A MORTAL FLOWER
by SUYIN Han [Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, some offsetting from related TLS newspaper clipping at rear endpapers. In very good dust jacket with some light shelf
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About This Item
London,, 1966. First U. K. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good, some offsetting from related TLS newspaper clipping at rear endpapers. In very good dust jacket with some light shelfwear.. 8vo. pp 412, [1]. Green illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. Green cloth lettered in gilt at spine. Occasional illustrations in black and white. First UK edition.
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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- Bookseller
- Any Amount of Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C65915
- Title
- A MORTAL FLOWER
- Author
- SUYIN Han [Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou]
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. K. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- BiographyAsiaChinaSzechuan
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