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The Importance of Living
by Yutang, Lin
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Day in association with Reynal & Hitchcock, 1937. First Edition. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Lin Yutang on a blank following the copyright page; former owner's penciled address above Yutang's signature and offsetting to that and the copyright page from a clipping formerly laid in. Bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in red and gilt. Very Good with lean to binding, wear to extremities. Pages tanned. Former owner's penciled notations, old price and bookseller ticket to rear endsheet. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear at the extremities and light sunning to the spine. One of the influential Chinese author, inventor, philosopher and linguist's best-selling work; rare signed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945384
- Title
- The Importance of Living
- Author
- Yutang, Lin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Day in association with Reynal & Hitchcock
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Copyright page
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- Fine
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