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Will The Boat Sink Water: The Struggle Of Peasants In 21st Century China
Guidi Chen; Chuntao Wu
Book Number: 62396
ISBN: 073228306X
Publisher: Fourth Estate, London, 2006.
8vo. softcover. 229pp. index. Very good.
Price: $8.00

Royal Doulton Exhibition 1979
Betterridge, Margaret
Book Number: 45260
ISBN: 0724048847
Publisher: Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Sydney. 1979
8vo softcover 112pp very good. An exhibition of Doulton ceramics from the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Sydney. October 17 to November 14, 1979. Illustrated throughout with descriptions in colour and b&w.
Price: $25.00

The Clouds And The Rain: The Art of Love in China
BEURDELEY, Michel, Kristofer SCHIPPER, Chang FU-JUI and Jacques PIMPANEAU
Book Number: 48716
ISBN:
Publisher: Office du Livre, Fribourg Switzerland, 1969
Large 4to. hardcover. 210pp. b/w illus. tipped-in colour plates. Very good+. / Very good d/w.
Price: $65.00

Ten Thousand Miles Without A Cloud - One Woman's search for her Roots
Shuyun, Sun
Book Number: 41321
ISBN: 0007129734
Publisher: Flamingo 2005
Trade paperback. 464pp. Index. Sun Shuyun retraced Zuanzang's steps from China, though Central Asia to India, the journey he made to find treue Buddhism, and in doing so traverses four landscapes - historical, cultural, spiritual and personal and gives us a vivid and fascinating insight into China and its people, past and present.
Price: $12.00

Dragon Emperor. Treasures from the Forbidden City.
Pang, Dr Mae Anne
Book Number: 36752
ISBN: 0724101357
Publisher: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1988
Square 4to. softcover. 138pp. colour illus. very good.
Price: $15.00

The Dragon's Teeth - Inside China's Armed Forces
Young, John Robert
Book Number: 55108
ISBN: 0091706807
Publisher: Hutchinson 1987
4to. Hardcover in d/w. 224pp. Very good. Index. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Contents includes Historical Background, chronology, China, A Selection of conventional weapons and equipment current and under development.
Price: $12.00

Changjiang..the Longest River in China
Liu, Jiang
Book Number: 5147
ISBN:
Publisher: Beijing. Foreign Languages Press, 1980. First edition.
Oblong 8vo. limp boards with laminated pictorial jacket cover. 163pp. colour photos. good condition, cover edges slightly curled. signatures for a tour group inside cover, fep.
Price: $12.00

China's Second Revolution: Reform After Mao
Harding, Harry
Book Number: 34596
ISBN: 0044421060
Publisher: Allen & Unwin (Australia) Pty Ltd 1989
8vo softcover 367pp index. very good.
Price: $8.00

Chinese Creeds & Customs. Volume I
Burkhardt, V R.
Book Number: 6338
ISBN:
Publisher: Hong Kong. South China Morning Post. 1972
8vo. hardcover. 180pp. + index. colour frontis. b/w pen drawings by author. very good. / good+ d/w.
Price: $18.00

Elite China: Luxury Consumer Behavior in China
Lu, Pierre Xiao
Book Number: 58178
ISBN: 0470822678
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2008
8vo. softcover. 208pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, small crease on bottom corner.
Price: $15.00

Will China Fail? The Limits and Contradictions of Market Socialism.
Lee, John
Book Number: 57063
ISBN: 9781864321708
Publisher: The Centre for Independent Studies. Sydney: 2009. 2nd Edition
8vo. softcover. 227pp. Near Fine.
Price: $18.00

The Good German of Nanking : The Diaries of John Rabe
Rabe, John
Book Number: 54956
ISBN: 0316648078
Publisher: Little Brown 1999
8vo hardcover 314pp very good / very good d/w. In 1937, as the invading Japanese Army closed on Nanking, then the capital of China, all foreigners were ordered to evacuate. One man, a mild 55-year-old German named John Rabe who ran the local Siemens factory, refused on the grounds that it would show a bad example to his Chinese workers. Sending his wife and family to safety, he watched in horror as the Japanese began to wipe out the population. Hastily contacting the tiny remaining community of foreigners, and using the flimsy authority of a pact Hitler had made with the Japanese, Rabe spent months safeguarding and providing refuge for thousands of Chinese, often interposing himself physically between the executioners and their victims. It is estimated that he saved between 250,000 and 300,000 lives by his efforts. And every night, he would write up his diary of these extraordinary events. THE GOOD GERMAN OF NANKING is Rabe's story, in his own words: the amazing testament to one of the hitherto unsung heroes of the twentieth century.
Price: $18.00

The Terracotta Army: China's First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation
Man, John
Book Number: 54457
ISBN: 0593059301
Publisher: Bantam Press September 1, 2007
8vo softcover 416pp very good. Weaving together history and first-hand experience from his travels in China, John Man tells the story of how and why these astonishing artefacts were created. In doing so, he gives a vivid account of the First Emperor and the events that form the roots of China today.
Price: $12.00

