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The People's Emperor: Mao: A Biography of Mao Tse-Tung
by Wilson, Dick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good Only
- Seller
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Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. First American Edition, 1st Printing.
Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 215 x 143 mm), xx, 530 pages, red quarter cloth over black boards, titles in gilt to spine, in an unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
A massive biography of Mao, written by Dick Wilson (1928-2011), a distinguished journalist who was editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review from 1958 to 1964 and who was editor of the China Quarterly from 1975 to 1980. This is the first American edition, which follows the U.K. edition published in 1979.
CONDITION: Rubbing to boards, some fading to spine titles, previous owner's name and stamped insignia to front free end paper. The unclipped dust jacket has some chips, especially along the spine and front panel, toning to the verso, and some soiling to the panels. Near Fine in a Good only dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33
- Title
- The People's Emperor: Mao: A Biography of Mao Tse-Tung
- Author
- Wilson, Dick
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- China; Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- China;
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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