Product Description
White Lotus by John Hersey. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1965 ? Stated First Edition. Book Condition / Dust Jacket Condition: Book: Very Good +; Navy blue cloth boards clean and well preserved with gilt spine lettering bright and fully legible. Binding tight and square. Light shelf wear including faint rubbing at edges and spine ends. Corners bumped but not rubbed. Interior pages clean and well preserved with light, even toning typical of mid-1960s paper stock. No ownership inscriptions, underlining, or markings observed.Faint stain on lower edge of front endpaper and very slight rippling at lower middle of initial 50 pages. At least one signature cut short at publisher as manufacturer error, lendng uniqueness. Dust Jacket: Very Good-; Original dust jacket present and unclipped.Some soiling, edgewear, spinewear, cornerwear, some chips and tears repaired with archival tape ex verso. (see photos) White Lotus is a novel by John Hersey exploring the final years of China's civil war and the rise of the Chinese Communist revolution. Through the experiences of Western missionaries and Chinese villagers, Hersey portrays the cultural tensions and political upheaval surrounding the transformation of rural China during the mid-twentieth century.
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