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Taipei Taiwan: Treasure House. Gray cloth. Illustrations. Index. Originally published in 1910. Prior owner name. Cover is bumped on top edge. Jacket has some small tears. . Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1962.

Taipei: Republished by Ch'eng Wen Publlishing Co., 1975 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A little shelf wear to blue cloth hardcover. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book..

William Heinemann, 1911. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Large 8vo. Green cloth binding. Gilt writing on backstrip. Blind stamp on back board. Bumped corners. Age toned edges of pages. No library sticker. Front and back hinge split. Light foxing throughout book. Loose picture page between 122-123. Some unopened pages. No pen or pencil marks. Pages are clean and text is clear. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Picture pages throughout book. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:

J.B. Lippincott. Good. 1910. Hardcover. Yellow cloth is fairly soiled, but otherwise in shape. Binding is a little cocked, and the front joint is loose, but everything is still secure. Text block is yellowed, but unmarked. .

London: William Heinemann, 1910. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good+. 1st edition, 1910. A Good+ copy. 8vo., 525 pp., bound in publishers green coth. Spine is sunned. Tips and edges rubbed. Text is unmarked, binding is solid.

William Heinemann & J.B. Lippincott. Used - Good. 1910. Decorated cloth. Tall octavo. xv & 525 pp. Frontispiece, illustrated. Some shelf wear and smudging to boards, corners slightly bumped. Both hinges starting. Bookplate to ffep. Contents very sound. Altogether a copy in Good condition. (Subject: China.)

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. Book. Fair+. Cloth. "The New and Revised Cheaper Edition." With 20 fascinating illustrations from the last days of the Chinese Emperors including a two-page map of old Peking. A sturdy and square copy with unmarked pages. About half of pages have mild to marked foxing. The front hinge is cracked at the endpage gutter showing webbing, though the binding is holding firmly. The back hinge is intact with a small half-tear of about 1/4". Name label on endpage and half-title. Old bookstore label on pastedown. Saffron covers are still quite attractively bright, but with all-over smudgy soiling, lightly on the front and a shade more on the rear, and a darkening to spine. Red lettering to spine has faded. Matching saffron dye on top ends has a few scrapes but color is still strong. Crisp red design of the dowager Empress on the front. Tattering to spine ends and corner tips are worn through to the boards. A copy with flaws, but a scarce and uniquely told story… Leer más

London: William Heinemann, 1911. [China] VINTAGE COPY, a later impression. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.xxviii; 525 [3]. With 26 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and a map of Peking. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black titles and a red device to upper. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. A crisp, clean copy internally; some leaves unopened. Light toning to edges and endpapers. Repairs to split hinges. Wear to head and tail of spine; corners lightly bumped. Some dark splash marks to upper. Spine heavily toned. Very good. First published in 1910 as a genuine historical book about the period leading up to the Boxer Rebellion, it was subsequently proved that Backhouse's chief source was entirely fictional.

London: William Heinemann, 1910.. First edition, large 8vo, (xvi), 525, (1) pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece and 25 mostly photographic plate, plus a double page map of Peking and a facsimile page from the diary in the text. Original green cloth, spine sunned, otherwise a very good copy.