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JUNG,CHANG: : WILD SWANS: Three Daughters of China.[Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,2003.

ISBN 0007166117.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn thus.[Originally first published in UK by same publisher in 1991.That edition was the winner of the 1992 NCR Book Award and then in 1993 the British Book of the Year Award.This edn is with a new introduction by the author. Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat felt-tip pen blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,green background with sepia biographical montage'd photographs to front panel of dw/dj,illustrated dw/dj,with gilt,red,black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Inevitable slight sunning/fading to dw/dj's spine/backstrip.Top edges ubiquitously slightly aged and lightly dust-soiled,fore- edges brighter and clean; contents bright, tight,clean - near pristine -no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,blue+white striped headband and immaculate plain pale blue eps.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, viii-xlpp (8-40pp)+2-666pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,list of illustrations,new introduction to 2003 edition,acknowledgements,family tree,a chronology,author's note,double-page b/w map of China,28 chapters and an epilogue, 16pp contemporary b/w familial photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp210/11 and pp418/19 respectively,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title page,dedication and 8pp blanks at rear. Through the true story of three generations of women in her own family - grandmother,mother and daughter - Jung Chang reveals nothing less than the whole tumultuous history of China's tragic twentieth century. Jung Chang's grandmother's feet were bound as a child,and at the age of fifteen she was given to a warlord general as a concubine.As the general lay dying,she fled his compound with her infant daughter. That daughter grew up to become active in the Communist movement's civil war against Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang.Following the Communist victory in 1949 she and her husband became senior officials,swept up in Mao's maelstrom. Jung Chang their daughter,was raised in the privileged circles of China's Communist elite,but grew up to question Mao himself, an unimaginable step in a country ruled by terror and devoid of information about the outside world.Her parents were denounced, tortured and sent to distant labour camps. Her father was gradually hounded to death, and she herself was exiled to the edge of the Himalayas,and forced to become a peaant.'Wild Swans' is a tale of extraordinary extremes of cruelty and bravery,of tragedy and hope,of death and survival.Breathtaking in its scope, unforgettable in its descriptions of China's long nightmare,it is both an important work of history and a remarkable human document. For this edition Jung Chang has written a new introduction,bringing her own story up to date from where 'Wild Swans' left off. Since April 2013,and again in March 2015, the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the slightly heavier weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn thus.
Author's signature - without dedication.

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