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. View More...
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... View More...
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... View More...
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. View More...
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... View More...
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... View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
Story of the People's Liberation Army of Red China, from its beginnings in 1949, to 1974. 175pp, 54 photo illustrations. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding, unmarked. Dustjacket, without price-clip, hassome edge wear, tint margin tears etc. View More...
Campaigns and Politics of the Red Chinese Army, from 1949 to the early 1970s. Includes the Tibet Campaign [1950-1960] and the Korean War [1950-1953]. 175pp, illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Unclipped dustjacket shows only minor wear to ome edges. Weight, 480g. View More...
A 'narrative of significant events and developments in the life of the independent diocese of Taiwan' [Episcopal]. 187pp, photo illustrated, index. Bright, clean copy, about 'as new'. Weight, 810g. View More...
A thoughtful photographic journey into the fascinating city of Pondicherry - the former French colony in India. Captures the essence of how the East meets the West today, in Pondicherry. Pondicherry is an extended photo essay, which has as its main focus, the photographer's perception and visual interpretation of the city of Pondicherry. The photographer journeys into the metaphorical and anthropological folds of the city, searching for a sense of "place" - his interpretation of a specific environment and how it's inhabited. . . With essays by Pascal Bruckner, Akash Kapur and Amin Jaffer. Tex... View More...
Outlines the discovery of the First Emperor of China's Tomb. 208pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and in color. Very clean, bright copy with solid binding and unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 844g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. WE use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postage is usually $6.50. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destinati... View More...
History of ancient China from the Old Stone Age down to the unification of China under the Emperor Shih-Huang-ti known as the Tiger of Ch'in, about 200 BC. 224 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Book is very bright and clean and is unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to the red cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is clean and complete but showing some edge-wear, short closed tears and the remains of a small price sticker. Weight, 580g. View More...
A volume in the 'History of Art' series originally published in 1967 in France. 207pp, illustrated in color and in b&w. Bright, clean interior. Previous owner's name to ffep, otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding. Dustjacket is bright and clean with minor wear at a couple of corners. Weight, 760g. 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. [Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada is now approx US$15.00- up to 5kg total weight, boxed, ins... View More...
While Kendo is the art of swordsmanship when the sword is out of the scabbard, Iai-do consists of four movements: the draw, the cutting movement, removing the blood from the sword, and return of the sword to its scabbard. A volume in the 'Tuttle Martial Arts' series. 257 pages, [3] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. Bright, fresh and unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Quite 'as new'. Weight, 345g. View More...
Detailed identification of Chinese Cash Coins. 63pp, [47pp]. OCLC Number: 481576. Bright, clean copy. Previous owner's name to the top margin of the title page - numismatist Dr. Ian Macdougall. Otherwise unmarked. Tight, square bindsing. Book appears about 'as new'. Weight, 135g. Lettermail may apply. View More...
'A look at the history of river and inshore warfare from ancient history, the begining with the French Viet Nam, to the Swift boats, monitors and amphibious craft of the US river forces in Viet Nam' [Goodreads]. 160p. : ilustrated with b&w photos ; 29cm. Bright, clen and unmarked. Tight binding, no wear to the green cloth. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. 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 795g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and ... View More...
