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Old Hong Kong
by Trea Wiltshire
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 9627283010
- ISBN 13
- 9789627283010
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
Hong Kong: Formasia, 1988. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. The many rare sepia photographs of Hong Kong's early days as a British colony contained in in this book were sourced from libraries and collections throughout the world. Very Good Hardback in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. 204 pages. Weight: 1.7 kg Post free within Malaysia, but may incur additional charges when posted elsewhere. The dust jacket has one or two minor dirt marks. The half title page and the last page have mild traces of tanning. Otherwise the binding is tight, text clear and there is no tanning throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf
(MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HK30
- Title
- Old Hong Kong
- Author
- Trea Wiltshire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- ISBN 10
- 9627283010
- ISBN 13
- 9789627283010
- Publisher
- Formasia
- Place of Publication
- Hong Kong
- Date Published
- 1988
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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