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19782090502113709119Not Available 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19922090502113717497Not Available 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19912080502106510341Japan Ceramic Society 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Japan Ceramic Society paperback
19812080502106505933Japan Ceramic Society 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Japan Ceramic Society paperback
19812080502106505860Japan Ceramic Society 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Japan Ceramic Society paperback
2000x-1852332964Springer Verlag 2000. Paperback. New. 998 pages. 9.00x5.75x2.00 inches. Springer Verlag paperback
197323252London: Faber & Faber 1973. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10.0x7.7x1.2in. rubbing to tips dust jacket with small abrasion at bottom of front flap front sticker removal. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>Painted tin-glaze pottery is perhaps the most thoroughly European ware the western world has produced. And yet it was an Islamic invention. The author traces the development of the tradition from the beginning to the present day with great precision. Illustrated with 24 color plates 189 monochrome plates 33 figures and 9 maps. <br>236pp 2.65lb 10.0x7.7x1.2in Faber & Faber hardcover
1957183246Harbin: Heilongjiang renmin chubanshe "Heilongjiang People's Press" 1957. First edition untraced institutionally of this pictorial guide for workers on China's rapidly expanding railway network. Each double-page spread includes an illustration and facing textual explanation of best practices. Between 1952 and the year of publication 6100 kilometres of new railway lines were laid across the country. Landscape duodecimo. Illustrations and Chinese text throughout. Original pictorial wrappers gatherings wire-stitched and glued into wrappers as issued spine and covers lettered in red. Wrappers lightly rubbed and toned contents clean: near-fine. unknown
186620127London: London Day & Son 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition. An account of Augustus F. Lindley 1840 -1873 British officer writer and adventurer who fought for the Taiping insurgents in their rebellion against the Manchu dynasty one of the largest and bloodiest civil wars in history. The Taiping Rebellion 1850-64 was instigated by Hong Xiuquan and his followers whose goal was to create a "Heavenly Kingdom" in China with Christianity as the official religion. Lindley was a Royal Navy officer stationed in Hong Kong who resigned his commission in 1860 to work for a Taiping general as an artillery instructor. He also became a spokesperson for the cause courting Western support and procuring weapons and supplies. His wife Maria the daughter of the Portuguese consul at Macau served in the rebellion as a sniper and was killed in an ambush. Lindley remained in China until the fall of the Heavenly Kingdom in 1864. Two years later he wrote this work the only detailed account written of the Taiping Rebellion from the rebels' perspective.<br /> <br /> Two volumes royal 8vo: Vol I xvii iii 424pp; Vol II: vii i 425-842 complete. Folding color frontispiece 20 chromolithographs 9 wood engravings two folding maps. Original publisher's maroon pictorial gilt cloth covers with blind stamped borders gilt illustrations at upper covers. An ex-library copy with bookplates library stamps to plates only on versos. Archivally restored with the original spines laid down. OCLC: 3467844. London Day & Son hardcover
1888172454London.: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. First Edition. 1888. Folding map at the rear xvi 316pp index. Original boards re-backed with cloth new head & tail bands spine and new endpapers. The original black cloth covered boards stamped in red & gilt are faded and marked edges worn and corners bumped. The top edge of the title page has a 1.3cm strip removed but the text is clean and sound. Rough cut page edges are slightly dusty. A firm and clean copy of the first edition. Journal written on the 2 month journey up the Yangtse River from Shanghai to Chung-king. . Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. hardcover
1898165360London.: Sampson Low Marston. Third revised edition. 1898. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard numerous illustrations. Coloured folding map at the rear xxiv 316pp index. Original yellow cloth pictorial boards lettered in black Top edge gilt. The half-title has been partially glued to the front pastedown and has a 0.6cm loss to lower edge. The bright yellow cloth is lightly soiled the spine only faintly darkened. Chop to title-page. Text block is clean and sound. A very good copy. 19.5 x 13.5cm. Journal written on the 2 month journey up the Yangtse River from Shanghai to Chung-king. . Sampson Low, Marston. hardcover
1333674627.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1985034439New York: Vantage Press 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Xxxvi 101 Pp. Black Cloth Silver Gilt. First Edition Stated. Fine In Near Fine Dj Not Price Clipped Slight Rubbing At Corners. Ownership Stamp Of Film Noir And Western Actress Marie Windsor Hupp On Front Free Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Vantage Press hardcover
20129780230770171-2025Macmillan 2012. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> China Miéville</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Macmillan</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780230770171</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2012</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 431</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> London awakes one morning to find itself besieged by a sky full of floating icebergs. Destroyed oil rigs mysteriously reborn clamber from the sea and onto the land driven by an obscure but violent purpose. An anatomy student cuts open a cadaver to discover impossibly intricate designs carved into a corpse's bones—designs clearly present from birth bearing mute testimony to . . . whatOf such concepts and unforgettable images are made the twenty-eight stories in this collection—many published here for the first time. By turns speculative satirical and heart-wrenching fresh in form and language and featuring a cast of damaged yet hopeful seekers who come face-to-face with the deep weirdness of the world—and at times the deeper weirdness of themselves—Three Moments of an Explosion is a fitting showcase for one of our most original voices.</p> Macmillan hardcover
