Self and Biography: Essays on the Individual and Society in Asia by Gungwu, Wang – Editor - 1974

Sydney University Press for the Australian Academy of The Humanities, Sydney, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. list of plates, list of contributors, preface and introduction by editor and index. Between pages 14 and 15 there are four pages of black-and-white photography. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plain text dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "The literary and historical essays by nine distinguished scholars which comprise this volume are concerned with how biographical writing in its broadest sense reveals ideas about the place of the individual in society in three regions, South-east Asia, South Asia and East Asia." -- from the front fold over panel blurb.  Rubbing to the back strip corners and to the book corners. Offset tanning to the endpapers with age toning of the pages. A little rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels.  Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5], VI - IX, [1] 217, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sociology & Culture; Lectures; Asia; ISBN: 042400013X. ISBN/EAN: 9780424000138. Inventory No: 0120685. . 9780424000138