Morrison of Peking
by Pearl, Cyril
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney London Melbourne: Angus and Robertson, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 431 pages, index, bibliography, fold out map. The pages are tanned, there's a gift inscription on the front end paper and the preliminaries are lightly creased, a printer's fault. A clean, unmarled and solid copy, though obviously second hand. "George Ernest Morrison (4 February 1862 - 30 May 1920) was an Australian journalist, political adviser to and representative of the government of the Republic of China during the First World War and owner of the then largest Asiatic library ever assembled." (Wikipedia) Cyril Pearl's biography of Morrison of Peking "is taken (often verbatim) from his extensive diaries and other materials, the book covers Chinese history from just before the Boxer Rebellion to the end of the First World War.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021037
- Title
- Morrison of Peking
- Author
- Pearl, Cyril
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney London Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- George Ernest Morrison Morrison of Peking Chinese History
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