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Journey Into China
by Kenneth Danforth, Editor
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0870444492
- ISBN 13
- 9780870444494
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society , 1982 National Geographic Society, Washington, DC. 1982. Hardcover. First Edition/Deluxe Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; slight flaking of gilt lettering on spine. No DJ. Red leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and Chinese dragon on the front board. Pictorial Chinese endpapers; red satin pagemarker; gilt textblock edges. Laid in is a "The Peoples of China" map in excellent condition. 518 pp 4to. Done as only NG can, this book is designed to showcase the New China and erase the old stereotypes. China has been on the grow ever since President Nixon normalized relations with Communist China in 1972. This book shows the physical and cultural attractions of the county and the demeanor of the people who are pouring their efforts in to advancing China further into the 20th Century. A clean very presentable copy. No International Shipping.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011544
- Title
- Journey Into China
- Author
- Kenneth Danforth, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0870444492
- ISBN 13
- 9780870444494
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- China, Communist China, President Nixon, capitalism in China, Great Wall, China economy, china social accomplishments, human rights in China, Tiananmen Square, communism, Chairman Mao, forced labor, religious freedom in China,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
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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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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