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THE CHINESE A Portrait Of A People
by Fraser, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671448730
- ISBN 13
- 9780671448738
- Seller
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Summit Books/Simon & Schister, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Sixteen pages of Photographic Illustrations. An invaluable and captivating portrait of a people, a cliche- shattering portrait. Brown half cloth with bold gilt titles, tan speckled paper wrapped boards with Chinese letters on front. Very clean and unmarked, trace wear to corners, Tight, solid and square. Interior is very clean, completely unmarked. Clean jacket has light corner wear with chipping of spine head/tail. Four small closed tears on edges. 463 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. New York. Summit Books/Simon & Schuster, 1980.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001174
- Title
- THE CHINESE A Portrait Of A People
- Author
- Fraser, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0671448730
- ISBN 13
- 9780671448738
- Publisher
- Summit Books/Simon & Schister
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- CHINA-DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL; CHINA, POLITICS GOVERNMENT; PEKING; COMMUNISM; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. China;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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