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Tibetans
by Xue, Walker
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 7800072258
- ISBN 13
- 9787800072253
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
China Photographic Publishing House, 1997-05-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. China Photographic Publishing House, 1997. Limited edition of 1000 unnumbered copies. Bilingual text with translations in English. Hardbound book. Book is in Good condition, dark blue cloth boards are clean but show shelfwear, light bumping to corners, boards are slightly canted. Gilt gold stamped lettering to front board remains bright though some foil flecks have traveled to other areas of the board. Binding is tight, text block and pages are clean and free of markings. Dust jacket is in Acceptable condition, significant handling and shelfwear, some chipping and closed tears to head and tail of spine, and to corners, scuffs to the lamination of the jacket. Yuan price sticker on rear jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPxueTIB
- Title
- Tibetans
- Author
- Xue, Walker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 7800072258
- ISBN 13
- 9787800072253
- Publisher
- China Photographic Publishing House
- Date Published
- 1997-05-01
- X weight
- 46 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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