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The Chinese Empire
by Huc, M
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0804610959
- ISBN 13
- 9780804610957
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1970. Facsimile reprint of the second (1855) edition of this classic account of Chinese civilization seen through Western eyes: Huc was a French Catholic missionary who spent several years in Tibet & China; his accounts, for a while thought to be exaggerated, are well-regarded today. Two volume set, complete, hardcover in full black cloth with gilt lettering, as pictured. Ex-library with typical & numerous markings, labels, & rubberstamps. Text clean, bindings sound; xxxii, 421; viii, 440 pages; index, small map.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 998758
- Title
- The Chinese Empire
- Author
- Huc, M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0804610959
- ISBN 13
- 9780804610957
- Publisher
- Kennikat Press
- Place of Publication
- Port Washington, NY
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- China, Chinese History, Chinese Culture, Travel, Exploration, Asian Studies
- Size
- Octavo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
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