Annals of a Provincial Town
by Gao, Yunlan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very mild bumping to top corners, extremely mild bumping to rear corners, faint sunning to spine foot and front board-rear edge,
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Peking [Beijing]: Foreign Languages Press, 1959. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Very mild bumping to top corners, extremely mild bumping to rear corners, faint sunning to spine foot and front board-rear edge, exceedingly gentle rubbing to spine foot, very gentle rubbing to spine head, faint soiling to front board-rear edge and fore-edges, tiny tears to DJ corners, light soiling to DJ (mostly to rear DJ), two less than quarter inch closed tears to front DJ-rear edge, sunned DJ spine, else very good in about very good DJ. in very good dust-jacket. Octavo in white color illus DJ, 306 p, 1 front b&w portrait, 22 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Cultural studies, Novel. Chinese Literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92264
- Title
- Annals of a Provincial Town
- Author
- Gao, Yunlan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very mild bumping to top corners, extremely mild bumping to rear corners, faint sunning to spine foot and front board-rear edge,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Publisher
- Foreign Languages Press
- Place of Publication
- Peking [Beijing]
- Date Published
- 1959
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novels;
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
Biblio member since 2005
Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
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- Spine
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