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The Walled Kingdom: A History of China from 2000 BC to the Present
by Rodzinski, Witold
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0006540430
- ISBN 13
- 9780006540434
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About This Item
London, England: Flamingo/Fontana Paperbacks, 1984. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean pictorial wrappers with Great Wall of China on front, slight wear around edges, no creases, no tears, no marks of any kind. Pages intact and clean, free from any underlining,no highlighting, no marginalia, lightly toned. Tight & solid glued binding. A narrative history of China beginning with the earliest times; it traces the evolution of Chinese society and civilization through successive dynasties to the period of decay and exploitation by the West in the 19th century. Particular attention is given to events since 1900: the civil wars of the twenties and thirties, the emergence of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the rule of Mao, the bitter years of the cultural revolution and its aftermath. 450 pages with index. 5 x 7.8 inches. Flamingo/Fontana Paperbacks, London, England, 1984.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020524
- Title
- The Walled Kingdom: A History of China from 2000 BC to the Present
- Author
- Rodzinski, Witold
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0006540430
- ISBN 13
- 9780006540434
- Publisher
- Flamingo/Fontana Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- CHINA, HISTORY; HISTORY, CHINA;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. China;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Marginalia
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- Trade Paperback
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...