Chine

The Middle Kingdom. A survey of the geography, government, literature, socila, life, arts, and history of the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants [...] Revised edition [...].

Taipei, Ch'en-Wen Publishing Company, 1965, voll. 2 in-16, tela editoriale con titolo in oro ai dorsi, pp. XXV, [1], 836, [2] - XII, 775, [3]. Con una carte geografica ripiegata in fine al secondo volume e alcune illustrazioni ripiegate. Ristampa dell'edizione del 1883.

The Middle Kingdom a survey of the geography, government, literature, social life, arts and history of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants.revised Edition with Illustrations and a New Map of the Empire, 2 Vols.

original green cloth gilth titles , 80-850pp 2 large octavo volumes with large folding frontispieces, many illustrated plates, text illustrations and a large folding map of the Empire to slipcase at rear of vol. two. some. wear to backstrips, otherwise fine.

The Great Wall of Confinement: The Chinese Prison Camp Through Contemporary Fiction and Reportage

8vo, br. ed. 225 x 150 mm. xii, 248 pp. Pictorial card covers.

Chinese Art : Vols I & II of two volume Set

Two volumes. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spines. Very clean very tight copies with slightly dusty unmarked boards, sunning discolouration to spines and spine margins, tanned pages and no bumping to corners. Fold-out map at rear in very good condition. 802pp. Detailed historical study of China and its art Illustrated. First Penguin/Pelican Editions - Nos A358 & A359.

China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc. The Dynamics of a New Empire.

Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj) Octavo 446pp. From one of Europe's most knowledgeable foreign correspondents in Beijing. Written post 1997 handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese

Bureaucratie et famine en Chine au xviii Siècle

8vo, br. ed. 24x15cm, 312 pp., Series: Civilisations et sociétés, 66.

The Franklin Mint Almanac, May / June 1981, Vol. 12, No. 3 - Helen Reddy Cover Photo

32 pages. Features: Lady Murasaki's Masterpiece - the world's first novel; The Tale of Genji - Fine Bone China Shell Collection; The Art of the Cachet - philatelic collectors are finding a divident in their hobby - the outstanding artwork of the cachet; Helen Reddy - her needlework is as important as her music; Decorating with your Collections; Ronald Van Ruyckevelt - the reigning genius of porcelain design; The Cowboy - eternal masterpiece Number 39; Dallas / Forth Worth has become home to many first-rate collections. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine

The Family in Classical China

first and only edition 8vo Green lacquered cloth, very good, 239p., errata, index. SCARCE A very unusual resource, covers folk customs, laws, tradit- ional practice &c. With chapter headings: definition of mar- riage, familylife in the legendary amd heroic age, land tenure and tillage, social origins, mother-right, infanticide, infanticide in modern China, marriage by capture, names and their avoidance, a digression as to certain "survivals," avoidance of names of the living, Chinese family nomenclature and its supposed relation to primitive group-marriage, a concurrence and a criticism. Exogamy founded on blood avoidance.

Shanghai Birds. A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai and the surrounding Districts. NEAR FINE COPY

Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 22 coloured plates depicting many species per plate; original green cloth, upper board lettered in gilt and blocked in black, gilt back, a near fine copy. A beautiful copy of an important avifauna. Rare, especially in this condition.

La Chine une autre qualité de vie

Maspéro 1974. In-8 broché, covuerture illustrée à rabats de 315 pages. Collection Cahiers libres 278 - 279 - 280. Bon état

CHINA AND JAPAN: A Record of Observations Made During a Residence of Several Years In China, and a Tour of Official Visitation To the Missions of Both Countries In 1877-78.

548p. + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page engravings. Title page ruled in red and printed in red and black. Paper beginning to brown at edges. Some soiling. A few leaves torn without loss. Inner hinges cracked. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold and black. Binding very worn. Hardbound. The author, Isaac W. Wiley, was a pastor, medical and educational missionary, and influential bishop of the former Methodist Episcopal Church. Wiley College, founded in 1873 by the Freemen's Aid Society to educate newly freed slaves, was named for him. He served as a missionary for some years in China and returned to organize missionary activity in the Far East. This account of his travels makes interesting reading. He visited and describes many places, customs, sights, religions. In China: Shanghai; Peking; Kiukiang; Foochow; Hong Kong; Canton - in Japan: Yokohama; Nagasaki; Tokio (Tokyo); among other places. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/3

Slavery in China During the Former Han Dynasty: 200 B.C. to 25 A.D. (Field Museum of Natural History Anthropology Series Vol. 34, 1943)

large 8vo 490p., folding map, 9 b.w. illustrations, index, bibliography, notes. In English and Chinese, a scholarly study with extended documentation on primary sources. scarce. Han history and society, historical sources and terminology, enslavement, prisoners of war, hereditary slavery, manumission, slave owners, goverment's slaves.

