Softcover. Italy, Einaudi, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Presumed 1st paperback. 494 p. Cover and edges a little shop worn and has a small bump to the front edge but still a very good copy, text block clean and tight. Italian language.
Hardcover. Beijing China, Central University of Nationalities, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages with glazed boards. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, 1st Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 326 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket designed by Chang Jae Lee, light shelf wear to dj. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, 1st, November 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 243 pages. Foxing to top edge. Minor wear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, 1st, May 5, 1992, Book: Very Good, 601 pages, b&w photos. Light wear to edges and covers of pictorial dust jacket, else a very nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st U.S.A., 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 436 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Red cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Deckled edges. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight, spine straight. In nearly new condition. In this ground-breaking biography, Chang vividly describes how Cixi fought against monumenal obstacles to change China.
Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st US, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 436 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The story the most important woman in Chinese history; who ruled for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Slight fading to dust jacket spine. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press/British Museum Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, extremely good condition. Cover boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine. Decorated endpapers. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and bright. Published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 9/13/07-4/6/08. The tomb of the first emperor of China, which the Terracotta Warriors protect, has become the most important ongoing excavation in China and possibly the world.
Hardcover. Hong Kong , John Warner Publications, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Extensive b&w photographs throughout, with two pages of b&w maps. Text in English and Chinese. Illustrated end papers and fly leaves. Gilt titles on spine. Faint odor, foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. , 1st, 1982, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hard cover with dust jacket in near fine state. 161 illustrations, 55 plates in full color, 244 pages, with notes, bibliography, and index.
Hardcover. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Society of Accountants, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 191 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. A financial history of Hong Kong from the early 1970s through 1998. Published to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants.
Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , 281 pages. Color, B&W illustrations. Previous owner's small sticker to front end paper. Dust jacket price clipped.
Hardcover. Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press, 1st, July 18, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 346 pages, b&w photographs. Remainder mark on top edge. Else a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 430 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some wear to edges of spine, residue on the cover, blemish on spine, dent in lower edge of front cover.
Hardcover. New York, The Outlook Company, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 673 pages. Hardcover. Volume XXIV only. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 523 pages, hardcover. Original orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with black & white photographic plates. Heavily researched history of espionage in China, from the past to modern times. Fading, soiling, and bumping to spine. Age-soiling and rubbing to text block. Edgewear, light soiling, and rubbing to boards. Mild warp to front panel. Binding slightly precarious. Unmarked. A nice reading copy.
Hardcover. New York , Alfred A. Knopf , 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 244 pages. Patterned purple boards, no dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges and spine. Clean, tight copy.