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Red-Color News Soldierby: Zhensheng, Li

Red-Color News Soldier
by: Zhensheng, Li

Softcover. New York, Phaidon Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 316 pages. Softcvoer with vinyl wrappers. Black and white pictures throughout. This is the first visual history of China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and includes the only complete set of surviving photographs to document the entire period. It is drawn from thousands of original negatives that were hidden for nearly 40 years by photographer Li Zhensheng, at great personal risk, and accompanied by his own personal story. Zhensheng brings to light in this historical record one of the most turbulent, controversial, and under-documented periods in modern history.

Record # 352797

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Revolution in a Chinese Village-Ten Mile Innby: Crook, David and Isabel

Revolution in a Chinese Village-Ten Mile Inn
by: Crook, David and Isabel

Hardcover. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped with gilt lettering on spine, pages. Black and white photos and one map. Includes footnotes, geographical note, list of local people, 2 appendices and index. "Shows how one backward village became a revolutionary bastion in the ten years after the revolution in the late 1940s." A ten years' history of one Chinese village, covering the period immediately before the setting up of the Chinese People's Republic, and based on village records and the authors' personal experiences living with the farmers.Owner's name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 378333

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Ritual Bronzes of Ancient Chinaby: Ackerman, Phyllis

Ritual Bronzes of Ancient China
by: Ackerman, Phyllis

Hardcover. New York, Dryden Press, 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 114 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with 66 black & white photographs. Previous owner has carefully glued-in additional black & white photographic images of related Chinese bronzes to preliminary pages front and rear, and to a few random pages. Dust jacket with chipping along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover.

Record # 611523

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Rooster's Horns, The - A Chinese Puppet Play to Make and Performby: Young, Ed and Hillary Beckett

Rooster's Horns, The - A Chinese Puppet Play to Make and Perform
by: Young, Ed and Hillary Beckett

NY, Collins World, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ed Young. Dust jacket with light edgewear, closed tears.

Record # 65056

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Saturday Night in Baoding: A China Memoirby: Richard Terrill

Saturday Night in Baoding: A China Memoir
by: Richard Terrill

Softcover. Fayetteville AK, University of Arkansas Press , 1st pbk, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 176 pages. The author recounts his experiences as a teacher in northern China, and describes how government restraints have caused and finally crushed the democracy movement of the students. Fading to spine otherwise vg.

Record # 396343

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Shanghai, 1925: Urban Nationalism and the Defense of Foreign Privilege (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)by: Clifford, Nicholas R.

Shanghai, 1925: Urban Nationalism and the Defense of Foreign Privilege (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)
by: Clifford, Nicholas R.

Softcover. Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan Center of Chinese Studies, 1st Edition, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 125 pages. Soft cover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Wrapper has some tanning (shelfwear) and small spot of soil on front cover (see image), otherwise good with no tears. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. A study of the Chinese May Thirtieth movement.

Record # 369306

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Sheying: Shades of China 1850-1900by: Worswick, Clark

Sheying: Shades of China 1850-1900
by: Worswick, Clark

Hardcover. China, Turner Photo, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 171 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Duotone vintage photographs throughout, bibliography. The Quing Dynasty, which spanned three centuries, from 1644 to 1911, was the last ruling dynasty of China. Before the collapse of the empire ended 2,000 years of Imperialism and ushered in a time of political and economic strife, artists and artisans turned out rich paintings, porcelain plates, vases and photographs--the last having arrived in the country in the 1840s. This publication presents a key selection of photographs of the Southern Chinese coast taken by both Chinese and European photographers. It touches on the cultural exchange between the Chinese and those Western photographers who began to explore the country, like Milton M. Miller, William Saunders and John Thomson. Miller, during a short period in the 1860s, set up a photo studio in Hong Kong and introduced portraiture in the formal Western style of the time to the Chinese upper-middle classes.

