Publicado por Harper Perennial, 2001
ISBN 10: 0060934425 ISBN 13: 9780060934422
Librería: More Than Words, Waltham, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofi t job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.
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Publicado por Random House, 2000
ISBN 10: 0679450009 ISBN 13: 9780679450009
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Publicado por Cengage Gale, 2000
ISBN 10: 1568951396 ISBN 13: 9781568951393
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Lrg. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Publicado por Random House, 2000
ISBN 10: 0679450009 ISBN 13: 9780679450009
Librería: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: CBA
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by author on title page. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Small discoloration on bottom edge of ffep's. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, creases & small tear on bottom edge of front panel. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. Signed by Author.
Publicado por Random House, 2000
ISBN 10: 0679450009 ISBN 13: 9780679450009
Librería: Queen City Books, Lynchburg, OH, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Like New. First Edition. SIGNED As new hardcover with dustjacket. Stated 1st edition.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation. Signed.
Publicado por Random House, 2000
ISBN 10: 0679450009 ISBN 13: 9780679450009
Librería: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. An excellent copy. 2000 Hard Cover. xiii, 312 pp. "In poised and elegant prose, Kathryn Harrison weaves in The Binding Chair; or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society a stunning story of women, travel, and flight; of love, revenge, and fear; of the search for home and the need to escape it. Set in alluring Shanghai at the turn of the century, The Binding Chair intertwines the destinies of a Chinese woman determined to forget her past and a Western girl focused on the promises of the future. Beautiful, charismatic, destructive, May escapes an arranged marriage in rural nineteenth-century China for life in a Shanghai brothel, where she meets Arthur, an Australian whose philanthropic pursuits lead him into one scrape after another. As a member of the Foot Emancipation Society, Arthur calls on May not for his pleasure but for her rehabilitation, only to find himself immediately and helplessly seduced by the sight of her bound feet. Reforming May is out of the question, so love-struck Arthur marries her instead and brings her home to live with him, his sister and brother-in-law, and their two girls, Alice and Cecily. In Alice, May sees the possibility of redemption: a surrogate for a child she has lost. And it is to May that Alice turns for the love her own mother withholds. But when the twelve-year-old is caught preparing her aunt's opium pipe, she is shipped off to a London boarding school, far from the dangerous influence of the woman who will come to reclaim her and to control the whole family. The Binding Chair unfolds among scenes of astonishing beauty and cruelty, in a lawless place where traditions and cultures clash, and where tragedy threatens a world built on the banks of unsettled waters--from the bustling Whangpoo River to the lake of blood in the Chinese afterworld. By turns shocking, exquisite, and hilarious, The Binding Chair is another spellbinding literary triumph by the writer whose work Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times has called "powerful and hypnotic. Signed by author.
Publicado por Random House, 2000
ISBN 10: 0679450009 ISBN 13: 9780679450009
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: As New. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. In protective mylar cover. (historical fiction, china, literature).
Publicado por Random House, New York, 2000
ISBN 10: 0679450009 ISBN 13: 9780679450009
Librería: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: TXBA
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. SIGNED by author on full title page. "Set in alluring Shanghai at the turn of the century, The Binding Chair intertwines the destinies of a Chinese woman determined to forget her past and a Western girl focused on the promises of the future." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly loose, minor edge wear, small bumps on spine ends and top right corner of front board; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has small wrinkle on top right corner of back cover. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 312 pages; Signed by Author.
Publicado por Random House., New York., 2000
Librería: Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, Australia
xiii + 312pp, dustjacket spine trifle shelf worn, a very good hardback copy.
Publicado por Random House, New York, NY, 2000
ISBN 10: 0679450009 ISBN 13: 9780679450009
Librería: Mike Murray - Bookseller LLC, East Windsor, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. This copy has been SIGNED by Kathryn Harrison on the title page. Set in alluring Shanghai at the turn of the century. "The Binding Chair" intertwines the destinies of a Chinese woman determined to forget her past and a Western girl focused on the promises of the future. This book has received high praise all-around. Signed by Author.
Publicado por Random House, New York, 2000
ISBN 10: 0679450009 ISBN 13: 9780679450009
Librería: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Kathryn Harrison directly on the title page; In The Binding Chair, Kathryn Harrison tells the incredible story of a group of African Americans who travel to the North to seek freedom and equality. They are met with obstacles at every turn, but they never give up. This is a story of courage and determination, of hope and faith.; 8vo; Signed by Author.
Publicado por Fourth Estate Limited, 2000
ISBN 10: 1841152684 ISBN 13: 9781841152684
Librería: Booksalvation, Manchester, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Good. Standard. Outline:- From the author of the best-selling memoir, The Kiss, Kathryn Harrison`s passionate fourth novel takes us to Shanghai as the last century ends. Beautiful, charismatic and destructive, May escapes an arranged marriage in rural China for life in a Shanghai brothel, where, in 1899, she meets Arthur, an Australian. As a member of the Foot Emancipation Society, Arthur calls on May not for his pleasure but for her rehabilitation, only to find himself helplessly seduced by the sight of her bound feet. Reforming May is out of the question, so Arthur marries her instead, and brings her home to live with his sister Dolly, her husband Dick, and their two girls Alice and Cecily. In Alice May sees the possibility of redemption: a surrogate for the child she has lost. And it is to May that Alice turns for the love her own mother withholds. But when the twelve year old is caught preparing her aunt`s opium pipe, Alice is enrolled in a London boarding school, far from the dangerous influence of the woman who will come to reclaim her, and to control the whole family. A startling story of travel and flight, the search for home and the need to escape it.;Where traditions and cultures clash, tragedy threatens a world built on the banks of unsettled waters -- from the filthy, bustling Whangpoo River to the lake of blood in the Chinese afterworld.-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Fourth Estate Limited The date of this copy is 2000 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK. Book.