PEKING; A HISTORICAL AND INTIMATE DESCRIPTION OF ITS CHIEF PLACES
by Bredon, Juliet
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Columbia, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1922. 1922 Bredon, Juliet PEKING; A HISTORICAL AND INTIMATE DESCRIPTION OF ITS CHIEF PLACES OF INTEREST Second Edition Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1922 521pp, black and white photographs, folding maps, large folding map inside back cover Rough-cut pages partially uncut 8vo Contemporary lengthy inscription (dated 1924) written on the half-tpage in green ink Foxing on the first couple of pages, some short tears in the outer folds of the large map (outer edges protrude beyond the textblock, hence the tears) Front hinge tender, rear hinge partially cracked but intact Orange silk covers stamped in gold and black on front cover, black titles on spine, light discoloration on spine; overall a Very Good+ hardcover with only minor shelfwear on covers.
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- Bookseller
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14582
- Title
- PEKING; A HISTORICAL AND INTIMATE DESCRIPTION OF ITS CHIEF PLACES
- Author
- Bredon, Juliet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- TRAVEL
Terms of Sale
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Books are returnable for a refund
if not as described.
About the Seller
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Columbia, Missouri
About Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
30,000 books in stock, with special emphasis on gardening,
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
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- Good+
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- Hinge
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- Cracked
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- Shelfwear
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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