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Pale Ink [autographed]: Two Ancient Records of Chinese Exploration in America
by Henriette Mertz
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- Seller
-
Moraga, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 9 3/4 x 7. 1F. Cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. Signed by Mertz (no inscription) on the front free endpaper. Real cloth covers are ***heavily foxed***, with numberous spots of dye loss (see photos); the page edges and a little of the endpapers are also foxed. . Spine lean. Pastedowns browned over the glue-line. Dustjacket is complete but front panel and spine are stained (see photo), the spine is sunned, and the jacket is generally rather grubby.
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- Bookseller
- Fox & Hedgehog
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134
- Title
- Pale Ink [autographed]
- Author
- Henriette Mertz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ralph Fletcher Seymour
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 158
- Size
- 9 3/4 x 7
- Weight
- 1.75 lbs
- Keywords
- Alternative history, alternative archaeology, hyperdiffusionism, Chinese exploration of America
Terms of Sale
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Moraga, California
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- Foxed
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- Jacket
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- Sunned
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Edges
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