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Encyclopedia of Asian History, Volumes 1-4
by Embree, Ainslie Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear with light fo
- ISBN 10
- 0684186195
- ISBN 13
- 9780684186191
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear with light foxing to upper block but pages are otherwise clean and binding is tight.). Four volume set bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on black title blocks; burgundy dj with gilt lettering on black title blocks, mylar covers; map illustrated end papers. Volume 1 is XIII, 528 pp. Volume 2 is 538 pp. Volume 3 is 516 pp. Volume 4 is 478 pp. Bw illustrations throughout all four volumes. A four volume set. Volume 1 is ABAH-GREE. Volume 2 is GUAN-MIMA. Volume 3 is MIN-SPRI. Volume 4 is the Index.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 186468
- Title
- Encyclopedia of Asian History, Volumes 1-4
- Author
- Embree, Ainslie Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear with light fo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0684186195
- ISBN 13
- 9780684186191
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Asian History ; Asian History ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Gilt
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- VG-/VG-
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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