China. The Country and its People
by Browne, G. Waldo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good + overall
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. George Browne was a prolific writer who published a number of travel related books at the turn of the century related to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nanking, Ningpo, Canton & Korea. Introduction by Hon. John Long, Secretary of the US Navy.
4to, 477pp, 1 folding color map, 48 full page b&w illustrations and illustrations in text throughout. Top edge gilt, red cloth binding, title and decoration on cover, slt. rubbed at edges. Dark marks on rear board.
4to, 477pp, 1 folding color map, 48 full page b&w illustrations and illustrations in text throughout. Top edge gilt, red cloth binding, title and decoration on cover, slt. rubbed at edges. Dark marks on rear board.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27292
- Title
- China. The Country and its People
- Author
- Browne, G. Waldo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good + overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Dana Estes & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1901
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHINA; TRAVEL;
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Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- SL.
- slight
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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