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The Chinese: A General Description of China and Its Inhabitants
by John Francis Davis
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$482.92$434.63
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About This Item
London: Charles Knight & Co., 1844. Leather. Near Fine. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated . A beautiful new edition of John Francis Davis's illustrated account of China and its culture, three volumes bound in one. A new edition revised and enlarged. Complete in three volumes bound in one. Containing an account of China by the second Governor of Hong-Kong Sir John Francis Davis. With descriptive, geographical, and historical notes on the country; as well as notes on its government and legislation, character and institution, religion, manners and customs, its literature, and much more. Illustrated with numerous vignettes throughout. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards, with marbled edges and renewed endpapers; titles in gilt to morocco spine label. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to first and last few leaves only, pages otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 845A68
- Title
- The Chinese: A General Description of China and Its Inhabitants
- Author
- John Francis Davis
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Knight & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1844
- Size
- 5.5" by 3.5"
- Keywords
- china travel new editions john francis davis travel
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Shelf Wear
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