Courage To Stand Alone, The Letters from Prison and Other Writings
by Wei, Jingsheng
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670872490
- ISBN 13
- 9780670872497
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Viking Adult. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670872490 . White / burgundy hard covers / gilt titles to the spine. Tightly bound, unmarked text with light spine end bumping. Inscription to the previous owner on the front free end paper. First Edition, First Printing. DJ is Very Good, unclipped, tiny indent to the side of the front spine hinge. "Winner of the 1996 Sakharov Peace Prize, "The Courage to Stand Alone" collects the powerful and poignant writings of Wei Jingsheng, China's charismatic symbol of the struggle for democracy and human rights--including his eloquent and fearless letters of dissent to Deng Xiaoping and other Communist leaders." ; B&W Photographs; 1.2 x 10.5 x 7 Inches; 283 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12835
- Title
- Courage To Stand Alone, The Letters from Prison and Other Writings
- Author
- Wei, Jingsheng
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670872490
- ISBN 13
- 9780670872497
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0670872490, Freedom & Security, Civil Rights, China
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics; Political Science; Autobiography & Memoirs; Crime & Prisons;
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- Good+
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