Asian History from Berthoff Books

Vintage Books (Random House), 1978. Soft cover. Very Good. 591 pages, with index. First Vintage (paperback) edition. Eleven maps, 16 pages of b&w photos. On the final years of the U.S. military intervention in Vietnam, from the Paris Peace Agreements of 1973 through the fall of Saigon. Large trade paperback (6-1/8" x 9-1/4"), red remainder mark on top… Saber más sobre este artículo

Avon Books, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. 328 pages, with bibliography, index. "The explosive inside story of the CIA's supersecret airline" (front cover), first Avon printing of book published 1979. History from Cold |War period, especially Vietnam War. Mass-market paperback, edges tinted yellow, barely worn, binding tight, pages slightly age-toned but unmarked.

Metropolitan Museum of Art : Ballantine Books, 1980. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 192 pages. A combined discussion and catalogue of the ancient objects lent by the People's Republic of China for exhibition at five American museums. Foreword by Philippe de Montebello, director of the MMA. Includes map of archeological sites, b&w illustrations, and 125 pages… Saber más sobre este artículo

Government of New Zealand, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. BILINGUAL EDITION ENGLISH-MAORI. 37 pages x 2. Policy statement prepared under New Zealand Minister of Maori Affairs Hon. Koro T. Wetere Nov. 1988 on the basis of responses and discussion of April 1988 government paper on improving services available to the Maori population. English text begins from one side… Saber más sobre este artículo

Penguin Books, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. 254 pages. "The full inside story of the bizarre activities of French agents in New Zealand and the Pacific." Small trade paperback (5" x 7-3/4"), light foxing and soil to wraps, slight wear to crown and heel, edges and page margins age-toned, pages unmarked.

Monthly Review Press, 1972. Soft cover. Good. 112 pages. First printing. A positive view of the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" in China, written soon after the events, by the author of Fanshen (his account of land reform in a Chinese village after the 1949 victory of the Communists). 112 pages, shelf wear, crease to spine, tan stain on… Saber más sobre este artículo

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 555 pages, with index, bibliography, glossary, 20 tables, pull-out maps. Prepared by Foreign Area Studies of The American University for government use. 8vo, dark green cloth with faded gilt lettering on cover and spine, light soil to edges. Bookstore price in pencil on ffep, text pages bright and unmarked.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Anchor Press Doubleday, 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 346 pages, with index and Select Bibliography. A Doubleday, Anchor Original, translated from French by W.J.F. Jenner, French first edition was from Editions du Seuil 1970. Author was a French diplomat, posted in China 1965-68. From the back cover: "This lucid analysis is an attempt to determine whether… Saber más sobre este artículo

The University of Michigan Press, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 759 pages + 28-page index, 11 maps. From the History of the Modern World series, which contained an earlier volume by the same author on the SW Pacific to 1900; this is the "since" volume only. 8vo, blue buckram with white lettering and gilt decoration, boards… Saber más sobre este artículo