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PEARL OF CHINA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bloomsbury, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about Pearl Buck and a friendship she formed as a child, the daughter of missionaries, with the young daughter of a destitute Chinese family, a friendship which survived even when Pearl and her family were forced to flee China, and the years of the Mao regime, when Willows "imperialist ties" threatened her and her husband's career. 275 pp. ISBN: 978-1596916975.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (tiny peeled spot on spine of dj)
Book ID: 79318More details Price: $17.50 -
KATHERINE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Riverhead Books, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel (second book), the story of an American woman who comes to China to teach English. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 241 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0051.
Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (book is tight and straight, but there has been bleeding from the red cloth spine to the interior of the dust jacket and to the lower edges of a few pages.)
Book ID: 47151More details Price: $24.50 -
EMPRESS ORCHID.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first volume in a trilogy about the life of Tzu Hsi, who entered the Forbidden Palace as a minor concubine at the age of 17, and rose to become Empress and the mother of the next Emperor. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-618-068872.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (prev owner's name, small dent in gold foil dust jacket, but appears unread overall)
Book ID: 83112More details Price: $18.50 -
EMPRESS ORCHID.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. dj. SIGNED hardcover - The first volume in a trilogy about the life of Tzu Hsi, who entered the Forbidden Palace as a minor concubine at the age of 17, and rose to become Empress and the mother of the next Emperor. SIGNED on the title page. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-618-068872.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 49063More details Price: $29.50 -
THE LAST EMPRESS.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second volume in a trilogy about the life of Tzu Hsi, who entered the Forbidden Palace as a minor concubine at the age of 17, and rose to become Empress and the mother of the next Emperor. SIGNED by Anchee Min on a special bookplate for 'The Beverly Hills Literary Society' affixed to the front endpaper. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-618-531467.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 49782More details Price: $30.00 -
RED AZALEA: Life and Love in China
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Pantheon, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first book, a highly praised and very moving memoir of growing up during China's Cultural Revolution - first on a communal farm, and as a star of the Chinese film industry. SIGNED on the title page. A NY Times Notable book of the year. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-679-42332x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 54261More details Price: $40.00 -
BECOMING MADAME MAO.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her highly praised third book, second novel, Russell Banks called this 'brilliant and poetic' while Ha Jin described it as 'audacious but balanced.' INSCRIBED on the title page. 337 pp plus references. ISBN: 0-618-004076.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 54884More details Price: $28.50 -
KATHERINE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Riverhead Books, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel (second book), the story of an American woman who comes to China to teach English. 241 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0051.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87268More details Price: $18.50 -
THE LAST EMPRESS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2008). SIGNED - The second volume in a trilogy about the life of Tzu Hsi, who entered the Forbidden Palace as a minor concubine at the age of 17, and rose to become Empress and the mother of the next Emperor. SIGNED on the title page. 308 pp. plus a reader's guide. ISBN: 0-618-531467.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 60065More details Price: $16.50 -
THE LAST EMPRESS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
London: Bloomsbury, (2007). The second volume in a trilogy about the life of Tzu Hsi, who entered the Forbidden Palace as a minor concubine at the age of 17, and rose to become Empress and the mother of the next Emperor. 308 pp. ISBN: 978-0747578505.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 63942More details Price: $12.50 -
THE REPUBLIC OF WINE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Arcade Publishing, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel by this writer who is known for his innovative and outspoken work (the name he writes under is a pseudonymic phrase meaning "Don't speak"), In 2012, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature Translated by Howard Goldblatt. SIGNED by Mo Yan on the half title page and dated in the year of publication, and scarce thus. 356 pp. ISBN: 1559705310.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a few small bumps to the lower edges of the boards).
