Kiev: Gosudarstvennoe meditsinskoe... 1959. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Octavo in maroon stamped cloth baords; 210 p., b/w illus., ports.; bib. footnotes. In Russian. Scarce. || A concise history of Chinese medicine written in Russian. Covers accupuncture and has some interesting illustrations. || Medicine -- China --..... More
San Francisco: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2006. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Folio in a purple DJ ; 351 p. : color illus ; 32 cm. Decoration and ornament -- China -- Art, Chinese -- California -- San Francisco -- Exhibitions. More
Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press, 1999. Paperback. Octavo in glossy pale orange and black wraps; viii, 236 p. ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (p. [201]-214) and index. Series: Law, society, and culture in China. || Women Studies; East Asian Studies; Inheritance and succession -- China -- History. Women -- Legal..... More
Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1991. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Octavo in a blue DJ ; 362 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 23 cm. Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Illustrated. More
New York: J. Day Co., 1952. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Octavo in yellow DJ; 310 p; 21 cm. China; Fiction. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Large octavo in off-white illus DJ and dark grey cloth boards; xx, 183 p. : ill. ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (p. 131-178) and index. Chinese Poetry ; Chinese Literature. Chen, Zilong, 1608-1647 -- Criticism and..... More
Hong Kong: Homeless Limited, 2004. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Black oblong folio; [70] p : color illus ; 30 x 30 cm. Art, Chinese. More
London: D. Dobson, 1949. First edition (unstated). Hardcover. Octavo in goldenrod illus DJ and similar yellow boards; 63 p. illus. (color frontis and plates; some b/w) 22 cm; bibliography: p. 63. One of the earlier works in English on Chinese Drama. A good if dated introduction to the subject. //..... More
Cheng, Taining: Zhongguo jian zhu gong ye chu ban she, 1997. Di 1 ban. Hardcover. Quarto in grey DJ, 231 p : ill.(some col.) ; 26 cm. Signed by author. || In Chinese and English. || Architecture -- China -- History -- 20th century -- Catalogs. More
London: Methuen & Co., 1964. First US edition, first printing (stated). Hardcover. Small quarto in white, color illus DJ; 366 p. : ill. (some color plates) ; 25 cm. The uncommon UK editon, published same year as the smaller-format US edition. || San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel... More
Beijing: Organizing Committee, XIIIth International Congress on Archives : Zhongguo dang an chu ban she, 1995. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. Nine slender, octavo volumes in glossy color stapled wraps, in hard slipcase. v. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. Approximately 24 un-numbered pages each. Printed on coated stock with many..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972. Revised tenth printing. Hardcover. Green quarto; xxxi, 536 p, b&w illus ; 26 cm. Text in English and Chinese phonetics. || Language; Chinese. More
Cambridge, Mass. East Asian Research Center, Harvard University; distributed by Harvard University Press, 1970. 3d ed. [rev. and enl.]. Paperback. Quarto in red printed paper wraps; 131p, bib., 28 cm. China -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Red-cloth octavo; xx, 406 p b&w illus., maps; 23 cm. More
New Haven, Conn. Yale University, the Institute of Far Eastern Languages, 1952. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Grey octavo (blue spiral binding); 183 p, b&w illus & charts & maps ; 23 cm. Chinese language -- Study and teaching; History. More
Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1984. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Large quarto in a peach DJ ; xxviii, 696 p : illus ; 28 cm. Chinese poetry -- Tang dynasty, 618-907 -- Translations into English -- Concordances -- Art. More
London: Flamingo, 2004. First UK edition, first printing (numerated). Hardcover. Small octavo in black boards and illus pale DJ; 172p. Collection of short stories by this Nobel Laureate for Literature (2000). Translated from the Chinese. Gao Xinjiang became a French citizen in 1987. He is known as a pioneer of..... More
[Moskva]: Partizdat, 1938. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Octsvo in tan paper wraps, stapled binding; 30, [2] p. 20 cm. In Russian. Scarce work on China and Japan. China -- History -- 1928-1937. More
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1996. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Octavo in white DJ; 165 p ; 21 cm. Chinese fiction -- Translations into English. || Things just keep getting better and better. ... Well, don't they? If you are a woman and you live in..... More
Taibei: Guo li Taiwan shi fan da xue, 1963. First printing (presumed). Paperback. Quarto in pale grey printed wraps; 700pp. In Chinese with added table of contents in English (rear wrap cover). Includes the following lenghty scholary papers: "A study of the interchageable use of characters in "Prince Tsao-ming's Anthology"..... More
Lincolnwood (Chicago), Ill. Contemporary Books, 2000. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Large black duodecimo; xiii, 274 p, b&w illus (some color) ; 19 cm. Film; China. More
Cagaloglu, Istanbul: Kaynak Yayinlari, 1985. 1ci baski. Paperback. White/grey octavo; 367 p ; 20 cm. In Turkish. || China -- Religion. More
Long Beach, CA: Oriental Healing Arts Institute, 1986. First printing (stated). Hardcover. Quarto in white DJ; xxx, 932 p, b&w illus ; 27 cm. Medicine; Plants; China. More
Tucson, Ariz. University of Arizona Press, 1984. First English language edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Octavo in creme-clored illus DJ; xvi, 656 p. : ill. ; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Translation of: Fu hui quan shu. ¶ "Huang Liu-hung was one of some 1,500 local magistrates..... More
N.p. Swiss Acupuncture Society, N.y. Paperback. Yellow quarto; unpaged, b&w illus. Scarce; old photocopy. || Chapters written by doctors. || Chinese; Medicine. More