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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little Brown, 1949 !Fine, Pages clean and bright. Binding tight, Cover clean. No remainder marks, no shelf wear, no surprises. No dust jacket. Same day shping.!

MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book club. Very good in an about Very good dustwrapper. Yellowing. Dustwrapper rubbed with small tears. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1949. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; no edge wear, covers extremely clean and bright, binding tight, text perfect. DJ is VERY GOOD ; some edge wear, covers very clean and bright, spine lightly sunned. Politics. Stax.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1949. First Edition. First? Printing. good. 23 cm, 244, endpaper maps, footnotes, index, press cuttings pasted on rear endpaper. Examines the situation in Asia in the post World War II era, giving "a brilliant description country by country, and as a whole" while noting that as of 1949 "most of Asia is out of control as far as the Western nations are concerned. "

Boston : Little, Brown, 1949. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 244 pages; Description: 244 p. : map (on lining-papers) ; 20 cm. Subjects: Eastern question (Far East) --Asia --Politics and government.

Boston 1949, Little. Cloth, very good, index, 243p. Covers the ruins of Empire, its heritage, legacy of World War II, nationalism & revolution, Russia's frontier in Asia, Japan is nobody's ally, war & revolution in China. China, Russia & America. Beachheads of empire. The essentials of an American policy in Asia. * Fascinating account by the foremost scholar on Mongolia, Xinkiang [Xinjiang], and China in view of the Communist take over of China. Scholarly essays. * Lattimore was a well-respected scholar who was fluent in both Chinese and Mongolian. No small feat at the time. He was also well-underwritten by some of the most famous institutions who sponsored his research and Central Asian travels. His books are authoritative, fascinating and give keen insights to the complex relationships in Central Asia, the political forces, the cultural variations of the divergent peoples and the geography. His works are a valuable resource for areas largely neglected at the time mostly because… Read More

Boston: Atlantic-Little, (April) 1949. Stated first edition. Red cloth, green map eps. 12mo. pp. [x], 248. Index. Near Fine/Good++/Unclipped price in mylar. One closed tear, traces of rubbing to bright jacket..

Boston 1949, Little. Grey cloth, very good, 243p., index,dj. in mylar protector, a superbly clean, bright copy, 13 x 19.5 cm. FIRST EDITION Covers the ruins of Empire, its heritage, legacy of World War II, nationalism & revolution, Russia's frontier in Asia, Japan is nobody's ally, war & revolution in China. China, Russia & America. Beachheads of empire. The essentials of an American policy in Asia. * Fascinating account by the foremost scholar on Mongolia, Xinkiang [Xinjiang], and China in view of the Communist take over of China. Scholarly essays. * Lattimore was a well-respected scholar who was fluent in both Chinese and Mongolian. No small feat at the time. He was also well-underwritten by some of the most famous institutions who sponsored his research and Central Asian travels. His books are authoritative, fascinating and give keen insights to the complex relationships in Central Asia, the political forces, the cultural variations of the divergent peoples and the geography.… Read More