Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1977. First Trade Paperback Edition. Softcover. First published in 1592, The Journey to the West, volume I, comprises the first twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-Yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. More
Hong Kong: 2018. Digital Print. Medium: Graphite pencil on drawing paper. 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... More
Taipei, Taiwan: Linking Publishing, Co., 1988. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Collection of essays by Professor Ch'en Chieh-hsien of National Taiwan University concerning the study of Ch'ing archival material. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Introduction and epilogue by Gary G. Hamilton and Wang Zheng. This classic text by Fei Xiaotong, China's finest social scientist, was first published in 1947 and is Fei's chief theoretical statement about the distinctive characteristics of Chinese society. Written in Chinese... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. The Ili Crisis provides historical perspective for understanding Sino-Russian tensions in the border areas. Dr. Hsu investigates the reasons for Russian occupation of Ili (Kuldja) in Sinkiang, in the light of the intensified Russian advance into Central Asia in the mid-19th... More
Tokyo, Japan: Tuttle Publishing, 2006. Reprint. Japanese Edition (text in English). Paperback. Jiro Osaragi's Homecoming, originally published in 1950 as Kikyo, was the first contemporary Japanese novel to be translated into English after World War II. Against a backdrop of often confrontational and coincidental meetings and partings, fleeting joys and... More
New York: Weatherhill / Phoenix Art Museum, 1995. First Edition (stated). Softcover (Outsized). A catalogue of over 300 of FLW's Japanese prints published in conjunction with the exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese Art, organized by the Phoenix Art Museum, March 11 through June 11, 1995. More
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1970. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Based largely on collaborative work with Wang Ling, Lu Gwei-Djen, and Ho Ping-Yu. More
Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Outsized. More
Hong Kong: Licht Ltd, 2017. First Edition. Softcover. From the South China Morning Post article previewing 'Hong Kong Market Cats': Heijnen says Hong Kong Market Cats, which he will self-publish with an initial print run of 2,000 copies, was a natural progression. He spent last year photographing the creatures... More
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. This collection explores how Chinese women and girls have been transferred, bought and sold for marriage, concubinage, domestic service and prostitution, and the avenues of escape open to them, over the century from 1860 to 1960. The issues that it... More
Saint Paul: Minnesota Museum of Art, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Catalog of a touring exhibition of jade at Minnesota Museum of Art amongst others. 109 numbered items in the catalogue. More
Hong Kong: Federal Publications, 1982. Hong Kong Edition (stated). Hardcover. More
Harvard University Press, 1988. Hardcover. More
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1996. Softcover. Collection of scholarly essays by Charles McKhann, Steven Harrell, Norma Diamond, Ralph A. Litzinger, Margaret Byrne Swain, Shelley Rigger, Siu-woo Cheung, Almaz Khan, Wurlig Borchigud, Shih-chung Hsieh. More
Tokyo: The Yoseido Gallery, 1968. Paperback. A catalog of artistic works by Japanese artists with illustrations, some in color. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. This intriguing book explores how ordinary people in traditional China used contracts to facilitate the transactions of their daily lives, as they bought, sold, rented, or borrowed land, livestock, people, or money. In the process it illuminates specific everyday... More
New York: Greystone Press, 1960. Hardcover. Part of the Art of the World series. Translated from the German by George Lawrence. More
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