The Chinese Periodical Press 1800-1912
by Britton, Roswell S
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Dover, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Taipei: Ch'eng-Wen Publishing Company, 1966. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth in glassine wrapper. 151 pp., plus 24 plates. A descriptive and historical survey of the Chinese periodical press in the 1800s, examining indigenous newspaper and gazettes and the introduction of Western journalism and its reception and effects on indigenous papers. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy toning and staining to the glassine, with minor soiling and wrinkling. Glassine scuffed along the extremities. Text block toned, with offsetting to the endpapers and remains of a bookstore label on the last endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Mare Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014392
- Title
- The Chinese Periodical Press 1800-1912
- Author
- Britton, Roswell S
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ch'eng-Wen Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Taipei
- Date Published
- 1966
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About the Seller
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Mare Booksellers specializes in punk fanzines, with interests in underground newspapers and art. Who are we kidding? We really like anything with printed or handwritten letters, whether paper, books, etc. (Okay, letters and words aren't really that important either).
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- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...