Singapore: Lee Teng Lay, 1993. Reprint. Paperback. Good. This novel illustrates the plight of Chinese women in the period between 1928 and 1959. It follows the life of Nonya woman trapped by the prejudices which were not only threatened generally by increasing Westernisation and particularly by the upheavals of the War, the 'Emergency' and then independence. Good Reprint Paperback. First published in 1992 498 pages. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has some rubbing around the edges and there is a crease along the spine. The tanned half title page is detached. The text block is tanned. Otherwise the binding is tight and there is minimal tanning throughout.

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Bookseller: The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
Bookseller's Inventory #: ML1482
Title: Of Comb, Powder & Rouge
Author: Joo Kim Yeap
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
ISBN 10: 9810040849
ISBN 13: 9789810040840
Publisher: Lee Teng Lay
Place of Publication: Singapore
Date Published: 1993
Keywords: Malaysia - Malaya - Penang - English language fiction - World War II - The Malayn Emergency

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The Penang Bookshelf was set up in mid 2010 principally to introduce Malaysian residents to the variety of books there is available about the country both past and present. We only stock fiction and non-fiction related to Malaysia and the rest of Asia. Much of our current stock of over a thousand different titles is not available in Malaysia. Conversely much of our stock published in Malaysia is difficult to find outside the country. So if there\'s something Malaysia related that you\'re looking for, do please contact us and we\'ll do our best to help. At present details of most of our stock is not on line; we hope it will be eventually!

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.