Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Some soiling to top and foredge of textblock. 417 p. w/ endnotes, bibliography, charts, and glossary-index. Covers the transition from monarchical rule to ministerial administration. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 366 p. w/ endnotes, bibliography, character list, index. A study of how Neo-Confucianism fits into the history of China. More
Cambridge, MA: Council on East Asian Studies / Harvard University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 403 (3) p. w/ illus., maps, endnotes, bibliography, index. Examines Buddhism's relationship to Neo-Confucianism, growth of tourism to sites, and motives... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 320 p. w/ illus., endnotes, bibliography, index. A study of the history, iconography, and legal contexts of Chinese tortures and executions from the tenth century to 1905. More
Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe Inc., 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. 166 p. A collection of translated documents and excerpts with an in depth opening introduction with analysis. More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj. 452 p. w/glossary, extensive biblography, and index. A study of the extensive changes in Chinese society, culture and the state though the life of playwright, novelist... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 550 (12) p. w/ footnotes, endnotes, character list, bibliography, index. A study of Qing rule in China, focusing on the six southern tours of emperor Qianlong... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers and dust jacket. 354 p. w/ endnotes, Chinese character list, bibliography, index. A study examining the use of King Goujian as a source of inspiration and hope throughout the turbulence... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 370 p. w/ footnotes, bibliography, index. An exploration on examining and translating the corpus of Masters Literature through various displines, instead of philosophy. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 352 w/ a few maps and illus., endnotes, bibliography, index. A study of cultural responses to the drought and famine of the 1870s in northern China, that... More
Taipei, Taiwan: SMC Publishing, 2001. reprint from the original University of California edition. Trade Paperback with french flaps. Thick octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 847 p. w/ footnotes, tables, bibliography, index. In English. More
Cambridge, MA: 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 453 p. w/ illus., maps, endnotes, bibliography, Chinese character index, general index. A "biography" of a great Chines artistic and merchant center. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversize). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xxix, 864 p. w/ tables, maps, footnotes, bibliographical essays, bibliography, glossary, index. A history of the non-Chinese regimes (Khitan, Tangut, Jurchen) that giverend many parts of northern China and... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. 2nd printing. Hardcover w/glossy boards. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued with this printing. 270 p. w/ illus., chapter endnotes, bibliography, index. More
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1990. Trade Paperback. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 374. p. w/ endnotes, bibliography, index. A study of permitted violence in the early imperial era : warfare, hunting, sacrifice, punishment, and vengeance. More
Ann Arbor / London: University of Michigan Press / Oxford University Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Myalar cover is good, with smal cracks at the corners and little chipping at the head and heel of spine. xiii (3), 288 p.... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 450 (13) p. w/ endnotes, bibliography, character list, index. A look at the intellectual, social , and local history of the Xuehaitang (Sea of Learning Hall)... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 504 p. w/ footnotes, appendices, works cited, index, and a finding list of Shenbao articles. A study of the influential Shanghai newspaper Shenbao, a private effort... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 816 p. w/ maps, illus., tables, appendices, bibliography, and a combined glossary-index. A detailed study of the relationship between the city and the temples (incl. churches) and... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in red cloth with silver lettering to spine. Slight wear to edges and corners. Head and heel of spine bumped. A few small spots of soiling to covers. Endpapers browned and a bit brittle, as are adjacent pages to a.... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 469 p. w/ maps, 2 appendices, endnotes, character list, bibliography, index. A study of Fukien province when it was one of the most prosperous regions of... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 313 p. w/ illus., character list, endnotes, bibliogaphy, index. A study of kinship focusing on the Fuzhou region of China, showing that kinship was strategic, flexible, and negotiable. More
Ann Arbor: Center of Chinese Studies, the University of Michigan, 1983. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges with a few minor tears and slight... More
Taipei, Taiwan: Ch'eng-Wen Publishing Company, 1966. Reprint of 1938 edition. Hardcover. Thick, small octavo (standard size). Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Head and heel bumped. Spine faded but very legible. Some soiling to top of textblock. Flyleaves darkened a bit. Slightly musty. 775 pgs w/ footnotes, index... More
