SIDELIGHTS ON CHINESE LIFE
by MacGowan, J. [Rev.]
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1907. Hardcover; small 4to; 367 pages. First edition. Brown cloth hardcovers with gilt on spine, gilt illustration on upper board. Fraying/torn cloth on corners, head/tail, upper hinge. Bumped corners, exposed boards. Board cloth mottled and spotted. Gilt on top. Yellowing but bright and clean interior, many plates. P/--. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Illus. by Smyth, Montague.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 226063
- Title
- SIDELIGHTS ON CHINESE LIFE
- Author
- MacGowan, J. [Rev.]
- Illustrator
- Smyth, Montague
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Cultural History,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sociology; Countries;
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J. Wyatt Books
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