Stories of the Chinese People's Volunteers

Peking, Foreign Languages Press. 1960. Quarter Cloth, Paper Boards, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Book block tight; some character soiling. Binding shelf rubbed and slightly faded. Rubbed DJ has loss, closed tears, and soiling. 259 pp. Good+/Fair (in mylar).

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Book number: C107

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Korea, Korean War, China, Chinese Communists

ADAMSON, IAIN

The Forgotten Men

London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1965, First Edition. Paper Boards, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Commandos in war-time China. Very clean textblock and sound binding. DJ has minimal wear. 195 pp. Near Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar).

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Book number: C260

Catalogue: China

Keywords: 204 Military Mission, Burma Road, Battalions, Coolies, British Military, Australian Military, Historical Fiction, Novel, Fiction

AGEL, JEROME; BOE, EUGENE

Deliverance in Shanghai

NY, Dembner Books. 1983, Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). (ISBN: 0934878323). Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback, Advance Reading Copy; Clean and tight with slight wear to spine extremities. Fictionalized account of Jews in Shanghai during WWII. 361p. Very Good.

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Book number: C012

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Historical Fiction, Jews, China, Shanghai, 0934878323

BACKHOUSE, E.; BLAND, J. O. P.

Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking (from the 16th to the 20th Century)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. 1914, First American Edition. Yellow Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Plates. Hardcover, Lightly foxed, errata slip bound in at page 1, former owner's bookplate on fep, else textblock is very clean and tight; Character-soiled binding and spine, lightly shelf worn; 531p. including index. Very Good.

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Book number: SB15264

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Peking Court Annals, Peking Court Memoirs Plates

BRAMAH, ERNEST

The Wallet of Kai Lung

Boston, L.C. Page and Company. 1900. Embossed Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Shaken binding, aged textblock, else clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Embossed cloth with moderate silverfish depredation at the front and back board edges, surface wear, bumping to corners as well as to the head and foot of spine. 337p. Very Good.

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Book number: SB15579

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Chinese Fiction, Chinese Literature Literary Collections & Poetry

CHI, CHEN (SKETCHBOOKS OF)

China from the Sketchbooks of Chen Chi

NY, Chen Chi Studio. 1974, First American Edition. Boards, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Chen Chi. Hardcover, Deep yellow endpages, beautiful sketches, textblock is bright and tight. All page edges are crisp. Green paper boards with gilt stamped lettering and illustration on front cover, very minor bumping to the corners of the spine, wrapped in stiff mylar taped to endpages for safe-keeping. Handmade slip case in excellent condition with a neat little side cut out to make removing the book from case easy. No pagination. Near Fine.

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Book number: SB10419

Catalogue: China

Keywords: China Art, Chen Chi Sketchbook, Chen Chi Sketches, Chen Chi Biography Chen Chi

KIT-CHING, CHAN LAU

China Britain and Hong Kong 1895-1945

Hong Kong, China, The Chinese University Press. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 9622014097). Boards, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Hardcover, Bookplate on ffep, light blue end pages, b&w photographs, textblock is clean and tight. Faded remainder mark on bottom page edges. Black paper-covered boards, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners. Unclipped dust jacket, small knick to front corner on spine, small round coffee colored moisture spot on front cover near bottom edge, mylar sleeved. 479pp. including notes, bibliography, and index. Near Fine/Very Good (in mylar).

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Book number: SB11773

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Hong Kong History, China History, Britain History, Hong Kong travel and Description, 1895-1945 Hong Kong history, 1895-1945 Britain History 9622014097 B&W Photographs

CLOSE, UPTON

In the Land of the Laughing Buddha: The Adventures of an American Barbarian in China

NY, Putnam's Sons. 1924, First Edition. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B & W Photographs. Ex-Library Hardcover, Retired library copy with usual stamps, stickers and labels. Clean text, endpapers partially separated at the gutters; Sound, lightly shelf worn binding; Although lacking the original paper dust jacket, this copy is now protected in clear, five--mil mylar. 359p. Good+.

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Book number: C320

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Chinese Culture, Shantung, Tsingtao, Wu, Chinese War, Famine, Chinese Moslems, Christianity, Christian Missionaries, B & W Photographs

DAVIS, JOHN GORDON

Hong Kong Through the Looking Glass

Hong Kong, Kelly & Walsh Ltd.. Cloth, 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Ill.: Ted Smart; Pat Fok. Hardcover, Undated, circa 1950's or early 1960's; Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner rubbed; Light surface soiling along the edges, and the bottom corners are discolored; Dust jacket lightly edge worn, in mylar; 116p. Very Good/Very Good+ (in mylar).

