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The Sinkiang Story

By: CHEN, Jack

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Macmillan: 1977

Seller ID: 036541

ISBN: 0025246402

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

'Secrets of the fabled crossroads of Eurasian civilization are unlocked at last'. History of the westernmost province of China - Sinkiang. 1st edition, 8vo, 386pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Hardcover in blue cloth with price-clipped dustjacket. Light edge-wear to DJ. Weight, 894g.
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Bottles of Delight: The Thal Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles

By: CHEN, Jennifer

Price: $15.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Seattle Art Museum: 1998

Seller ID: 051045

ISBN: 0932216498

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

Attractive book showing the Thal Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottle presented to the Seattle Art Museum in 1996. Text by Jennifer Chen ; with an introduction by Robert Hall. 102 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. A 'mint', unused and unmarked copy - very clean and fresh. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. This item weighs 521g. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance, USA rates by weight alone.
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Disaster in Bangladesh

By: CHEN, Lincoln C. - Editor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1973

Seller ID: 20900

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Health crises in a developing nation. A collection of 17 essays by various contributors. 290pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Minor top-edge wear tored cloth. Dustjacket has edge wear & very minor soiling. Weight, 480g.
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China Pictorial; 1967, 1

By: CHINA PICTORIAL

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Peking [Beijing], PRC, China Pictorial - China Publications Centre: 1967

Seller ID: 053122

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: VG+

First Issue of 1967 of a magazine from the People's Republic of China in 1967. English language text. This issue features a spectaculat frony color-cover of Chairman Mao. The issue is full of features on Chairman Mao and his policies nd has some wonderful photo illustrations. 56pp, b&w interior, color wrappers. Bright, clean and unmarked, very neatrly fine. Weight, 210g. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rate...
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Chinese script : from oracle bones to computer Bytes

By: CHINA; Ministry of Culture Liaison Bureau

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Beijing, Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China.: 2004

Seller ID: 044469

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About Fine

Beautifully illustrated survey of the history of Chinese writing from the earliest days. OCLC Number: 156767962. 82pp, profusely illustrated. Text in English. Publication details in Chinese only. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight binding, no spine wear or creases. Weight, 282g.
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Ancestors: 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Family

By: CHING, Frank

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow and Co.: 1988

Seller ID: 18281

ISBN: 0688044611

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

The author traces back his ancestors thirty-four generations, over 900 years, from Ancient China to modern day America. 528pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Weight, 950g. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging.
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Story of the Stone

By: CHING, Linda

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Honolulu, Linda Ching: 1997

Seller ID: 037663

ISBN: 0961-9891-57

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: As New

From 'Dream of Red Chambers' by Cao Xueqin, illustrated and interpreted by Linda Chang. 'From an ancient Chinese Tale, the author summons the senses with her camera'. 136pp, illustrated with superb color photographs. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Book is Fine, dustjacket is nearly so. Weight, 870g.
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The Builders

By: CHING, Liu

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Peking, Foreign Languages Press: 1964

Seller ID: 13505

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: VG+

Commusist Chinese novel of the period after the Land Reform of the 1950's. 573pp, illustrated by Ah Lao, fixed silk page marker.Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Almost Fine. Very attractive dustjacket with minor edge wear, a small missing piece at foot of spine and minor soiling to back panel.
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For Alternative 21st Century Geographies, Vol. 2: 2nd International Critical Geography Conference

By: CHOI, Byung-Doo - Preface

Price: $25.00

Publisher: South Korea, Korean Association of Spatial Environment Research: 2000

Seller ID: 24045

Binding: Printed Card Wraps

Condition: VG+

Second volume of the proceedings of the 2nd International Critical Geography Conference held at Taegu University in South Korea in August of 2000. 394pp, illustrated. Bright, clean and unmarked with a tight, square binding. No creasing to spine.Weight, 850g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Maximum postage to anywhere within ...
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Kung Fu: History, Philosophy and Technique

By: CHOW, Richard; SPANGLER, Richard

Price: $12.00

Publisher: UK, David & Charles: 1978

Seller ID: 1607

ISBN: 071537625X

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1978. xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Book isclean internally. Gift inscription to the ffep, otherwise unmarked. Tight, square bindin g, no wearto the black cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is unmarked but with some ripplling here and there. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 823g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone...
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Fine Stamps and Covers of Hong Kong and China; Auction Catalogue

By: CHRISTIE'S

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Hong Kong, Christie's Hong Kong Limited: 1995

Seller ID: 054956

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Featuring the fine collection of Shanghai Local Posts formed by Charles Dougan of Canada. Held in Hong Kong, 3 May, 1995. 134 pages, Lots 1601 to 2445. Estimates, numerous color photo illustrations. No Prices Realised. Tick marks in ink to a few Lots - otherwise 'as new'. Unpacked weight, 500g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Canadian GST included. Images always available.
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Fine Stamps and Covers of Hong Kong, China and Japan

