Mao, The Unknown Story - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Chang, Jung and Jon Halliday
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0224071262
- ISBN 13
- 9780224071260
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0224071262 . First edition/first printing in Near Fine unread condition showing a little bumping of corners and spine. In like dust-jacket with lightly sunned spine; This authoritative account of Mao's life is based on years of research and on interviews with many of his close friends who had not talked before this book. Motivated by a thirst for personal power over political vision, Mao comes across in these pages as another Hitler or Stalin. According to the New York Times, the Chinese government banned the book along with any magazine carrying a review of it; 8vo ; [xvi], [2], 3-814, [2] pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20098
- Title
- Mao, The Unknown Story - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Chang, Jung and Jon Halliday
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224071262
- ISBN 13
- 9780224071260
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, History China, Mao Zedong Mao Tse-tung Biography
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