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A Dream of Red Mansions: Saga of a Noble Chinese Family (Abridged Version)

A Dream of Red Mansions: Saga of a Noble Chinese Family (Abridged Version)

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A Dream of Red Mansions: Saga of a Noble Chinese Family (Abridged Version)

by Xueqin, Cao & Gao E

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Very Good Plus.
ISBN 10
0835125297
ISBN 13
9780835125291
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San Francisco: Purple Bamboo, 1994. Bottom tips bumped, otherwise clean, unmarked, and tightly bound with spine square. Translated by Huang Xinqu. From the rear cover "Arguably the greatest work of Chinese fiction". 298 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Very Good Plus..

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Bookseller
Purpora Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
18688
Title
A Dream of Red Mansions: Saga of a Noble Chinese Family (Abridged Version)
Author
Xueqin, Cao & Gao E
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good Plus.
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0835125297
ISBN 13
9780835125291
Publisher
Purple Bamboo
Place of Publication
San Francisco
Date Published
1994
Bookseller catalogs
Asian Studies;

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