Thunderstorm
by Cao, Yu
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to fore-edges and DJ, stamp to front free endpaper, bright pages, tigh
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1978. Third edition. Hardcover. Very gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to fore-edges and DJ, stamp to front free endpaper, bright pages, tight binding, faint sunning to DJ spine, very mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, about half inch clipped mark to DJ spine, else near fine(-) in very good(+) DJ. in very good + dust-jacket. Octavo in black DJ, yellow lightning illus to front DJ, 151 pages, b&w illustrations, 22 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. A woman falls in love with her husband's son by another marriage. The son tries to get away from the relationship by turning his attention to a housemaid. The family discovers the housemaid is the daughter of the husband's first wife. This leads to a family crisis. Chinese drama, novel -- 20th century.
Synopsis
Chinese and English.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92560
- Title
- Thunderstorm
- Author
- Cao, Yu
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to fore-edges and DJ, stamp to front free endpaper, bright pages, tigh
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- Foreign Languages Press
- Place of Publication
- Peking
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novels;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....