Now in China

I’m pleased to report that a new edition of A Little History of the United States is  available in the People’s Republic of China. The book is published by CITIC Press Corporation of Beijing. It sells for RMB 49, approximately $7.50 in today's US dollars. The edition is handsomely produced:

 
    Beneath the dust jacket the hardbound cover is elegant too

    And the endpapers take two more of Gordon Allen’s excellent drawings to make a distinctive, contrasting pattern:

    English editions of the book, like other volumes in Yale’s Little History series, do not include footnotes, so I was surprised to discover that this edition does! I don’t read Chinese so I can only guess, but the notes appear to be helpful annotations of people and places likely to be less familiar to Chinese readers. A very nice touch.
    Many thanks to all who made this possible!