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China as she is. A comprehensive Album (1934)
by Lian Teh Wu
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/no dj as issued
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About This Item
Shanghai: The Liang You Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd, 1934. 1st edition. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. The Liang You Printing & Publishing Co., 1934, 13" x 9" x 2.5" (33cm x 23cm x 5.3cm), Weight: 7.4 lb (3.4kg), 474 pages. Bound in publisher's three-quarter black cloth with textured board and gilt titling, spine with red label and gilt title, front cover with gilt title; slight friction; beveled edges; Very nice condition for this 1st edition of 1934 illustrated with 20 color plates and 10 foldout double page charts. 23 divisional leaves illustrated with a colour plate mounted on gold-spotted decorative paper for Kiangsu, Chekiang, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Hupeh, Hunan, Szechwan, Hopeh, Shantung, Shansi, Honan, Shensi, (Ningsia, Kansu & Tsinghai), Fukien, Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Yünnan, Kweichow (Liaoning, Kirin and Heilungkiang), Sinkiang (Jehol, Chahar and Suiyuan), (Sikang and Tibet) and Mongolia; 10 double-page spreads of demographic statistics and graphs.
Condition: Very Good.
Condition: Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1934Bb
- Title
- China as she is. A comprehensive Album (1934)
- Author
- Lian Teh Wu
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- no dj as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- The Liang You Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Shanghai
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration;
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- Gilt
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