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The Footprints of the Pheasant in the Snow
by Alnah James Johnston
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good+
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
1st printing; signed by author. Near Fine hardcover in Good+ DJ. Green cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine; map front end papers. Bright, clean, square covers and spine are Fine; tightly bound; owner name on front free end paper verso; author signature (only) on half title; bright, clean interior. DJ is complete; lightly scuffed with some general age darkening; light edge wear. 8vo, 257 pp; illustrated.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19592
- Title
- The Footprints of the Pheasant in the Snow
- Author
- Alnah James Johnston
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Portland, ME: Printed by Anthoensen Press
- Date Published
- 1976
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHINA; CHINESE; MAO TSE TUNG; OWEN LATTIMORE; LONG MARCH; TEACHING; EDUCATION; GREAT WALL; COMMUNISTS; FASCISTS; CHIANG KAI-SHEK; SUN YAT-SEN; CHOU EN-LAI; IMPERIALISM; YENCHING UNIVERSITY; WELLESLEY COLLEGE; CAMELS; MONGOLIA; GOBI DESERT; PEKING; BEIJING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; History, Travel, Geography;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- 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...
- Cloth
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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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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