A Brief History of Chinese Fiction
by Hsun, Lu; Yang, Gladys (translator); Yang, Xianyi (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Extremely mild bumping to front board-top corner, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, faint sunning to spine foot, extremely
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1976. Third edition. Hardcover. Extremely mild bumping to front board-top corner, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, faint sunning to spine foot, extremely gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to rear board, stamp to front free endpaper, stamp residue to front pastedown, page-edge rubbing to first 18 pages, very mild rubbing to DJ spine head, extremely gentle rubbing to DJ spine foot, very mild rubbing and fraying to DJ corners, light soiling to DJ and fore-edges, else Near Fine(-) in Very Good(+) DJ. in very good + dust-jacket. Small octavo or large duodecimo in white color-illus DJ, 437 pages, [19] leaves (1 folded) of plates, b&w illustrations, 19 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. "A detailed account of the development of Chinese fiction" - Preface. China knowledge series. Chinese fiction -- History and criticism.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92048
- Title
- A Brief History of Chinese Fiction
- Author
- Hsun, Lu; Yang, Gladys (translator); Yang, Xianyi (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremely mild bumping to front board-top corner, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, faint sunning to spine foot, extremely
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- Foreign Languages Press
- Place of Publication
- Peking
- Date Published
- 1976
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