Abstraction and reality: Chinese art from the Warring States to the Liao. An exhibition and sale 6-28 October 1999
New York: Chinese Porcelain Company, 1999. 67p., very good hardcover in dj, color photos. More
Cat.No: 207118
New York: Chinese Porcelain Company, 1999. 67p., very good hardcover in dj, color photos. More
Cat.No: 207118
Beijing: Guo ji Han Zang yu yan xue hui yi, 1982. 166p., large volume in wraps, spine panel peeling and torn, contents complete and clean. Abstracts from the conference in English and Chinese. More
Cat.No: 181668
Cambridge, England: [American Council of Learned Societies]; the authors, 1969. Fourteen 8x13 inch packets of mimeographed or photo reproduced typescripts, representing the papers delivered at the conference by some of the most significant scholars in the field at the time. Packets are held together with large clips, some leaving minor..... More
Cat.No: 189154
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1976. 79 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates; very good paperback. More
Cat.No: 247832
Beijing: Zhongguo zhong yi yanjiu yuan 中国中医研究院, 1987-89. Three issues, 60p., 67p, 54p., 7.25x10.25 inches, texts in Chinese, illustrated with figures, some English translations (on medicines, HIV etc.) booklets in original moderately foxed stapled white wraps. Annual publication summarizing developments in AIDS research, put out by a traditional Chinese medicine..... More
Cat.No: 158905
Beijing: the newsletter, 1965. Three issues of the Esperanto-language newsletter, 4, 16 and 4 pages respectively, very good, 5.5x8 inches; laid in are cards announcing programming for Esperanto shortwave radio broadcasts by the Chinese government. OCLC lists only one holding of issue 3, which is devoted to an interview with..... More
Cat.No: 188512
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1975. 138p., paperback with minor shelfwear; color photos throughout. A celebration of post-Revolutionary China, visiting locations along the course of the river. More
Cat.No: 268760
New York: Amerasia, 1937. pp. 433-484, staplebound wraps, edgeworn, cover splitting at top of spine; a decent reading copy only. Includes articles on Japanese aggression against China, discussion of the effects of a boycott against Japanese goods, revolt in Manchuria, and more. More
Cat.No: 259134
San Francisco: American Inroads, 1987. [8p] includes covers, 7x8.5 inches, special thanks card laid-in, light wear and toning else goo program for the special event, booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 225036
New York: American Boycott Against Aggressor Nations, [1939]. Four-panel brochure, year penciled in corner of front panel, otherwise very good. Cover depicts a piece of silk fabric with a gleaming bayonet. Urges a boycott of Japanese imported silk as a means of "withdrawing American help to Japan, without which she..... More
Cat.No: 272124
Tiefu Temple, Shaanxi Ptrovince: Cina Esperanto-Eldonejo, 2011. 331p., very good in wraps, CD laid in with MP3 files. Buddhist proselytization in Esperanto. Budhismaj tradukoj 2. More
Cat.No: 170341
Hong Kong: Xianggang Zhonghua wen hua cu jin zhong xin 香港中華文化促進中心, 1986. 43p., wraps lightly worn; photos in color and black and white, some showing scenes of Yao life, others (poorly) illustrating artifacts from the exhibition. Text in both English and Chinese. More
Cat.No: 156845
Nanning: Guangxi huaqiao lishi xuehui / Bagui qiao shi zazhishe 广西华侨历史学会, 1987-2008. Thirty-two issues of the journal, including all issues from 1987 to 1992 bound in hardcover volumes, later issues loose; the loose issues present include the following: 1993: 1, 2, 4; 1994: 1-4; 1995: 1-4; 1996: 1-4; 1997: 2..... More
Cat.No: 184203
Hong Kong: Ban lü za zhi she 伴侶雜誌社, 1963-1969. Four issues of the staplebound magazine. Issues present are 15, 25, 161 and 167. Issue 15 has a stain on the lower left corner of all pages, otherwise good with minimal handling wear. The magazine is about matters such as romance..... More
Cat.No: 247840
n.p. [1971]. Gummed but unused envelope, very good, with slogan printed in red in both Chinese and English. The Diaoyu Tai / Tiaoyu Tai / Senkaku islands are a disputed territory in the sea between Taiwan and Japan, claimed by both China and Japan. In 1971, when the US was..... More
Cat.No: 242653
Nara, Japan: Research Center for Silk Roadology, 2007. 129p., six photo plates, plus numerous B&W photos in text, wraps. Ilustrated examination of Buddhist stupas, showing regional influences. Text mostly in Japanese, with English summary. Rubberstamp on first blank interior page. Silk roadology 27. More
Cat.No: 121166
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1978. 109p., old price penned in corner of front endpaper, otherwise very good; thoroughly illustrated with color photos of Guilin. More
Cat.No: 176503
Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she, 1959. Unpaginated hardcover, profusely illustrated with black and white photos of historical architecture in Beijing. The tattered remains of a dustjacket are held together under mylar; the book itself is in very good condition, but for a mild stain on the cloth spine where..... More
Cat.No: 252557
[Beijing]: HDR, Inc, 2011. 239p., very good harcover in dj. Thoroughly illustrated conceptual plan and architectural plans for a major medical complex. More
Cat.No: 165463
Denver: Big Mama Rag, 1977. Newspaper. 19p. folded tabloid newspaper, photos, features, events, services and resources, poetry, prose, ads, worn and evenly toned, slightly misfolded, address penned on rear wrap else very good condition on newsprint. Articles on the Karen Silkwood case, Susan Saxe, women in Communist China, the fight..... More
Cat.No: 256181
Chengdu: Xizang yanjiu bian ji bu, 1982. Two issues of the Tibetan Studies journal from 1982, text in Tibetan with an English table of contents, very good. Articles on history, religion, traditional medicine, and of course, the glories of liberation brought by the Chinese Communist Party. More
Cat.No: 181951
Beijing: Minzu chubanshe 民族出版社, 1981. 15, 470p., very good in wraps, text in Tibetan and Chinese. Tibetan folk songs. More
Cat.No: 165394
New York: Paragon Book Gallery, 1955-1959. Three catalogs, 140, 224, 192 pages respectively. The first one has marginalia indicating books the owner sought to purchase. The prices then current for some rare items will make the modern collector weep. More
Cat.No: 220146
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1965. 28p., staplebound pamphlet, private ownership stamp inside front cover, some edgewear. Issued after China's nuclear bomb tests, arguing that it was actually helping to prevent nuclear war by countering "nuclear blackmail." More
Cat.No: 238755