, previous owner's signature in front, faint foxing to top edge, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 453652

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Chinese Mother Goose Rhymesby: Wyndham, Robert

Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes
by: Wyndham, Robert

Hardcover. Cleveland OH, World Publishing Co., 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound. A top-flip book rather than side-flip. Color illustrations by Ed Young. Soilng to covers. Spinewear.

Record # 500886

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Chinese Siamese Cat, The (SIGNED COPY)by: Tan, Amy and Gretchen Shields

Chinese Siamese Cat, The (SIGNED COPY)
by: Tan, Amy and Gretchen Shields

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Gretchen Schields. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR. Clean, tight copy in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 66254

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Crashing the Party: An American Reporter in China by: Savitt, Scott

Crashing the Party: An American Reporter in China
by: Savitt, Scott

Softcover. NY, Soft Skull Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 287 pages. It's 1983. Scott Savitt, one of the first American exchange students in Beijing, picks up his guitar and begins strumming Blackbird. He's soon surrounded by Chinese students who know every word to every Beatles song he plays. Scott stays on in Beijing, working as a reporter for Asiaweek Magazine. The city's first nightclubs open; rock 'n' roll promises democracy. Promoted to foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times then United Press International, Scott finds himself drawn into China's political heart. Later, at 25 years old, Scott is the youngest accredited foreign correspondent in China with an intimate knowledge of Beijing's backstreets. But as the seven week occupation of Tiananmen Square ends in bloodshed on June 4, 1989, his greatest asset is his flame-red 500 cc. Honda motorcycle--giving Scott the freedom to witness first-hand what the Chinese government still denies ever took place. After Tiananmen, Scott founds the first independent English language newspaper in China, Beijing Scene. He knows that it's only a matter of time before the authorities move in, and sure enough, in 2000 he's arrested, flung into solitary confinement and, after a month in jail, deported. Clean copy.

Record # 382279

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Cricket Boy: A Chinese Tale Retoldby: Ziner, Feenie and Ed Young

Cricket Boy: A Chinese Tale Retold
by: Ziner, Feenie and Ed Young

Hardcover. Garden City NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations by Ed Young. Dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book.

Record # 806771

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Cricket Warrior, The - A Chinese Taleby: Chang, Margaret and Raymond

Cricket Warrior, The - A Chinese Tale
by: Chang, Margaret and Raymond

Hardcover. NY, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Warwick Hutton. Clean copy.

Record # 373562

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Cricket Warrior: A Chinese Tale, Theby: Chang, Margaret and Raymond

Cricket Warrior: A Chinese Tale, The
by: Chang, Margaret and Raymond

Hardcover. New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Warwick Hutton. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 368459

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Cycle Of Cathay: An Historical Perspectiveby: Young, Arthur N.

Cycle Of Cathay: An Historical Perspective
by: Young, Arthur N.

Hardcover. Vista CA, Ibis Publishing, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 315 pages. As Financial Advisor to China, Arthur N. Young had an intimate insight as an on-the-spot observer of events during the critical 18 years leading to the fall of the Nationalists and the Communist takeover. Along with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Dr. Young worked closely with the highest-ranking officials of the National Government in carrying out monetary and fiscal reforms prior to World War II, and stayed through the war to aid with problems of war finance, including procurement of American aid. As the Pacific Rim gains increasing international prominence, this book will prove to be of particular importance to students, scholars, business and political leaders with an interest in Asian affairs. Clean copy.

Record # 396386

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Dated Chinese Antiquities: 600 To 1650by: Riddell, Sheila

Dated Chinese Antiquities: 600 To 1650
by: Riddell, Sheila

Hardcover. London ; Boston, Faber & Faber, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Previous owner's blind stamp on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460407

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Designs of Chinese Indigo Batik by: Lu Pu

Designs of Chinese Indigo Batik
by: Lu Pu

Hardcover. Lee Publishers Group, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 285 pages. Preface by Jean Mailey; Introduction by Zhang Ding. Designs in blue and white, fine bright tight copy, unmarked, very good slightly edge-rubbed dj. Collected from the remote areas of China's southwestern provinces, each decorative pattern is rich in beauty and meaning. This royalty-free volume will be an invaluable resource for artists, designers, craftspeople, and any lover of traditional Chinese folk art. Clean copy.

