A Mortal Flower: China
by Suyin Han
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0224606026
- ISBN 13
- 9780224606028
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, England: Jonthon Cape. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. 0224606026 . Green Hardcovers in Very Good+ condition. This is a tightly bound book with bright & unmarked pages. Very light spine end bumping. The DJ is clipped, intact, no tearing, light cover edgewear and rubbing. Decorative end papers. Maps, black & white photos through the book. "A Mortal Flower is an autobiography 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." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 413 pages; Box 47 .
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
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23637
- Title
- A Mortal Flower: China
- Author
- Suyin Han
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224606026
- ISBN 13
- 9780224606028
- Publisher
- Jonthon Cape
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- 0224606026, History > China, AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia; Autobiography & Memoirs;
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