About this title: Rosemary Manning's 1962 gem The Chinese Garden is a delicate and finely crafted novel of the discovery -- and betrayal -- of love. In a girls' boarding school in the late 1920s, a world of iron-willed authority, frigid rooms, and forbidden friendships, sixteen-year-old Rachel struggles to find a place for herself. When a rebellious student introduces her to a mystical, secret part of the grounds, the 'Chinese garden', Rachel becomes torn between this hidden world of sensuality and pleasure and the formidable, controlling headmistress who inspires Rachel's intellectual growth.
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Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover, ARC as shown. APPEARS NOT READ. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 pp. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Date Published: 6/15/1999
ISBN-13:9781558612167ISBN:1558612165
Description: Fine. 1558612165 Like New! ! ! 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Fast Shipping! ! ! We are ECO-CONSCIOUS by using recycled packaging materials, when possible, and send order confirmations/receipts digitally via E-mail. Thank you for your consideration. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Feminist Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781558612167ISBN:1558612165
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Originally published in 1962, and here reissued with an Afterword by Patricia Juliana Smith. A novel set at a spartan, authoritarian boarding school for girls. Rachel is torn between the intellectual goals of the school and the pleasures of escape some girls find in the secret Chinese garden on the school's property. 191 pages. This copy is in excellent condition and appears to be new and unread. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good. Hardcover. Dj good. This book was from a book rental store, has check stamps 1st pg. no other marks. Text clean, binding good. Ships within one business day with delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Feminist Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781558612167ISBN:1558612165
Description: As New. 5 1/2 x 8. This book is in as new condition both inside and out. Set in the 1920's in a girls' boarding school where 16 year old Rachel struggles to find her place as a budding lesbian. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Small Pr Distribution
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780946189700ISBN:0946189706
Description: Very Good. Paperback book. Overall rating: very good condition. Shelfwear/edgewear. Any other defects will be minor. Ex-library book with usual markings/stamps, ffep may missing, may have protective plastic cover. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 159 pages. First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Ellen Raskin. Her 2nd book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy! read more
Description: Poor in Poor jacket. Corners lightly bumped, staining, jacket has some wear, creasing and tearing along edges, some chipping to jacket also, may or may not have previous owners name inside. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NY, NY, U.S.A. : Feminist Press at The City Univ. of New York, 2000, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781558612167ISBN:1558612165
Edition: First U. S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Co., NY
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good+ in Good- jacket. First Printing. Sml 8vo in black cloth with gold lettering on the spn. Slt fading to edges of boards, else VG+ in dust jacket rubbed on edges; G-in clear dust jacket cvr. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Four Square, Great Britain
Date Published: 1965
Description: Fair to Good. Age toning of the pages, light creasing of the covers, bumped corners, and small tear on the front cover otherwise a fine tight copy. read more
Edition: Stated First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Black cloth boards, HC, first ed, 159 pgs, DJ sm nick flap fold lite edge wear, interior tight and clean, vg+/vg. read more
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