Record # 350225

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SPLIT SECONDS: HONG KONGby: Abe Kogan

SPLIT SECONDS: HONG KONG
by: Abe Kogan

Hardcover. NY, Abrams/Cameron Books, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 288 pages. Hong Kong provides a stunning backdrop for Abe Kogan's skillfully rendered black-and-white photography. The third in the Split Seconds series, following Havana and Florence, Hong Kong explores the city famous for its dense urbanism and high-rise marvels. The towering obelisks and repetitive facades of the modern megacity stand in stark contrast to its complex cultural roots--a city born of compromise between Chinese tradition and British influence. Kogan's strikingly evocative images showcase this intersection of influence with intimate portraits of bustling street life, iconic skylines, claustrophobic residential areas, maritime hubs, rugged coastline, and the parks and public spaces that provide a respite from the unrelenting vigor of the city. Like new in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 372906

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Stelesby: Segalen, Victor

Steles
by: Segalen, Victor

Softcover. Santa Monica, The Lapis Press, First Edition, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover with french flaps & light wear to edges. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Pen marking to several pages in commentary sections. Poetry is clean & unmarked throughout. Black printed illustrations.

Record # 750742

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Strange Haven: A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Shanghai by: Tobias, Sigmund

Strange Haven: A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Shanghai
by: Tobias, Sigmund

Hardcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 162 pages, b&w illustrations. In the wake of Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938, Sigmund Tobias and his parents fled their home in Germany and relocated to one of the few cities in the world that offered shelter without requiring a visa: the notorious pleasure capital, Shanghai. Seventeen thousand Jewish refugees flocked to Hongkew, a section of Shanghai ruled by the Japanese, and they created an active community that continued to exist through the end of the war. Tobias's coming-of-age story unfolds within his descriptions of Jewish life in the exotic sanctuary of Shanghai. Depleted by disease and hunger, constantly struggling with primitive and crowded conditions, the refugees faced shortages of food, clothing, and medicine. Tobias also observes the underlife of Shanghai: the prostitution and black market profiteering, the brutal lives of the Chinese workers, the tensions between Chinese and Japanese during the war, and the paralyzing inflation and the approach of the communist "liberators" afterward. Richly detailed, Strange Haven opens a little-documented chapter of the Holocaust and provides a fascinating glimpse of life for these foreigners in a foreign land. An epilogue describes the changes Tobias observed when he returned to Shanghai forty years later as a visiting professor.

Record # 381702

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Street Without Joy - Indochina at War - 1946-54by: Fall, Bernard B.

Street Without Joy - Indochina at War - 1946-54
by: Fall, Bernard B.

Hardcover. Harrisburg, Stackpole Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 322 pages. Hardcover. Features 16 pages of black & white photographs. Notations in red pencil on 2 maps - pages 92 and 97. Light wear to yellow cloth covers. No dust jacket.

Record # 613624

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Sun Yat Sen: A Portraitby: Stephen Chen; Robert Payne

Sun Yat Sen: A Portrait
by: Stephen Chen; Robert Payne

Hardcover. NY, John Day Co., 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. A biography of Sun Yat-Sen, founder of the short-lived Chinese Republic. Dust jacket spine faded, bookplate inside front cover.

Record # 397181

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Sun Yat-Sen and the Origins of the Chinese Revolution by: Harold Z. Schiffrin

Sun Yat-Sen and the Origins of the Chinese Revolution
by: Harold Z. Schiffrin

Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2nd pr., 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 412 pages with index. Frontis. map. Ex-lib with stamping to edges and endpapers, name on front fly leaf.

Record # 397203

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Sung Bibliography, A (Bibliographie des Sung)by: Balazs, Etienne and Yves Hervouet

Sung Bibliography, A (Bibliographie des Sung)
by: Balazs, Etienne and Yves Hervouet

Hardcover. Hong Kong, Chinese University Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 598 pages, errata slip laid in. Spine slightly cocked, light shelfwear.

Record # 403093

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Tales from the Land of Dragons: 1,000 Years of Chinese Painting by: Wu Tung

Tales from the Land of Dragons: 1,000 Years of Chinese Painting
by: Wu Tung

Softcover. Boston, MFA Publications, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 269 pages. Color and b&w reproductions of paintings throughout. A work issued in conjunction with an exhibition held in 1997, providing a survey of the extensive collection of paintings from China, including critical commentary on the work throughout, examining the cultural importance of the pieces discussed. 9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior is clean and unmarked.

Record # 398164

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Teachings of Taoist Master Chuang, Theby: Saso, Michael

Teachings of Taoist Master Chuang, The
by: Saso, Michael

Hardcover. New Haven CONNECTICUT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 317 pages, b&w illustrations, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Bright dust jacket with price-clip.

