Bond w langhorne (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Lehigh University Press, Bethlehem, PA, 2001. 385 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This book tells of the difficulties of setting up and operating a joint Chinese-American airline, China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) in the 1930s and 1940s in a China beset by internal conflicts and an expanding war with Japan. Bond's personal stories of the evacuations of Shanghai and Hankow, and of the successful but heartbreaking CNAC evacuation of Hong Kong are truly memorable. The book looks at the forces that shaped China in the early-to-mid twentieth century, and chronicles Bond's interactions with notables including Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Generals Claire Lee Chennault, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall. ; 9.75 X 1.25 X 5.25 inches; 389 pages.…

Original-Pappband. Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Gut. gr8 Original-Pappband en 389 pp. Schutzumschlag: Gut.

Softcover. Zustand: gut. 2001. Wings for an Embattled China. With some b/w-photos. In englischer Sprache. pages.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A few foxspots to endpapers and outer page edges. Some grubby marks to wrapper. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…