The Other Side of the River: Red China Today

London: Gollancz, 1963. Large quarto in burgundy cloth; 810p, illustrations, portraits, maps, tables; 23 cm; bibliography: p. [788]-795; errata slip bound in About very good with a few minor flaws. See photos. Binding is very tight. No jacket. Hardcover.

The much less common UK first edition (and not the Readers Union ed.) // Contents: Rediscovering China -- Where the waves beat -- Socialist construction -- The democratic dictatorship -- Northwest: old cradle of new China -- Shanghai and beyond -- The long march ahead. // "Edgar Snow (1905-1972) was an American journalist, writer, and communist sympathizer, best known for his reporting on China during the 1930s and 1940s. He was born on July 17, 1905, in Kansas City, Missouri. Snow first became interested in China while studying at the University of Missouri, and he went on to travel extensively in the country in the 1930s, interviewing leaders of the Chinese Communist Party and witnessing firsthand the effects of the Japanese invasion of China. His reporting on China, which was published in a series of articles and books, including "Red Star Over China" (1937) and "The Battle for Asia" (1941), helped to introduce the Chinese Communist movement to Western audiences. Snow's sympathetic portrayal of the Chinese Communist Party and his criticism of the Nationalist government led to accusations that he was a communist sympathizer, and he was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He continued to write and travel throughout his life, publishing books on a wide variety of topics, including the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Middle East. Snow died of stomach cancer on February 15, 1972, in Geneva, Switzerland, at the age of 66. Despite his controversial political views, he is remembered as a pioneering journalist and writer who helped to open up Western understanding of China and its people." // Communism -- China. Descriptions et voyages -- Chine -- Histoire et critique -- 1949.