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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st. Cloth, 208 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. *** "Provides a detailed view of the Chinese emperor Ch'in Shih-huang-ti, and discusses how the discovery of an entire larger-than-life ceramic army buried with him, reveals many facts about ancient China." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES. The tomb of Ch'in Shih-huang ti; The land within the passes; Hsienyang and the Wei river valley; THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT. Feudal decline; the Ch'un Ch'iu period, 770-481 B.C.; The triumph of Ch'in; the Chan Kuo period, 481-221 B.C.; An age of intellectual turmoil; THE CH'IN EMPIRE. Ch'in Shih-huang-ti, the First Emperor of China; Li Ssu; Grand Councillor and guiding genius of Ch'in; The fall of the Ch'in Dynasty. Size: 8vo. Collectible.…