Shanghai, China: Shanghai Mercury, 1910. Book. Illus. by 5 maps plus drawings, including of yachts and houseboats . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. This is the preferred second edition, much enlarged from the first. Rebound in 3/4 dark green buckram and a brown title label and bright gilt letters on the spine. Inside, very clean and tight with no stains or foxing or browning. Intended for the expatriate community of Shanghai, a cultural and hunting guide to the Yangtze Valley. It includes chapters from "valued contributors on houseboats, Chinese methods of trapping and hunting, topography, houseboats and yachting. After page 108 a revised list of yachts at the Shanghai Club is tipped in. An handsome copy. A table of distances at the end has Chinese as well as English place names..

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Bookseller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 079152
Title: With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley
Author: Wade, Henling Thomas
Illustrator: 5 maps plus drawings, including of yachts and houseboats
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Shanghai Mercury
Place of Publication: Shanghai, China
Date Published: 1910
Keywords: China, Shanghai,
Bookseller catalogs: China;

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Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
Rebound: A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
Tipped In: Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
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