Search Results: History: Asia from Bookmarc's

Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Rodale, 2003. AS5 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have light shelf wear otherwise fine. Foreword by Christopher Dickey, Newsweek Paris bureau chief and Middle East editor.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. BX5 - A first edition hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. Signed by Amy Tan on the preface page. With a preface by Amy Tan. A book in which the author sets out to write down her father's memoiries of comingo-f-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s and the family's experiences with the Japanese occupation, the Russian attack at the end of the war on the Japanese northeastern China and the Chinese civil war. Illustrated with full page full color illustrations by the author. 9"x9", 211 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1999. AU3 - A first edition hardcover book in very good condition with no dust jacket. SUNY series, INTERRUPTIONS: Border Testimony(ies) and Critical Discourse/s, Henry A. Giroux, Editor. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1999. AU3 - A first edition hardcover book in as newcondition with no dust jacket. SUNY series, INTERRUPTIONS: Border Testimony(ies) and Critical Discourse/s, Henry A. Giroux, Editor. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. L3 - Book has wrinkling on the spine edges, fading on the spine and gutters, light rubbing on the cover edges, lightly bumped on some corners, a few tiny spot marks on the right side page edges, top to bottom light crease on the first few pages, moderate discoloration (browning), and light shelf wear otherwise very good. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 2001. BO3 - Book has lightly curled front and back sides, some stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. The Diaries of Les Chater. Transcribed and Edited by Elizabeth Hamid.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: HarperColins Publishers, 2008. CM6 - An uncorrected proof trade paperback book in near fine condition that has has very light discoloration and shelf wear. A haunting and illuminating true story of growing up in the turbulent early years of modern China. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York: Vintage Books, 2006. AM4 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, cocked, light discoloration and shelf wear. Blind into Baghdad collects award-winning journalist James Fallows's groundbreaking series of articles for The Atlantic Monthly (which received a National Magazine Award) into a powerful expose of the Bush administration's numerous failures of planning and execution, from the leadup to the Iraq War to the bungling of the occupation thereafter. This is an important and essential book for understanding how the war went wrong and what the future might hold. 8"x5.25", 229 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York: Presidio Press, 2007. CM4 - An advance uncorrected proof trade paperback book in fine condition. In this fresh, funny, Afghanistan War memoir, a liberal, highly educated army misfit reminds us that patriotic irges are sometimes best experienced not within earshot of the local Army recruited. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Yale University Press, 2004. BZ4 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated green and white wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A history of the events and personalities that have shaped post-Khmer Rouge Cambodian history. The author places a special emphasis on the political heritage of the Khmer Rouge regime and its enduring invluence on Cambodia. Endnotes, indexed, 428p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6.25"x9.25".

Columbia, SC, U.S.A.: University of South Carolina Press, 1980. BZ5 - A trade paperback book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated black wraps with very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very, very light edge wear around the covers' edges. A book that examines Chinese history from the Taiping erruption into central China in the 1850s to the rise of power of the cummunists 100 years later. It traces the breakdown of traditional Chinese society and the repeated moves to replace it with a workable alternative. Translated by Stanley Rudman. Select bibliography, indexed, 202p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x7.75".

New York: The New Press, 2007. CM4 - An advance reading copy trade paperback book in near fine condition that is somewhat curled and very light shelf wear. A fascinating and complex insiders' portrait of contemporary life inside China, written by dissidents, activists, and journalists. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1981. G1 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has wrinkling on the edges, small tear on the bottom left corner of the front inside flap, foxing, moderate discolotaion, and normal shelf wear otherwise good. Book has wrinkling on the lower spine, previous owner's inscription written on the bottom right corner of the front loose endpaper, some wear on the loose endpapers, foxing, moderate discoloration, and normal shelf wear otherwise good. China, The land and the People. The history, the art, and the science. Foreword by Joseph Needham.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Viking, 2007. CM4 - An advance uncorrected proof trade paperback book in near fine condition that has very light shelf wear. From the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Vulcans, an exploration of Chinese authoritarianism and Western capitalism. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. BM4 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Book lightly cocked, some light foxing on the page edges, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light dicsoloration and shelf wear. A story of great depth and urgency, China in Our Time is an extraordinary account of the forces that have spaed modern-day China - and will propel it into an uncertain future. 9.5"x6.5", 366 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008. BT1 - An advance uncorrected proof trade paperback book in very good condition that has some wrinkling and crease, and light shelf wear. As the traveling exhibition of Qin Shihuangdi's terrracotta warriors arrives in the U.S., a scholar chronilces the life of their terrifying Emperor. 8.25"x5.5", 209 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Washington, DC, USA: American Council On Education, 1957. BZ6 - A stappled spine trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated yellow wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. A pamphlet that provides an introductory explanation of what Chinese writing is like, of what Chinese characters are and how they differ from Western European letters and words. It also provides a brief survey of the historical evolution of Chinese characters, the structural form of Chinese sentences, and the relationship between Chinese writing and ancient Chinese culture. 16p.. Stappled Spine Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.5".

New York: Facts on File Publications, 1987. BR3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has label on the front and spine, wrinkling and crease on some edges and corners, inside flaps taped on the top and bottom to the book cover, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has library stamping on the page edges, title page, last page, and front loose endpaper with label, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Nearly 1,000 clear, concise descriptions and definitions of the events, people, places, movements, and institutions that have shaped Chinese history of more than 3,500 years.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: Hambledon & Continuum, 2007. A6 - An uncorrected advance proof paperback book in very good condition that has light shelf wear. Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium is the first history of this great empire to properly examine the intriguin interaction betweeen the spiritual and the political, the mythical and the actual. 9"x6", 275 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

London: Kegan Paul International, 1995. CJ6 - A hardcover book in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Japanese Studies, General Editor: Yoshio Sugimoto. 8.75"x5.75", 144 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.