this is a hardback book with dustjacket titled " the china quagmire " japans expansion on the asian continent 1933 - 1941 ! this is edited by james william morley and published by columbia university press . this has 533 pages of very good historical reading . the book is in used condition with a little wear to the jacket and a little corner crease to one page . nice clean pages with no inscriptions .a good historical read !