Search Results: my country and people by lin yutang

Blurb, 5/23/2019 12:00:01 A. paperback. Very Good. 1.0236 9.0945 5.9843.

Foreign Languages Teaching & Research Press, 2000. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedAcceptable. Shows wear such as frayed or folded edges, rips and tears, and/or worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages. Some foxing and/or discoloration around edges.

UsedGood. Bookplate inside the front cover. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing Pages are clean! The dust jacket is missing. The front text block edge is deckled Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

Dead Authors Society, 2020. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

J. Day Co, 1939. hardcover. Good. 8x6x1. Unmarked hardcover no jacket. Revised illustrated edition 18th impression. Owner's name.

William Heinemann Ltd, 1936. FAIR/NONE. Markings and soiling to this well bound hardcover second printing of Feb 1936

Halcyon House, 1938-01-01. hardcover. Used: Good.

John Day/Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: . 382 pages, 9th printing, 1936. Light wear; pages yellowed; a sound binding; good shape overall. The dust jacket is partially present but heavily chipped, torn and worn; in pieces. China. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Countries & Travel; Inventory No: 200347. .

New York: Halcyon House, 1938. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Red covers. 8vo, 382 pages.

London: Heinemann, 1942. Cloth covers clean. Previous owner's name on the front endpaper with pencil notes on the endpaper. 419 pages. Dustjacket is chipped at head of spine with small loss but has been repaired and plastic protected in a removable sleeve.. Reprint. Green Cloth. Very Good/Good. 5" x 7.5". Hard Back.

Heinemann, 1936. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This 1936 reprint is in good condition without dust jacket. Rubbing present to the top and bottom of the spine. Foxing present to the title pages and only sporadically throughout the book, with pages close to very good.

Benediction Classics, 2010. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. As New. As New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. This Classic Gives A Unique And Sweeping Insight Into Life In China, And In Particular The Differences Between China And The West. Chapters: The Chinese People And Their Origins, The Chinese Character, The Chinese Mind, Chinese Ideals And Religion, Woman's Life, Social And Political Life, Literature, Art And Architecture, The Pleasures Of Life, Home And Garden, Eating And Drinking, The End Of Life, The Search For Leadership, And The Way Out. The Author: Lin Yutang Was A Born Into A Christian Family, And After Choosing Taoism And Buddhism Returned To Christianity. He We Was Educated At Harvard, And Lived Most Of His Life In America, Primarily A Writer And Translator. His Translations Of Chinese Texts Were Popular In America. His Wife, (Lin Tsuifeng) Was A Cookbook Author Who Popularized Chinese Cooking In America.

International: William Heinemann Ltd., 1956 From the introduction: "One of the most important movements in China today is the discovery of their own country by young Chinese intellectuals. A generation ago the most progressive of their fathers were beginning to feel a stirring discontent with their own country. They were conscious, indeed the consciousness was forced upon them, that China as she had been in the past was not able to meet the dangerous and aggressive modernity of the West. I do not mean the political modernity so much as the march of economic, educational and military events. These Chinese fathers, fathers of the present generation in China, were the real revolutionists. They Forced out of existence the old dynastic rule, they changed with incredible speed the system of education, with indefatigable zeal they planned and set up a scheme of modern government. No ancient government under an emperor ever accomplished with more imperial speed such tremendous changes in so great a… Read More

Benediction Classics, 2010-08-12. Paperback. Used: Good.

John Day, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Very good plus hardcover in worn dust jacket. "Revised illustrated edition", Eighteenth printing. Minimal wear to hardcover, with no marks or names inside. Dust jacket has general wear with some sun-fade.

Day. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. A bit marked and worn. Soundly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

China.: Foreign Language and Teaching Press.. Reprint.. 2006.. 2 + 4 + 20 + 343pp, appendices, spine trifle sunned, edges little foxed, a very good paperback copy. Text in English with introduction in Chinese. .

Paperback. Very Good.