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Barbarians and Mandarins: thirteen centuries of Western Travelers in China
by Cameron, Nigel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802724035
- ISBN 13
- 9780802724038
- Seller
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About This Item
140 contemporary illustrations, some published for the first time. Price clipped bottom front dj flap.Right bottom corner crinkled. Top spine and front of dj shows handling. Previous owner's bookplate on recto end paper. Front cover has colophon in gold gilt. Index. Bibliography. Text unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- acs books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3837
- Title
- Barbarians and Mandarins
- Author
- Cameron, Nigel
- Format/Binding
- Gold cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- stated first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0802724035
- ISBN 13
- 9780802724038
- Publisher
- Weatherhill
- Place of Publication
- New York And Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 443
- Size
- 7" x 10"
- Keywords
- barbarians mandarins weatherhill western travelers China centuries Cameron Jesuit Catholic marco polo
- Bookseller catalogs
- china;
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