The Opal Book by Frank Leechman Australiana Sirin Phathanothai provides a one-of-a-kind

Sirin Phathanothai provides a one-of-a-kind eyewitness account of daily life among the near-mythic founders of Mao's Communist China

"The story opens in the white heat of an Australian day in midsummer and ends with sunrise next morning

printed by Wescolour Press

ISBN 0140225315

notes in pencil on back cover (see photographs)

The Opal Book by Frank Leechman Australiana Sirin Phathanothai provides a one-of-a-kindThe Opal Book by Frank Leechman Ure Smith, 1961, [First Edition], illustrated endpaper, colour and black and white photographic plates, line drawings in text, hardcover, dustjacket Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, foxing and discolouration to endpapers, previous owners inscription on front endpapers, blue ink to title on title page, and back endpaper, age toned pages, tape residue to covers,