signed first edition
1988 · New York
by Theroux, Paul
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. First Edition. First printing Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches with a small red remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a tiny faint closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel at the fold to the front flap. Signed without an inscription or date on the title page by the author. The author's account of his extensive travel through China by railroad. 480 pages of text. Illustrated with map end sheets. A fine, bright and clean copy. (Inventory #: TB30284)