The Breach in the Wall: A Memoir of the Old China
de Candlin, Enid Saunders
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Near Fine
- Librería
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York/London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc./Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1973 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. viii, 340 pp, acknowledgments, Part I. The Middle Kingdom; Part II. Shangai; Part III. Peking; Part IV. Mountains and Lakes; Part V. Nanking; Part VI. Marco Polo Bridge; index First Printing, 1973. "In this strange pause in Chinese history when gossip of a twelfth-century poet seemed as alive as the bustling streets of Shangai, the author discovered and became enchanted with China. With a rare blend of gaiety, intellectual curiosity, and resilience, she investigated her world and the world responded by laying before her its cities and walls, its poems and paintings, its stories and history. Here in its last moment is a panorama of a vanished land, a China since disappeared into the mists of history." from the jacket flap. Only the faintest wear bottom edge spine dj, else, Pristine Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Off-white cloth with gilt stamped marsh scene on front board, and gilt lettering to spine...
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Detalles
- Librería
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000234
- Título
- The Breach in the Wall: A Memoir of the Old China
- Autor
- Candlin, Enid Saunders
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc./Collier Macmillan Publishers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York/London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1973
- Palabras clave
- HISTORY TRAVEL PRE-REVOLUTION CHINA MEMOIRS
- Catálogos del vendedor
- HISTORY;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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Sobre el vendedor
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sobre West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Marginalia
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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