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Across Many Seas - A Story of Action from Crimea to Coronation
by Kinnear, Alfred
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1902. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 411, (3 ads) pages. "This volume of war correspondence and travel bridges forty years of personal wanderings and adventure." - from Introductory. The adventures described took place in many places around the world. Here are the author's thoughts after a time in China: "The Chinese are noted for their savage cruelty. I had several instances, but I will not jar my readers' feeling by going into details of the Chinaman's 'gentle art' of disposing of his captive enemies. China, too, is the land of corruption. Every man considers it his duty to cheat his neighbour. It is a cardinal article of Celestial life. The process is known as 'squeezing' and, beginning with the Emperor, it is prosecuted down step-by-step." - from page 224. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's red cloth adorned with gilt lettering. Binding intact. Moderate spine slant. Backstrip all but loose. (Prior owner secured it with tape, now moved, leaving some tackiness.) A worthy vintage copy..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 431H1454
- Title
- Across Many Seas - A Story of Action from Crimea to Coronation
- Author
- Kinnear, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.W. Arrowsmith
- Place of Publication
- Bristol
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Across Many Seas - A Story of Action from Crimea to Coronation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia; Biography; Travel, Exploration & Adventure;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- Fair
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- 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...
- 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...
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