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Penjing: The Chinese Art of Miniature Gardens

Penjing: The Chinese Art of Miniature Gardens

by Hu Yunhua

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1st Edition
Published
1982
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Beaverton, OR: Timber Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Wang Zhiying. 4to. Orig. green cloth. 166 pp. Fully illustrated in colour and B&W. Light chafing to extremities, minor soiling to spine foot. Dust jacket lightly rubbed to extremities, half inch slit to front joint.
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Chinese Costume in Transition

Chinese Costume in Transition

by Scott, A.C.

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Edition
1st Edition
Published
1958
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Hardcover
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Singapore: Donald Moore, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pictorial paper boards. With drawings by the author. Light wear to spine ends and corners. Pencil ownership inscription to ffep. Edge toning to interior.
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Treasures from the Bronze Age of China: An Exhbition fro the People's Republic of China

Treasures from the Bronze Age of China: An Exhbition fro the People's Republic of China

by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1st Edition
Published
1980
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Soft cover
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Soft cover. 192 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Some light rubbing to extremities, else fine.
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The Chinese War Machine: A technical analysis of the strategy and weapons of the People's Republic of China

The Chinese War Machine: A technical analysis of the strategy and weapons of the People's Republic of China

by Dornan, Dr. James E. Jr. and Nigel de Lee (consultants)

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1st Edition
Published
1979
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Hardcover
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New York: Crescent Books, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Green paper boards. 184 pp. Copiously illustrated. About fine.
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5000 Years of Chinese Costumes

5000 Years of Chinese Costumes

by Zhou, Xun and Gao Chunming; The Chinese Costumes Research Group of the Shanghai School of Traditional Opera (editors)

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Fine
Published
1988
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Hardcover
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San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, Inc, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Orig. black cloth. 256 pp. Fully illustrated. Fine in fine custom slipcase.
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The Chinese Armed Forces Today: The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Handbook of China's Army, Navy and Air Force

The Chinese Armed Forces Today: The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Handbook of China's Army, Navy and Air Force

by U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency

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1st Edition
Published
1979
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Hardcover
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London: Arms and Armour Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Red paper boards. 240 pp. B&W photos in text. Dust jacket is price clipped and lightly age toned, else fine.
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How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain

How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain

by Hodgson, Mrs. Willoughby

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Published
1920
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London: Methuen & Co, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 4th edition, enlarged. Orig. blue cloth. xvi, 196 pp. [46] B&W plates. Spine faded, some damp staining to cloth, bowing to boards. Offsetting to endpapers.
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Love and the Turning Year: One Hundred More Poems From the Chinese

Love and the Turning Year: One Hundred More Poems From the Chinese

by Rexroth, Kenneth

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Published
1970
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Soft cover
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New York: New Directions Books, 1970. Soft cover. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. xvi, 140 pp. Covers are age toned.
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Child Life in China

Child Life in China

by Bryson, Mary Isabella

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1st Edition
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The London Missionary Society. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo. N.d., [ca. 1900]. Orig. brown publisher's cloth. 287 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Spine tilted, bumping to spine ends. Light foxing to edges of text block. Stamp of the Jacklin Library, presentation stamp to ffep. Interior age toned. 0.
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Christianity in China, From the Eighteenth Century to the Present

Christianity in China, From the Eighteenth Century to the Present

by Bays, Daniel H. (editor)

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1996
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Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1996. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. xxii, 483 pp. Fine. This pathbreaking volume will force a reassessment of many common assumptions about the relationship between Christianity and modern China. The overall thrust of the twenty essays is that despite the conflicts and tensions that often have characterized relations between Christianity and China,… Read more about this item
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The Development of Iron and Steel Technology in China

The Development of Iron and Steel Technology in China

by Needham, Joseph

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Published
1964
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London: Published for the Necomen Society by W. Heffer & Sons, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Second Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture to the Newcomen Society 1956. Quarter tan cloth, green cloth boards, gilt titles. xii, 76 pp., 31 numbered B&W plates. Spine tilted, some chafing and sunning to extremities, spine and rear joint sunned. Ink inscription to… Read more about this item
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The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention

The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention

by Temple, Robert

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Published
2002
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London: Prion, 2002. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo [super]. Soft cover. 248 pp., [8]. Illustrations in text throughout. Fine condition.
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The World of Thought in Ancient China

The World of Thought in Ancient China

by Schwartz, Benjamin I.

