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Moment in Peking: A Chinese Novel
by Yutang, Lin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
NY: The John Day Company, 1939. Book Of The Month Club related insert laid in; Signed in ink by author on ffep, with photo of author glued to the page; Former owner's bookplate on fep, age toned, else textblock clean and tight; Brown top edge; Cloth binding bumped at the head and foot of the spine and less so to the corners, character-soiled binding. Unclipped, very edge-worn dust jacket, chipped corners, closed tears to the edges, mylar sleeved for safe-keeping. 815p.. Signed by Author. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7 " - 9 " tall. Hardcover.
Synopsis
Moment in Peking is a historical novel originally written in English by the Chinese American author Lin Yutang. The novel covers the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 1938, including the Boxer Uprising, the Republican Revolution of 1911, the Warlord Era, the rise of nationalism and communism, and the origins of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945.
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Details
- Seller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SB16565
- Title
- Moment in Peking: A Chinese Novel
- Author
- Yutang, Lin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- The John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7 " - 9 " t
- Keywords
- Contemporary China Fiction, Chinese Fiction, Peking Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Jacket
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