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Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom
by Carl Crow
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$505.15NZ$454.64
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1941. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 5.5". Esther Brock Bird. An illustrated look into the lives of foreigners in China by Carl Crow, in the scarce unclipped dustwrapper. The second U.K. impression of this work.In the original scarce unclipped dustwrapper.An interesting study into the life of foreigners in China, looking across history to the early visitors to the country.Illustrated by Esther Brock Bird throughout.Written by Carl Crow.Bookplate to the front pastedown, bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A couple of faint marks to the boards. Some spots to the fore edge. Bookplate to the front pastedown, and to the recto to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper is lightly edgeworn, with repairs to the reverse. Light marks and discolouration to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 763P36
- Title
- Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom
- Author
- Carl Crow
- Illustrator
- Esther Brock Bird
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 9" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom carl crow chind asia carl crow history chinese
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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