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The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-hsi Empress Dowager of China 1835-1908
by Warner, Marina
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First American Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on front cover, photographs on endpapers. Illustrated with B&W and color photographs and reproductions. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Edges of boards sunned, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket, now wrapped in Mylar, shows some wear at head of spine and top of front panel, front panel lightly stained, else near fine. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 271 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19912
- Title
- The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-hsi Empress Dowager of China 1835-1908
- Author
- Warner, Marina
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- History, Biography;, China, Illustrated Books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Sunned
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
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