Ennin's Travels in T'ang China
by Reischauer, Edwin O
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NYH: The Ronald Press Co., 1955. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: The Ronald Press Co., 1955, first printing. 8vo., xii+341pp. Brown cloth with white titles and designs, map endpapers. From the preface: "Ennin, a Japanese Buddhist monk, crossed the sea to China in the year 838 and during the next nine and a half years kept a detailed diary of his travels through the vast T'ang Empire until he finally returned to Japan in 847
It is the first account of life in China by any foreign visitor." Slight rub to publisher's name on spine, else near fine, bright, crisp. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006407
- Title
- Ennin's Travels in T'ang China
- Author
- Reischauer, Edwin O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- The Ronald Press Co.
- Place of Publication
- NYH
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Far East;
- Size
- 8vo
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