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15704 | Abraham, Horst F. | Berlin-Shanghai-Chicago Never Give Up | Self-published | Very good. | Mr. Abraham escaped the Holocaust. Lived in Shanghai and then Chicago. There are b&w photos. | Holocaust, WW2, China, autobiography | $20 |
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12209 | Anon | La Republique De Chine En 1972 | China Art Printing Works | Good. The plastic covering on the covers has some separaration and the covers have shelf wear. | 7 x 8 inches, in Spanish and Chinese, with many color photos of Taiwan. | Taiwan, China | $20 |
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12586 | Anon | The China Magazine Vol. XVIII No. 8 August, 1948 | Chinese News Service | Fair to good. The covers have some light soiling and creasing. The front cover has a staple. Interior page edges have some creasing. | China in 1948. 5.5 x 7.75 inches with b&w photos and illustrations. | China, Taiwan. | $20 |
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12031 | Baker, Dr. Hugh | Ancestral Images A Hong Kong Album | SCMP | Very good. In a very good dust wrapper. | Columns from the South China Morning Post in 1977-78. There are b&w and color photos with a list of sources cited. | Hong Kong, China | $20 |
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8169 | Bales, Carol Ann | Chinatown Sunday The Story Of Lilliann Der | Reilly & Lee 1973 8.5 X 11 inches with b&w photos. | Good to very good. In a worn, creased and lightly chipped dust wrapper. Presentation card and owner's name and address stamp attached on the front free endpaper. | Chinatown, Lilliann Der | Chinatown, Lilliann Der | $18 |
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16576 | Bechtel, John | The Mystery Ship | Van Kampen Press | Good. Faint wear top and bottom of the spine. In a fair to good dust wrapper that has some chipping. | Young adult? Fiction set in Christian China. | Fiction, Young Adult, China, missionaries | $20 |
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17129 | Booker, Edna Lee | Flight From China | The Macmillan Company | Good. Light moisture marks on the front cover, one on the spine, faded lettering on the spine. No dust wrapper. | In Collaboration With John S. Potter. Booker was a (female) journalist in China at the beginning of WW2. She was held at the Pootung internment camp and eventually repatriated on the Gripsholm. Decorations by Peggy Bacon. | Print Media, China, WW2, POW, Pootung Intermant Camp, Gripsholm | $20 |
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16885 | Buck, Pearl S. | Autographed letter on The East and West Association Stationery | Self-published | Very good. | 8.5 x 11 letter to a doner to the China Fund. Includes association logo envelope. | Pearl S. Buck, The East and West Association, China, autograph, ephemera | $350 |
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16201 | Buck, Robert | Journal People To People Banking Delegation To the People's Republic of China April 30 - May 19, 1983 | People to People Citizen Ambassador Program | Very good. No dust wrapper | 9 x 11.5 inches, Robert Buck's 1983 People To People Banking delegation to China trip journal. Included is a presentation letter from the Citizen Ambassador Program. | People To People International, China, Banking | $40 |
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14028 | Cable, Mildred and Francesca French | China Her Life and Her People | University of London | Very good. In a fair dust wrapper that has wear, soiling and chipping. | China in the 1930s and 40s. Maps, Diagrams, illustrations, an index and endpaper maps. | China | $20 |
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16280 | Caldwell, John C. | South of Tokyo | Henry Regnery Company | Good. Owner's name in ink. In a poor dust wrapper. | "...Communist campaign among Chinese refugees" in the 1950s. | China, Taiwan | $20 |
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12594 | Casberg, Olivia | Around The World In 60 Years | The Olive Press Publications | Fine. Small owner's address label inside. | Inscribed by the author, "memories, memories....with love to xxxx" Olivia. Medical missionaries in India and world travelers. There are b&w photos. | Missionaries, Medicial Missionaries, India, China | $20 |
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16836 | Chairman Mao Tse-Tung | Chairman Mao Tse-Tung's Iimportant Talks With Guests From Asia, Africa and Latin America | Foreign Languages Press | Good. Light shelf wear. | `Chairman Mao Tse-Tung | China, Chairman Mao Tse-Tung | $20 |
