Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, 1939. 124 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ paper title label on spine. Binding lightly rubbed. Spine a bit sunned; ends bumped. Illust. w/ 8 b/w plates. Contents very nice. The biography of the Chinese poetess Empress Yang of the Southern Sung Dynasty.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6722
Title: APRICOT CHEEKS AND ALMOND EYES
Author: Wimsatt, Genevieve
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Place of Publication: Morningside Heights, NY
Date Published: 1939
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY EMPRESS YANG T'AI HOU CONSORT OF NING TSUNG NINGZONG 1168 1224 EMPEROR SONG DYNASTY SOUTHERN SUNG DYNASTY CHINA WOMENS STUDIES LITERATURE POETRY POEMS POETS POETIC WORKS POETICAL WORKS LITERARY WORKS RULERS WORLD HISTORY ASIA NONFICTION GENE
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry; Literature/Poetry; Biography-Chinese;
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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