SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION in English dated 16.4.2004, and three signatures: in English, Hebrew and Chinese. The author - Xu Xin (b.1949) is a professor at Nanjing University and China`s leading Judaic scholar, as well as the founder and director of the Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish and Israel Studies at Nanjing University in Nanjing, China. 230x155mm. XII+197 pages. Black fake leather Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Jacket spine slightly wrinkled. Cover bottom edge wavy. Front cover upper corner and spine edges bumped. Author`s signed dedication written in pen on front whitepage. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare account of the dramatic history of an ancient Jewish community in China is in good condition.