Asian Studies from
New Arrivals
An Introduction to Chinese Literature (First Edition)
by Liiu Wu-Chi
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$15.00
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Bloomington: Indiana University, 1966. Tips turned in, and other than a short thick blue line on the title page, internally clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Dust jacket is price-clipped, and has minor edge wear, mainly on spine ends and tips of flap folds. 321 pages with select bibliography and index. . First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Classical Chinese Calligraphy Standard Copybook
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus.
- Edition
- 16th Printing
- Published
- 1992
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$20.00
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Beijing: Beijing Publishing House, 1992. Illustrated wraps, 28 pages. Three green lines on front wrap (made by previous owner), one leaf with a couple of tiny holes in top fore edge corner (perhaps from removal of staple), a short tear and associated crease top of rear wrap; internally pretty nice. Detailed instructions showing how each component of Chinese… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Chinese Painting Techniques
by Lu Jiianye (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good.
- Published
- 1990
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- Paperback
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- 1
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$15.00
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China: Leiyuan Printing (printed by), 1990. Subdued pattern on front cover. Corners have wear, spine tattered in places, two short tears on fore edge of rear cover; internally, some notes, circles and lines in text by previous owner, in pencil. Instructional manual, pages 67-111; two plates in colour. All in Chinese. Western style pagination. . Booklet.… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Sketches in the Northwest of China By Yang Zhiguang (First Edition)
by Liang Dingying (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 1982
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- Paperback
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- 1
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$20.00
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Guangdong Province, China: Lingnan Fine Arts Publishing House, 1982. Illustrated wraps; 28 pages including wraps. Partial coffee ring on front cover, and a few soft wrinkles to text block top of spine fold. Selection of paintings (nine in full colour on heavier paper) and sketches made by Yang Zhiguang in 1980-1981. Biographical sketch of artist, in English,… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
The Golden Lotus: A Translation By Clement Egerton of the Chinese Novel (4 Volumes complete)
by Mei, Chin P'ing
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Complete Translation
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$150.00
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP), 1972. A very nice set of all four volumes of this Chinese novel translated into English. Uniformly bound in forest green cloth with gilt titles on spine in uniformly designed dust jackets, all price-clipped. 387 pages; 376 pages; 385 pages; 375 pages. Heavy and may require additional postage depending on destination..… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
Chin P'ing Mei: The Adventurous History of Hsi Men and His Six Wives (in 2 Volumes complete)
by Waley, Arthur (introduction)
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- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1940
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$60.00
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1940. Bound in pale tan cloth with black printing on spines. Some light grubbiness and foxing to boards, especially along edges of boards and in the gutters of the joints. Internally endpapers sound and text clean. A novel of 16th century China. Volume 1: xxii + 427 pages; Volume 1:… Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00
Landscape Design in Chinese Gardens (First Edition)
by Tsu, Frances Ya-Sing
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780070653399
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- 1
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$30.00
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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988. Glossy illustrated upper board, probably issued without dust jacket. Examination of the unique character of the Chinese garden, design elements, and plans of famous Chinese gardens. 244 pages with index.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Item Price
$30.00
The Prints of the Ten Bamboo Studio Followed By Plates from the Kaempfer Series and Perfect Harmony (First Edition)
by Vedlich, Joseph (commentary)
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$20.00
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Liber, 1979. Large format, 8 1/2" x 11". Reproduction, in colour, of plates of Chinese painting dating back to 1619. Each plate has an explanation of art techique, commentary, and extracts from the work of Confucius. 124 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Item Price
$20.00
Contemporary Chinese Stories
by Wang, Chi-Chen (translated by)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1944
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$50.00
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New York: Columbia University, 1944. Bound in red cloth with blue lettering on upper board and on spine. Ends of spine and titps rubbed; internally endpapers sound, no markings, and tightly bound. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has a rather large piece missing top of spine panel, two long tears on the rear panel which have been reinforced on… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Mountain Wind Paintings & Calligraphy Collection (Chinese)
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- Used - Very Good Plus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$40.00
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121 B&W illustrations with descriptions in Chinese characters only. Four-hole Japanese style binding.. Japanese Style. Very Good Plus.. Item Price
$40.00
Old China in Historic Photographs: 288 Views By Ernst Boerschmann (First Edition)
by Boerschmann, Ernst. Introduction By Wan-go Weng
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780486242828
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- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$25.00
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New York: Dover, 1982. Large format, 8 3/8" x 11 1/4". B&W reproduction of photographs taken by Boerschmann between 1906 and 1909 mainly of buildings, monuments and landscapes. pp. xv + 287. Text in English.. First Edition. Large Paperback. Near Fine. Item Price
$25.00
Choju Giga: Scrolls of Animal Caricatures (in Custom Box)
by Kaneko, Shigetska (adapted by) from the Japanese Text By Hideo Okudaira
- Condition
- Used - Fine.
