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China and Formosa: The Story of a Successful Mission. With many Illustrations Prepared for This Work and Four Maps.
by Johnston, Rev. Jas
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London, Hazell, Watson, & Viney, 1898. Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xvi, 400. Frontispiece. Full-page plates, 4 maps, many text illustrations, head- and tail-pieces. Illustrated initial to the preface. Appendix, index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full pebble-grained cloth, large gilt illustration to upper cover, and with gilt lettering, spine gilt, forest-green chalked endpapers; spine ends bumped. A very good copy indeed. ~ Third thousand. Uncommon. TIMO-1 OUT
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- Bookseller
- Librarium of The Hague
(NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4195
- Title
- China and Formosa: The Story of a Successful Mission. With many Illustrations Prepared for This Work and Four Maps.
- Author
- Johnston, Rev. Jas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - .
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London, Hazell, Watson, & Viney
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- HISTORY POLITICS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS POLITICAL MOVEMENTS STUDIES CONFLICT ANALYSIS RESOLUTION HISTORICAL SOCIAL CULTURAL GESCHIEDENIS HISTORIE GESCHIEDKUNDE HISTOIRE HISTORIQUE GESCHICHTE KULTURGESCHICHTE GESCHICHTSWISSENSCHAFT HISTORIA STORIA RELIGIO
- Bookseller catalogs
- History & Topography; China: Studies in Culture;
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