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U.S.A: Harper Perennial, 2004. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Originally published in Great Britain in 2002. Four section of eight pages of full color illustrations on coated paper. Clean and bright wrappers with cover image by Steve Rawlings. A touch of wear to extremities, no creasing; solid, tight and square binding. Internals clean, no markings, no creasing. P.S. includes Interviews, features, and bio of author. Menzies has turned history as we know it on its ears--he has written a history book that re-writes our understanding of history--or an historical detective story? It seems like a mystery novel, but is a fundamental re-write of the history of fifteenth-century maritime exploration. Includes a list of maps and diagrams; list of plates; Chinese nomenclature. Gavin Menzies gives an account of China setting the largest fleet the world had ever seen to sea on March 8, 1421. They sailed to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the… Read More

U.S.A: Little, Brown and Co, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Little, Brown and Co., 1972. Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Diverse photographs throughout of Chinese people, public figures, activities, sports, etc. This book is the product of Ross Terrill's trip to China in 1971, as one of the first correspondents for an American publication (Atlantic Monthly) to be admitted after Peking opened its doors. Binding of green cloth with gilt titles, tight sewn binding, very clean, no marks, lightly rubbed on some edges. Map of China on endpapers. Internals very clean and completely unmarked. Jacket clean on front, back is dingy, with light corner and edgewear and a tear about 2 inches long along the center of the front spine as it folds over the front board. Protected with a mylar cover. Interesting illustration of Chinese scene on jacket. 235 pages. 1972, Little, Brown and Company, USA

U.S.A: HarperPerennial/HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. First Thus. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First HarperPerennial Edition. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. An eyewitness history and autobiography , a history of China's struggle for human rights. Clean and unmarked wrappers with light wear to front corner tips, trace wear to some edges. Binding tight and square. Pages toned, clean and free from any markings, no creasing. 342 pages. 5.25 x 8. 1991, HarperPerennial/HarperCollins Publishers, USA

Berkley Books, 2001. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7. Berkley Books, 2001. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and unmarked cover is lightly rubbed around all edges, lower front corner tip ruffled, crease down spine. Glued binding is solid, tight. Inside front cover has a few colorless smudges. B/w illustrations. Spine images are Chinese woodblock prints, 1900, The Granger Collection. Pages are clean, unmarked, no creases or tears. A meticulously researched re-creation of the tragedy that consumed China over a century ago when the Western powers were bickering over how to slice up the pie of China, while their presence there was already undermining the Chinese people's traditional way of life. A new movement began to spread like wildfire among the Chinese peasants--the contemptuous foreigners called then "The Boxers'. a reference to their martial-arts routines. They never imagined that such a group, with the backing of th Empress Dowager, would soon terrorize he world. Diana… Read More

New York: Alfred A.Knopf, 1991. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Alfred A. Knopf, 1991, First Edition. Hardcover Ex-Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Introduction by Orville Schell. Editor and Principal Translator James H. Wilson. minimal library marks, no cards/pockets, small stamp to CR page and upper edge of text block. Internals are spotless, no creases, no marks, like new. In his first collection of writings to be published in English, Fang Lizhi (1936-2012), the world-renowned Chinese astrophysicist and human rights activist, reveals to us the intellectual insights that allowed him not only to survive in China, but, in many ways, to flourish in the face of powerful opposition. Fang's concerns encompass not only the problems of his own country but those of all humanity. His book provoked the Chinese government, and he was forced to seek sanctuary in the U. S. Embassy in Bejing in 1989. His liberal ideas inspired the pro-democracy student movement of 1986-87 and the… Read More

New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Pantheon Books, 1991. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust jacket. Mylar jacket cover. An account of the tragicomic cultural and political adventures that have plagued American commercial ventures over the past two decades in the People's Republic of China. Bound in gray half cloth silver titled with light gray marbelized design paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked with rubbing on bottom edges and slight bump to lower front corner, else Fine. 330 pages, inc. Conclusion, Abbreviations, Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Pantheon Books, New York, 1991.

