![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
NARRATIVE OF THE EARL OF ELGIN'S MISSION TO CHINA AND JAPAN IN THE YEARS 1857 '58, '59
by Oliphant, Laurence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Glen Head, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY 1860 Harper. 1st American edition. Octavo, 645pp., color frontis, numerous text illustrations, original gilt illustrated brown cloth. VG PLUS, tiny closed tear in cloth on backstrip, spine ends lightly worn down about 1/8th inch, cover tips worn; inner hinges not cracked; binding secure; text clean; color frontispiece in fine condition. Covers both China and Japan complete in in one volume. Pictures available on request. Excellent condition. .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Xerxesbooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- a70194
- Title
- NARRATIVE OF THE EARL OF ELGIN'S MISSION TO CHINA AND JAPAN IN THE YEARS 1857 '58, '59
- Author
- Oliphant, Laurence
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- china exploration travel noelc
Terms of Sale
Xerxesbooks
All items returnable within ten days of receipt.
Payment by check (drawn in U.S. dollars on a bank with a U.S branch), PayPal, Money Order, Master Card, Visa or American Express accepted.
About the Seller
Xerxesbooks
Biblio member since 2008
Glen Head, New York
About Xerxesbooks
Xerxes Books was established in 1980, and has been selling on-line since 1996. We sell out-of-print, rare and scholarly books, as well as manuscript diaries and letters, in all major languages. We currently have more than 43000 on-line listings, with new items added daily.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...