Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by Dai, Sijie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 037541309X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375413094
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Reprint. 8vo. Black hardcover with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 197 pp. Former owner name on endpaper, otherwise booked would be graded as fine, minor rubbing on dust jacket. Very good in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..
Synopsis
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Dai Sijie, and published in 2000 in French and in English in 2001. Its original French title is Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise.
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019848
- Title
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
- Author
- Dai, Sijie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 037541309X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375413094
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FRENCH LITERATURE CHINA REEDUCATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.