Record # 403086

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The Artist and the Architect by: Bemi

The Artist and the Architect
by: Bemi

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, In ancient China a jealous artist plots to eliminate the favorite architect of the emperor. Once again Demi captivatingly presents a Chinese folktale with just enough text to tell the story and keep the interest of her young readers. Rendered in vibrant reds and pale blues and yellows, her illustrations feature finely detailed buildings and costumes, all the while retaining a fresh, clean look.Clean copy.

Record # 396435

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The Birth of a Republic: Francis Stafford's Photographs of China's 1911 Revolution and Beyond (A China Program Book)by: Lu, Hanchao

The Birth of a Republic: Francis Stafford's Photographs of China's 1911 Revolution and Beyond (A China Program Book)
by: Lu, Hanchao

Hardcover. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 210 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Stafford worked for Commerical Press in Shanghai and his photographs capture both sides of the revolutionary struggle in China.

Record # 350397

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The Charm of the Middle Kingdomby: Marsh, James Reid

The Charm of the Middle Kingdom
by: Marsh, James Reid

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Company, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated binding; designed by Decorated Designers (DD). No dj. Cover lettering and design intact, with some loss of gold, but lettering has disappeared from the spine. About 50 pages of black and white photos. A vivid and intimate record of Chinese life, revealing its glamour and fascination, its callousness and disregard of human values. Minor foxing to front endpapers. Clean copy.

Record # 377867

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The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War 1945-1947 by: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War 1945-1947
by: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

Hardcover. NY, WW Norton & Co,, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. As World War II came to an end, General George Marshall was renowned as the architect of Allied victory. Set to retire, he instead accepted what he thought was a final mission-this time not to win a war, but to stop one. Across the Pacific, conflict between Chinese Nationalists and Communists threatened to suck in the United States and escalate into revolution. His assignment was to broker a peace, build a Chinese democracy, and prevent a Communist takeover, all while staving off World War III. In his thirteen months in China, Marshall journeyed across battle-scarred landscapes, grappled with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, and plotted and argued with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his brilliant wife, often over card games or cocktails. The results at first seemed miraculous. But as they started to come apart, Marshall was faced with a wrenching choice. Its consequences would define the rest of his career, as the secretary of state who launched the Marshall Plan and set the standard for American leadership, and the shape of the Cold War and the US-China relationship for decades to come. It would also help spark one of the darkest turns in American civic life, as Marshall and the mission became a first prominent target of McCarthyism, and the question of "who lost China" roiled American politics. Remainder dot to top edge, otherwise like new.

Record # 385364

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The Chinese Children Next Door (SIGNED COPY)by: Pearl S. Buck

The Chinese Children Next Door (SIGNED COPY)
by: Pearl S. Buck

Hardcover. NY, John Day Company, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong pictorial cloth, 64 pages illustrated in two-colors by William Arthur Smith. SIGNED BY BUCK on the title page. Originally published 1n 1942, this is the 17th printing and was most likely signed in 1969 by Buck in Danby, Vermont, where she lived in her later years. Bright, clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 383636

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The Chinese Classic of Family Reverence: A Philosophical Translation of the Xiaojingby: Henry Rosemont Jr., Roger T. Ames

The Chinese Classic of Family Reverence: A Philosophical Translation of the Xiaojing
by: Henry Rosemont Jr., Roger T. Ames

Softcover. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 132 pages. Few if any philosophical schools have championed family values as persistently as the early Confucians, and a great deal can be learned by attending to what they had to say on the subject. In the Confucian tradition, human morality and the personal realization it inspires are grounded in the cultivation of family feeling. One may even go so far as to say that, for China, family reverence was a necessary condition for developing any of the other human qualities of excellence. On the basis of the present translation of the Xiaojing (Classic of Family Reverence) and supplemental passages found in other early philosophical writings, Professors Rosemont and Ames articulate a specifically Confucian conception of "role ethics" that, in its emphasis on a relational conception of the person, is markedly different from most early and contemporary dominant Western moral theories. This Confucian role ethics takes as its inspiration the perceived necessity of family feeling as the entry point in the development of moral competence and as a guide to the religious life as well. Clean copy.

