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A Yankee on the Yangtze: Being a Narrative of a Journey from Shanghai Through the Central Kingdom to Burma
by William Edgar Geil
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Unjacketed
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1904 UK edition hardcover as pictured. Not a reprint. A classic journal and travelogue documenting a missionary's trip through China complete with the jingoism and racism typical of westerners with dreams of empire. Includes 100 full page illustrations/photographs and a fold out map. Binding is intact. Blue cloth boards with white and deep blue stamping are faded, soiled and worn with some fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. Both hinges partially cracked. Writing and Australian missionary sticker on front endpapers. Front and rear endpapers and edge of text block mottled. Text is mottled but appears unmarked aside from a line drawn on the foldout map. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2484
- Title
- A Yankee on the Yangtze
- Author
- William Edgar Geil
- Format/Binding
- See Description
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- Unjacketed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder And Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Pages
- 312
- Size
- 5.5x8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- China, Colonialism, Imperialism, Missionaries
- Bookseller catalogs
- Imperialism; Colonialism; China;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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