A Mandarin Primer
by BALLER, F. W
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Shanghai: China Inland Mission, 1921. xxxviii, [2], 462pp, [2]. Contemporary half-sheep, black cloth boards, contrasting red and black cloth lettering-pieces. Heavily rubbed. Decorated endpapers, ticket of Thornton & Son booksellers of Oxford to FEP, ink stain to title page, scattered spotting. A revised and enlarged edition of British Protestant Christian missionary to China and sinologist Frederick William Baller's (1852-1922) immensely popular Mandarin language primer, prepared for members of the China Inland Mission. . Twelfth edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ28929
- Title
- A Mandarin Primer
- Author
- BALLER, F. W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Twelfth edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- China Inland Mission
- Place of Publication
- Shanghai
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Language
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
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