PACIFIC NIGHTMARE: How Japan Starts World War III - A Future History
by Winchester, Simon
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Birch Lane Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Maps and Charts by Cezanne Wong. New York: Birch Lane Press, 1992. First edition. The catalyst for this novel by the then Hong Kong-based correspondent for the British newspaper the Guardian was the planned return of that city to Chinese control in 1997. Winchester (b.1944) is best known as the author of The Professor and the Madman (1998), a story about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Signed by Winchester on the title page. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65196
- Title
- PACIFIC NIGHTMARE: How Japan Starts World War III - A Future History
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Birch Lane Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Literature, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Asia, Speculative Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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