I LEFT MY ROOTS IN CHINA
Llewellyn, Bernard [B. 1919]
Verlag: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, 1953
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8vo. 175p. Frontispiece captioned black and white photo plus 14 captioned black and white photos throughout Author's Note and Index Brown cloth with gilt letters on the spine. Only hints of wear to extremities, spine gilt dulled, all photos present and in fine condition, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket very lightly shelfworn. "Driving lorries along the Burma Road and relief work in Free China enable the author to build up a vivid picture of a land that has fascinated travelers for centuries. His book is about China as it was during the war years and immediately after--about the land and its people not about the politicians. [from the dust jacket]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006741
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Titel: I LEFT MY ROOTS IN CHINA
Verlag: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1953
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition
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I Left My Roots in China.
Verlag:
George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London, 1953
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Hardcover
Anbieter: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Kanada
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 2nd Edition. This book has light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. There is very light foxing on the endpapers. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. States: "Second Impression, July 1953". 7 of 7 double sided pages of Illustrations + frontispiece. The dust jacket has wear, small chips, on the spine tips, cover corners & along the edges. 16s net on the flap. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4663 (Box 215)
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I Left My Roots in China
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The Oxford University Press, New York, 1953
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: About Books, Henderson, NV, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Very Good dust jacket. New York: The Oxford University Press, 1953. NOT a library discard. Very Good condition in an intact dust jacket that is Very Good but for light shelf wear. The jacket is protected by a clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($4.00). Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. 1953. First Printing of the First U.S. Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece photo and 14 additional captioned photo plates throughout. Author's Note. Index. Bound in the original brown boards, stamped in gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Driving lorries along the Burma Road and doing relief work in Free China enabled the author to build up a vivid picture of a land that has fascinated travelers for centuries. His book is about China as it was during the war years and immediately after -- about the land and its people, not about the politicians. He traveled widely -- by lorry and raft, by junk and train. He spent nights in tiny villages, visited lonely temples, and whiled away evenings in teashops and Chinese theaters.". First Printing of the First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 175pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. First Printing of the First U.S. Edition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 021299
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I Left My Roots in China
Verlag:
George Allen & Unwin., 1953
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: Nugget Box (PBFA), Stafford, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Complete with All Illustrations. Former Library copy, Usual stamps and markings, Library label & log sheet partially removed. Boards with creasing, rubbing, bumped corners, marks and scratches. Top, Tail and Fore edge tanned/spotting. Name written in ink on top of fep, binding looks to have been reinforced by library. Endpapers and inside boards with marks. Pages with age discolouration and odd mark, A Good personal copy. **485g** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 18850
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I Left My Roots in China
Verlag:
Allen & Unwin London 1953, 1953
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
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1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 175pp., frontis., b/w plates, index, Author drove lorries along the Burma Road & did relief work in Free China during WW2. Fine account of Chinese life on the eve of Revolution. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers A116375
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I Left My Roots in China
Verlag:
George Allen & Unwin., 1953
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Good. 1953. First Edition. 175 pages. Orange dust jacket with black lettering over brown cloth. B&W photographs throughout. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners. Minor tanning, staining and soiling to DJ. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1719815784ADA
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I Left My Roots in China
Verlag:
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1953, 1953
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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[Far East Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.176. With eight black and white photographic plates including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth over boards with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 16s. Very light spotting to edges and endpapers. Light spotting and browning to rear jacket panel, with some light toning to spine and a few chips and closed tears to top edge. Very good. Concerning the author's experiences living and working in wartime and post-war China. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 55365
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I LEFT MY ROOTS IN CHINA.
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New York 1953, Oxford Univ. Brown cloth, sun faded, 175p., index, 30 b.w. photos, contents clean. The primary account of his life, experiences and adventures while residing there. Reflections on the Burma Road, Yunnan, Kunming, through fever valley to Paoshan, charcoal burning vehicles, delousing the Chinese army, foreign missionary wo- men in Pichieh, West China mission stations, lepers of Sala- ach'i, the Yunnan-Kewichow highway, of temples and Chinese hills in Kweilin. Cities on the Yangtse, Chengtu, Szechwan, famine on the Yellow River, down to the Pearl River, on to Wuchow & Canton, Hankow holiday, Hong Kong & Peking sojourn & good descriptions of those cities and its sights. An excellent first-hand account of the country in the immediate post world War II period, while the communists were just consolidating their control in the distant parts of China. Useful. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 98163601
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I Left My Roots in China
Verlag:
New York: Oxford University Press, 1953
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: Ethnographics, Georgetown, TX, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edn; hb 8vo brown cloth gilt spine titles unread VG/vg dj: 175p. Frontispiece captioned black and white photo plus 14 captioned black and white photos throughout Author's Note and Index ; The primary account of his life, experiences and adventures while residing there. Reflections on the Burma Road, Yunnan, Kunming, through fever valley to Paoshan, charcoal burning vehicles, delousing the Chinese army, foreign missionary women in Pichieh, West China mission stations, lepers of Sala- ach'i, the Yunnan-Kewichow highway, of temples and Chinese hills in Kweilin. Cities on the Yangtse, Chengtu, Szechwan, famine on the Yellow River, down to the Pearl River, on to Wuchow & Canton, Hankow holiday, Hong Kong & Peking sojouorn & good descriptons of those cities and its sights. An excel- lent first-hand account of the country in the immediate post world War II period, while the communists were just consoli- dating their control in the distant parts of China.;Llewellyn knew only wartime China (WW2), but was mightily taken. Illustrated with the author's photographs. Interesting chiefly for his view of the people in the villages; definitely not a name-dropper postwar book;The author served in the Friends Ambulance Unit's China Convoy from the end of 1941 until the final months of 1944. He returned to China in November 1945 working as a Medical Supply Officer with UNRRA Mission until mid 1947. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 210815v100
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