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Chao Chun, Beauty in Exile
by Shu Chiung
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai, 1934. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. SHU CHIUNG. Chao Chun, Beauty in Exile, Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1934. Octavo, priority unknown here, pp. xvi, 169, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, mounted color plates, vignette chapter titles, gift inscription on free front endpaper. Retells a classic tragedy of the Brilliant Lady. Condition of this book: Light rubbing at edges, inside clean, overall near fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; China; 1920s; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55287. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55287
- Title
- Chao Chun, Beauty in Exile
- Author
- Shu Chiung
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kelly & Walsh
- Place of Publication
- Shanghai
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Literature & Literary; China; 1920s; Antiquarian & Rare. Unbranded Shu Chiung Chao Chun, Beauty in Exile
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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