Publication details: Heinemann,1964,
Rare Book
A copy of Vidal's novel of Julian the Apostate with notable provenance, bearing the ownership of the young Aung San Suu Kyi (here transliterated as 'Aung Sang Suu Kyi') - in her first months in Oxford, where she studied Philosophy, Politics & Economics at St. Hugh's College. Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, and a series of accolades followed, but has more recently drawn criticism and controversy for her political leadership in Myanmar.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, a few spots to borders of opening leaves and the occasional outbreak further on, pp. viii, 466, crown 8vo, original purple cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, rubbed and soiled overall with a little discolouration to cloth and some white specks, top edge green, endpaper maps, to the initial blank the ownership inscription of 'Aung Sang Suu Kyi, St. Hugh's College, Oxford, 17.10.'64' (see below), fair
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