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5 A.M. IN BEIJING: Poems of China
by Barnstone, Willis
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0935296662
- ISBN 13
- 9780935296662
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sheep Meadow Press, 1987. First Edition. First printing. Cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 115 pages. Inscribed on the first free end page by the poet Willis Barnstone to a Jonathan Spence noted professor of Chinese History at Yale University. Near fine in a spine-sunned else near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in Hardcover. Barnstone is a distinguished professor emeritus from Indiana Univ. He was in China during the Cultural Revolution, which is central to this collection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65303
- Title
- 5 A.M. IN BEIJING: Poems of China
- Author
- Barnstone, Willis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0935296662
- ISBN 13
- 9780935296662
- Publisher
- Sheep Meadow Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...