Chinese Characters: Their origin, etymology, history, classification, and signification. A thorough study from Chinese Documents

photolitographic reissue of of the 2nd (1927) edition; enlarged and revised according to the 4th french edition translated by L. Davrout. Appendix on archaic bronze writing. 820pp. original paper boards, . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., very good, 820p., Chinese characters classified, with English descriptions. Issued in either a one complete volume, or a 2 volulme set. Volume I is etymological lessons and phonetic series, volume II is Chinese-English lexicons. An historical sketch, list of the radicals, list of numeritives & index of characters. Table of sounds, Chen, Cheng, Chien, Ch'ien, Ch'u, Chua, Chuai, Ch'uai, Chuan, Hui, Huang, Ko, Kou, Li, Liao, Lieh, Lu, Luan, Lueh, Shou, Shu, T'eng, Ti, T'ing Tiu, To, Ts'ung & Tu, Yang, Yao, Yung are some characters covered. Also family names, dynasties, administrative divisions and horary characters. Classical reference resouce compiled by the celebrated Jesuit, sinologist and scholar, extremely scarce in this fine chinese Sienhsien mission authorized reissue. very good in uncut pages.

La Chine à travers les ages. Précis. Index biographique. Index bibliographique.

large In-8vo, 531pp. recent cloth vg. tres rare. extremely scarce. [extrait du préface: "Le présent ouvrage résume et complète mon Histoire politique de la Chine (Textes historiques), et mon Histoire des Croyances religieuses et des Opinions philosophiques en Chine Le Précis expose succinctement la suite des événements arfivés en Chine au cours des ages, depuis le commencement de son histoire jusqu'en 1911 , L'index biographique contient plus de quatre mille notices , L'index bibliographique contient un millier de fiches . Ce livre termine la série des ouvrages qui me furent demandés jadis pour mes confrères missionnaires photos on request.

S.O.S. Tibet. Documents et rapports sur l'oppression du Tibet et la menace mondiale de la Chine communiste

96pp.avec ills.hors-texte, br.orig., 20cm., bon état

IL MANICHEISMO. TRADUZIONE DI QUIRINO MAFFI ED ENRICHETTA LUPPIS

8vo grande , pp. 319 (1) + 16 tavv. n.t. a col. e 38 tavv. n.t. in b.n. Tutta tela edit. con sovrac. ill.

Sino-Soviet Crisis Politics : A Study of Political Change and Communication

8vo, red cloth, pp.313.

Urban Life in Contemporary China

Very Good. Reprint Edition / Paperback 8vo.

Rural Nutrition in China

Stiff wrs., very good, 54p., index, bibliography, maps, charts & statistical analysis. Scholarly study on the land resources for food production, ecoclimate or agroclimate, population, rural helath, diet in rural areas, Chinese dietary traditions, vulnerable groups, principal sources of calories, sources of plant & animal pr- otien, status of rural nutrition and the social & political implications. Well organized, many statistical charts.

The wiggle-waddle [from] Drury Lane Production Shanghai

5 p. 4°. Colourful Title-illustration.

When you hear that home, sweet home. [from] Drury Lane Production Shanghai

5 p. 4°. Colourful Title-illustration.

China Crosses the Yalu: The Decision to Enter the Korean War

8vo br ed.

Life Along the Silk Road

Le vie della seta. Popoli, culture, Paesaggi

4to, ril. ed. in sovracoperta. pp.480. Dalle pietre preziose alle spezie, dalle fedi religiose alle innovazioni tecnologiche, lo scambio di merci e idee lungo le antiche rotte commerciali delle Vie della Seta svolse un ruolo cruciale nello sviluppo delle civiltà asiatiche, africane ed europee. Questo libro offre la prima visione complessiva di 1500 anni di storia, ponendo al centro del discorso le tipologie dei territori. Con contributi di oltre settanta specialisti di tutto il mondo, ogni capitolo esplora la storia del commercio e delle culture lungo le Vie della Seta nel contesto dei diversi luoghi - steppe, montagne, deserti, fiumi e mari - per rivelare l'estrema importanza che i paesaggi hanno avuto nel determinare i viaggi, le economie e le comunità di coloro che vissero e commerciarono lungo tali rotte. Splendidamente illustrato con le mappe dettagliate degli itinerari, le fotografie degli spettacolari paesaggi dell'Asia centrale e cento tesori iconici, tra oggetti e strutture architettoniche, questo innovativo libro celebra la storia e l'eredità di culture diversissime che si sono sviluppate e hanno prosperato non a dispetto delle loro differenze, ma in virtù di esse.