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CHINA: LAND OF FAMINE
by Mallory, Walter H
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
American Geographical Society, 1926. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2017/08/pbs_201704_0042.jpg. New York; American Geographical Society, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover, no dj. xvi+199pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Good condition. Grey cloth boards show soiling, foxing, spine darkening, and bumping. Owner name penned to ffep. No other internal markings. Scattered foxing throughout. Square and securely bound. "The meager knowledge in Western countries of things Chinese makes it incumbent upon those who have had the privilege of intimate association with China's problems to record their knowledge...the writer presents this book to discharge his obligation...the first to be published in English dealing exclusively with one of China's major problems, namely, famiine." (cfm)
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23274
- Title
- CHINA: LAND OF FAMINE
- Author
- Mallory, Walter H
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2017/08/pbs_201704_0042.jpg
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Geographical Society
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- CHINA, FAMINE
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% state sales tax. Methods of payment: Visa, MC, Discover, Check. Postage. USPS Media Mail is $4.00 for first book, $1.00 for each additional book. UPS and USPS Priority will be at cost. Some books, as noted in offerings, will be at cost. Overseas postage will be at cost. All items returnable with prior arrangement up to 10 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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