Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 293 pages, b&w photo and map, very clean, tight copy, like new. Record # 801288
Softcover. Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, 2nd edition, revised, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages. Exhibition catalog. Illustrated wrappers, perfect binding, 44 color and b&w plates. Previous owner's inscription to half-title page; overall, a very clean, tight copy. Record # 808114
Hardcover. Berkely, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 760 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a clean knife cut through the center front, which has been closed with tape. That cut went cleanly through, and marked the red cloth covers underneath. Despite this one very shallow scar, the covers are generally in good condition. Interior pages are all clean and bright, and the binding is solid. This book is a complete translation of an ancient Chinese medical classic, the Nan-ching, combined with selected commentaries by Chinese and Japanese authors. The Nan-ching was compiled in China during the first century C.E., marking both an apex and a conclusion to the initial developmental stages of Chinese medicine. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34042
Hardcover. US, Random House, 1st, 2007-02-13, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 404 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 464228
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages, b & w and color photos, part of The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques, prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, very clean, tight copy, like new. Record # 800834
Hardcover. Augsburg, Battenberg, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 196 pages. Illustrated in b&w and color. Glossy boards, no dust jacket issued. German text. Record # 601736
Softcover. Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press, 2nd Pr., 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 783 pages, soft cover. Covers have edge wear and rubbing, but are still in good condition overall. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is primarily a study of the administrative apparatus which helped the emperors to assure obedience and forestall rebellions, but it is also an extended study of Chinese society in the nineteenth century. Clean copy. Record # 34480
Softcover. NY, New Directions, Reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is a collection of the writings of Gu Cheng, based on the poet's own personal selections from his work. Also incorporated are essays, letters, an interview, and excerpts from Gu Cheng's novel Ying'er. This copy has been inscribed to the previous owner by the translator on the title page. Contains additional related ephemera laid-in, with more handwritten notes by the translator. Clean copy. Record # 34272
Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton, 1st U.S., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 334 pages, b&w photos, very clean, tight copy. Record # 801167
Paperback. Seattle, Son of Heaven Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Illustrated with full color photographs of Chinese Paintings, Pottery, Bronze, Jade, Armor, and more. Clean, tight copy. Record # 604365
Softcover. New York, Sotheby's, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 100 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy. Record # 603464
Hardcover. US, Little, Brown, 1st, 2002-01-07, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 408 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 462702
Secaucus NJ, Chartwell Books, 1st US, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages illustrated in color. Like new in a bright dust jacket. Record # 601751
Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 380 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468357
Softcover. White River Junction, VT, Chelsea Green Publishing, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. This book guides readers with information on propagating, cultivating, and harvesting Chinese herbs, and presents fascinating new scientific data that reveal the age-old wisdom of nature and the traditional systems of Chinese medicine. Complete with cultivation and harvest tips for 79 herb profiles. Clean copy. Record # 34045
Hardcover. NY, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages, hardcover. An ode to Chinese cooking. Firmly rooted in the fundamentals, but an accurate representation of what it is to cook Chinese food in America today. Super clean copy. Record # 33597
Softcover. Cambridge, UK, Monkey Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages, soft cover. Black covers are lightly bumped on the bottom corner, but are still in good condition. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. The work of sociologists Claude Larre and Elizabeth Rochat de la Valle here gives us access to the classical origins of Chinese medicine. Through their detailed study of the Neijing, Nanjing, and their commentaries, we are connected to the perceptive minds of the classical authors. Claude Larre's profound understanding of the philosophical and cultural background and Elisabeth Rochat's thorough knowledge of the medical classics provide a unique insight into the eight extraordinary meridians and the fundamental interaction on yin and yang throughout the body. Contains some Chinese text throughout. Previous owner's name has been stamped on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34035
Softcover. Boulder, CO, Blue Poppy Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 465 pages, soft cover. Purple covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a record of Zhu Dan-xi's differential diagnosis, treatment, and case histories of a wide variety of internal and external diseases. It is also the source for many standard pattern discriminations and treatments found in modern internal medicine texts. Previous owner stamped their name on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34043
Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, Reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 361 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a comprehensive account of and introduction to Chinese phonology. It offers new analyses of several traditional topics, such as the phonemic inventory, allophonic variation, syllable structure, the [r] suffix, tone, and Tone 3 Sandhi. Unnecessary jargon is avoided, and relevant theories are introduced in a nontechnical way. Clean copy. Record # 34345
Freiburg, Bibiothek Rombach, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 80 pages illustrated in color. German text. In a bright dust jacket. Record # 601764
Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 284 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket, faint foxing to top edge. Overall, a tight clean copy. Record # 458925
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