Long-Haired Girl: A Chinese Legend Tapa dura - 1974

Dial. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1995. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dial Press, 1974. 464 pages, black cloth with light blue ltrs on spine, blue endpapers, corners and head-heel of spine are bumped, is slightly cocked, DJ is black with lt blue and white ltrs and and is torn/scruffed/chipped/ & nicked on corners/head-heel of spine/ & edges.. Stated 1st Printing. Hard Cover. G+/G+.

New York:: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995.. First Edition, so stated, 1st printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 10.75 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide . Light blue endpapers. Description: Beautifully illustrated in color with woodcuts by Yang Ming-Yi. This is a retelling of a Chinese legend about a village suffering from drought, and a lovely girl with distinctive long hair. One day she accidentally discovers a secret spring belonging to the God of Thunder. He tells her she must die if she reveals the spring. So she keeps still. But the plight of her parents and her people so distresses her that her beautiful long hair turns white. Then one day when an old man stumbles, and spills his precious water which they must carry from far away, the long-haired girl decides that she is willing to die to save the villagers and she shares the secret of the spring. The method the old man who roused her… Leer más

Dial, 1995-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!