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A Cruise on an Opium Clipper
Anderson, Captain Lindsay
Ibex Melbourne 1989 Reprint
12mo - up to 7 ¾" tall - Duodecimo Faux Morocco Leather 305 g.; VIII, 224 pages, preface by author. Gray coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous black and white pen illustrations within the text. Maroon coloured boards with self embossed illustration of a compass to the lower edge of the front board and gilt titles to the front panel and backstrip. Minor bumping to the top backstrip edge and a little rubbing to the book corners. Browning to the text block edges and light age toning to the internal text. Previous owners X. libris plate attached to the free front end paper. Inserted loosely into the book is a pamphlet describing the series of books of which this book is number one. Limited edition of 1500 copies, unfortunately no numbering to indicate which number this book is. " A Cruise in an Opium Clipper is his (Captain Lindsay Anderson] account of a voyage on the heavily-armed topsail schooner Eamont as she cruises through the China seizing 1859 on an opium trading voyage to what is now Taiwan." From the pamphlet blurb. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Maritime Good
Price: $35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0107014 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Curtain of Ignorance; China: how America is Deceived
Greene, Felix
Jonathan Cape London 1965 First British Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Red Cloth 800 g; XX, 340 pages, indexed, with original illustrated dust jacket. Handling marks to the edges of the text block, rubbing and chipping at all of the corners of the dust jacket. Digital image available upon request. In this book, the author exposes the errors and falls predictions which, he maintains, have been given to the American people and has seriously distorted their picture of Communist China. Most of the people in the United States -- the majority under 30 -- if they have relied on our press for their information about China, can have come to only one conclusion: that China's backwardness, her shortage of food, and what is thought of as the prevailing misery of her people, are due to the Communist; that during the civil war in China evil men throughout the good men; and that those are good men were defeated and are now in exile, it is America's moral obligation to support them against the ruthless and aggressive tyrants who have reduced the Chinese masses to unspeakable indignities and suffering. -- from the foreword History Reasonable
Price: $18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0213035 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Dream of Tartary - The origins and misfortunes of Henry P’u Yi
McALEAVY, Henry
George Allen & Unwin London 1963 First Edition
Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Green Cloth 292 pp., photographic frontispiece, plus 10 other photographic illustrations end page maps, genealogical chart, indexed. The story of the last Emperor of China. Top edge of the book is slightly dusty, minor shelf wear especially to the heel of the spine. History -- China Good
Price: $22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0205004 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A History of the Chinese Secret Service
Deacon, Richard
ISBN: 0584101147
Frederick Muller London 1974 First Edition
8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Orange Cloth 554 pp., last blank, introduction, listed illustrations, supplementary notes to chapters, bibliography and index. Within the text there are 8 black and white illustrations, 20 black and white photographs and 3 maps. Orange coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. The head and heel of the spine are soft and bumped, and there is minor shelf wear to the bottom edges of the book. Dust marks to the top paper edge. Plain text dustwrapper, with pale brown background and maroon writing on the front panel and spine. Slight creasing to the top of the dust wrapper, and there are some grubby marks along the front fore edge. There are other marks to the panels of the dust wrapper. The history of the Chinese secret service, from early beginnings through the present era. Covers the crucial period of 1920's-30's, Communist takeover, Chiang Kai-Shek, Sun Yat-Sen, Mao and other leaders, China Lobby, nuclear secrets, Chinese intelligence throughout the world, Hong Kong, spy center of the Far East, brainwashing, methods etc. Politics Reasonable
Price: $60.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0101260 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Mortal Flower
Suyin, Han
Jonathan Cape London 1966 1st Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover hb/dw, 22 x 15 cm., 413 pp., b/w illust., dec. e/papers, green cloth. Fine copy in v/good d/jacket. Fine
Price: $15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 13312 Bookseller: Facts and Fiction
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A Traveller in China
Christina Dodwell
ISBN: 0340376406
Hodder and Stoughton London, England 1985
Dust Jacket Protected with New Plastic Covering Hard Cover 160 pages Excellent
Price: $17.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 010075 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Adam Schall; A Jesuit at the Court of China, 1592-1666
Attwater, Rachel
Geoffrey Chapman London 1963 First edition Thus
Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall Maroon Cloth 350 g; XII, 164pp., last blank, acknowledgements, list of illustrations, introduction by James Brodrick S.J. black-and-white. Illustrated frontispiece, showing John Adam Schall. Within the text there are another 4 plates and two full-page maps. Maroon coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Browning to the paper edges and there is an erasure mark to the top right-hand corner of the free front endpaper. The dustwrapper is Illustrated, showing the same illustration as for frontispiece against a blue background with black-and-white writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing and fading to the dustwrapper and the back panel has become quite yellowed. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners. Price clipping of the dustwrapper, ownership inscription on front end page. Minor rubbing and chipping to the top and bottom edges of the text block. A digital image can be provided to help assess condition. Adapted from the French of Joseph Duhr. The history of Adam Schall, a Jesuit missionary in China in the 17th century, and of the problems that faced Christian missionaries in China. Biography Good
Price: $23.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0220008 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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Adventures of the Magic Monkey Along the Silk Roads
Nagai-Berthrong, Evelyn & Anker Odum
ISBN: 088854300X
ROM Royal Ontario Museum Canada 1983 1st Edition
Illustrated Boards Near Fine, Mild wear/NO DUST JACKET. Based on the original Chinese legend 'Journey to the West'. This cartoon version incorporates many of the motifs and art objects in the exhibition 'Silk Roads - China Ships. 40 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request.
