The Opium Clippers.
by Lubbock, Basil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Glasgow: Brown & Ferguson. 1933. Quarto, original blue cloth boards with gilt decoration, b&w illus, endpaper maps, pp xiv, 392. The spine has been relaid over new cloth: spine rubbed and lighhtly marked. Marks to rear board. Front board clean and bright. Previous owner's bookplate front endpaper. Very good internally. Good condition overall. Sailing ships of the nineteenth-century opium trade, with many illustrations. 1st edition. Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96693
- Title
- The Opium Clippers.
- Author
- Lubbock, Basil
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brown & Ferguson
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- China, India, Maritime, Opium, Sailing, Ships, Trade
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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