With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley
de Wade, Henling Thomas
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Shanghai, China: Shanghai Mercury, 1910. Book. Illus. by 5 maps plus drawings, including of yachts and houseboats . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. This is the preferred second edition, much enlarged from the first. Rebound in 3/4 dark green buckram and a brown title label and bright gilt letters on the spine. Inside, very clean and tight with no stains or foxing or browning. Intended for the expatriate community of Shanghai, a cultural and hunting guide to the Yangtze Valley. It includes chapters from "valued contributors on houseboats, Chinese methods of trapping and hunting, topography, houseboats and yachting. After page 108 a revised list of yachts at the Shanghai Club is tipped in. An handsome copy. A table of distances at the end has Chinese as well as English place names..
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Detalles
- Librería
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 079152
- Título
- With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley
- Autor
- Wade, Henling Thomas
- Ilustrador
- 5 maps plus drawings, including of yachts and houseboats
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Edición
- 2nd Edition
- Editorial
- Shanghai Mercury
- Lugar de publicación
- Shanghai, China
- Fecha de publicación
- 1910
- Palabras clave
- China, Shanghai,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- China;
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Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
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Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
