The Origins of Chinese Characters
by Hongyuan, Wang
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 7800522431
- ISBN 13
- 9787800522437
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Beijing, China : Sinolingua, 1997. Third printing. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good Condition/Good. Quarto. The book has a dusjacket-type arrangement wit the dj attached to the book at the spine. Numerous black and white illustrations. This book is intended as a guide to the origins and histories of Chinese characters and is an attempt to find a new way to teach the practical ideography of Chinese to those those native scripts are alphabet-based. Size: Quarto. 214 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers foxed, text clean. Dust jacket is in good condition but has some slight fading. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Spine is faded and the cover has some edgewear. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Language & Linguistics; Chinese; ISBN: 7800522431. ISBN/EAN: 9787800522437. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52453. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers foxed, text clean Edges very slightly spotted or marked Spine is faded and the cover has some edgewear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52453
- Title
- The Origins of Chinese Characters
- Author
- Hongyuan, Wang
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (Stiff Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 7800522431
- ISBN 13
- 9787800522437
- Publisher
- Sinolingua
- Place of Publication
- Beijing, China
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 214
- Keywords
- Chinese BZDB397 Chinese language, Chinese wrtiting, characters Language & Linguistics; Chinese; The Origins of Chinese Characters
- X weight
- 0.000 kg
- Size
- Quarto
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