The Chinese taste in eighteenth-century England
New York, Melbourne, et al: Cambridge University Press, [2010]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 230; 26 illustrations throughout; fine copy in original laminate boards. More
New York, Melbourne, et al: Cambridge University Press, [2010]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 230; 26 illustrations throughout; fine copy in original laminate boards. More
Honolulu: Allen & Unwin and University of Hawai'i Press, [1998]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 391, [1]; full red cloth, gilt title on spine, fine in fine dust jacket. More
Shanghai: The North China Daily News and Herald, [1931]. 8vo, pp. xvi, 831; adverts on endpapers; text in double column; folding map, tables throughout; original blue cloth lettered in black on upper cover and spine; some soiling, text toned, small break in the cloth at the bottom of the spine;..... More
Vancouver: Hangman Press as presented by Superior Publishing Company, [1971]. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 64; illustrated throughout; previous ownership signature, very good and sound in original pictorial laminate boards. More
New York: The Free Press, a division of Macmillan Inc., [1985]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 589, [1]; map endpapers, 26 illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in the dust jacket. More
Shanghai: Presbyterian Mission Press; London: Probsthain & C., 1926. 8vo, pp. [2], vi, 381, [3], xiv (index); very good and sound in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine. More
New York and London: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 131, [1], 44; portrait frontispiece, full green cloth, gilt title on spine; boards rubbed at corners, upper endpapers spotted, text clean and sound, very good. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, [1983]. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 398; yellow cloth, gilt title on spine; corners a touch bumped else fine, dustjacket rubbed at spine and edges. More
Xinjiapo: Xinjiapo you lian shu ju, [2012]. First edition, small folio, pp. [2], 192; illustrated rhroughout, mostly in color; fine copy in original pictorial laminate boards. Qiu Guangming is a researcher on the measuring and weighing systems in China for more than 30 years. More
New York and London: M. E. Sharpe, [1998]. Third printing, 8vo, pp. xvii, [3], 313, [3]; full yellow cloth; a few pages with words circled and marginalia in pencil, otherwise fine in in fine dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, [1979]. 11" x 8½", pp. viii, 55, [9]; map and 11 illustrations from photographs; fine in original red saddlestitched wrappers. Issued as no. 4 in the publisher's Working Papers in the Traditional Arts series. Rites amd ceremonies of the secret order or..... More
Albany: State University of New York Press, [1986]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 206; tables and illustrations in the text; publisher's canel slip pasted to copyright page, all else fine in original red cloth stamped in blue and white. "This is an important book on a subject of significance both..... More
Taipei: Walkers Cultural, 2004. 8vo, pp. 159, [1]; text in Traditional Chinese; color illustrations throughout; pictorial paper wrappers, a touch of bumping to corners, else fine. Accompanied by two card drink coasters. A nicely illustrated survey of design history in Taiwan. More
Taipei: Jen Jen Publishing Co., Ltd, [2005]. Second printing; 8vo, pp. 222, [2]; text in Traditional Chinese; each entry with statistical information and multiple photographs; pictorial paper wrappers; touch of bumping to corners, else fine. Su Zhaoxu is the most prolific author on trains in Chinese, with over 50 works..... More
Beijing: Zhong yang min zu xue yuan chu ban she, 1990. First edition, 8vo, pp. [10], 395, [2]; original ochre wrappers; very good, clean, and sound. More
[Taipei: Hansheng Magazine, 1995]. 4to, pp. 9-164 (no pages appear to be missing); text in Traditional Chinese; text illustrations throughout, one large folding plate; pictorial paper wrappers; fine. Hansheng Magazine is an award-winning project dedicated to highlighting a specific aspect of Chinese cultural arts with each issue. It was founded..... More
Cambridge: Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1971. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 347, [1]; frontispiece portrait, facsimile title page from the first edition of 1609, 1 plate and 2 folding maps; fine copy in original blue cloth, in a very good dust jacket that shows one tear at..... More
Shanghai: The North China Daily News and Herald, [1938]. 8vo, pp. xxiv, 595; adverts on endpapers; folding railroad map, tables throughout; original blue cloth lettered in black on upper cover and spine; some soiling, hinges cracked, text lightly toned; very good. History and description, particulars of trade, manufacturing, communication, government..... More
Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1991. 8vo, pp. x, 186, [2]; old women's center rubberstamp on title page and previous owner's sticket; very good and sound in original printed wrappers. More
La Salle: The Open Court Publishing Co., 1944. 8vo, pp. [4], 139, [1]; frontispiece and 16 plates; yellow cloth decorated in blue and red; pages toned, otherwise fine. Containing introduction, Chinese text, verbatim translation, translation, explanatory notes, and moral tales. More
Bloomimgton: The Denis Sinor Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 2009. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxxiii, [3], 217, [1]; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in a fine jacket. Contains nearly 25 scholarly articles by scholars such as as Ruth I. Meserve, Yoshiro Saito, Thomas T. Allsen, Charles J. Halpern, and others, all..... More
Bruxelles: L'Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, 1967. 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 650; fine in original printed tan wrappers. The tribute system is the common Western name for a set of highly regulated, ritualized exchanges that occurred between the imperial court in China's capital and leaders of other Asian societies..... More
Bruxelles: L'Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, 1980. 8vo, pp. [4], 328, [2]; folding map; fine in original printed tan wrappers. More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1980. 12mo, pp. xv, [3], 196, [4]; frontispiece; fine copy in original beige cloth, printed paper label on upper cover and spine; fine copy in original glassine. More
Kowloon: Bright Sun Printing Co., 1950. 12mo, pp. [7], 50, [l] leaves; full-page table; original red cloth-backed printed boards; rubbed, stained, and worn, but sound. Not found in OCLC. More