A History of Chinese Civilisation
London, The Folio Society, 2004 (fourth printing)/ 2002. Introduction by Jonathan D. Spence, and with the author's introduction, and his preface to the second edition. [2 items]. More
China
The Indiscretions of Lin Mang
London, John Murray, 1929. 'Rodney Gilbert (1889-1968) was an American conservative editorial writer, newspaper columnist.... In 1912 Gilbert went to China to travel the country; he began as a salesman for Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People but ended up spending 17 years there, becoming fluent in Chinese and..... More
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Translated and annotated by ...
Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1916 (third edition, revised)/ 1908 (second edition, revised)/ 1880. More
The Siege of the Peking Legations. A Diary. Edited with introduction: Chinese Anti-Foreignism and the Boxer Uprising by L.R. Marchant
Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press, 1970. More
The Siege of the Peking Legations. A Diary. Edited with introduction: Chinese Anti-Foreignism and the Boxer Uprising by L.R. Marchant
Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press, 1970. More
Royal Crown Derby from 1876 to the Present Day, Including Sampson Hancock, King Street, Derby, 1849-1935
London, Charles Skilton Ltd, 1964. More
Of Earth and Fire. The T.T. Tsui Collection of Chinese Art in the National Gallery of Australia
ACT, National Gallery of Australia, 1999. Exhibition catalogue. More
Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains
London, Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1970. Dated, (July 1970), inscribed and signed in ink by the author on the front free endpaper. More
Ma-Ma Fu-Fu
Hong Kong, Libra Press, 1983. 'I hope U like my kids' adventures and my association with Mao and my connection with God and my Pa's anecdotes' - personal observations by a Chinese woman. More
A Collection of the Xinjiang Uighur Folk Cap Designs
Xinjiang, Xinjiang People's Publishing House, 1983. Numerous colour illustrations. More
A Traveller's Needle
Adelaide, The Author, 2001 (first edition). Signed and dated (2001) by the author on the title page; loosely inserted is a publisher's bookmark, also signed by her. 'Anne Hetzel OAM spent her childhood in Rhodesia, studying music at the Guildhall in London. She married Charles Fisher and moved with their..... More
A Traveller's Needle
Adelaide, The Author, 2001 (first edition). Signed and dated (2001) by the author on the title page, and warmly inscribed and signed by her to Russell Starke. 'Anne Hetzel OAM spent her childhood in Rhodesia, studying music at the Guildhall in London. She married Charles Fisher and moved with their..... More
A Traveller's Needle
Adelaide, The Author, 2001 (first edition). Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author (twice). 'Anne Hetzel OAM spent her childhood in Rhodesia, studying music at the Guildhall in London. She married Charles Fisher and moved with their six children from England to Rhodesia to Australia, where she went to..... More
A Traveller's Needle
Adelaide, The Author, 2001 (first edition). Presentation copy signed by the author, with a loosely inserted handwritten card from her ('I have no intention of setting up as an author, but it has been pleasant putting all the diaries together to tell the story'). The illustration on the card is..... More
![Item #113886 John Ainsworth Horrocks' Journal. [Contained in] Proceedings of the Royal...](/pictures/thumb/113886_00.jpg?v=1592358189)
John Ainsworth Horrocks' Journal. [Contained in] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 8
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1906. 'In 1846 Mr Horrocks organised what proved his last exploring party, and but for the fatal accident which so unhappily terminated the expedition, he would doubtless have left a high record in the history of exploration, and would probably have traversed a great deal of the country..... More
Lamas of the Western Heavens
London, The Folio Society, 1982 (first thus). Introduction by John Keay, translated by Charles de Salis. More
Later Chinese Porcelain. The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912)
London, Faber & Faber, 1971 (fourth edition)/ 1965/ 1959/ 1951. The Faber Monographs on Pottery and Porcelain series. More
Later Chinese Porcelain. The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912)
London, Faber and Faber, 1971 [fourth, corrected and enlarged, edition]/ 1951. 'In this, the fourth edition, a few corrections have been made and two new colour plates have been added to make the plates more representative' (Preface to the Fourth Edition, by Harry M. Garner). More
The Red Thread. A Love Story
San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2000. Signed by the author on the title page. Loosely inserted is the colour advertising flyer (slightly creased) for the Adelaide book launch. More
Geographie de la Chine, 1930
Zi-Ka-Wei [near Shanghai], Imprimerie de l'Orphinat de T'ou-Se-We, 1930 [second edition]/ 1929. Loosely inserted are three contemporary maps in French, neatly hand-drawn and hand-coloured in outline, of China, Indo-China and the French colonies in the Pacific, and a printed map in English, removed from another book, showing the coast and..... More
Travels in China. A Plantsman's Paradise
Woodbridge, Antique Collector's Club, 1993 (with addendum)/ 1989. More
Chinese Portraiture
Vermont, Tuttle, 1966. More
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In the Forbidden Land. An Account of a Journey in Tibet. Capture by the Tibetan Authorities; Imprisonment, Torture and Ultimate Release
London, William Heinemann, 1899 (new, single volume, edition)/ 1898. Two related newspaper cuttings are laid-down on the front endpapers. More
The Lockhart Collection of Chinese Copper Coins
Lawrence, Quarterman Publications, 1975 [facsimile edition]/ 1915. A facsimile edition of 'Royal Asiatic Society, North China Branch. Extra Volume. No. 1. The Stewart Lockhart Collection of Chinese Copper Coins' (Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1915). More
Distance Tables for the China Seas. Northern & Southern Routes. (28 Ports. 174 Tables.)
Shanghai (?), 1931 (?). More