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The Rivers of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma
by Myint-U, Thant
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374163421
- ISBN 13
- 9780374163426
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Condition. There is a dot on the lower edge of the text block which must be a remainder mark. Gold cloth with black titles is clean and unmarked, with slight wear around spine head and heel; tight and solid binding with 5 degree slant; internals are As New. One 8-page section of illustration b/w plates. A personal history of living in Burma and also a global story of Burma's history and place in the world. Thant Myint-U tells the story of modern Burma and of his own family. Through his and his famiies stories, he portrays Burma's rise and decline in the modern world, form the t me of the Portuguese pirates and renegade Mughal princes through the decades of British colonialism, the devastation of WW II, and a sixty-year Buirmese civil war. xiv 361 pages with Page Notes. 6.25 x 9.25inches. 2006, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025320
- Title
- The Rivers of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma
- Author
- Myint-U, Thant
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374163421
- ISBN 13
- 9780374163426
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- BURMA, HISTORY
- X weight
- 0 oz
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