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Of Comb, Powder & Rouge
by Joo Kim Yeap
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 9810040849
- ISBN 13
- 9789810040840
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
Singapore: Lee Teng Lay, 1993. Reprint. Paperback. Good. This novel illustrates the plight of Chinese women in the period between 1928 and 1959. It follows the life of Nonya woman trapped by the prejudices which were not only threatened generally by increasing Westernisation and particularly by the upheavals of the War, the 'Emergency' and then independence. Very Good Reprint Paperback. First published in 1992 498 pages. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia There is minimal cover wear. The half title page has minor traces of damp. Otherwise The binding is tight, the text clear and there is very faint tanning of the pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf
(MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ML1482A
- Title
- Of Comb, Powder & Rouge
- Author
- Joo Kim Yeap
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 9810040849
- ISBN 13
- 9789810040840
- Publisher
- Lee Teng Lay
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Malaysia - Malaya - Penang - English language fiction - World War II - The Malayn Emergency
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.