A Journey to the Tea Countries of China; Including Sung-Lo and the Bohea Hills; with a Short Notice of the East India Company's Tea Plantations in the Himalaya Mountains
by Fortune, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Hinges cracked, front endpaper & frontis tipped in, spine joint tears reglued, cover extremities lightly rubbed, pages 83-96
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1852. Green cloth, pictorial gilt stamping on front cover & spine.. Hinges cracked, front endpaper & frontis tipped in, spine joint tears reglued, cover extremities lightly rubbed, pages 83-96 are torn and repaired with scotch tape, much of which is now browning: Good+. 8vo. Illustrated with wood engravings and 2 lithographs.
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- Bookseller
- The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A Journey to the Tea Countries of China; Including Sung-Lo and the Bohea Hills; with a Short Notice of the East India Company's Tea Plantations in the Himalaya Mountains
- Author
- Fortune, Robert
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with wood engravings and 2 lithographs
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth, pictorial gilt stamping on front cover & spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Hinges cracked, front endpaper & frontis tipped in, spine joint tears reglued, cover extremities lightly rubbed, pages 83-96
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Pages
- 398pp. + catalogue
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Rare Travel, China, 19th Century Travel
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The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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