Hermit of Peking. The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse.
by TREVOR-ROPER, HUGH
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0333255836
- ISBN 13
- 9780333255834
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
London.: Macmillan.. Reprint of revised edition.. Reprint of revised edition.1979.. Black and white photographic illustrations, 396pp, index, bibliography, appendices, small tear slightly worn dustjacket, cloth covered boards a little browned at edges, a good hardback copy. "Hugh Trevor-Roper's masterly piece of scholarly detection, originally published as A Hidden Life, is not reissues in a new edition as Hermit Of Peking. Fascinating new material has come to light since first publication, and has been incorporated." - Dustjacket blurb. .
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- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170375
- Title
- Hermit of Peking. The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse.
- Author
- TREVOR-ROPER, HUGH
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint of revised edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0333255836
- ISBN 13
- 9780333255834
- Publisher
- Macmillan.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- Reprint of revised edition.1979.
- Keywords
- Biography, China, East Asia, History, Peking, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
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