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The Horse That Leaps Through Clouds, The: A Tale of Espionage, the Silk Road and the Rise of Modern China
by Eric Enno Tamm ** SIGNED **
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fiine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 155365269X
- ISBN 13
- 9781553652694
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2010. True 1st CDN Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fiine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jessica Sullivan (jacket design). Number line: 10 11 12 13 14 5 4 3 2 1. Author recreates a 1906 trip from St. Petersburg to collect information on China; in 2006 to note similarities and differences. Notes, Names and Spellings, Prologue - Crossing the Mannerheim Line. Book divisions: EURASIA - 5 chapters; WESTERN CHINA - 8 chapters; NORTHERN CHINA - 6 chapters. 425 pp. plus: Epilogue, Acknowledgments, A Note on Sources, Endnotes, Selected Bibliography, Index. Book and unclipped DJ have corresponding very slight wear at head of spine, ow book is as new. FlatSIGNED by author in blue ink. Bookseller's Inventory # 242141.
Synopsis
Michael Alexander Eisner is a graduate of Yale Law School. While working on the Middle East peace process for the State Department, he visited Krak des Chevaliers, whose fall in 1271 signalled the end of the crusader states. Inspired, he began writing this novel immediately.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002141
- Title
- The Horse That Leaps Through Clouds, The: A Tale of Espionage, the Silk Road and the Rise of Modern China
- Author
- Eric Enno Tamm ** SIGNED **
- Illustrator
- Jessica Sullivan (jacket design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fiine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- True 1st CDN Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 155365269X
- ISBN 13
- 9781553652694
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, BC
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 496
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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