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Yang and Yin: A Novel of an American Doctor in China
by Hobart, Alice Tisdale
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. 366 p.; 21 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. White endpapers with black-and-white yin and yang symbol on green background. Illustrated dust jacket. Bookdealer's label on back free endpaper recto: Holliday Bookshop, New York. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "Villard, 115 E 67th St. NYC November, 1936." In 1940, Katharine and Vincent Villard lived at 115 E. 67th St., New York City. Title page in red and black. Stated First Edition. American author Alice Tisdale Hobart (1882-1967) drew on her experiences in China from 1908 to around 1940 for her many articles and novels. Book is in Near Fine Condition: former owner's inscription on front free endpaper; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: loss at ends of spine, upper edge, and along back joint; rubbed; color is bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007830
- Title
- Yang and Yin: A Novel of an American Doctor in China
- Author
- Hobart, Alice Tisdale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Co
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis and New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Women Writers;
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