Book ID: 64611More details Price: $850.00 -
RED SORGHUM: A Novel of China.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88489More details Price: $75.00 -
FROG.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 81273More details Price: $25.00 -
A CUP OF LIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning novelist's second book, a blend of romance and intrigue set in modern China. SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp plus a list of Chinese dynasties. ISBN: 0-385319371.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 79676More details Price: $30.00 -
THE RED AZALEA: Chinese Poetry Since the Cultural Revolution.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, (1990.). First edition - Includes works by Ai Qing, Cai Qijiao, Zheng Min, Yan Yi, Liu Shahe, Shao Yanxiang, Lei Shuyan, Xu Gang, Ye Yanbing, Bei Dao, Gao Falin, Zhao Lihong, Shu Ting, Xu Demin and more. Translated by the author, Fang Dai, and Dennis Ding, with an introduction by Leo Ou-fan Lee. Includes 42 pages of selected Chinese texts, bibliography. xxix, 235 pp. ISBN: 0-8248-13200.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (remainder dot.).
Book ID: 45233More details Price: $12.00 -
TIES THAT BIND, TIES THAT BREAK.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1999) dj. Hardcover - Novel for older children set in China in the early years of the 20th century, the story of a young girl who refuses to have her feet bound, and how this changed her life. 154 pp. ISBN: 0-385326661.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65080More details Price: $12.50 -
BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award-winning series featuring Inspector Shan Tao Yun, who lost his position in Beijing and his family and freedom, when he ran afoul of a powerful figure in the Chinese government. Now released after four years in the gulag and living in Tibet, he is still trying to find justice - "Set against the astonishing landscape of this beleaguered Himalayan country and the epic struggle of the Tibetan people, [these novels become] a passage through the many layers of tragedy inflicted by China on Tibet and its people." Author's note. 360 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-312-277598.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 79567More details Price: $20.00 -
SOUL ON FIRE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - The eighth novel in the award-winning series featuring Inspector Shan Tao Yun, who lost his position in Beijing and his family and freedom, when he ran afoul of a powerful figure in the Chinese government. Released after four years in the gulag and living in Tibet, he is still trying to find justice - "Set against the astonishing landscape of this beleaguered Himalayan country and the epic struggle of the Tibetan people, [these novels become] a passage through the many layers of tragedy inflicted by China on Tibet and its people." Author's note. 289 pp. ISBN: 978-0312656034.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (creasing to the last two blank leaves)
Book ID: 84625More details Price: $18.50 -
WATER TOUCHING STONE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001). SIGNED first edition - The second novel in the award-winning series featuring Inspector Shan Tao Yun, who lost his position in Beijing and his family and freedom, when he ran afoul of a powerful figure in the Chinese government. Now living in Tibet, he is still trying to find justice - "Set against the astonishing landscape of this beleaguered Himalayan country and the epic struggle of the Tibetan people, [these novels become] a passage through the many layers of tragedy inflicted by China on Tibet and its people." SIGNED on title page. Author's note. Glossary of foreign language terms. 406 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, top edge of text block roughly trimmed).
Book ID: 66029More details Price: $35.00 -
WATER TOUCHING STONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel in the award-winning series featuring Inspector Shan Tao Yun, who lost his position in Beijing and his family and freedom, when he ran afoul of a powerful figure in the Chinese government. Now released after four years in the gulag and living in Tibet, he is still trying to find justice - "Set against the astonishing landscape of this beleaguered Himalayan country and the epic struggle of the Tibetan people, [these novels become] a passage through the many layers of tragedy inflicted by China on Tibet and its people." SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. Glossary of foreign language terms. 419 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-312-206127.
Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (spine somewhat loose)
Book ID: 67869More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SKULL MANTRA.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 73060More details Price: $45.00 -
BONE MOUNTAIN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel in the award-winning series featuring Inspector Shan Tao Yun, who lost his position in Beijing and his family and freedom, when he ran afoul of a powerful figure in the Chinese government. Now released after four years in the gulag and living in Tibet, he is still trying to find justice - "Set against the astonishing landscape of this beleaguered Himalayan country and the epic struggle of the Tibetan people, [these novels become] a passage through the many layers of tragedy inflicted by China on Tibet and its people." SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. Glossary of foreign language terms. 424 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-312-206127.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75562More details Price: $35.00 -
MANDARIN GATE.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 76316More details Price: $15.00 -
BONE MOUNTAIN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel in the award-winning series featuring Inspector Shan Tao Yun, who lost his position in Beijing and his family and freedom, when he ran afoul of a powerful figure in the Chinese government. Now released after four years in the gulag and living in Tibet, he is still trying to find justice - "Set against the astonishing landscape of this beleaguered Himalayan country and the epic struggle of the Tibetan people, [these novels become] a passage through the many layers of tragedy inflicted by China on Tibet and its people." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Author's note. Glossary of foreign language terms. 424 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-312-206127.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 77366More details Price: $45.00 -
WATER TOUCHING STONE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel in the award-winning series featuring Inspector Shan Tao Yun, who lost his position in Beijing and his family and freedom, when he ran afoul of a powerful figure in the Chinese government. Now released after four years in the gulag and living in Tibet, he is still trying to find justice - "Set against the astonishing landscape of this beleaguered Himalayan country and the epic struggle of the Tibetan people, [these novels become] a passage through the many layers of tragedy inflicted by China on Tibet and its people." SIGNED on the half title page. Author's note. Glossary of foreign language terms. 419 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-312-206127.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 77375More details Price: $40.00 -
BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award-winning series featuring Inspector Shan Tao Yun, who lost his position in Beijing and his family and freedom, when he ran afoul of a powerful figure in the Chinese government. Now released after four years in the gulag and living in Tibet, he is still trying to find justice - "Set against the astonishing landscape of this beleaguered Himalayan country and the epic struggle of the Tibetan people, [these novels become] a passage through the many layers of tragedy inflicted by China on Tibet and its people." SIGNED on the half title page and dated in the month of publication - April 2004. Author's note. 360 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-312-277598.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 78088More details Price: $45.00 -
![THE GRAND PEREGRINATION, Being the Life and Adventures of Fernao Mendes Pinto. by [Pinto, Fernao Mendes, 1509 -1583] Collis, Maurice (1889-1973)](https://images.bookfever.com/production/11/84600---200.jpg?v=1650843617)
THE GRAND PEREGRINATION, Being the Life and Adventures of Fernao Mendes Pinto.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (toning to pages and endpapers, some chipping to the dj at the top of the spine)
Book ID: 84600More details Price: $45.00 -
THE CROCODILE AND THE CRANE.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Ymaa Publication Center, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - An apocalyptic thriller - "Practitioners of a secret art that bestows immortality and more, Sanfeng and Zetian are brother and sister and have lived together in China for more than 3000 years. Now, in the near future of 2009, they face an enemy they recognize from their childhood, a terrifying disease that left them orphaned and alone in the world.The disease kills quickly and without mercyÑvictims die grimacing grotesquelyÑand as it spreads, it brings the siblings to the edge of apocalypse" 332 pp. ISBN: 978-1594390876.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67881More details Price: $15.00 -
THE LAUGHING SUTRA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second book, and first novel, the story of an orphan Chinese boy who determines to recover from America the Buddhist text known as 'the laughing sutra.' Part adventure story, part satire, part fable, this story of the clash of cultures is rooted in the author's own experience of living in China for several years. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-394-57009x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 31252More details Price: $45.00 -
IRON & SILK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautifully written and perceptive account of Salzman's experiences in China from 1982, when he arrived in Hunan Province to teach English, to 1984 - or as the dust jacket describes it: "A Young American Encounters Swordsmen, Bureaucrats and Other Citizens of Contemporary China." Already skilled in the martial arts, he was invited to become the only pupil of Pan Qungfu, China's foremost wushu (kung fu) expert. Finalist of the Pulitzer Prize and the basis for a movie, for which Salzman wrote the screenplay and played himself. Calligraphy by the author. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-394-551567.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (minor creasing to dj, front flap.)
Book ID: 36593More details Price: $40.00
![THE GRAND PEREGRINATION, Being the Life and Adventures of Fernao Mendes Pinto. by [Pinto, Fernao Mendes, 1509 -1583] Collis, Maurice (1889-1973)](https://images.bookfever.com/production/11/84600---800.jpg?v=1650843617)
