A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea; Being a Narrative of Scenes and Adventures During a Third Visit to China, from 1853 to 1856
by Fortune, Robert
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1857. First edition, illustrated with 5 plates, octavo, pp xvi, 440, a little age-toning and very slight marking, a small neat name and address on the front endpaper, but otherwise very good and clean internally, original cloth, slightly rubbed, slight bumping and wear to the corners, the spine pulled and frayed at head and tail, the upper joint worn with some splits (see illustration) and corresponding internal cracking and slight weakness at the front hinge. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013143
- Title
- A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea; Being a Narrative of Scenes and Adventures During a Third Visit to China, from 1853 to 1856
- Author
- Fortune, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- plant hunting.planthunting.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Planthunting; Victorian;
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