China Under the Empress Dowager: Being the History of the Life and Times of Tzu Hsi Compiled from State Papers and the Private Diary of the comptroller of her Household
by Bland, J.O.P., and Backhouse, E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. Book. Fair+. Cloth. "The New and Revised Cheaper Edition." With 20 fascinating illustrations from the last days of the Chinese Emperors including a two-page map of old Peking. A sturdy and square copy with unmarked pages. About half of pages have mild to marked foxing. The front hinge is cracked at the endpage gutter showing webbing, though the binding is holding firmly. The back hinge is intact with a small half-tear of about 1/4". Name label on endpage and half-title. Old bookstore label on pastedown. Saffron covers are still quite attractively bright, but with all-over smudgy soiling, lightly on the front and a shade more on the rear, and a darkening to spine. Red lettering to spine has faded. Matching saffron dye on top ends has a few scrapes but color is still strong. Crisp red design of the dowager Empress on the front. Tattering to spine ends and corner tips are worn through to the boards. A copy with flaws, but a scarce and uniquely told story from contemporary accounts. The Amazon photo is our copy..
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- Bookseller
- Eve's Book Garden
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018854
- Title
- China Under the Empress Dowager: Being the History of the Life and Times of Tzu Hsi Compiled from State Papers and the Private Diary of the comptroller of her Household
- Author
- Bland, J.O.P., and Backhouse, E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1914
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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