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8326 | Cheng, Chung-ying | Tai Chen's Inquiry Into Goodness | East-West Center Press 1971 first edition with 176 pages and an index. | Very good with light soiling. No dust wrapper. | Philisophy, China | Philisophy, China | $15 |
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16840 | Chesneaux, Jean | Secret Societies In China In the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | Heinemann Educational Books | Good. Minor brown stain on the back cover. Light shelf wear. | China, secret societies. There are b&w photos, references, bibliograpy and an index. | China, History, Secret Societies | $25 |
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14016 | Congming, Tian, Chairman of the editorial Board | People's Republic Of China Yearbook 2000 | PRC Yearbook | Good. Some shelf wear on the covers. Four line rubber stamp on the title page. Erasure mark area on the inside of the back cover. Magic marker line on page edges. No dust wrapper. | 8.5 x 11.5 inches with many b&w and color photos, tables and statistics. | China Yearbook | $100 |
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11604 | Deverall, Richard L-g. | War Locomotive of History | Self-published in Japan | Good with light shelf wear and soiling. There's a short tear and some light creasing on the front cover. The first few pages have vertical creases. The owner's bookplate is in front. The cardboard slip-case is in good condition. | The Communist view of war as a "Locomotive" of history. There are many pictures, notes and an index. | China, Communism, history, politics | $25 |
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17080 | Dunne, George H., S. J. | Generation Of Giants | University of Notre Dame Press | Good. Inner dust jacket flaps taped inside. First few pages have frint creasing. No dust wrapper. | "The Story of the Jesuits in china in the last Decades of the Ming Dynasty" There are notes, bibliography and an index. | Religion, China, Catholic, Ming Dynasty | $20 |
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6465 | Ensminger, M.E. Ph.D. and Audrey Ensminger, M.S. | China - The Impossible Dream | Self Published 1973 paperback, 8.5 X 11 inches, with 311 pages, photos , maps and an index. | Good with light shelf wear. | China, b&w and color pictures, recipes, agriculture and an index | China, agriculture, recipes, cooking | $20 |
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14346 | Fairbank, Wilma | Adventures in Retrieval Han Murals and Shang Bronze Molds | Harvard | Good. Light shelf wear on the covers and spine. | Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies XXVIII. There are many b&w photos and illustrations. | China, Art | $20 |
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10365 | Gould, Dr. Alton A. | At Every Bend Of The Road | ECF International | Very good. | 1997 paperback with 112 pages. Dr. Gould was a Christian missionary in China. | China, Missionary | $20 |
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14048 | Griffis, William E., & Arthur Walworth | China's Story In Myth, Legend, And Annals | Houghton Mifflin Company | Good. Remains of a label inside the back cover. Light soiling on the covers, one corner lightly bumped. In a fair, torn and worn dust wrapper. | China. B&w photos, a chronology and an index. | China, history | $20 |
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17117 | Howard, David and John Ayers | Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain | Sotheby Parke Bernet | Very good. Three short lines of ink ownership. In a very good, price clipped dust wrapper. | 9 x 11 inches with many color illustrations. | China, Art, Chinese Export Porcelain | $30 |
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10750 | Keramic Supply Co. | Colors and Coloring in China Painting | Keramis Supply Co. | Good. Staples are rusty. Faint spot on the front cover, light soiling and sun fading on the covers. | 1918 revised 5th edition stapled paperback, 5 x 7.5 inches, with 48 pages. Enameling, ceramics, keramics. | China painting | $30 |
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11566 | Kilbourne, Edwin W. | Bridge Across The Century Volume One Japan Korea China | Self-Published | Good. There's a faint manufacturing vertical crease on the pages. No dust wrapper. There's a book plate from the previous owner. | A history of the OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, by one of it's founders. There are 20 pages of b&w photos, and an addendum. There's a tipped in note from the author on one page and the author has also left an inscription on the title page. | OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, Missionaries, China, Japan, Korea, WW2. | $40 |
