China Now, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fourth Printing. Black boards with photocovered unclipped jacket; A fine clean sound unmarked copy except for author's signature on title page; Jacket is also fine, slightly discoloured on top back and spine but no chips/tears; 405 pages with index; Illiust.by b/w photos on endboards and throughout book; The Canadian author's life spent as a self described Starry eyed Maoist who spent 8 years in China as a student and worker, before returning to Canada where eventually she would return to Beijing as a journalist. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. The book is inscribed and signed by the author on the full title page. The book is near fine with very slight edge wear and a name and address on the dedication page in a very good dust jacket with slight edge wear and a damp stain to the reverse of the back at lower edge. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. The book is inscribed and signed by the author on the full title page. The book is near fine with very slight edge wear in a near fine dust jacket with very slight edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, Seventh Printing. The book is inscribed and signed by the author on the full title page. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good. 405 pages. Cover slightly worn, Foxing Signed by Author. na as a starry-eyed Maoist in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. A t rue believer--and one of only two Westerners permitted to enroll at Beijing Univ.

First Edition. CHINA NOW, Published by the Author, 1991, first edition, two small fold creases to the front cover, else fine in stapled wraps. A personal report on the trip Williamson took to China to attend the World SF meeting in Chendu. Along with a 65 word TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the author. Scarce.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. (1927). Slim 4to. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by Bahr. Gently arched bend to bottom of textblock and boards. Darkening to textblock edges. Over opening to last gutter. Spotting to last leaf. Slight darkening, light bumping, and wear to edges of rubbed and lightly scratched rear board with bumping to forecorners resulting in slight creasing and exposure to bottom forecorner. Light bumping and wear to edges, forecorners and spine ends of front board resulting in series of creases to board bottom corner with slightly more significant exposure. Dark abrasion along one crease at front board bottom corner. Series of small, faint dampstains with dark edges to center of front board bottom 1/3, along center of joint, and along fore edge. Circular patch of sticker remnant and soiling to front board near top forecorner. G. INSCRIBED.

Boards. 1st edition. 1st ed., quarto, pp.51, (xxxvi, col & b&w plates), some foxing to prelims and first plate, original gilt decorated bds., cup stain to front bd., very good condition, bookplate of Western Australian Anthropologist, D'Arcy Ryan, and presentation copy signed by one of the authors, Abel William Bahr, London, 30 October 1930, to A.E. Cooper. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was born in Shanghai to a German father and a Chinese mother. In 1898 he established the Central Trading Company and became one of the most important collectors of Chinese art, organizing exhibitions with items from his own collection. This copy originally from the library of British artist, Alfred Egerton Cooper* (1883-1974), best known for his portrait painting of Sir Winston Churchill "Profile for Victory" which was later reproduced as a propaganda poster.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo, 26.5*19.7cm, 51p, 36 plates. Both SIGNED and INSCRIBED by A.W. Bahr and the inscription travels over an original photo of A. W. Bahr, which was taken in Soochow of China. Corners of boards show some wear, top and bottom edges of spine with minimal fraying. Extremely rare. Inscribed by Author(s).