China: General Description of that Empire and Its Inhabitants; with the History of Foreign Intercourse Down to the Events which Produced the Dissolution of 1857: Two Volumes
by Davis, John Francis
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- Condition
- As-Is. Decent condition for age. Text is readable, unobscured by staining or other marks. Vol. I, Scrapes and wear to boards. Ti
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1857. As-Is. Decent condition for age. Text is readable, unobscured by staining or other marks. Vol. I, Scrapes and wear to boards. Tightly bound with contents displaying even tanning without foxing. Vol. II, Staining to boards and wear to leather. Covers and spine detached from each other and text block, but present. Binding cracked at p. 214. Otherwise clean and tight, with tanning, as in Vol. I.. 3/4 brown leather, marbled boards, gilt spine lettering in brown and red title boxes. Marbled endpapers and text block. [50] bw illus. Volume I: xx, 480 pp. Volume II: vii, 427 pp. Two volumes. (Laid-in news articles from 1940, re: Siamese cats).
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165967
- Title
- China: General Description of that Empire and Its Inhabitants; with the History of Foreign Intercourse Down to the Events which Produced the Dissolution of 1857: Two Volumes
- Author
- Davis, John Francis
- Book Condition
- Used - As-Is. Decent condition for age. Text is readable, unobscured by staining or other marks. Vol. I, Scrapes and wear to boards. Ti
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray, Albemarle Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- Asian History; China. ; Asian History ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian History;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
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