Search Results: China from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

New York: Crown, 2023. Book. Illus. by 16 pages excellent photos, plus line drawings. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "An exquisitely serious masterpiece about his Chine" says Andrew Solomon on the dustjacket. And I agree. It is a biography of his prominent family's attempt to find freedom in poetry and art in a China that would not tolerate their free expression. A fine copy, no flaws on the dust jacket. No prior marks or stains inside. Looks as new, but has been read once. .

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1981. Book. Illus. by MAP OFTAIWAN. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy with no edge wear and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket has slight wear along the top edge, but NOT price clipped. The important question to what extend Taiwan is a part of China. With 15 contributors, American and Chinese-American academics.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. Book. Illus. by A 2 Page Map of China. Fine. Cloth. Stated First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thubron is a great travel writer, and this is a long trek through China before it became so relatively easy , and so many joined the China travel horde. Pages 307 with index. As always with Thubron, a fun and rewarding read, this time to help recall what China was 25 years ago. Very clean and tight, no prior owner marks. Appears to be an unread copy. .

Mansfield Centre, Connecticut: Martino Publishing Book. Fine. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original black cloth with no edge wear, clean and tight, with bright gilt titles on all 3 volumes on red spine labels. Very nice inside and out. A renowned reference work on China, this said to be a limited facsimile edition. Text in French..

New York: MacMillan , 1926. Book. Illus. by 16 full page photo plates, China 100 years ago. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wife of an oil vbusinessman in Changsha, on the Yangtse River, Alice writes of Chinese life around her, and the foreign colony in China 100 years ago Original black cloth with an embossed Chinese pagoda on the front cover. Very little edge wear, and bright gilt titles on the front and the unfaded spine. Clean and tight inside, hinges excellent. Included in this volume is a copy of the September 1926 review of this book. .

Peking: The Camel Bell, 1936. Book. Illus. by tipped-in photos, black/white and color sketches. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. Oblong 8 Vo. Near fine, original silk embroidered boards with orange silk cord binding in the Chinese style. 16 tipped-in photos, 60 colored plates of peddlers, one paper pattern and one diagram. All fine, with no foxing or stains or browning, on the outer faces of double pages. An important and rare piece of American resident scholarship in China. The author was a Chinese linguist and member of the American military legation from 1923 to at least 1936. He also earned a Masters Degree, with this study of street activity in Peking as his thesis, in 1936. .

Oxford, England: Oxford Univ Press, 2005. Book. Illus. by 14 Photos. Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. There are lots of excellent books on the complexities of current China, and this one is sourght after. Well written, by an excellent British journalist. Pages x, 372 with index, chronology 1949 to 2004, chapter notes and a 5 page select bibliography. Recommended..

New York: Abbeville Press, 2009. Book. Illus. by superb Ming Tan color photos. New. Hardcover. Limited Edition. As new in its as new dustjacket and slipcase, the finest collection of China photos that I have seen, free of ideology and pollution. Oblong elephant folio, measuring 32 cm by 47 cm. 238 very large, stunning landscapes and Chinese architecture in color. A laid in print is number 105 of 300 copies..

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine copy , as new inside, with only a hint of wear to the dustjacket edges. No prior owner marks. An Australian strategic thinker lays out the best way for the U.S. and China to avoid war in the coming years. Would that American politicians were so wise as to follow his suggested path. .

Oxford and New York: Oxford Univ Press, 2013. Book. Fine. Cloth. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. China's influence is broader than deep, says the author. And that is especially true in "soft power" where few are tempted to emulate the Chinese government. A superb work and a fine read. Pages xvi, 409. A fine copy with no wear, dustjacket NOT price clipped..

NEW YORK : Pantheon, 1979. Book. Illus. by 5 maps. Near Fine. Soft cover. First U.S.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Appears unread, but the pages are beginning to yellow, which must be true for all copies. Early Communist China rule under Mao's eratic leadership, not a good moment in history to be Chinese. By several French scholars, an excellent collection..

NY & Tokyo: Harper & Bros, 1899. Book. Illus. by Folding Map, Diagrams, Frontispiece. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An exceptionally clean copy. Gilt on spine and front bright. Clean and tight inside and out. Three color, folding maps in a rear pocket, in addition to one attached to the text. The author was the London Times correspondent in China for some years. This is the second of several printings, one year after the first. .

Berkeley & L.A.: Univ California Press, 1998. Book. Illus. by 2 Page Map, Photos in the Text. Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Focusing on the robust revival of Catholicism since the Mao years, the author is hopeful. Pages 183 with index. As new copy, no stains or prior owner marks, and the dj is unclipped with no wear..

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1975. Book. Illus. by \7 maps and a few illustrations. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A bit of edgewear, almost a near fine copy , and "as new " inside, with no prior owner marks.k Dust jacket is nicke d on the corners and edges, but is NOT price clipped and is protected in a mylar sleeve. China's great history divided into 3 great epochs, including history and artistic achievements. .

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1984. Book. Illus. by graphs and charts. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A nice copy with no edgewear, no rubs, and no prior owner marks. No dust jacket. As new inside. My but things have changed ! Useful for its historical perspective. This is a later 1984 printing..

New York: The Free Press, 2000. Book. Illus. by Map and 16 Pages Photos. Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A decade old, but this description of China and its people is equally valid as the day it was printed. The author is a superb journalist resident in China, and he is not gentle in his descriptions of the Party. No edgewear on the binding, clean and tight with no prior owner marks. Dustjacket fine, and NOT price-clipped..

New York : The Free Press, 2000. Book. Illus. by 2 maps, 16 pages of photos. Fine. Hardcover. First U.S.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine copy in a dust jacket that is not price-clipped and is also fine. Becker is one of those journalists, who lived in China for two decades and found ways to report where few dared to tread. Intrepid, and still sought after for his insights into Chinese Communist rule. A great read..

New Haven and London: Yale Univ Press, 1987. Book. Illus. by Two Double-page Maps. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Early modern history and a period of great glory for China. Pages xviii, 270. A very good read. Recommended..

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1974. Book. Illus. by tables and maps. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy with no edge wear and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket has slight edge wear at the top. The roots of the Chinese revolution was in the cities. Twelve scholars discuss city history frojm 1942 to 1949..

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy with no edge wear and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket has only a hint of wear at the corners. Based on thousands of military intelligence reports, this was first compiled in 1945 as an attempt to understand the Communists in China and determine a policy course after the war. It had not been unclassified at the 1968 time of this publication. It is a classic of objective clarity, and quite scarce. This was published earlier in a different form, as an appendix of the1951 Senate hearings..