The Last Empress: Madam Chiang Kai Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Hannah Pakula
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 1439148937
- ISBN 13
- 9781439148938
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Love her or loathe her, Soong May Ling, better known as Madame Chiang Kai Shek, led an extraordinary life. This biography traces her story from the end of the Qing dynasty, through the years of prominence advocating for the Nationalist cause of her husband, through to her life in Taiwan after the Communist takeover of her homeland. Very Good Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket. 787 pages with some black and white plates, a bibliography and an index. Weight: 1.5 kg Post free within Malaysia, but, due to its weight, this book is likely to incur additional postal charges when posted outside Malaysia The dust jacket has minimal wear. There is a small remainder mark on the top of the text block and the text block has light tanning in places. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is faint tanning of the pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CN190
- Title
- The Last Empress: Madam Chiang Kai Shek and the Birth of Modern China
- Author
- Hannah Pakula
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1439148937
- ISBN 13
- 9781439148938
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- China - Soong May Ling - Chiang Kai Shek Biography
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- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.