National Geographic Atlas of China
Washington DC: The National Geographic Society, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Outsized). More
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New Archaeological Finds in China (Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution)
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. More
Umbilical Cord of History: Paintings of Zhang Xiaogang
Hong Kong: Hanart T Z Gallery, 2004. First Edition. Softcover (Outsized). Additional handling charge for heavy item. More
Early Ming Wares of Chingtechen
Hong Kong: Vetch & Lee Limited, 1970. Second Edition. Hardcover. As per c/r page: this is a re-issued edition, limited to 1,050 copies. Original edition printed in China by the North China Daily News. Contains a preliminary note on the 'A D Brankston Collection of Chinese Porcelain in..... More
The King of Trees
New York: New Directions Publishing, 2010. Eileen Baumgartner (book design). First Printing. Paperback. Translated by Bonnie S. MacDougall When the three novellas in The King of Trees were published separately in China in the 1980s, “Ah Cheng fever” spread across the country. Never before had a fiction writer dealt..... More
Cultural Realism: Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy in Chinese History
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Princeton Studies in International History and Politics series. Cultural Realism is an in-depth study of premodern Chinese strategic thought that has important implications for contemporary international relations theory. In applying a Western theoretical debate to China, Iain Johnston advances..... More
The Glory and Fall of the Ming Dynasty
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
Modern China (Asian Civilization)
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1964. Paperback. More
Pencil Speakings from Peking
New York: The Macmillan Company. Advance Review Copy. Hardcover. No date or year of publication indicated. First edition of this title was published in U.S. and U.K. in 1918. As an advance review copy, this edition mostly likely predates the 1918 publication year. More
Prisoner of Liberation: Four Years in a Chinese Communist Prison
New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1973. Reprint. Paperback. Anchor Books no. A907. In 1948, Allyn and Adele Rickett, both students of Chinese at the the University of Pennsylvania, received Fulbright scholarships to study in Peking. While there, they engaged in intelligence work for the United States Naval Intelligence Service. As..... More
Red Azalea
New York: Pantheon Books Inc., 1994. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Signed by author on pre-title page. Red Azalea reviewed in The New York Times by Judith Shapiro (Fe. 27, 1994): EVEN in today's comparatively freewheeling China of discos and dating, Anchee Min's steamy memoir of two love affairs --..... More
Chinese Days
Hong Kong: Odyssey, 1988. First English language edition. Softcover. Translated from the Italian by Kirsten Marnane Romano. More
The Journey to the West, Volume I
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
Perspectives on the T'ang
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. 12 essays from various contributors on the history and influence of the T'ang dynasty, 618-906. Contributors include Elling O. Eide, Hans H. Frankel, David Lattimore, David McMullen, Ikeda On, Charles A. Peterson, Wang Gungwu, Howard J. Wechsler, and Stanley Weinstein..... More
Living Abroad in China (including Hong Kong & Macau)
Avalon Travel, 2013. Third ed. Softcover. More
Modern Chinese: Beginner's Course, Volumes 1 & 2
Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture University Press / Sinolingua, 2001. Second Edition. Softcover. More
Tibet: Myth Vs. Reality (China in Focus)
Beijing: Beijing Review Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. More
Three Gorges Project: Key to Development of the Yangtze River
Beijing: New Star Publishers, 1992. First edition (presumed). Softcover. Very rare. More
A Cultural History of Modern Science in China
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Historians of science and Sinologists have long needed a unified narrative to describe the Chinese development of modern science, medicine, and technology since 1600. They welcomed the appearance in 2005 of Benjamin Elman’s masterwork, On Their Own Terms. Now Elman..... More
Ruan Yuan, 1764-1849: The Life and Work of a Major Scholar-Official in Nineteenth-Century China Before the Opium War
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Heavy book; please note additional shipping charges. With a gift inscription by and signature of the author. More
Massage
Melbourne, Australia: Viking, 2014. Paperback. Originally published in Chinese as Tui Na by People's Literature Publishing House. Wang Daifu is blind and works as a practitioner of tuina, a traditional form of pressure-point massage, in the burgeoning metropolis of Shenzhen. His is a uniquely coveted skill, yet it..... More
Three Sisters: A Novel
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed bu author on a Man Asian Literary Prize bookplate. In a small village in China, the Wang family has produced seven sisters in its quest to have a boy; three of the sisters emerge as the lead characters in this remarkable..... More
Secrets: A Collection of Short Stories
Boston/Hong Kong: Cheng & Tsui Company/Joint Publishing Co., 1985. Luk Chi Cheong (cover design). First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. Translated from the Chinese by David Deterding A collection of ten short stories by the Taiwanese poet, essayist, historian and activist. More
Law and Order in Sung China
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. More
China Off the Beaten Track: How to Do It on Your Own
Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Ltd, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. More
