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Journey Between Two Chinas
by Topping, Seymour
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line including the number one (number line is on the last page of the volume.) Hard cover in very good condition with red and black boards with gold gilt stars on front board and lettering on spine. End papers contain map of China. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. 459 numbered pages. Contains two section of glossy black & white photographs, in total 12 leaves / 24 pages. Also contains maps, appendices, and an extensive Index. Dust jacket very good with light shelf & edge wear; tiny chips/wear at top & bottom of folds. Not price clipped. * From the beginning of the author's Acknowledgments: ""This book is intended to contribute to the literature illuminating aspects of the history of China from the period of the civil war (1946-49) to the visit of President Nixon in February 1972. Most of the material relates to personal experience....""
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000288
- Title
- Journey Between Two Chinas
- Author
- Topping, Seymour
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- China, History, China - Politics and government, China - History - Civil War 1945 to 1949, Politics and government
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of Asia & China & Japan; Politics & Government;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
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- Leaves
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- 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....
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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