Record # 379151

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The Classic of Tea by: Lu Yu (Francis Ross Carpenter)

The Classic of Tea
by: Lu Yu (Francis Ross Carpenter)

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket, white cloth covers with gilt design, 177 pages. B&w illustrations by Demi Hitz. Stated First Edition. INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR FRANCIS CARPENTER on the front fly leaf. The 1st complete translation of thousand year old classic work. Includes biography of Lu Yu. Embellished by Demi Hitz's illustrations. Includes ritual of preparation, ingredients, environment Chinese tea ceremony. Light chipping, small tape repairs to rear of dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 398169

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The Committee of One Million: China Lobby Politics, 1953-1971by: Bachrack, Stanley D.

The Committee of One Million: China Lobby Politics, 1953-1971
by: Bachrack, Stanley D.

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 371 pages. Looks into the origins and activities of a foreign-policy interest group which emerged after the Korean War and exerted pressure on the federal government not to recognize the People's Republic of China. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397205

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The Elegant Brush: Chinese Painting under the Quianlong Emperor, 1735-1795by: Chou, Ju-hsi, and Brown, Claudia

The Elegant Brush: Chinese Painting under the Quianlong Emperor, 1735-1795
by: Chou, Ju-hsi, and Brown, Claudia

Softcover. Phoenix AZ, Phoenix Art Museum, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 376 pages, illustrated in b&w, some color. Cover has sunning to areas, otherwise clean.

Record # 373212

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The Face of China: As Seen by Photographers and Travelers 1860-1912by: L. Carrington Goodrich and Nigel Cameron

The Face of China: As Seen by Photographers and Travelers 1860-1912
by: L. Carrington Goodrich and Nigel Cameron

Hardcover. NY, Aperture, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 160 pages. An evocative and candid collection of some of the first photographs made in that country. Along with descriptive captions, these images describe the daily life and surroundings of an era now passed. The people are as seen through Western eyes, and the places are as traversed by foreigners. These early photographers were explorers and adventurers. They lugged huge cameras with heavy glass plates over rugged, unfamiliar terrain. Interspersed throughout the book are passages from significant texts and travelers' diaries, observations and opinions that echo and illuminate the images. For many Chinese, these photographers were the first white faces ever seen, and they carried with them previously undreamed-of contraptions. For all this, there is an unguarded air to many of the portraits, and the street scenes have the candid look of today's street photographer.

Record # 361625

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The Great Wall of China: From History to Mythby: Waldron, Arthur

The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth
by: Waldron, Arthur

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 296 pages, b&w illustrations. This is the first full scholarly study of the Great Wall of China to appear in any language, and it challenges many deeply held ideas about Chinese history. Drawing both on primary sources and on the latest archaeology, the book first demonstrates that the standard account of the Great Wall is untrue and misleading and then presents a convincing new account. It begins by tracing the various walls and systems of frontier defences that existed in early Chinese history, and shows how the greatest of these achieved a mythical symbolic stature which long survived the Wall itself. A striking concluding chapter traces how the true history of the Wall was lost in the early twentieth century as it was gradually transformed into a Chinese national symbol explained through historical myth. The book is an important contribution to the history of China's defensive policy, and her ideological attitudes, and will be of interest both to students of Chinese history and of international relations in the pre-modern world. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386017

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The Great Wall of China: Photographs by Chen Changfen (Houston Museum of Fine Arts)by: Anne Wilkes Tucker and Jonathan D. Spence

The Great Wall of China: Photographs by Chen Changfen (Houston Museum of Fine Arts)
by: Anne Wilkes Tucker and Jonathan D. Spence

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale /Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 168 pages. Chen Changfen (b. 1941) began to photograph the Great Wall twenty years before the Chinese government officially adopted it as the national symbol in 1984. This fascinating book presents a small fraction of his decades-long study of the monumental form and conveys the fertile range of themes and ideas that Chen has investigated, each informed by traditional Chinese art, history, and philosophy. Combining a unique blend of traditional and contemporary technical processes, Chen's richly evocative photographs at once celebrate the remarkable series of building campaigns that produced the Wall and memorialize the thousands of conscripted laborers whose lives were sacrificed to its construction.One of the most striking features of Chen's photographs is their unexpected variety of perspectives and moods, capturing the vicissitudes of weather, time, and human history that have acted upon it. By excluding the people, highways, factories, and modern buildings that encroach on and daily destroy sections of the Wall, however, Chen eliminates major aspects of the Wall's present reality from his pictures. In a thoughtful essay and interview with the artist, Anne Wilkes Tucker probes the meanings of such omissions and guides the reader through Chen's extraordinary images. The Great Wall of China is essential reading for photographers, historians, and travelers.

