China
by Allan, Sarah; Barnett, Cherry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0304304581
- ISBN 13
- 9780304304585
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.: Cassell & Company, Limited. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0304304581 . Schweppes Leisure Library.NOT PRICE CLIPPED, lib label to spine, lib stamp to front flap, dustwrap has been strengthened with brown paper to reverse, in protective plastic cover, dark brown boards with bright gilt titling to spine, old tape marks to edges of boards which have been coloured with black pen, stains to endpapers, map on endpapers, 186pp, illustrated in colour and black/white, stamp stain to front endpaper, hinges sound, OVERALL CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 107239; Exlib Usual Stamps and Marks; 8vo (large) .
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- Seller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 107239
- Title
- China
- Author
- Allan, Sarah; Barnett, Cherry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0304304581
- ISBN 13
- 9780304304585
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0304304581, Travel, East, Orient, Historypeking, Shangha, Canton, Xi'an
- Bookseller catalogs
- India/Burma/Asia;
Terms of Sale
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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