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  • COME WATCH THE SUN GO HOME. by Chen, Chen.
    Chen, Chen.
    COME WATCH THE SUN GO HOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York Marlowe & Company (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir of upheaval and revolution in China. In the 1940s, the Chen family fled their native China and escaped to the U.S. during the civil war, after being persecutied in Chunking during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-45..However, when they were repatriated in the 1950s, they had to endure the Cultural Revolution, separation, imprisonment and re-education, xii, 322 pp. ISBN: 1-56924-7420.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (short tear to upper edge of dj, with interior tape repair)

    Book ID: 60694
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  • SHAN. by Lustbader, Eric Van.
    Lustbader, Eric Van.
    SHAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1986.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's sixth novel, and the second in the China Maroc Trilogy. SIGNED on the title page. 503 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-394-556402.

    Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant, name on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 46882
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  • DAUGHTER OF CHINA: A True Story of Love and Betrayal. by Xu, Meihong and Larry Engelmann
    Xu, Meihong and Larry Engelmann
    DAUGHTER OF CHINA: A True Story of Love and Betrayal.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (1999). A memoir of a woman "trained as an elite soldier in the Chinese army, her forbidden love for an American, and her seemingly impossible escape - with his help - from the nation to which she had pledged her life. . . a compelling look at life inside the rigid walls of Communist China." 349 pp. ISBN: 0-471390194.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 71889
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  • BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders. by Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. ISBN: 0-15-1000638.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 58747
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  • BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders. by Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. SIGNED by both Belle Yang and Amy Tan on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. ISBN: 0-15-1000638.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64291
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  • BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders. by Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    Yang, Belle. Preface by Amy Tan.
    BABA: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1996). SIGNED - The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. Boldly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication, with a drawing of a cat by Yang. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. ISBN: 0-15-1000638.

    Condition: Very good+ (covers slightly bent).

    Book ID: 72854
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