Thomas Burke's Dark Chinoiserie: Limehouse Nights and the Queer Spell of Chinatown
by WITCHARD, Anne Veronica
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0754658643
- ISBN 13
- 9780754658641
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Surrey: Ashgate, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine. x, 292 p. 24 cm. 19 b&w illustrations. Pictorial hardcover. Bumped spine head. Otherwise, like new. Chinoiserie, English Chineseness 1780-1900, opium, inventing Chinatown, Yellow Peril, Cockney John Chinaman, Thomas Burke, Lolita. Bibliography and index.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5745
- Title
- Thomas Burke's Dark Chinoiserie: Limehouse Nights and the Queer Spell of Chinatown
- Author
- WITCHARD, Anne Veronica
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0754658643
- ISBN 13
- 9780754658641
- Publisher
- Ashgate
- Place of Publication
- Surrey
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- literary criticism, Chinoiserie, Chinese, opium, Chinatown, yellow peril, Chinaman, Lolita
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Literary Criticism;
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