Wild Swans, inscribed by the author, in the very rare first state jacket

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First edition, first print, inscribed: in the rare and very hard to find first state dust jacket. The inscription, on the title page, is written in blue ink and reads: 'For Marjarie, Happy birhtday! Jung Chang'. Beneath the author's name is her name stamp in full-form Chinese; the first state jacket differs from the far more common later state jackets with the name of the book and the author on one line in a smaller font that the later first print jackets, which has the author name and book title on two lines. The red character on the spine means swan or wild goose. The book is clean inside, with no ownership name. The only marks are on the final free endpaper, some faint marks along the top left-hand edge. The green cloth of the book is clean. Spine tips pushed, one bottom corner lightly pushed, other corners are firm. Text block clean bar some light shelf rubbing. No bumps to the boards. The jacket is not price-clipped, with the original £17.50 price present; the spine is not sunned. Jacket verso is clean with light toning to top and bottom edge. Bottom right hand corner of jacket has a short 3mm closed-edge tear. A very good/near fine copy of a hard to find very first state. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1691066209841

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