No Chinese Stranger

Jade Snow Wong
Harper & Row, 1975
Photograph of kite by Deng Ming-Dao
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China’s Long March

Jean Fritz
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1988
Eight maps
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Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh

Irving Stone, Editor
Doubleday, 1950
Jacket design
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Before My Time

Niccolo Tucci
Simon and Schuster, 1962
Jacket design
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Incense to Idols

Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Simon & Schuster, 1960
Jacket design
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(Next post on Wednesday: Before My Time)

Indonesia: Land of Challenge

Margueritte Harmon Bro
Harper & Bros, 1954
jacket design and map
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Pearl S. Buck’s Oriental Cookbook

Simon & Schuster, 1972
full-page illustration faces chapter title page;
spot illustrations of animals, buildings, dishes,
foods or decorations are in each chapter
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Indonesia

Thailand

Burma

India Pakistan

China

The Philippines

Indochina

Korea

Malaysia

Japan

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