Chung Kuo Middle Kingdom by Wingrove David, First Edition (25 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. Jacket scuffed with light edgewear. Boards have only minor wear. Dedication page is wrinkled. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Author's first novel.First printing. DJ has minor edge wear and a small tear (repaired). Science Fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. Author's first novel.First printing. DJ has edge wear and small tears (repaired). Science Fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition with minor speckled discoloration along the top edge of the pages visible when the store is closed.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Paperback Printing. Mass market paperback, 654 pages; spine and back cover flat/uncreased, reader's crease and tiny bottom edge tear to front cover, tiny traces of shelf wear along spine, bookstore stamp on first non-text page, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout See also our other Wingrove Chung Kuo titles, and our several listings for Myst co-written with Rand Miller and Robyn Miller (buy two or more and save on postage!).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. (1st) Large, thicker, heavy book, red cloth spine, black boards, bright gilt lettering and design on spine, black color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 592 pages, bookplate upside down on reverse of final end paper. DJ has light wear to tips, very tiny nicks at spine edges, creased at bottom back tip. DJ glossy red front and back, black spine, green and gilt design on front. Near Very Good DJ/Fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. New English Library 1989 First Edition First Printing Bruised at base of spine and a couple of signatures differentially browned (as usual) else Fine book in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket with the price removed. ''. now at the turn of the twenty-second century, the Empire of the Han has encompasses all of the world. War, famine and political instability are things of the past. The Council of Seven - Han lords each more powerful than the greatest of the ancient Emperors - rule. with absolute authority, their boast that they have ended Change and stopped the Great Wheel turning. ''. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Toning to edges. Original and unclipped dust jacket has some rubbing to front and rear panels with light wear to extremities.

HARDCOVER. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD. 1ST EDITION. Delacorte, USA, 1990, hardcover, 1st edition, 1st printing, good book in a very good jacket, unclIpped jacket with slight spine cock, ex-lib with usual markings else unmarked with clean clear text, not remaindered, bookclub.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. 592p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Small faded spot at bottom of front cover, and several page corners bent. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly worn and has a small closed tear on the front panel, but is otherwise intact. A futuristic fantasy novel inspired by ancient China and Confucianism.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. The Middle Kingdom is the first in a seven-volume cycle of novels that tells the entire story of the world of Chung Kuo and the war of two directions. Book in Mylar cover. No remainder marks, no ink markings. NOT priced clipped. First edition, First Printing. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Mass Market Edition. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL. FIRST BOOK OF AN EIGHT VOLUME SERIES ABOUT A FUTURE CHINA. First Mass Market Paperback edition. 8th Printing. Flat creasing/surface wear on covers(not too severe). Slight peeling on cover turning points. Slight foxing and light soiling on page edges. Otherwise clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Creasing on exterior spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover First Edition Remainder mark on bottom edge of pages visible when book is closed. light blue stain near the back of book on the top of the page edges visible only when book is closed.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. fine in a fine dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Paperback Edition. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL. FIRST BOOK OF AN EIGHT VOLUME SERIES ABOUT A FUTURE CHINA. Large trade paperback. Second impression. Slight wear on cover edges. Slight marking/foxing on the top edges of the book's pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC48.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Binding black cloth with gilt lettering on spine; faint tanning to some of pages. Dj has some minor shelfwear and a couple of very short tears to top of rear cover and some mild rubbing; now protected inside a cover. Chung Kuo. For three thousand years, as the Great Wheel turned and a dozen mighty dynasties rose and fell, this was the name the Han - the Chinese - gave their land: Chung Kuo, the "Middle Kingdom". Now, at the turn of the twenty-second century, it has come to mean much more. For more than a hundred years, the Empire of the Han has encompassed all of the world, the earth's bloated population of 36 billion contained in its vast, hive-like cities. War, famine and political instability are things of the past. The Council of Seven - Han lords, each more powerful than the greatest of the ancient Emperors - rule Chung Kuo with an absolute authority, their boast that they have ended Change and stopped the Great Wheel turning. Yet at the moment of its supreme strength and confidence, Chung Kuo is suddenly vulnerable. A new generation of powerful young merchants begin to challenge the authority of the Seven, demanding Change. But Change means war and a return to the savageries of the past. The Middle Kingdom is the first volume in an epic future history, breathtaking in its scope. Criss-crossed by human patterns of love and betrayal, heroism and treachery, intrigue and excitement, it is one of the most outstanding achievements of recent times. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL. FIRST BOOK OF A SERIES ABOUT A FUTURE CHINA. Hard cover with dust jacket. SLIGHT WEAR ON dust jacket edges. Tanning and foxing on edges of pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL. FIRST BOOK OF AN EIGHT VOLUME SERIES ABOUT A FUTURE CHINA. SLIGHT WEAR ON dust jacket edges. Tanning to edges of some interior pages. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC61/O.

