Peony
by Keith West
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 9971492148
- ISBN 13
- 9789971492144
- Seller
-
Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Singapore: Graham Brash, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. A fictional portrait of an aristocratic woman in fourteenth century China who manages to escape having her feet bound. Her independence of spirit encourages her to flout the laws of marriage and fall in love with the 'wrong' man. She does not find much happiness as she is tossed about by family and court intrigue. 189 pages. Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has a minor bit of wear at the edges and minimal spotting on the text block. The binding is tight and the text clear with no tanning throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CN222
- Title
- Peony
- Author
- Keith West
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 9971492148
- ISBN 13
- 9789971492144
- Publisher
- Graham Brash
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- China - English Language Fiction - 14th century - romance
- Bookseller catalogs
- China - Fiction;
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Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.