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The Chinese and Japanese Repository of Facts and Events in Science, History, and Art Relating to Eastern Asia
by Summers, Reverend J. And Dr. Reinhold Rost
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Messrs. W.H. Allen & Co. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. 1846-5. Scarce. Three volumes bound in one, with 8 issues total. Various pagination. Includes Volume I: No. 12 (June 1864); Volume II: No. 13 (August 1864), No. 14 (September 1864), No. 15 (October 1864), No. 16 (November 1846), and No. 17 (December 1864); Volume III: No. 18 (January 1865), and No. 21 (April 1865). Full modern teal cloth, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Some light rubbing to spine and corners. Ex-library from the Benjamin Smith Lyman Collection, given as a memorial to the Forbes Library, Northampton, MA. Bookplate to front pastedown. Embossed library stamp and pointilist ex libris of Forbes Library to title page of Vol. I. Perforation to title page of Vol. I, repaired with tape to verso. A few stains and pencil annotations to interior. Some creasing to pages. A fascinating publication documenting life in China and Japan in the mid-1860s from the perspective of a Westerner.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004965
- Title
- The Chinese and Japanese Repository of Facts and Events in Science, History, and Art Relating to Eastern Asia
- Author
- Summers, Reverend J. And Dr. Reinhold Rost
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Messrs. W.H. Allen & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Asia, History, Art, Science, East Asia, China, Japan
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Oriental Studies; Art;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
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- Verso
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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