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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PROTEINS, ANCIENT GREEKS AND T'ANG POETRY: A Round-Eyed Cyclopaedia
Edinburgh: Polygon, 1994. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy. 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 CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA and the Court Agreement Relating to the Chinese Courts in the International Settlement of Shanghai, China
Shanghai, China: The Commercial Press, Limited, 1936. Hardcover. This code "applies in the Shanghai First Special Area District Court and the Kiangsu High Court, Second Branch, only insofar as it does not conflict with the..... 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 "This book, which comprises a selection of previously unpublished maps from Mr S.C. Tam's collection and maps drawn by non-Chinese.....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
THE UNEQUAL TREATIES: China and the Foreigner
London: John Murray, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. "This book traces the history of China so far as it has had contact with England and other European Countries from the eighteenth century. The author also brings..... 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
PHILOSOPHY AND ARGUMENTATION IN THIRD-CENTURY CHINA: The Essays of Hsi K'ang
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. "Hsi K'ang (A.D. 223-262) was an important poet, musician, philosopher, and debater in the age of ch'ing-t'an, 'pure talk.' Here is a translation of his nine essays..... More
HOW THE FAR EAST WAS LOST: American Policy and the Creation of Communist China, 1941-1949
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 480 p. Foreword by Charles Callan Tansill. Influential revisionist study of the Far Eastern policy pursued during the Roosevelt-Truman administrations. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with silver..... More
A TRAGIC BEGINNING: The Taiwan Uprising of February 28, 1947
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. "This is the first dispassionate, full-scale account of the origins, dynamics, and aftermath of a pivotal and much-misunderstood even in modern Chinese history - the violent..... 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
THE LATE POEMS OF MENG CHIAO: Translated by David Hinton
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. "Late in life, Meng Chiao (A.D. 751--814) developed an experimental poetry of virtuosic beauty, a poetry that anticipated landmark developments in the modern Western tradition by a...... 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
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
CHU HSI: Life and Thought
Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. "...describes and analyzes the rising and falling fortunes of Chu Hsi through out the centuries in China, Japan, and Europe, especially the changing attitudes among..... More
IMPERIAL CHINA: Photographs 1850-1912
New York: Penwick Publishing, Inc., 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 151 p. With a Foreword by Harrison Salisbury. Profusely illustrated. "In these masterpieces of photography, we see the landscape, people, and events that shaped the world's..... 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
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