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11566 | Kilbourne, Edwin W. | Bridge Across The Century Volume One Japan Korea China | Self-Published | Good. There's a faint manufacturing vertical crease on the pages. No dust wrapper. There's a book plate from the previous owner. | A history of the OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, by one of it's founders. There are 20 pages of b&w photos, and an addendum. There's a tipped in note from the author on one page and the author has also left an inscription on the title page. | OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, Missionaries, China, Japan, Korea, WW2. | $40 |
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7429 | Lai, T.C. | Selected Chinese Sayings | University Book Store | Good. with light shelf wear, soiling and bumping to the stiff cardboard covers. Spine lettering a bit faded. | Selected Chinese Sayings | China | $15 | No Image
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14357 | Lambert, Edie | Millie's China | Promise Publishing Company | Very good. | A biography of Millie Lovegren, missionary to China and Macau. The are b&w photos and a long inscription by the author. | Missionary, China, Millie Lovegren | $20 |
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10413 | Larson, John Wesley | A Long Walk With God (From the Poorfarm to the Missionfield) | Self-Published | Very good. Owner's small rubber stamp inside. | 1987 paperback, signed by the author, with 140 pages and a few b&w photos. Autobiography, Larson was a missionary in Canton, China. | Autobiography, missionary, Canton, China | $20 |
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7818 | Lawrence, Carl with David Wang | The Coming Influence of China | Vision House 1996 paperback, inscribed by Wang, with 207 pages and b&w photos. | Fine. | China, Religion.1996 paperback, inscribed by Wang, with 207 pages and b&w photos. | China, Religion | $15 | No Image
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3624 | Lee, H.T. | The Story of Chinese Culture | Literature House Ltd. 1964 first edition with 352 pages and b&w illustrations. | Very good. In a poor dust wrapper. | Chinese culture | China, Chinese culture | $20 |
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15430 | Leynse, James P. | The Lure Of Hong Ke | House-Warven | Good. Faded lettering on the spine and cover. Some light vertical creases on occasional pages. | Fiction set in pre WW2 China. There's a three line inscription by the author. | China, Fiction | $20 |
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17344 | Lubbock, Basil | The China Clippers | Brown, Son & Ferguson, LTD | Very good. In a good dust wrapper. | There are many b&w photos & illustrations, apendicies and an index. | Sailing ships, China Clippers | $25 |
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15116 | Mair, Alexander | Unforgettable Memories of China and Scotland | Epworth Press | Very good. In a fair to good dust wrapper that is price clipped and has wavy defects on the front. | Missionary to the Anking Church in China in the 1930s. | Missionary, China | $20 |
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11519 | Malachowski, Virginia | The Spirit of Jesuit John Walchars | Self-published | Very good. Tip of front cover has a crease. | A biography of Jesuit Priest, John Walchars. Born in Austria, he spent time as a priest in North China. There's some WW2 involvement as a translator. The author inscribed this copy to a friend. | Biography, John Walchars, China, WW2, Religion, Jesuit, Catholicism. | $20 |
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14383 | McKhann, Charles F., Yang Fuquan, Zhang Yunling | Icon & Transformation (Re)Imaginings in Dongba Art | Sheehan Gallery Press | Very good. | 8.5 x 11 inches with many b&w and color photos/images. Dongba Art from the Naxi Culture in southwest China. | China, Dongba, Naxi, art, Walla Walla, Washington | $20 |
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14732 | Minney, R. J. | Next Stop - Peking | George Newnes Limited | Good. Faint staining on the edges of the covers. In a fair to good dust wrapper that has some wear and chipping. | A 1957 trip through China with b&w and color photos. Author inscription on the title page. | China | $20 |
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9938 | Montgomery, Helen | The Colonel's Lady | Farrar & Rinehart | Good. Covers and spine have light shelfwear and soiling. There is a faint moisture stain on the bottom of the back cover. No dust wrapper. | Autobiography of Helen Montgomery, married to a soldier in WW2, China experiences, etc. | Autobiography, Helen Montgomery, WW2, China | $20 |
