A Chinese Village-Taitou, Shantung, Province
by Yang, Martin C
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Columbia Univ Pr, 1945. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Columbia Univ Pr., 1945. first printing. 8vo., xvii+275 pages, illustrated maps, tables. Fade spots and sunning to covers, spine cloth sunned, lettering visible, foxing to endpapers, edges toned, name od fly leaf. Internally clean, unmarked, binding tight. Good.. 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket. 8vo..
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- The Wild Muse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002469
- Title
- A Chinese Village-Taitou, Shantung, Province
- Author
- Yang, Martin C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Columbia Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- CHINA ETHNOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Far East; Anthropology;
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About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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