Voyaging to Cathay. Americans in the China Trade.
by TAMARIN, ALFRED AND SHIRLEY GLUBOK
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0670748579
- ISBN 13
- 9780670748570
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
New York.: Viking.. 1976.. Map, black and white illustrations, 202pp, prior owner's chop title page, dustjacket a worn, a little torn and browned, spine a little sunned, oblong octavo, still a good hardback copy. 16.7 x 24.6cm. Well illustrated account written with young people in mind, but it would serve anyone well as an overview of the history of the American in the China Trade. An attractive book. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180912
- Title
- Voyaging to Cathay. Americans in the China Trade.
- Author
- TAMARIN, ALFRED AND SHIRLEY GLUBOK
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670748579
- ISBN 13
- 9780670748570
- Publisher
- Viking.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1976.
- Keywords
- Asia, China, Economics, Trade, United States, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books, zz_ListOn_eBay
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Asia Bookroom is a large open shop specialising in books on Asia. We also have smaller sections on the Middle East and the Pacific. Our stock ranges from antiquarian books through to new books. We also carry ephemera relating to Asia including an interesting range of 19th and 20th Century ephemera published in East Asia in English, Chinese and Japanese.
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Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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