Record # 360903

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The Magic Monkeyby: Plato and Christina Chan

The Magic Monkey
by: Plato and Christina Chan

Hardcover. NY, Whittlesey House, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers stamped in black and red, 50 pages illustrated in 2-colors and b&w by Plato Chan. Adapted from an Old Chinese Legend by Plato and Christina Chan. The Text by Christina Chan. The Illustrations by Plato Chan. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 398701

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The Malice of Empire: A Play by: Yao Hsin-Nung/ translated by Jeremy Ingalls

The Malice of Empire: A Play
by: Yao Hsin-Nung/ translated by Jeremy Ingalls

Hardcover. London, Allen & Unwin, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with fading to spine. INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR INGALLS on the front fly leaf. The desperate struggle between the aging Manchu Empress T z'u-hsi and her young nephew the Emperor, at the close of the nineteenth century. A story told as a parable against both Japanese occupation and the Communist rule. Small ownersjp stamp on first page, otherwise clean.

Record # 387658

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The Moon Lady (SIGNED COPY)by: Amy Tan / Gretchen Schields

The Moon Lady (SIGNED COPY)
by: Amy Tan / Gretchen Schields

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY BOTH TAN AND SHIELDS on the half-title page. On a rainy afternoon, a woman shares with three restless granddaughters her "earliest memory" from her childhood in China. Adapted from Tan's The Joy Luck Club , the haunting tale that unfolds is worthy of retelling--and of repeated rereading. The narrator, Ying-ying, recalls waking up at the age of seven on the morning of the Moon Festival; it was a steamy day, and "the sun drove rays through the bamboo curtains like knives." Filled with similarly vivid images, Tan's lilting text conveys Ying-ying's contagious excitement about the festivities. These include the appearance of the Moon Lady, who can fulfill one's secret wish. Later, celebrating with her family on a "floating teahouse," Ying-ying loses her balance and falls into the lake, where she is caught in a fisherman's net. He returns her to shore, where her secret wish is granted: she is found by her family, and thus learns a lesson about which kind of wishes come true. Tan has done a superb job of distilling this incident for young readers, who will be as mesmerized by the expressive narrative as by Schields's ornately detailed paintings, ablaze with luminous color.

Record # 375042

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The Moon Ladyby: Amy Tan / Gretchen Schields

The Moon Lady
by: Amy Tan / Gretchen Schields

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 3rd pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. On a rainy afternoon, a woman shares with three restless granddaughters her "earliest memory" from her childhood in China. Adapted from Tan's The Joy Luck Club , the haunting tale that unfolds is worthy of retelling--and of repeated rereading. The narrator, Ying-ying, recalls waking up at the age of seven on the morning of the Moon Festival; it was a steamy day, and "the sun drove rays through the bamboo curtains like knives." Filled with similarly vivid images, Tan's lilting text conveys Ying-ying's contagious excitement about the festivities. These include the appearance of the Moon Lady, who can fulfill one's secret wish. Later, celebrating with her family on a "floating teahouse," Ying-ying loses her balance and falls into the lake, where she is caught in a fisherman's net. He returns her to shore, where her secret wish is granted: she is found by her family, and thus learns a lesson about which kind of wishes come true. Tan has done a superb job of distilling this incident for young readers, who will be as mesmerized by the expressive narrative as by Schields's ornately detailed paintings, ablaze with luminous color.

