A CHINESE MIRROR: BEING REFLECTIONS OF THE REALITY BEHIND APPEARANCE
Written by Florence Ayscough. Illustrated by Lucille Douglass.
Stock no. 1829252
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Chinese life and language. Red cloth spine, gilt title. Red cloth boards with circular designs. B/w illustrations. 464 pages including index. Fold-out map to rear. Spine & gilt title browned. Boards unevenly faded, edge-rubbed and worn at corners, top rear edge a little bashed. Text block and endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks and the odd foxspot present.

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A HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jacques Gernet; Jonathan D. Spence.
Stock no. 1829097
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Very good condition.

Introduced by Spence. 2 volume set. Brown pictorial covers with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w plates. Fourth printing. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily scuffed with white marks to base and spine (VG).

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THE FLYING HORSES: TALES FROM CHINA
Written by Jo Manton; Robert Gittings. Illustrated by Derek Collard.
Stock no. 1828847
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chinese stories taken from translations of Chinese history and literature, the dialogue and poems often embody and give substance to ancient Chinese sayings. They range in time from the earliest popular legends, which deal with the origins of the universe, to a twentieth-century account of the Revolution. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Full page b/w illustrations. 172 pages. ISBN: 041683440X. Text block lightly browned. Light browning to vertical edge of front endpaper and small foxspot else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little scuffed.

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THE SILK ROAD: ART AND HISTORY
Written by Jonathan Tucker.
Stock no. 1828666
Published by Philip Wilson Publishers. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A celebration of the cultural heritage of the countries along the Silk Road, this book is a detailed, lavishly illustrated exploration of the ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 391 pages including index. ISBN: 0856675466. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper. Otherwise, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top & tail of spine.

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MEDIEVAL WARFARE SOURCE BOOK VOLUME 2: CHRISTIAN EUROPE AND ITS NEIGHBOURS
Written by David Nicolle.
Stock no. 1828034
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Campaigns; The Weaponry; The Warriors; The Commanders; The Sources; Miscellanea. This volume covers Byzantines, Persians & Muslims; Christian-Muslim Confrontation; Turks, Mongols and the Rise of Russia; Crusade, Reconquista and Counter-Crusade; China, the Far East and India. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 185409307X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Else a lovely copy.

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CHINA AND GLOBAL NUCLEAR ORDER FROM ESTRANGEMENT TO ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT
Written by Nicola Horsburgh.
Stock no. 1327148
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2015. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An empirically rich study of Chinese nuclear weapons behaviour and the impact of this behaviour on global nuclear politics since 1949. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 234 pages. ISBN: 9780198706113. Third impression. Minimal bumping to spine and minimal rubbing/creasing to dustwrapper edges.

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CHINA THE FACTS
Written by P.T. Etherton.
Stock no. 1326566
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Yellow cloth, black title to spine. 257 numbered pages. B/w photos, folding map at rear of book. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents else clean.

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THE CHINESE STEAM NAVY 1862-1945
Written by Richard N.J. Wright.
Stock no. 1827150
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good 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. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustswrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and has a few minor marks.

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THE WHITE COW AND OTHER CHINESE FAIRY TALES
Written by Francis Rose. Illustrated by Francis Rose.
Stock no. 1325902
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. Inscription in ink and a name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Old tape marks to the four corners of the free-endpapers. Some hinges cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Foxing to endpapers.

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CHOPSTICKS
Written by F.I. Codrington. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs.
Stock no. 1324899
Published by Zenith Press. 3rd Very good condition.

Third edition. Cream pictorial cloth. 154 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. 1" loss of backstrip to top of spine. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper.

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THE PLANT LIFE OF CHINA
Written by G.P. Chapman; Y.Z. Wang.
Stock no. 1324183
Published by Springer-Verlag. 1st 2002. Very good condition.

Chinese plant life is estimated to include up to 30,000 species and extends from the Himalayan snow line across a diversity of habitats to the lush tropical south... 256 pages. Some colour photos, b/w diagrams/charts. ISBN: 3540422579. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. The book has been covered with clear laminate which is stuck down onto pastedowns. Neat barcode label to rear cover.

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THE INDIA-CHINA BORDER: A REAPPRAISAL
Written by Gondker Narayana Rao.
Stock no. 1823756
Published by Asia Publishing House. 1st 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A study that was undertaken in early 1964 and completed by May that year. Navy blue cloth boards, red title to spine. 2 fold-out maps. Damage to front edge of spine and also a corresonding loss of the dustwrapper (0.75"). Grubby mark to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is also edge-worn and chipped, scuffed and a little grubby.

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