China boy: a novel
by Lee, Gus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 052524994X
- ISBN 13
- 9780525249948
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dutton, 1991. Hardcover. 322p., inscribed and signed by Lee on title page, very good first edition, worn cloth spine, unclipped dust jacket. Debut novel set in San Francisco.
Synopsis
A young, American-born child of an aristocratic Mandarin family that has fled China struggles to assimilate in 1950s San Francisco in a novel from "an incredibly rich and new voice." (Amy Tan).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11292
- Title
- China boy: a novel
- Author
- Lee, Gus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 052524994X
- ISBN 13
- 9780525249948
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern first edition; Asian American history; San Francisco; Chinese American;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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