London: Methuen & Co. , 1957. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 219 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations; book very gently used, light bumps to spine ends, otherwise hardly a trace of shelf wear, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ bumped along top edge, numerous tiny chips, now in new mylar protector. For something completely different, see also our listing for for Dr. W. Rosenberg's incredibly scarce Local Post in China: History - Description - Prices: A Study Based Upon Private Collections, or for Masterpieces of 20th Century Chinese Painting.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Good.

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Bookseller: Eric James (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 040826
Title: Dragon Wang's River
Author: Eliassen, Sigurd
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good ++
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First British Edition
Publisher: Methuen & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1957
Keywords: MEMOIR COMMON RURAL LOCAL HISTORY PERSONAL SOCIAL ENGINEERING DAM CONSTRUCTION IRRIGATION WATER FARMING CHINA CHINESE 1930S NORWEGIAN ENGINEER Shensi Travel Civil Tung Kuan Yellow River Hua Shan Wei Hsien Yang Ching Yu Chia Pu San Yuan
Bookseller catalogs: Travel; Biography; Local History;

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