Record # 385527

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Dewey Experiment in China: Educational Reform and Political Power in the Early Republicby: Keenan, Barry

Dewey Experiment in China: Educational Reform and Political Power in the Early Republic
by: Keenan, Barry

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue cloth covered boards with gold gilt lettering, slight stain on back cover, otherwise clean copy. Published by the Council on East Asian Studies at Harvard University. 335 pages. Appendixes include Table of the Published Chinese Sources of John Dewey's Lectures Delivered in China, 1919-1921, John Dewey's Major Lecture Series, Published Articles, and Professional Activities During His Visit to China, and Translations of Dewey's Works into Chinese.

Record # 401295

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Doctor Norman Bethune by: Zhou Erfu

Doctor Norman Bethune
by: Zhou Erfu

Softcover. Beijing, Foreign Languages Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 231 pages. A profile of a doctor who came to China's liberated area with his Canadian-American medical team at the height of the anti-Japanese war in 1938. He eventually was killed in the conflict. Written in 1946 from the perspective of the Chinese Communist Party. Clean copy.

Record # 397646

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Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of Chinaby: Seagrave, Sterling

Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China
by: Seagrave, Sterling

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 601 pages, b&w photos. Light wear to edges and covers of pictorial dust jacket, else a very nice, tight copy. Our most vivid and reliable biography yet of the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, remembered through the exaggeration and falsehood of legend as the ruthless Manchu concubine who seduced and murdered her way to the Chinese throne in 1861.

Record # 396642

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Embracing the Uncarved Wood: Sculptural Reliefs from Shandong, Chinaby: Kent, Richard K. and Christopher Zhu

Embracing the Uncarved Wood: Sculptural Reliefs from Shandong, China
by: Kent, Richard K. and Christopher Zhu

Softcover. Lancaster PA, Phillips Museum, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 89 pages. Text in Chinese and English. Illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 459712

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Enter the Dragon: Chinas Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea, 1950-51by: Russell Spurr

Enter the Dragon: Chinas Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea, 1950-51
by: Russell Spurr

Hardcover. NY, Newmarket Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 335 pages, b&w illustrations. This account of the intervention into the Korean war of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is told from the point of view of the Chinese. The author did much of his research inside China, interviewing participants, and presents vivid portraits of the soldiers and such figures as Mao Zedong and Douglas MacArthur. Korea was the focus of the first great East-West confrontation, and the war cost over 140,000 American lives. The crucial intervention of the Chinese and their near victory brought the super-powers to the brink of nuclear war. Written by a British newspaper reporter who covered the latter stages of the war, this book contains narrative from extensive interviews with participants in the Korean War, including many Chinese, which differentiates it from most other accounts. Name on front fly leaf, fading to dust jacket, otherwise clean.

Record # 396340

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Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural Historyby: Scholz, Piotr O.

Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural History
by: Scholz, Piotr O.

Softcover. Princeton, NJ, Markus Weiner Publishers, 1st English Translation, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 327 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Decorated wrapper, excellent. Pages clean and bright. Binding good. Like new copy. This fascinating study of eunuchs guides readers as they travel through various lands and periods, familiarizing themselves with the duties and responsibilities, the unspeakable torments, and the passions and joys of these individuals.

Record # 99247

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Face of China, The: As Seen by Photographers & Travelers 1860-1912by: Goodrich, L. Carrington & Nigel Cameron

Face of China, The: As Seen by Photographers & Travelers 1860-1912
by: Goodrich, L. Carrington & Nigel Cameron

New York, Aperture, Rep., 1998 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 162 pages, many B&W & sepia period photographs of China, its people and culture. Very richly illustrated, captions, chronology, list pioneer phiotographers, sources, general bibliography, acknowledgements. Photographs from the archives of Arnold Arboretum - Harvard University.

Record # 303521

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