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 The Food of China Anderson, E.N. New Haven, CT, Yale U.P., 1988, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Hard Cover, DJ with Mylar, Size=6.5"x9.5", 263pgs(Index), Condition: Fine/VG+ DJ with Mylar, DJ just slightly nicked head/foot of spine, one fore-edge corner tip, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates etc. ISBN 0300039557 Subjects: China; Food Habits; Agriculture; Chinese Cookery; Social Life; Social Customs; University Press; Food History; (Book No. 195992) 67.00 | list price, you save $13.40 | 53.60 |  |
 Land Without Ghosts Chinese Impressions of America From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present Arkush, R. David & Lee, Leo O. (Editors/Trans) Berkeley, CA, U of California Press, 1989, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket, Size=6.5"x9.5", 309pgs, illus: 21 Figures, Condition: Fine/Fine w/Dust Jacket, Clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. ISBN 0520062566 Subjects: University Press; United States; Foreign Opinion; Chinese History; Travel to America; (Book No. 163031) 18.00 | list price, you save $3.60 | 14.40 |  |
 Tretya Grazhdanskany Reevolytsionnayci Vogna V Kitaye Author Not Stated Moscow, Russia, Military Publisher, 1957, Hard Cover, No Dust Jacket, Size=5.5"x8", 397pgs, illus: Large COLOR folding Map, Condition: VG+ No Dust Jacket, RUSSIAN TEXT. Ink owner name, date inside front cover, o.w. clean, bright & tight. Rest of book in Fine condition. "The Third Civil Revolutionary War in China!!" Large folding COLOR map inside rear cover. Subjects: Russian Text; Communist China; Third Civil War; Chinese Revolution; Chinese History; (Book No. 249872) 82.50 | list price, you save $16.50 | 66.00 |  |
 CADRES, BUREAUCRACY, AND POLITICAL POWER IN COMMUNIST CHINA Barnett, A. Doak with contributions by Ezra Vogel New York, NY, Columbia U.P., 1967, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, hard cover, w/Dust Jacket, Size is 8vo, 563pp(Index), Condition: VG+/VG w/Dust Jacket, DJ nicked head/foot spine, o.w. clean & tight. NO ink names etc. Subjects: Chinese History; China; Gov't. Bureaucracy; Political Power; Univ. Professor; University Press; (Book No. 044618) 17.50 | list price, you save $3.50 | 14.00 |  |
 Origins of the Chinese Revolution 1915-1949 Bianco, Lucien (Muriel Bell, Translator) Stanford, CA, Stanford U.P., 1971, 1st Ed.(U.S.), 2nd Printing, Hard Cover, no Dust Jacket, Size is 8vo, 223pp(Index), illus: 2 Endmap, Condition: Fine no Dust Jacket, Clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates etc. Subjects: Revolutions; Chinese History; Communist Party; Social Causes; (Book No. 083632) 18.50 | list price, you save $3.70 | 14.80 |  |
 The Chinese Looking Glass The Most Illuminating Book Yet Written on China and Her Enigmatic People Bloodworth, Dennis New York, NY, Farrar, Straus & Co., 1966, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket, Size is 8vo, 432pp(Index), Condition: VG/Good w/Dust Jacket, DJ nicked on top/bottom edges DJ spine faded & 1/2" DJ tears (3), o.w. clean & tight. NO ink names etc. Subjects: Chinese Culture; Sociology; Cultural Behaviors; Chinese People; History; Chinese Customs; (Book No. 078762) 13.00 | list price, you save $2.60 | 10.40 |  |
 China Confucian and Communist Callis, Helmut G. ny, Henry Holt Co., 1959, 1st Edition, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket, Size is 8vo, 562pgs(INDEX), illus: 13 Maps, Tables & Figures, Condition: VG+/Good w/Dust Jacket, DJ chipped head/foot of spine, o.w. clean & tight. No ink names etc. Subjects: Communist China; History; Chinese History; (Book No. 026767) 19.50 | list price, you save $3.90 | 15.60 |  |
