Ask a question or
Order this book


Browse our books
Search our books
Book dealer info



Title: At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui [Signed Copy]
Description: Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2014. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 1580893708. Illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen. Color Pictures & Maps; 11 1/4 x9 1/4"; Unpaginated pages; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE, DATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2015. Hard cover has brown spine with yellow lettering. Oblong shaped book has slight rubbing to boards. DJ has closed tear at top of spine, and top of front flap crease; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Pages not numbered, 80 pages. "..unearths the mysteries of the Mawangdui (mah-wahng-dway) tombs, one of China's top archaeological finds of the last century. Miniature servants, mysterious silk paintings, scrolls of long-lost secrets, and the best preserved mummy in the world (the body of Lady Dai) are just some of the artifacts that shed light upon life in China during the Han dynasty." Glossary; bibliography; index. ; Signed by Author. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 1580893708 Chinese History; Chinese Tombs; Chinese Archaeology; Juvenile Literature; Children's Literature Cultural History; Social History; Anthropology; Women's History; Women/Womens' History Cultural History Education Archaeology Orient/Asia Geography

Price: US$ 44.75 Seller: Pegasus Books
- Book number: 15949