Fenby, Jonathan
Dealing With The Dragon: A Year In The New Hong Kong
Book Number: 22627
ISBN:
Publisher: New York, Little, Brown, 2000
8vo. softcover. 312pp. + b/w plates. very good, remainder mark bottom edge.
Price: $8.00

The Last Empress: The She-Dragon of China
Laidler, Keith
Book Number: 47212
ISBN: 0470848812
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons November 2003
8vo softcover 256pp very good. In 1856 Emperor Hsien Feng turned over an ornately carved jade name-plaque next to his bedchamber, an action with which he brought a much-desired new concubine to his bed and unwittingly sealed the fate of the Manchu dynasty. A centuries-old prophecy had foretold that Manchu rule in China would be brought to ruin by a woman from the Yeho-Nala tribe; in the darkness of the bedchamber those words became reality. The Emperor was entranced with the young woman he had chosen, and from that time her power over him was ensured. Her name was Yehonala. Forced to enter the Forbidden City at the age of sixteen Yehonala lost her family, her betrothed and the life she had sought. She was entering a world of opulence, scholarship, intrigue and power struggles; a world that had remained for centuries untouched by the outside world or the passing of time, ruled by etiquette and tradition but with danger in every word or gesture. The beautiful young girl proved herself equal to all the court. She rose to be one of the greatest female autocrats in history, the most powerful person in China, maintaining her power with a mixture of seduction, intrigue, manipulation and even murder.
Price: $11.00

The Chinese
Becker, Jasper
Book Number: 46499
ISBN: 0719560365
Publisher: John Murray Publishers 2002
8vo softcover 464pp index, b/w illus. very good+. Becker has spent 20 years touring through China and meeting people in order to understand this vast and mysterious land. His vignettes on government types, shamans, and businessmen join to present a revealing look at China over time. The Chinese is a captivating and enlightening read for anyone interested in Asian or cultural studies.
Price: $10.00

Bad Elements : Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing
Buruma, Ian
Book Number: 23871
ISBN: 0679457682
Publisher: New York, Random House 2001.
8vo. hardcover. 367pp. index, fine. / near fine d/w.
Price: $15.00

Jan Wong's China - Reports from a not-so-foreign Correspondent
Jan Wong
Book Number: 43419
ISBN: 1863591435
Publisher: Doubleday 1999
8vo. Softcover. Very Good condition. On the fiftieth anniversary of the People's Republic of China, Jan Wong reflects on her work as a foreign correspondents. From a peasant tax revolt through the new consumerism (ads on television) to the closeted world of Chinese gays, Jan Wong's China is a highly personal, entertaining account of a country in transition. Jan Wong asks the questions no one else thinks to ask. Employing behind-the-scenes detail and her trademark humour, she brilliantly weaves her adventures into a rich journalistic tapestry.
Price: $12.00

Liaison
Wadler, Joyce
Book Number: 40051
ISBN: 0553181114
Publisher: Bantam Books 1993
8vo softcover 321pp index, b/w illus. very good.
Price: $11.00

Jan Wong's China - Reports from a not-so-foreign Correspondent
Jan Wong
Book Number: 38883
ISBN: 0385259026
Publisher: Doubleday 1999
8vo. Hardcover in d/w. Very Good condition. On the fiftieth anniversary of the People's Republic of China, Jan Wong reflects on her work as a foreign correspondents. From a peasant tax revolt through the new consumerism (ads on television) to the closeted world of Chinese gays, Jan Wong's China is a highly personal, entertaining account of a country in transition. Jan Wong asks the questions no one else thinks to ask. Employing behind-the-scenes detail and her trademark humour, she brilliantly weaves her adventures into a rich journalistic tapestry.
Price: $12.00

The Last Governor: Chris Patten & the Handover of Hong Kong
Dimbleby, Jonathan
Book Number: 37222
ISBN: 0751522724
Publisher: Warner Books1998
8vo softcover 550pp index, b/w illus. very good, small owner's name on fep.
Price: $10.00

The Making of a New Chinese Mind: Intellectuality and the Future of China.
Woo, Henry K. H.
Book Number: 28353
ISBN: 9627794023
Publisher: Hong Kong: China Foundation, 1993.
8vo hardcover 221pp. very good+ / very good+ d/w.
Price: $25.00

Marco Polo
Humble, Richard
Book Number: 37441
ISBN:
Publisher: Putnam 1975
8vo hardcover 232pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good, stamp on half-title. / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

Jen
Wingate, Alfred (Mrs.)
Book Number: 5324
ISBN:
Publisher: London: Crosby Lockwood, 1928. First edition.
8vo. pink decorated cloth.286pp. fold-out map at rear. musical score good, minor wear to corners, two tiny tears top of spine. faded spine. light foxing. no d/w. Scarce original edition, later published as "The Talisman of Kubla Khan a Retitled and Popular Edition of Jen"
Price: $35.00

Roads To Xanadu. East and West in the making of the modern world.
Mesron, John.
Book Number: 20246
ISBN:
Publisher: Sydney, Child and Associates, 1989
4to. hardcover. 288pp. index. colour illus, near fine/near fine d/w.
Price: $15.00