Some Chinese Ghosts
de Hearn, Lafcadio
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 185 pp, in original red cloth with floral patterned endpapers. Boards dust-soiled, cloth frayed along joints and at spine ends. Binding sound, text clean, with the exception of a small spot on the title page. Original owner's signature, dated 1887, on front flyleaf. Small label of bookseller Geo. F. Wharton of New Orleans on front pastedown. One of Hearn's earliest books, a retelling of ancient Chinese legends that he describes in the preface as selected for their "weird beauty." BAL 7916.
Sinopsis
"This Dover edition, first published in 2008, is an unabridged republication of the work published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, in 1906. The first edition of this book was published in 1887"--T.p. verso.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 21541
- Título
- Some Chinese Ghosts
- Autor
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Roberts Brothers
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1887
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Walkabout Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2011
Chehalis, Washington
Sobre Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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