Fall Shanghai by Barber (47 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardback. Condition: Fair.

Condition: Very Good. 1st American ed. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardback. Condition: Fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good complete DJ.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1979 hardcover with dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION stated. UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked, well-bound pages. Jacket shows minor shelf-rubbing and minor edge wear only. This is NOT an ex-library book. Overall, a very good, sturdy copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st US. Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Hardcover. Fall of Shanghai: Communist Takeover in 1949.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1979 First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Dust Jacket. Wearing and prominent rubbing on covers and spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. DJ is Good with some wearing. Includes four maps. 248p.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, decorated endpapers. Illustrated with B&W photographs. . Former owner's name written on ffep, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket shows mild wear around corners and head and heel of spine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. . Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 248 pp.…

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. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0333247817.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ condition. Very Good+ dust jacket. First American Edition (so stated). New York:: Coward, McMann & Geoghegan , 1979. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. No chips. No tears. NOT price clipped (10.95). Pages are fresh and clean but for previous owner's name on front endpaper. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 4 maps and 8 pages of photos. Endpapers show a panoramic view of the Shanghai waterfront. True story of the 1949 Communist takeover of China's greatest city. Chronology. Bibliographical references. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "The takeover, when it came, was quick, as expected. But the crushing strictness that followed was jolting. 'On May 24,' wrote one diarist, 'you could bribe everyone in Shanghai. On May 26 you could bribe no one - for perhaps the first time in a hundred years.'" Bound in the original blue cloth. . First American Edition (so stated). Hard Cover. Very Good+ condition./Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo. 248pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in good condition- with jacket. Pages in good clean condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. No DJ. Clean, no writing, no marks.

Hardback. Dust Jacket, Both in Very Good condition.Black cloth boards with gold lettering to spine. Pictorial Dust Jacket, not price clipped. 251 pages. Illustrated. End papers show the famous waterfront of Shanghai. Even in the summer of 1948, when the Communists were surging south towards the Yangtze, the great city of Shanghai was still flaunting its unconcern with the future - 'as though its six million inhabitants had closed a collective eye to the civil war around it and were determined that, until the enemy reached the gates, the city would remain in all its glory, a last oasis of yesterday in the China of tomorrow. It was a city ripe for a Communist takeover. Noel Barber tells the story of how the Red Army's advance gathered momentum as one by one the corrupt Nationalist leaders surrendered their forces, handing over their American equipment often without a fight, of the Red Army's crossing of the Yangtze, and how the British frigate Amethyst was caught in it, of the almost bloodless taking of Shanghai and how the city changed its face overnight, Above all he shows how it affected the lives of the people whose home this was and who in many cases stayed on to the bitter end - sometimes with tragic results.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1980 Readers Union Edition. Communist takeover of 1940, 251 pages. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Light shelf and corner wear, Back page appears to have water marking, Book has usual marking and attachments as it is a ex-Library book, Text otherwise appears clean, Binding is in good sturdy condition. 248 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; ISBN: 0698109961. ISBN/EAN: 9780698109964. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561016352. …

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and light toning.

First Edition. Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims, with some remaining library marks. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description; 251 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Illustrations on lining papers. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Shanghai (China) History, 1948-1949. China History Civil War, 1945-1949. Shanghai (China) Foreign community History. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims, with some remaining library marks. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description; 251 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Illustrations on lining papers. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Shanghai (China) History, 1948-1949. China History Civil War, 1945-1949. Shanghai (China) Foreign community History. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 251pp, illustrated, page edges browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper; ISBN: 0333247817.

Condition: Good. Light scuffs & scratches to the jacket. Light wear to the board edges. Leaning spine. Tanned & foxed textblock edge. Content is in very good, clean condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete.

First edition. hardcover octavo (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…