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China; The Land and The People, A Human Geography
by Buxton, L.H. Dudley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 830 g.; XVIII, 334 pages, last page blank, preface by author, list of plates, list of maps and text-figures, index of maps list of abbreviations, and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing Wushan Gorge on the upper Yangtze. At the beginning of the text are 4 maps showing the Chinese provinces. The text is illustrated with 16 black-and-white photographs and 30 black-and-white text figures or maps within the text. Dark blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the text. A little bumping to the text block edges and rubbing to the book corners. Browning to the text block edges and light age toning of the internal text. Some handling marks to the endpapers and original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Some handling marks to the front fore paper edge. A look at China before the Communist revolution, specifically the human anthropology of this vast land. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; Anthropology; History -- China; Inventory No: 0109426. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0109426
- Title
- China; The Land and The People, A Human Geography
- Author
- Buxton, L.H. Dudley
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford at the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- BZDB2 China -- Anthropology -- Peoples -- Study Sociology & Culture; Anthropology; History -- China; Photographic Unbranded Buxton, L.H. Dudley China; The Land and The People, A Human Geography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology; History -- China;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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