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London: John Murray, 1964.. 1st ed. "This is the first book to be written about Formosa by an Englishman since before the Sino-Japanese war. Very few English people have lived in Chiang Kai-shek's Formosa; for one thing they are not very welcome since Britain recognises Peking and not Taipei." Pp.194, drawings and photographs by the author throughout. Blue/green cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.
Green Plums and a Bamboo Horse; A Picture of Formosa by Slimming, John:
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Green Plums and a Bamboo Horse; A Picture of Formosa
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London.John Murray.1964 Author signed presentation copy,first edition.With a map,+ 25 photos & drawings by the author.pp 194.Hard cover,blue decorated cloth gilt.A very good copy in dust jacket apart from pages 1-6 that each have small tears running through their lower blank margins with some loss,not affecting the text.The dust jacket is slightly edge-worn.Longish insription on title page in blue ink to Jill & Ralph Hailey from the author. A decent copy
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- Keywords Taiwan,Formosa,Keelung,China,Social History,Customs,Food,AboriginesJapan,Taipei,Quemoy,Tainan
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Green Plums and a Bamboo Horse: A Picture of Formosa.
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Green Plums and a Bamboo Horse: a Picture of foro
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London: John Murray, 1964. 1st Edition. Green Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 194pp. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographic plates. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Slightest of sunning to the spine of the wrapper - barely noticeable. Clean, fresh and tight. Gilt embossed chinese characters to the front board. A fine copy.
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Green Plums and a Bamboo Horse
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1964 Hardback. Has Dust-Jacket (see my photo). Same Day Dispatch (where possible) from the UK
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Green Plums and a Bamboo Horse : a Picture of Formosa
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London : J. Murray, 1964. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 194 pages; Description: 194 p. : illus. , maps. ; 23 cm. Subject: Taiwan - Description and travel.
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