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A Chinese boy helps to build the railroad across the United States and is nicknamed Pie-Biter for his love for pies
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Ruthanne Lum McCunn was born in San Francisco's Chinatown and grew up in Hong Kong. She has published seven books on the experiences of Chinese people in America, including Thousand Pieces of Gold. She currently resides in San Francisco.
Tang grew up in Shanghai, China, and graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Peking University with degrees in Chinese art and literature.
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Tang grew up in Shanghai, China, and graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Peking University with degrees in Chinese art and literature.
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese
Original Language: Chinese
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- PublisherDesign Enterprises of San Francisco
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0932538096
- ISBN 13 9780932538093
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages34
- IllustratorTang You-Shan
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. You-shan Tang (illustrator). English Edition. Lovely children's picture book. NOT an Exlib. Boards are pictorial. Spine ends are slightly bent in. Very light soiling. Fep. is missing. "To Greg S" written in ink in upper corner of inside front board. Rear end paper has a small stain close to spine edge. Otherwise, interior is clean and tight. Illustrations are beautiful and bright. Story of a young Chinese immigrant that came over to work on the railroads. Seller Inventory # 9929
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Book Description Color-Illustrated Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tang, You-Shan (illustrator). Very large, oblong book, glossy color-illustrated boards, glossy unpaginated, stunning color-illustrations throughout. DJ glossy with same color as book with Asian man, a horse and mountain lake in background. DJ tiny tear at top front tip, very slight wear bottom front tip, light crease along top and bottom back. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book. Seller Inventory # 55024
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tang, You-Shan (illustrator). Crisp and unmarked. Glossy pictorial boards. Jacket lightly rubbed. Seller Inventory # 071362
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Book Description Hardcover. Tang, You-Shan (illustrator). First Edition (1983), unstated. Very Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows a hint of shelving wear along the bottom edge of the laminate boards; the binding leans ever so slightly (common in books of this oblong shape), but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only the mildest wear. Bright and clean. Virtually 'As New'. The DJ shows the mildest rubbing along the top edge; else flawless; the price is unclipped.Very close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Oblong 8vo. (8.6 x 11 x 0.3 inches). 32 pages. Illustrated in Color by You-shan Tang. Translated from the Chinese by Ellen Lai-shan Yeung. Language: English. The Chinese Edition was published simultaneously with the English Edition. Hardback with DJ. A young boy comes to America from China to help build the railroad- his love of pies helps him become tall & strong & eventually return home to the family he loves. A wonderful immigrant story! An early title by the author of "Wooden Fish Songs" and "Thousand Pieces of Gold". Seller Inventory # 51989
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Book Description Hardcover. Tang, You-Shan (illustrator). 32p., 11x8.5 inches oblong, signed by the author, English-language edition, very good first printing in pictorial laminated boards. Children's book on the building of the western US railroads. Seller Inventory # 98158
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tang, You-Shan (illustrator). Flat signed by both author and illustrator on front flyleaf. Flyleaf also has some mostly erased pencil bookseller markings. Otherwise a clean, very good copy. In a very good dust jacket with no chips or tears and not price-clipped. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 111105
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