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The Importance of Understanding: Translations from the Chinese
de Lin Yutang
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien/Good
- Librería
-
Roseburg, Oregon, United States
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LoC# 60-6690
Yellow cloth covered hardcover boards with gilt lettering with author's signature on front cover and red lettering to spine. Some wear to hardcover cloth at junction of spine and front and back boards. Corner bumps and age toning to endpapers and text. Otherwise very clean, tight binding, book square. DJ has some soiling and wrinkling, general edgewear and chipping and age toning. Price of $6.00 intact on inside front fold of DJ.
'The Importance of Understanding' is a huge sampler of Chinese thought. It covers thousands of years of history and a variety of literary forms. Poetry, literature, proverbs, and philosophy are included. It would be impossible to not have a greater understanding of Chinese thought and culture after reading this book.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Bonnie Lane Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 04-08-2024-02
- Título
- The Importance of Understanding
- Autor
- Lin Yutang
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tight
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First USA Edition, 1960
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The World Publishing Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1960
- Páginas
- 494
- Tamaño
- 8 9/16" x 5 5/8"
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Bonnie Lane Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2022
Roseburg, Oregon
Sobre Bonnie Lane Books
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
