First Edition. Hardcover. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; 173pp. Clear vinyl dust jacket with green printed inner flaps. Book in half green and brown cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket shows a few smudges, along with some chipping to color at top of inner flap, but no... More about Shore of Pearls: Hainan Island in Early Times
Hardcover. London: Morgan & Scott, 1901. Third Edition. Signed by the author as Mrs. Howard Taylor with dedication on verso of front free endpaper. Quarto; 180pp +4 ads. Publisher's green cloth with red lettering and dragon illustration. Covers separated from text block. Boards edgeworn with bumping to corners and spine... More about In the Far East: Letters from Geraldine Guinness
New York: Harper and Row, 1972. First Edition. Quarto. 459 pages. Signed by author to William Safire on half title page with inscription, "For Bill - / In admiration and / delight for the / excitement he has brought / to the Times world. / Top / New York, Nov... More about Journey Between Two Chinas
First English translation. Hardcover. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Volume 1 only of a four volume set. First English translation and published in the United Kingdom. Octavo, 660pp. Maroon dust jacket. Maroon textured paper over boards with lettering stamped in gold on spine and cover. Full-color illustrations throughout the book... More about The History of Chinese Civilization: Volume 1: Pre-Qin (Earliest Times - 221 B.C.E
First English translation. Hardcover. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Volume 2 only of a four volume set. First English translation and published in the United Kingdom. Octavo, 622pp. Maroon dust jacket. Maroon textured paper over boards with lettering stamped in gold on spine and cover. Full-color illustrations throughout. Top of... More about The History of Chinese Civilization: Volume II: Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, and the Northern and Southern...
First English translation. Hardcover. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Volume 3 only of a four volume set. First English translation and published in the United Kingdom. Octavo, 766pp. Maroon dust jacket. Maroon textured paper over boards with lettering stamped in gold on spine and cover. Full-color illustrations throughout the book... More about The History of Chinese Civilization: Volume III: Sui and Tang to mid-Ming Dynasties (581-1525