From the Center of the Earth: The Search for the Truth About China [Inscribed to William Safire]

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. First Edition. Octavo. Unclipped photographic dust jacket; red boards in red cloth with spine and front stamped in gilt; 260pp. Jacket shows a few small chips and one tear along edges, with toning along the spine and rubbed at joints. Boards worn and a bit faded at edges and corners. Binding is sound and interior unmarked.

Signed by author to William Safire on half title page with inscription, "To Bill Safire, / In friendship and / admiration. / Richard Bernstein / 11/15/85[?]" Bernstein's first book helped establish his reputation as an expert on China. He has continued to write on the region while acting as book critic for the New York Times.