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 021411 Bookseller: Klanhorn
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Aftermath
Mills, Roland
London: Dent, 1963
Near Fine, Edge Foxing/VG++, PC, Wear, Tear. 1st Edition. Drama, set in Chinese occupied Sunda. Jacket by R T Osborne. Scan on request.
Price: $16.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 006554 Bookseller: Klanhorn
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Ancestors; 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Family
Ching, Frank
ISBN: 0245546758
Harrap London 1988 First British Edition
Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Black Cloth End paper maps, 527 pages, includes chapter notes, index, genealogical chart, 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations. Author traces his family history back 34 generations and 900 years to Qin Guan, founder of the Ching clan. Illustrated by Photographs. History -- China Very Good
Price: $24.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0205673 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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Beijing Legends
Jin Shoushen (Transl. Gladys Yang)
Panda Books Beijing 1982 1st Edition
Mass Market Paperback VG, Edgewear, label stain on rear cover, foxing/NO DUST JACKET. Folk tales. Cover design by Ding Cong. 141 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request.
Price: $10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 020447 Bookseller: Klanhorn
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Birdless Summer.
Suyin, Han
Jonathan Cape, London 1968 1st Edition
Hardcover hb/dw, 22 x 15 cm., 347 pp., b/w illust., dec. e/papers, blue cloth. Fine copy in v/good d/jacket.
Price: $15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 016694 Bookseller: Facts and Fiction
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Birdless Summer.
Suyin, Han
Jonathan Cape, London 1968 1st Edition
Hardcover hb/dw, 22 x 15 cm., 347 pp., b/w illust., dec. e/papers, blue cloth. Fine copy in v/good clipped d/jacket.
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 016695 Bookseller: Facts and Fiction
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Boxing with Shadows- Travels in China
Johnson, Brian
Melbourne university press Australia 1996
Softback NO Dustwrapper 20x13cm 218pages plus. book in very good condition.
Price: $15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 11769 Bookseller: Facts and Fiction
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Chairman Mao
Li, Zhisui
ISBN: 0701163496
Chatto and Windus 1994
8vo softcover 682pp index, b/w illus. very good, outer page edges browned.
Price: $15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 40131 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Changjiang..the Longest River in China
Liu, Jiang
Beijing. Foreign Languages Press, 1980. First edition.
Oblong 8vo. limp boards with laminated pictorial jacket cover. 163pp. colour photos. good condition, cover edges slightly curled. signatures for a tour group inside cover, fep.
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 5147 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Charm Offensive: How China’s Soft Power Is Transforming the World
Kurlantzick, Joshua
ISBN: 0522854176
Melbourne University Press 1 Jul 2007
8vo softcover 224pp near fine. Examines the significance of China's focus on soft power, that is, diplomacy, trade incentives, cultural and educational exchange opportunities, and other techniques, to project a benign national image, pose as a model of social and economic success, and develop stronger international alliances.
