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Chinese Religions.

[China]. Ching, Julia. · 1993

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Houndmills/ London, Macmillan, 1993, XIV,(2),275 pag., paperback.= As such, it includes an introduction giving an overview of the subject, and the special themes treated in the book, as well as detailed chapters on ancient religions, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Chinese Isl...

The Ambitions of Curiosity. Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China.

[China]. Lloyd, G.E.R. · 2002

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002, XVI,175,(6) pag., illustrations, paperback (as new). = Ideas in Context Series, vol.64.

Ancient Tales And Folklore Of China.

[China]. Werner, Edward T.C. · 1995

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London, Senate/ Studio Editions, 1995, 453,(1) pag., illustrations, paperback.

Chinese Mythology. An Introduction.

[China]. Birrell, Anne. · 1993

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

Baltmore/ London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993, XIX,(3),322 pag., hardcover with dustjacket (as new). = China, unlike ancient Greece and Rome, had no Homer or Ovid to retell its ancient myths in an eloquent literary record. Viewed with great skepticism by Chinese ...

Hermit of Peking. The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse.

[China]. Backhouse, Sir Edmund, Trevor-Roper, Hugh. · 1986

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London, Papermac/ Macmillan, 1986, 391 pag., plates, paperback.

The Archaeology of Music in Ancient China: 2,000 Years of Acoustical Experimentation 1400 B.C.-A.D. 750.

[China]. Kuttner, Fritz A. · 1990

€28.00 ($30.86 | £23.36 | ¥4,928)

New York, Paragon House, 1990, 1st ed., 240 pag., richly illustrated in b/w, original gilt hardcover (as new).

Rebellions and Revolutions: China from the 1800s to the 1980s.

[China]. Gray, Jack. · 1990

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1990, LXIV,(8),456 pag., maps, paperback. = Owner's name on divisional title; else fine. This is a study of China from the 1800s to the present day. It focuses on China's problems of development - the decay and collapse of the Chinese Empire, ...

Words from the West. Western texts in Chinese literary context : essays to honor Erik Zurcher on his sixty-fifth birthday.

[China]. (Zurcher, Erik), Haft, Lloyd (ed.). · 1993

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Leiden, CNWS (Centre of Non-Western Studies), 1993, 161 pag., paperback (as new). = CNWS Publications, vol.16.

The Civilization of Angkor.

[Cambodia]. Higham, Charles. · 2001

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001, 1st ed., XV,(1),192 pag., plates, maps, hardcover iwth dutsjacket (very good copy). = A short history of the ancient civilization of Angkor, home to the spectacular temple of Angkor Wat. In the late sixteenth century a mythical encounter w...

Soul Mountain. Translated from the Chinese by Mabel Lee.

[China]. Xingjian, Gao. · 2000

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

New York, HarperCollins, 2000, XI,(3),510 pag., paperback (very good). = Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000. Part travel diary, part philosophy, part love story, ‘Soul Mountain’ is an legant, unforgettable novel that journeys deep into the heart of modern-day Chin...

Desert Memories. Journeys Through The Chilean North.

[Chile]. Dorfman, Ariiel. · 2004

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.02 | ¥3,168)

Washington, National Geographic Society, 2004, 1st ed., (14),283,(6) pag., illustrations, original halfcloth with dustjacket (fine copy). = The Literary Travel Series. The Norte Grande of Chile, the world's driest desert, had ''engendered contemporary Chile, everything that w...

Kumbu.

Lauffer (Laufer), Pierre A. · 1955

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,040)

Z.pl. (Curacao), Centro Cultural Corsou, (1955), 1e druk (43) pag., orig.geïllustreerd geniet karton= Zeldzaam poëtisch debuut van Lauffer (1920-1981; op het omslag in Papiaments Laufer), die zich sterk maakte voor taal en cultuur van het Papiaments. Hij wordt beschouwd als de...

China's Campaign To 'Open Up The West': National, Provincial And Local Perspectives.

[China]. Goodman, David S.G. (ed.). · 2004

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004, VIII,204 pag., maps, paperback (as new). = The China Quarterly Special Issues, New Series, No.5. The new campaign to 'Open Up the West' that commenced operations in January 2000 is interesting not only because of its dramatic goal...

The Island of Seven Cities. Where The Chinese Settled When They Discovered America.

[China]. Chiasson, Paul. · 2006

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 2006, (8),376 pag., illustrations, hardcover with dustjacket (as new). = The Island of Seven Cities unveils the first tangible proof that the Chinese settled in the New World before Columbus.In the summer of 2003, architect Paul Chiasson decided...

The City of Light. The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo. Translated and edited by David Selbourne.

[China]. D'Ancona, J. · 2000

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

New York, Citadel Press/ Kensington, 2000, XV,(5),538 pag., maps, plates, hardcover with dustjacket (very good copy). = Challenging Marco Polo's status as "first" to enter China, this journal of a scholarly Jewish merchant who sailed into Zaitun four years before the arrival ...

Chinese Landscapes. The Village As Place.

[China]. Knapp, Ronald G. · 1992

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,040)

Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1992, 311,(3) pag., illustrated, original cloth with dustjacket, quarto (as new). = The studies collected in this volume were written by anthropologists, architects, geographers, historians, a sociologist, and a veterinary ecologist. Take...

The Romance of the Western Chamber. Translated and adapted by - . With a Foreword by Lin Yutang.

[China]. Lai, T.C. (ed.), Gamarekian, S.E. (ed.). · 1979

€14.00 ($15.43 | £11.68 | ¥2,464)

Hong Kong, London etc., Heinemann Asia/ Swindon Book Company, 1979, (8),158 pag., illustrations, hardcover with dustjacket (very good copy).

The Palace of Eternal Youth. Translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang.

[China]. Sheng, Hong. · 1980

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Peking, Foreign Languages Press, 1980, 2nd ed., (8),281 pag., portrait, original giltlettered red cloth with dustjacket (fine copy).

Selections from the Records of the Historian. Translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang.

[China]. Szuma Chien (Sima Qian). · 1979

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Peking, Foreign Languages Press, 1979, 1st ed., 461,(1) pag., hardcover with dustjacket (very good copy). = Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-ca. 90 B.C.), was a Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty. He is considered the father of Chinese historiography for his Records of the Grand Hi...

The Sextants of Beijing. Global Currents in Chinese History.

[China]. Waley-Cohen, Joanna. · 1999

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

New York/ London, W.W. Norton & Comp, 1999, IX,(3),322 pag., 1 map, hardcover with dustjacket (as new). = The myth that Chinese civilization is monolithic, unchanging and perenially cut off from the rest of the world has long obscured China's diverse and dynamic history. Draw...