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 about CHINESE CALLIGRAPHERS AND THEIR ART
Pp. xii+182(last blank), frontispiece map, 12 plates, appendices, bibliography, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly worn with laminate lifting, two tears from bottom edge of back panel; ownership inscription and bookseller's sticker on the upper pastedown; Macdonald & Janes, London, 1976. First edition. More about GUNBOATS ON THE GREAT RIVER
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 about CHINA OBSERVED 1964/1967
Introduction by John S. Service. Pp. xvi+336, numerous black & white text illustrations and maps, coloured endpaper maps, tables, chronologies, annotated bibliography, appendix, index; demy 4to; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver, faint bruise to top edge of upper board near spine; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split, with... More about ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHINA TODAY
A biography of General Gordon. Pp. xii+196(last blank), 8 plates, 3 full page text maps, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; lower edge of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, foxed; some foxing, mainly to outer leaves and edges, top edges lightly marked; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1985. First edition. *From... More about NEVER TO BE TAKEN ALIVE
Australia's naval expedition to the Boxer uprising. Pp. x+164, numerous text illustrations and maps, pictorial endpapers, appendices including nominal rolls, armament details, medals awarded, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; cloth boards, lower fore-corner bumped, head and tail of spine a trifle bruised, some shelf wear; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed, slight... More about BLUEJACKETS & BOXERS
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 about THE GREAT WHITE WALLS ARE BUILT
Pp. 144(including endpapers), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; demy 4to; edges of boards slightly faded and a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, faintly foxed on reverse; Child & Associates, Sydney, 1988. First Australian edition. *'Malcolm Purves set out on a winter journey through Eastern China. He took sketch... More about CHINA JOURNEY
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 about HOLY CHINA