All Men Are Brothers [Shui Hu Chuan]
by Shih Nai-an and Lo Kuan-chung
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions, 1976 (1933, 1948). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" / unread condition. Very minor shelf wear to bottom binding edges, corners, and gilt. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound In full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A really beautiful copy!
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- Bookseller
- Barbed Wire Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M0366
- Title
- All Men Are Brothers [Shui Hu Chuan]
- Author
- Shih Nai-an and Lo Kuan-chung
- Illustrator
- Miguel Covarrubias
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 688
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chinese, China, Novels, Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Easton Press;
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- Gilt
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