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100 Years Ago: A Picture-Story of Hong Kong in 1870


Warner, John, Wucius Wong

Softcover. Hong Kong, Urban Council, 8th printing, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. English text by John Warner. Translation into Chinese by Wucius Wong. Bilingual edition. Black-and-white photos throughout. Light sun-fade to spine. Very minor soiling on covers. Small crease on spine. Good, tight copy.

Record # 856358


Price: $15.00 

 

Chinese Celadon Wares


Gompertz, G. St. G. M.

Hardcover. London, Faber and Faber , 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. 72 pages of text and 96 pages of black & white illustrations, 4 in color. Some discoloration to endpapers. Dust jacket with soiling, chipping, small tears, chunk missing from top of back and spine

Record # 503629


Price: $21.00 

 

Chinese Communist Army In Action, The - The Korean War and Its Aftermath


George, Alexander L.

hardcover. NY, Columbia Univ. Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos. 255 pages. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

Record # 65007


Price: $30.00 

 

Chinese Family in the Communist Revolution, The


Yang, C.K.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, M.I.T. Press, 3rd Printing, 1972, 246 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Red cloth cover boards, slightly warped outward toward foreedge, gilt title on spine, slightly faded. Binding tight. Pages clean. Some light foxing to edges.

Record # 33457


Price: $23.00 

 

Cricket Warrior, The - A Chinese Tale


Chang, Margaret Raymond, Illust. by: Warwick Hutton

New York, McElderry Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Color illustrations by Warwick Hutton. Dust jacket with light wear.

Record # 302617


Price: $12.00 

 

Devil Soldier, The - The Story of Frederick Townsend Ward, the Most Honored and Controversial American in Chinese History


Carr, Caleb

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 366 pages.

Record # 58107


Price: $50.00 

 

Fall of Hong Kong, The: China's Triumph and Britain's Betrayal


Roberti, Mark

Hardcover. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Very good dust jacket with minor shelf wear.

Record # 803773


Price: $10.00 

 

First Emperor, The: China's Terracotta Army


Portal, Jane (Editor)

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press/British Museum Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, extremely good condition. Cover boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine. Decorated endpapers. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and bright. Published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 9/13/07-4/6/08. The tomb of the first emperor of China, which the Terracotta Warriors protect, has become the most important ongoing excavation in China and possibly the world.

Record # 32302


Price: $31.00 

 

Fragrant Harbour: Early Photographs of Hong Kong


Warner, John

Hardcover. Hong Kong , John Warner Publications, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Extensive b&w photographs throughout, with two pages of b&w maps. Text in English and Chinese. Illustrated end papers and fly leaves. Gilt titles on spine. Faint odor, foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857407


Price: $25.00 

 

History of the Chinese Secret Service, A


Deacon, Richard

Hardcover. London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 523 pages, hardcover. Original orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with black & white photographic plates. Heavily researched history of espionage in China, from the past to modern times. Fading, soiling, and bumping to spine. Age-soiling and rubbing to text block. Edgewear, light soiling, and rubbing to boards. Mild warp to front panel. Binding slightly precarious. Unmarked. A nice reading copy.

Record # 951412


Price: $31.00 

Hostage on the Yangtze: Britain, China, and the Amethyst Crisis of 1949Murfett, Malcolm H.
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Hostage on the Yangtze: Britain, China, and the Amethyst Crisis of 1949


Murfett, Malcolm H.

Hardcover. Annapolis, Md., Naval Inst Pr, 2nd, 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 313 pages. Unmarked, with illustrations. Covers warped. Dust jacket with edge wear and rubbing.

Record # 454138


Price: $12.00 

Pirates Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China SeaCordingly, David
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Pirates Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea


Cordingly, David

hardcover. North Digthon MA, JG Press, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color and b&w photographs and illustrations by various artists throughout. Includes appendix of pirate terms.

Record # 469605


Price: $13.00 

 

Retreat from China


Clifford, Nicholas

Hardcover. London, Longmans Green and Co, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages. Hardcvoer with price-clipped and worn dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with light edgewear to covers.

Record # 2233549


Price: $19.00 

 

Secret War in Shanghai - An Untold Story of Espionage, Intrigue and Treason in World War II


wasserstien, Bernard

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, b&W photos, 354 pgs

Record # 70796


Price: $20.00 

 

Terracotta Warriors and Horses at the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang


Hongik University Ceramics Research Institute

Hardcover. Seoul, Hongik University Ceramics Research Institute, 1st?, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 248 pages. Hardcover. Primary text in Korean? - 6 pages of text in English. Hardcover. Full color photographs and black & white drawings. Rear cover slightly bowed due to binding error. Dust jacket with sun fade along top 3" of rear, and to title on spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612224


Price: $38.00 

Terry and the Pirates (10 Issues 1935-1940)): #1 Welcome to China!, #2 Marooned With Burma, #3 Dragon Lady's Revenge, #4 Getting Snared, #5 Shanghaied, # 6 Klang the Warlord, #7 The Hunter, #8 The Baron, # 9 Feminine Venom, #10 Network of I
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Terry and the Pirates (10 Issues 1935-1940)): #1 Welcome to China!, #2 Marooned With Burma, #3 Dragon Lady's Revenge, #4 Getting Snared, #5 Shanghaied, # 6 Klang the Warlord, #7 The Hunter, #8 The Baron, # 9 Feminine Venom, #10 Network of I

Softcover. New York , Flying Buttress/NBM, reprints, 1986-88, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazines, Caniff's b&w dailies fom the beginning in 1935 until late 1940 in ten consecutive issues. Clean bright copies.

Record # 410959


Price: $125.00 

 

The Dragon Strikes - China and the Korean War: June-December 1950


Roe, Patrick C.

Novato, CA, Presidio, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 466 pages. Black & white maps.

Record # 206732


Price: $20.00 

 

TWO HUNDRED DAYS AS PRISONERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS.


Koether Luella G. and T. Janet Surdan

Paperback. Mason City, IA, Arrow Printing , 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages. 12mo. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on title page. Yellow wrappers wih red titles in English and Chinese. Age soil. The glue used by the printing company to attach the wrappers to the text was of poor quality; this has toned the wrappers spine to a darker yellow. Wear to top and bottom of spine.

Record # 220676


Price: $38.00 

war to be won, A: fighting the Second World WarMurray, Williamson
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war to be won, A: fighting the Second World War


Murray, Williamson

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 656 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469035


Price: $19.00 

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