From Opium War To Liberation

Peking: New World Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 145 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and tan illustrated paper to boards. Wear to corners and edges, smudging, creasing on rear. Text block has light tanning to endpapers. 1369453. FP New Rockville Stock.

Peking [1956], New World. Buff cloth over pictorial boards, very good, 145p., index, English text. This is a highly pro-Chinese work, anti-Western imperialist powers. Covers a sympathetic view towards China, addressing the Old China, Opium, Warships & Missionaries 1840-1849. The Taiping Revolution 1850-1856. First failure of "Westernizat- ion" 1865-1895. The menace of partition 1895-1898. Reformist & disillusion 1898. The "Boxers"… Read more about this item

Peking: New World Press, 1964. Second edition (Enlarged and Revised). Hardcover. Octavo, 223 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and tan illustrated paper to boards. Wear to corners and edges, smudging. Text block has tanning to endpapers, name in ink on front pastedown, cracked rear hinge.… Read more about this item

Peking: New World Press. 1956. Royal octavo, original illustrated cloth backed boards, lettering to spine faded, index, pp 146. Previous owner's bookplate. Tape marks to endpapers. Very good condition. A history of China from the Opium Wars of the 1840s through uprisings and civil wars through the 'War of Resistance against Japanese Imperialism' (1937-1945) and the 'Liberationary War" (1946-1949),… Read more about this item

Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Co 1980. 9620400038 . Third revised and enlarged edition 8vo 280 pages illustrated with black & white photographs. Fine black cloth and gilt hard back with fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. .

Peking: New World Press, 1964. Second Edition. 224 pp. White endpapers. Beige cloth with red titles. Bottom corners bumped, small stains. VG.

Joint Pub. Co, 1980. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

Hongkong: Joint Publishing, 1980. revised edition. Very Good. octavo. dust jacket 280pp., b/w pls., maps,

Joint Pub. Co, 1980. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: China Today Press, 1997. 4th edition. Fine. small octavo. stiff wrappers iv + 303pp., b/w pls., maps,, index, Primarily the Chinese Civil War

Hongkong: Joint Publishing, 1980. revised edition. Fine. octavo. dust jacket 280pp., b/w pls., maps,

New World Press, Peking, 1964. Ib. Npt

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.