torrents spring de payne robert (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Sehr gut. Leinen mit OSchutzumschlag, ungelesen. Einmalige Lizenzausgabe für 'Welt im Buch', Titel d. Originalausgabe "Torrents of Spring", (c) 1955 by Robert Payne, 318 S., goldgeprägte Einbandvignette, sauber, keine Eintragungen, sehr gut erh., sofort lieferbar.

Pictorial endpapers, viii + 218pp, prior owner's details reverse of dustjacket worn on extremities with some tears and loss, dustjacket sunned spine, nice copy in dustjacket. "Torrents of Spring is the story of Shaofeng, Lifeng and Rose, which begins about 1908 in the Hall of the Splendid Cloud, situated on a mountain side in one of the remote provinces of China. Living among inaccessible gorges, this girl and her two brothers grow up into a world of myths and legends." Publisher's description.

Hardcover. vg/g+, edge wear to rubbed dj. Novel; 5220.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. 8vo. - measuring over 5 1/2 in. x 8 in. 218 pp., red cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Beautiful landscape endpapers with the previous owner's name on the ffep. A clean copy in Very Good condition with a slightly cocked spine, light shelfwear, and age-staining to the pages. The dust jacket is in Good condition with moderate edge wear to the head of the spine and light toning.

Hardcover. Estado de la sobrecubierta: fair. 218p. Very good condition chipped d.j.

Hardcover. Condición: Used - Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 5.75"x8.13". 218 pgs. Fire engine red cloth boards. Gilt title inside black boxes on spine. Chinese scene in gold as paste downs. Deckeled edge. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library. PON on first fly paper. Light fading to spine. Story of three children in rich Chinese family during early years of the 20th century. Pierre Stephen Robert Payne was an English-born author, known principally for works of biography and history, although he also wrote novels, poetry, magazine articles and many other works. After working in Singapore and China, he moved to the United States in 1946 and became a professor of English literature.