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THE CHINESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
by Purcell, Victor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1965. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 623 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine blue with white and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Rubbing and light tearing to edges of dust jacket. Mild chipping and tearing to corners and head and tail of spine. Scuffing and staining. Fading to spine. Minor shelf wear to boards with bumping to corners. Spine cocked. Splitting to gutter at title page. Shelved in China. 1376977. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1376977
- Title
- THE CHINESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
- Author
- Purcell, Victor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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