20129780230770171-2025Macmillan 2012. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> China Miéville</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Macmillan</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780230770171</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2012</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 431</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> London awakes one morning to find itself besieged by a sky full of floating icebergs. Destroyed oil rigs mysteriously reborn clamber from the sea and onto the land driven by an obscure but violent purpose. An anatomy student cuts open a cadaver to discover impossibly intricate designs carved into a corpse's bones—designs clearly present from birth bearing mute testimony to . . . whatOf such concepts and unforgettable images are made the twenty-eight stories in this collection—many published here for the first time. By turns speculative satirical and heart-wrenching fresh in form and language and featuring a cast of damaged yet hopeful seekers who come face-to-face with the deep weirdness of the world—and at times the deeper weirdness of themselves—Three Moments of an Explosion is a fitting showcase for one of our most original voices.</p> Macmillan hardcover
20154535Michigan: Subterranean Press 2015. Limited Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Fine. McKean Dave. Short story collection beautifully produced by Subterranean Press. Special Edition Subterranean Press Michigan 2015; 23 x 15cm; limitation leaf 381 3 blank pages; brown cloth silver titling to spine small biro mark on block top else fine; in fine spectacularly illustrated dustjacket. Limited Edition #52 of 400 numbered copies. Jacket art by Dave McKean depicting the otherworldly icebergs of "Polynia" hovering over London. A collection of 28 typically varied short stories. <br/> <br/> Subterranean Press hardcover
2015000015471Burton MI: Subterranean Press 2015. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Fine. 8vo. 10 11-381 3 pp. Brown cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Textured blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $80 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Dave McKean. Copy 278 of 400 signed copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page which is illustrated. A tiny spot on the fore-edge else Fine. Subterranean Press hardcover
201535474Burton MI: Subterranean Press 2015. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 35474. Octavo cloth. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Miéville. Collects twenty-eight stories most all collected here for the first time. Subterranean Press unknown
201531872Burton MI: Subterranean Press. 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Subterranean Press hardcover
201541461MacMillan: London 2015. First edition & 1st printing. Hardcover. Collection of 28 short stories. First printing with ''1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2'' on copyright page. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket as new. MacMillan: London hardcover
1988219043Various.: Various Publishers. 1988 -1994. Three books about Hainan Island or Hainan Province text in simplified Chinese characters all approximately 21 x 14cm. Covers a little worn edges browned and slightly foxed else in very good condition. List of books: <br>海南岛历史上土地开发研究 by 司徒尚纪 Research on Land Development in Hainan Island's History Pub. 1992， 232pp maps photographic illustrations. <br> <br>海南及南海诸岛史地 论著资料索引 by 李国强 Index to Historical and Geographical Works on Hainan and the South China Sea Islands Pub. 1994 296pp. <br> <br>海南省 - 自然 历史 现状 与 未来 Edited by 许士杰 Hainan Province - Nature History Current Situation and the Future Pub. 1988 420pp photographic illustrations hardback. . Various Publishers. hardcover
20092081502111907054old books in shanghai 2009. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. old books in shanghai paperback
1960025662Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press / Oxford University Press / Institute of Pacific relations 1960. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Xiii 247. Orange Cloth. One Of 2000 Copies Of The First Printing But This Copy With Printed $5 Us Price At Bottom Of Front Flap So Perhaps An American Issue. Slight Signs Of Usage To Book And Dj. Inscribed To Mr. And Mrs. Z. T. Nyi Zau Tsung Nyi Of Los Angeles "With High Esteem And Respect". Information From His Archives At Usc: Theodore H.E. Chen Ph.D. 1939 Was Chairman Of Usc's Department Of Asian Studies From 1940 To 1968 And From 1960 To 1971 He Directed The East Asian Studies Center In Support Of Which He Had Obtained The First Federal Grants. Chen Also Secured Outside Funding For A Project To Help Train And Advise High School Teachers Of Chinese And Japanese. A Native Of Fuzhou China Chen Was President Of Fukien Christian University In 1946 And 1947 While On Leave To Participate In Postwar Rehabilitation. He Also Helped Organize Tunghai University In Taiwan As A Representative Of The United Board Of Christian Colleges. He Was The Author Of Nine Books Including Thought Reform Of Chinese Intellectuals And Maoist Educational Revolution And Chinese Education. Dr Chen Hits An Easy Target; The Worst Governments Are Those Who Try To Control What And How People Think And How And Where They Communicate Because Their Leaders Have An Excess Of The Oldest Disease Of Officials Crap-In-The-Brain Which Prevents Them From Engaging In Exchanges Of Facts And Ideas. <br/> <br/> Hong Kong University Press / Oxford University Press / Institute of Pacific relations hardcover
219860Hong Kong.: Sydney L. Moss Ltd. 2010. The set of 7 volumes complete 1363pp of text and catalogue profusely illustrated in colour with many folding plates: 4 volumes 34.7 x 25 cms and 3 accordion-fold folio volumes 50.3 x 34.7 cms Hsu Lin 1462-1538; Lan Ying 1585-1660s ; Sun Ch'eng-Tse 1592/3-1676 red cloth boards lettered in black housed in the original cream linen-covered fully-lined clamshell box barely visible bump to the top hinge gilt stamped spine title and blind-stamped on the front cover 54.5 x 37.5 x 18.5cm. A very heavy set approx 24 kg in very good near pristine condition. A magisterial production six years in the making: "Here we strive at considerable expense of time trouble money and the express courier's low back to show you and to force you to look at as many paintings and calligraphies as we could manage lifesize and where at all possible in the formats they were created in." Introduction . Sydney L. Moss Ltd. hardcover
2016Signed-British-02Picador London 2016 LONDON: Picador 2016. First edition first printing with full number sequence including the 1. Hardbound. Brand new! Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. A tight clean copy new and unread. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. NOT price clipped. Shipped in well padded box. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page his name only with no other marks or writing. One of 250 numbered copies with a special limitations page from Goldsboro Books. This is copy number 230. You cannot find a better copy. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Picador, London hardcover
