Cloth bound hard back book with paper dust jacket. A: The spine is covered with deep maroon cloth with the name of the author, publisher and title embossed in gold. The front and back of the cover is tan paper embossed with an illustration of Mu lan. The pages of the book are colored blue on the top. On the title page the author has signed her name aross the top of the page in black felt pen. The title page reads: "The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts. Maxine Hong Kingston". There is some mildew on the inside of both covers. B: The dust jacket is glossy paper colored maroon on the front with the author's name at the top in tan letters. The title is next in white and then a collage of illustrations: Mulan and a crane in front of a gold moon; A woman's face; a tenement building. On the back is a black and white photograph of the author.

1999.027.001