A Mortal Flower - China Autobiography, History

Han Suyin

Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1966

Beschreibung

1966. 413pp. Gilt titles to spine. Top edge red. Beautifully decorated endpapers (from a flower painting by Tsi Paishih). B&W photos & a map. "A Mortal Flower, Han Suyin's second volume on the China that evolved during the last 50 years, continues the story of an epoch as seen and experienced by herself and her family. The period covered is the decade from 1928 to 1938, when Chiang Kaishek rose to power and Mao Tsetung in his mountain fastness gathered the spent remnants of an almost destroyed communist army and rebuilt it as a force. The Japanese invasion, the Long March, the Student Revolt of 1936." Book in excellent condition with no inscriptions. Unclipped dust jacket has a small closed tear to the bottom of the spine (slightly sunned) but is otherwise in excellent condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers China108

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Mortal Flower - China Autobiography, ...

Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1966

Einband: Original Green Cloth Hardback

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Plus

Auflage: First Edition