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Widow, Nun and Courtesan
by Lin Yutang
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: The John Day Company, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No marks. Very Good complete dust jacket. 266 pages. Three Novelettes from the Chinese Translated and Adapted by Lin Yutang. Three tales of three very different Chinese women living in different eras weaving humor, tragedy, philosophy and love. "Widow Chuan" a modern novelette by Wang Hsiang-ch'en; "A Nun of Taishan" circa 1900 by Liu O; and "Miss Tu" a popular legend, circa 1595, which Lin Yutang rewrites entirely for this publication.
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- Bookseller
- Scott Williams, Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1551
- Title
- Widow, Nun and Courtesan
- Author
- Lin Yutang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- China, fiction, short stories,
- Bookseller catalogs
- China;
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