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Book number: EW3862

Catalogue: China

Keywords: China, Hong Kong, Chinese History, Chinese Culture, Chinese Culture Ted Smart; Pat Fok

ENDERS, GORDON; ANTHONY, EDWARD

Nowhere Else in the World

NY, Farrar & Rinehart Inc. 1935, First Edition. Illustrated Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: 64 B&W Photographs. Hardcover, Former owner's penciled gift inscription on 2nd ffep, light glue staining down gutters, else textblock is clean and exceptionally tight, decorative endpages, 64 b&w photographs. Green top page edges. Green stamped illustration on front cover; Large, faded red crayon stain on front cover top corner area, otherwise great condition, minimally shelf worn, in stiff mylar sleeve. Handmade slip case with a neat little side cut out to make removing book from case simple and safe. 436pp. Good+.

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Book number: SB10144

Catalogue: China

Keywords: 1930's Tibet History, 1930's China History, Tibet and China History, 1930's Tibet and China 64 B&W Photographs

FULCHER, HELEN MCCRACKEN

Mission to Shanghai: The Life of Medical Service of Dr. Josiah C. Mccracken

NH, Tiffin Press. 1995, First Printing. (ISBN: 0964601818). Paper Boards, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B & W Photographs. Hardcover, Clean and tight with minimal wear. Lacks dust jacket; 275p. including appendix and notes. Near Fine.

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Book number: C083

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Western Medicine in China, Canton, Sino-Japanese War, 0964601818 B & W Photographs

GOODRICH, ANNE SWAN

Chinese Hells: The Peking Temple of Eighteen Hells and Chinese Conceptions of Hell

St. Augustin, Monumenta Serica. 1981, First Edition. Green Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Hardcover, Immaculate and tight textblock with former owner's return address label on ffep; Detailed b&w photographs. Bright green cloth binding, minimally shelf worn. Unclipped dust jacket, chipping to corners on head of spine, light loss to extremities, crease on front top corner. In beautiful, handmade Robert Wang slipcase; 167p. including appendix, bibliography, and index. This book is considered a sequel to the author's previous book "The Peking Temple of the Eastern Peak". Traces the origins of Chinese ideas of Hell, and the world of gods and ghosts. Near Fine/Very Good (in mylar).

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Book number: SB8896

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Chinese Literature and History, Peking Temple of Eighteen Hells History, Chinese Conceptions of Hell, Chinese Religion, Chinese Religious Aspects B&W Photographs

GROUSSET, RENE

The Rise and Splendour of the Chinese Empire

NY, Barnes & Noble. 1992. (ISBN: 1566190630). Quarter Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Maps. Hardcover, Very clean and sound with minimal wear. DJ slightly rubbed. 312 pp. including index. Near Fine/Near Fine (in mylar).

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Book number: C247

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Manchu Emperors, Ming Dynasty, Pax Sinica, Silk Road, Buddhism, Han, Wei Dynasty, T'ai-Tsung, T'ang, sung Dynasty, Hui-Tsung, 1566190630 Maps

HALL, RONALD

Eminent Authorities on China

Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh. 1931. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Clean textblock; sound binding with a slight tear in cloth at top of spine; Lacks the original paper dust jacket, but now protected in clear, five mil mylar. Previous owners' names written and stamped on FFEP. 275 p. Very Good.

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Book number: C239

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Canton, Dowager Empress, Kowtow, Flint Expedition, Tientsin, Chinese Religion,

HOUYING, DAI; WOOD, FRANCES (TRANSLATED BY)

Stones of the Wall

NY, St. Martin's Press. 1985, First U.S. Edition/1st Printing. (ISBN: 0312762151). Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, The first major novel to come out of contemporary China. Gift quality copy. Textblock is very clean and tight. Cloth binding, light bumping to head and foot of spine. Unclipped dust jacket, rubbing to tips, couple tears on top edges, mylar sleeved. 310pp. including footnotes. Near Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar).

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Book number: SB11502

Catalogue: China

Keywords: Contemporary China Novel, Chinese Fiction, China Fiction, Fiction 0312762151