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The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire
by H.B. Morse
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai, 1908. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HOSEA BALLOU MORSE. The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire, Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1908. Octavo, priority unknown here, pp. xvi, 451, 2 folding maps, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. The author, a respected historian of China, was a Canadian-American who worked in customs administration for the Western powers in China. Condition of this book: Very good with spotted edges and browning to the endpages, inside clean. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; China; 1900-1920; Business, Finance & Marketing. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55283. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55283
- Title
- The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire
- Author
- H.B. Morse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kelly & Walsh
- Place of Publication
- Shanghai
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Travel & Places; China; 1900-1920; Business, Finance & Marketing. Unbranded H.B. Morse The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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