By: CHRISTIE'S [ Hong Kong Limited]

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Hong Kong, Christie's Hong Kong Limited: 1996

Seller ID: 18248

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: Near Fine

Christie's Auction catalog No 1147 featuring Fine Stamps and Covers of Hong Kong, China and Japan. Features the final portion of the collection of Hong Kong formed by Christopher D'Almada e Castro. 133pp, [17pp], profusely illustrated in color. Lots 2001 to 3203 [1200 Lots]. No Official Prices Realised, but, the original owner has noted the Sale Prices of some Lots. Otherwise, the catalog appears 'as new'. Unpacked weight, 524g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Canadian GST inclu...
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Daughters and Sons

By: CHUEH, Kung and CHING, Yuan

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, Liberty Press: 1952

Seller ID: 07293

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

First appearance in English of this great Chinese novel of the anti-Japanese conflict. Translated by Sha Po-Li. 300pp. Very clean copy with firm binding and virtually no wear to book. Dustjacket is very bright and clean with only very minor edge wear.NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight a...
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China Reconstructs: September 1967

By: CHUNG-HWA, Ching - Editor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Peking, China Welfare Institute: 1967

Seller ID: 049880

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Near Fine

Single issue in English language with a wonderful photo cover of a scene from a revolutionary Peking Opera. Frontis photo of with two quotatuioin opposite. Many articles for those interested in the period of the Cultural Revolution. Several features on Shachiapang Revolutionary Symphony. 44pp, profusely photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Good production values. Scan available. Weight, 180g.
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The Japanese Art of War: Understanding the Culture of Strategy (Shambhala Classics)

By: CLEARY, THOMAS

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Boston and London, Shambhala Publications: 2005

Seller ID: 053091

ISBN: 1590302451

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

Military rule and the martial tradition of the samurai dominated Japanese culture for more than eight hundred years. According to Thomas Cleary--translator of more than thirty-five classics of Asian philosophy--the Japanese people have been so steeped in the way of the warrior that some of the manners and mentality of this outlook remain embedded in their individual and collective consciousness. 131 pages ; 23 cm, An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, wit...
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Nagasaki

By: COLLIE, Craig

Price: $12.50

Publisher: London, Portobello Books Ltd: 2011

Seller ID: 040383

ISBN: 1846274419

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

In early August 1945, the people of Nagasaki went about the usual struggle of their daily wartime existence. No-one could have imagined the horror of what was about to happen. Nagasaki follows ordinary people on the ground in the hours after the dropping of the bomb. xiii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Unpacked weight, 561g. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates r...
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Stand on Ideological Issues

By: COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Calcutta, Communist Party of India: 1969

Seller ID: 30027

Binding: Wrappers

Condition: VG+

124pp plus 39pp. Ting name-stamp to verso of front wrapper and name to ffep. Otherwise, unmarked. Tight, square binding, minor wear to spine. Clean wrappers. Weight, 160g.
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The Essential Confucius: The Heart of Confucius' Teachings in Authentic I Ching Order

By: CONFUCIUS; CLEARY, Thomas

Price: $9.50

Publisher: USA, Castle Books: 1998

Seller ID: 30540

ISBN: 0785809031

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Presents Confucius' sayings, in 'I Ching order', on topics such as morality, behavior, business, diplomacy and spirituality. Translation of: 'Lun yu'. xii, 179 pages ; 22 cm. Bright,m clean, unmarked interior, still quite fresh. Tight, square binding, sound hinges, no weartop the boards. Very small black 'remainder' mark to the bottom edge. Unclipped dustjacket is Fine. Unpacked weight, 397g.
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On Chinese Gardens

By: CONGZHOU, Chen

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Shanghai, Tongji University Press:

Seller ID: 26120

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Essay on Chinese gardens with numerous, artist-drawn illustrations. Undated. English and Chinese text. Bright, clean copy. Small inked out name[?] to ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding. Bright, clean illustrated wrappers. Weight, 430g.
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Imperial China: The Art of the Horse in Chinese History Exhibition Catalog

By: COOKE, Bill

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A., Kentucky Horse Park: 2000

Seller ID: 10685

ISBN: 1564690717

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Fine

The art of the horse in Chinese history. Catalog for an Exhibition mounted by the Kentucky Horse Park in 2000. 182 pages : illustrations, plates ; 29 cm. Superbly photographed in full color. BRight, clean copy. Gift inscription to the title page otherwise unmarked and quite fresh. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Near new. Weight, 982g.
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Category: Asia