Foreign Mud : Being an account of The Opium Imbroglio at Canton in the 1830s and the Anglo-Chinese War that followed
by Maurice Collis
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 8vo.. First edition of the US edition. Green cloth boards. Spine is very faded and mottled, with small patch of loss. Front and rear boards also have staining. Pages are age tanned but clean. Spotting to page edges. Binding is tight. Black and white photographs and 5 maps and plans. A fascinating account of the Opium Wars of the 19th Century. 1947
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4283
- Title
- Foreign Mud : Being an account of The Opium Imbroglio at Canton in the 1830s and the Anglo-Chinese War that followed
- Author
- Maurice Collis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo.
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Petworth, West Sussex
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Age Tanned
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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