Storia

Contemporary Africa and Political Leaders

Uku-Wertimer, Skyne · 1988 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Littleton: Copley Publishing, 1988. Light edgewear otherwise near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., A contemporary examination on a country-by-country basis of the demographics and biographic sketches of the then current political leaders of 56 Afr...

Shadows of Africa

Matthiessen, Peter & Mary Frank · 1992 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1992. Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Through African Doors

Jahn, Janheinz · 1962 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY: Grove Press, 1962. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ small open tear & closed tears otherwise good dust jacket., An insightful below the surface look at African culture.

Preparing for the Twenty-First Century

Kennedy, Paul · 1993 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

NY: Random House, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Procession

Gunther, John · 1965 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Harper & Row, 1965. 1st printing of 1st edition., A small gutter separation on top cover edge otherwise near fine hard cover book/ small stain on front dust jacket panel otherwise very good+ dust jacket., Interviews and essays on the great leaders of the world from the 30'...

The Great Offensive

Hindus, Maurice · 1933 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

NY: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1933. 2nd printing., Small tear on dust jacket spine otherwise very good+ hard cover book/ no dust jacket.

An Eye for the Dragon: Southeast Asia Observed: 1954-1970

Bloodworth, Dennis · 1970 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$2.00 (€1.81 | £1.51 | ¥319)

NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1970. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ short closed tear otherwise near fine dust jacket., One of the more interesting contemporary accounts of the region.

Chinese Village Close-Up

Tung, Fei Hsaio · 1983 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Beijing: New World Press, 1983. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket., Tung conducted his original research in 1936 in a village in Jiangsu province & published Peasant Life in China. He re-visited the village in 1957 at ...

Red Dragon Rising: Communist China's Military Threat to America

Timperlake, Edward & William C Triplett II · 1999 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Regnery, 1999. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book/ light scuff on front dust jacket panel otherwise near fine dust jacket., China's political, military & covert actions towards the United States.

The South China Silk District: Local Historical Transformation and World-System Theory

So, Alvin Y · 1986 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Albany: State University of New York, 1986. 1st paperback edition., Light foxing on page edges (not effecting page margins or text) otherwise clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., An examination of the culture from production, soci...

Freedom's Gateway

Leynse, James P · 1957 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Claremont: Creative Press, 1957. Slight darkening along the top edge otherwise near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Inscribed by author on half title page.

Genghis Khan: the Emperor of All Men

Lamb, Harold · 1927 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$3.00 (€2.72 | £2.27 | ¥479)

Garden City: Garden City Publishing, 1927. reprint., Front hinge separating (but intact) otherwise good hard cover book/ no dust jacket.

Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism: 1921-1965 Volume II (Lo Jui-Ch'Ing to Yun Tai-Ying) Only

Klein, Donald W & Anne B Clark · 1971 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Cambridge: Harvard University, 1971. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Fine hard cover book/ light edgewear otherwise very good+ dust jacket., Biographies on 433 of the most prominent Chinese Communist figures.

The People of Taihang: an Anthology of Family Histories

Greenblatt, Sidney L · 1976 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

White Plains: International Arts & Sciences Press, 1976. 1st printing of 1st edition., Foxing on first & last two pages otherwise very good hard cover book/ no dust jacket., The Taihang Mountains straddle the border between Shansi and Hopei provinces; it's a harsh terrain and ...

China's Economic Development: the Interplay of Scarcity and Ideology

Eckstein, Alexander · 1976 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Ann Arbor House: University of Michigan Press, 1976. 1st paperback edition., Previous owner's ink name on inside front cover otherwise clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., From the reviews. this volume contains some of the most im...

The Man of the Renaissance

Roeder, Ralph · 1961 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Time, 1961. reprinted edition., Light foxing otherwise very good paperback in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., A reprint of the 1933 edition.

Medieval People

Power, Eileen · 1963 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Barnes & Noble, 1963. 1st edition thus., Light wear at base of spine otherwise near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

The Travels of Marco Polo [the Venetian]

Komroff, Manuel Editor And Who Also Provided The Introduction · 1926 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

NY: Boni & Liveright, 1926. 2nd printing., Front hinge cracked but intact & light spinewear otherwise very good hard cover book/ no dust jacket., Komroff's corrections to Marsden's classical 1818 translation.

Middle Ages

Guerber, HA · 1986 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

NY: Avenel, 1986. reprint., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., After the fall of the Roman empire, classical Greek & Roman mythology & legend was gradually replaced by new stories of indigenous people. Guerber critiques the earliest European poem in a vernacular langua...

Medieval Portraits From East and West

Duckett, Eleanor Shipley · 1972 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Ann Arbor House: University of Mich, 1972. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Fine hard cover book/ light soiling on rear dust jacket panel & closed tear otherwise very good+ dust jacket., Biographic sketches of fifteen leading medieval figures.