Record # 382739

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The New Emerging from the Old - Lu Shengzhong: Works 1980- 2005 by: Shengzhong, Lu

The New Emerging from the Old - Lu Shengzhong: Works 1980- 2005
by: Shengzhong, Lu

Hardcover. NY/Beijing, Chambers Fine Arts, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover copy in black boards with the artists' name embossed in darker black on the front cover, in a bright red dust jacket, with some edge-wear. This is the most complete catalog of Lu Shengzhong's works to date. The catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the University at Albany Art Museum. Text In English and Chinese. Essays by a dozen scholars. Biographical sketch. 34 page illustrated chronology, records Lu Shengzhong's artworks from 1980 to 2005. Illustrated throughout in color, some black & white, vintage photographs. 11" high X 8" wide, 155 pages.

Record # 373368

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The Painter

The Painter

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with a small closed tear to front panel. 187 pages, 117 b.w. photos, index, bibliography, 187p., notes. A scholarly monograph, addressing our image of the Chinese artist, the painters' livelihood, studio & hand. A grand essay, giving us the kind of insights to really appreciate the full art of Chinese painters & paintings.

Record # 378827

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The Treasures of Lin Li-Tiby: Cora Cheney

The Treasures of Lin Li-Ti
by: Cora Cheney

NY, Hawthorn Books, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 143 pages. Yellow cloth, blue design/lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket shows very minor edgewear. Spine of dust jacket is slightly toned. B/W illustrations throughout by Marvin Besunder. Previous owners' names in ink on a blank page at back otherwise clean. " Lin Li-ti, parted from his family during the tumultuous evacuation from mainland Communist Chino to the Nationalist island of Formosa, found himself hungry and alone in a land where no one seemed to care about a lost boy." Written by a woman who lived in Taiwan, as well as other places in the world, who is a teacher and author.

Record # 371817

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The U. S. Crusade in China, 1938-1945 by: Michael Schaller

The U. S. Crusade in China, 1938-1945
by: Michael Schaller

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 2nd pr., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 364 pages. Tells of the Americans who came to China, openly and in secret, and their role in the ultimate U. S. decision to spurn Chinese Communist overtures of friendship and throw greater support to the sinking regime of Chiang Kai-shek. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 397201

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The Waiting Dayby: Diller, Harriet; Chung, Chi (Illustrator)

The Waiting Day
by: Diller, Harriet; Chung, Chi (Illustrator)

Hardcover. NY, Green Tiger Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Chi Chung.

Record # 375197

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Treasures Of China: Volume Iby: Wu, Ting Sing

Treasures Of China: Volume I
by: Wu, Ting Sing

Hardcover. Taipei, The International Culture Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, large folio format, 224 pages. Mostly b&w illustrations, some color. Calligraphy and painting.

Record # 374374

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Turandot by: Mayer, Marianna & Winslow Pels

Turandot
by: Mayer, Marianna & Winslow Pels

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, color illustrations by Winslow Pels. The beautiful but cold-hearted Princess Turandot decrees that in order to win her, suitors must answer three riddles or be executed. A Persian prince, Calaf, smitten after one look at the young woman, determines to try his luck. Though he answers her riddles correctly, she still refuses to marry him. Because he adores her, he offers her a way out. If she can guess his name, he will leave Peking. This story was introduced by the Venetian playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806), whose dramatized fairy tales were enormously popular during his lifetime. His version, said to be drawn from a tale he found in The Arabian Nights, widely impressed European romantics. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 385932

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TWO HUNDRED DAYS AS PRISONERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS. (SIGNED COPY)by: Koether Luella G. and T. Janet Surdan

TWO HUNDRED DAYS AS PRISONERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS. (SIGNED COPY)
by: Koether Luella G. and T. Janet Surdan

Softcover. Mason City, IA, Arrow Printing , 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages. 12mo. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on title page. Yellow wrappers wih red titles in English and Chinese. Age soil. The glue used by the printing company to attach the wrappers to the text was of poor quality; this has toned the wrappers spine to a darker yellow. Wear to top and bottom of spine.

Record # 220676

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Underground Retreat - A Novel of Chinaby: Cormack, Maribelle and Pavel Bytovetzski

Underground Retreat - A Novel of China
by: Cormack, Maribelle and Pavel Bytovetzski

Hardcover. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 241 pages. An historical novel of China's 1930's struggle with Japan. B&W illustrations by Margaret Ayer. Dust jacket with light edgewear, small hole in rear panel. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 373554

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Vital Signsby: Benge, Harvey

Vital Signs
by: Benge, Harvey

Hardcover. London, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Clean inside and out. From the back cover: "The images in Vital Signs, Harvey Benge's fourth book of photographs, have been made in Paris, London, Prague, Hong Kong and beyond. They engage both the eye and the mind, inviting viewers to examine their own experience of urban life and what that means to them."

