The Celestial Empire; or Points and Pickings or Information About China and the Chinese
by George Mogridge
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Grant and Griffith, 1844. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 120mm x 180mm. Heavy wear to cloth. Gilt to front is bright. Gilt to spine moderately faded. Split to rear hinge...apears to have been re-glued.Rear board detached but extant. Even browning to rough cut page edges. 1860s prize label to front pastedown. Moderate foxing to preliminaries and last few pages. Also some foxing to other page margins. A pale watermark to bottom of gutter at pastedown and last couple of pages...but not onerous. Binding sound. 316pp plus catalogue pages..
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- Bookseller
- Lectioz Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021227
- Title
- The Celestial Empire; or Points and Pickings or Information About China and the Chinese
- Author
- George Mogridge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grant and Griffith
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1844
- Size
- 120mm x 180mm
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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About the Seller
Lectioz Books
Biblio member since 2009
Gloucester, New South Wales
About Lectioz Books
Welcome to Lectioz. We are an internet-based bookseller located in Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia.The majority of our inventory is non-fiction, with a bias towards the Arts - in all its forms. In addition we stock books on Australian History, Natural History, Transport, Exploration, Science and many other subjects
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
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