A Time for Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea
by Goodwin, Jason
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394579410
- ISBN 13
- 9780394579412
- Seller
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About This Item
U.S.A: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back First American Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Sienna cloth spine with stamped silver titles on spine, sienna boards, very clean and unmarked, with gently bumped corners. Rem mark on lower edge of page block. Rough cut. Maps on endpapers. Tight, solid and square. Internals very clean and free from any markings, no creasing. An intriguing history of the tea trade told through a traveler's journal, as the author traces the development of the tea trade from its origins in Canton factories, through the Opium Wars, and the settlement of British India to the state of the art today. Historical and personal, informative and funny account by a talented new travel writer. 287 pages with Glossary and Index. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 1991, Alfred A. Knopf, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023333
- Title
- A Time for Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea
- Author
- Goodwin, Jason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394579410
- ISBN 13
- 9780394579412
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- TEA TRADE HISTORY TRADE, LONDON, ENGLAND CHINA INDIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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