Moment in Peking a novel of contemporary Chinese life
by Lin Yutang
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
SIGNED: first edition first printing hardcover (John Day, 1939) Signed by Lin Yutang on the front free end page; No dust jacket; no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages, a small spot of soil to front end paper; tight bind; clean cloth cover, gilt titling a bit dulled; no dust jacket dsk
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- Bookseller
- DrPanglossBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1226
- Title
- Moment in Peking a novel of contemporary Chinese life
- Author
- Lin Yutang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- John Day1939
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.