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A Mortal Flower: China: Autobiography, History
by Han Suyin
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 413 pp. Binding firm. Dust jacket has a couple of small tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. "University Women's Club Book Group" plate glued across rear end paper and pastedown. Edges foxed and browned. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; China; 1920s & 1930s; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43984. .
Synopsis
A Mortal Flower is a biography by Han Suyin. It covers the years 1928 to 1938: her growing up in China and her journey to Belgium and her mother's family. Also her marriage to a rising officer in the Kuomintang and the retreat to Chungking in the face of the Japanese invasion of China.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43984
- Title
- A Mortal Flower: China: Autobiography, History
- Author
- Han Suyin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- BZDB243 civil war, military, politics, Mao, Chiang Kaishek, nationalism History; China; 1920s & 1930s; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded Han Suyin A Mortal Flower: China: Autobiography, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Biography & Autobiography;
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About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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- Foxed
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- Jacket
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