Record # 30325

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Warhol in China by: Michael Frahm/Tony Godfrey/Andy Warhol

Warhol in China
by: Michael Frahm/Tony Godfrey/Andy Warhol

Hardcover. Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2014, Hardcover in pictorial boards with a red cloth spine, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) flew to Beijing (via Hong Kong) in 1982, recording his impressions in brief journal entries while also photographing. His presence in China electrified Beijing's avant-garde, and his photographs record both his own delight in encountering the city's artists and their delight i30 color plates. Text in English and Chinese. Clean copy, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 377958

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Warhol in China by: Michael Frahm/Tony Godfrey/Andy Warhol

Warhol in China
by: Michael Frahm/Tony Godfrey/Andy Warhol

Hardcover. Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2014, Hardcover in pictorial boards with a red cloth spine, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) flew to Beijing (via Hong Kong) in 1982, recording his impressions in brief journal entries while also photographing. His presence in China electrified Beijing's avant-garde, and his photographs record both his own delight in encountering the city's artists and their delight i30 color plates. Text in English and Chinese. Clean copy, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 377957

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Wat Khongkharam: Mural Paintings of Thailand Seriesby: n/a

Wat Khongkharam: Mural Paintings of Thailand Series
by: n/a

Hardcover. Bangkok, Muang Boran Publishing House, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 164 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Navy blue cover boards (excellent), gilt title on spine and front cover board. Pages unmarked, clean. Dust jacket unclipped, has some slight shelfwear. In very good, colorful condition. Text in Thai and English. 94 pages of color photographs and 7 pages of b/w photographs of 14th-18th century mural paintings at this revered site.

Record # 99012

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Water Ghostby: Russell, Chiang Yeung

Water Ghost
by: Russell, Chiang Yeung

Honesdale, PA, Boyds Mills Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 192 pages, Black & white illustrations by Christoher Zhong-Yun Zhn. Review copy. An intimate look at family and village life in southeastern China, approximately 50 years ago. Ying, 10, is raised by her beloved grandmother. Ah Pau is thrifty, wise, and firmly rooted in her culture's traditions and superstitions. She guides Ying and her cousins with a firm and loving hand. As in First Apple (Boyds Mills, 1994), in which the little girl was a year younger, Ying must raise an ambitious amount of money. This time, she must bargain with her mercenary cousin Kee, and deal with the class bully.

Record # 501634

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Wonderful Kite, Theby: Wahl, Jan and Uri Shulevitz

Wonderful Kite, The
by: Wahl, Jan and Uri Shulevitz

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Green cloth covers with gilt titles, color illustrated dust jacket, acetate-protected, profusely illustrated with full-page color plates by Uri Shulevitz. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, price-clipped.

Record # 368789

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Wonderful Kite, Theby: Wahl, Jan and Uri Shulevitz

Wonderful Kite, The
by: Wahl, Jan and Uri Shulevitz

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Green cloth covers with gilt titles, color illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket acetate-protected, profusely illustrated with full-page color plates by Uri Shulevitz. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, price-clipped.

Record # 600093

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Xiangdao: A Wisp of Tranquility - 29 May 2023by: Bonhams

Xiangdao: A Wisp of Tranquility - 29 May 2023
by: Bonhams

Softcover. Hong Kong, Bonhams, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 328 pages illustrated in color. Auction catalogue for Bonhams Hong Kong 29 May 2023 - Fine ceramics related to the incense culture of China Sale 28987, Lots 301 - 358. Text in English/Chinese. Printed in Hong Kong. Clean copy.

Record # 396270

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Yin Yu Tang: The Architecture and Daily Life of a Chinese Houseby: Berliner, Nancy

Yin Yu Tang: The Architecture and Daily Life of a Chinese House
by: Berliner, Nancy

Hardcover. US, Tuttle Publishing, 1st, 2003-04-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 178 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Three scratches to fore-edge. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's stamp on front end paper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 464533

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