Golden Lilies
by Goudge, Eileen & Elizabeth Cooper & Kwei-Li
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670834386
- ISBN 13
- 9780670834389
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Viking Adult. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. 1st Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670834386 . DJ shows some wear head and tail of spine, short tears, light rippling top of front panel. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Delightful drawings by Zhang Qing ; 7.8 X 7.4 X 1.0 inches; 181 pages; "First edited and translated by American missionary Elizabeth Cooper in 1914, and issued as My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard, this two-part collection of letters has been adapted by best-selling author Goudge. The first letters, written in the 1880s, are from a young wife to her new husband, who is traveling. They provide details of aristocratic family life within the strict confines of a traditional Chinese courtyard home. The second set, written 25 years later, are from the wife to her mother-in-law and record the early-20th-century transition to modern China. Unfortunately, the editorial additions (made in the original translation by Elizabeth Cooper) today result in a lack of authenticity. Kwei-Li could have had no reason to explain certain aspects of traditional Chinese culture to either her husband or her mother-in-law." (Library Journal) .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20066
- Title
- Golden Lilies
- Author
- Goudge, Eileen & Elizabeth Cooper & Kwei-Li
- Illustrator
- Zhang Qing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Thus; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670834386
- ISBN 13
- 9780670834389
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 0670834386, China
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
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