La M�re
by Buck, Pearl
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Flemington, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good, collectible as published by Club du Bbeau Livre de ;acl cloth w stamped design in red and white with Chinese characters on cover and white font on spine, 276 pps. Former owners name hand written on FEP. No other writing, marks, no foxing. TIght binding.Without dust wrapper. Please see our photo. Publication date is estimate as it is not noted in book. Translated from English by Germaine Delamain. "Within this novel Ms. Buck paints the portrait of a poor woman living in a remote village whose joys are few and hardships are many. As the ancient traditions, which she bases her philosophies upon, begin to collide with the new ideals of the communist era, this peasant woman must find a balance between them and deal with the consequences."
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- Bookseller
- BohemianBookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 116887
- Title
- La M�re
- Author
- Buck, Pearl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- FICTION
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About the Seller
BohemianBookworm
Biblio member since 2013
Flemington, New Jersey
About BohemianBookworm
Since 1991 BOHEMIAN BOOKWORM has been pleased to sell rare, vintage, antiquarian and distinctive used books to discriminating bibliophiles and other book and ephemera buyers searching for uncommon 1st editions and "out of print" gently used books and ephemera.
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