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The legacy of China / edited by Raymond Dawson
by Dawson, Raymond, editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0198812353
- ISBN 13
- 9780198812357
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Former library copy with accompanying bookplate. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xix, [1], 392 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill., map, ports., chronological table ; 19 cm. Notes; With a half-title page. Includes index. Includes bibliographic footnotes. Subjects; Philosophy, Chinese. Art, Chinese - History. Chinese literature. Science - China - History. Civilization - history. Civilisation. China - Politics and government. China - Civilization. China - Intellectual life. China - History. China - Religion. China - Description and travel. China - Social life.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 238302
- Title
- The legacy of China / edited by Raymond Dawson
- Author
- Dawson, Raymond, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198812353
- ISBN 13
- 9780198812357
- Publisher
- Oxford : Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1964
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