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16648 | Morrett | Soldier-Priest | Self-published | Good. Some shelf wear and faint soiling. Small address label inside. | Autobiography of Anglican Priest, John J. Morrett. A soldier in WW2, Philippines, "The Long March", prisoner of war, China, Thailand. | Autobiography, WW2, Philippines, "The Long March", prisoner of war, China, Thailand. | $20 |
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13124 | Moy, Agnes | He Leadeth Me | Missionary Fields Fellowship, Assemblies of God | Good. The front cover has some small, white spots. | Moy was a missionary in China and Japan. Her first station was Sinpaoan in the province of Chahar near the Mongolian border. When WW2 started she was imprisoned at the Chefoo internment camp by the Japanese. There are b&w photos in the back. | Autobiography, Agnes Moy, Missionaries, China, Japan, Prisoner of War, POW, Chefoo | $25 |
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11616 | Multiple authors | Mao's Land of Slaves | Free China Review | Good. The back cover has some stains and creasing. | 25 anti-mainland China articles by various authors from several publications. "China's 500,000,000 Wage Slaves," by Walter Briggs, "China Tribesmen Flee into Burma and India," by Ashwini Kumari, "Mao Creates The City of Serfs," by Kenneth Ames. ...are typical titles | China | $30 |
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8243 | Neidhart, Janice | China Travailog An American Teacher In China | Vantage 1992 first edition, inscribed by the author, with 182 pages and b&w illustrations. | Fine in a very good dust wrapper. | China | China | $12 |
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8244 | Neidhart, Janice | China Travailog An American Teacher In China | Vantage 1992 first edition, inscribed by the author, with 182 pages and b&w illustrations. | Fine in a very good dust wrapper. Also has an inscription by the author's daughter. | China. Inscribed by the author and the illustrator, the author's daughter. | China | $12 |
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13617 | O'Hara, Albert, S.J. | The Position of Woman In Early China According To the Lieh Nu Chuan "The Biographies of Chinese Women" | Mei Ya Publications, Inc. | Good. Tape marks on the inside of the covers and dust wrappers. Small 7 line rubber stamp inside. Ink price inside back cover. The dust wrapper is very good. | Woman in early China. History | China, Womens studies, history | $80 |
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14999 | People's Republic of China | Collection Of Laws and Regulations Of the People's Republic of China Concerning Foreign Economic Affairs Volume 1 | People's Republic of China | Good. Light soiling on the covers. | Chinese law in 1985...foreign economic relations... | China, Government, People's Republic of China, Economic | $40 |
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14978 | Piotrow, Phyllis T. | Population And Family Planning In The People's Republic Of China | The Victor-Bostrom Fund and The Population Crisis Committee | Very good. | 8.5 x 9 inch magazine format with multiple authors, including Edgar Snow, on population control. There are numerous b&w photos. | China, Population Control | $20 |
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10709 | Rennolds, Aida | Cultural Clash East / West | Horarth Press-Hawaii | Good. Price sticker on the front cover, some soiling on the back cover. | 1972 paperback with 100 pages and b&w photos. Hawaii, Philippines, Japan and China. | Hawaii, Philippines, Japan, China | $20 |
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14405 | Root, Helen J. | A Corn of Wheat The Life Story of Clara Leffingwell | Woman's Missionary Society Free Methodist Church | Very good. | The life story of Clara Leffingwell, Free Methodist Missionary in China. There's a b&w photo of Leffingwell | China, Clara Leffiingwell, Missionary. | $20 |
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8233 | Sayre, Geneva With Glen Williamson | On The Brink | Light and Life Press 1974 paperback with 103 pages, map, b&w photos. | Very good | Missionaries, China, imprisioned by the Communists, Geneva Sayre. POW Prisoner of war. | Missionaries, China, Geneva Sayre. POW Prisoner of war | $18 |
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9080 | Sayre, Geneva With Glen Williamson | On The Brink | Light and Life Press 1974 paperback with 103 pages, map, b&w photos. Signed by both Sayre and Williamson | Very good. 4 lines of owner's name and address. | Missionaries, China, imprisioned by the Communists, Geneva Sayre. POW Prisoner of war. | Missionaries, China, Geneva Sayre, POW , Prisoner of war, Free Methodist | $20 |
