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A Turning Wheel: Three Decades of the Asian Revolution as Witnessed by a Correspondent for The New Yorker
by Shaplen, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394417526
- ISBN 13
- 9780394417523
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. -. 1. Hard Cover. 0394417526 . Quarter bound in black cloth over black boards, red and gilt lettering and decoration on cover and spine. . Former owner's bookplate on ffep and name written on half-title page, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf-wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xvii, 397, (1) pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25775
- Title
- A Turning Wheel: Three Decades of the Asian Revolution as Witnessed by a Correspondent for The New Yorker
- Author
- Shaplen, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- -. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394417526
- ISBN 13
- 9780394417523
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0394417526, History, Asia
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- FFEP
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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