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China and Her People Being the Observations, Reminiscences, and Conclusions of an American Diplomat
by Denby, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
L. C. Page & Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, no jackets presumed as issued, and 1905 on copyright, 1906 on title page, presumed first edition or early edition. Denby was the longest-running Minister to China for the US, and was a U.S. union office in the Civil War. Red cloth, gilt titles and dragon design on front and spines, gilt top page edges. Both volumes with slight lean, light bumps, toned spines, a few small stains and some loss to spines, foxing, cracked hinges but overall fairly sturdy. Scarce. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Boards and Wraps
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- Title
- China and Her People Being the Observations, Reminiscences, and Conclusions of an American Diplomat
- Author
- Denby, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- L. C. Page & Company
- Date Published
- 1906
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
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