CHINA'S YOUTH MARCH FORWARD. Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1950. Pictorial Wraps. Presumed First. 70 pp. B/w sketches and photo ills. White wraps have sepia photo on front of girls in parade. Green title on front. Wraps lightly soiled overall. No edgewear except small chips at spine ends. Inexpensive stock. Binding tight. "A new nation - new tasks.". Very Good
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CHINA FIGHTS FOR PEACE. Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1950. Dark Green Wraps. Presumed First. 65 pp. B/w photo ills. Wraps have design on front of dove and grain. White/tan shaded title on front. Wraps lightly edgeworn. Inexpensive stock. Binding tight. Very Good
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Anonymous. THE SEVENTH ALL-CHINA CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS. Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1953. Paperbound. 1st English Edition. 141 pp. Cover dampstained, torn at top of spine. Binding is poor but book is intact. Interior is very good. Introduction; 10 speeches, addresses and reports; appendix is the Constitution of the Trade Unions of the PRC. 14 b/w photos. Very Good / No Jacket
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Barnett, A. Doak. COMMUNIST CHINA AND ASIA. CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN POLICY. New York: Council on Foreign Relations 1960. Red Cloth. Stated First. 575 pp. Dark red covers have bright gilt on spine. Published for the Council of Foreign Relations by Harper & Brothers. Eps are printed in dark red with map of China and its neighbors. Black/white dj lettered in red and white front and spine is edgeworn at upper edge, with several small closed tears. Spine sunned, and unclipped cover is occasionally soiled. Comp card laid in. Very Good Plus / Near Very Good
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China Committee for the Promotion of International Trade. NEW CHINA'S ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS 1949-1952. Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1952. Paperbound. 285 pp. Front cover torn, chipped. Book is very fragile; pages are brittle; some are chipped, and all severely browned at the margins. 22 articles by Mao Tse-tung, Liu Shao-chi, Chen Yun, Po Yi-po, others. Good / No Jacket
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Gannes, Harry. WHEN CHINA UNITES. AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1937. Bright Yellow Cloth. Stated First. 293, xiii pp. Fold-out b/w frontis map. Cover lettered and decorated on spine in forest green. Cover soiled, with bumped and rubbed corners and edges. "Dig" on middle on spine, small label at spine heel numbered in ink, with same # repeated in ink on ffep. Contents clean and tight, w/2 more b/w maps. The past & future (?) of China after the Revolution. Near Very Good
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Kemp, E.G. CHINESE METTLE. Kemp, E.G. London, Toronto, New York: Hodder and Stoughton Limited 1921. Red Cloth. Presumed First. 227 pp., plus 16 plates. Front cover has blind-stamped, bright gilt lettering and dragons. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine is somewhat worn and faded. Spine is sun-struck. Covers and spine are slightly aged, soiled and edge-worn. Spine ends and corners are slightly bumped and worn. Edges are lightly soiled. Eps are quite aged. Brief, ink, inscription from author on ffep. Color frontis entitled, "A Temple of Healing." Text is enhanced by occasional b/w illustrations, as well as the previously mentioned plates. Interior is slightly aged, but clean, crisp and tight. Very Good
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Lay, G. Tradescant, Esq. THE CHINESE AS THEY ARE: THEIR MORAL, SOCIAL, AND LITERARY CHARACTER. London: William Ball & Co. 1841. Hardcover. First Edition. 342 pp. B/w frontis & text ills. Subtitle: "A new analysis of the language; with succinct views of their principal arts and sciences." Absolutely excellent account of Chinese life and culture prior to the Opium Wars. Dark green covers shelf-scuffed, with lightly worn corners. Spine sunned, although gilt title is still bright. Sun lines along upper edges of front & back covers. Bright yellow eps have a tiny p.o. notation on front paste-down. Contents are occasionally aged at very edges of untrimmed fore-edges. The binding is tight and the book wears its age lightly. Particularly effective text illustrations are ahead of their time, presenting graphic pictures with economical pen strokes. Very Good
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Loewe, Michael. RECORDS OF HAN ADMINISTRATION, VOL. I. HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT. London, New York: Cambridge University Press 1967. Red Cloth. First. 212 pp. B/w photo ills & diagrams. Cover has tiny gilt lettering on spine. Upper inch of spine head is sunned. Upper right front corner bumped. There is a thumb-sized indent to upper front cover, approx. an inch from the spine, which has torn the cloth. Price-clipped yellow dj is spattered on back (coffee?) with a few edge chips and closed tears. The top inch of spine and about an inch at upper front of dj is torn away. Spine soiled. Stamped on t.p. in small purple letters is "USED." A study of inscriptions on approx. 700 wooden strips found in excavations at Edsen-gol, records of the official Han administration (202 B.C. to 220 A.D.) Most of the information gleaned deals with military organization. Text block is clean and tight. Very Good / Very Good
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Morris, Edwin T. The Gardens of China: History, Art, and Meanings. New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons 1983. Hard Cover. First Edition. 3rd printing. Great copy. Red jacket in crisp mylar cover. Inside text is clean. Very Good / Very Good
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Nott, Stanley Charles. VOICES FROM THE FLOWERY KINGDOM. New York: The Chinese Culture Study Group of America 1947. Hardcover. First Limited Edition. 278 pp. Color, b/w ills. Subtitle: "Being an illustrated descriptive record of the beginnings of Chinese cultural existence incorporating a complete survey of the numerous emblematic forces selected from nature by the ritualistic leaders of the Chinese throughout the ages." Intro by Dr. Byron E. Eldred. Red cloth covers are a bit shelf-scuffed. Bright gilt title center front. Spine is sunned with dulled gilt. Lovely jade green eps with sketches of Chinese figurines. Author is an authority on Chinese jade and the author of 22 previous works on China and its art. Book contains 24 full page color ills, 103 half-tone plates, and 79 line engravings, and contains a wealth of information. Clean and tight within. Very Good
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Smith, Arthur H., D.D. CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS. New York, Chicago, Toronto, London & Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company Yellow Cloth. Enlarged and Revised. 342 pp. B/w ills & photo ills. Bright yellow covers have red pictures on front and spine, black lettering. Covers are soiled; small tears in cloth at spine ends. Lower corners bumped. Clippings inside front cover have shadowed eps. P.o. in pencil on front paste-down. This edition n.d., orig. pub. in 1894. Hinges split, but binding holding. Some foxing throughout, pages aged. One instance of underlining noted. A comprehensive sociological look at the China of a century ago, well-illustrated. Near Very Good
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Strong, Hilda Arthurs. A SKETCH OF CHINESE ARTS AND CRAFTS. Peiping: Henry Vetch French Bookstore 1933. Warm Brown Cloth. Second Revised. 329 pp. B/w ills. Cover has black lettering front and spine. Top edges tinted blue. Slight edgewear to spine extremities. Brown paper dj is printed in black; sunned and edgeworn. Both ends of jacket spine chipped . Pub ads on back cover and back flap. Front eps are maps of China. P.o. in ink on front paste-down. On the front map, neatly inked below each province is its chief attraction to at least one shopper: amber, jade, carpets, wool for carpets, etc. Rear eps, also printed in brown, are historical listings of dynasties. Contents, lightly aged, are a general text on China, with history and its products. The true treasures are tucked inside this book -- lots and lots of small pieces of ephemera, ranging from catalog descriptions of Chinese articles to pencil notes about everything from travel tips to symbolism to newspaper clippings. A wonderful book with wonderful inclusions!. Very Good / Near Very Good
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