Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking (from the 16th to the 20th century)
by Backhouse, E.; Bland, J. O. P
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. Lightly foxed, errata slip bound in at page 1, former owner's bookplate on fep, else textblock is very clean and tight; Character-soiled binding and spine, lightly shelf worn; 531p., including index.. First American Edition. Yellow Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Plates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB15264
- Title
- Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking (from the 16th to the 20th century)
- Author
- Backhouse, E.; Bland, J. O. P
- Illustrator
- Plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Peking Court Annals, Peking Court Memoirs
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...