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THE SAWBWA AND HIS SECRETARY: MY BURMESE REMINISCENCES by Lee, C.Y
- Bookseller: Tamarind Books, LLC
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 13213
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition: First Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1959
Description
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. Good in Good dust jacket 1959. First Printing. Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm.; pg. 245 ; Good(+) in lightly chipped and soiled dust-jacket, price clipped. "Happy and humorous memories of the author's years 1940-42, as secretary to the Sawbwa of the Shan State of Mangshih on the border with Yunnan, and of the Sawbwa's modernization plans." Herbert #318; B000GC0S2M .
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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