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MAY YOU BE THE MOTHER OF A HUNDRED SONS -- A JOURNEY AMONG THE WOMEN OF INDIA
by BUMILLER, ELISABETH
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394563913
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563916
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Random House, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good + Condition. Third Printing. Bumiller writes from first hand knowledge of the loves of India's women: villagers, movie stars, intellectuals, policewomen-- and of women's role in Indian society. Clean, tight, solid, unmarked, with slight sunning to top and bottom edges and a slight small indentation to upper edge. Handsome in burgundy half cloth with gilt titles, orange boards. Jacket is slightly wrinkled around spine head, very clean and unmarked, not price-clipped. 306 pages. 9.75 x 6.5 inches. Random House, New York, 1990.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018198
- Title
- MAY YOU BE THE MOTHER OF A HUNDRED SONS -- A JOURNEY AMONG THE WOMEN OF INDIA
- Author
- BUMILLER, ELISABETH
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394563913
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563916
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- INDIA; WOMEN-INDIA; MARRIAGE-INDIA; POPULATION CONTROL PROGRAMS-INDIA; CALCUTTA,
- X weight
- 0 oz
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