Seven Maids of Far Cathay: Being English Notes from a Chinese Class Book
by Ding, Bing (Compiler)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Paul Elder and Company Publishers., 1916. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1916 Paul Elder and Company Publishers. No edition stated. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with yellow and black spine and cover lettering and decorations. Top page edges are orange. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Illustrated by Ai Lang. Tipped in black and white plates; some are photographs, and some are illustrations. Text pages have a red border and first page of each section has additional illustrations at the borders. 87 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped and rubbed. Bottom front corner bumped. Spine is very lightly sun-faded. Pages clean and unmarked. Bookplate on front endpaper has blank name space. Red page borders have faded onto pages that do not have borders, leaving a light tan rectangle. Dust jacket is missing. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13462
- Title
- Seven Maids of Far Cathay: Being English Notes from a Chinese Class Book
- Author
- Ding, Bing (Compiler)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Company Publishers.
- Date Published
- 1916
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- China,Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; China;
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- Spine
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