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Penjing: The Chinese Art of Miniature Gardens
by Hu Yunhua
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$44.27
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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. Item Price
$44.27
Chinese Costume in Transition
by Scott, A.C.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$22.14
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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. Item Price
$22.14
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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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1980
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- Soft cover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$29.52
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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. Item Price
$29.52
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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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$23.61
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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. Item Price
$23.61
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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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$147.58
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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. Item Price
$147.58
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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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$22.14
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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. Item Price
$22.14
How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain
by Hodgson, Mrs. Willoughby
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1920
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$33.21
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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. Item Price
$33.21
Love and the Turning Year: One Hundred More Poems From the Chinese
by Rexroth, Kenneth
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- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1970
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- Soft cover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$18.45
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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. Item Price
$18.45
Child Life in China
by Bryson, Mary Isabella
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$110.68
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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. Item Price
$110.68
Christianity in China, From the Eighteenth Century to the Present
by Bays, Daniel H. (editor)
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1996
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- Soft cover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$29.52
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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 Item Price
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The Development of Iron and Steel Technology in China
by Needham, Joseph
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$44.27
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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 Item Price
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The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention
by Temple, Robert
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2002
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- Soft cover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$33.21
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London: Prion, 2002. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo [super]. Soft cover. 248 pp., [8]. Illustrations in text throughout. Fine condition. Item Price
$33.21
The World of Thought in Ancient China
by Schwartz, Benjamin I.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Published
- 1985
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$44.27
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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 Item Price
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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
by Le Comte, Lewis
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1737
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$1,106.85
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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 Item Price
$1,106.85
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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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$33.21
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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. Item Price
$33.21
Anticipating China: Thinking Through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture
by Hall, David L. and Roger T. Ames
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Edition Thus
- Published
- 1995
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- Soft cover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$26.56
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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. Item Price
$26.56
The Chinese Purse: Embroidered Purses of The Ch'ing Dynasty
by Wang, Loretta H.
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Soft cover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$30.99
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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. Item Price
$30.99
The Shambhala Dictionary of Taoism
by Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1996
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- Soft cover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$16.23
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Boston: Shambhala, 1996. Soft cover. Fine. 16mo. Soft cover. xiv, 235 pp. Fine. Item Price
$16.23
Mao Tse-Tung
by Schram, Stuart
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1966
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- Soft cover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$18.45
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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. Item Price
$18.45
Best Chinese Idioms (Volume 2)
by Tan, Situ (compiler); Tang, Bowen (translator)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 1989
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- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$22.14
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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. Item Price
$22.14