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The Heart of the Dragon

The Heart of the Dragon

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The Heart of the Dragon

by Clayre, Alasdair

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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Very Good Condition/Good
ISBN 10
0002721155
ISBN 13
9780002721158
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Harvill Press and William Collins and Sons & Co. Ltd, London, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. XXII, 282 pages, last blank, acknowledgements, chronological table, maps of China's boundaries, note on Chinese names and terms, preface by author, notes, illustration credits and index. Map illustrated frontispiece, showing China and her various borders. Illustrated title page by Patrick Trocktor. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white and coloured photography, reproductions of contemporary illustrations, paintings and sculpture, maps and paintings. Red coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Bumping into the head and to the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners. The spine is very slightly cocked. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a Chinese dragon as drawn by Ean Taylor, photographic back dustwrapper panel. Green and white writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and there is crinkling to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. A few marks to the dustwrapper. On the lower right-hand corner of the front panel there has been a sticker placed at an angle stating " A Channel Four Book ". A book about China, its history, social life and Customs and most of all its people. The book is based upon a Channel Four documentary series of the same name. This is the first UK edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Social History; Art -- History and Theory; History -- China; China; ISBN: 0002721155. ISBN/EAN: 9780002721158. Inventory No: 0105185. . 9780002721158

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Bookseller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
0105185
Title
The Heart of the Dragon
Author
Clayre, Alasdair
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0002721155
ISBN 13
9780002721158
Publisher
Harvill Press and William Collins and Sons & Co. Ltd
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1984
Keywords
BZDB2 China -- History, China -- Social Life and Customs History; Social History; Art -- History and Theory; History -- China; China; Unbranded ISBN: 0002721155 EAN: 9780002721158 Clayre, Alasdair The Heart of the Dragon
Bookseller catalogs
Social History; History -- China; Art -- History and Theory;

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