Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Asia Bookroom

Suva.: University of the South Pacific.. 1984.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, vii + 77pp, bibliography, index, inscribed by the author front free endpaper, a good copy in little marked and worn paperback. .

香港.[Hong Kong].: 香港郵購書店.[Xianggang you gou shu dian].. circa1981.. 183pp. Good paperback copy. Text in traditional Chinese. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. .

No place of publication.: No details of publisher.. 1970.. 34pp, bibliography, original stapled wrappers stained at staples. Some soiling and creasing covers, staples rusted, one missing and replaced with a modern staple. Working copy. Text in Chinese. 18.3 x 13cm. Includes one jointly written editorial from People's Daily and China Military published to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sino-Japanese War, and two reviews of three Japanese films promoting Japanese militarism [Isoroku Yamamoto], [Nihonkai Daikaisen] and [Aa, Kaigun] are also included. .

北京.[Beijing].: 中華書局.[Zhonghua shu ju].. 1st Edition, 4th Printing.. 1965.. 87pp, spine little chipped and sunned, otherwise very good in paperback. Text in Chinese. 18.5 x 12.3cm. .

北京. [Beijing].: 中華書局.[Zhong hua shu ju].. 1st Edition.. 1959.. Appendix, indices, user guide, 270pp. Light foxing throughout, corners bumped, minor loss head and tail of spine, good copy in wrappers, text in traditional Chinese. 25.7 x 18.3 cm. The compiler Qian Shipu, based this work on two history books of Qing Dynasty "Draft History of Qing" [Qing shi gao] and "Compiled List of Qing Dynasty Worthies" [Qing dai zheng xian lei bian], with the aim of making a more user-friendly history and reference book. It lists major offices and their incumbents year by year. In 1961, he complied its sequel "Chronicle of Officials in the Newly-established Agencies in the Qing Dynasty" [清季新社職官年表] presenting information on the new government positions since the First Opium War. .

北京. [Beijing].: 中華書局.[Zhong hua shu ju].. 1st Edition, 1st Printing.. 1961.. Appendix, indices, 102pp. Light browning and foxing, corners bumped, loss at head and tail of spine, original price tag laid down lower cover, good copy in wrappers, text in traditional Chinese. 25.8 x 18.2 cm. The sequel to "A Chronicle of Officials in the Major Agencies in the Qing Dynasty" [清季重要職官年表]. This includes new government positions since the First Opium War. A very comprehensive reference book to the Qing imperial government institutions. .

[上海].[Shanghai].: 上海書畫社.[Shanghai shu hua she].. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing.. 1976.. Chinese coloured propaganda poster, featuring the landscape of Yan'an revolutionary base. Image shows mountains, a pagoda, a pavillion, Yaodong (house caves) and the industrial district with many smoking chimneys in the valley. Chops upper and lower margin, Chinese calligraphy showing the title and the artist upper margin. Excellent copy, text in Chinese lower margin, poster measures 77 x 52.8cm. Poster reproduces an image painted by the famous Chinese painter Qian Yansong (1899-1985) during 1960s from the watercolour painting series of "Ode to Yan'an". .

Peking.: Foreign Language Press.. 1974.. 26pp, light stains lower covers, otherwise very good in wrappers. Text translated from Chinese into English. 18.4 x 12.8cm. .

北京.[Beijing].: 人民文學出版社.[Ren min wen xue chu ban she].. 1st Edition, 1st Printing.. 2001.. 2 volume set complete, folding chart, appendices, notes, 919pp, minor rubbing at edges, spine little sunned, generally good. Text in traditional Chinese. 秦觀 [Qin Guan] (1049-1100), was a scholar official in Song court and a good friend of the famous poet 蘇軾[Su Shi]. .

London.: Routledge.. Second edition.. 2009.. xii + 212pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. This new, and fully updated 2nd edition of Families in Asia provides a unique and comparative analysis of family trends in Asia by focusing on the most relevant and significant aspects of family and kin, from the process of dating to the impact of economic development on homes and family life as they are experienced across East and Southeast Asia. As a detailed sociological analysis of family relations and family life in Asia, the main themes of this book are: a macro-level analysis of family trends based on demographic and survey data and the role of the state and social policy; and a micro-level analysis of home and kin situations based on extensive empirical fieldwork. Arranged thematically and with chapters on: * family research * family formation * parenthood * grandparenting * gender roles in families * marital breakdown * the impact of socio-economic development… Read More

No place of publication.: Ningxia People's Publishing House.. No date of publication.. Full colour and black and white reproductions of Arabic art, 239pp, introduction and conclusion in Simplified Chinese, includes CD. Paperback quarto. Excellent artbook showcasing Arabian fine art with commentary in Simplified Chinese. An excellent resource even for non-Chinese speakers due to the enormous quantity of art included. .

Manila.. 1956.. Black and white photographic plates, 242pp, appendices. Inscribed by the author title page. Ex-library copy with markings and withdrawal stamps. Still a sound, clean copy. .

Oxford.: Clarendon.. 1993.. Black and white figures, table, viii + 184pp, bibliography, index, very good in little worn paperback. A comparative study of caste, placing caste-organised communities in the context of complex agrarian societies generally. .

New Jersey.: Chartwell.. 1978.. Maps, profuse black and white and colour photographic illustrations, xxiii + 231pp, chronology, bibliography, ex-library copy with library cancellation stamps first few leaves including title page, library stamp and remains of pouch lower free endpaper, binding slightly shelfworn, dustjacket little worn with small tear amateurishly repaired with sellotape, now protected with acid free, fully recyclable polypropylene covering, square quarto. A fascinating illustrated guide to the diversity and unity of the Islamic faith in the Middle East and Africa, with sections on "The Nomads and the Settlers," "Islam and the West" and "Conquests in War and Conquests in Peace." .

Hakluyt Society.. 1974.. 2 volumes. Volume I: Maps, illustrations, xxvi + 331pp. Vol II: Illustrations, xiii + 335-706pp, index of books, general index. Good set in dustjackets. .

London.: Hakluyt Society.. 1983.. Black and white illustrations, maps, xxiv + 580pp, index, very good in protected dustjacket. Second series no. 161. .

London.: Hakluyt Society.. 1983.. Black and white illustrations, maps, xxiv + 580pp, index, dustjacket slightly worn at edges, otherwise very good. Second series no. 161. .

St Leonards.: Allen & Unwin.. [Reprint].. 2001.. xix + 1155pp. Paperback covers little worn, otherwise a very good copy. Features include thousands of illustrative sentences, extensive cross-referencing, topic lists which group the dictionary's words according to 42 'common usage' areas. .

St Leonards.: Allen & Unwin.. [Reprint].. 2001.. xix + 1155pp. Paperback covers little worn, otherwise a very good copy. Features include thousands of illustrative sentences, extensive cross-referencing, topic lists which group the dictionary's words according to 42 'common usage' areas. .

Philippines.: Yuchengco Museum.. 2012.. Colour and black and white illustrations, 32 unnumbered pages, paperback cover extremities little worn, a very good copy otherwise. Exhibition held 13 August to 25 September 2012, Yuchengco Museum. Includes articles by the guest curators. .