Search Results: Minor Heresies, Major Departures by John Espey

Berkeley, California: U. of California Press. Good+. 1994. Hardback. 0520082508 . 349 pages .

Berkeley, CA: Univ of California Pr, 1994. Light shelf wear to dj. Close to as new. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley: University of California. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Thus. Hardcover. 0520082508 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Berkeley: Univ. of California, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Octavo (standard book size). Photographs. Some very light spots of soiling on the covers. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 358 pages. Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 pounds or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Religion & Theology. ISBN/EAN: 9780520082502. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.

Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1994. First Thus Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An American boy, son of Presbyterian missionaries, was born in Shanghai early in this century. The boy lived two lives, one within the pious church compound, the other along the canal and in the alleys of a traditional Chinese city. There he faced the alley brats' Lady Bandit, heard the shrill screams of a child's foot-binding, learned rank obscenities from passing boatmen, and, while still in short pants, chewed Sen-Sen and ogled snake-charmers in the old Native City. He sailed up the Yangtze to attend boarding school, and along with his Boy Scout patrol, met Chiang Kai-shek. And when John Espey grew up, he wrote about his years in China. This memoir is the story of those years, and while it is a wry, affectionate account, it also conveys an often overlooked picture of China in the years before communism. Seen through the eyes of a child, the… Read More

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo., 349pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no chipping, tears or creases. A gorgeous collectable copy.

Berkeley: Univ. Of California Press. Hardcover. 1994. 1st Edition. 8vo 349pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. As a boy in China in the early part of this century, Espey traveled by steamboat up the Yangtze to boarding school, dodged gunfire coming downriver in 1926, and, along with the rest of his Boy Scout patrol, met Chiang Kai-shek .

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling.. x, 349, [7] p. Illustrations. An American boy, son of Presbyterian missionaries, was born in Shanghai early in this century. The boy lived two lives, one within the pious church compound, the other along the canal and in the alleys of a traditional Chinese city. There he faced the alley brats' Lady Bandit, heard the shrill screams of a child's foot-binding, learned rank obscenities from passing boatmen, and, while still in short pants, chewed Sen-Sen and ogled snake-charmers in the old Native City. He sailed up the Yangtze to attend boarding school, and along with his Boy Scout patrol, met Chiang Kai-shek. And when John Espey grew up, he wrote about his years in China. This memoir is the story of those years, and while it is a wry, affectionate account, it also conveys an often overlooked picture of China in the years… Read More