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The Face of China. Travels in East, North, Central and Western China, With Some Account of the New Schools, Universities, Missions, and the Old Religious Sacred Places of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The Whole Written & Illustrated by..............
by KEMP, E. G
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Chatto & Windus. London. 1909.. pp. xv, (i), 276, (ii), 4 Catalogue. Coloured frontispiece and 46 coloured plates, 16 sepia plates, folding map. Original cloth gilt, now patchily faded, top edge gilt uncut, contents clean and bright with some leaves unopened, a very good copy.
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- Title
- The Face of China. Travels in East, North, Central and Western China, With Some Account of the New Schools, Universities, Missions, and the Old Religious Sacred Places of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The Whole Written & Illustrated by..............
- Author
- KEMP, E. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus. London. 1909.
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