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
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A History of Chinese Civilisation
London, The Folio Society, 2002 (first thus). Introduction by Jonathan D. Spence, and with the author's introduction, and his preface to the second edition. [2 items]. More
The Analects. Lun Yü
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). Translated, and with an introduction, by D.C. Lau; preface by A.C. Grayling. More
Lamas of the Western Heavens
London, The Folio Society, 1982 (first thus). Introduction by John Keay, translated by Charles de Salis. More
Lives of the Mongol Warlords. [A three-volume boxed set comprising biographies of Genghis Khan, Khubilai Khan, and Tamerlane]
London, The Folio Society, 2005 [first thus]. Individual authors and full titles are as follows. (1) De HARTOG, Leo: Genghis Khan. Conquerer of the World (with a new introduction by David Morgan). (2) ROSSABI, Morris: Khubilai Khan. His Life and Times (reprinting the revised edition of 1994, with further minor..... More
The Chinese At Home. Adapted from the French of Emile Bard by H. Twitchell
London, George Newnes, Limited, [1906]. More
Rusty Hinges. A Story of Closed Doors beginning to open in North-East Tibet
London, The China Inland Mission, September 1934/ November 1933. The author was 'For Twenty-two Years a Missionary in China'. More
Lao-tze. An Old Message for the New Age. A Lecture delivered before the Victoria League, Adelaide, on October 6, 1920
Adelaide, G. Hassell & Son, 1920. More
Royal Crown Derby from 1876 to the Present Day, Including Sampson Hancock, King Street, Derby, 1849-1935
London, Charles Skilton Ltd, 1964. More
Hong Kong. Return to the Heart of the Dragon. A Photographic and Literary Tribute to Hong Kong and Macau
Hong Kong, O & A Editions/ Elsworth Books Limited, 1997 [new edition/ 1993]. Loosely inserted is a colour pictorial commemorative leaf; 'In Commemoration and in Witness of the Handover of the British Colony of Hong Kong to Chinese Sovereignty at Midnight, 30th of June 1997', from JW Marriott Hotel, Hong..... More
'1421' Voyages. Fact & Fantasy
Ipoh, Perak Academy, 2004. An exposé of the pseudohistorical claims in Gavin Menzies's book '1421: The Year China Discovered the World' (2002). More
Our New Way Round The World
London, Frederick Warne & Co., 1883. Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896), American historian, 'best known as an author of patriotic books for children and for his speeches. During the Civil War, he wrote dispatches from the front for the Boston Journal by which he attained considerable fame. He served in the..... 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
A Bill to regulate and restrict the Immigration of Chinese
Sydney, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1861. Offered together with a copy of the subsequent Act (drop-title, 3 pages plus an amendment slip tipped in on the front page). [2 items]. 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
Macau Days. Dias de Macau
Adelaide, Art & Australia Publishing, 2017. Signed by Brian Castro on the half-title. One of 1000 copies; text is in English, Portuguese and Chinese. More
Discovery of a Lost Bronze Age. Ban Chiang
Pennsylvania, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1982. Exhibition catalogue. With the newspaper-style exhibition notes (complete with errata slip) loosely inserted. 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
Frank Kingdon Ward's Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges. Retracing the Epic Journey of 1924-25 in South-East Tibet
Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 2001 [first updated edition]/ 1926. With over 250 colour illustrations from photographs (with detailed captions). More
Travels in China. A Plantsman's Paradise
Woodbridge, Antique Collector's Club, 1993 (with addendum)/ 1989. 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
Ladakh. Culture at the Crossroads
Mumbai, Marg Publications, 2005. Ladakh is in the western Himalayas of northern India and is currently administered by India, Pakistan and China. 'Volume 57, Number 1, September 2005'. 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 Edward T. Chow Collection. Part Three: Ming and Qing Porcelain and Works of Art
Hong Kong, Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with Michel Beurdeley and Lane Crawford Holdings Ltd., 1981. Edward T. Chow (1910-1980) built up his collection on 'three fundamental tenets, namely the rarity of the piece, the quality of the decoration, which had to be without the slightest infelicity, and the state..... More
Victor Zhang
[Beijing], Culture and Art Publishing House, 2011. A monograph published partly to commemorate the artist's 80th birthday, and partly to coincide with an exhibition of his work at the Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide. This copy is inscribed and signed 'To Emily. Victor Zhang. 27.1.2012'). Zhang Wei was born in China in..... More