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Vintage, October 1987. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. Shipping fee applies to first book, there is no additional shipping fee for addition books from our store. All of our books are in clean, readable condition (unless noted otherwise). Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store pricing. Being used books,… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

New York: Random House, 1987. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Salzman's first book, an interesting memoir of a young man's travels to mainland China to teach english and study Karate. Adapted into a movie of the same name which starred Salzman as himself. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Salzman on the title page.… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($16.95), closed tear at the top edge. Quarter black cloth with yellow paper on the boards, rubbed at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Salzman's book about his experiences in post-Cultural Revolution China.

Random House Publishing Group, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Random House, 1987. Later printing. Hardcover. Salzman's first book, an interesting memoir of a young man's travels to mainland China to teach english and study Karate. Adapted into a movie of the same name which starred Salzman as himself. A close to near fine copy with an owner signature to the front pastedown in a near fine… Read more about this item

NY: RANDOM HOUSE.. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394551567 . First edition. About fine in fine dust jacket. (Small & exceedingly faint stain & head of rear end-paper. ) Author's FIRST book. Adapted into a film starring the author. Blurb reads: "A young American encounters swordsmen, bureaucrats and other citizens of contemporary China." .

NY: Random House, Inc., 1986. Very clean and tight textblock; minimal edge wear. 211p.. 4th Printing. Wraps. Very Good+. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback.

SIGNED copy: third printing hardcover edition in dust jacket Signed and dated by Mark Salzman on the front free end page - otherwise unmarked; sound binding; clean 1/4 cloth cover bright gilt titling; little dj edge wear but no tears; flap price present HC17

New York: Random House, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Salzman's first book, an interesting memoir of a young man's travels to mainland China to teach english and study Karate. Adapted into a movie of the same name which starred Salzman as himself. An about very good copy with a tiny innocuous moisture stain to the base of the… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. A little edgewear along the bottom edges of the boards else fine in a fine dustwrapper. Author's well-regarded first book, an account of a young man in contemporary China.

Random House (NY), 1986. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Random House, 1987. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Salzman's first book, an interesting memoir of a young man's travels to mainland China to teach english and study Karate. Adapted into a movie of the same name which starred Salzman as himself. A fine copy in fine dust jacket.

New York: Vintage Departures, 1987. Later Printing . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Signed. A Very Good or better copy (owner's name) of this later paperback printing. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author (in Chinese and English).

New York: Random House, 1986. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this memoir of post-Cultural-Revolution China. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original quarter black cloth over papyrus-style boards. In original unclipped ($16.95) pictorial dust jacket. 211, [1] pages. Very light toning to jacket. Touch of soil to page edges. Interior clean, crisp, and bright. Sound… Read more about this item

Random House, 1986-12-12. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

New York:: Random House,, (1986.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very near fine dustjacket (gift inscription on front endpaper.). First printing. A beautifully written and perceptive account of Salzman's experiences in China from 1982, when he arrived in Hunan Province to teach English, to 1984 - or as the dust jacket describes it: … Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. 1st British Ed. . Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. Pages toning else quite nice.

Random House. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.