Peking Picnic by A. Bridge - 1938

UsedGood. Clean, great binding. Cover shows light wear from reading/handling. Dog-Eared Books is a small, women owned and operated business. There is a signature on the inside front cover page.

Berkley, 1964. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Daunt Books, 2015. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Berkeley. Paperback, in Good condition, bookstore stamp inside, pages are unmarked, paper is tanning with age, covers have a few small creases, a little edge wear, straight spine, good binding, a good reading copy, . Good. Paperback. 1964.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. Original price of $2.50 on top of front dj flap. 355 pages. The Atlantic $10,000 Prize Winning Novel. With blurb to that effect, and facsimile letter form publisher on rear panel. Red boards with light wear to spine top and bottom. A fair dustjacket with tears, edgewear, fraying and pieces missing. Barely acceptable. .

Little, Brown and Company, 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

[New York]: Berkley Pub. Co, 1964. Berkley edition. Paperback. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, two price stickers to front cover, light soiling to fore-edges and covers, pale sunning to spine, price sticker to front pastedown, else very good.. White octavo, color illus to front cover, 222 pages, 18 cm. Series: Berkeley medallion book, No X 917. Fiction, Novel.

A first novel of rare quality beautiful, grave, humorous, exciting, and wise.' Observer Laura Leroy, wife of a British attach, leads a divided existence, torn between her beloved home in England and diplomatic society in Peking an ancient city of exquisite allure. When Laura joins a group of expats on an expedition to the great monastery at Chieh T'ai Ssu, they become intoxicated by the mysterious beauty of Chinese landscape in spring (and by one another). But far from the comforting whirl of cocktails and picnic parties, they soon encounter a shocking clash that threatens the security of their newfound bond. Set in the vanished era of 1930s Peking, this enthralling novel captures the unfamiliar thrill of a new city, the excitement of secret love, and the everlasting tension between the old and the new.

Chatto & Windus, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 328 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Chatto & Windus, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. Fifth Impression. 328 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as moderate cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.