H a Van Dorn (3 results)

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean copy, publisher's green cloth gilt, lightly rubbed. Book is sound but contents slightly shaken. No inscriptions. xiv + 309 pages, plates, index. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; wales; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24292.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The scarce first UK edition of H. A. Van Dorn's fascinating study of China in the first part of the twentieth century, illustrated with photographic plates. The scarce first UK edition of this work, which was first published in the US the year prior.Illustrated with twenty photographic plates. Collated, complete.Chapters of this work are devoted to political, educational, social, religious and economic progress within early twentieth century China, painting a portrait of successful development and advancement, describing a 'renaissance of thought, traditions and ideals that is underway and moving with a rapidity which was perhaps never been equalled in the history of the world among so large a group.The author was an Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Shelf wear to back strip tail, bump to back strip head, and light rubbing to front joint head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…