CHINA, COMMUNISM AND COCA-COLA.
Pp. [vi]+330, printed endpapers, index; demy 8vo; olive green papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; ownership stamp at head of half-title page; Hill of Content, Melbourne, 1980. First edition. More
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CHINESE CALLIGRAPHERS AND THEIR ART.
Pp. xx+286, frontispiece and numerous full page illustrations printed in dark brown on tinted paper, the title page printed in red & black, chronology, index; demy 4to; gilt lettered red cloth, boards a trifle sprung, small stain to upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and..... More
WILD SWANS.
Three Daughters of China. Pp. [ii]+526(last blank), 16 plates, double page map, title and headpiece decorations, family tree, chronology, index; med. 8ov; qr. black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in silver, grey papered boards, a couple of tiny edge bruises; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Simon & Schuster, New..... More
CHINESE ART & CULTURE.
Translated from the French by Haakon Chevalier. Pp. xxii+332(last blank), 80 plates (16 coloured), chronology of Chinese dynasties, index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly creased and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, outer leaves..... More
THE OPIUM WARS IN CHINA.
Pp. 304(last blank), 8 plates, list of books consulted, index; demy 8vo; blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, a few leaves faintly creased; Putnam's Sons, 1964. First edition..... More
TREASURES OF CHINA.
Pp. 192, illustrated in colour throughout (several full or double page), pictorial endpapers, full page map, plans, chronology, notes, bibliography, index; demy 4to; dark grey cloth, lettered in red; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly creased; small stain to bottom fore-corner of lower..... More
CHINA THROUGH AUSTRALIAN EYES.
Forewords by Dr. Jim Cairns, Hon. Murray Byrne. Pp. [viii]+88, numerous illustrations (mostly black & white, some full page), upper endpaper map printed in red & black; demy red papered boards, spine lettered in black, the boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; name & date in ink at..... More
THE PURPLE BARRIER.
the Story of the Great Wall of China. Pp. 192, 8 plates, 6 maps (one double page), index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle warped, fore-corners bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and chipped; name stamp at foot of upper pastedown..... More
CHINA OBSERVED 1964/1967.
Pp. [vi]+194, 8 plates, endpaper map, index; pictorial papered boards, bottom edge of upper board slightly bumped; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, a couple of small splits to head of backstrip; Nelson, Melbourne, 1967. First edition. More
MORRISON OF PEKING.
Pp. viii+432(last blank), frontispiece portrait printed in red, 16 photographic plates, folding map, the title page printed in red & black, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in red, boards a trifle flecked and marked, the bottom edges lightly damp stained; price-clipped dust..... More
BLUEJACKETS & BOXERS.
Australia's naval expedition to the Boxer uprising. Pp. x+164, numerous text illustrations and maps, coloured pictorial endpapers, appendices (including nominal rolls, armament details, and medals awarded), bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; small cr. 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cloth a trifle rubbed at foot of spine; dust wrapper..... More
THE MEKONG.
Turbulent past, uncertain future. 16 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations (some full page), 3 black & white full page text maps, coloured endpaper maps, chronology, source notes, index; med. 8vo; brown papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind near bottom fore-corner of upper board; dust..... More
THE POWER OF CULTURE.
Studies in Chinese Cultural History. Presented in Honor of T. T. Ch'en and F. W. Mote on the occasion of their retirements form the East Asian Studies Department of Princeton University, May 1987. Pp. xiv+366, text illustrations (some full page), index; tall demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in white;..... More
THE GREAT WHITE WALLS ARE BUILT.
Restrictive immigration to North America and Australasia, 1836-1888. Pp. xviii+326(last blank), 4 plates, pictorial double title page printed in grey & black, headpiece illustrations, endpaper map, notes, selected bibliography, index; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faded, tiny split to top edge near backstrip; The Australian Institute of International..... More
EMPEROR'S CHINA, PEOPLE'S CHINA.
Pp. xxii+296(last blank), 16 plates, one full page text illustration, text maps (a couple full page), the endpaper map printed in red, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; name & date (1982) in ink at head of upper free endpaper, some..... More
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.
Red China Today. Pp. xvi+810, 16 plates, 4 text maps (3 full page), the endpaper map printed in blue & black, errata slip tipped-in at front, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly..... More
YANGTZE PATROL.
The U.S. Navy in China. Pp. [xvi]+344(last blank), 30 plates, text illustrations, upper endpaper map, lower endpaper graph, appendices, selected bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in yellow and blue, fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper; United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, 1987. Fourth printing (with British distributor's..... More
HOLY CHINA.
Pp. [320], coloured folding frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations (several double page); pictorial silver cloth, spine lettered in orange; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Hutchinson , London, 1968. First edition. More
OUTLINES OF CHINESE SYMBOLISM.
An alphabetical compendium of antique legends and beliefs, as reflected in the manners and customs of the Chinese.... with 200 illustrations in Chinese style, consisting of stone lithographs, wood-cuts, photogravures, colour plates, and hand-colour prints. Pp. [906](printed on rectos only, numbered to 423), coloured frontispiece with lettered guard, plus 150..... More
THE MIDDLE KINGDOM:
A survey of the geography, government, education, social life, arts, religion, etc. of the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants. With a new map of the empire and numerous illustrations. In two volumes. Pp. xxii+590+4(advertisements)+x+614, engraved frontispiece portrait and vignette title page both volumes (lacking the tissue guard Volume I), several..... More
SAIL AND SWEEP IN CHINA.
The history and development of the Chinese junk as illustrated by the collection of junk models in the Science Museum. With drawings and plans by the author. Pp. xvi+146, frontispiece, 14 plates (4 single page), folding map, text illustrations, index; cr. 4to; red boards, spine blocked in black and lettered..... More
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