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Burmese Family
by Mi Mi Khaing
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: E. G. N. Kinch. The author wrote this book in Delhi early in 1945 when Burma was still guarded by the Japanese invader. Its inspiration. therefore. was nostalgia and memories. instead of the surging life of his native environment which would have enabled these slight five thousand lines to carry with more strength the growth and the spirit of three generations in Burma. In offering the present result to readers outside Burma. he would have them be guided by the weighty verdict of his solemn friend U. Thein Tin who is known to the Burmese reading public as "The Dark Emerald" for the fanciful play of his pen. He returned the manuscript with the words "You have done what you can. It is for posterity to do better." When a Burmese word is first introduced in the book it is printed in Italics and thereafter in Roman type. At the end of the book (p. 132) will be found a Glossary of such words. with page references to their first appearance in the text. A few Proper names are included in the Glossary with page references to explanations which may help the reader. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 138 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Gilt titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings. Illustrator: E. G. N. Kinch. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Burmese History; Myanmar; Southeast Asia; Burma; Indigenous Cultures. Inventory No: 2928. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2928
- Title
- Burmese Family
- Author
- Mi Mi Khaing
- Illustrator
- E. G. N. Kinch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Travel/Places/Burmese History/Burma/Southeast Asia/Myanmar/Indigenous Cultures Travel & Places; Burmese History; Myanmar; Southeast Asia; Burma; Indigenous Cultures. E. G. N. Kinch Unbranded Mi Mi Khaing Burmese Family
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Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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