STARS AND STORMS OVER CHINA, 1931-1945
Vienna, Virginia: BHA Publications, 1996. First Edition. Trade paperback. Signed by the author on the title page. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A very good copy. More
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ISLAM IN CHINA: A Neglected Problem
London: Morgan & Scott, Ltd., 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Broomhall (1866-1937), a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, was the son of anti-opium trade activist and General Secretary of the China Inland Mission, Benjamin Broomhall..... More
CHINESE OPERA AND PAINTED FACE
Taipei, Taiwan: Mei Ya Publications, Inc, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 243 p. Preface by Lin Yutang. Colorfully illustrated throughout. First edition in English. An exhaustive study of origin and development of Chinese opera and its..... More
THE VANISHING BORDER: A Retrospective of China and Hong Kong through Maps.
Hong Kong: Credit Lyonnais Securities (Asia) Ltd., 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 3,000 copies. "This book, which comprises a selection of previously unpublished maps from Mr S.C. Tam's collection and maps drawn by non-Chinese..... More
A ROMAN CITY IN ANCIENT CHINA
London: The China Society, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. In this controversial work, Dubs (1892-1969) purports to show that a Roman legion that had been part of the army of Marcus Licinius Crassus defeated at the..... More
THE OTHER CITY
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, signed by John J. Espey on the title page and additionally inscribed by him on the front flyleaf, with an autograph letter signed (ALS)..... More
EIGHTEEN CAPITALS OF CHINA
London: Constable & Co., Ltd., 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Having traveled the entire length of the 2,500-kilometer Ming section of the Great Wall of China in 1908, Geil (1865-1925) commenced with a tour of all..... More
CRISIS AND PROSPERITY IN SUNG CHINA
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1975. Trade paperback. Octavo: 262 p. Original paper wrappers. A crisp and clean, very good copy. More
MANCHURIA: Its People, Resources and Recent History
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Second Edition. Hardcover. First published in 1901, this work was published in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Manchuria. The author was British Consul General in Manchuria between..... More
CHINA IN CENTRAL ASIA, The Early Stage: 125 B.C.-A.D. 23: An Annotated Translation of Chapters 61 and 96 of the History of the Former Han Dynasty
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1979. First Edition. Wraps. "The particular chapters of the Chinese Standard Histories that are translated below have as much, or even a greater, bearing on the history of Central Asia as on..... More
AT THE CHINESE TABLE
Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. A volume in the Images of Asia series. Octavo. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A very good copy. More
THE UIGHUR EMPIRE According to the T'ang Dynastic Histories: A Study in Sino-Uighur Relations 744-840
Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1973. Hardcover. Limited to 999 copies (this copy is unnumbered). A translation with introduction and notes of those sections of the chuan on the Uighurs in the Chiu T'ang-shu..... More
CHI PO AND THE SORCERER: A Chinese Tale for Children and Philosophers
Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated by Mandel on the half-title. The delightful story of how young Chi Po, aided by the sorcerer Bu Fu..... More
CHINA'S MANAGEMENT OF THE AMERICAN BARBARIANS: A Study of Sino-American Relations, 1841-1861, with Documents
New Haven: Far Eastern Publications, Yale University, 1953. Second Edition. Hardcover. This comprehensive work includes selections from a wide array of Chinese documents dealing with the United States, as well as extensive glossaries listing Chinese..... More
SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY
New York: The South Manchuria Railway Company, circa 1933. A promotional piece extolling “The Progress of Manchuria” following the establishment of Manchukuo, a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in northeast China and Inner..... More
PEKING AND THE OVERLAND ROUTE
London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1917. Third Edition. Hardcover. Printed in Yokohama by The Box of Curios Press. Detailed handbook for English-speaking tourists to parts of China recently made accessible by railway transportation. Includes advertisements..... More
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM WITH IMAGES OF THE 1927 SHANGHAI MASSACRE
A photographic album with more than 165 images of people and locations in Asia created by a young Dutch chef serving on a merchant ship in the mid 1920s. Notably, the album includes two photographs..... More
TURKISTAN TUMULT, With an Introduction by William Drew
Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1984. Trade paperback. Octavo: 279 p. with textual photographs. Original paper wrappers. A very good copy. More
SALT PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES IN ANCIENT CHINA: The Aobo Tu
Leiden, New York, Koln: E.J. Brill, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in English, translated and revised by Hans Ulrich Vogel. Scholarly treatise on the boiling of sea water and other forms of salt production..... More
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