 Daughter of Heaven The True Story of the Only Woman to be Become Emperor of China Cawthorne, Nigel Oxford, UK, Oneworld Publications, 2007, 1st Edition, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket, Size=6.5"x9.5", 271pgs(Index), illus: Frontispiece Map, Condition: Fine/Fine w/Dust Jacket, Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. ISBN 9781851685301 Subjects: Chinese Emperors; Women Emperors; China; Chinese History; Wu Chao; Biography; (Book No. 181021) 14.75 | list price, you save $2.94 | 11.76 |  |
 The Third Force in China Chang, Carsun New York, NY, Bookman Associates, 1952, 1st Edition, Hard Cover, no Dust Jacket, Size=6.5"x9.5", 345pp(Index), illus: 2 B/W Photos, Condition: VG no Dust Jacket, Page ends are browned, o.w. clean & tight. NO ink names, bookplates etc. Subjects: Communist China; Chinese History; Chinese Politics; World War II; Chinese Civil War; (Book No. 098976) 22.50 | list price, you save $4.50 | 18.00 |  |
 The Essence of Chinese Culture Chang Chi-yun Taiwan, China, China News Press, 1957, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket, Size=6."x8.5", 508pgs, illus: 150 B/W Photos, Condition: VG+/Good+ w/Dust Jacket, 3/8" DJ chip head of spine, top rear edge, 1" DJ tear head of spine, 1/8" DJ edge chips(3), o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates etc. Subjects: China; Chinese Culture; Chinese History; (Book No. 209045) 21.00 | list price, you save $4.20 | 16.80 |  |
 Chiang Kai-shek Asia's Man Of Destiny Chang, H. H. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1944, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Hard Cover, No Dust Jacket, Size=6"x8.5", 357pgs(Index), illus: B/W Photos, Condition: VG No Dust Jacket, Spine cloth slightly faded, lettering dull, ink gift note on front endpaper, endpapers just lightly browned, o.w. clean & tight. Text bright & in Fine condition. Subjects: Chinese Leaders; Communism; Communist Leaders; Chinese History; Biography; Communist China; World War II; Political Biography; (Book No. 175148) 11.00 | list price, you save $2.20 | 8.80 |  |
 New Earth The story of an early collective farm in East China's Chekiang Province 1949-1956 Chen, Jack Carbondale, IL, Southern Illinois U.P., 1972, 2nd Edition, 1st Printing, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket, Size=6"x8", 258pgs, illus: Author Illustrations, Condition: Fine/VG+ w/Dust Jacket, DJ rubbed on covers & nicked at bottom rear edge, o.w. clean, tight & bright. No ink names etc. ISBN 0 8093 0584 4 Price unclipped. Subjects: Collectivism; Communism, China; Agriculture; Chinese History; (Book No. 100195) 19.00 | list price, you save $3.80 | 15.20 |  |
 Modern China A Political Study Cheng, Sih-Gung M.A., B.Sc. London, UK, Oxford U.P., 1919, 1st Ed. (U.K.), Hard Cover, No Dust Jacket, Size=5.5"x8", 380pgs(Index), Condition: VG+ No Dust Jacket, Bookplate & ink owner name, address, date of Lewis Kennedy Morse, one-time Treasurer of Wellesley College on front endpapers, front endpaper & Title Page slightly browned from item once stored, o.w. clean & tight. Text bright & in Fine condition. Subjects: Mainland China; Chinese History; Modern China; Foreign Relations; University Press; Chinese Politics; China Constitution; (Book No. 189544) 67.50 | list price, you save $13.50 | 54.00 |  |
 DILEMMA IN CHINA America's Policy Debate, 1945 Chern, Kenneth S. Hamden, Ct, Archon Books, 1980, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket, Size is 8vo, 277pp(Index), illus: End Paper Maps, Condition: VG/VG w/Dust Jacket, 3/4" DJ tear, pages 245 through endpapers have been creased, soiled & torn 1/4", o.w. clean & tight. No ink names etc. Subjects: China; Chinese History; Chinese Gov't.; Politics & Gov't.; (Book No. 045357) 15.00 | list price, you save $3.00 | 12.00 |  |
