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Moment in Peking
by Lin Yutang
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good book, rubbed cloth edges, boards lightly soiled, text block toned, gutters foxing, front paste down ex libris
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The John Day Company, 1939. Hardcover, [octavo], black cloth boards, framed gilt spine titles, brown cover decoration, no dust jacket, 815 pp. Very good book, rubbed cloth edges, boards lightly soiled, text block toned, gutters foxing, front paste down ex libris. Flat signed in pencil to front free end paper.
Synopsis
Moment in Peking is a historical novel originally written in English by the Chinese American author Lin Yutang. The novel covers the turbulent events in China from 1900 to 1938, including the Boxer Uprising, the Republican Revolution of 1911, the Warlord Era, the rise of nationalism and communism, and the origins of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1712
- Title
- Moment in Peking
- Author
- Lin Yutang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, [octavo], black cloth boards, framed gilt spine titles, brown cover decoration, no dust jacket, 815 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good book, rubbed cloth edges, boards lightly soiled, text block toned, gutters foxing, front paste down ex libris
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Lin Yutang
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
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Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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