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The Tiger of Ch'in: How China Became a Nation -(fully Illustrated with b & w plates)- by Cottrell, Leonard - 1962

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The Tiger of Ch'in:  How China Became a Nation  -(fully Illustrated with b & w plates)- by Cottrell, Leonard - 1962

The Tiger of Ch'in: How China Became a Nation -(fully Illustrated with b & w plates)-

by Cottrell, Leonard

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London: Evans Brothers , 1962. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Red cloth with gilt on spine, maps for end papers, 224 pages, full page b & w frontis plus 12 plates in b & w, tight square and clean, no names or writing, tiny speck of discolour on front edge ( very minor o/w NF ), dust jacket has minor chipping to edges. Chapter headings: The Artist-Assassin / Background to China / The Mounds of Yin / The Girl who Couldn't Smile / Divided China / The Voice of China / The Soul of China / The Rise of the Legalists / 'Go West, Young Man' / 'This is the One Time of 10,000 Generations' / 'The First Emperor' / 'They have no Faces...only Eyes...' / The Great Wall: Fact / The Great Wall : Tradition and Legend / The Son of Heaven / Chao Kao's Plot / 'I have Cut the Veins of the Earth' / Devil's Advocate / A Chinese Iago / The Fall of Ch'in. Check out the scans. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Illus. by REO . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Illustrator REO
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good Plus
  • Jacket Condition Very Good Plus
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Evans Brothers
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1962
  • Keywords ....Red cloth with gilt on spine, maps for end papers, 224 pages, full page b & w frontis plus 12 plates in b & w, tight square and clean, no names or writing, tiny speck of discolour on front edge ( very minor o/w NF ), dust jacket has minor chip

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The Tiger of Ch'in

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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Ex-library copy. china.
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The Tiger of Ch'in: How China became a Nation

The Tiger of Ch'in: How China became a Nation

by Leonard Cottrell

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Pan Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Reprinted. 206 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.
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Pan Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. No Edition Remarks. 206 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to front hinge with cover coming away from text-block. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Paper cover has mild edge wear with scuffing to edges and creasing. Book has rolled spine. Light tanning to spine and edges. Mild rubbing to surfaces with curling to corners.
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The Tiger of Ch'in: The Dramatic Emergence of China as a Nation

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NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Ex-library with the standard markings and stamps. Purple cloth boards with yellow title boxes on spine and show through lettering. Wear to bottom board corner tips. Tape markings on boards. Red end papers. Illustrated. The dust jacket has had all four corners clipped and has moderate wear to edges. Stated first edition. A scholarly reconstruction of China's emergence as a nation. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1962.
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First Edition. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(+). Illus. 245pp. Small 8vo, d.w.; lightly soiled. N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart, 1962. A very good(+) copy.<br/> <br/>
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The Tiger Of Ch'in - How China Became A Nation

The Tiger Of Ch'in - How China Became A Nation

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Evans Brothers, 1962. Hardcover. Good. 1962. First Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
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The Tiger of Ch'in: How China became a Nation

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Pan Piper, 1964. XP57. vg++. 1st Pan Piper XP57 1964 edition paperback vg++ to fine condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
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The Tiger of Ch'in: The Dramatic Emergence of China as a Nation

The Tiger of Ch'in: The Dramatic Emergence of China as a Nation

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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in fine condition with firm binding, no names or other markings, dustjacket is in good to very good condition with some light shelfwear and shelf spotting to the light background of the rear panel, in mylar protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Tiger of Ch'in: How China Became a Nation

by Leonard Cottrell

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Evans Brothers Limited. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Dw has fraying to head of spine, 35mm tear to tail of spine, with wear and a small tear to opposite side, 'v' shaped tear and creasing to rear cover, small tear and creasing to top edge of upper cover, small tear to top outer corner of rear cover, wear to some edges. ; 225x150mm; 224 pages .
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THE TIGER OF CH'IN - How China became a Nation

by COTTRELL, LEONARD

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Evan Brothers Ltd, London, 1962. 224 pp including index, map on end-papers, b&w photographic plates, maps, previous owner's name stamped on half-title, edges lightly foxed, else very good copy in like, illustrated, price-clipped d/j.
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