Wandering in China.
by FRANCK, HARRY A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
London.: T. Fisher Unwin.. 1st English edition.. 1924.. Folding colour map of the author's route, black & white photographic frontispiece and 170 'unusual photographs by the author', xx + 502pp, endpapers browned, red cloth covered boards lettered in gilt, spine slightly discoloured, tail rubbed with 5mm loss. internally clean and bright and a good firm tight copy. Includes chapters on Korea, Manchuria and Mongolia. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 172226
- Title
- Wandering in China.
- Author
- FRANCK, HARRY A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st English edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1924.
- Keywords
- Asia, China, East Asia, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Travel Writing, zz_Gallery_Antiquarian, zz_ListOn_eBay
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Asia Bookroom
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
About Asia Bookroom
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.
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!
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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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....