Remington and Co, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Original front board with gilt Chinese dragon, rehinged on modern red boned leather. Black leather spine label. Fine binding. Bookplate, name stamp to fep. 4 preliminary leaves, 407 pages 2 portrait (including front) 2 folded maps 23 cm. Fold out color map of the country traversed by Gordon in the Campaign against the Tai-Pings. From the library of Major General Roland Haddaway del Mar. Bronze Star, Legion of Merit. Earlier Alaska book plate of G.B. Brooks.

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Bookseller: SequiturBooks (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1103070041
Title: The Story of Chinese Gordon
Author: A Egmont Hake
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Remington and Co
Date Published: 1884
Weight: 1.75 lbs

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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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
Fine Binding: An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...