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SCENES IN CHINA. Sketches of the Country, Religion, and Customs of the Chinese.
by [SCHICK, Mrs. Henrietta (Hall)]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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YORK, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1852. . 12mo., pp.223,(i)Index, decoratively blindstamped green cloth with pictorial spine in gilt, a.e.g., engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, 12 further engraved plates; owner’s nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, with handwritten plate pasted down and now partially removed from rear paste-down endpaper, lacks free endpapers, wear to extremities, spine a little rolled, a good copy of this scarce title.
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- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35762
- Title
- SCENES IN CHINA. Sketches of the Country, Religion, and Customs of the Chinese.
- Author
- [SCHICK, Mrs. Henrietta (Hall)]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1852.
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About the Seller
MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
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YORK, North Yorkshire
About MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
Our extensive stock of antiquarian and second-hand books is housed over five floors of a Georgian town house and covers most subject areas. We are situated opposite York Minster and open 7 days. We have particularly strong holdings of Children's and Illustrated books, English Literature and History.
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- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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