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The Chinese Gentry Studies on Their Role in Nineteenth-Century Chinese Society
by CHANG, Chung-li [with] Franz Michael (intro.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. xxii, 250. Introduction by Franz Michael. Bibliography. Index and Glossary. Bound in burgundy cloth with silver lettering stamped on spine. Front pastedown lightly foxed, top-edge and fore-edge foxed. In the illustrated dust jacket that has a couple stains on spine, and is price clipped. A study of the generation that ruled imperial China and eventually lost all when their society collapsed under strain from decadence and, following republicanism, the force of Communist cadres. With heavy emphasis on the examination process. Dust jacket is now preserved within a clear, removable archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7764
- Title
- The Chinese Gentry Studies on Their Role in Nineteenth-Century Chinese Society
- Author
- CHANG, Chung-li [with] Franz Michael (intro.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Place of Publication
- Seattle
- Date Published
- 1955
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About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Cloth
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- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- First Edition
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fine
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