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Autobiography of a Chinese Girl: A Genuine Autobiography
by Ping-Ying, Hsieh; Chi, Tsui [trans.]
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2nd imp.
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- 1943
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 35.51
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London: Allen & Unwin, 1943. 2nd imp.. Very Good. octavo. hardback in original cloth 184pp., b/w plates, maps, Autobiography of a young Chinese woman who grew up in village China, threw off the confines of her home, unbound her feet, and joined the Revolutionary Army. Neat ownership details & rather worn green cloth boards. Uncommon Item Price
SGD 35.51
Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography
by Holdsworth, May & Christopher Munn (eds.)
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- As New
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- 1st edition / 1st printing
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- 2012
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 121.55
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong U. P., 2012. 1st edition / 1st printing. As New. small quarto. hardback with dust jacket xiv + 525pp., colour & b/w plates, ep maps, index, The Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography collects in one volume more than 500 specially commissioned entries on men and women from Hong Kong history. Ninety contributors, including… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 121.55
Chinese Folk Art in American Collections: Early 15th through Early 20th Centuries
by Tseng Yu-Ho Ecke
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- 1st edition
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- 1976
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 52.72
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Washington: Chinese Institute in America, 1976. 1st edition. Nice copy. small quarto. cloth binding 98pp., b/w plates, bibliog., Covers Wooden utensils, Bamboo, Cotton fabric, Leather, Pewter & Silver. Nicely bound in orange cloth retaining original printed wrappers Item Price
SGD 52.72
The State of China Atlas: Mapping the World's Fastest-Growing Economy
by Donald, Stephanie Hemelryk & Benewick, Robert
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- 2nd edition
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- 2005
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 37.42
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Sydney: UNSW Press, 2005. 2nd edition. As New. small quarto. softback with stiff wrappers 128pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, bibliog., index, Well-produced atlas provides a unique visual survey of the profound economic, political, and social changes taking place in China, as well as their implications for the world at large Item Price
SGD 37.42
Builders of a New Life
by Liu Ching
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- Used - Very nice copy
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- 2nd edition
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- 1977
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1977. 2nd edition. Very nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 561pp., illusts., This novel was originally published as The Builders in 1964 Item Price
SGD 35.51
Camel Xiangzi
by Lao She
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- 1st edition
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- 1981
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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1981. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 236pp., colour illusts., This novel was written during the 1930s. It has also been translated as The Rickshaw Boy Item Price
SGD 35.51
Keep the Red Flag Flying
by Liang Bin
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- 3rd edition
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- 1980
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 37.42
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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980. 3rd edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 479pp., frontis., illusts., A novel centring on the life of two peasant families in Northern China against the background of the struggles waged by the Chinese people against imperialism & feudalism during the first three decades of the century Item Price
SGD 37.42
The Song of Youth
by Yang Mo
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- 3rd edition
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- 1978
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 45.07
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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1978. 3rd edition. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket ii + 613pp., b/w plates, A stirring story about patriotic students in Peking from the time of the Japanese occupation of the North-east in 1931, to the upsurge of the student movement in 1935 on the eve of the War of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lady Wu: A True Story
by Yutang, Lin
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- 1st edition
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- 1957
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 56.54
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London: Heinemann, 1957. 1st edition. Very nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket xiv + 245pp., colour frontis., The biography of Empress Wu Tsertien, who, in the seventh century became the Empress of China. Once the mistress of the Emperor Taitsung, who through charm, despotic use of power, murder, up to and including her own children… Read more about this item Item Price
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Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present
by Fenby, Jonathan
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- 1st edition
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- 2008
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 37.42
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London: Harper Collins, 2008. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket xlvii + 763pp., colour & b/w plates, maps & plans, notes, appends., bibliog., index, "No country on earth has suffered a more bitter history in modern times than China. In the second half of the nineteenth century, it was viewed as doomed to extinction.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Old Shanghai: A Lost Age
by Wu Liang
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- 4th printing
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- 2001
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 64.19
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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2001. 4th printing. Nice copy. octavo. laminated boards 7 + 241pp., b/w plates, Nice copy of the fourth printing Item Price
SGD 64.19
Ancestral Images Again: A Hong Kong Album
by Baker, Dr. Hugh
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- 1st edition
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- 1979
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 52.72
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Hong Kong: SCMP, 1979. 1st edition. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket viii + 162pp., colour & b/w plates, map, references, Item Price
SGD 52.72
Hong Kong Post Office 1841-1991
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- 1st edition
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- 1991
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 131.11
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Hong Kong: Postmaster General, 1991. 1st edition. As New. quarto. laminated boards 106pp., colour plates, stamps, Includes 100 original stamps & sheets. Neat ownership details o/w Ôas newÕ. Presented in original decorated cloth slip-case as issued. Scarce, especially in this condition Item Price
SGD 131.11
A Short History of Shanghai: Being An Account of the Growth and Development of the International Settlement
by Pott, F. L. Hawks
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- 1st ed. thus
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- c.1980
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 102.43
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Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, c.1980. 1st ed. thus. Very nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket xii + 336pp., fldg frontis., b/w plates, b/w plates, text ills., fldg. map, bibliog., index, Facsimile of the 1928 edition Item Price
SGD 102.43
Hutongs of Beijing
by Weng Li
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- 1st edition
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- 1993/94
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 52.72
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Beijing: Arts and Photography Publishing, 1993/94. 1st edition. As New. quarto. softback with dust jacket 93pp., b/w plates, Fine photographic account. Dual text ENGLISH / CHINESE Item Price
SGD 52.72
Masks of Kalimantan
by Heppell, Michael
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- 1st ed. thus
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- 1991
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 83.31
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Melbourne: Indonesian Arts Society, 1991. 1st ed. thus. As New. small quarto. softback with stiff wrappers 47 + (24)pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., map, bibliog., Fine exhibition catalogue. Small print run & scarce Item Price
SGD 83.31
The Morning Deluge: Mao Tsetung and the Chinese Revolution 1893-1953
by Han Suyin
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- 1st edition
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- 1972
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 37.42
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London: Cape, 1972. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo.. hardback in original cloth 615pp., b/w plates, ep maps, index, Part one is a fine analysis of the first cultural revolution in 1919 & its aftermath up to the Long March; second part deals with the war against Japan & the rise of Mao Item Price
SGD 37.42
The Long March
by Shuyun, Sun
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- 1st edition
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- 2006
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 31.68
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London: Harper Collins, 2006. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. stiff wrappers xi + 302pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, Item Price
SGD 31.68
China before China: Johan Gunnar Andersson, Ding Wenjiang, and the Discovery of ChinaÕs Prehistory
by Fiskesjo, Magnus & Chen Xingcan
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- 1st edition
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- 2004
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 83.31
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Stockholm: Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, 2004. 1st edition. Very nice copy. small quarto. pictorial boards 159pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., bibliog., A companion volume for the new exhibit at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. Dual text ENGLISH / CHINESE Item Price
SGD 83.31
Hong Kong Cavalcade
by Luff, John
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- Used - Nice copy
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- 1st edition
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- 1968
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 45.07
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Hong Kong: South China Morning Post, 1968. 1st edition. Nice copy. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 97pp., colour & b/w plates, Includes 7 nice folding colour plates depicting historic street scenes. Unclipped dust jacket showing a little wear o/w a nice copy Item Price
SGD 45.07
