Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Signed)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
First U.S. Edition. Hardcover.
Signed by the author on two-page title-page. First U.S. Edition.
A recounting of the lives of three generations of women in 20th-century China - from the author's grandmother's birth in 1909 and her presentation as a foot-bound concubine to a warlord general; to her mother's birth in 1931, alliance with Communist revolutionary forces, membership in the Communist regime elite, and subsequent fall from grace; and to her own exile and disillusionment with the Communist regime, and subsequent immigration to England in 1978.
Item #900570ISBN: 0671685465
6-3/8 x 9-5/8, 1/2 black cloth, lavender paper over boards, 524pp, lavender endpapers, chronology, epilogue, index, illustrated with photographs.
Near fine in dust wrapper with 1/2" tear heel of front panel flap fold, 1/4" tear with tiny chip top rear panel, and a bit of wear head and heel of spine, in protective mylar.Price: $50.00