A Leaf in the Storm: A Novel of War-Swept China
by Yutang, Lin
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: John Day, 1941. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, John Day, 1941. First edition. 8vo. Black cloth with red title box and gilt lettering on spine and red Chinese symbols on front board, rough cut pages, red top edge on text block, illustrated with map, 368 pp. An epic and gripping story of life in war-torn China. Rare first edition! Ex-library with blind stamps and markings, former owner inscription, corners and edges rubbed, spine sunned, but text block is clean and crisp, overall in good condition..
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- Respectful Exits
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- Seller's Inventory #
- EM-B1205-03
- Title
- A Leaf in the Storm: A Novel of War-Swept China
- Author
- Yutang, Lin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Day
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ASIA ORIENT STRIFE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature and Fiction; Military History; Asia;
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Crisp
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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