HO-MING, GIRL OF NEW CHINA.
by Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman, Illustrated by Kurt Wiese
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in black cloth in a very good dust jacket (just a hint of foxing to the edges of the textblock, dj has a small chip on/black cloth in a very good
- Seller
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About This Item
Philadelphia:: John C. Winston Co.,, 1934.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in black cloth in a very good dust jacket (just a hint of foxing to the edges of the textblock, dj has a small chip on lower edge, some creasing and edgewear, but is overall bright and attractive.). First printing. Charming story of life in changing China: "Ho-Ming is the second daughter in the Sung farmhouse, a small, comely, amusing firebrand of restlessness & mischief, eager to experiment with life... at twelve years of age, [she] is caught in a web of tradition and superstition." Contains 37 illustrations by Kurt Wiese, including four plates in full-color. Lewis and Wiese's earlier collaboration "Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze" received the Newbery Award. Notes and glossary, illustrated endpapers. 266 pp.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43671
- Title
- HO-MING, GIRL OF NEW CHINA.
- Author
- Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman, Illustrated by Kurt Wiese
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in black cloth in a very good dust jacket (just a hint of foxing to the edges of the textblock, dj has a small chip on
- Jacket Condition
- black cloth in a very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John C. Winston Co.,
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia:
- Date Published
- 1934.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated;
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