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G.P. Putnam's Son, 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1928. 358 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Front endpaper has been removed. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Hinges are cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.
IN THE LAND OF THE LAUGHING BUDDHA: The Adventures of An American Barbarian in C by CLOSE, Upton
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IN THE LAND OF THE LAUGHING BUDDHA: The Adventures of An American Barbarian in C
by CLOSE, Upton
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New York 1924, Putnam's. Blue cloth, very good, 358p., 33 bw photos, glossary. Essentially the recorded commentaries of a sojourn in China. A guide to the country, people, sights, insights, humor, the Chinese character and a good look a China's political stew, war lords, war, lords & the advancing Japanese. In Shantung, Tsingtao, salat country, youth rebels, viewing a Chinese war Peking besieged by its own army, famine,woman writer in the famine region to the West: Mongolia-A full treck in Rip Van Winkle land, where mountains walked. Chinese Cleopatra, Ban- dit King, searching for the President, the shrine of the laughing Buddha...great reading about the journey mostly on foot or horseback through China's more isolated places... .
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In The Land Of The Laughing Buddha
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NY: Putnam's Sons, 1924. Retired library copy with usual stamps, stickers and labels. Clean text; Sound, lightly shelf worn binding; Although lacking the original paper dust jacket, this copy is now protected in clear, five--mil mylar. 359p.. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by B & W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, Hard Cover.
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In the Land of the Laughing Buddha: The Adventures of an American Barb
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Green covers with gilt lettering on spine. Cover shows remnants of an overall patterning, but not the picture of the Buddha. Half-title pg. is intact, but title pg/copyright pg missing or didn't have one. Moderate bumping/rubbing to corners, rubbing and beginnings of wear to ends of spine. Overall light soiling. 329 pgs. . Good. Hardcover. 1924.
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In the Land of the Laughing Buddha: The adventures of an American Barbarian in China
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New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Navy blue covers with gilt titles, shelf wear, minor rubs to extremities. Prev. owner's name inside twice on end papers. Light toning to pgs. 359 pgs. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1924.
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Loney Pr, 2007. Paperback. New. 440 pages. 8.30x5.50x1.20 inches.
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In the Land of the Laughing Buddha: The Adventures of an American Barbarian in China
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New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression.. 359 pages, 8vo. No DJ. Second Impression. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine and front cover. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, front spine hinge is lightly cracked, previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover and stamp embossed on last page, light tanning. Volume is in Very Good-minus condition..
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In the Land of the Laughing Buddha
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924 359 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled, decorative eps (Chinese characters), photo frontis (Mt. Hwa); a.e. lt tanned, mild lean, PO name inked front ep. Cover: textured navy, gilt titles front/spine; v lt shelfwear, front b.e. crnr bumped, sm dimple front near b.e., spine mildly faded w/ several sm dk stains.
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In The Land Of The Laughing Buddha - The Adventures Of An American Barbarian In China
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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
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