A Chinese Testament: The Autobiography of Tan Shih-hua
by Tan Shih-hua, as told to S. Tretiakov [Sergei Tretyakov]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. Boards in orange cloth stamped in black and burgundy. Faint blemish on front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows light edgewear and has a bit of chipping; not price clipped ($3.00); in an archival mylar sleeve. ix, 316 pages. Scarce in dust jacket. The autobiography of Tan Shih-hua, son of one of Sun Yat Sen's lieutenants, describing his first twenty-six years (1900-1926), from boyhood in a Szechuan village to university life in Peking, documenting his family's ups-and-downs as well as his father's political troubles. At university, he meets Tretyakov, a Soviet professor, and comes under his revolutionary influence and to whom he dictates his story.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015360
- Title
- A Chinese Testament: The Autobiography of Tan Shih-hua
- Author
- Tan Shih-hua, as told to S. Tretiakov [Sergei Tretyakov]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- China, autobiography, students, social life, customs, Sun Yat-sen, Kuomintang, biography, biographies, revolution,
Terms of Sale
Boyd Used & Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
About Boyd Used & Rare Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...