Price: $22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 40411 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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China - A Short Cultural History
C. P. Fitzgerald
The Cresset Press London, England 1965
Soft Cover 625 pages. Previous owners details on half title page. Good
Price: $17.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 010454 Bookseller: Leura Books
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China - the Suprising Country
Roper Myra
Heinemann London 1966 First Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover 292pp. No markings or inscriptions. Book in pristine condition. D/w not clipped with some minor rubs at top and bottom of spine and a small rub at top front corner, browning and a water mark on reverse of d/w., can't be seen from the outside. Now protected. 'The volume is extensively and beautifully illustrated with photographs, reproductions of Chinese paintings and many delightful examples of Chinese papercuts, a folk art now being widely revived.' 'Myra Roper has tackled one of the world's most contentious subjects - hidden in clouds of unknowing. All in all, she treads the tightrope across the abyss of East-West misunderstanding with a remarkably sure foot. China - The Suprising Country is a very intelligent, unusual and readable book.' Near Fine
Price: $35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 004047 Bookseller: Isabella Booksellers
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China - Yellow Peril? Red Hope?
Hensman, C R
SCM Press London 1968 1st Edition
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket Political commentary. Jacket by Kenneth Farnhill. Expanded condition report/scan on request. VG++, Ink Name, Tape Ghosts
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 010785 Bookseller: Klanhorn
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China Changes Face: The Road from Revolution, 1949-1989
Gittings, John
ISBN: 0192158872
Oxford Univ Pr Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A. 1989 First Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover 290pp. As new except for small previous owner's stamp on ffep.D/w as new. The first book to explain fully this exciting period of Chinese history for the non-specialist, China Changes Face is a very readable introduction to the China of the 1990s, as seen on the 40th anniversary of the Communist victory. Near Fine
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 001471 Bookseller: Isabella Booksellers
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China Her Life and Her People
Cable Mildred and French Francesca
University of London Press Ltd London 1946 First Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Cloth Boards 160pp. Inscription on ffep. Illus endpapers.Frontispiece. Black-and-white photographs throughout.Top edge a little browned and some whitish marks at top of front board. Very Goiod
Price: $15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 002720 Bookseller: Isabella Booksellers
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China Inc.: The Relentless Rise of the Next Great Superpower
Fishman, Ted
ISBN: 1416502890
Pocket Books 2 May 2006
8vo softcover 368pp very good. What will happen when China can manufacture nearly everything that the United States and Europe can, at one-third the cost? It's a ground-shaking question and, when it comes to the West's future economic health, not everyone will want to hear the answer. The burgeoning output of China's vast low-cost factories and the swelling appetite of its 1.3 billion consumers, both of which are driven by infusions of foreign capital and technological know-how, are rapidly altering global commerce. So are China's newfound freedoms, national ambitions, and growing prestige. In CHINA INC., veteran journalist and former commodities trader, Ted Fishman, shows that economics is just where the story begins. Fishman paints a vivid picture of how the mega trends radiating out of China are shaping the day-to-day lives of people everywhere. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Chinese, European and American workers, managers, and executives, Fishman also tells how China will force all of us to make big changes in how we think about ourselves as consumers, workers, citizens, and even as parents. The result is a richly engaging work of penetrating reportage and analysis.
Price: $11.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 40356 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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China Journey
Purvis, Malcolm
ISBN: 0867772131
Australia: Child & Associates Publishing, 1988.
4to hardcover 140pp index, colour & b/w watercolour drawings. very good / very good d/w. ' ' '
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 28858 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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China Men
Kingston M.Hong
Alfred A Knoff N.Y. 1980
Hardcover hb/dw. good.
Price: $10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 11910 Bookseller: Facts and Fiction
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China Scenes
Shi, Cang, et al -- Editors
China Pictorial Beijing 1980 Second Printing
Folio Ecru Linen 2.35 kg; III, 213 pages, heavy card decorated and pages, foreword by Liao Chengzhi, and in the book opens into part, full, and a double page photography, with each of the 211 photographs having a caption in Chinese and in English. There are a couple of smudge marks on the margins of a page and the webbing of the binding is visible and a couple of points through the book. However the hinges are solid, and the board shown no damage themselves, the dust jacket has a printing imperfection at the upped right-hand quadrant of the front panel. The slipcase is simulated cloth, actually cardboard that has been blind stamped. Traces of fading to the edges of the front panel. Please enquire as to postage costs for delivery outside Australia, because, with packaging this book will weigh more than 1 kg Local History -- China Good
Price: $30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0216218 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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