Preface by amy tan (5 resultados)

Condición: VERY GOOD. 1st trade paperback printing. The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. Boldly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication, with a drawing of a cat by Yang. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. Very good+ (covers slightly bent).…

Condición: FINE. First printing. The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.206. Baba (Papa) born in Manchuria in 1928, his daughter Belle, set out to write and paint (beautiful drawings and illustrations throughout the book) to preserve his memories of his coming of age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. A tale of a prominent Manchurian family who experienced the Japanese occupation, the Russian onslaught and the Chinese civil war. clean tight copy slight rubbings to d/j. The Author (ilustrador).…

Condición: FINE. First printing. The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. SIGNED by both Belle Yang and Amy Tan on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. Fine in fine dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; xx, 211 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 24 cm. ISBN 9780151000630 0151000638 LCCN 94016410 LC PS3575.A53 B33 1994Dewey 813.54 ; slate-grey and beige cloth, in color pictorial dustjacket ; author's first book ; Baba ("papa" in Chinese) recounts the colorful childhood tales of Yang's father, who grew up at a time of great political and social upheaval in China. Behind the protective walls of the House of Yang, Baba is immersed in a world of the legends and colorful characters of village life. Yang's beautiful watercolors accompany each story and create "an astonishing personal vision" (Kirkus Reviews, pointer). Preface by Amy Tan; illustrations.; FINE/FINE. Book.…