First Edition. Harve Stein dustjacket art. Novel of contemporary Chinese life with "war lords, beggars, courtesans, merchants, coolies, foreign devils, gamblers, bandits, and patriots.." Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few small chips. Item #6168

First Edition. 'A British colony in Rangoon - this novel of idle, bewitching women, and the men who love them, moves to rural England, to the Riviera and to Paris'. Very scarce.` Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends. Item #41797

First Edition. Northern Peking set novel, a "chronicle of three generations of Chinese life - of Elders born under the Imperial rule and following customs and traditions established for centuries, and of their grandsons born to revolution and democracy, who saw the civilization of their forefathers, grown brittle with age, shattered by the hands of impetuous youth". Author's first novel. Very scarce. Near Fine in almost Very Good dustjacket, about an inch of loss at top spine end, some closed tears and wear, some splitting at rear flap edge. Item #27116

First Edition. Braun dustjacket art. An uncommon anthology, with new introduction by Buck, of her most famous works, spanning fifty years of China's tumultuous modern history. Buck received the Pulitzer Prize for The Good Earth. A massive 1,152 page work, the size guaranteed that not many would survive in collectible condition. This copy retaining the original publisher's wrap-around band advertising the three volumes in one for only $2.75. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket with few tiny edge chips, wrap-around band with chip at lower spine edge. Item #20794

First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original printed yellow and red wrappers. Scarce advance copy of this early Buck title in which her Chinese protagonist becomes a general in the army, leaving the land his father worked for. Very Good plus, modest wear and soiling to wrappers. Item #16624

First Edition. L.S.W. dustjacket art. Interesting novel set in the Siam jungle, in which an elephant, "Poo Lorn, [leads a] tribe whose depredations have struck horror to the hearts of natives and whites alike - a villainous Chinaman and his henchmen- the family of a British agent, menaced on all sides - here is a deeply stirring and significant picture of one of the outposts of progress". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, lower rear panel with few cm chip, spine ends with fairly shallow chipping. Item #12116

First Edition. Novel of a lovely Chinese girl brought into emotional conflict with a man and woman of the western world. "Helen Langdon, the daughter of a British official, falls in love with Barrie Weston, a young American journalist. Barrie, however, simultaneously becomes infatuated with a Chinese girl actress, whom he saves from death after a riot of patriotic students. The conflict between Helen and her Chinese rival, with her subtle, pure, and finally self-denying devotion, forms the main thread of interest. But, skillfully dovetailed into the plot, there are excellent pictures of Chinese life ; while the differences in Western and Eastern psychology are well suggested." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #29534

First Edition. Victor Beals dustjacket art. "a Chinese Romeo and Juliet, rich with the incense of the Orient". Wonderful dustjacket art by Beals borrowed from a Shakespeare scene. Very Good, cloth wear showing boards at top and lower covers, in Very Good dustjacket, fairly small edge chips and modest wear, some soiling and tiny closed tears to edges, few creases to front panel. Item #17632

First Edition. Victor Beals dustjacket art. Uncommon novel of interracial love in which a white woman living in China begins a relationship with a man of the region. An "absorbing novel [that] draws the reader into the astounding story of passion, revenge, and heroism, where the two fine souls struggle against the unwritten law which thunders- Forbidden!". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with cm sized chips to spine ends and top edge, few scotch tape mends to verso. Item #13757

Second Impression (dustjacket without any printed price). Nick dustjacket art. Novel of an English girl whose father has 'gone Chinese' adopting all the ancestral customs of old China. Fantastic dustjacket art of a woman behind a beaded screen. Near Fine, some surface wear to top page edge, in Near Fine bright dustjacket. Item #37597

First English Edition. Biro dustjacket art. Novel of Indo-China. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #23957

First Edition. Hornung dustjacket art. Emerald quest adventure and mystery novel. "Hannibal vanquishes some fascinating and devilish skeleton monks from China [before] the tiger rests safely in the palm of his beloved Esther". Very scarce Jepson title. Near Fine, coin sized stain at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, few small edge chips and tears. Item #25403

First Edition. Near Fine in Very Good plus Second Printing dustjacket with spine darkened, age toning around edges, name lightly in pen it mid rear panel, and mild surface wear to spine. Uncommon to be found in dustjacket. Item #16593