Quips from a Chinese Jest-Book
by Giles, Herbert A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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A$380.25A$304.20
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About This Item
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1925. Very Good, no jacket, in publisher's original illustrated paper covered boards, former owner names and bookplates front end pages, rubbed at joints and edges, 1/4" loss of paper at head of spine. Uncommon. 146, iii (Index), pages containing 242 "quips". "The main object of this book is to exhibit some specimens of the wit and humor of the Chinese, nothing of the kind, so far as I know, having yet beeen put before foreign readers. " )The author, Preface). . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010023
- Title
- Quips from a Chinese Jest-Book
- Author
- Giles, Herbert A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Kelly and Walsh, Limited
- Place of Publication
- Shanghai
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Chinese History, Literature, and Institutions;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
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