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The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion [SIGNED]
by Xu, Xin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0881257915
- ISBN 13
- 9780881257915
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Jersey City, NJ: Ktav Publishing House, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto. (xii) 197pp. Illustrated multicolored glossy dust jacket with white lettering over black on the front cover and spine. Glossy black buckram boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Signed by the author in English, Chinese and Hebrew on the front free endpaper. The most comprehensive study of the historic Jewish community of Kaifeng China, by Chinese professor and scholar Xu Xin, considered the foremost authority on the subject. The final chapter details the history of Jews living in other areas of China as well. Dust jacket, binding, and interior all in near fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47419
- Title
- The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion [SIGNED]
- Author
- Xu, Xin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0881257915
- ISBN 13
- 9780881257915
- Publisher
- Ktav Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Jersey City, NJ
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Chinese Jewry, Chinese-Jewish history, Jews in China, modern jewish history, silk route, silk road, jewish diaspora, mizrachi Jews,
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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