Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, [1993]. Firsty edition, 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 288, [2]; previous owner's chopmark else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "In 1927, China's newly ascendant Guomindang (GMD) regime had a fragile hold on authority in the country at large. Shanghai, China's..... More

[Nettetal]: Monumenta Serica Institute, [1990]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 259, [1]; fine copy in original printed green wrappers. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series XXII. The book contains the proceedings of the 1986 International Conference on Philippe Couplet, organized by the Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation, China-Europe Institute at the Catholic University Leuven. Through..... More

Tokyo: Nikkei Inc., [1984]. First edition, folio, pp. [214]; 100 color photo-illustrations tipped in with captions in Japanese on facing page; full green cloth, gilt title on spine, fine in fine slip case. A catalog of 100 of the most notable bronzes from institutions and private collections around the world..... More

Chang-hai: imprimerie de la Mission catholique, 1897. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 200; text in Chinese and French; perforated stamp in title page, library stamps and accession numbers on verso; later black paper wrappers with new printed label on upper cover; very good and sound. Issued as no. 11 in..... More

Hong Kong: Hong Kong Tourist Association, [ca. 1970s]. 24mo, unpaginated; profusely illustrated in color and black & white, maps, charts, paper bookmark attached with silk cord; fine in original green leatherette decorated in gilt. Compliments of the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong. Filled with advertisements and advice, descriptions of popular tourist..... More

New York: The Exposition Press, [1948]. pp. [18], 75, [1]; very good copy in original orange cloth, in an unclipped dust jacket that shows tears, several small stains and fading at the spine. Signed by the author on the flyleaf and with a small correction by him in the list..... More

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1970. First edition, 8vo, pp. xx, [2], 487, [3]; fine copy in original brown cloth lettered in red on upper cover and spine. Dust jacket is not present. This copy with a presentation from the compiler: "To Professor S. W. Chan from Parker..... More

Yale University Institute of Far Eastern Languages, 1962. 4to, [6] and 41 leaves printed from typescript; original yellow wrappers bound in later black cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Clinical dialogues and related vocabulary. "The materials used in this book were brought back from Peiping in 1959 by Mr. Harry C. Fenn, President..... More

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1966. 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 406; full olive cloth, title in black on spine; pencil note on endpaper citing a review, else fine in dust jacket with some light toning and edgewear. More

Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, [2012]. First edition, 4to, pp. 292; illustrated throughout, much in color; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "This richly illustrated book examines the changing significance of ruins as vehicles for cultural memory in Chinese art and visual culture from ancient times to the..... More

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1949. First edition, 8vo, pp. xix, [5], 354; chapter headers illustrated by Shirley Wang, red publisher's cloth, illustrated spine; marginal marks in pencil on a couple of pages, one page stamped (not a library stamp), dust jacket price clipped and split and chipped at..... More

San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, the Murdock Press, 1901. 4to, [40] leaves, about half of them blank, stitched and sewn in the Japanese manner; text within decorative borders, 43 relief prints, the whole printed in red and black throughout; original pictorial printed wrappers, chipped and worn; the whole rather brittle..... More

Tokyo: Shinchosha, [1990]. 18th printing, 8vo, pp. [2], 413, [3]; full creme cloth; boards and edges foxed, text clean and sound, very good in fine dustjacket, lacking slipcase. More