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Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Univ Pr, 1983. 250pp/illus. This one-volume edition is a facsimile of the original 2 volume work published by The Peking Chronicle Press in 1940 and 1941. The paginagion is identical to that of the original edition. Originally a series of articles published in The Peking Chronicle telling the story of a Chinese boy called Wu. The articles began with his birth in Peking early in the 20th century and ended with his marriage. The charm of the storytelling is given added importance because in narrating Wu's life the author also provided a great deal of information about day to day life in Old Peking: the city's festivals, the foods that were eaten, the games that were played. Clean. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Max Parrish, 1960. 32pp text plus 123 plates. A survey of some recent discoveries from the palaeolithic to the end of the Han Dynasty. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Barnes & Noble, 2003. 375pp/illus w end-paper maps. Clean. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven and London: Yale University, 1966. 432pp. Leather bound Chinese textbook. Leather binding with gilt lettering. Clean. 2nd Printing. Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: MacMillan, 1973. Book has 340 pages. DJ has some chipping along the edge. Two pages have a slight wrinkle at the edge. In this singularly evocative book the author brings us a treasury of memories, of people and places far away and long ago, seeking to recapture the fragrance of an era already fading into the past. The author was privileged to live in China during one of those rare, transitional epochs.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1990. Book contains 336 pages. Nice clean tight copy. Has previous owner blind embossed stamp on front endpaper. The first collection of writings published in English, Fang Lizhi, 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.. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Ed.

Farmington Hills, MI, U.S.A.: Gale Group, 1990. Collection of essays by journalists and academics from around the world goes beyond the usual play-by-play accounts to provide an analysis of the situation and of the current state of Chinese affairs. Includes a selection of translations from the Chinese press and a "who's who" of Tiananmen. 526pp. . First Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Guadalupe: Plaza & Janes Editores, 1989. 223pp/illus. Approx 110 full-page illustrations of 18th Century Chinese costumes with descriptions. Spanish text. Clean. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Lexington KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1976. 114 pp., illus., map, profuse bibliography. An examination of the impact of the Chinese occupation - "the means by which the Chinese have secured political power, the extensive changes wrought in the Tibetan economy, the effects of the Han colonization and the imposition of military dominance, and the ruthless suppression of Tibet's age-old Buddhist culture, expecially since the 1959 flight of the Dalai Lama and the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1968. Light edge-wear to dj. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

New Haven and London: Yale University, 1961. 342pp. Detailed Chinese language text. Leather bound/gilt letters. Clean. First Edition. Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Callaway, 2000. 151pp/illus. An oversized book with striking, wide angle, panoramic, large format black and white views of China. The photographs were taken between 1984 and 1999, many in Guangxi Province which have the feel of Chinese scroll paintings. Clean. 1st Printing. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. Oblong Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1982. 200pp/illus. Authors tell of their meetings and talks with Chinese poets and painters and their observations of the people. With 158 watercolours, drawings and photographs, including 84 plates in colour and one map. Publishers red cloth with gilt title on spine. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Merehurst Press, 1986. Book has 320 heavily illustrated pages. Light wear to edge of dj. In 1934 some 80,000 people, surrounded by the superior Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek broke out of the Jiangxi soviet and began what was to be a 6,000-mile march. For twelve months, the marchers suffered from bullets, bombs, malnutrition, disease, frostbite and fatigue. Only a few thousand reached their final destination in Shaanxi province.. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1914. 525pp. frontisp. (empress' portr.), ills. & portrs. on 20 plates, double-p. plan of Peking with extensive numbered index, descriptive list of High officials, extensive footnotes, appendix, index. A classical work on the subject. Light foxing.. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Grossman Publishers, 1972. Approx 150pp/illus. Clean. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket - Wraps.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Taplinger Pub Co, 1974. 523 pages/illus. HCw/DJ. Traces the history of the Chinese Secret Service and Chinese intelligence activities and espionage back to the time of Sun Tzu (500 A.D.) Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Beijing: China Intercontinental Press, 2004. 218pp/illus. Details costumes andclothing of Chinese minorities. Clean. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Schocken, 1974. 176p. illus. maps. Campaigns and Politics since 1949. A study of what was at that time the Maoist Army. After a chapter on the formative years of 1927-1942 looks at conflicts in Tibet, Korea, India and Russia, the army in Politics, and plans for the future. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Republic of China : National Museum of History, 1977. 114pp w/approx 100 color illus.Chinese and english text. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Taipei, Taiwan: 228 Peace Memorial Museum, 2000. 471pp/illus. Letters are in English. Clean. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.