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Three Years� Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. Including a visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries: With an account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc.
by Fortune, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray, London., 1847. 1st. Ed.. pp.[ii],xiv, [iv], 406, [ii] plus 16-page Murray catalogue. With half-title, illus. frontis., illus. title-page, further title-page, map, 3 further full-page plates, plus illus. in text. 8vo. Hardback. Some scattered foxing, o/w. contents fine. Original gilt and blind-tooled decorated boards (which have benefited from discrete, professional repairs), showing some sunning to spine and top-edge, all in thor. vg. condition.
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- Bookseller
- C.Arden Bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55025
- Title
- Three Years� Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. Including a visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries: With an account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc.
- Author
- Fortune, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st. Ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray, London.
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- Fine illustrated and antiquarian Botany
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About the Seller
C.Arden Bookseller
Biblio member since 2011
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About C.Arden Bookseller
Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon
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- Fine
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