Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking (From the 16th to the 20th Century)
by Backhouse, E. And J.O.P. Bland
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Hudson, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Boston/N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1914. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Short, thick quarto, x + 531 pp., frontis, b/w photos including a folding panorama photo, index, errata slip bound in. Inner front hinge starting but binding tight & soild. Yellow cloth bound hardcover w/black stamping to front & spine shows some soiling (more on the spine than the front). Overall v.g. cond.
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- Bookseller
- Ross & Haines
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8118
- Title
- Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking (From the 16th to the 20th Century)
- Author
- Backhouse, E. And J.O.P. Bland
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston/N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- PEKING, CHINA, CHINESE COURT
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History; China;
Terms of Sale
Ross & Haines
All books returnable within 7 days if not as described. Media Rate shipping is $ 3.50 for the first volume and $1 for each additional volume. Priority shipping is $ 7.50 for an average sized octavo and $33.00 for Global Priority.
About the Seller
Ross & Haines
Biblio member since 2004
Hudson, Wisconsin
About Ross & Haines
15,000 books in stock, All subjects covered with an emphisis on history. Shop was founded in Minneapolis in 1950 and has been located in Hudson, Wisconsin since 1993. Open by appointment only.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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....
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