USA: Summit Books/Simon & Schister, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Sixteen pages of Photographic Illustrations. An invaluable and captivating portrait of a people, a cliche- shattering portrait. Brown half cloth with bold gilt titles, tan speckled paper wrapped boards with Chinese letters on front. Very clean and unmarked, trace wear to corners, Tight, solid and square. Interior is very clean, completely unmarked. Clean jacket has light corner wear with chipping of spine head/tail. Four small closed tears on edges. 463 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. New York. Summit Books/Simon & Schuster, 1980.

USA: Summit Books/Simon & Schister, 1980. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Sixteen pages of b/w photographic Illustrations. Clean and unmarked wraps, spine with light creases, tight, solid and square. Interior is very clean, completely unmarked. An invaluable and captivating portrait of China and its people, one to shatter pre-conceptions one may have about the Chinese. 463 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. New York. Summit Books/Simon & Schuster, 1980.

USA: Time-Life Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. One of a series of books describing countries of the world-their natural resources, peoples, customs and traditions, histories, economies and governments. Beautifully illustrated, with full color and b/w photographs. Bound in blue leatherette w/silver titles, with paper illustration affixed to cover of fishing boats moored to the banks of the Lu River. Lower front spine edge gently bumped, top edges of boards slightly rubbed. Tight and solid sewn binding, square. Interior is pristine. Front and back endpapers: The major rivers, mountains and other natural features; the principal regions and major towns. A beautiful and informative book. 160 pages with bibliography and index. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1986.

New York, New York, USA: Little, Brown and Co, 2015. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Paperback in Very Good Condition. Illustrated gray/blue/white wraps clean and unmarked with trace wear to corners, solid and tight binding, internals in Fine Condition. b/w illustrations. A history of turbulent U.S.- China relations from the 19th century through World War II. The author reveals how American misconceptions about China have distorted our domestic and foreign policies and led to the avoidable deaths of millions. He explores this troubled history that defines U.S.-China relations to this day. 416 pages with Notes. 6 x 9.25 inches. 2015, Little, Brown and Co., New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. There is a date stamp on the top edge of the text block, otherwise in Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked, tight and solid, square with sharp corners. Interior as new-appears unread. Inspired by a true-life event, this is the story of a woman adopting a child in China. After she has the baby and is ready to go home, the authorities tell her and other adoptive parents that there has been a mistake made--a clerical error-and Americans have been given healthy babies rather than children with special needs, and they must exchange their babies. Allison Turk decides to run for it rather than give up her baby. There is a more sinister reason why this happened, as Allison finds out later, as ruthless police conduct a manhunt to find her and the baby. 384 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2002.

U.S.A: Times Books/Random House, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Fourth Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. Binding of bright red cloth over spine w/gilt panel red titled and a gilt outlined red panel gilt titled, on spine, black boards with Chinese writing on front. Chinese calligraphy by Chingan Tang. B/w illustrations. Endpapers with a map of The People's Republic of China. Tight and solid volume. Beautifully illustrated jacket in reds and cream, not price-clipped. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beijing correspondents of The New York Times, bring to life the people, the politics, and the paradoxes of China as never before. 501 pages inc. Notes and Index. 9.6 x 6.5 inches. Times Books/Random House, New York, 1994.

U.S.A: Vintage Books/Random House, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Colorful and bright, clean and unmarked card cover, no edgewear, no creases. Interior is very clean, free of any markings, not toned, no creasing. Soundly bound, square. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beijing correspondents of The New York Times, bring to life the people, the politics, and the paradoxes of China as never before. The authors, husband and wife reporting team, illuminate both the Chinese boom-state and the tottering dictatorship. They travel from the highlands of Tibet to the bloody environs of Tianamen Square and produce a portrait of peasants and real estate speculators, dissidents and corrupt officials, An insightful and colorful picture of China. 507 pages with Notes and Index. 5 x 8 inches. Vintage Books, New York, 1995.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. 1992. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Monotone illustrations. Red half cloth with bold and bright gilt titles, cream boards; small smudge on lower front edge otherwise quite clean and unmarked; tight, solid and square, with sharp corners. First three chapters have some underlined text and notes in the margin, and pages that have been dog-eared. Otherwise clean and unmarked. 366 pages with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 1992, Simon & Schuster, New York.

