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CHINA RAILWAY ATLAS: MONGOLIA, TAIWAN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1820023
Published by Quail Map Company.
2nd
1998.
Nearly fine condition.
Second Ediiton (omitting Korea). Large format. Orange card wraps. 26 b/w maps. ISBN: 1898319359. Cover edges and corners lightly rubbed, contents fine.
ARMIES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: ASIA VOLUME 2
Written by Ian Heath.
Stock no. 2132455
Published by Foundry Books.
1st
1998.
Very good condition.
China. Organisation, warfare, dress and weapons. 183 b/w figures, 39 b/w illustrations, 6 maps. Large format. Green cloth with gilt vignettes to front cover. Red title label to spine with gilt titles. 174 pages. ISBN: 1901543021. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to covers. Contents fine.
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MIDNIGHT IN PEKING
Written by Paul French.
Stock no. 1819059
Published by Penguin Books.
1st thus
2012.
Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China. Revised Edition. Black boards, red foil title to spine and vignette to front. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9780143121008. SIGNED and dated by the author to title page (no dedication). Spine slightly cocked.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- CHINA
- TRUE CRIME
THE CHINESE STEAM NAVY 1862-1945
Written by Richard N.J. Wright.
Stock no. 1817872
Published by Chatham Publishing.
1st
2000.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The extraordinary story of the transformation of a navy from one of armed junks to one exploiting the latest steam and steel technology. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1861761449. Some light creasing to top of dustwrapper spine.
CHINA RAILWAY ATLAS HONG KONG, KOREA, TAIWAN
No author listed.
Stock no. 2131518
Published by Quail Map Company.
1993.
Very good condition.
Large format. Card wraps. B/w maps. ISBN: 090060994X. Crease to top of spine.
THE WHITE COW AND OTHER CHINESE FAIRY TALES
Written by Francis Rose.
Illustrated by Francis Rose.
Stock no. 1316942
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st
1945.
Very good condition.
Pale blue cloth with purple title and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. 62 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- CHINA
BADAIN JARAN: THE FORGOTTEN DESERT: DIE VERGESSENE WUSTE
Written by Catherine Hug; Bill Kouwenhoven.
Illustrated by Luis Fresnocarlos Crespo.
Stock no. 1811246
Published by Scheidegger & Spiess.
1st
2013.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A photographic account of the Badain Jaran Desert in China. Dual language: English and German. Large format. Black paper boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9783858813824. Fingermarks to black free front endpaper. Else a fine copy in a like dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- CHINA
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
THE CERAMIC ART OF CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE FAR EAST
Written by William Bowyer Honey.
Stock no. 2117061
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1945.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Peach/Orange cloth with gilt titles; vignette to front cover. 3 colour plates. Numerous b/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fade patches to spine and a couple of cover edges. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is faded to spine with tears and loss to edges; creased with some grubby marks.
KAILAS DIE REISE ZUM HEILIGEN BERG
Written by Ursula Demeter.
Stock no. 2115043
Published by Oesch Verlag.
Circa
1987.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Maroon boards, white title to spine. Browning to page edges. Colour photos. Text in GERMAN. ISBN: 3858333603. Wrapper is edge-creased with some light wear.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- CHINA
- TIBET
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO
Written by Clarence Dalrymple Bruce.
Stock no. 1711750
Published by William Blackwood and Sons.
1st
1907.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w plates. Map to end of volume. Being the account of a journey overland from Simla to Pekin. Spine faded. Corners bumped. Some mottling to covers. A little foxing to contents. All plates present. Map has some edge-creasing but generally very good. Name in ink to front free endpaper. Front and rear joints just starting to crack.
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THE INTRODUCTION OF CHINESE PLANTS INTO EUROPE
Written by L.A. Lauener.
Stock no. 1809288
Published by Spb Academic Publishing.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Large format. Red glazed boards, white titles and design. B/w illustrations. 269 pages including index. ISBN: 9051031300. Corners bumped. Contents fine. Rear board lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CHINA
- EUROPE
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HIMALAYAN PLANTS VOLUME 1
Written by Hideaki Ohba; Samal B. Malla.
Stock no. 1809058
Published by University Of Tokyo.
1st
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A comprehensive guide to the plants of the Himalayas based on extensive field research carried out in 1983 and 1985 by a University of Tokyo botanical research project team. This is the first volume of five. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates, b/w text figures. x and 386 pages including index. ISBN: 060084272. Corners lightly bumped. Text block a little dusty. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WILD FLOWERS
- NEPAL
- CHINA
- PAKISTAN
- TIBET
- BHUTAN