 Records of the Grand History of China 2 Volumes Ch'ien, Ssu-ma New York, NY, Columbia U.P., 1968, 3rd Printing, Hard Cover, DJ with Mylar, Size=6.5"x9.5", 563,543(Index), Condition: Fine-/VG- DJ with Mylar, Small tapemended DJ tears, 1/2" DJ chip Volume 2 foot of spine, faint 1/2" faded spot on top page ends of both volumes, price clipped, o.w. clean, bright and tight. No ink names, bookplates, etc. Contents in Fine Like New condition, book covers Fine. Translated from The Shih chi by Burton Watson. Volume I: Early Years Of The Han Dynasty 209 To 141 B.C. and Volume II: The Age Of Emperor Wu, 140 To Circa 100 B.C. Subjects: Ancient China; Chinese History; University Press; Han Dynasty; Emperor Wu; (Book No. 240653) 148.00 | list price, you save $29.60 | 118.40 |  |
 Records of the Historian Chapters from the Shih chi Chien, Ssu-ma New York, NY, Columbia U.P., 1969, 1st PB Edition, Paperback, Size=5.5"x8.", 356pgs, Condition: VG+ Orange cover (NOT letters) slightly faded on spine, o.w. clean, bright and very tight. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing, etc. Rest of book in Fine condition. Translated by Burton Watson. Subjects: Chinese History; Biography; Ancient History; Ancient China; University Press; HAN Dynasty; (Book No. 233722) 14.00 | list price, you save $2.80 | 11.20 |  |
 Records of The Historian Chien, Szuma Hong Kong, The Commercial Press, 1974, 1st Edition, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket, Size=5.5"x8.", 419pgs, Condition: VG+/Good w/Dust Jacket, Stated "First Edition, January 1974". 1/2" DJ chip top front edge, 1/8" DJ tears (3), DJ tear foot of spine, 1" one bottom rear edge, page ends lightly tanned, o.w. clean, bright and tight. No ink names,bookplates, etc. Text bright and in Fine condition, book covers Near Fine. Translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang. Subjects: Han Dynasty; Ancient Historians; Chinese Historians; Chinese History; (Book No. 226732) 14.50 | list price, you save $2.90 | 11.60 |  |
 The Great Wall Crumbles Clark, Grover New York, NY, MacMillan Co., 1935, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, Hard Cover, no Dust Jacket, Size is 8vo, 406pp(Index), illus: End Paper Maps, Condition: VG+ no Dust Jacket, Clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates etc. Subjects: Communism, China; Military History; Philosophy; Cultural Studies; Chinese History; (Book No. 086653) 20.00 | list price, you save $4.00 | 16.00 |  |
 20th Century China Clubb, O. Edmund New York, NY, Columbia U.P., 1964, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket, 470pgs(Index), illus: 16 Photos, 5 Maps, Condition: VG/Good w/Dust Jacket, 4" DJ tear at rear cover, 1" tear/chip top front edge, o.w. ckean & tight. No ink names etc. Subjects: Communist China; Chinese History; (Book No. 045435) 13.50 | list price, you save $2.70 | 10.80 |  |
 20th Century China Clubb, O. Edmund New York, NY, Columbia U.P., 1964, 1st Edition, 7th Printing, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket, Size=6.5"x9.5", 470pgs(Index), illus: 16 Photos, 5 Maps, Condition: VG+/VG w/Dust Jacket, DJ nicked head and foot of spine, top rear edge, 1/4" DJ tear, o.w. clean & tight. No ink names, bookplates, etc. Price unclipped. Subjects: Communist China; Chinese History; China; University Press; (Book No. 244836) 13.50 | list price, you save $2.70 | 10.80 |  |
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