A collection of Birns' exquisite, excruciating, and previously unpublished photographs of the Chinese civil war, this book chronicles Shanghai life during its final descent into chaos in the years 1947-1949, when Mao's Communist forces took control of the country.
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A collection of Birns' exquisite, excruciating, and previously unpublished photographs of the Chinese civil war, this book chronicles Shanghai life during its final descent into chaos in the years 1947-1949, when Mao's Communist forces took control of the country.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Photography / History / China. Folio. Signed First edition (2003. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. Folio with 130 pages. Signed by author/photographer on the half title page, " To Our Darling Friend Mildred, Whom we love for her wit and determination. So with warm regards and love from Jack and Harriet Birns February 25, 2004." The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior clean and tight. Pictures available upon request. Profusely illustrated. "Shipping out to China in December 1947 with three ten-year-old German cameras and a plum assignment from Life magazine, Jack Birns was fulfilling a boyhood dream. The reality was something else: refugees and prostitutes, soldiers and beggars, street executions and urban protests photographed in difficult and often dangerous circumstances amidst the poverty, corruption, and chaos of an expanding civil war." White-Red spine/ Yellow text. #033812.
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