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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Facts on File, 1989. 237 pgs. In three parts: I: space, geography and demography; II: Time: survey of Chinese culture from Beijing (Peking) man to the present day; III: symbols and society: thematic coverage of important aspects of China's culture, origin of language, how they write, poetry, philosophy, religion, architecture, medicine, math and more. Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill, 1945. 281 pgs; frontispiece + several other B/W photos; somewhat informal account of Americans with military backgrounds facilitating revolution in China in the early 20th Century. DJ is worn/water stained.. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974. Approx 80pp/illus in b&w and color. Spine dull. Wen-chi was abducted from her scholar-statesman father's home (Ts'ai Yung) in present-day Honan, about 195 A.D. She was taken by the Hsiung-nu (basically, the Huns) into Inner Mongolia and was made the wife of the Commander-in-Chief of one of the nomad's wings. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Pr, 1982. 348pp/illus/maps & end-paper maps. 15 maps endpaper maps, 5 illustrations, 52 b.w. photos, index, Meticulously researched and carefully documented narrative details China's historical struggle to determine the nature and size of her navy. Today's bureaucratic battles have less to do with Communist ideology than with the age-old conflict in China about the type and direction of naval power. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Augustus M. Kelley Publishers, 1969. (two volumes) in dark red vinyl with gilt lettering in glassine wrappers. 492 pages plus plates and fold-out map with large fold-out map of China inside rear cover, and 496 pages plus plates. Illustrations and fold-out maps. An account of Elgin's mission, tasked with settling the differences between China and Britain since the Nanking Treaty of 1842. The mission followed the brief Arrow War. A fine account on an often forgotten episode in British foreign policy. Clean. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Westview Press, 2003. 445pp/illus. traces the dynamic evolution of incendiary warfare in ancient China, from antiquity through the introduction of true gunpowder weapons. He also outlines the development of aquatic methodology, presenting techniques used as well as examples of the implementation of these new ways of war in battle. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dorset, 1995. 276 pp. Detailed history of the Boxer Rebellion. Contains many maps and contemporary photographs, appendices and bibliography. Clean. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1967. 246pp/illus/maps. A study of Taoism and other Chinese religions with 28 Plates. Clean. Second Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1962. 389pp/illus/end-paper maps. The story of the Jesuit missionaries who set out to penetrate China in the 16th and 17th centuries. An important and scholarly study of the early Jesuits in China. DJ has light wear. Text clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997. 268pp. An assessment of China and provides a convincing argument for viewing China's search for security and the safeguarding of its national interest from an insider's perspective whilst maintaining an outsider's objectivity. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Encounter Books, 2000. 193pp. Author explores the role of hegemon, or eternally expanding power, in modern China.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Amityville, New York, U.S.A.: Baywood Pub Co, 1993. 430pp b/w illustrations. Baywood Monographs in Archaeology Series. Clean. First Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Press, 2007. 413pp/illus/maps. This work offers a study of modern Chinese armed forces in the context of the nation's cultural traditions, its Communist revolution, and technological innovations. Previous owner name on ffep. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Ed.

London: Hutchinson, 1968. Unpaginated [c. 320 pp]. Nunerous illustrations w/color fold-out. Silver pictorial cloth. A unique view of this great land through the eyes of a famous artist. Light wear at edge of spine. Text clean. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr, 1981. 238 color & b.w. photos, figures, maps, notes, 2 appendices, bibliography, index, glossary, very good copy. A complete look at 13 of the 16 Ming emperors [1368-1644]. A brief history of the mausolea & accounts of the classical Chinese philosophy of death & geomancy and the traditional principles of Chinese architecture.DJ corners bumped. Text clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1934. Book has 84 pages. Limited printing of 550 copies. This copy is #86/550. Printed on Zanders paper in Munich Germany. Burgundy cloth cover with gilt Great Wall of China. Some light wear to edge of cover. A few dirt marks on cover cloth. Some marks in front and rear endpapers - looks like an old tape mark. Previous owner gift inscription on a front endpaper. 3 tipped in black and white illustrations. Contains: And Introduction and 5 Cantos.. Limited/Numbered. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1937. 347 pages. Includes 49 full page single sided Illustrations. Map end papers. Blue cloth boards with silver box with black lettering on spine. DJ has light age/chipping. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2005. 832pp/illus. Clean. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hutchinson, 1955. 347pp/illus. 368 pages, 8 plates, maps, cloth, dust jacket, very good. Clark explores previously unmapped Central Asia searching for a great mountain peak. Includes an account of General Ma Pu-fang. Light wear/chipping to dj. Text clean.. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Putnam, 1975. 232pp. Endpaper maps. Frontis colour picture. 20 colour and 100 b/w photos illustrations. Introduction by general editor, Elizabeth Longford. . 1st American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.