Decorated spine slightly faded, maps on endpapers; previous owner's signature front endpaper, considerable penned underscoring of text, spine slightly cocked. ; 16 x 24 cm.; pg. 402 ; Originally published 1937. Introduction, preface, bibliography, notes, index, frontis + 15 plates + 2 figures. "THE BIRTH OF CHINA is by far the best, the most comprehensive, and the most pleasantly readable account yet published of the Chinese people at the very threshold of their long history. " Hucker #1803

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