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The Fall of Shanghai; The Splendor and Squalor of The Imperial City of Trade and the 1949 Revolution That Swept an Era Away
by Noel Barber
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0698109961
- ISBN 13
- 9780698109964
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. , 1979 Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., New York. 1979. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Retired Public Library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on the half title page, the copyright page, and the textblock edges. Book Condition: Very Good; glue remnants on boards from DJ tape down; checkout pocket on RFFP. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($10.95); light edge bumping. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. 247 pp 8vo. Old Shanghai was the pearl of the Orient with wealth, entertainment and a thriving workforce until Mao Tse-tung's armies overtook the city in 1949, ran Chiang Kai-shek out, and ushered in an entirely new way of life than what was know under the British and the Nationalists. A clean very presentable copy with little library use in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010499
- Title
- The Fall of Shanghai; The Splendor and Squalor of The Imperial City of Trade and the 1949 Revolution That Swept an Era Away
- Author
- Noel Barber
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0698109961
- ISBN 13
- 9780698109964
- Publisher
- Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Shanghai, Nationalist China, Chiang Kai-shek, Madam Chiang, Communist China, Mao Tse-tung, Shanghai Club, Old Shanghai, Nanking, British Power, British colony,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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