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Spoilt Children of Empire: Westerners in Shanghai and the Chinese Revolution of the 1920s


Clifford, Nicholas R.

Hardcover. Middlebury, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 361 pages, with black & white photographs. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 457363


Price: $40.00 

 

Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45


Tuchman, Barbara W.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Light wear to dj

Record # 53730


Price: $20.00 

Struggle for Modern Tibet, The: The Autobiography of Tashi TseringGoldstein, Melvyn and William Siebenschuh with Tashi Tsering
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Struggle for Modern Tibet, The: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering


Goldstein, Melvyn and William Siebenschuh with Tashi Tsering

Hardcover. New York, M.E. Sharpe, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Captivating autobiography by a Tibetan educator and former political prisoner. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. With black-and-white photography throughout. Unmarked and scarce. A tight copy.

Record # 952371


Price: $44.00 

 

Taiwan in the Modern World: The Other Taiwan 1945 to the Present


Rubinstein, Murray A.

Paperback. New York, East Gate , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 485 pages. Minor rubbing.

Record # 803774


Price: $16.00 

 

Terracotta Warriors and Horses at the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang


Hongik University Ceramics Research Institute

Hardcover. Seoul, Hongik University Ceramics Research Institute, 1st?, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 248 pages. Hardcover. Primary text in Korean? - 6 pages of text in English. Hardcover. Full color photographs and black & white drawings. Rear cover slightly bowed due to binding error. Dust jacket with sun fade along top 3" of rear, and to title on spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612224


Price: $38.00 

 

The Blue-China Book - Early American Scenes and History Pictured in the Pottery of the Time


Walker Camehl, Ada

Paperback. New York, Dover, 1st wraps, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 327 pages. Black & white photographs. Paperback. Cover has some corner wear.

Record # 204222


Price: $12.00 

 

The Dragon Strikes - China and the Korean War: June-December 1950


Roe, Patrick C.

Novato, CA, Presidio, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 466 pages. Black & white maps.

Record # 206732


Price: $20.00 

 

The Private Life of Chairman Mao: the Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician


Li, Zhisui

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 682 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark. Slight wear to jacket edges. Small gouge out of upper back cover edge. Otherwise tight and clean copy. "From 1954 until Mao Zedong's death twenty~two years later, Dr. Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler's personal physician, which put him in almost daily~and increasingly intimate~contact with Mao and his inner circle. For most of these years, Mao's health was excellent; thus he and the doctor had time to discuss political and personal matters. Dr. Li recorded many of these conversations in his diaries as well as in his memory. In The Private Life of Chairman Mao he vividly reconstructs his extraordinary experience."

Record # 2230472


Price: $25.00 

 

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting (The Culture & Civilization of China)


Barnhart, Professor Richard

Hardcover. US, Yale University Press, 1st, 1997-10-20, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 402 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light sun-fade to dust jacket spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464216


Price: $63.00 

 

Three Times I Bow


Glick, Carl

Hardcover. NY, Whittlesay, 1st , 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Black & white drawings by Soriano

Record # 54724


Price: $25.00 

 

Treasures of Asia - Chinese Painting


Cahill, James

Hardcover. Geneva, Skira , Reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 214 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color tipped-in plates. Dust jacket with wear along edges, darkening along spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612777


Price: $31.00 

 

Twentieth Century China


Clubb, O. Edmund

Hardcover. New York , Columbia University Press, 2nd printing, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 470 pages, b&w illustrations. Edgewear, rubbing and a few small tears to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 854648


Price: $12.00 

 

TWO HUNDRED DAYS AS PRISONERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS.


Koether Luella G. and T. Janet Surdan

Paperback. Mason City, IA, Arrow Printing , 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages. 12mo. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on title page. Yellow wrappers wih red titles in English and Chinese. Age soil. The glue used by the printing company to attach the wrappers to the text was of poor quality; this has toned the wrappers spine to a darker yellow. Wear to top and bottom of spine.

Record # 220676


Price: $38.00 

 

U. S. Crusade in China, 1938-1945, The


Schaller, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 364 pages, small closed tear on dust jacket, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853766


Price: $12.00 

 

Unsubmissive Women - Chinese Prostitutes in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco


Tong, Benson

Hardcover. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613025


Price: $19.00 

war to be won, A: fighting the Second World WarMurray, Williamson
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war to be won, A: fighting the Second World War


Murray, Williamson

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 656 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469035


Price: $19.00 

 

White House China of the Lincoln Administration, in the Museum of History and Technology


Klapthor, Margaret Brown

Softcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, United States National Museum Bulletin 250, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 62, Pages 109-120. White stapled wrappers with gold and purple graphic illustration, color frontispiece, 13 b&w plates. Slight rubbing to wrappers, previous owner's neat ink inscription to front page, otherwise pages crisp and unmarked, a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 807855


Price: $22.00 

 

World of Thought in Ancient China, The


Schwartz, Benjamin I.

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 490 pages. Paint marking/underlining in pencil on a few pages, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Dust jacket worn with light rubbing, chipping to edges.

Record # 453827


Price: $15.00 

Yuan Thought: Chinese Thought and Religion Under the MongolsChan, Hok-lam/William Theodore de Bary
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Yuan Thought: Chinese Thought and Religion Under the Mongols


Chan, Hok-lam/William Theodore de Bary

Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 545 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth covers. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 403110


Price: $100.00 

Zhu Rongji Meets the PressZhu, Rongji
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Zhu Rongji Meets the Press


Zhu, Rongji

Hardcover. US, OUP China, 1st, 2011-04-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 474 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket and small spot on front end paper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 461228


Price: $25.00 

Apricot Cheeks and Almond Eyes by: Wimsatt, Genevieve
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Apricot Cheeks and Almond Eyes by: Wimsatt, Genevieve

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 123 pages, hardcover. Cyan cloth covers are in very good condition, despite minor bumping to one corner. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Some B&W illustrations present throughout. This is a biography of Empress Yang of the Southern Sung dynasty. It delves into historical records and accredited traditions surrounding the Empress, offering an account of her life and works. Clean copy. Record # 33902
Price: $35.00 

Beyond the Stone Arches: An American Missionary Doctor in China, 1892-1932 by: Jr., Edward Bliss
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Beyond the Stone Arches: An American Missionary Doctor in China, 1892-1932 by: Jr., Edward Bliss

Hardcover. US, Wiley, 1st, 2000-12-08, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 246 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462660
Price: $12.00 

Breach In the Wall a Memoir of the Old by: Candlin, Enid Saunde
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Breach In the Wall a Memoir of the Old by: Candlin, Enid Saunde

Softcover. New York, Paragon House, 1st PB, 1988, Book: Very Good, 340 pages. Minor crease to spine, small sticker-scar to rear cover, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 458800
Price: $12.00 

Breach in the Wall, The: A Memoir of the Old China by: Candlin, Enid Saunders
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Breach in the Wall, The: A Memoir of the Old China by: Candlin, Enid Saunders

Hardcover. London, Cassell, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 340 pages. Brown cloth, gilt. Very good pictorial dust jacket. Record # 803586
Price: $12.00 


  
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