Three Gorges Project: Key to Development of the Yangtze River
Beijing: New Star Publishers, 1992. First edition (presumed). Softcover. Very rare. More
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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei (Volume Two: The Rivals)
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. In this second of a planned five-volume series, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly..... More
Portland Street at Night (砵蘭街之夜)
2018. Digital Print. Medium: Watercolor, acrylic, marker. Following the successful launch of Hong Kong Noir (Blacksmith Books 2018), a collection of dark fictional stories set in various places in Hong Kong, Bleak House Books asked some local artists to pick their favorite stories from the book and create cover art..... More
Korea the Beautiful: Treasures of the Hermit Kingdom
Louisville, Kentucky: The Golden Pond Press, 1988. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. 1988 Olympic Games Commemorative Edition. More
Fu Qing-zhu's Gynecology
Boulder, Colorado: Blue Poppy Press, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. This is perhaps the single most famous book on traditional Chinese gynecology and obstetrics. Dating from the early Qing Dynasty, this book established many of the disease mechanisms and pattern diagnoses now standard in contemporary Chinese gynecology. More
HK:PM Hong Kong Night Life 1974 - 1989
Hong Kong: Asia One, 2021. Ann Hui (introduction). Second Printing. Hardcover. "HK:PM" is Greg Girard’s ode to nocturnal Hong Kong between 1974 and 1989, the earliest work of the photographer’s long relationship with Asia. A journey exploring the underside of a city he first visited as a teenager in 1974..... More
Hong Kong Memoir
San Francisco, California: Modernbook Editions, 2021. Mark Pinsukanjana (intro.), Bryan Yedinak (intro.), Sarah van Ingelgom (afterword). Second Edition. Hardcover. The final publication in the trilogy of photobooks published by Modernbook Editions, Fan Ho’s “A Hong Kong Memoir” follows the previous publications “The Living Theatre” and “Hong Kong Yesterday”. This third..... More
The Living Theatre
San Francisco, California: Modernbook Editions, 2021. Second Edition. Hardcover. An acclaimed photographer and film director, Fan Ho’s “The Living Theatre” elegantly captured life as it was carried out in both Hong Kong and China in between 1945-1966. The people as actors play out the dramas of their everyday in front..... More
Mirror to the Son of Heaven: Wei Cheng at the Court of T'an T'ai-tsung
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. The first English language biography ever published on We Cheng (580-643), chief adviser to T'ang T'ai-tsung, reputed founder of the T'ang dynasty. More
The Syncretic Religion of Lin Chao-en
New York: Columbia University Press, 1980. First Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Thinkers in Ming China turned to syncretism in their restlessness for new religious forms. A leader in this new trend was Lin Chao-en, a religious teacher of the sixteenth century, whose syncretic doctrine of the true Way was..... More
The Search for a Vanishing Beijing: A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. The Search for a Vanishing Beijing weaves the genres of travel essays and travel guides into a comprehensive narrative about the cultural mosaic of the capital of China. The author leads the reader through palaces, temples, back streets and markets..... More
Appleseed Book One: The Promethean Challenge
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 1995. Second Edition. Softcover. RARE. World War III is over, and nomad soldier Duenan Knute and her cyborg partner Briareos struggle to survive in the abandoned cities and demilitarized zones of the post-war wasteland, the "Badside." Matters appear on the upswing, however, when they are found..... More
Freaks & Geeks
Hong Kong: Small Tune Press, 2020. Stephen Cheng (preface). First Edition (presumed). Paperback. "Wondrous stories as told by the tender souls" https://freaksandgeekshk.com/. More
Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings 1912-1949 (Volume 1 The Pre-Marxist Period, 1912-1920)
Armonk, New York: An East Gate Book/M.E. Sharpe Inc., 1992. First Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Revolution in its Leninist guise has been a dominant force in the world for most of the 20th century, and the Chinese revolution has been, with the Russian revolution, one of its two most..... More
Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400 - 1900
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Additional handling charge for heavy item. The central character in Susan Naquin's extraordinary new book is the city of Peking during the Ming and Qing periods. Using the city's temples as her point of entry, Naquin carefully excavates Peking's..... More
Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard
London: Paddleless Press, 1995. Comic Company (cover design). First Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. Powerful, beautiful and not yet deaf to a catchy melody, Victoria Init - the consort of a middling Philippine politician - should be entering the prime of life as sleek and satiated as..... More
Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals: China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period
Honolulu: Association for Asian Studies / University of Hawaii, 2005. Santos Barbasa Jr. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. A review of the book from the Japan Times by Donald Richie: Relations between Japan and China may be troubled right now, but then they often have..... More
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