Barbarian's Country by Jean Hougron - 1960

Hutchinson of London, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. First Edition Thus. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in sunned dj. Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury. A novel of a colonial family in French Indochina. *** 256pp. *** 1st ptg. > DJ Good

New York: Farrar Straus and Cudahy, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Small marks, corner of ffep, light handling to first few pages.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy,, 1961.. Hardcover first edition -. VG/G (some overall edgewear and soiling to dj, a chip approx 1" deep on the upper corner of the front cover.). First US printing. Novel set in French Indo-China, a vivid picture of the area in the period when it was still dominated by the colonial families and of the early years of the political unrest which eventually resulted in the IndoChina War and the Vietnam War, by a writer who lived in the area since 1946. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury.

London: Hutchinson, 1960. 1st GB Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. 1st printing. An unread book.