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Vendor SKU | Author | Title | Publisher | Condition | Description | Keywords(s) | Price | Image |
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6782 | Schlight, John, editor | Second Indochina War Proceedings Of A Symposium Held At Airlie, Virginia 7-9 November 1984 | United States Army 1986 first printing paperback with 276 pages. | Good with shelf wear and soiling. | Second Indochina War Proceedings Of A Symposium Held At Airlie, Virginia 7-9 November 1984 | Indochina | $12 | No Image
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12647 | Shen Hsu, Yeeping | Eight Christmas cards with a Chinese Theme from the 1940s | Self | Very good. | 6 x 4.75 inches, 8 Christmas greetings painted by Mme Yeeepiing Shen Hsu with greetings in Chinese and English | China, Christmas, Yeeping Shen Hsu, Art | $25 |
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16785 | Shulman, Frank Joseph | Doctoral Dissertations on China, 1971-1975 | University of Washington Press | Good. Shelf wear on covers and spine, light creasing. | Doctoral Dissertations on China, 1971-1975. There's an index. | China | $25 |
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5330 | Simon, W. | Chinese Radicals and Phonetics With an Analysis of the 1200 Basic Characters | Simon 1959 2nd revised edition with 439 pages. | Good with light shelf wear, in a poor dust wrapper. | Chinese Radicals and Phonetics With an Analysis of the 1200 Basic Characters | China, Chinese, Language, Chinese Language | $25 |
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12014 | Singapore Art Society | People & Places China Travel Sketches & Paintings By Members Of The Singapore Art Society | Singapore Art Society | Good. There's an ink inscription on the title page and family notations on 3 others. | 7 x 10.5 inches with many color illustrations of artists and their paintings. In English and Chinese. | Art, Singapore Art Club, China | $25 |
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16844 | Spencer, Cornelia | China Informative Classroom Picture Series | Informative Classroom Picture Series | Fair to good. Missing map, cover /holder worn on top. | Informative Classroom Picture Series. 21 8.5 x 11 inch plates and their information sheets are present. The fold out map is missing. | China, history | $30 |
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16914 | Staff | Appreciation of Chongqing's Scenery A Boxed set with 2 books of post cards and a CD | Chongqing Publishing House | Good. Presentation box has a small bit of paper missing, the books of post cards have slight shelf wear, the CD has some surface marks but works well. The CD pocket has short tears. | Two books of post cards and a CD in a presentation box. The CD is "...A Bird Eye View of New Chongqing" | Chongqing, China | $100 |
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16766 | Taylor, Mrs. Howard | The Untroubled Heart | China Inland Mission | Good. One stain on the front cover, light soiling on both. A small China Inland Mission stamp on the front free endpaper. | Christianity in China. | Missionaries, China, China Inland Mission | $25 |
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11507 | Tsang, O. Z. | A Complete Chinese-English Dictionary | The Republican Press | Fair to good. Covers and spine are a bit worn and soiled. Pages are yellowing and have small tears and chipping in the beginning. Minor insect damage. The supplement is in similar condition with wear at the top of spine as well. | A Chinese-English Dictionary with the 400 plus page supplement. (Two volumes.) | China, English, Language, Dictionary | $50 |
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17070 | Vaughan, Louisa | The Work Of Faith with Power Miracles In A Missionary's Life In China | Praire Bible Institute | Good. Multiple vertical creases on the whole book. Ink inscription on the front free endpaper. Rusty staples. | Missionary to China from 1896 to 1912. | Missionary, China | $25 |
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10469 | Vogel, Leo | Anchor Watch | Ye Galleon Press | Very good. Previous owner's address label inside. | 1983 oversized paperback, signed by the author, with 144 pages, b&w photos and an index. ISBN 0-8770-301-9 The story of Vogel shipping out as a crewman on the steamship Olympia in the late 1920's. Voyages to Japan and China. | Autobiography, Olympia, Japan, China, Pacific Northwest | $20 |
