Alone in China and other Stories
by Julian Ralph
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
Item Price
A$154.94A$116.21
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. First Edition (1897.) Hardcover no dust jacket. 8vo with 282 pages. The book is in good condition with some slight shelf wear, bumping to corners. Small tear to the left bottom of title page 1/2" next to spine. Toning due to age. Interior is clean and tight. Very slight mottling to covers. Profusely illustrated Black & White drawings. Pictures available upon request. "First.. published in Harper's Weekly and Harper's Magazine in 1895-96, immediately after the author's return from China, which he visited during its war with Japan." Yellow cloth spine/Green-gold dragon-text. #033664. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Illus. by C. D. Weldon . 8vo. China / History.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jero Books and Templet Co.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033664
- Title
- Alone in China and other Stories
- Author
- Julian Ralph
- Illustrator
- C. D. Weldon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Julian Ralph Alone in China and other Stories
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Jero Books and Templet Co.
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Santa Monica, California
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