Notes on Snow's Red Star Over China

The first edition of Snow's Red Star Over China has no first edition statement. But the layout and typography of the title page of the first (1944) is unique:

There were six ML printings with total sales of just over 27,000 copies. The title was discontinued at the end of 1952.

First copyright page text:      [ none ]

First binding style:     8

First inverse DJ number:    303 [NOT 304!]

Dates in print:     1944 - Fall 1952

Toledano number:     126.3

Confirmed DJ back styles:   h1, h5 [No other major types exist]

Confirmed binding styles:   8 [None others exist]

Confirmed buckram sighting?            no

Intro author:    Preface and epilogue by title author for the ML edition

Genre:     History

Original language:      English

Thanks to the contributors:
Henry Toledano John Peterson Barry Neavill

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