My holidays in China
by Kahler, William R
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- Hardcover
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Shanghai: Temperance Union, 1895. First book edition, small 4to, pp. 180; text in double column, black & white photographic illustrations; tan boards with black lettering & illustration of a boat on front cover, brown pebbled cloth spine. Some darkening to boards, wear to extremities, but a very good copy overall. Reprinted from the "Temperance Union" for which Kahler was the editor. A detailed and entertaining book giving an account of three houseboat tours, from Shanghai to Hangehow and back via Ningpo; from Shanghai to Le Yang via Soochow and the Tah Hu; and from Kiukiang to Wuhu, accompanied by black & white photo-illustrations of scenes along the way. Scarce. OCLC shows only 8 American institutions holding copies.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53128
- Title
- My holidays in China
- Author
- Kahler, William R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Temperance Union
- Place of Publication
- Shanghai
- Date Published
- 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- yachting , , ,
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