Worthing Peter (48 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition hardcover in good condition: boards peeking at four corner tips, owner's name inside the front cover, smudges inside the back cover, text unmarked, tiny edge nick. 414 pages. 1947 reprinting. [1.3 lbs]. Book.

Early reprint (first published by Vanguard Press, Inc.). [6], 309 pages. Hardcover: H 19cm x L 12.75cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Blue boards with orange lettering to spine and front board; scuffing at spine ends, along spine joints, and at board edges particularly bumped corners. Pale yellow top edge; text block edges foxed. Gutter toning to endpapers; past owner's pencil note on front free endpaper; most but not all interior leaves have a vertical foxing pattern likely resulting from aging and publisher Black's utilization of lower grade paper. Binding is firm. Relatively obscure mystery novel by Peter Hunt which was a collective pseudonym for screenwriter-author George Worthing Yates (1901-1975) and author Charles Hunt Marshall.…

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. General He Yingqin. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Good dj. Reprint. [a good sound copy, very slight bumping to lower tips, one-time owner's ink notes regarding date & place of purchase plus brief comment at top of front endpaper, on which there also appears the signature of a previous owner; NOTE also that the pages have a kind of brownish striation lines; the jacket is edgeworn, faded at the spine (but all text still readable), with light soiling and tiny bits of paper loss at several corners, a couple of closed tears internally tape-repaired]. "An Alan Miller Mystery," as were all three books by this admittedly psudonymous author, all of which were published in 1933 and 1934. (This title was originally issued by The Vanguard Press.) Alan Miller is described in the jacket blurb as "that oddity among detectives, a Chief of Polie in a suburban town whose wholesomeness and normalcy are a refreshing contrast to the prevalent crop of supersensitive sleuths." The book itself is described as a "somewhat unusual book -- an intelligent mystery story which has a considerable degree of urbanity and humor intermingled with an exhilarating series of thrilling and puzzling events." (For all those claims, though, it does follow a kind of Philo Vance-y style, by presenting the reader with detailed floor plans of the scene of the crime.) Co-author Yates, who was also quite active as a Hollywood screenwriter, later wrote a few additional mysteries under his own name; his collaborator Marshall apparently did not. The rear jacket flap biography of "Peter Hunt" is pretty funny: while admitting that the name is a pseudonym, it presents a long laundry list of the author's vitae -- schools, jobs (dozens!), etc. (I would tentatively assume these to be Yates's details -- "scenario writer" is buried in the middle of the list of jobs -- but haven't researched this.) It's possible this might have been some sort of book club edition: there is no printed price on the jacket, and the rear-panel blurb announces another title, "Coming Next Month," and in the fine print stating its availability "to members exclusively.".…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 202 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9781557290724.

Condition: New. pp. 324.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. 3� Edición. John Wiley and Sons, 1955. Texto en inglés. Física. Libros de estudio y textos para la universidad y escuelas superiores. Ingeniería. Ilustrado. 501 pp. 23 x 15. Tela editorial tapa dura con dorados en lomo de editorial ilustrada. Sin subrayados ni anotaciones. Buen estado de conservación.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback, viii + 316 pages, b&w maps in text, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Minor internal creasing; gentle handling wear to the covers. Straight uncreased spine. -- This book offers the first full‑length scholarly biography of General He Yingqin, one of the most influential figures in the Nationalist regime. It traces his military and political career from the final years of the Qing dynasty through the rise of the Kuomintang, the Northern Expedition, the Nanjing Decade, and the war against Japan. As Chiang Kai‑shek's close associate, He commanded the National Revolutionary Army during major campaigns, helped consolidate power after the 1927 split with the Communists, and served in high government and military posts during the Second Sino‑Japanese War. The study also examines He's controversial role in the civil war and in the eventual collapse of Nationalist power on the mainland. Drawing on Chinese and Western archival sources, it combines narrative biography with analysis of factional politics, military strategy, and state‑building. The work contributes to scholarship on modern Chinese history by reassessing both He Yingqin's rise and his political and military limitations, situating them within the larger story of Nationalist China's decline.…

Condition: New. pp. 320.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 316 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. 320.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Condition: New. pp. 320.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 240p.

Condition: New. 2018. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - A revisionist study of the career of General He Yingqin, one of the most prominent military officers in China's Nationalist period (1928-49) and one of the most misunderstood figures in twentieth-century China. Western scholars have dismissed He Yingqin as corrupt and incompetent, yet the Chinese archives reveal that he demonstrated considerable success as a combat commander and military administrator during civil conflicts and the Sino-Japanese War. His work in the Chinese Nationalist military served as the foundation of a close personal and professional relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, with whom he worked closely for more than two decades. Against the backdrop of the Nationalist revolution of the 1920s through the 1940s, Peter Worthing analyzes He Yingqin's rise to power alongside Chiang Kai-shek, his work in building the Nationalist military, and his fundamental role in carrying out policies designed to overcome the regime's greatest obstacles during this turbulent period of Chinese history.…

Condition: New. 2018. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . .

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. War and the military have played central roles in shaping modern Chinese history. Warfare and the military have figured decisively in the rise and fall of imperial dynasties, the suppression of internal revolts, the emergence of revolutionary movements, and the conduct of China's foreign relations, all of which have shaped China's modern history. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526. . 2007. hardcover. . . . .…

Hardback. Condition: New. War and the military have played central roles in shaping modern Chinese history. Worthing demonstrates how these factors have figured decisively in the rise and fall of imperial dynasties, the suppression of internal revolts, the emergence of revolutionary movements, the conduct of China's foreign relations, the development of political parties, the structure of governments, the rise of nationalism and the drive for modernization, all of which have shaped so much of China's modern history.War and the military have played central roles in shaping modern Chinese history. As Worthing demonstrates, the consequences of war and defeat, in both internal and external conflicts, have largely determined the course of history in China, especially in the period since the rise of the Manchu dynasty in the 17th century. Understanding the military history of China is, therefore, essential to an understanding of the Chinese state that is now emerging as a 21st-century military and economic power. Organized chronologically, this book is divided into three sections designed to reveal the manner in which war and the military have influenced the course of Chinese history.…