In the Year of the Tiger
by Wolf, Bernard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0027933903
- ISBN 13
- 9780027933901
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Oblong small quarto, black cloth spine over black paper covered boards with silver cover decoration of pictogram. 124pp. A beautiful and evocative photo-essay with accompanying text and commentary looking at the life of the rural Chinese peasant in one village in Communist China. A very tight, clean, bright, fresh, unblemished volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 05480
- Title
- In the Year of the Tiger
- Author
- Wolf, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0027933903
- ISBN 13
- 9780027933901
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- PHOTOJOURNALISM, PHOTOJOURNALIST, WOLF, CHINA, EASTERN, ORIENTAL, CHINESE, VILLAGE, ETHNOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, PHOTOGRAPHY, ESSAY, POLITICAL, AGRICULTURE, FARM, FARMING, RURAL, PEASANT, LANDSCAPE, MODERN, COMMUNISM, COMMUNIST,
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Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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