A Mortal Flower
by Han Suyin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1966. First American Edition. 412 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall.
Synopsis
A Mortal Flower is a biography by Han Suyin. It covers the years 1928 to 1938: her growing up in China and her journey to Belgium and her mother's family. Also her marriage to a rising officer in the Kuomintang and the retreat to Chungking in the face of the Japanese invasion of China.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1652788075MHA
- Title
- A Mortal Flower
- Author
- Han Suyin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Date Published
- 1966
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....