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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. We suspect this is a book club edition. Black cloth, gilt titles & decorations, [viii], 242, [2] pp. Some spotting to top edge, spine sunned, shaken front hinge reglued with acid-free PVA. Price-clipped DJ creased top to bottom on both panels and rear flap, small edge tears head of spine somewhat tattered; in Brodart archival cover. Reischauer brought the knowledge and experience of many years of working in, studying, and writing about the Far East to this book on American foreign policy in Asia. He was a military intelligence officer in WW2, worked in the State Department's Division of Far Eastern Affairs, served as Ambassador to Japan from 1961 to 1966, and was co-author (with John K. Fairbank) of a standard history of East Asia. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG/VG-. 22 X 15 cm.
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Beyond Vietnam: The United States and Asia
by Reischauer, Edwin O.
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A History of East Asian Civilization (Vol. 1, East Asia: The Great Tradition & Vol. 2, East Asia: The Modern Transformation)
by Reischauer, Edwin O., John K. Fairbank & Albert M. Craig
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Copyright date of Vol. 2 is 1965, although date code shows it was printed in 1964. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles & decorations on front board & spine, maps & chronology on endpapers. Vol. 1: xiv, 739 pp, 74 illustrations on plates, 33 maps in text. Vol. 2: xvi, 955 pp, 80 illustrations on b & w plates, 43 maps & charts in text, 24 tables, index. Both volumes clean with just a bit of rubbing to extremities & original bookseller's price stickers on front boards. Vol. 1 is in a plastic cover applied by previous owner. Vol. 1 surveys East Asian civilization from earliest times to the mid-19th century. Vol. 2 extends the survey to contemporary East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan.) Shipping weight 7 lbs.. . VG/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.
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Islands and Empires: Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia
by Dodge, Ernest S.
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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Europe and the World in the Age of Expansion, Volume VII. Grey cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, xvi, 364 pp, 9 maps, 6 ff b & w plates, notes, bibliography, index. DJ has a bit of rubbing to extremities & a 2 mm tear; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.
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The Korea Story
by Caldwell, John C.
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Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Author recto ffep. Full mauve cloth, gilt titles on spine, xii, 180 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, index. Extremities lightly sunned & rubbed. DJ extremities rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Caldwell was born in China to a family of missionaries, and lived in Korea for three years "as a military information specialist, diplomat, and business man" in the run-up to the Korean War. His book is highly critical of the State Department and U. S. policy in Korea. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). 2nd ptg. . VG+/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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The Korea Story
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Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full mauve cloth, gilt titles on spine, xii, 180 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, index. Corner of ffep clipped, slight shelf wear. DJ extremities lightly rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Caldwell was born in China to a family of missionaries, and lived in Korea for three years "as a military information specialist, diplomat, and business man" in the run-up to the Korean War. His book is highly critical of the State Department and U. S. policy in Korea. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . VG+/VG+. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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Korea: The Limited War
by Rees, David
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, rather wide blue cloth spine with red, silver, and blue foil titles, xiv, 3 - 511 pp, 20 maps including 2 not in pagination, 8 ff b & w photo plates incl. frontis., footnotes, bibliography, index. Head of spine beginning to fray, bottom corners bumped. DJ has a small chip to bottom of rear panel, extremities slightly browned; in Brodart archival cover. Rees looks at both the action of the war and the origins & outcome of the political decision to limit the war. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). 3rd ptg. . VG/VG. 21½ X 15 cm.
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Looking at the Sun: The Rise of the New East Asian Economic and Political System
by Fallows, James
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, red spine with gilt titles, endpaper maps, vii, 517 pp, notes, index. Small spot to bottom edge, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). 2nd ptg. . VG/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.
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North from Malaya: Adventure on Five Fronts
by Douglas, William O.
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Review Copy. Pale grey-green cloth, endpaper maps, 352 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index. Head of spine sunned, extremities lightly rubbed, tape marks on paste-down endpapers, scattered pencil notes. DJ has heavy wear at joints, large tears, small chips, corners of flaps trimmed, tape residue on flaps, but is essentially complete; in Brodart archival cover. Publisher's review slip (giving date of publication as 8 June 1953) laid in; it has unknown reviewer's notes on back. Justice Douglas traveled through Malaya, the Philippines, Vietnam, Burma, Korea, and Formosa (Taiwan), and gives us a combination of personal impressions and political history and analysis. Shipping weight 2 lbs. Location:Travel.. . VG/G. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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