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16637 | War Department | TM 30-333 Chinese A Guide To The Spoken Language | War Department | Good. Light shelf wear and creasing on the covers. | 4.25 x 5.25 inch booklet on the Chinese language for servicemen in WW2. | China, Language, WW2 | $25 |
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12632 | Wei, Tchen, et Peng Houa | Les dux petits paons | Editions en Langues Estrangeres Pekin 1975 | Good. Faint creasing. | 7.25 x 8.25 inches, In French, the story of two peacocks. Lovely color illustrations by Tsiang Tie-feng, Kia Kouo-tchong et Wan Kaing-lin | China, Juvenile literature, French | $20 |
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15117 | Winslow, Carolyn | Tomorrow | The Youn g People's Missionary Society | Good. Light shelfwear and soiling on the covers. Faint creasing on the front cover. Owner's name in ink inside. | Free Methodist missionary in China in the 1930s. There are many b&w photos. | Missionary, Free Methodist, China | $20 |
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16775 | Winslow, Carolyn | Tomorrow | Young People's Missionary Society | Very good. In a good dust wrapper that has several short tears. | Missionary in China. There are many b&w photos. | China, Missionary | $20 |
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15677 | Wittwer, Sylvan and others | Feeding A Billion Frontiers Of Chinese Agriculture | Michigan State University Press | Very good. No dust wrapper | 7 x 10 inches, feeding China. There are many b&w photos and maps. | China, agriculture | $20 |
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12660 | Women Of China Staff | Special Issue Deep Mourning For Soong Ching Ling Honorary President Of The People's Republic Of China | Women of China Magazine | Good. Light creasing and soiling. A very short tear on the top of the front cover. | 7.5 x 10 inches with b&w photos, a special issue on the death of Soong Ching Ling. | China, Soong Ching Ling, ephemera | $20 |
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11433 | Yanshou, Li and Tian Shuqian, editors | Annals of China's Enterprise Register 1985 | China's Enterprises Register | Very good in a good, lightly worn dust wrapper. The dust wrappers has manufacturing wrinkles in the covering plastic. | This 7 x 10 inch hardback has 527 pages with many color illustrations, of Chinese Companies and industry in general | China, Industry | $30 |
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15466 | Yipin , Wu, editor | Life Styles of China's Ethnic Minorities | Peace Book Company Limited | Very good. In a fair to good shelf worn dust wrapper with scuffing and short tears. | 9.5 x 13 inches with beautiful photography, China's ethnic minorities | China, Ethnic minorities | $75 |
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16861 | Zi-Chang, Tang | Principles Of Conflict | T. C. Press | Good. No slip case, no plastic dust wrapper. | Appendices, fold out map , index and illustrations. "Recompilation and New english Translation With Annotation on Sun Zi's Art Of War." Bound in silk with faux? leather spine. | Sun Zi, Art of War, China | $500 |
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16862 | Zi-Chang, Tang | Poems Of Tang | T. C. Press | Very good. In very good slip case and plastic wrapper. | "600 Poems Written in Tang Style By Tang Poets Selected, Annotated, Translated and Illustrated by Tang Z-Chang." | Tang Poetry, Poetry, China | $125 |
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16863 | Zi-Chang, Tang | Poems Of Tang | T. C. Press | Very good. In very good slip case and plastic wrapper. Owner's address label. Owner is mentioned in the preface. | "600 Poems Written in Tang Style By Tang Poets Selected, Annotated, Translated and Illustrated by Tang Z-Chang." Blotter paper for the chop is present. | Tang Poetry, Poetry, China | $200 |
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16869 | Zi-Chang, Tang | Wisdom of Dao | T. C. Press | Good. A few pages have extensive creasing. They almost look like they were crumpled and then flattened. No plastic cover. In a slightly worn slip case. | Daoism and philosophy. There are b&w illustrations, one color illustration and appendices. | Daoism, philosophy, China | $100 |
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16878 | Zi-Chang, Tang | Wisdom of Dao | T. C. Press | Good. Has plastic cover and a slightly worn slip case. | Daoism and philosophy. There are b&w illustrations, one color illustration and appendices. | Daoism, philosophy, China | $150 |
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