ESCAPE TO CHINA by Lincoln, Anna - 1982

Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.: Manylands Books, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Author..

Manyland Books, 1982. Book. About Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. A lovely copy of the second printing in a slightly tanned white dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author. Escape to China presents in vivid, cherished detail the adventures and coming of age of Anna Szpiro. Played out against the backdrop of the Second World War, the book traces Anna's flight iwth her family from the Nazis as they invaded Poland, her secret crossing into Lithuania, their escape from Soviet troops as she trekked with her family across Russia and Siberia, and their harrowing travel to Japan and China. Anna's story is the story in microcosm of the dislocations and forced separations which marked the lives of so many émigrés during those terror-filled years. But it is also a story of triumph, an optimistic affirmation of the will to live and the ever-present desire for freedom from constraint and opperssion. Eloquently written, full of humor, filled with a child's… Read More

Manyland Books, 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INSCRIBED. Burgundy buckram, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Dust jacket shows minor toning and a few light spots of foxing, now in mylar. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf, full signature, personalized "Dear Laura / With all my love," dated Feb. 1984 at Princeton, NJ. [xvi],272 pp., illus..

New York: Manyland Books, c1982. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/good. 24 cm, 270 pages. Illus., xerox of map of China laid in at rear. Foreword by Dorothy Fothergill. Signed by the author. The author fled the Nazi invasion of Poland to Lithuania, escaping Soviet troops as she trekked across Russia and Siberia to harrowing travel in Japan and China.