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A TURNING WHEEL Hardcover - 1979

by Shaplen, Robert

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first

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Random House, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York First edition. Review copy, with material laid in. Thirty years of the Asian revolution by a correspondent for The New Yorker. With a bookplate inscribed by Shaplen to U.S. Ambassador Philip C. Habib affixed to the front flyleaf. A renowned career diplomat, Habib (1920-92) was an authority on Southeast Asia, President Ronald Reagan's personal representative to the Middle East, and a special envoy to some of the world's most dangerous flash points. In 1982, Habib was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Some light dust spotting to the top edge, with just a hint of rubbing to the dust jacket; otherwise a very good copy. Inscribed by Author.
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  • Title A TURNING WHEEL
  • Author Shaplen, Robert
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 397
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House, New York
  • Date 1979
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 977365320
  • ISBN 9780394417523 / 0394417526
  • Library of Congress subjects Asia - History - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 79004781
  • Dewey Decimal Code 950.42

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