First Edition. Flat-signed and dated by David Wingrove, "19 August '89." Trim size = 6 x 9.5 x 1.5 inches. 8vo, black cloth, gold text to spine. Lower front corner of boards bumped. Back lower corner slightly rounded. Three small circular dents to back board and some rubbing. Two wrinkles to cloth that appear to be a manufacturing error. Some toning to sections of text block. 501pp. Very Good/Very Good. Mostly black pictorial dustjacket with white flaps; gold, white, and yellow text. Some wrinkling to head of spine, very minmal shelwear. Jacket is price-clipped to lower front flap, but a Hodder & Stoughton sticker price tag for £13.95 remains. Jacket is wrapped in a protective mylar cover. Book one of eight in the "Chung Kuo" series. Unless otherwise noted, any variations in color to images are due to photography shadows, not discoloration of item. [Sci-fi].

first edition 592pp NF (sl.bumps to corners w.v.sl.soiled edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.scuff to rear,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus 1st Printing. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked. THE ACCLAIMED EPIC OF THE FUTURE. SYNOPSIS: THE YEAR IS 2190. CHINA HAS ONCE AGAIN BECOME A WORLD UNTO ITSELF AND THIS TIME ITS ONLY BOUNDARY IS SPACE. The world is City Earth, ruled by the Seven, China's new kings. Beautiful, controlled, sensual, this high-tech society is rushing toward war between the forces of West and East, between the rebels who hunger for change and the overlords who demand stability, between the very powers of darkness and light. It will be an era of violent conflagration destined to expose the basest elements of human nature.and the highest dreams. An epic that draws us into an alternative world so real, so complete that we become denizens of the new Middle Kingdom, touched by longings we never imagined.driven by forces as ancient as man's first breath. NOT SINCE ASIMOV'S FOUNDATION BOOKS AND HERBERT'S DUNE HAS THERE BEEN SUCH A MAJESTIC AND POWERFUL VISION OF A BELIEVABLE OTHER WORLD.SEDUCTIVE, CHILLING, UNFORGETTBLE! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. David Wingrove- Chung Kuo ,Book 1- first u.k hardback printing - New English Library 1989. V.G jacket- not price cut but no price on jacket [ bar code on back] V.G boards- sharp corners- light push bottom of spine. Contents vg- uneven closed page board fading- small owner book plate inside front board- usual page browning due to quality of paper. First book in this long running series - authors debut novel and quite rare now.p.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jean Tuttle (illustrator). First Edition 1st Printing. BOOK: Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 0190. COVER DESIGN: Pentagram. CONTENTS: PROLOGUE Winter 2190--Yin/Yang; PART 1 Spring 2196--A Spring Day at the Edge of the World; PART 2 Spring 2198--Beneath the Yellow Springs; PART 3 Spring 2201--The Domain; PART 4 Summer 2201--Ice and Fire; EPILOGUE Summer 2202/Spring 2203--Mosaics; Author's Note; Glossary of Mandarin Terms; Acknowledgments; In Times to Come. SYNOPSIS: Only once in a generation does a work of imagination appear that is so textured, so complex, so dramatic and powerful that readers feel drawn into a complete, believable other world. Readers felt it when they discovered Isaac Asimov's Foundation books, Jean Auel's Earth's Children books, Frank Herbert's Dune books. Now, discover perhaps the most fascinating and colorful alternative world ever created: David Wingrove's Chung Kuo. Chung Kuo is a vast epic of the future--a wondrous blend of the exotic flavours of ancient China and the high-tech shine of cutting-edge futurism. In David Wingrove's vision of the distant future, the Chinese long ago took over the world and set out to attain "The peace of Ten Thousand Years" based on the tenets of New Confucianism. The seven ruling T'ang, or "Kings", rule the seven great cities by the traditional Chinese idea that peace is attained through strict order and stability. But many believe that their stability is a stagnating tyranny. One small group of European elite--calling themselves "Dispersionists"--begin a campaign to bring change into the world of Chung Kuo, and live out their deep-rooted Western need for progress. Chung Kuo is the epic story of this "War of Two Directions"--a grand conflict between the Western idea of progress and the Eastern belief in stability. In its pages we follow the fortunes of four young men from all walks of Chung Kuo society--from the son of a T'ang to a slave born in the rubble beneath the city's foundations--and it is their strengths, dreams, passions, and struggles that move this remarkable work to its stunning conclusion, and ultimately change the course of humankind. Chung Kuo: The Middle Kingdom is the first in a seven-volume cycle of novels that tells the entire story of the world of Chung Kuo and the War of Two Directions. David Wingrove is the co-author (with Brian Aldiss) of the Hugo Award-winning nonfiction work Trillion Year Spree. He lives in North London with his wife, Susan, and his daughters, Jessica and Amy. He has been working for the past six years on the Chung Kuo novels. The Middle Kingdom is his first work of fiction. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.