Search Results: from opium war to liberation by epstein israel

Peking: New World Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 145 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and tan illustrated paper to boards. Wear to corners and edges, smudging, creasing on rear. Text block has light tanning to endpapers. 1369453. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Co 1980. 9620400038 . Third revised and enlarged edition 8vo 280 pages illustrated with black & white photographs. Fine black cloth and gilt hard back with fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. .

Peking: New World Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Brown paper-covered illustrated boards with brown cloth spine and gilt spine-lettering - some of which has been worn away. A "good only" copy of the first edition with heavy bumps to the corners and top edge, and general wear to the board edges. One small red mark spineward on the front cover. Binding and hinges are solid and the pages are clean and unmarked. 146 pp., indexed

New World Press, Peking, 1964. Ib. Npt

Peking: New World Press, 1964. Second edition (Enlarged and Revised). Hardcover. Octavo, 223 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and tan illustrated paper to boards. Wear to corners and edges, smudging. Text block has tanning to endpapers, name in ink on front pastedown, cracked rear hinge. 1369454. FP New Rockville Stock.

Peking: New World Press, 1964. Second Edition. 224 pp. White endpapers. Beige cloth with red titles. Bottom corners bumped, small stains. VG.

Paperback. Very Good.

London: China Today Press, 1997. 4th edition. Fine. small octavo. stiff wrappers iv + 303pp., b/w pls., maps,, index, Primarily the Chinese Civil War

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Peking: New World Press. 1956. Royal octavo, original illustrated cloth backed boards, lettering to spine faded, index, pp 146. Previous owner's bookplate. Tape marks to endpapers. Very good condition. A history of China from the Opium Wars of the 1840s through uprisings and civil wars through the 'War of Resistance against Japanese Imperialism' (1937-1945) and the 'Liberationary War" (1946-1949), with an emphasis on politics. Israel Epstein (1915 - 2005) was a Polish-born Chinese journalist and author. He was one of the few foreign-born Chinese citizens of non-Chinese origin to become a member of the Chinese Communist Party. 1st Edition. Cloth Backed Boards.

Hongkong: Joint Publishing, 1980. revised edition. Very Good. octavo. dust jacket 280pp., b/w pls., maps,

Hongkong: Joint Publishing, 1980. revised edition. Fine. octavo. dust jacket 280pp., b/w pls., maps,

Joint Pub. Co, 1980. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Joint Pub. Co, 1980. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New World Press Peking, 1964. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Written from the perspective of one of the few European members of the Communist Party there, this account of the century of humiliation in China is selective and thus incomplete but highly readable and frequently penetrating in the way characteristic of the time and ideology, especially when it comes to imperialism ....Small nicks to dust wrapper Size: Octavo . Category: Travel & Places; .

Peking [1956], New World. Buff cloth over pictorial boards, very good, 145p., index, English text. This is a highly pro-Chinese work, anti-Western imperialist powers. Covers a sympathetic view towards China, addressing the Old China, Opium, Warships & Missionaries 1840-1849. The Taiping Revolution 1850-1856. First failure of "Westernizat- ion" 1865-1895. The menace of partition 1895-1898. Reformist & disillusion 1898. The "Boxers" Rising of the people 1899- 1901. The monarch is overthrown 1911. Warlord reaction & new popular forces 1912-1918. The "May 4" movement of 1919: the new democratic revolution begins. The working class enters politics 1821-1923. Revolutionary united front 1923-1925. first revolutionary civil war 1925-1927. Second revolution- ary civil war 1927-1936. War of resistance 1937-1945. War of liberation 1946-1949. Afterword.Epstein was one of the early Americans to stay during the revolution, and work with the communists since about the early… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.