Jade A Novel of China
de Barr, Pat
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/Fair
- Librería
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
USA: St Martin's Press, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE in Very Good Condition with a Fair Vintage Dust Jacket in Archival Protective Cover. The story of the daughter of an English missionary to China who gets involved in the massacre of Christians in 1870. Her parents are killed and she is takrn into captivity as a concubine where she remains for many years. When she escapes, she finds she has little in common with the "arrogant, stuffy Europeans--" . The book is bound in ivory cloth over spine with bold, bright gilt titles, blue boards, very clean, unmarked, faint rubbing to some edges; tight, solid and square. Internals in Fine Condition, pages lightly toned. Clean jacket is edgeworn, chipped at spine head and heel. 630 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 1982, St Martin's Press, New New York, USA
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- Librería
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 023397
- Título
- Jade A Novel of China
- Autor
- Barr, Pat
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fair
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Editorial
- St Martin's Press
- Lugar de publicación
- USA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1982
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- CHINA ENGLISH MISSIONARIES TIENTSEN MASSACRE, 1870 CONCUBINE CAPTIVITY
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....