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$325.00
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Honolulu: East-West Center, 1969. The custom-made box contains two volumes: a large format (9 7/8" x 11 7/8") 24 page booklet with an introductory essay and reproduction of three of the four scrolls (known as scrolls B, C, & D) in reduced size; and a second volume with the fourth scroll (known as scroll A). Scroll A (scroll of… Read more about this item Item Price
$325.00
New Ghosts, Old Dreams - Chinese Rebel Voices
by Barme, Geremie and Linda Jaivin
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine Plus
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780812919271
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$10.00
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New York: Times Books, 1992. 515 pages with sources and index. . First Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus. Item Price
$10.00
Buddhist Art in Its Relation to Buddhist Ideals with Special Reference to Buddhism in Japan (Reissue)
by Anesaki, M.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780878171972
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$50.00
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New York: Hacker Art Books, 1978. Large format, 9" x 12 1/4". Bound in red cloth with gilt and black stamping on upper board of a Buddhist monk painting with both hands and both feet. Two very fine scratchs on upper board; internally fine. 73 pages of text including a bibliography and index plus 47 plates of… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Selections from the Three Hundred Poems of the T'ang Dynasty
by Jenyns, Soame (translated by)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Published
- 1952
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$10.00
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London: John Murray, 1952. Mild edge wear to dust jacket and browning of spine panel. Of The Wisdom of the East Series. 116 pages plus four pages listing other books in the series.. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Item Price
$10.00
The Dream of the Red Chamber (First Edition)
by Xueqin, Cao
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- Used - Fine.
- Edition
- First Printing of This Edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780804840965
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- 1
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$15.00
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Tokyo: Tuttle, 2010. Translated by H. Bencraft Joly, with a new foreword by John Minford, and a new introduction by Edwin Lowe. Novel of huge scope, large cast of charactes, and telling observations on the life and socal structures of 18th century China. 966 pages.. First Printing of This Edition . Trade Paperback Original. Fine.. Item Price
$15.00
Elementary Chinese Readers: Flash Cards: 1000 Basic Chinese Characters
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- Used - Fine.
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- Paperback
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$30.00
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San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals Box itself has minor rubs at the corners and is faded on one of the side panels.. Boxed. Fine.. Item Price
$30.00
Elementary Chinese, Part I (one) & Part II (two) (2 volumes)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good.
- Published
- 1975
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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$20.00
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China, 1975. Bound in yellow wraps with flaps and black lettering on front covers. Owner name top of first page and some anotations in ink in Part I; otherwise internally in very nice condition (spines are square, pages are tightly bound. Part I has 244 pages and Part II has 387 pages.. Trade Paperbacks. Very Good.. Item Price
$20.00
Diary of a Mad Old Man
by Tanizaki, Junichiro
- Condition
- Used - Very Good.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$5.00
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New York: Berkley Medallion, 1971. Covers rubbed along the spine folds (in a few places, quite heavily), bits missing at ends of spine, and traces of edge wear. Translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett. Originally published in 1965. 144 pages.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.. Item Price
$5.00
The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui Neng
by Price, A. F. & Wong Mou-Lam (translators)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$15.00
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Berkeley: Shambala, 1969. Vertical creases on covers, wear along spine folds, a short split bottom of rear spine fold, inobstrusive book store stamp bottom of first page, and heavy erasure mark top of first page; generally a well-used book but otherwise the spine is square and internally clean and unmarked. Preface by W.Y. Evans-Wentz and Joe Miller. 114… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
