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Cameron, Nigel. HONG KONG: THE CULTURED PEARL. |
£12.00 |
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281pp. Index. Illustrations in colour and b/w. Very good indeed in dustwrapper with slightly faded spine panel. 1978 First edition, Oxford University Press, Hong Kong. |
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Chakrabarty, Bidyut. SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE AND MIDDLE CLASS RADICALISM. |
£16.00 |
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A Study in Indian Nationalism 1928-1940. 240pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 1990 First edition, I.B.Tauris. |
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Crow, Carl. THE LONG ROAD BACK TO CHINA. |
£12.00 |
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The Burma Road Wartime Diaries. 246pp. Card covers. American journalist travels in 1939 from Rangoon, expecting Japanese attack, to Chongqing, already at war. Fine. 2009 Earnshaw Books, Hong Kong. |
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Curzon, The Rt. Hon. George N. PROBLEMS IN THE FAR EAST. |
£108.00 |
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Japan-Korea-China. 444pp. Index. Folding map and 1 other map. 9 plates and other illustrations in the text. In the original blue cloth. Revised as a consequece of war between Japan and China in 1894. 132pp on Korea. Analysis by the future Viceroy through the perspective of Great Power rivalries. Very good. Armorial bookplate. Some light spotting throughout. Some pages uncut. 1896 New and Revised edition, Archibald Constable. |
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Davidson-Houston, J.V. YELLOW CREEK. |
£12.00 |
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The Story of Shanghai. 205pp. Index. Endpaper maps.18 b/w photographs. Account of the International Settlement Very good. 1962 First edition, Putnam. |
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Farrer, Reginald. THE RAINBOW BRIDGE. |
£45.00 |
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383pp. Botanical index. Folding map. 16 plates of b/w photographs. Plant-hunting in Western China 1914 and 1915. A little slack with some spotting, mainly to prelims. 1922 Second impression, Edward Arnold. |
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Fay, Peter Ward. THE FORGOTTEN ARMY. |
£10.00 |
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India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945. 573pp. Index. Full account of Bose and the INA. Seen from the individual perspectives of participants. Card covers. Fine. 1995, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor |
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Fay, Peter Ward. THE FORGOTTEN ARMY. |
£18.00 |
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India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945. 573pp. Index. Full account of Bose and the INA. Seen from the individual perspectives of participants. Fine in fine dw. 1993 First edition, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press. |
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Hardy, Anthony J. TYPHOON WALLEN. |
£24.00 |
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A personalised chronicle of the Wallen Group Limited. 206pp. Endpaper maps of Shanghai and Hong Kong. Photographs on colour and b/w. History of shipping companty based first in Shanghai and later Hong Kong. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2003 First edition, Granta, Cambridge. |
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Hodges, Nan P. and Hummel, Arthur W. (edit). LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF A MACAO LIFE. |
£25.00 |
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The Journel of Harriett Low, Travelling Spinster. In 2 vols. 834pp. Index. Card covers. Part One: 1829-1832, Part Two: 1832-1834. Young woman fron New England follows her merchant father to China. Fine. A lovely set. 2002 The History Bank, Woodville WA, US. |
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Ikeda, Daisaku. THE FLOWER OF CHINESE BUDDHISM. |
£12.00 |
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205pp. Index. Translated by Burton Watson from the Japanese. Fine in very good dw. 1986 First edition, Weatherhill.New York and Tokyo. |
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Keay, John. LAST POST. |
£10.00 |
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The End of Empire in the Far East. 385pp. Index. 24 photographs. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Owner' small address label. 1997 First edition, John Murray. |
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le Cheminant, Steve et al. EXTREME STEAM. |
£16.00 |
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128pp. 4to. Many colour photograhs. Steam trains in China. Fine in fine dw. 2000 First edition, Tele Rail, Carnforth. |
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McDonnell, Hector (illustrates). A CHINESE JOURNEY. |
£24.00 |
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37 drawings and etchings. Beautifully printed with Chinese characters and verse. Fine. 1986 Gschwendtner Blatter, Pfarrkirchen. |
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Pan, Lynn. SHANGHAI: A CENTURY OF CHANGE IN PHOTOGRAPHS. |
£12.00 |
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150pp. Landscape. Over 200 annotated archive b/w photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. An excellent copy. 1994 Second edition, Hai Feng Publishing Co., Hong Kong. |
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Ray, Ashis. LAID TO REST. |
£12.00 |
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The Controversy over Subhas Chandra Bhose's Death 316pp. Index. Fine. 2018 Rolli Books, New Delhi. |
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Reischauer, Edwin O et al. EAST ASIA. |
£10.00 |
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The Modern Transformation. 955pp. Index. Maps, charts and tables. Prelims and endpapers marked, cut and damaged Otherwise very good. 1965 First edition, Allen & Unwin. |
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Roy, Kaushik. INDIA AND WORLD WAR II. |
£35.00 |
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401pp. Index Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2016 Oxford University Press, New Delhi. |
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Sayer, Geofrey Robley. HONG KONG 1841-1862. |
£16.00 |
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Birth, Adolescence and Coming of Age. 232pp, index + 28pp notes. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper. Neat inscription on front endpaper. 1980 New edition, Hong Kong University Press. |
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Thant Myunt-U. WHERE CHINA MEETS INDIA. |
£12.00 |
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Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia. 358pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2011 First edition, Faber and Faber. |
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Vollmer, Keall and Nagai-Berthrong. SILK ROADS : CHINA SHIPS. |
£10.00 |
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An Exhibition of East-West Trade. 240pp. Exhibition catalogue from Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Fully illustrated in colour and b/w. Maps. Very good indeed. Slight curl to edge of front wrapper. 1983 Toronto, |
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Wang Jia Wei and Niyima Gyaincain. THE HISTORICAL STATUS OF CHINA'S TIBET. |
£10.00 |
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333pp. Card covers. The Chinese case for sovereignty in Tibet. Fine. No date (recent), China Intercontinental Press. |
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Warner, John. FRAGRANT HARBOUR. |
£10.00 |
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Early Photographs of Hong Kong, 203 photographs with titles and captions in English and Chinese. Fine in slightly chipped dustwrapper. 1976 First edition, John Warner Publications, Hong Kong |
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Warner, John. HONG KONG ILLUSTRATED. |
£10.00 |
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Views and News 1840-1890. 108pp. 4to. In stiff card wrappers. Engraved illustrations from the Illustrated London News and other journals, each fully annotated. Fine. 1981 First edition, John Warner Publications, Hong Kong |
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Woodcock, George. THE BRITISH IN THE FAR EAST. |
£16.00 |
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A Social History of the British Overseas. 259pp. Index. 155 b/w illustations, mainly period photographs. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1969 First edition , Weidenfeld & Nicolson. |
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Yadav, Brigadier Kim. BRITISH LIONS AND INDIAN TIGERS. |
£10.00 |
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Triumph of the Sepoy against the British Sword. 240pp. Index. The author was ADC to Mountbatten and witness to the crucial events of 1947. Memoirs of his army service. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Stamped 'complimentary copy'. 2004 first edition, Manas Publications, New Delhi. |
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