Abacus Books, London, 1994. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Second impression. Size: Small Octavo. 320 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This work chronicles the adventures of the last generation of British men and women who went East to seek their fortunes. Drawn into the colonial territories scattered around the South China Sea, they found themselves in an exotic, intoxicating world. It was a land of rickshaws and shanghai jars, sampans and Straits Steamers, set against a background of palm-fringed beaches and tropical rain-forests. But it was also a world of conflicting beliefs and many races, where the overlapping of widely differing moral standards and viewpoints created a heady and dangerous atmosphere. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Asian History; 20th century; ISBN: 0349104999. ISBN/EAN: 9780349104997. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8901. . 9780349104997

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8901
Title: Tales from the South China Sea
Author: Charles Allen
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0349104999
ISBN 13: 9780349104997
Publisher: Abacus Books
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1994
Keywords: BZDB137 anthology, charles alle, bbc, tales, malaysia, china, asia History; Asian History; 20th century; ISBN: 0349104999 EAN: 9780349104997 Charles Allen Tales from the South China Sea

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