The Rape Of Nanking: An Undeniable History In Photographs.

Innovative Publishing, Chicago Illinois., 1997. Expanded Second Edition.. Hardcover.. As New/Near Fine. 12 1/4 H x 9 1/8 W x 15/16 inch.. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. CAUTION: Very Shocking and Graphic Photos. Book Interior AS NEW/ Boards As New/ Dust Jacket Near Fine. Never read. Sewn binding. Coated Paper. Written in Chinese and English. Boards and spine are navy cloth, lettering silver, on both spine and cover. Spine is straight and square. Dust jacket is green/white, lettering light green/ yellow, pink, full size monotone photo front and black/white photo on back flap. Dust jacket is NOT PRICE CLIPPED, has some minor shelf wear on folds of flaps, back of dj has some thin faint shelf rub marks from adjacent book while upright and from moving on shelf while lying flat, front of dj has a 1/2 inch tear on bottom edge and a piece missing from the dj upper left edge in irregular shape, largest height is 1 1/4 inch, largest width is 1 1/8 the rest of the missing piece is smaller than that in both height and width. Note that my photo does not show this piece missing, it was torn by someone who was careless when moving the book on the shelf. DJ spine has a rip 1/2 inch long near top, starting where piece was torn off front of dj. Aside from these unfortunate rips, the dust jacket is in great shape, solid and strong paper, no stains, no other markings. Book boards and spine are flat, clean, bright, no rips, no bent corners, no spine creases, no sunning, no edge wear. Page edges clean, bright, white. Inner end papers are light green. Inside of book is tight, clean, bright, clear, flat. Full of more than 400 historical Black/white photos which are shocking, many of which were taken by the occupying Japanese soldiers themselves. Many of the photos are on metallic green-bordered pages. At the back of the book are Appendices including Atrocities Before Nanking, Atrocities After Nanking, The horror began on the morning of December 13, 1937 when the Japanese Imperial Army captured Nanking, then China’s capital This book is published to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. CAUTION: Very shocking photos. Written with Shi Young.