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Hong Kong: The Island Between
by Christopher Rand
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good +
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1952 Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1952. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; trace wear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); light toning and insect holes to DJ at spine; toning and light soiling to panels. Purple designed paper over boards and spine with black lettering in a white shadowbox on the spine. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 244 pp 8vo. This is a reporter's impression of the British Colony on China's southern coast which makes it the main news-gathering point between India and Japan. It is the meeting place of the Orient and the Occident, a bridge between Britain's past and her present, full of legitimate businesses and the shady illegal ones. The book presents the sights, the contrasts, and the activities along with the smells, the anecdotes, and the personalities of the population and a picture of the lesser island of Lantao. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015501
- Title
- Hong Kong: The Island Between
- Author
- Christopher Rand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hong Kong, HongKong, China, Nationalist China, Communist China, British Colony, Singapore, Hong Kong history, Life on Hong Kong, Communist Asia, Newspaper reporter, World War II, Korean War, Chinese Business,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Price Clipped
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- Brodart
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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