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Toronto, Published by the Author, 1953, trade paperback, xvi- 464 pp, First Canadian Edition stated, Good condition in pictorial card covers. Straight, tight and clean, age-toned all round, wrinkles to spine, rubs, edge nicks. The Canadian-born School Board Trustee, United Church missionary, and veteran of 22 years in China during one of its most turbulent periods, revisits the country with her husband in 1952 and, based on face-to face interaction with business people, government leaders, peasants, trade unionists, teachers, and other citizens, presents a basically positive overview of the energy and enthusiasm among the Chinese people that she observed first-hand during their time in Peking, Nanking, Shanghai and other locations. Profusely illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Numerous factual appendices included.
FIVE STARS OVER CHINA: THE STORY OF OUR RETURN TO NEW CHINA by Endicott, Mary Austin - 1953
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FIVE STARS OVER CHINA: THE STORY OF OUR RETURN TO NEW CHINA
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TORONTO, CANADA: BY AUTHOR. VG-. 1953. FIRST CANADA. TRADE PAPERBACK; B&W PHOTOS; COVERS ARE LIGHTLY WORN AT EDGES AND CORNERS; STICKER REMAINDER TO FRONT COVER .
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Toronto, Ontario: the author, 1953. 464p. paperback, mildly worn and soiled wraps.
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Toronto: Author, 1953. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 464 pp, some soiling & signs of dampstaining; signed by author on title page. [97]
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(Toronto 1953).. 464 S., mit zahlr. Abb., ill. OKart., leicht angeschmutzt, Rückendeckel zur Hälft vom Buchblock gelöst, berieben.
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Toronto: Author, 1953. First Canadian Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good -. xvi, 464 pp, illus, inscribed by the author's husband, James G. Endicott to a couple in Prague in 1953; shows some wear, little soiling, few ink notations on the back cover. [97]
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Toronto: Self-Published / Mary Austin Endicott, 1953. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 464 pages. Numerous black and white reproductions of interesting photos. After spending twenty-two years as a missionary family in China, the author's family returned there for four months in 1952 to meet old friends and make new ones, including businessmen, government leaders, Christians, peasants, trade unionists, and teachers. - back cover. Above-average but not excessive wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy reading copy..
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