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Published
1985
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Cambridge, MA & London: The Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Quarter teal cloth, grey cloth boards. 490 pp. Some light white spotting to spine head. Dust jacket is bumped to extremities, sunned to spine, offset panel to rear, 1" tear to foot of front cover. The capstone of a distinguished… Read more about this item
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Memoirs and Remarks, Geographical, Historical, Topographical, Physical, Natural, Astronomical, Mechanical, Military, Mercantile, Political, and Ecclesiastical, Made in above Ten Years Travels through The Empire of China: Particularly, upon Their Pottery and varnishing Silk and other Manufactures, Pearl-fishing, the History of Plants and Animals, with a Description of their Cities and Publick Works, Number of People, Manners, Language, and Customs, Coin and Commerce, their Habits, OEconomy, and Government, the Philosophy of the Famous Confucius. With many curious Particulars; being, in general, the most authentick Account of that Country
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London: Printed by J. Hughs for Olive Payne, 1737. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Later full leather binding, printed paper spine labels. Speckled edges. Newer endpapers. [8], 536 pp. [4] copperplates + frontispiece portrait. A new translation from the best Paris edition and adorn'd with copperplates. Includes index. Nicely done calligraphic ownership inscription of John Wellock to flyleaf.… Read more about this item
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How to Study and Write Chinese Characters: Chinese Radicals and Phonetics, With an Analysis of the 1200 Chinese Basic Characters

How to Study and Write Chinese Characters: Chinese Radicals and Phonetics, With an Analysis of the 1200 Chinese Basic Characters

by Simon, W.

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Published
1959
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London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. red cloth. xliv, 439 pp. Minor bruising to spine ends and fore edge of front board. Foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket is damp stained, sunned and edge worn, chipped to spine ends.
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Anticipating China: Thinking Through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture

Anticipating China: Thinking Through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture

by Hall, David L. and Roger T. Ames

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Edition
1st Edition Thus
Published
1995
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Soft cover
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Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. First soft cover edition. xxiii, 334 pp. Minor bruise to head of front joint, slight curling to corners of front cover, fine overall.
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The Chinese Purse: Embroidered Purses of The Ch'ing Dynasty

The Chinese Purse: Embroidered Purses of The Ch'ing Dynasty

by Wang, Loretta H.

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Edition
1st American Edition
Published
1992
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Soft cover
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Union City, CA: Heian International, 1992. 1st American Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 120 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. A few light creases to rear cover, else fine.
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The Shambhala Dictionary of Taoism

The Shambhala Dictionary of Taoism

by Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid

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Published
1996
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Boston: Shambhala, 1996. Soft cover. Fine. 16mo. Soft cover. xiv, 235 pp. Fine.
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Mao Tse-Tung

Mao Tse-Tung

by Schram, Stuart

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1st Edition
Published
1966
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Soft cover
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Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1966. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 4.5" x 7" Political Leaders of the Twentieth Century. Soft cover. 351 pp. [16] pp. with B&W photos. Covers age toned, rubbed to edges, chip to spine foot, sticker ghost to head of front cover, crease to rear cover. Interior age toned.
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Best Chinese Idioms (Volume 2)

Best Chinese Idioms (Volume 2)

by Tan, Situ (compiler); Tang, Bowen (translator)

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2nd Edition
Published
1989
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Soft cover
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Hong Kong: Hai Feng Publishing, 1989. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Cong, Ding. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Chinese and English. Soft cover. 324 pp. B&W illustrations. Some staining to rear cover, sunned to spine, staining to fore edge of text block.
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