BIRDLESS SUMMER
by Suyin, Han
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnams Sons. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 347 pages; The dust jacket has a chip out of the top edge of the spine, also a small tear on the back cover as well as staining. The book is otherwise well taken care of. .
Synopsis
Birdless Summer is a biography by Han Suyin. It covers the years 1938 to 1948, her work as a midwife in Chengtu and then going to London with her husband, who was a military attache there. Also her training as a doctor, the start of the last phase of the Chinese Civil War, in which her husband died fighting for the Kuomintang. She gives a vivid picture of the final years of Kuomintang rule in mainland China, and of reactions to the Japanese invasion.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Circle City Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28330
- Title
- BIRDLESS SUMMER
- Author
- Suyin, Han
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnams Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Circle City Books
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Tucson, Arizona
About Circle City Books
Buying and selling used & collectible books in all catagories, with a specialty in Americana and Travel.
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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