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The First Emperor of China: The Greatest Archeological Find of Our Time
by Cotterell, Arthur
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0030598893
- ISBN 13
- 9780030598890
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Small Quarto. Small 4to. 208 pp, illus. Introduction by Yang Chen Ching. First American Edition, 1981. Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 7.75" x 9.75". Light-grey cloth with gilt bordered title plate and lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "Provides a detailed view of the Chinese emperor Ch'in Shih-huang-ti, and discusses how the discovery of an entire larger-than-life ceramic army buried with him, reveals many facts about ancient China".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005783
- Title
- The First Emperor of China: The Greatest Archeological Find of Our Time
- Author
- Cotterell, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0030598893
- ISBN 13
- 9780030598890
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORY CHINA EXCAVATION TOMB OF THE FIRST EMPEROR CHI SHIS-HUANG-TI 259-210 BC MOUNT LI THE TERRACOTTA INFANTRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARCHAEOLOGY;
- Size
- Small Quarto
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- Fine
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- Price Clipped
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