800,000,000 THE REAL CHINA
by TERRILL, ROSS
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Little, Brown and Co, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Little, Brown and Co., 1972. Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Diverse photographs throughout of Chinese people, public figures, activities, sports, etc. This book is the product of Ross Terrill's trip to China in 1971, as one of the first correspondents for an American publication (Atlantic Monthly) to be admitted after Peking opened its doors. Binding of green cloth with gilt titles, tight sewn binding, very clean, no marks, lightly rubbed on some edges. Map of China on endpapers. Internals very clean and completely unmarked. Jacket clean on front, back is dingy, with light corner and edgewear and a tear about 2 inches long along the center of the front spine as it folds over the front board. Protected with a mylar cover. Interesting illustration of Chinese scene on jacket. 235 pages. 1972, Little, Brown and Company, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003051
- Title
- 800,000,000 THE REAL CHINA
- Author
- TERRILL, ROSS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Co
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHINA; HISTORY, CHINESE; CHOU EN-LAI; KUO MO-JO; PEKING; CULTURAL REVOLUTION;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. China;
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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