Minton, Balch and Company, New York, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 430 g.; (6), 5-216 pages, last page blank. Yellow coloured cloth covered boards with green Chinese calligraphy to the top left-hand corner of the front panel and green titles to the backstrip. Green coloured tint to the top text block edge. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Browning, rubbing and foxing to the book edges and book panels. Sunning, causing noticeable groundless, to the backstrip. Browning and foxing to the text block edges and Browning to the internal text. Browning and foxing to the endpapers and the top right-hand corner of the front free endpaper shows insect damage. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the free front endpaper. The remains of the sticker can be seen to the top left-hand corner of the front paste-down. A book first published in German and translated by J.J. Saville Garner. A novel set in ancient China and about the life and afterlife of the merchant Shu Yee. This is the First USA Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Historical; Fiction -- Asia; Inventory No: 0110326. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0110326
Title: The Books of the Emperor Wu Ti
Author: Meckauer, Walter
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Minton, Balch and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1931
Keywords: BZDB2 Novel -- Chinese -- 1930s Fiction; Fiction -- Historical; Fiction -- Asia; Unbranded Meckauer, Walter The Books of the Emperor Wu Ti
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction -- Historical; Fiction -- Asia;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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