Crime, Punishment and the Prison in Modern China, 1895-1949
New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth, clean unmarked text, near fine copy, no dust jacket.
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The Discourse of Race in Modern China
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1994. Paperback. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 251pp., not illustrated. Book has handsome wrap and tight binding, text clean and unmarked, feels unread. No DJ.
China's Search for Economic Growth: The Chinese Economy Since 1949
Beijing: New World Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition, 1982, hardcover with gilt stamped gray cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 217pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked but gently toned throughout. DJ VG with rubbing, mild edgewear...
Social Mobility in Traditional China
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1962. Hardcover. Brown stamped yellow cloth boards, octavo, 302pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has mild rubbing and wear to boards and spine, small sticker ghost to bottom front corner, binding tight, previous owner's plate to front pastedown, Asia Foundation stamp to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean.....
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Chinese Festivals [Asian Folklore and Social Life Monographs Volume XXXVIII]
Taipei: The Orient Cultural Service, 1972. Hardcover. Gilt stamped red cloth boards, octavo, 137pp., illustrated in b&w. Book shows mild rubbing to boards, binding tight, endpapers off-set, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
The Inner Quarters: Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. First printing. Paperback. Wraps, clean unmarked text, near fine copy, light edgewear to the covers.
Kinship Organization in Late Imperial China, 1000-1940
Berkeley: Univerity of California Press, 1986. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth, clean unmarked text, near fine copy, no dust jacket.
A Cultural History of Modern Science in China; New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine series
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in very good+ dust jacket, edgewear to the dust jacket including a bit of tearing at the tips.
From Philosophy to Philology: Intellectual and Social Aspects of Change in Late Imperial China; Harvard East Asian Monographs, 110
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in very good dust jacket, some soiling and wear to the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. Uncommon.
On Their Own Terms: Science in China, 1550-1900
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket, minor soiling and edgewear to the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
Report on Adjusting the Major Targets of the 1959 National Economic Plan and Further Developing the Campaign for Increasing Production and Practising Economy: Delivered at the Fifth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Second National People's Congress on August 26, 1959
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1959. Paperback. Paperback, 1959, octavo, 45pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with mild rubbing and toning to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean and unmarked but gently toned throughout. No DJ.
Report on the Work of the Government: Delivered at the First Session of the Second National People's Congress on April 18, 1959
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1959. Paperback. Paperback, 1959, octavo, 71pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with mild toning and rubbing to wrap, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but gently toned throughout. No DJ.
Report on the Work of the Government: Delivered at the First Session of the Second National People's Congress on April 18, 1959
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1959. Paperback. Paperback, 1959, octavo, 71pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with mild toning and rubbing to wrap, faint crease to top front corner, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but gently toned throughout. No DJ.
Ten Thousand Things: Nurturing Life in Contermporary Beijing
New York: Zone Books, 2012. First edition. Black cloth boards in dust jacket, 347pp.
Chinese Village Close-Up
Beijing, China: New World Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1983. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt titles. 8vo. 269pp. Fine in very Good dustjacket. Rubbing to dustjacket, a couple of abrasions to rear panel, small tear along rear edge.
Chen Duxiu: Founder of the Chinese Communist Party
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 1983, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 279pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild rubbing and shelfwear to boards, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG with sun to spine, rubbing.....
Survey of Chinese Art
Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd., 1940. Hardcover. 1940 Hardcover cloth 4to, 153pp. Copiously illustrated with black and white plates. VG+ with slight rippling to the spine and an air bubble in the front pastedown. Faint foxing/tanning. In a very good dust jacket with 6 small chips to the edges, none more.....
Survey of Chinese Art
Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd., 1940. Hardcover. 1940 Hardcover cloth 4to, 153pp. Copiously illustrated with black and white plates. Very Good with slight rippling to the spine, rubbing at spine-ends and corners, rear corner lightly bumped, light soiling / age toning to endpapers, age toning to contents. Chinese bookseller's sticker to.....
An Anthropological Analysis of Chinese Geomancy
Taipei: Southern Materials Center, (1974). Hardcover. Small quarto, cloth, fine copy. 264 pp.
The Jews of China: Their Synagogue, Their Scriptures, Their History, &c.
Taipei: Ch'eng Wen, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. 1971. Reprint. Hardcover, 8vo. in dark blue cloth, without dust jacket. 85pp. Very good. Rubbing to boards, blunting to edges. Internally unmarked.
China: A Short Cultural History
London: The Cresset Press, 1954. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint, 1954, hardcover with beige cloth boards in dust jacket, large octavo, 621pp., illustrated in b&w including fold out map and illustration at rear. Book VG with mild flair to front board, binding tight, front endpapers off-set and signed by previous owner, otherwise.....
Revolution in China
London: Cresset Press, 1953. Second printing. Hardcover. Second printing, 1953, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 289pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with mild rubbing to boards, binding tight, previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with toning to rear panel, edgewear.....
Freer Gallery of Art Occasional Papers: The Lohans and a Bridge to Heaven
Washington DC: Freer Gallery of Art, 1958. Paperback. Vol. III, No. 1, 1958. 8vo, paperback, xii, 64 pp. Illustrated in b & w. Indexed. Book is Good+, text is clean and unmarked. Wraps have wear, including edge wear, corner crease, and remnants of price sticke on inside front cover.
The Study of Chinese Society: Essays by Maurice Freedman
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1979. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth, clean unmarked text, near fine copy, title on spine a bit faded, no dust jacket.
Letters from A Chinese Official, Being an Eastern View of Western Civilization
New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1903. First American edition. Hardcover. 1903, First American edition. Hardcover, small 8vo., original brown paper over boards. xiv, 75 pp. Good. Small gift inscription on the fly leaf, and another small ownership stamp there as well; contents otherwise unmarked; chipping to spine ends; front.....