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The Folio Society, 2004T. hardcover. Like New. 1.4000 in x 10.9000 in x 7.6000 in. In slipcase.

The Folio Society, 2004. Hardcover. Good. 2004. No Edition Remarks. 314 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Paper covered boards with a lion and dragon motif, green spine strip and gilt. Illustrated slipcase. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Slipcase has light edge-wear with minor marking to panels.

The Folio Society, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. 2004. This Edition. 314 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Illustrated paper covered boards with cloth to spine. Pictorial slipcase. Colour illustrated plates. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding remains firm throughout. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has very subtle tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Slipcase is lightly scuffed and tanned.

The Folio Society, 2004. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 2004. No Edition Remarks. 314 pages. Pictorial slipcase. Pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Colour illustrations by Jonathan Spence. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor marking to panels. Surfaces noticeably sunned.

London: The Folio Society . One quarter cloth with decor. cardboard sides and gilt title to spine. 314pp. Col. illus. Maps to end papers. Inc. illus. slipcase, which has some shelf wear o/w a really lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2004.

Folio Society, London, 2004. First Thus. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: William Alexander. Size: 4to - over 9.75 - 12" tall. xviii + 314pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Illustrated. Very good, slightly marked slipcase with bump to spine. Illustrator: William Alexander. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; China; 18th century; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45412. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

London, UK: The Folio Society. Quarterbound in dark green buckram with decorated paper covers, gilt lettering, in pictorial slipcase. In near fine condition. Very minor wear to corners of cover and the occasional spotting to outer edge of pages. Text block in immaculate condition. Slipcase condition: minor wear; some spotting to covers and top. Heavy book (1.4 kg) - UK and Overseas orders may require additional postage. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2004.

Folio Society, 2004. Book. Good. hardback. hardback, quarter green cloth, patterned paper covered boards. Lettered gilt to spine, dust jacket not called for. A tightly bound copy, splash mark to the divisional title else with a clean and unmarked text. The pictorial slipcase has a small surface abrasion following removal of a price sticker. Illustrated, maps to the endpapers, xviii + 314pp.

London:: Folio Society, 2004. hardcover. as new with as new color illustrated slipcase. 8vo. 314pp. watercolor sketches thru-out by William Alexander. maps on endpapers. Chinese dragons illustrated on boards with gilt titled deep dark green cloth spine. . Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.

London: The Folio Society, 2004. xxviii, 314pp, index, notes, appendices, col ills, endpaper maps. Or cloth backed boards in slipcsae. Spine rubbed, a couple of small marks to page edges.. First Folio Society Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. Illus. by Alexander, William.. Small 4to.

London.: Longmans.. 1962.. Edited with an introduction and notes by J. L. Cranmer-Byng. Maps, black and white plates, xvi + 421pp, appendices, notes, browned edges, price-clipped dustjacket browned and a little worn (now protected), a good hardback copy. A travel book as well as revealing account of England's diplomatic relations with China at the end of the eighteenth century. .

London:: Folio Society,. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. Introduction by Jonathan Spence. Edited by J. L. Cranmer-Byng. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. .

London: Folio Society, 2004. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Alexander, William. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted else a bright and solid copy. Book is housed in a NF slipcase with trace edge wear to extremities else bright and sturdy. FOLCAS 9/20

London: The Folio Society, 2004. Editorial / Hard Cover. Como Novo / As New/Comme Neuf/Slip Case / As new. In-8º(263x192). 1 Vol. de XVIII-314 pp. Illustrated with watercolour sketches made during the embassy by William Alexander. Introduced by Jonathan Spence. Edited by J. L. Cranmer-Byng

London: Longmans, 1962. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. Edited with and Introduction and Notes by J. L. Cranmer-Byng. Frontis., one illustration and two maps. xvi + 421pp., 8vo, orange cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. London: Longmans, (1962). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

London: Folio Society, 2004. 1st edition. As New. large octavo. hardback in decorated cloth 314pp., col. illusts., ep maps, index, Illustrated with watercolour sketches by William Alexander. Beautiful edition in decorated heavy cloth slip-case as issued

London : The Folio Society, 2004. Cloth. Fine. 10.5" by 7.5". William Alexander. A beautiful edition of Lord Macartney's Journal from 1793-1794, with colour illustrations. A Folio edition of An Embassy to China, a collection of writings from the journal Lord Macartney kept during his Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung between 1793-1794. This edition is introduced by Jonathan Spence and edited by J. L. Cranmer-Byng This volume is illustrated throughout the text with watercolour sketches made during the Embassy by William Alexander. In the original slipcase. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original slipcase which is also excellent. Fine

1798. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, R.Cross, P.Byrne and others, 1798. Octavo. Volume I: XV, 449 pages with 8 full-page plates / Volume II: XVIII, 430 pages, with 26 full-page-plates and including an Appendix. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century half leather with original spinelabels. Bindings firm and strong but rather worn. Bookplate of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, to the pastedown of Volume I. Overall in very good condition with some stronger signs of wear but with all the illustrations / engravings, called for in the Dublin Edition. This fantastic and detailed description of the late 18th century-expedition to China, recorded by irish botanist, Sir George Leonard Staunton, from Galway, also includes for example: A list of Plants collected in the Journey between Peking and Zhe-hol in Tartary / List of Plants collected in the Provinces of Shan-tung and Kiang-nan / Bamboo plants described / Mulberry Trees and their culture / Nankeen cotton and their natural colour /… Read More