Gems of Chinese Literature
by Herbert Giles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Kelly and Walsh, Shanghai. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HERBERT A. GILES [editor, translator]. Gems of Chinese Literature in 2 volumes, Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1923.Octavo, revised, enlarged edition, Verse volume: pp. [ix] 279,1 (ad), Prose volume: xiv, 293, marbled boards half-bound in cream-colored with paper labels to spines. Giles samples a great many authors in a convenient set of a few hundred pages here.Condition of this book:Covers slightly discolored, age-toning to the end pages, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; China; 1920s; Poetry. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55293. .
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- Rarities etc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55293
- Title
- Gems of Chinese Literature
- Author
- Herbert Giles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Half Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kelly and Walsh
- Place of Publication
- Shanghai
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Literature & Literary; China; 1920s; Poetry. Unbranded Herbert Giles Gems of Chinese Literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Octavo
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