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Among the Mongols
by Gilmour, Rev. James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London: Religious Tract Society, 1888 Book. Illus. by B & W Illustrations. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth on beveled boards. All edges gilt. Starting from headquarters in Peking, the author spent the summer months among tribes to the west, north, and east of Kalgan, returning to Peking in the winter months. Engravings are believed to be from a Chinese artist in Kalgan. Date is taken from the Prefatory Note. 383 pp..
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- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012779
- Title
- Among the Mongols
- Author
- Gilmour, Rev. James
- Illustrator
- B & W Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Religious Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- NOISBN Missions.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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