U.S.A: Farrar, Straus, Giroux and McGrow-Hill Ryerson Ltd, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Profusely illustrated. Navy cloth binding with blind-stamped design on front, silver foil titles on spine. Quite clean and unmarked with a faint sunned line on lower edge, slight rubbing of lower edges, gently small bump to lower front corner. Tight and solid sewn binding. Navy endpapers, prev owner name on ffep. Interior is very clean, no markings of any kind. Clean unmarked jacket with edgewear around spine tail and a closed tear nearby; lighter wear to spine head. The author's time in China coincided with China's political and social turn-about after the death of Mao and the fall of Jiang Qing and the Gang of Four. He discusses the growing sense of intellectual and artistic liberation, the dawning sense of isolation from the West and the eagerness to communicate and learn. Also, the reader… Read More

New York: Random House Inc, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Signed by Author. Hard Back First Printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Exterior: In brown half cloth with gilt titles, brown paper-wrapped boards with faint discoloration in two areas, gently bumped upper corners; square, tight & solid binding. Page block edges clean, white. Internals: pristine. Jacket unclipped, light rumpling along top edge and spine heel, with mylar cover. Da Chen's story is a story of indomitable courage of childhood, the vitality of a life lived under circumstances we can hardly comprehend--a boy born to a poor family in rural China, at the time of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution with the Red Guards enforcing a brutal regime of communism. An yet, he has some remarkably good memories of his life in rural China. Exterior: In brown half cloth with gilt titles, brown paper-wrapped boards,… Read More

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Oxford World's Classics Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Translatated with an Introduction and Notes by Raymond Dawson and with a Preface by K. E. Brashier. Clean and unmarked illustrated wraps, with slight wear to some edges; tight and solid glued binding, square; pages clean, no markings of any kind. Sima Qian tells the story of the First Emperor, founder of the Qin dynasty which unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911. He describes the political and brutal events that led up to the foundings of th dynasty and its aftermath. Sima Quian recounts the building of the Great Wall and the building of his magnificent tomb now world famous after the famous terracotta warriors were excavated in 1974. 165 pp with Explanatory Notes and Index. 5 x 7.75 inchres. 2007, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of First US Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Jacket. Mylar Jacket Cover. Book has inscription from prev owner on half-title page, else Fine. Introduction by Mr Yang Chen Ching. Curator. Magnificently illustrated. Binding of tan cloth with gilt-border panel on spine, gilt titles within. Clean and unmarked, tught & solid, square with sharp corners. Chinese symbols on endpapers. An account of the discovery in 1974 of the tomb of the first Emperor of China, on Mount Li. The excavation revealed rows upon rows of over 7,000 life-size terracotta infantry, crossbowmen, chariots, and cavalry, an army guarding the First Emperor's tomb, in strict battle formation. Also, includes the history of the First Emperor. Jacket photo shows the army of the First Emperor in columns; back side shows a crossbowman found in the first… Read More

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2000. First Edition Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Edition Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked blackand red wraps with yellow and white titles, slight wear to corners, solid and square binding, pages edges have a few pale tan small stains. Pages clean, no marks of any kind, no underlining, no highlighting, no creases-in fine condition. 245 pages, indexed. Notes, Glossary and Bibliography. 9 x 6 inches. 2000, University of California Press, Berkeley, California

USA: Ballantine Books, 1991. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently used book, clean and unmarked, slight wear to edges. Solid and square. Internals quite clean and free from any markings, lightly toned. "Legacies" helps to penetrate the conundrum of China in the 20th century, written by Bette Bao Lord who was born in China, raised in America, author of the bestseller "Spring Moon", wife of a former ambassador to China and living in Beijing during the "China Spring" of 1989. Her web of relationships and insights have enabled her to observe Chinese life both high and low, Communist and dissident, intellectual and ordinary. 242 pages. 5 x 8. 1991, Ballantine Books, USA.