The Rise and Splendour of the Chinese Empire
by Grousset, Rene
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
University of California Press, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Very Good ; Fair+ Jacket. 1953 University of California Press. First American edition, stated. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white frontispiece, plates and maps. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Small faded spot at tail of spine. Pages clean and unmarked. 312 pages. Translated by Anthony Watson-Gandy and Terence Gordon. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, small to 1 inch tears, and creases; cup ring on front; book itself unaffected. Jacket spine is sunned. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7258
- Title
- The Rise and Splendour of the Chinese Empire
- Author
- Grousset, Rene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- China,History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; China;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
SmarterRat Books
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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