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THE CHINESE ART OF TEA
by Blofeld, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD PLUS in Good Plus Dustjacket
- ISBN 10
- 0043940021
- ISBN 13
- 9780043940020
- Seller
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Creswell, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1985. Hardcover. VERY GOOD PLUS in Good Plus Dustjacket. Front corners lightly nudged. Very slight curve to boards. Dustjacket good plus. Moderately scuffed jacket. Front bottom edge looks a bit nibbled on. Gilt lettering debossed on spine of black, cloth-covered boards. Black and white illustrations and figures. Clean, tight, bright. 169 pp with appendices. A book on the Chinese art of tea, which unlike its Japanese counterpart is informal and wholly unrestricted by fixed rules. This books intention is to give impressions of a beauty now departed and to provide practical instructions for the purchasing and enjoyment of fine teas. Contents on kinds of green, semi-fermented and black teas ; tea and the Tao ; tea and health ; poems and songs of tea ; and a manual for practising the tea art.
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- Bookseller
- The Sensible Magpie
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71530
- Title
- THE CHINESE ART OF TEA
- Author
- Blofeld, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD PLUS in Good Plus Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0043940021
- ISBN 13
- 9780043940020
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- China tea social aspects, History of Chinese Tea, Emperor Hui Tsung's Treatise on Tea, Teahouses, Poems of Tea
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The Sensible Magpie has no established storefront; she is MAIL ORDER ONLY. Once payment is received and processed, item(s) will be shipped out promptly.
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Orders will be filled and shipped out on as soon as they are processed, within two days of accepting order, generally. If you have need of quicker delivery, please call directly: (541) 942-6479, between 8am and 8pm, Pacific Standard Time.
Media and Priority Rates include standard USPS tracking numbers, which I will include once processed.
Postage rates for within the U.S. will cover up to five pounds.
If your order is heavier or oversized, we may contact you noting extra charges are required.
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We pack well! We want your order to arrive in the same manner as it left us. 30 Day return if your book is not as described, with full refund including original shipping costs.
Customer information kept confidential. Used ONLY for the purpose of fulfilling orders. NEVER sold or soliticited to by any other party.
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