The Great Wall
by John Man
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0593055748
- ISBN 13
- 9780593055748
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bantam Press/Transworld Publishers, 2008 Book. Near Fine. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fascinating study of two millennia of history of the Great Wall of China. 335pp illustrated with 6 maps, 32 pages of colour photographs, and line drawings to the chapter heads. Gilt lettering to spine, decorated endpapers. Slight rippling to pages, otherwise near fine copy with no marks or inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor DJ and small mark to back, otherwise near fine..
Synopsis
Subtitle from jacket. Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-323) and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003843
- Title
- The Great Wall
- Author
- John Man
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0593055748
- ISBN 13
- 9780593055748
- Publisher
- Bantam Press/Transworld Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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