An ornamental Chinese lacquer box is the key to a priceless art collection hidden for a century in this rich and complex narrative of Chinese history, culture, and life today.
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An ornamental Chinese lacquer box is the key to a priceless art collection hidden for a century in this rich and complex narrative of Chinese history, culture, and life today.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Royal octavo, hardcover, near fine in VG red decorative wraps. First printing. a story that begins in China in the early 1900's, through the Boxer Revolution, and starts again in the 1980's with the object of the title-a Cinnabar box. It holds a key to Gao Zhenggai's treasures that he hid when he foresaw the revolution. Zhenggai warns that the box holds the power to kill. It falls into the hands of Roger Walden and becomes the center of his life. Will he learn it's meaning and how to gain the key the box holds? 322 pp.
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As New in As New dust jacket. Book apears to have never been read, and there is very little shelf wear.; 9.60 X 6.30 X 1 inches; Book apears to have never been read, and there is very little shelf wear.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0312038011. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on half-title page "For T. And J...with my best wishes. " Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine, As New, gift-giving condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. The author was president of the Asia Society and this was his first novel. 8vo. 322 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.; Signed by Author.
